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Why aren't women happy???

Aunt Spiker said:
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Maybe in your neck of the woods.

My husband and I seem quite opposite the general gender roles - He needs the maintenance and the attention (not just in that department, either), I don't.
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Your husband sucks. You rule.
 
My woman is typically happy but as soon as you give her one thing...she wants another and another. My mom is the same way just in different ways. My grandma doesn't need anything. She just wants people to leave her the hell alone.
 
JohnWOlin said:
My woman is typically happy but as soon as you give her one thing...she wants another and another. My mom is the same way just in different ways. My grandma doesn't need anything. She just wants people to leave her the hell alone.
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Maybe you should tell your wife to get the things she wants for herself. After all, she isn't a dependent child, is she?
 
As the ERA woke women up, I remember that initial thrill of empowerment sweeping over us," she said. "But Shannon's generation has had to face all the implications we didn't fully anticipate, and I see how incredibly hard it can be. I don't know anybody who would want to go back to the way it was, but I think those high expectations are taking a toll on women's happiness.
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How does that saying go?
Oh yeah...
Be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it.
 
Goobieman said:
How does that saying go?
Oh yeah...
Be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it.
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"The best way to show someone they're wrong is to give them what they want." I had a similar quote in my sig not to long ago, but I can't find the original now.
 
Well - on an odd note.

I remember my Mom always telling me that 'when I get upset things get done' - and it was true. When she was irritated with someone, business was taken care of. If someone messed up and it annoyed her, things were dealt with and problems were solved. When she'd get pissy the house would get cleaned because that was her outlet. When she'd get angry with us she'd put us to work around the house doing chores: dishes, mowing, cleaning, etc.

The phrase 'hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn' has been around so long it's ridiculous.

maybe women aren't meant to be 'content' because 'content' might breed 'nothing getting done'

I'm content with my house being a bit messy - so I don't clean it as often as I *should* - I'm content with the cat's litter box stinking so it doesn't get changed quite as often as it should.

:shrug:

Might not be true for everyone - but I see it that way with a lot of women I know.

What I hear most about the opposite gender is that: Men are lazy and women are nags. . . well - put two and two together and maybe that's just how thing have to be in order for things to function for most people.
 
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Aunt Spiker said:
The phrase 'hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn' has been around so long it's ridiculous.
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It's actually "like a woman scorned" and goes to her being rejected.
 
BDBoop said:
It's actually "like a woman scorned" and goes to her being rejected.
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Now, you see, you as a woman might get away with correcting Auntie Spiker. We men, the smart ones, know better than to correct a woman, whether they be a spouse, or a stranger....
 
UtahBill said:
Now, you see, you as a woman might get away with correcting Auntie Spiker. We men, the smart ones, know better than to correct a woman, whether they be a spouse, or a stranger....
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:rofl Why don't you? Why not? Who cares?

Well - I don't cling to gender-roles so I guess I'm exempt from all that thinking and such. My husband corrects me all the time and I couldn't care less! If I'm wrong I'm wrong :shrug: If I **** up I **** up.

We're either *in* the age of equality for men/women or we're not :shrug: I don't understand, condone or further gender-inequality stuff.

My husband and I butt heads on that all the time - I don't condone differential treatment and he does.
You know what happened to his views on certain things: like teaching our youngest (4) not to hit girls (like his sister who's 6) - she started beating up on him and bullying him around telling him "you can't hit girls! Dad said!"

So my husband reprieved my son from this standard rather quickly.

Case-and-point.

Different treatment based on gender harbors an environment that isn't condusive to our culture and society.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
:rofl Why don't you? Why not? Who cares?

Well - I don't cling to gender-roles so I guess I'm exempt from all that thinking and such. My husband corrects me all the time and I couldn't care less! If I'm wrong I'm wrong :shrug: If I **** up I **** up.

We're either *in* the age of equality for men/women or we're not :shrug: I don't understand, condone or further gender-inequality stuff.

My husband and I butt heads on that all the time - I don't condone differential treatment and he does.
You know what happened to his views on certain things: like teaching our youngest (4) not to hit girls (like his sister who's 6) - she started beating up on him and bullying him around telling him "you can't hit girls! Dad said!"

So my husband reprieved my son from this standard rather quickly.

Case-and-point.

Different treatment based on gender harbors an environment that isn't condusive to our culture and society.
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um....it's actually "case in point"......lol!
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
It's like Alien vs Predator, no matter who "wins" we still lose. :lol:
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Man of the house.....
A husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, 'You Can Be THE Man of Your House.'

He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced, 'From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is Law. You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert.

After dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me and we will have the kind of sex that I want. After wards, you are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then, you will massage my feet and hands. Then tomorrow, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?'

The wife replied, 'The funeral director would be my first guess.'
 
liblady said:
Man of the house.....
A husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, 'You Can Be THE Man of Your House.'

He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced, 'From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is Law. You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert.

After dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me and we will have the kind of sex that I want. After wards, you are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then, you will massage my feet and hands. Then tomorrow, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?'

The wife replied, 'The funeral director would be my first guess.'
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ahahhahahahahaha, thats awesome!
 
Anything even if it doesn't make sense to me which it seldom does.
 
liblady said:
i mean, food, or what? material things? does she have a job?
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No she does not have a job. She has had a very hard time finding work. The places that would work her, can't hire pregnant women for liable reasons.

Let's see what do I buy, well any kind of food she wants, go to bath and body works, the bear factory or w/e the hell it's called, go buy some new prego clothes from JC Penney, new bras, hair done, eye brows waxed, legs waxed, nails done (hands and feet), out to eat anywhere she wants. Anything to keep her and the baby happy. She eats nonstop. She eats more than me now and that's pretty ****ing nuts. It doesn't help when you are practically broke all the time, but things will hopefully get better for me finanically here soon. I also have a bunch of insane baby things on layaway.
 
JohnWOlin said:
Let's see what do I buy, well any kind of food she wants, go to bath and body works, the bear factory or w/e the hell it's called, go buy some new prego clothes from JC Penney, new bras, hair done, eye brows waxed, legs waxed, nails done (hands and feet), out to eat anywhere she wants.
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Do either of you have moms in the picture? Because I'm not so sure you're doing her and the baby any favors with the "whatever she wants, whenever she wants". I mean - she should be aware of that. When I was pregnant, I ate for 17. Seriously. I just looked at it as an excuse to hog-binge. I gained 80 pounds in 7 months. Pure sorrow. :(
 
BDBoop said:
Do either of you have moms in the picture? Because I'm not so sure you're doing her and the baby any favors with the "whatever she wants, whenever she wants". I mean - she should be aware of that. When I was pregnant, I ate for 17. Seriously. I just looked at it as an excuse to hog-binge. I gained 80 pounds in 7 months. Pure sorrow. :(
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You know, that's actually one of the appealing things for me as far as getting pregnant. The idea that I can eat whatever the **** I want and be "fat" and it's "okay". :lol:
 
JohnWOlin said:
No she does not have a job. She has had a very hard time finding work. The places that would work her, can't hire pregnant women for liable reasons.

Let's see what do I buy, well any kind of food she wants, go to bath and body works, the bear factory or w/e the hell it's called, go buy some new prego clothes from JC Penney, new bras, hair done, eye brows waxed, legs waxed, nails done (hands and feet), out to eat anywhere she wants. Anything to keep her and the baby happy. She eats nonstop. She eats more than me now and that's pretty ****ing nuts. It doesn't help when you are practically broke all the time, but things will hopefully get better for me finanically here soon. I also have a bunch of insane baby things on layaway.
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she must be pretty young. if you guys are broke, cut out the waxing and manicures and such. THOSE ARE LUXURIES. get maternity clothes from consignment shops or goodwill. she doesn't need to dress exceptionally well, she doesn't work. good lord, man, a baby doesn't need a bunch of fancy stuff. i found my changing table in the trash, for god's sake. painted it and it lasted through 2 babies. made curtains out of sheets........bought almost everything used. go to garage sales, great place to find clothes. you are embarking on a dangerous road.
 
BDBoop said:
Do either of you have moms in the picture? Because I'm not so sure you're doing her and the baby any favors with the "whatever she wants, whenever she wants". I mean - she should be aware of that. When I was pregnant, I ate for 17. Seriously. I just looked at it as an excuse to hog-binge. I gained 80 pounds in 7 months. Pure sorrow. :(
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Yes we both have mothers. Currently, she lives with hers and I live with mine right now. She comes down for a week every so often and spends time here and cleans my parents out, of course I buy a lot of the food too. Come October she will probably be moving in with me. Until then she has to live with her mom because the hospital she likes to go to is in that area and has to see the doctor once a week to monitor certain lady part things that I don't like to talk about because it is very embarassing to me...I don't even like saying the words "vagina" or "tampons" out loud. lol
 
liblady said:
she must be pretty young. if you guys are broke, cut out the waxing and manicures and such. THOSE ARE LUXURIES. get maternity clothes from consignment shops or goodwill. she doesn't need to dress exceptionally well, she doesn't work. good lord, man, a baby doesn't need a bunch of fancy stuff. i found my changing table in the trash, for god's sake. painted it and it lasted through 2 babies. made curtains out of sheets........bought almost everything used. go to garage sales, great place to find clothes. you are embarking on a dangerous road.
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You don't have to tell me that. She is frugal sometimes, and then spurts of unfrugality. We also hit a rough patch in our relationship a few months ago and this is just some of the backwash from that still. I have an urge to spoil her. It is very bad and I can hear my brain and wallet crying everytime. You are talking to a guy that can live off of nothing but chicken, rice, and tea for months at a time (and I did too before we got together) and I still wear a lot of the same clothes I wore in high school. I don't need much, all I need is food, sleep, *****, beer, and beef jerky every so often. I am simple like that.
 
JohnWOlin said:
You don't have to tell me that. She is frugal sometimes, and then spurts of unfrugality. We also hit a rough patch in our relationship a few months ago and this is just some of the backwash from that still. I have an urge to spoil her. It is very bad and I can hear my brain and wallet crying everytime. You are talking to a guy that can live off of nothing but chicken, rice, and tea for months at a time (and I did too before we got together) and I still wear a lot of the same clothes I wore in high school. I don't need much, all I need is food, sleep, *****, beer, and beef jerky every so often. I am simple like that.
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I'm the same kind of simple, without the ***** & beer. She needs to know the baby is forever, and babies ARE 'spensive! The frugal needs to be most of the time; changes need to be made.
 
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