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Jane Austen’s Advice: Choose the Right Man and Live Happily Ever After
Townhall.com ^ | April 18, 2012 | Rebecca Hagelin

Posted on 04/18/2012 6:59:33 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: SENTINEL

It is for me bro

I am frugal
Don’t drink
Don’t hit
Will say no if awakened in the middle of the night or if mauled suddenly after being treated like chopped liver all day, but otherwise as loving as anyone and
a Believer to boot.

Your turn


61 posted on 04/18/2012 7:49:18 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Kaslin; strider44; yldstrk; rightwingextremist1776
Jane Austen was an excellent technician, told a good story, based her character and plot development on value judgments, wrote about what she knew, and happened to be of the female persuasion, making her a goddess to modern "oppressed" gals.

Modern "overbearing" men (and that's all of us, ya know), can easily see the life lessons, ethics and morals in her works are equally valuable to men, but we can't get through the shrill nasal whining to tell the gals so.

So it's off to Hooters for wings.

62 posted on 04/18/2012 7:50:15 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it and the law is what WE say it is.)
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To: yldstrk
Only losers do the mail order bride thing.The “brides” want one thing, citizenship papers, then they will gone like the wind to seek their fortunes elsewhere. Don’t be fooled.

Pretty much....No American woman would put up with their crap. And there are ton's of great American women out there as well as men.

There was a show on TV last year on these mail order brides. The guys just looked strange and gave me, a guy a very uneasy feeling. 65 year old ugly, fat men trying to woo 22 year old fairly attractive women. One woman just had a look of disgust on her face when this guy tied to talk to her..even she could not stomach it.

63 posted on 04/18/2012 7:52:06 AM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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To: Kaslin

Humphf - hellava lot of good this will do when more and more relationships seem to be between members of the same sex!


64 posted on 04/18/2012 7:52:37 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Lock and Load)
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To: ctdonath2

A person of character is a person of character without the bribe, bro


65 posted on 04/18/2012 7:53:02 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Navy Patriot

Navy, you single?


66 posted on 04/18/2012 7:54:32 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: netmilsmom
California, nuff said.

No not California, I grew up in rural farming area midwest and that was the zip I used. You live a sheltered life. Again, lot's of bi women out there.

67 posted on 04/18/2012 7:56:58 AM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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To: Navy Patriot
The problem, in a nut shell, is that women need to learn to love what they have, not love what they DON'T have....maybe, if they did they would find BOTH.

That's my personal observation of several relationships, both successful and not.

68 posted on 04/18/2012 7:57:04 AM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: yldstrk
Nope, married 38 years to the same gal.

Ya had to ask, didn't ya?

69 posted on 04/18/2012 8:00:46 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it and the law is what WE say it is.)
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To: Kaslin

We’ve been developing the perfect companions for thousands of years. At some point in the future, happiness for women will be a man with the brain DNA of a cat, and for men, women with the brain DNA of a dog.


70 posted on 04/18/2012 8:07:10 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Larry Lucido
Your friend in his 40s should pack his bags. He won’t be halfway out the door when her libido will suddenly come rushing back. Take it from me.

I would never put up with it either. I don't know how he does it.

71 posted on 04/18/2012 8:08:33 AM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

“The good men are in the friends zone.”

There is way too much truth to that. I’ve known a lot of women who consistently put nice guys in the friend zone. The lesson more men are learning is to treat women like crap, or get no where.
Men will become what women teach them is needed to be successful. Today, you have to be human trash, or you’re labeled desperate.


72 posted on 04/18/2012 8:10:13 AM PDT by LevinFan
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To: Kaslin

As a 22 year old senior at a major research University, I can vouch for the accuracy of this article. The VAST majority of girls on campus are complete sloots and will screw anyone who buys them a drink, especially the sorority girls. Trust me on this, I’ve been to quite a few fraternity parties considering I was in one and the sorority girls present...yeah...

However, I was lucky to find a woman who hates this feminism crap. Case in point, she cooks me dinner, has a high libido, doesn’t nag, lets me work/watch tv/play games, and looks great! 4 years into the relationship and the above still applies.

I also have to tell all of you fathers with your daughters in college; What they say to you and what they do are two completely different things. I know that she’s your “little girl” and “doesn’t sleep around” but, based on my experience, 80%+ of girls on campus exhibit slootish behavior when not around parents. Want to see for yourself? Walk onto any college campus around 11am-12pm and find the “main” gathering spot. When you see the wardrobe of choice, you’ll begin to understand.

No offense meant and I’m sure that the majority of you raised your daughters with proper morals and virtue but sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Again, I speak from my 4-year experience in University. It is nigh impossible to find a woman who hasn’t been the village bicycle.


73 posted on 04/18/2012 8:10:48 AM PDT by Black_Shark
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To: yldstrk

My husband scores 100% to those standards. He’s a good guy. I’m blessed.


74 posted on 04/18/2012 8:10:56 AM PDT by Halls (Jesus is my Lord and Savior)
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To: yldstrk
What do you want from me ? I work hard, buy flowers, pay for everything, let her stay home with the kid, come home and cook dinner every night, take her to church and read scriptures to her, don't watch sports or spend time on other hobbies or even have any friends, I encourage and compliment her, I'm gentle and listen and change when she asks......

I was precisely clear before we got married what acceptable means as far as bedroom stuff. Twice a week. Once a month lingerie, and occasional surprise in a dress and heels when I get home from work. I was clear, I was precise, and she agreed.

That was four years ago. Not one time in the dress, maybe 4 times with the lingerie after I bugged her, and maybe once every three weeks at all saying yes, after I nag her which makes me feel like some kind of rapist or something.

Last night she told me she'll never wear lingerie or put on a dress for me again because it makes her uncomfortable.

Literally ten minutes later she asks me to measure her for a bridesmaid's dress for a friend, I kid you not.

Last night for the first time in years, I looked at porn. I'm scum and going to hell, but so is she. Same old crap the first wife did that drove me to the same place.

Maybe some ladies will see this post and some good can come from it.

75 posted on 04/18/2012 8:14:30 AM PDT by SENTINEL (Romney is to Conservatism what Mormonism is to Christianity.)
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To: thirst4truth

I met my husband at 27 and we were married when I was 28. We had our son by the time I was 29.

Your daughter will meet someone likely soon I’m sure. It takes time.


76 posted on 04/18/2012 8:16:03 AM PDT by Halls (Jesus is my Lord and Savior)
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To: yldstrk

It would be nice if that’s all men had to do. In my own family, two women in good marriages to good men became dissatisfied, dwelled on their resentments and escalated them, initiated divorce and broke up the foundation of their children’s lives. Their husbands wanted to try to save the marriage even after it got really bad, even after infidelity in one case.

This is my advice to women:

Find a good man.

Marry the good man.

Now comes the important part:

Spend the rest of your life appreciating him and being thankful for your good fortune.

You know his weaknesses - never attack him there.

You know his strengths - build them.

Make love to him often.

Feed him well and healthily.

Stay fit.

Don’t be a control freak. Minimize criticism and nagging.

Forgive all the little things. Don’t let resentments build.

Teach your children to hold him in honor and respect.

If there are problems in your marriage, and they are not because he is abusive, adulterous, addicted, or abandoning, try changing your own behavior first.

Positive reinforcement is better than negative reinforcement. (look that up in terms of animal training.)

Let him see your happiness with him.


77 posted on 04/18/2012 8:18:27 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: Kaslin

Jane died young in her 40s, possibly from Addison’s disease, a spinster/single.
Taking marital advice from her doesn’t make a lot of sense (or sensibility).


78 posted on 04/18/2012 8:20:30 AM PDT by tumblindice (Our new, happy lives.)
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To: Black_Shark
I also have to tell all of you fathers with your daughters in college; What they say to you and what they do are two completely different things. I know that she’s your “little girl” and “doesn’t sleep around” but, based on my experience, 80%+ of girls on campus exhibit slootish behavior when not around parents

This^^^^^. One older guy I know was telling me one day how good his daughter is, blah blah blah, Her feet have spent so much time in the air they could get frequent flyer miles...and I know this for a fact.

79 posted on 04/18/2012 8:20:41 AM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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To: heartwood

GREAT ADVICE! +1,000,000


80 posted on 04/18/2012 8:22:09 AM PDT by Black_Shark
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