[LMB] OT: - Sex, Contraception, and Catch-22

Azalais Aranxta tiamat at tsoft.com
Thu May 8 01:43:53 BST 2008


Not all women are Marilyn.

I'm not sure what she said, but while I certainly don't want to
be ABUSED, I think the person who asks for a date should be the
one treating, and I certainly won't be upset if you hold the door
for me.

~malfoy :)

On Wed, 7 May 2008, Hugh Blair wrote:

> Two weeks ago the GF paid for dinner at the local Mexican place. Last night
> the waiter gave her the bill even though I reached for it. I like this guy.
>
> Hugh
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Ed Burkhead <ed at edburkhead.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Marilyn wrote much about social mistreatment and really bad abuse of women
> > in our society and it's right.
> >
> > So, any ideas how we can make a more nearly perfect society?
> >
> > It'd be nice if we can still keep some means of firm attachment between
> > fathers and their genetic offspring (except in cases of sperm donation) to
> > foster good parental behavior and support.  (It's easier to co-opt our
> > genetic programming than to fight it.)
> >
> > I get irritated when people treat my wife in a similar way
> > but usually don't make a scene about it.  Perhaps I should
> > make a scene about such treatment. What do you think?
> >
> > It's true I usually pull out my credit card since it comes
> > out of the same pot and I do things to make life easier for
> > her.  And I open and hold doors for ladies and children
> > because a door is a two-finger thing for me but can be heavy
> > for the smaller person.
> >
> > When we went together shopping for her car, I did make a
> > point of standing and looking at her every time the
> > salesperson spoke to me instead of to her but we didn't make
> > an obnoxious point of it.  Your description of salesperson
> > behavior applies to a whole lot of the breed.

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