tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post8277756546173275030..comments2023-12-29T12:10:10.373-05:00Comments on Menopausal Stoners: The Socioeconomics of RomancePENolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17920921974302444898noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-35367425271276565192010-08-03T21:07:32.248-04:002010-08-03T21:07:32.248-04:00Pe ... I printed off this post so I could snuggle ...Pe ... I printed off this post so I could snuggle into a fave chair with a chai and read at leisure. I only got to it today!! (I save the best reading for those rare, truly quiet moments ...)<br /><br />"She got married because she needed the money." Aren't those about the saddest words ever written for women of our mothers' and grandmothers' generations ... I've long Jaliyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868006713291780694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-7262181848682313872010-07-31T09:56:07.092-04:002010-07-31T09:56:07.092-04:00Gail, I can always rely on you for support and enc...Gail, I can always rely on you for support and encouragement. Hope you have a few more steps forward this week.<br /><br />Marilyn, Welcome!<br />The pictures on your blog relax and rejuvenate.<br />It's good to know things are just as screwy in NZ as here - but it's kind of a drag too.<br /><br />MRMacrum: I think I understand what you're saying, but I have to confess, I feel PENolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920921974302444898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-6460132963420282562010-07-30T23:30:53.106-04:002010-07-30T23:30:53.106-04:00I enjoyed your words. I was a stay at home Mum by ...I enjoyed your words. I was a stay at home Mum by choice and added to that one of our children had a serious health problem for quite a while but I had lots of pressure and negative comments to get out and get a 'real' job.<br />About the wife paying the bar tab - she would have to be a fool.Marilyn & Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851884880790561276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-85230327765807346572010-07-30T11:12:51.902-04:002010-07-30T11:12:51.902-04:00We all objectify. The reasons and objects of our ...We all objectify. The reasons and objects of our desire changing as we make our way from the cradle to the grave. A rugrat sucks up to the adult with the most candy. A young dude chases the cleavage, and an old dude that new 25 HP tractor down to Home Depot. We're all looking for that path of least resistance.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-24200667175342994322010-07-29T09:36:53.084-04:002010-07-29T09:36:53.084-04:00HI TRISH-
I love your humor - it is of the highes...HI TRISH-<br /><br />I love your humor - it is of the highest intelligent class!! :-)<br /><br />I always said, after I lost everything after my divorce that I would never be in a situation where I couldn't maintain my life-style on my own. SO I went back to school and got a higher degree and licensed in my field and for years, 15 or so, that was the case. Tnaank goodness, when I became Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337675996256691215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-8297389950613361432010-07-29T07:25:34.662-04:002010-07-29T07:25:34.662-04:00Lisa, one of the hardest things about being a mom ...Lisa, one of the hardest things about being a mom is that there are people in every direction putting pressure on you for doing everything wrong. Maybe Dads have this pressure from their own friends and families, but not from society at large the way Moms do.<br /><br />It was an easy choice for me because I always wanted to be home with my kid, and because teachers don't make any money PENolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920921974302444898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-64855985750398007662010-07-28T22:49:46.364-04:002010-07-28T22:49:46.364-04:00When I do that mental rewind thing, I wish that we...When I do that mental rewind thing, I wish that we'd simplified and made a way for one of us to stay home. When I think of the money we spent on daycare so that I could have a career that would end up on the ash heap 17 years later? Fuck.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-22569613092321671662010-07-28T21:49:34.427-04:002010-07-28T21:49:34.427-04:00And the weird thing about it, Liberality, is that ...And the weird thing about it, Liberality, is that the married men never seem to understand that there's an issue.<br />*sigh*PENolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920921974302444898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-21071775945630296692010-07-28T21:46:12.219-04:002010-07-28T21:46:12.219-04:00When I'm at the nail salon with my girlfriends...<i>When I'm at the nail salon with my girlfriends, the last thing I want to mention is my boyfriend's wife. It doesn't sit well with the married women in the nail salon. </i><br /><br />Exactly!Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-12269985032619744612010-07-28T18:24:36.091-04:002010-07-28T18:24:36.091-04:00tnlib, I didn't do much cooking, cleaning or l...tnlib, I didn't do much cooking, cleaning or laundry when I was married. Buzz Kill did most of that because he thought I would like him better if he did the chores. He was right. At one point I had about decided that the trouble in our marriage was that we were both Bottoms. I prefer to be the only Bottom around here although I tend to Top from the Bottom - which may be why I'd make PENolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920921974302444898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-7755791744130599012010-07-28T17:57:55.077-04:002010-07-28T17:57:55.077-04:00Fun read. I'm with Vancouver. I'd love to ...Fun read. I'm with Vancouver. I'd love to have a friend but I don't want to cook, clean or do laundry for another person ever again.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-78870939576483674452010-07-28T15:54:16.281-04:002010-07-28T15:54:16.281-04:00PENolen -
That was awesome. I think Petruchio wou...PENolen -<br /><br />That was awesome. I think Petruchio would have wet his pants if you played Kate. And generally speaking, that would be a good thing.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />TengrainTengrainhttp://mockpaperscissors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-76991966333894247192010-07-28T15:37:51.683-04:002010-07-28T15:37:51.683-04:00Pat - Glad to see you and glad to make you smile.
...Pat - Glad to see you and glad to make you smile.<br /><br />V.V.<br />I love that song with Annie Lenox and Aretha Frankly. I'm with you on pulling one's own weight within the relationship no matter what the gender.<br /><br />Stuart - Now, don't get him in trouble even though you know it's true. Since I've already got a reputation, you can always blame me when you quote himPENolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920921974302444898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-82189892573626123492010-07-28T15:30:28.007-04:002010-07-28T15:30:28.007-04:00My brother - the Pulitzer Prize Winning Photograph...My brother - the Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer - says that the way things are going at Newspapers, the delivery van will swing by the Home Depot with some disposable cameras and call it a photo department. <br /><br /><br />LOVE THIS!!Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15723471119394506046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-39969954804701996052010-07-28T15:25:19.695-04:002010-07-28T15:25:19.695-04:00I am very familiar with Granny's sayings about...I am very familiar with Granny's sayings about marrying rich. In my head, an education equated with wealth, so very early on, I didn't want to date men who didn't have a college education. I would date professionals and guys in college, who were at least headed toward something more. I didn't end up marrying rich or marrying well, although he did have a couple of degrees behindVVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751403913379728345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124480884494186487.post-7611606901460567912010-07-28T09:43:02.946-04:002010-07-28T09:43:02.946-04:00Hi Penolan, just got to say you sure do make me ch...Hi Penolan, just got to say you sure do make me chuckle. You and I are so very different. However some of your writings do make me stop and think. <br />pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com