Men!

[missyc]

So maybe now you just don't seem to know how or when to just let it go.
Always trying to get the last word in!

 

[hokiefan33]

Originally posted by missyc
So maybe now you just don't seem to know how or when to just let it go.
Always trying to get the last word in!

Hmmm....just like you, maybe?

 

[missyc]

 

[hokiefan33]

 

[Simba's Girl]

hokiefan33

Thanks for giving me such a laugh today! Now I know why I don't want to move to the South.

A lot of responses from women in the NE...typical, as we might say in the country

I just want to know...what Country would that be?

 

[hokiefan33]

Originally posted by Simba's Girl
hokiefan33

Thanks for giving me such a laugh today! Now I know why I don't want to move to the South. I just want to know...what Country would that be?

And now you know exactly why we would just prefer that you stay up there, anyway.

 

[pamole]

hokiefan33, Can you say "mis-o-gyn-ist"?

Ladies, have you started to picture hokiefan33 as a "Alfalfa" from the Little Rascals -- remember, the "he-man-woman hater's club"? LOL

 

[hokiefan33]

Originally posted by pamole
hokiefan33, Can you say "mis-o-gyn-ist"?

Ladies, have you started to picture hokiefan33 as a "Alfalfa" from the Little Rascals -- remember, the "he-man-woman hater's club"? LOL

Did you get that from my earlier post? I've already used the Little Rascals term, just from a woman's point of view. Get original.

I can't say misogynist. I'm from the South, remember?

 

[DisneyDW]

Hey, now... I take offense to that! I'm from the south and ladies, let me tell you, not all of our men are buck-toothed, ignorant, smelly - think they know everything and won't give it up fer nuthin morons!

Thanks for the entertainment today. I just hope DWhittles isn't offended by some of these ridiculous posts. DWhittles - hang in there! I hope everything works out.

 

[hokiefan33]

Originally posted by DisneyDW
Hey, now... I take offense to that! I'm from the south and ladies, let me tell you, not all of our men are buck-toothed, ignorant, smelly - think they know everything and won't give it up fer nuthin morons!

Thanks for the entertainment today. I just hope DWhittles isn't offended by some of these ridiculous posts. DWhittles - hang in there! I hope everything works out.

I love getting people on these boards all riled up. It's so fun, and definitely so easy!!

 

[DWhittles]

Gee, in my opinion, if you don't work, and he does, you should have the time to help him with picking things up. I assume you only have 1 child, since that's the only picture posted, and let's face it, it's not rocket science leaving the house with just one kid to run some errands.

He's working hard so you don't have to. Get off his back.

Just my opinion, though.
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LOL, I'm here laughing at this post.
I DO run all the errands around here. I do the shopping, cooking cleaning, I drop off and pick up the dry cleaning and I really don't have ANY trouble running errands for the household or for him.
I don't mind it at all.
What I MIND is when I have to spend 8 hours going to and from Trenton NJ on a train with my 8 month old son while I'm pregnant to get a birth certificate that if he had just gone to the DMV to renew his license when he was supposed to we could have ordered by mail and I wouldn't have had to waste a day in a really lousy part of NJ with my kid.
It's the last second scramble that I can't stand.
My husband would agree with you though...

 

[DWhittles]

I just want women who stay at home to quit complaining about what their husbands don't do, and how busy and tired they are, and start being thankful that their husbands can afford them the opportunity to stay at home.
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Just for the record, I agree with much of what you said and I applaud your wife for being a total super mom. More power to her! Sounds like she runs a tight ship.

I NEVER complain about staying home and the work that I have to do here. Being a mom IS work though and don't for a second try to tell me that it isn't. It's quite frankly the hardest job I've ever had.
I do however, thank my lucky stars for the fact that I can stay home with my son. I can't even imagine putting him in daycare so I could go back to work. It's not even an option. My husband works really hard and I know it. He works 50 hour weeks and when he comes home he doesn't lift a finger around the apartment. I take care of everything he needs to have done.
I know I'm lucky beacuse many of my mommy friends have had to go back to work.
I think your attitude is a little "harsh" though. I understand what you are saying but I think you will find MANY mommies think that just beacuse daddy works doesn't give him the right to not be involved in after school stuff or homework or doing the laundry once in a while.
Boy have I opened a can of worms here without meaning to!!!
Diana

 

[hokiefan33]

Originally posted by DWhittles
Gee, in my opinion, if you don't work, and he does, you should have the time to help him with picking things up. I assume you only have 1 child, since that's the only picture posted, and let's face it, it's not rocket science leaving the house with just one kid to run some errands.

He's working hard so you don't have to. Get off his back.

Just my opinion, though.
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LOL, I'm here laughing at this post.
I DO run all the errands around here. I do the shopping, cooking cleaning, I drop off and pick up the dry cleaning and I really don't have ANY trouble running errands for the household or for him.
I don't mind it at all.
What I MIND is when I have to spend 8 hours going to and from Trenton NJ on a train with my 8 month old son while I'm pregnant to get a birth certificate that if he had just gone to the DMV to renew his license when he was supposed to we could have ordered by mail and I wouldn't have had to waste a day in a really lousy part of NJ with my kid.
It's the last second scramble that I can't stand.
My husband would agree with you though...

Very well said, from the ORIGINAL poster of this message. I don't blame you a bit for not wanting to do the train ride, I wouldn't either. I think a lot of the people on this board associated what I was saying with being specifically directed at you, which I NEVER did, in fact, if you look back at what I said. I was making a GENERAL statement based upon experiences I've had and things I've heard.

I agree wholeheartedly with what you say, however.

 

[hokiefan33]

Originally posted by DWhittles
I just want women who stay at home to quit complaining about what their husbands don't do, and how busy and tired they are, and start being thankful that their husbands can afford them the opportunity to stay at home.
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Just for the record, I agree with much of what you said and I applaud your wife for being a total super mom. More power to her! Sounds like she runs a tight ship.

I NEVER complain about staying home and the work that I have to do here. Being a mom IS work though and don't for a second try to tell me that it isn't. It's quite frankly the hardest job I've ever had.
I do however, thank my lucky stars for the fact that I can stay home with my son. I can't even imagine putting him in daycare so I could go back to work. It's not even an option. My husband works really hard and I know it. He works 50 hour weeks and when he comes home he doesn't lift a finger around the apartment. I take care of everything he needs to have done.
I know I'm lucky beacuse many of my mommy friends have had to go back to work.
I think your attitude is a little "harsh" though. I understand what you are saying but I think you will find MANY mommies think that just beacuse daddy works doesn't give him the right to not be involved in after school stuff or homework or doing the laundry once in a while.
Boy have I opened a can of worms here without meaning to!!!
Diana

Also, I NEVER said that being a SAHM wasn't work - I believe it is. And I applaud you for the work you are doing. I'm sure your husband appreciates not having to "lift a finger" when he gets home, and you deserve to be commended for that.

My attitude may seem to be harsh. And I would agree that it was, if and only if I were applying what I said to EVERY SAHM. However, I limited it only to those I have HEARD complain about being at home and how busy they are with their household stuff, not to you, which I think got misinterpreted. I believe that the working father SHOULD still be involved as much as possible, whether with the kids, household chores, or whatever. I never implied they shouldn't be.

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

Sometimes a vent is just a vent. Lets all try to not make a bigger issue out of it than it really is.

I fully understand the OP's point of view -- she wasn't trying to bash all men, just vent about her husband putting off something so now it was going to very hard to take care of.

Just a reminder folks -- as one of the disboard's guidelines states: NO FIGHTING: Several Internet news groups are marred by the actions of a few selfish people who turn an otherwise positive forum into a soap box for their anger issues. Internet newsgroups are not moderated, and therefore, anything goes. These boards are moderated in an effort to keep the discussions appropriate to the topic at hand. Those who feel they can not abide by these rules are welcome to read the posts on the board, and respond via email to the person who posted the message. Messages that are argumentative or sarcastic in nature will be deleted without discussion.

So I'm going to close this thread at this point.