Posted on 01/17/2010 9:18:53 PM PST by Saije
Gordon Fleming is, by his own account, an environmentally sensitive guy.
He bikes 12 1/2 miles to and from his job at a software company outside Santa Barbara, Calif. He recycles as much as possible and takes reusable bags to the grocery store.
Still, his girlfriend, Shelly Cobb, feels he has not gone far enough.
Ms. Cobb chides him for running the water too long while he shaves or showers. And she finds it “depressing,” she tells him, that he continues to buy a steady stream of items online when her aim is for them to lead a less materialistic life.
Mr. Fleming, who says he became committed to Ms. Cobb “before her high-priestess phase,” describes their conflicts as good-natured — mostly.
But he refuses to go out to eat sushi with her anymore, he said, because he cannot stand to hear her quiz the waiters.
“None of it is sustainable or local,” he said, “and I am not eating cod or rockfish.”
As awareness of environmental concerns has grown, therapists say they are seeing a rise in bickering between couples and family members over the extent to which they should change their lives to save the planet.
In households across the country, green lines are being drawn between those who insist on wild salmon and those who buy farmed, those who calculate their carbon footprint and those who remain indifferent to greenhouse gases.
“As the focus on climate increases in the public’s mind, it can’t help but be a part of people’s planning about the future,” said Thomas Joseph Doherty, a clinical psychologist in Portland, Ore., who has a practice that focuses on environmental issues. “It touches every part of how they live: what they eat, whether they want to fly, what kind of vacation they want.”
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Sounds like he ain’t got no balls. I would tell a woman who bitched at me about idiot crap like that to STFU and I would mean it.
Gordon Fleming is, by his own account, an environmentally sensitive guy.
No, Gordon. It sounds like Shelly has your b@lls in box in her drawer.
Liberalism, just more of an excuse to be just more of a bigger BITCH; just look to feminism, neo-racists, get-along to go-along types, environmentalists and the political class.
“liberalism is a mental disorder”
-Michael Savage-
Stupid is as stupid does.
I’ll warm the car up an extra ten minutes, take a longer shower and crank up the heat in their honor.
Global Warming is a ^%$#@(*& lie.
Reading this article has put my mind at ease. They will die out in a generation as apparently they will not breed.
These enviroweenies have more psychological problems than just green ones. They have egg white scrambled eggs for brains.
Cheers!
Lord knows I’ve tried that. On women it just doesn’t work. Best thing to do is get out while you can and whatever you do don’t marry her!
I bet he has a closet full of really pretty sun dresses.
That's why they call them Watermelons. Green outside, red inside.
Based on some of the author’s previous headline titles, this article is about close, personal, moonbat friends of hers.
IE:crap that 99.9% of the rest of the world(other than NY Times readers) would not care about.
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