Posted on 01/02/2008 12:03:03 PM PST by rollingthunder2006
Of course, there is much to disdain about The New Rules of Marriage, but what offended me most was its pervasive celebration of inequality amongst the sexes. Women want more out of relationships today so…men must give it to them. Why is that the case? In every equitable transaction, the side who asks for more must offer more in exchange. This leads us to ask, what do modern women offer men that is superior to what their predecessors proffered in the past?......
(Excerpt) Read more at mensnewsdaily.com ...
I take great comfort from the fearless mendacity of your post.
I defy you to demonstrate either "whining" or evidence of "how badly he's been treated."
I got better sources for my chainsaw. He said he will call me tonight around 11pm. I can set my watch by it.
That is too bad if you paint an accurate picture.
The only time my husband asks my “permission” for anything is to give me a cue to bail him out of an invite he doesn’t want to accept.
That’s my cue to say something like “oh! remember honey? You’re mother is coming to visit tonight?”
...in other words, his wife is a big ole bully.
Especially walking behind it.
I hate to see them go, but love to watch them leave.
Well, not in so many words but if this is, in fact, your thought, then no, we can't argue.
The author seems to miss at least one point
>>The first question I had was what to call Terrence Real. What was his background? The jacket did not really say. I searched online and could not find out much about his history. I emailed the support at his website and queried them about the matter. They did not directly answer me but suggested that I refer to him as “Terry Real.” Well, a better descriptor, and one in keeping with his squishy perspective on the sexes, would be to dub him, “Mr. Terry,” which is precisely what I will do here.<<
They are telling him how to google to get all the information he might want.
I was not exagerating. If anything, I was being conservative. The man is pitiful. No, scratch that...he’s pathetic.
..and I see nothing wrong with the situation you described. Sometimes my wife will call me if she see’s that the neighbor has snuck up on me outside and is talking to me. I like the guy, but he will talk your head off if you let him. She rescues me by yelling at me to come inside.
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Oh, that's tempting ... but to make it come out even, I'd have to throw in my 2-year-old boy or a couple of pets :-).
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This oughta be good...
A high-end, large-capicty low-water-usage, self-sanitizing, front-loading washing machine.
“Sometimes my wife will call me if she see’s that the neighbor has snuck up on me outside and is talking to me. I like the guy, but he will talk your head off if you let him. She rescues me by yelling at me to come inside.”
Sounds like we have alot in common.
He’s too nice to pull away from those types, so I get to be the “bad guy”
He thinks it’s funny.
He got the point. He’s saying they told him to search more instead of providing the frickin’ answer.
What a relief!
I was wondering what was wrong with the good old battery operated models!
Asking his wife about Saturday night is neither childlike or subservient. It's common courtesy. Weekends are the only free time busy, working people have together. If you don't think it's important to at least coordinate that time with your spouse, you don't have much of a marriage. Heck... You should have invited the wife too. I'd rarely accept social invitations that wouldn't include my husband, and I don't think he would either. Not because we aren't allowed, but because we wouldn't want to. Marriages need recreational free time. It's not all about the kids, the bills, the house, the projects... oh - and "why don't you ever want to have sex any more"?
Maybe that last comment was a bit TMI.
Sorry about that nonetheless.
But you are wrong.
No wives get invited to poker games.
He wanted to go.
He asked permission if he could go just like he does everything else.
He wanted to go. Understand that? He wanted to go. She said NO.
I'd rather be right.
I love the quote from the article... and I think it's very good advice for marriage. Notice also that it is not gender specific, it applies to both parties. A loving person does not want to ~win~ an argument if it means their spouse has to ~lose~. Think about that. It's not a competition, and those who make it about pride, make it about winning, do this at the expense of their spouse, the one person they should be devoted to protecting.
His Needs: Her Needs
Take your time mulling that one over because the man who enters into a marriage contract in 2008 faces far more risks than he ever did at any other point in history. In all likelihood, his wife will be infinitely more sexualized, far more materialistic, blatantly more narcissistic, and far less motherly than any woman who bonded with his ancestors. Given this eventuality, is it any surprise that modern men are increasingly reluctant to commit?
That, right there, is exactly where I got the comment. What a whiny little priss.
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