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[Tracy MacShane]

On Tue, November 7, 2006 1:44 pm, Margaret Dean wrote:
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>> A smart girl would realize that the way a  man treated the women of
>> his family was probably close to the way he  would treat his wife in the
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> In fact, there's an old saying:  "If you want to know how a man
> will treat his wife, watch how he treats his sister."

BWAHAHAHA! Sorry, that isn't my experience in the slightest. My brother
was a lazy little sh*t and gave all three of his sisters absolute hell. Me
the most, since I am the oldest. He totally refused to share his toys, and
was stingy, aggressive and disdainful about "gurls". (Ok, there were a lot
of reasons for his behaviour, but that was our experience of it then).

Cut to today, where he is happily married to an *extremely* erm,
assertive, yet feminine young woman. She will say "Glen, get me X" and he
*does*. He utterly dotes on her, and all the major things that have
happened in their relationship (travel overseas, buying house, having
baby) have been as a result of her instigation. *He* stays home and looks
after the baby. He's a very mellow dad, actually.

Truth to tell, he certainly treats his sisters much better these days, but
you wouldn't know how he was going to treat his wife from his treatment of
us pre-18 years of age. :-)

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