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The Problem With the Debate Over Fixing Your Man’s Plate
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Posted on 05/24/2015 2:03:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: ClearCase_guy
What's this ironing thing you refer to?
41 posted on 05/24/2015 3:15:12 PM PDT by HangnJudge (Cthulhu for President, why vote for a lesser Evil)
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To: nickcarraway

I would rather ham a really good samwich.


42 posted on 05/24/2015 3:16:41 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: JoeProBono

Now that’s a plate


43 posted on 05/24/2015 3:18:19 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Coyote Choir

who would give anything to “fix” her husband’s plate even once again.

A woman after my own heart.

Best response !


44 posted on 05/24/2015 3:26:46 PM PDT by Paisan
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To: Fai Mao
Hey I help with the housework. I lift my feet so that the daughter can vacuum under the sofa

I help out around here, just yesterday I put my own coffee cup in the dish washer.

45 posted on 05/24/2015 3:35:06 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (`)
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To: umgud
"It didn’t bother me that my ex wife never did anything for me. I never asked and she didn’t offer, but it urns out she was too stupid to learn to leave the toilet seat up and one day I just threw her lazy inconsiderate ass out."

That right there is the finest quote to grace the pages of Free Republic this decade, I don't care who you are.

46 posted on 05/24/2015 3:37:38 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: nickcarraway
Black women’s new mandatory requirements: Stay black. Die. Fix a man’s plate.

Hopefully not in that order.

47 posted on 05/24/2015 3:39:55 PM PDT by Libloather (Embrace the suck)
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To: nickcarraway

“Soooo you are at a barbecue.

There are a number of disturbing phrases in this narrative.

“...so you ignore him” - You don’t EVER ignore your spouse. Especially at a public gathering.

“...fully functional grown man acting incapable...” - Was he acting incapable or was this one of those eye-rolling assumptions that feminist women embrace?

“...something as intimate as fix his plate?” - If fixing “your man’s” plate is considered ‘intimate’, all the more reason that she should have at least ASKED if she could perform the service.

Otherwise, that “crazy” woman...you can guess the rest.


48 posted on 05/24/2015 3:41:38 PM PDT by Paisan
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To: Theoria
WOW!

That was funny. Thank you.

49 posted on 05/24/2015 3:42:29 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mercat

Not three miles, three hours. my bad.


50 posted on 05/24/2015 3:54:26 PM PDT by Mercat (Release the HildeKraken)
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To: Coyote Choir

I agree and was thinking as I read that I wish he was here so I could do that for him


51 posted on 05/24/2015 3:54:46 PM PDT by buckeye49 (HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY-TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT!!)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll admit that my relationship experience comes more from watching other people’s mistakes than from any personal experience of my own, but I’ll bite:

If one spouse is involved in something that is taking enough time or attention that they can’t step away, or if they’re in a position that is hard to get up from (i.e. child in lap), or if they are known to have mobility problems, then yes, it is polite for the more able spouse to make sure they get something to eat.

If, on the other hand, both spouses are equally unencumbered, or if (I’ve seen this happen) it is the less-encumbered spouse making demands of the spouse who already has more to do than they can handle, then they can get off their rump and get their own #$@*! plate.

As for the 3rd party intervening, that’s just plain creepy. Although that opinion may be due to having been the recipient of over-the-top excessive hospitality by someone who honestly thought they were just being polite. It’s creepy.


52 posted on 05/24/2015 3:57:53 PM PDT by Ellendra (People who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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To: karatemom
"When my sister and I were much younger we noticed the women fixing the plates for the husbands at weddings and graduation parties. It looked more expected than appreciated and it ended with their generation."

Yes, I think it's a generational thing.

IMO the problem isn't fixing the plate, or not---it's the "I ain't gonna do nothing for no MAN" attitude.

53 posted on 05/24/2015 4:06:57 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: nickcarraway
Sometimes the reason you fix a man's plate is because he's the one that uses the big-spoon for everything and he cross contaminates all the dishes.

It's easier to do it for him.

54 posted on 05/24/2015 4:07:39 PM PDT by donna (It is time for Americans to repent.)
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To: umgud

My man’s ex was mean spirited, resentful and spiteful. I think he’s wonderful! Gee.... Why would he prefer me... Hmmm


55 posted on 05/24/2015 4:08:47 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Just keep repeating to yourself, “All cultures are equal.”)
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To: Shimmer1

It takes consideration and respect from both partners.


56 posted on 05/24/2015 4:17:20 PM PDT by umgud (When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
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To: nickcarraway

My wife and I generally fix our plates together.


57 posted on 05/24/2015 4:17:56 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: donna

58 posted on 05/24/2015 4:20:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Quote from the article:

“Women who fixed plates were anointing themselves better than women who did not.”

Well, why not? Any women who goes to the effort to cook up a mess of good smelling, good looking, and good tasting food for me should get that anointing! It shows she cares!


59 posted on 05/24/2015 4:31:47 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: nickcarraway

Put another log on the fire.
Cook me up some bacon and some beans.
And go out to the car and change the tyre.
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Come on, baby, you can fill my pipe,
And then go fetch my slippers.
And boil me up another pot of tea.
Then put another log on the fire, babe,
And come and tell me why you’re leaving me.

Now don’t I let you wash the car on Sunday?
Don’t I warn you when you’re gettin fat?
Ain’t I a-gonna take you fishin’ with me someday?
Well, a man can’t love a woman more than that.
Ain’t I always nice to your kid sister?
Don’t I take her driving every night?
So, sit here at my feet ‘cos I like you when you’re sweet,
And you know it ain’t feminine to fight.

So, put another log on the fire.
Cook me up some bacon and some beans.
Go out to the car and lift it up and change the tyre.
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Come on, baby, you can fill my pipe,
And then go fetch my slippers.
And boil me up another pot of tea.
Then put another log on the fire, babe,
And come and tell me why you’re leaving me.


60 posted on 05/24/2015 4:34:23 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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