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A NeW Direction for Female Happiness
Townhall.com ^ | September 28, 2009 | Karin Agness

Posted on 09/29/2009 6:41:16 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: John Will

Yes, and it will be comprised of aging bachelors.


41 posted on 09/29/2009 8:47:35 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Joe 6-pack

That’s because their happiness is dependent on stomping on our happiness.


42 posted on 09/29/2009 8:52:06 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: RandallFlagg; Kaslin; All
Thanks for the post Kaslin and for the ping RandallFlagg. Interesting article, but some of the comments have made me “speechless”. I think it is clear that the opinions are all over the map and I whole heartedly disagree with many. Seems to me though, that one FReeper has it figured out. It is not out there, it is within.
43 posted on 09/29/2009 8:59:15 AM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic (Hey whiners, SEE BRETT THROW!!!)
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To: raptor29

EXACTLY....you can measure happiness by the selfishness of the person....the more selfish...the less happy.


44 posted on 09/29/2009 9:22:50 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Democrat party has always been the party of slavery, sedition, subversion, socialism and surrender)
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To: RandallFlagg

randall, is this what the singles thread will degenerate into? A woman bashing thread?? shudder!


45 posted on 09/29/2009 9:46:56 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.It's already tomorrow in Australia(CharlesSchulz))
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To: goodnesswins
the more selfish...the less happy

Said another way, the heart that gives, gathers.

46 posted on 09/29/2009 9:48:18 AM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic (Hey whiners, SEE BRETT THROW!!!)
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To: Shimmer1

No. I just wanted to alert folks to the conversation.


47 posted on 09/29/2009 9:53:54 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
Whenever I heard a woman say; “I’ve never been happier”, it usually meant she isn’t.

When she says she's "FINE!" run...

48 posted on 09/29/2009 9:57:37 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 251 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: Shimmer1
randall, is this what the singles thread will degenerate into? A woman bashing thread?? shudder!

Sometimes it's a men bashing thread...

49 posted on 09/29/2009 10:02:53 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 251 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
Or.......what you give, you get
50 posted on 09/29/2009 10:05:10 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Democrat party has always been the party of slavery, sedition, subversion, socialism and surrender)
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To: RandallFlagg

Thanks Randall.


51 posted on 09/29/2009 10:53:56 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.It's already tomorrow in Australia(CharlesSchulz))
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To: raptor29

could it be that women want real men and real men don’t want overweight, ugly to the bone feminists?


52 posted on 09/29/2009 11:00:41 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Good one!


53 posted on 09/29/2009 11:01:22 AM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Well, I guess exercise is fairly recent when we think of going to a gym or jogging or lifting weights or running etc. However, my mother had a three story home that she maintained with the help of all of us of course. So, we climed a LOT of stairs all day long.
We walked back and forth to school, was a cheerleader, had gym classes and danced away the weekend after walking to the dance location dancing all night and walking back home. :)
We pretty much ate our three meals a day with maybe a snack or so inbetween but that was usually fruit or a pretzel or chips.
We drank milk, ate vegetables and a meal that stayed with you. We had to because we were so active. We had to help with everything in the house which meant hanging clothes on the line, takeing them down and then bringing them in the house which meant going up the stairs.

We sat on the floor and cleaned baseboards. We stood and ironed clothes. We stood and washed dishes and dried them too. We SWEPT the kitchen floor after dinner.

So, I know my mother got a LOT of exercise and so did we helping her. I also know she LIFTED ... not weights but kids. She walked downtown to the store to shop as there was no car. She walked back home after she was through. She got plenty of sunshine without a Vitamin D supplement as she was outside as much as possibble.

So, women DID get exercise and plenty of it. They just lifted babies instead of weights, went up and down to the second and third floors instead of using a Stair Master. They walked everywhere they went instead of using a treadmill and they stretched hanging clothes on lines etc instead of doing stretching exercises. I’d say they did pretty darn good...wouldn’t you??? :) :) :)


54 posted on 09/29/2009 11:19:59 AM PDT by cubreporter (.)
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To: Kaslin

Go to a dance class for kids. The teacher will instruct the girls to step to the left. All the girls will step to the left and will generally feel accomplilshment at doing the step correctly. The teacher will instruct the boys to step to the right. Some of the boys will immediately push, shove, and stomp each others feet.

Females tend to feel more comfortable following instructions. In many traditional female roles, following instructions is an advantage. One’s mother can probably give good advice on to rock a baby to sleep, for example.

But the modern mass media has taken advantage of women’s natural tendency to follow instructions. Here are approximate conversations I’ve had with women that just leave me thinking “I don’t think like that.”

Woman: I spend hours each day thinking about how fat I am. The media put such pressure on women to be thin.

Me: So ignore the media.

Woman: it’s not that easy!


Woman: It’s a pain to wear high heels every day, but I have to do that where I work.

Me: Do any of the women in your office wear flats?

Woman: Some of them, yes.


Woman: If you are a woman and don’t want kids, people act like you are a bad person.

Me: So ignore those people. It’s your life.

Woman: But the pressure is so great! It’s hard.


I am not trying to bash women here. These were all good people who I was happy to have as friends. None of these women were hurting anyone but themselves.

Older women sometimes develop the attitude that they aren’t going to worry so much about trying to follow other people’s instructions. I suspect these women are often very happy.


55 posted on 09/29/2009 12:49:30 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: Happyinmygarden

There is much truth in what you’ve written.


56 posted on 09/29/2009 2:42:34 PM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: happygrl

Yes, there is a lot of truth in that.

However, women have always had to step up and many, many children were raised by mom only before 1972. I think it’s more than that.

I think it is also related to unrealistic expectations. IF you get married, he is supposed to be perfect (and, of course he never is). Women used to be smart enough to know that nobody is perfect, and were willing to accept men for what they were (and themselves as equally imperfect humans).


57 posted on 09/29/2009 5:22:47 PM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: Kaslin

Wow, these NeW women are lovely!!!!


58 posted on 09/29/2009 7:40:43 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: longtermmemmory

That too....


59 posted on 09/29/2009 8:12:58 PM PDT by raptor29
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To: SuzyQue

There is much truth in what you’ve written:)


60 posted on 09/29/2009 10:03:42 PM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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