Who feels this way?
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DEEKAYPEE8569
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Yep. Bought them on Monday, new dog chewed them on Thursday.
Cats don't chew. Just sayin'...
I think your husband had a liquid lunch today. He's posting strange things. Stranger than usual.
This_person
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I think the answer I got here is that some women did, and most women don't (especially in the current social environment).
While I don't view marriage as a business arrangement, I do believe the primary responsibility for financial support is on the male. I don't think that has come close to changing.
In the song she sings "I'll never be me first, by myself". As if that would be a good thing. I guess I believe in marriage as a higher calling than "me first", and more worth while.
I appreciate everyone's feedback!
While I don't view marriage as a business arrangement, I do believe the primary responsibility for financial support is on the male. I don't think that has come close to changing.
In the song she sings "I'll never be me first, by myself". As if that would be a good thing. I guess I believe in marriage as a higher calling than "me first", and more worth while.
I appreciate everyone's feedback!
kwillia
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That song is like 40 years old, too. Times have changed. These days women get fed crap like this:
Carrie, really, walk away. No need for psychodramatics.
This_person
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And this. I hear ya.
I wouldn't suggest the "stand by your man" (or woman for that matter) who treats you wrong. But, how about just leaving, and leaving each other alone?
itsbob
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struggler44
A Salute to all on Watch
Don't women know we're genetically created to spread our seed to every open field in the south 40?
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Your tats and piercings bring all the boys to the yard...
I think I might laser them all off and return to my wallflower days.
I married at 18, three months out of high school. He was 24, just getting out of the Navy.
Babies at 20, 22, and 28.
Some years have been heaven on earth, some years have been hell. I imagine we're both too stubborn to give up.
The last few months we've been in a heaven-on-earth cycle. Celebrated our 30th anniversary this past August. And he still turns me on
Congrats on 30 years! And the fact that he still turns you on! 
Yay for liquid lunches! In my case......I had to be me first, by myself, before settling down. I think that's what allowed me to be happily married when the right man came along. I needed to know I could make it on my own if needed.
As for the financial aspect you mention, hubby is the first one I've been with who makes more than I did. I would've been the breadwinner had I married men I dated in the past. Not that they didn't work hard, they just had careers that didn't pay as well as mine did. But I guess you're right.....there are sure a lot more sahm's than there are sahd's out there.
acommondisaster
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Thirty four years married. There were a couple of years where we barely tolerated each other, but we muddled through. I can't imagine life without him, though we do plenty of things independently (occasional vacations, trips back to see family) and have plenty of separate interests. We are partners, and there's never been an expectation that one of us "takes care" of the other (and I've almost always made more money than him). We both contribute what we can with our strengths and cover for each other's weaknesses (I am awful at bill paying and budgets; he is computer illiterate). We know not to speak to each other first thing in the morning.
I hope we've instilled our values in our boys; that marriage isn't to be taken lightly or given up on easily, or entered into casually.
I hope we've instilled our values in our boys; that marriage isn't to be taken lightly or given up on easily, or entered into casually.
Same here - 6-1/2 yrs for me. I own my house, and am raising my 2 boys basically alone without even a family member in the area.
