Posted on 12/29/2008 11:11:17 PM PST by goldstategop
It sure is. Sometimes, it’s as if everyone is miserable and wants everyone else to be miserable too.
Parenting is tough. It always has been from what my parents used to say. I had a great example of marriage, but so did my brothers, and there’s been divorce with a couple of them.
A sense of humor helps in most cases, imo.
My house is loud and messy too. We’ve learned to live in chaos :)
yes - my parents have a solid marriage.
My hubby’s folks split and both remarried.
He still carries baggage from that and never wanted his children to experience it.
The first thing I notice about him was that he was HOT.
But after that I was tickled pink to find he was FUNNY!
We have alot of fun.
Nice projection there. I think you started that one.
I have no answers for anyone but myself and my kids. Just living my life and trying to do the best I can.
Happy New Year to you and I mean that sincerely. We probably agree on a slew of other topics, just not this one.
ok - if I don’t get some zzz’s, it’ll be even more chaotic than normal in the morning.
It’s been nice chattin’ with ya!
Keep spreading the cheer!
Ahh. Yep. Heard it all before, constantly, from my brothers. So ok they were sorta right but still. ;) It wasn’t easy being the youngest either.
I always wanted sisters :) I always tell my girls, when they’re complaining, be happy you have 3 other sisters. At least they aren’t brothers.
I’ll get you the link. You’ll love this music then.
My parents were the same way. Our basement, back basement filled with non-perishables all the time...they never forgot what it felt like to be hungry. We used to tease them about it. My friends would come over and laugh about the grocery store in our back basement (or cellar as we called it).
Surprisingly, my mother was awesome with money too and not only did she leave the house but a nice stash in the safe (we convinced her to get the safe...she used the freezer prior to that). My Dad, the big spender, always told me the reason I got a college education and a wedding was because of my mother, lol.
He took me to buy a used car for my high school grad present (yeah, I know, heard it and still hear it from my brothers, I got a car, they didn’t). The entire way home, he kept telling me to let him handle it when my Mom heard the price because it wasn’t what they agreed on. So we drive up the street, she comes out, he tells her the price, then says, it’s what your daughter wanted. LOL and it’s a good, safe car. He knew he’d get her on the safe part, lol. One of my mom’s favorite sayings, which she said that day too, was that she wasn’t a bank and one of these days we were all going to realize that.
My Dad wanted an Irish Wake too. And he got one :) My eldest, only 9 at the time, couldn’t understand why his wake was like a party...told her it was what her Pop Pop wanted. He wanted us to celebrate his life, with beer, music, friends/family and more beer.
I just noticed the time! Damn, lol. I will be cranky in the morning before my coffee.
Enjoyed chatting with you too :)
That is great!
I liked your first post to me too; it sounds like you made a great choice.
I think you may have a point that women either need that quick reminder Dennis is giving (and is also in Dr. Laura’s Care and Feeding of Husbands book, with examples of neglected yet loving husbands that SHOULD make women cry), or they are unreachable.
I have heard of women REFUSING to read her book even as their husbands beg them to. What b*tches. Really, a simple thing like reading a book that might help them understand their husband’s simple desires is beneath them??
However, sometimes there are men that do not live by their stomachs and privates. THEN what’s a woman supposed to do? :)
In the Mood Bump!
You are out of your mind!
It's not just an Irish thing. My husband's family is more a British line (but from way back) and they are this way, too. I used to think it was a bad thing that I was emotional. (I cried at the beginning of Finding Nemo) Eventually, I told everyone they can just deal with it. I can't snuff out a good part of me just to be less emotional.
We have five and my husband says “no more”. Last month I got my monthly times off and was worried I was late. I didn’t want him mad about it. When I found out everything was fine, I told him. He said, “I wouldn’t be mad. I’d be broke. But, I’m broke already.”
My daughter is the second oldest, with four brothers. Any advice for her on survival? Of course, she is thrilled that her 6 year old brother asked the baby (4) to move out of her room into the “knights’” room with the other boys.
Many others have said that, although in Real Life, it's harder to tell.
However, in the interests of science, can you explain how a man who can't have an erection could be said to be in physical need of sexual relief?
Can’t a guy have a need for sex that isn’t physical? Like a woman?
I don’t know. That’s why I’m asking. The premise of the article, and of many comments, seems to be that men’s need for sex is purely biological, physical, ejaculatory. “If he doesn’t void his prostate on a regular basis, he could go insane.” (That’s from a thread on Mr. Prager’s previous article on this subject.)
So, I don’t know. Can a man have a desire for physical intimacy that doesn’t involve ejaculation? That is the question.
It’s unfortunate that Prager, twice divorced and (I believe) currently without a wife, wrote this article, this way.
He should have focused on the couple, first, then the husband, and then, possibly, the wife. I’m not sure that 2 articles on the wifely duty will do much good the next time he advocates for traditional, rather than same sex, marriage.
my dad was the one who couldn’t get over car prices.
He spent many years frozen in time as far as what he thought a decent car should cost.
I’m happy to see him soften his stance now and has recently bought some nifty new vehicles.
We didn’t have many children at my grandma’s wake.
I was the only one of my sisters at the time who had any - and she was still a baby then who had been left with her other grandma for the day.
I remember we had a good time, and that there were shots called “slippery nipples” involved.
We carried on like a bunch of drunken irish (which of course - we were!) and the restaurant was an irish establishment complete with live irish singer, who we accompanied - much to his delight I’m sure.
” (I cried at the beginning of Finding Nemo)”
Well it WAS very sad!
They had just found the perfect anenome to live in!
hundreds of little ones on the way.
sniff sniff
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