Men Just Want Mommy

New York Times ^ | January 13, 2005 | Maureen Dowd

[Nataku X]

Someone beat me to the punch--they are the books written by Paul in the New Testament... Romans, Corinthians, etc. Paul has a lot to say about the subject of love & marriage and balances it all with how & why singlehood can be truly a gift from God.

[xsmommy]

i looked it up and she is 48, which happens to be my age and if modesty permits me to say, i look about 20 years younger than she does! ; ) i don't need a facelift either. it has to be hardliving, is all i can figure. Lord knows she has good genes as far as attractiveness goes!

[miss marmelstein]

And she can't lie about her age like most people in show biz because she was the daughter of two very popular stars during the 1950s. Everyone remembers when she was born. What a rat bag!

[RobRoy]

Maybe the author should read some of the Fredoneverything.net articles on men/women relationships within the US culture.

[xsmommy]

did you see suzanne somers on Bill O the other week? now she openly admitted to being in her early to mid 50s, can't remember which, but she looked great. granted she may be surgically enhanced but it didn't look obvious and she just looked good.

[independentmind]

Maybe the author should read some of the Fredoneverything.net articles on men/women relationships within the US culture.

I wouldn't recommend that unless the person has no interest in American women. Fred's a moaner.

[miss marmelstein]

I don't know how she does it, but Suzanne Somers always looks fabulous. Sigh.

[from occupied ga]

don't you want a helpmeet?

From my admitedly fuzzy understanding of the term I can hire an assistant at minimum wage for those times when I need help. If I need help with the lawn I can just go to the Home Depot parking lot in Chamblee and say

Necesito la ayuda para el día - $8 per hour

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

It was late one night and the bar I was in was closing up. Some guy sitting at the bar mentioned that there was another bar around the corner that stayed open serving drinks later - one I had never been in before. We rolled in around 20 minutes before 2:00 am. A gorgeous woman I had never seen before sat down next to me and started a conversation. I liked her very much and she seemed strangely familiar, as if I had always known her. In subsequent meetings, we got to know each other better. And at some point, I just knew I couldn't live without her. Chemistry. Magic. Whatever...

I wasn't looking for her that night and I didn't order her in a "Personals" ad with all sorts of specified criteria. She just...arrived in my path. Like an angel...

I had prayed before that I would meet the right person...

[from occupied ga]

granted she may be surgically enhanced

May be? MAY BE? She's obviously had more plastic surgery time Hillery has lost law office memos

[longtermmemmory]

I think all this talk about what men want is really based on definitions of what is "achievement". A mentaly centered woman who knows what she wants in life is far more accomplished than a basket case with a "nice job".

I think it can also be taken back to the divisions between the red areas and the blue "reservations". If a woman is morally relative then there is no certainty for her or any man to properly evaluate a future relationship. I find it interesting that the "what men want" is generally espoused as some specific characteristic. Men are never said to be wanting a mentally ambiguous or morally uncertain woman. Can't build castles in the sky without a firm foundation on the ground.

[Enterprise]

"Since then I have had quite a few high-flying men in the Washington area regard me as an embarrassment because I do not write a column in a major newspaper, control a corporation, teach at a major university, have an appointed position in the government, or hold a research chair at NIH."

Piss on 'em. They sound like a buncha dandies.

[Polyxene]

Get over it, Mo-Do! You lost Michael because you are a NAG HAG!!

[bray]

A man needs a Feminazi like a Bicycle needs a Fish!! We don't like dating Angry Witches!!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Porterville]

It's simple, I just don't want a bitch. My mom is not a bitch. MODO is apparently a bitch.

[xsmommy]

there really isn't any generalizing about what men want, and these threads usually end up as the repository of everyone's bitterness and bad experiences. It also matters at what point in life you meet and are ready to marry.

My husband and i met while we were each in law school, and got married after we had graduated, passed the bar and had jobs. so, theoretically at least, we are equals. i took the mommy track once we had kids and he outearns me by the power of 4 or 5 by now. i took 2 year maternity leaves with each of our three kids and only work part-time. we will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary this June. Different men want different things from a relationship. Same with women. Generalizing is stupid.

[xsmommy]

yeah, well more power to suzanne, she looks light years better than carrie fisher, without LOOKING like a bag who has had plastic surgery. : )

[The Shrew]

Only Maureen Dowd could write a 750 word column on Men dating their secretaries/social inferiors and forget to mention Bill Clinton.

They never cease to amaze me.

Thanks for the pic!

TS

[Squantos]

Hmmm...

Rule one: No matter how good she looks, someone, somewhere is sick of her sh*t !

Rule two: Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching.

[gridlock]

A few years ago at a White House Correspondents' dinner, I met a very beautiful actress. Within moments, she blurted out: "I can't believe I'm 46 and not married. Men only want to marry their personal assistants or P.R. women."

A few years ago, Carrie Fisher was 46. I bet MoDo used Carrie for the quote at both the top and bottom of this article.

She's sure got an easy job, if she can base an entire article on one conversation over drinks at some party...