Posted on 07/24/2018 11:14:28 AM PDT by servo1969
I would add to this, about 80% of the time, women have a list of priorities in relationships, in this order:
1. Their children;
2. Their parents (generally mother first);
3. Their siblings (generally sisters first), and then (if providing appropriately):
4. The father of their children.
3 and 4 may switch depending, as may 2 and 3.
But 4 almost always last priority.
This is why there are so many “evil step mother” stories.
And also why a man should be very cautious getting serious with a woman (even a widow) with children. He is almost always nothing more than a pocketbook or a means to an end.
Thirty years ago I had an English Literature professor who told the class:
“Translations are like women - if they’re beautiful, they’re not faithful, and if they’re faithful, they’re not beautiful”.
Naturally, there’s no way any college professor could get away with saying that today!
#4 Instability.... wow is this right on. For you younger guys if you think your woman is unstable now, wait till she hits menopause. Unstable can border on insanity. You just have to crawl in a hole or hide somewhere . Even doing absolutely nothing will provoke her at this stage. It’s PMS squared. I was beginning to wonder if I should have my wife committed. :D
I smile when I say that now but she really put us (me and two teenage kids) through hell. But patience does eventually pay off as the hormones or whatever the hell it is get back in balance. Just as pure observation and totally unscientific, I note that a lot of divorces occur around this time. Some may be due to men’s midlife crisis, but I bet a large number are due to menopause.
Except for Lynda Carter. I just saw her in Super Troopers 2 last night and she has held up quite well. She’s not young but she’s still a fine-looking woman.
Old Ben was very forthright and graphic now, wasn’t he?
Did he sail with a large basket to Versailles? ;)
Good one.
The version in Israel is “if it flies, floats, or f—ks, rent it.”
Especially when they’re on the flight deck of the airplane you’re traveling in.
if they didn’t have that thing there’d be bounty on ‘em ...
It doesn’t have to happen. See my post 35.
Men are by no means perfect either and we have our own faults.
I have been married 21 years. My advice to both sexes: Marry someone who shares your values and has common goals.
When the baby is screaming, and you are drowning in bills and there are layoffs coming at work you need a strong person at your side. Someone who is a team player. In the end my wife and I are on the same team fighting for the same goal.
So far anyway.
6. All women hit menopause then it’s Katie bar the door!
For me, age is irrelevant. I think the most attractive women (not just pretty, but those you are actually attracted to) are those who do not realize how beautiful they are. Vanity is off-putting.
There can be exceptions.
always found that song rang true
I presume that was seconds before he bashed himself in the head with that bottle?
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