Girls would rather be housewives

Twila

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Sal said:
put away? my god...
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My parents were at their wits end by the time I became a teenager. My oldest sister was a sociopath/pathelogical liar and I was the quiet one who had some very dangerous habits and friends. My parents were from the generation that believed everything could be fixed with the right punishment.
 
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Twila said:
My parents were at their wits end by the time I became a teenager. My oldest sister was a sociopath/pathelogical liar and I was the quiet one who had some very dangerous habits and friends. My parents were from the generation that believed everything could be fixed with the right punishment.
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wow, a rough go for the whole family
 
MHz

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Twila said:
My parents were at their wits end by the time I became a teenager. My oldest sister was a sociopath/pathelogical liar and I was the quiet one who had some very dangerous habits and friends. My parents were from the generation that believed everything could be fixed with the right punishment.
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Are you saying you are marriage material similar to the girl in Europe that was kelp as a sex-slave for her father? I don't see the anniversaries hitting double digits but the ride won't be boring.
 
Twila

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MHz said:
Are you saying you are marriage material similar to the girl in Europe that was kelp as a sex-slave for her father? I don't see the anniversaries hitting double digits but the ride won't be boring.
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Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.
 
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I have a much better idea; make a lot of money, choose a partner, retire at 28, hire a maid, a driver, a cook, a nanny, a grounds person and a pool boy.

Life will be good.
 
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Twila said:
Yep, it was. I survived. I have character and I know better now. Others had it far rougher then I did. That's life, eh?
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it is life...no one knows what goes on behind closed doors or what a kid is trying to cope with

in high school there was a grade 9 er who latched onto me... I was the same age as one of her sisters... there were 3 girls in the family...they were beautiful exotic dark haired girls and very very rich

she was the youngest and had cutting problems which I had NO clue about at the time, but I did know intuitively that it indicated BIG, Big problems and I was the kind of kid who would just listen. It gave me a new awareness because I had big issues of my own at home, just not like that.. looking back on it later I was fairly horrified when I put all of the little pieces together

when I first moved out on my own, I would walk home after school at dusk just when the lights were turning on in the fall and I would make up stories about what was happening in houses I passed

by then I was old enough to have figured out why some girls wore tight clothes and heavy makeup in grade school

I was grateful
 
Zipperfish

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In my company, women make up 55% of the work force. If you just consider the science and engineering cadre, it goes up to 60%. But we still have to give women preferential treatment during the hiring process. Go figger.

Oh well, we're big tough men. We can take it.
 
SLM

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Geez the article makes it sound like housewife/homemaker (whatever the vernacular) is something to be ashamed of. When the hell are we going to get past that I wonder?

When my kids were born I stayed home beyond mat leave (2 years with my son, a year and a half with my daughter) because I thought that was important. There was work, believe me, that got done and there was absolutely nothing denigrating about it. I just wasn't drawing a pay cheque is all. If financially we could have afforded it, I would have stayed home with them until they started public school. But at least I feel that I got them to the 'social' stage of childhood, when they're ready to start making friends and being social with other children.
 
gerryh

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SLM said:
Me too. I'd love for them to support me in my old age. Or even now-ish would be good, lol.
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I've TOLD mine that that is what is expected of them. My second youngest informed us that he'll send us to Florida. I get the feeling he wants us as far away as possible. lol
 
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gerryh said:
I've TOLD mine that that is what is expected of them. My second youngest informed us that he'll send us to Florida. I get the feeling he wants us as far away as possible. lol
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My son keeps telling me that when that time comes he will be more than happy to give me his sister's phone number. LOL.
 
gerryh

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My son keeps telling me that when that time comes he will be more than happy to give me his sister's phone number. LOL.
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The way I put it to them. We took care of em the first 20 or so years of their lives, they can return the favour with our last 20 or so years....lol
 
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gerryh said:
The way I put it to them. We took care of em the first 20 or so years of their lives, they can return the favour with our last 20 or so years....lol
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That's the way I look at it too.

Of course then he starts dropping hints about the old folks home. Usually one that's been previously profiled on 60 Minutes or something.8O

You know when you raise your kids with a twisted sense of humour, it can really come back and bite you in the ***.

Lol.
 
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