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Jane Austen’s Advice: Choose the Right Man and Live Happily Ever After
Townhall.com ^ | April 18, 2012 | Rebecca Hagelin

Posted on 04/18/2012 6:59:33 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Are you a woman or a man?


161 posted on 04/18/2012 11:14:03 AM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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To: DesertRhino; All
marriage (at this time, in this society), is a bad bad deal for a man

As much as the majority of people don't want to acknowledge this, it is true.

In the bigger picture, men are generally builders and warriors, women are reasons for building and combat, and men will engage when the reasons are worthwhile.

Quickly building becomes a society, and combat becomes protection, and the reasons are still worthwhile.

Looking a little farther, women are also similar to society, culture, and nation, men will support and protect that which is worthwhile. Note that in western languages major constructs (nations, societies, ships, buildings ect) are assigned the feminine pronoun for reference.

Men build and protect entire civilizations for women.

The big problems come when a large number of women become unworthy of the effort, there is much less motivation to produce and protect. Finally, if a man is not allowed to keep enough of his production for himself to make his life bearable, the societal construct will not be maintained or protected, then we start over.

Romantic, isn't it, I expect to hear from the gals shortly.

162 posted on 04/18/2012 11:31:55 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it and the law is what WE say it is.)
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To: SENTINEL

Check out the website www.themarriagebed.com. (I am not affiliated in any way) It’s a Christian marriage & relationship forum. Lots of people in many different situations go there to ask questions, share advice and offer encouragement.

Many of the forum topics are very blunt, so it’s not for the easily offended... I wouldn’t let the wife know you are interested in the site, though. She’ll interpret it that you are trying to figure out what is wrong with her, and that’s not what you need right now. Anyway, that’s my free advice of the day; worth every penny. ;)


163 posted on 04/18/2012 11:37:32 AM PDT by Fletcher J
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To: shorty_harris

She was lucky to have such a good man and I’m sorry you lost such a loving wife.


164 posted on 04/18/2012 11:40:45 AM PDT by potlatch (~~And the truth IS what counts, RIGHT ? ~~)
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To: RatRipper

...then you’re in my prayers sir! Finding a “virtuous woman” is very hard these days. I know that my wife would never leave or cheat on me, that’s hard enough to find - so I consider myself quite lucky.

In general I think it’s becoming obvious just how lost the world is becoming. We behave like children, and it’s not getting better. All of this “man made” wisdom is coming to fruition...I wonder what we’ll do then ;)


165 posted on 04/18/2012 11:45:36 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: trailhkr1
she literally stopped having sex with him 5 years ago. He is in his late 40's.

She's already left the marriage then. Once you can no longer come together physically it's simply a matter of time before one or other says it's done. She's saying it's done, but wants him to be the one to call it.

166 posted on 04/18/2012 11:46:34 AM PDT by caww
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To: chesley

Bushmills? That’s protestant whiskey. Jameson! :)


167 posted on 04/18/2012 11:46:56 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (The Republican Party is bigger than the presidency)
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To: rlmorel

...I wouldn’t mind the entire list! :)


168 posted on 04/18/2012 11:51:31 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Despite the feminists there are still some of us who weren’t a part of that nonesense. ..never were.

But I can’t say I would blame men for looking outside the country. There’s very few young ladies today who remotely understand what relationships are and are completely self-centered.

For a worldy man there’s no reason to get married...he can have it all without a commitment to one woman...and woman have made that possible.


169 posted on 04/18/2012 11:52:19 AM PDT by caww
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To: SkyDancer

Why should he do those things? What’s the return value for the investment today?


170 posted on 04/18/2012 11:54:14 AM PDT by caww
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To: SkyDancer

BTW....whoever wrote that is looking for a Father not a Husband.


171 posted on 04/18/2012 11:55:41 AM PDT by caww
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To: yldstrk
Dear yldstrk,

Sorry, no, that's not near enough for many floozies (and sadly, it seems that nowadays, most women are floozies).

My brother held a job. Worked 12 hours a day to make a decent living so that he and his wife could afford to own a home and send their kids to Catholic school.

My brother “stayed zipped and was faithful.”

My brother has never touched drugs, and eventually gave up even social drinking to keep the household budget on track. See “homeownership and Catholic school” above.

My brother never hit his wife.

And indeed, none of the above were the reasons she gave me for divorcing him. Here's what she told me, herself:

- he works too many hours;
- he's put on weight.

Yep - that's it. 10 years of marriage and two kids, and, well, he works too many hours and got pudgy.

The real reason was that she was screwing everything with a protrusion that would risk disease with her (including my sister's husband) and she'd taken a training course or two in computer programming and her high school-educated blue-collar husband just wasn't snazzy enough anymore.

I'd call her a whore, but even a whore has some idea (though misguided) of her own value.


sitetest

172 posted on 04/18/2012 11:58:41 AM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: caww

Typical male response.


173 posted on 04/18/2012 11:59:57 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad - Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: SkyDancer
Typical male response.

I'm a woman just for the record... And will say again whoever wrote that is looking for a Father not a husband. Read it again... it's obvious.

174 posted on 04/18/2012 12:03:48 PM PDT by caww
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To: PapaBear3625

[If she loves you, she shows it by making an effort to make you happy.]

That’s true, but it’s a two way street. A ‘giver’ finally stops giving when they receive nothing in return.


175 posted on 04/18/2012 12:05:12 PM PDT by potlatch (~~And the truth IS what counts, RIGHT ? ~~)
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To: caww
She's already left the marriage then. Once you can no longer come together physically it's simply a matter of time before one or other says it's done. She's saying it's done, but wants him to be the one to call it.

I don't know all the details. Just get snippets in between set's at the weight racks. I think she loves him just not interested in the sex part.

176 posted on 04/18/2012 12:21:23 PM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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To: potlatch
That’s true, but it’s a two way street.

You notice the last part of my post was "(and yes, it works in the other direction too)".

A relationship works when each party values what they get from the other, and considers the cost of keeping the other happy to be more than worth the benefit they get from the work the other person performs to make them happy.

A relationship is in deep trouble when one or both parties decides it's too much work to keep the other happy.

177 posted on 04/18/2012 12:23:59 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: caww
I'm a woman just for the record... And will say again whoever wrote that is looking for a Father not a husband. Read it again... it's obvious.

And it's also only about "me, me ,me". If I met a woman like that I would run like the wind.

178 posted on 04/18/2012 12:24:11 PM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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To: trailhkr1

Well if she’s in her 40’s or close to it might just be she’s pre-menapausal and needs hormones. Suggest to him to have her hormone levels checked. If she refuses then he has his answer...she’s done.


179 posted on 04/18/2012 12:28:49 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww; trailhkr1
She's saying it's done, but wants him to be the one to call it.

A friend of mine had the experience of his wife losing interest in sex with him. Turns out she still was interested in sex, just not with him.

180 posted on 04/18/2012 12:30:55 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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