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badger
3/10/2010, 10:03 AM
NP and I celebrate our third anniversary of being married today. :)

We chose the March 10 date because then we wouldn't have to wait a million years like some couples who stayed engaged forever, but more importantly, it was outside of football season (although I do recall the OU women beating Iowa State for the Big 12 title that Saturday).

So... for all of you married sooner fans out there... any advice on how to keep the marriage thing up longer than three years?

OKLA21FAN
3/10/2010, 10:07 AM
So... for all of you married sooner fans out there... any advice on how to keep the marriage thing up longer than three years?
submit to his every wish. (its biblical) :pop:

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 10:12 AM
You'll be golden until year 7. That's the one that's the bitch.

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 10:16 AM
grats you two.

this is aimed mostly as NP...

1. don't go to bed mad at each other.
2. dont make an ant hill out of a mole hole ;)
3. dont forget to take out the trash
4. dont forget to do the dishes every oncest in a while.
5. don't ever EVER buy her a present that has an electrical cord attached to it.
6. for the love of gawd don't forget her birthday. (see, im easily confused. her bd is 4/3 my oldest sons is 3/4 and my youngest is 11/4 sooooo the 3rd and 4th day of the month is a beotch to me.yes, even after 17 years)

Veritas
3/10/2010, 10:31 AM
separate bathrooms. you don't want to smell each other's ****.

1890MilesToNorman
3/10/2010, 10:44 AM
Marriage is the leading cause of divorce, so you got that going for ya. :eek:

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 10:45 AM
separate bathrooms. you don't want to smell each other's ****.

yeh..then there's that.

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 10:54 AM
Even if you don't have 2, at least go separately.

C&CDean
3/10/2010, 10:56 AM
It's quite simple really. Marry someone who believes that the biblical/traditional husband and wife roles should be your model. Both people have to draw great satisfaction from fulfilling their roles as well. You'll never find a female who is happier than Mrs. Dean. She relishes her role and esteems herself by performing it at a very high level.

Momma cooks, cleans, mends, massages, does all the laundry/kitchen work/kids school stuff/etc. When big daddy needs lovin' she's always ready to please.

Big daddy does all the outside ****. And I cook meat that goes on the grill or smoker which is a man job.

When in a pinch, momma helps outside. When in a pinch, big daddy gets one of the kids to help momma inside. I will build a fire or have even cooked an omelette when momma is too busy.

Finally, the most important thing is to find a woman like your great-grandma. Modern women suck big giant hairy balls - and they ain't yours.

Oh yeah, congrats you two groovy kids. One other ingredient for success is marrying someone who is a Packer fan. Dallas might be America's Team, but Green Bay is God's team.

NormanPride
3/10/2010, 11:13 AM
Yer darn tootin', Dean. Packers rule.

And I married baj because she was pretty and fun, and kissed me. I had no idea at the time how awesome she was, and how much fun I was getting myself into. Truly, getting to know her has been the best experience of my life.

I mean, the girl loves football and mega man. How lucky am I?

Wishboned
3/10/2010, 11:22 AM
I was married on March 10th, 1984. It was a Saturday too.

Mine didn't last. Don't take that as a sign though.

:)

yermom
3/10/2010, 11:22 AM
Yer darn tootin', Dean. Packers rule.

And I married baj because she was pretty and fun, and kissed me. I had no idea at the time how awesome she was, and how much fun I was getting myself into. Truly, getting to know her has been the best experience of my life.

I mean, the girl loves football and mega man. How lucky am I?

hopefully you knew some of that beforehand :D

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 11:36 AM
, but Green Bay is God's team.



:bsmf:

badger
3/10/2010, 11:41 AM
I mean, the girl loves football and mega man. How lucky am I?

Love football, HATE mega man. Stupid blue guy can't do anything right before he falls in another pit or onto spikes or into a pit of spikes. Ahhhhhhhh!

:P


1. don't go to bed mad at each other.
I can't think of any time that we've done that.

2. dont make an ant hill out of a mole hole
The dogs handle all of our mole holes... unfortuantely :mad:


3. dont forget to take out the trash
He doesn't... because I do it :D

4. dont forget to do the dishes every oncest in a while.
He actually did this Monday! I was happily surprised! :D


5. don't ever EVER buy her a present that has an electrical cord attached to it.
He almost bought me a PS3 for Christmas before I convinced him that he was the one who really wanted it... guess who was playing FF13 last night for several hours? :rolleyes:

6. for the love of gawd don't forget her birthday. (see, im easily confused. her bd is 4/3 my oldest sons is 3/4 and my youngest is 11/4 sooooo the 3rd and 4th day of the month is a beotch to me.yes, even after 17 years)
He didn't! And his is 4/20 so it's hard to forget his! :D

About the only problem we've had so far, psychologists and marriage counselors of the south oval, is communications. I've done some funny things by misinterpreting what he says :eek:

soonerboomer93
3/10/2010, 11:56 AM
PIITB?

SunnySooner
3/10/2010, 11:58 AM
After 15 years, my thoughts are you're prolly gonna be fine. Just keep treating each other the way you would like to be treated and the rest takes care of itself. I sorta think couples either have "it" or they don't, ya know? You do have to work at staying connected, especially after the kids come along, but my experience is either the benefits you get from being together outweigh the negatives or they don't and you split. For us, the happiness we get from each other's company, the fact that we are still very attracted to each other, the fun we're having raising our kids, the security we feel knowing the other is there for us, plus a lot of other reasons, keep us from thinking we'd be happier apart. And we both agreed that divorce is not an option, so if we're stuck together, we'd better always work to make the best of it. So far, so good!

Congrats, and I think you're both pretty lucky. Happy anniversary!

NormanPride
3/10/2010, 11:58 AM
I wish.


don't kill me...

goingoneight
3/10/2010, 12:14 PM
A girl who knows her football is a catch, NP. Especially her Sooner football.

badger
3/10/2010, 12:21 PM
don't kill me...

:D You see? Our marriage is based on a healthy amount of fear.


A girl who knows her football is a catch, NP. Especially her Sooner football.

Oh yeah, I love my Bud Stoops and my Bob Switzer, not to mention that quarterback Joe Laundry. Hehe, what a funny name. ;)

BillyBall
3/10/2010, 12:32 PM
I thought this thread was going to be about daily sex.

NormanPride
3/10/2010, 12:44 PM
Yeah, she used to do some reporting on the games themselves, and got to interview players and coaches. I was so jealous!

homerSimpsonsBrain
3/10/2010, 02:25 PM
I thought this thread was going to be about daily sex.

Its about marriage. How could it be about daily sex???


:D

Leroy Lizard
3/10/2010, 02:29 PM
Number 1: Rule out divorce. Make a commitment that no matter, divorce is out of the question. You made the vows; you keep them.

Number 2: Never nag.

C&CDean
3/10/2010, 02:34 PM
You forgot the all important Number 3 Leroy.

Number 3: Never **** the mailman, the milkman, the meter man, or any other man. I'm talking to you NP.

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 02:35 PM
Its about marriage. How could it be about daily sex???


:D

agreed...each one of my points kicked off a dry spell of biblical proportions....

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 02:36 PM
You forgot the all important Number 3 Leroy.

Number 3: Never **** the mailman, the milkman, the meter man, or any other man. I'm talking to you NP.

yeh.


we've heard.

badger
3/10/2010, 02:41 PM
Number 2: Never neg.

http://www.rdhouse.com/forums/images/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://www.rdhouse.com/forums/images/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://www.rdhouse.com/forums/images/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://www.rdhouse.com/forums/images/reputation/reputation_neg.gif

So I should just give these to you instead then? ;)

Collier11
3/10/2010, 02:54 PM
Id say that Leroy hit it on the head, Marriage is a committment like Loving OU football, its something that no matter how high or how low things can be, you stick with it...unless, like Dean said, NP starts ****ing the mailman or milkman :D

badger
3/10/2010, 02:59 PM
:D <-- my face after the tulips just arrived at the office

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:00 PM
:D <-- my face after the tulips just arrived at the office

ooooooohhhh np gonna gets sum tonight ;)

Collier11
3/10/2010, 03:03 PM
anyone who has either of their phone numbers, post them in here so we can call them non stop tonight :D

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:04 PM
anyone who has either of their phone numbers, post them in here so we can call them non stop tonight :D

roflmao...classic. "is your refrigerator running?"

"yes. yes it is...."

"well, you'd better go catch it. *snicker snicker snort*" click...

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:06 PM
Do ya really think they'll get off the "vidya games" long enough to "do it" anyway?

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:06 PM
Do ya really think they'll get off the "vidya games" long enough to "do it" anyway?

heh i heard in one of the sims games you can "get it on"

NormanPride
3/10/2010, 03:07 PM
This thread has taken an odd and kind of embarrassing turn for me. :D

soonervegas
3/10/2010, 03:07 PM
You'll be golden until year 7. That's the one that's the bitch.


Word. Only bad one out of 12 for me. I really think that is the mendoza line on if people (girls) want to stick it out or not.

"Can I see myself spending the next 20 years with this guy who thinks it's funny to dutch oven me right before bed or should I give this guy at work a try that says my boobs look good in that dress?"

Point being never stop "dating" your wife.

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:09 PM
Hell, around here a big long fart is a mating call.

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:09 PM
This thread has taken an odd and kind of embarrassing turn for me. :D

rofl...don't they all take odd, embarrasing turns? well, the threads anyway.

Collier11
3/10/2010, 03:09 PM
This thread has taken an odd and kind of embarrassing turn for me. :D

you think this is embarrassing, you better not mess up tonight ;)

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:11 PM
I really think that is the mendoza line on if people (girls) want to stick it out or not.

.

is this the same thing as the linea negra? :)

Collier11
3/10/2010, 03:11 PM
Word. Only bad one out of 12 for me. I really think that is the mendoza line on if people (girls) want to stick it out or not.

"Can I see myself spending the next 20 years with this guy who thinks it's funny to dutch oven me right before bed or should I give this guy at work a try that says my boobs look good in that dress?"

Point being never stop "dating" your wife.

thats how Cru got his women, he dutch ovened her underneath the table cloth on their first date

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:11 PM
you think this is embarrassing, you better not mess up tonight ;)

heh wait till the mailman calls badg for a scouting report on NP lol

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:17 PM
you think this is embarrassing, you better not mess up tonight ;)

If he does it could be like this:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I2uQkGxIykM/SRQFbrT7zRI/AAAAAAAAA38/uqRBFyCMfAQ/s400/angered+the+badger+flabb.jpg

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:18 PM
If he does it could be like this:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I2uQkGxIykM/SRQFbrT7zRI/AAAAAAAAA38/uqRBFyCMfAQ/s400/angered+the+badger+flabb.jpg

holyshiite now thats funny....

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:19 PM
http://www.badgerecology.org/mating1.jpg

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:21 PM
at least she wouldnt be THIS mad...

http://www.austinprobe.com/images/chupacabra.jpg



come to think of it, i may have slept with this chick in germany...

Collier11
3/10/2010, 03:22 PM
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4_oTAxX4Onc/SHaymCfZUGI/AAAAAAAABTI/AdVlN_fd8Tw/s320/mailman-hp.jpg

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:24 PM
so bottom line....

we have learned:
commit to be married.
treat your spouse the way you want to be treated
dont screw the mailman
dont screw chupacabras
dont **** off the badger.

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:25 PM
This could be the end result of him doing it right OR wrong...

http://atimetochoose.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/when-badgers-go-bad.jpg

TUSooner
3/10/2010, 03:25 PM
If you can't follow Dean's advice - and frankly not many can - learn to ignore a lot of ****.

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:27 PM
Not sure how this fits into the thread, but not posting it would be a sin:

http://www.laughparty.com/funny-pictures/Badgers-Arse-619.jpg

NormanPride
3/10/2010, 03:29 PM
If he does it could be like this:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I2uQkGxIykM/SRQFbrT7zRI/AAAAAAAAA38/uqRBFyCMfAQ/s400/angered+the+badger+flabb.jpg

That was taken just after Rodgers threw that pick six in the first round of the playoffs. :(

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:32 PM
If you can't follow Dean's advice - and frankly not many can - learn to ignore a lot of ****.

no disrespect to deano but mine grew up in western oklahoma...deeply rooted in religion and the traditional type stuff...but all that stuff he was talking earlier, wouldnt work on this one...i made her angry one time, she scratched me from one side of my neck to the other. i giggled, faked pain and continued to watch my football game, 30 seconds later she walked by and sprayed me with windex all for asking her to hand me a beer. i cried inside a little....i dont even joke about it now lol.

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:32 PM
If it doesn't continue to be marital bliss NP can always fall back on one of these:

http://www.jonco48.com/blog/Inflatable_20Wife.jpg

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:38 PM
[QUOTE=Crucifax Autumn;2848426]If it doesn't continue to be marital bliss NP can always fall back on one of these:



karma is going to get you for that one....just sayin.

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:40 PM
Karma owes me for way more than that!

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:41 PM
Besides, who said I don't already have an inflatable?

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:46 PM
Besides, who said I don't already have an inflatable?

well,


no one. do you? do you dress it up? do you talk dirty to it? does she like to be smacked around?


o yeh, can you deliver "the shocker"?

badger
3/10/2010, 03:46 PM
This thread is so full of win... I haven't seen the South Oval have this much non-political fun since SicEm's "So I met a girl" :D

:mad: Even with all of the badger jokes, yes.

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:46 PM
boy, reading back, we have seriously jacked this thread up...

Collier11
3/10/2010, 03:47 PM
well LAS must be sleeping :D

Collier11
3/10/2010, 03:48 PM
Cru leaves it deflated sept for the head, he doesnt have much use for the rest of it :eek:

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:49 PM
well LAS must be sleeping :D

he has that thousand yard stare....

Collier11
3/10/2010, 03:52 PM
Cru, do you still put lipstick on her or has she quit trying to look good after all of this time?

badger
3/10/2010, 03:54 PM
anyone who has either of their phone numbers, post them in here so we can call them non stop tonight :D

All right, all right - here is the number:

405.744.5737

If Mike Gundy answers, it's because he uses the same number (http://www.qbforce.com/tate/offers/Oklahoma.htm) to try to get recruits to settle for less in Stillwater :D

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 03:54 PM
I wore the lips off long ago.

C&CDean
3/10/2010, 03:57 PM
no disrespect to deano but mine grew up in western oklahoma...deeply rooted in religion and the traditional type stuff...but all that stuff he was talking earlier, wouldnt work on this one...i made her angry one time, she scratched me from one side of my neck to the other. i giggled, faked pain and continued to watch my football game, 30 seconds later she walked by and sprayed me with windex all for asking her to hand me a beer. i cried inside a little....i dont even joke about it now lol.

Dude, it doesn't matter where or how she was raised. It's something that some women have ingrained in them - actually I believe ALL women have it ingrained in them - but most choose to go against nature and be all "modern" primarily because the ****ing POS media encourages them to and constantly tells them how all-fire happy they'll be as a CEO instead of a MOM.

It took me 3 tries to find a decent woman. I went through a lot of hell with a couple of emotional, PMSing, hormonal, ****ed up modern women. I remember one time coming home from working 12 hours and the first wife was laying on her fat *** on the couch, no supper, house filthy, her looking like a wet fart in a rag, no laundry done, and the first words I got when I walked into the house were "well I work too GD it, so why don't you cook supper and wash the damned dishes." I said "OK, and why don't you get up off your fat ***, go outside, and change the brakes on my truck."

Modern women are the succ.

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 03:58 PM
I wore the lips off long ago.

which?

Collier11
3/10/2010, 04:00 PM
:eek:

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 04:02 PM
Someone on Cafe PRess has a whole line of products featuring this simple slogan:

http://images8.cafepress.com/product/179265028v1_225x225_Front.jpg

http://images7.cafepress.com/product/179262157v1_225x225_Front.jpg

http://shop.cafepress.com/crazy-badger-girl

Crucifax Autumn
3/10/2010, 04:03 PM
which?

Both. The ear holes are now a bit oversized too.

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 04:14 PM
Both. The ear holes are now a bit oversized too.

roflmao


that gives new meaning to the term "rode hard and put up wet."

Jello Biafra
3/10/2010, 05:29 PM
man, this thread shriveled up and died....they must be texting each other on the ps3s from two different rooms as we read this...

soonerboomer93
3/10/2010, 05:29 PM
Someone on Cafe PRess has a whole line of products featuring this simple slogan:

http://images8.cafepress.com/product/179265028v1_225x225_Front.jpg

http://images7.cafepress.com/product/179262157v1_225x225_Front.jpg

http://shop.cafepress.com/crazy-badger-girl

hurry NP, it's not too late to get her that special anniversary gift

badger
3/10/2010, 05:45 PM
hurry NP, it's not too late to get her that special anniversary gift

yes it is - he already got me tulips :D

SanJoaquinSooner
3/10/2010, 11:36 PM
http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/__Story_Inserts/graphics/__PEOPLE/D/dupre_ashley_140.jpg

Collier11
3/11/2010, 01:05 AM
yes it is - he already got me tulips :D

So...wonder how long theyve been in the sack, hell its midnight, their married asses have been asleep for 3 hours :D

badger
3/11/2010, 09:27 AM
Thank you for not calling us repeatedly last night ;)

We had a lovely dinner out and afterward enjoyed a quiet evening with absolutely nothing wrong at all. Just the perfect, perfect anniversary :)

:mad: Aww, who am I kidding? I snuck out of work early (with permission) to run with the dogs so that NP and I would have more time to ourselves. The dogs spotted a fat version of our cat in the neighborhood and went nuts, and I ended up with badly rolled ankle. After grimacing in pain for a few minutes while the dumb dogs watched, I hobbled back to our backyard in tears from the pain. I iced that sucked half the night and it still hurts to walk on it.

soonerhubs
3/11/2010, 09:42 AM
Sorry to hear your pain.
Oh, and my advice for marrieds comes out 2 times per month. Here's one of my favorites: http://community.twoofus.org/_Family-Blitz/blog/1874214/55557.html



Sidenote: Yes I wear Orange. I'm in the PhD program here and they take great care of me. Doesn't mean I root for them on Saturdays.

Jello Biafra
3/11/2010, 09:56 AM
I iced that sucked half the night and it still hurts to walk on it.

glad to see NP didn't put a bullet in your head...o wait thats for horses? dean?

Crucifax Autumn
3/11/2010, 10:08 AM
yes it is - he already got me tulips :D

You weren't already born with "tulips"?

85Sooner
3/11/2010, 10:17 AM
I thought this thread was going to be about daily sex.

Not if you married. Then it would be monthly sex.

Jello Biafra
3/11/2010, 10:29 AM
Not if you married. Then it would be monthly sex.

MONTHLY?!?!? :confused: i got jipped


actually, they are practically newlyweds and they have no kids so.....

Jello Biafra
3/11/2010, 10:30 AM
You weren't already born with "tulips"?

heh...and the wheeels go round and round...

My Opinion Matters
3/12/2010, 03:13 PM
It's quite simple really. Marry someone who believes that the biblical/traditional husband and wife roles should be your model. Both people have to draw great satisfaction from fulfilling their roles as well. You'll never find a female who is happier than Mrs. Dean. She relishes her role and esteems herself by performing it at a very high level.

Momma cooks, cleans, mends, massages, does all the laundry/kitchen work/kids school stuff/etc. When big daddy needs lovin' she's always ready to please.

Big daddy does all the outside ****. And I cook meat that goes on the grill or smoker which is a man job.

When in a pinch, momma helps outside. When in a pinch, big daddy gets one of the kids to help momma inside. I will build a fire or have even cooked an omelette when momma is too busy.

Finally, the most important thing is to find a woman like your great-grandma. Modern women suck big giant hairy balls - and they ain't yours.

Oh yeah, congrats you two groovy kids. One other ingredient for success is marrying someone who is a Packer fan. Dallas might be America's Team, but Green Bay is God's team.

As usual, I'm a little late to this thread, but I wanted to respond to Dean's post specifically. While some "modern" and politically correct folks might dismiss your characterization as antiquated and boorish, I essentially agree with you, with one important distinction: modern men are hardly absolved of guilt in this.

To put it plainily, modern men are gaping pussies. I don't think it's a stretch to say there hasn't been a generation of real men in America since the "Greatest Generation." The death of the American Male is too broad a topic to dissect in one tidy little message, but suffice it to say, the phenomenon is real.

In my line of work, I see some shell of a man just about everyday with some weak justification about his circumstances. "I would work, but...", "I can't take care of my family because...", "I'm on my disability because...".

Bullcrap.

You're a worthless, sorry, weak POS excuse of a man. That's what your problem is. Your head hurts? That's nice, go to work and take care of your family. Your neck is sore? That's nice, go to work and take care of your family. You twisted your ankle? Get off disability,unemployment, drop your lawsuit, stop whining, and get off your *** and go take care of your family. Somewhere over the last 60 years, men have forgotten how to be men.

I work with two women that have sons that are roughly the same age as me. There's not more than a day or two that passes that they're not calling their mommies asking for girl advice, to borrow money, how to tie their shoes, etc. They'll often stop by to get lunch money. Grown *** men in their 30's coming to mommy's work for lunch money. How in the world did we get reduced to this? One of these women work nearly 60 hours a week just to support her husband who "can't work because he's addicted to painkillers." What kind of self-respecting man would allow this?

I'm not singling out anyone specifically, but hell, you need to look further than this very board to see that modern men are swollen vaginas. Every week there's some dope starting a thread about some tramp wiping her *** with his heart. I've always got to suppress the urge to say "yeah, maybe she's hopping in the sack with that other guy because she's a skank, but really she probably just did it because you're a gigantic *****". You know how I know you're a fat labia? Because you're on an internet message board talking about your feelings being hurt. You're supposed to be a man, no one cares about your feelings, least of all the skank you're shacked up with.

I'm venturing into dangerous "generalization" territory here, but by and large women want their men to take care of them and their children. Even most modern career women want this. Women don't want a man they have to be a mother to. Whether the origins in this are in evolution or biblical, this is completely natural. This is how humans behaved for thousand of years, with the exception of the last 50 years or so. I won't go so far as to say women need to trade in their business suits for aprons, my own wife (2nd wife, that is) has a Masters Degree in Accounting, and is by all accounts much smarter than me. She's perfectly capable of balancing a career, being a wife, and being a mother. But she's happiest at home, and that's the way its supposed to be.

I'm no master practicioner of this philosophy, I just figured all this stuff out within the last few years. But ever since I did figure this out, my women problems have disappeared, and I have attracted a much higher quality type of woman than that first skank I was married to. Women want a strong man that makes them feel secure. Especially the best women.

Collier11
3/12/2010, 04:17 PM
So you get into the definition of a real man all over again. I have a degree, pay my bills on time, own a house and a truck, etc... but I dont do manual labor for my job, I am handy around the house but only to an extent, if it comes to carpentry, working on a car engine, etc... I dont know much of it.

My point in bringing this up is that I think you are mostly correct but I also think that the expectations of men and women have changed over time. The stuff that I can pay to have fixed I will, unlike my Grandpa, and I do this cus I know I would probably just make it worse in alot of scenarios. If I have stuff around the house to get done, im not getting up at 5am to do it like men used to, im waiting til I get my azz out of bed and if it is hot outside, ill wait til it cools off.

I also think you are way off in your assumption that men arent supposed to have feelings, this isnt 1910, men can express being upset, frustrated, hurt, etc... doesnt mean im gonna start some thread about how my heart is broken but I also dont think that if someone does it necessarily makes them a big pu##. Just means they are a little more honest than men back in the day used to be, right or wrong

NormanPride
3/12/2010, 04:42 PM
I often get very annoyed at people looking at the '50s as some magical age where everything was perfect. Especially in a thread that's not about that kind of crap.

badger
3/12/2010, 05:00 PM
Awww, so much for having a fun thread this week :(

My Opinion Matters
3/12/2010, 05:06 PM
So you get into the definition of a real man all over again. I have a degree, pay my bills on time, own a house and a truck, etc... but I dont do manual labor for my job, I am handy around the house but only to an extent, if it comes to carpentry, working on a car engine, etc... I dont know much of it.

My point in bringing this up is that I think you are mostly correct but I also think that the expectations of men and women have changed over time. The stuff that I can pay to have fixed I will, unlike my Grandpa, and I do this cus I know I would probably just make it worse in alot of scenarios. If I have stuff around the house to get done, im not getting up at 5am to do it like men used to, im waiting til I get my azz out of bed and if it is hot outside, ill wait til it cools off.

I also think you are way off in your assumption that men arent supposed to have feelings, this isnt 1910, men can express being upset, frustrated, hurt, etc... doesnt mean im gonna start some thread about how my heart is broken but I also dont think that if someone does it necessarily makes them a big pu##. Just means they are a little more honest than men back in the day used to be, right or wrong

I don't think being a man means you have to be able to break down a car motor and put it all back together again. I'm not the most handy guy in the world. Hell, I barely know the difference between a hubcap and a distributor cap.

I don't think it has anything to do with conforming to any prehistoric macho stereotypes you're talking about. In fact, in my case, it's been pretty much the opposite. Would you consider changing diapers, playing with dolls, and picking out dresses manly activities? Probably not, but from where I'm coming from all of those things better exemplify being a man than any of the things you've described. It's pretty simple, it's about embracing your responsibilites instead of running from them. Relish your responsibilites. Identify what's important to you and be willing to lay everything on the line for it. That means if you have a wife and a family, those need to be your top priority. When someone grinds you down, backs you into a corner, and threathens to come between you and what's important to you do you lay over and die or do you get back up and fight harder? I'm sure all of us would like to believe we're the guy that would never back down, but how many of us have ever really put our money where our mouth is? That's what I'm talking about.

Viking Kitten
3/12/2010, 05:08 PM
Badger, if NP doesn't go out and club a saber-tooth tiger and drag it back to the cave tonight, you should totally divorce him.

My Opinion Matters
3/12/2010, 05:14 PM
Sorry to interrupt the Oprah Book Club, but Collie I didn't mean as a man you're not allowed to have feelings. Just don't expect anyone to genuinely give a damn about them. You gots to work that stuff out for yourself, generally speaking.

badger
3/12/2010, 05:23 PM
Badger, if NP doesn't go out and club a saber-tooth tiger and drag it back to the cave tonight, you should totally divorce him.

:D

NormanPride
3/12/2010, 05:28 PM
Does our cat count?

He's kept me from sleeping the past two nights and that's baj's job. ;)

My Opinion Matters
3/12/2010, 05:38 PM
I love this place. In 6 years I've been described as everything from a clandestine liberal operative to a Paleolithic authoritarian. It's amusing I'm so hard to peg down.

Collier11
3/12/2010, 06:33 PM
Awww, so much for having a fun thread this week :(

we kept it fun for a while :D

Collier11
3/12/2010, 06:35 PM
id say just a good ol woman hater who is afraid to cry :eek: :D

Crucifax Autumn
3/13/2010, 02:00 AM
Wow...This thread's gone way downhill from angry badgers and anniversary sex.

Collier11
3/13/2010, 03:00 AM
NP and Badg are bangin it out all weekend, in the meantime, MOMs fudged up this thread...way to go ho :D