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Sera_Bellum

(140 posts)
8. Most women
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:41 AM
Jan 2012

have men in their lives. Indeed, they are quite male identified. If it's fine with their man, who would they be to contradict him?

I worked with a fantastic woman a few years ago who has subsequently succumbed to pancreatic cancer. Shortly before her diagnosis she bravely admitted she wanted out of her 40 year marriage. Her husband whom I met a handful of times seemed ok. She was a strong spirit, bright and articulate. Behind closed doors obviously things were bleak. One of the last conversations we had prior to her passing, she said this. "I don't know what I like, I don't know what to watch on t.v. I don't know whom to vote, I don't know where I want to visit..."

What her husband ate, she ate. What her husband watched, she watched.

It took her a long time to realize she had no agency, no sense of self.

Arghhh!!!! CrispyQ Jan 2012 #1
BlueHost is great - cheap, good tools and great service. seabeyond Jan 2012 #3
I just have to say iverglas Jan 2012 #2
30 y/o dudes Sera_Bellum Jan 2012 #4
No, they care about the dollars... redqueen Jan 2012 #5
we dont eat at hardees, carl jr and burger king. i dont buy reeboks after buying them seabeyond Jan 2012 #6
coors is another. i got into the main office with one of their commercials seabeyond Jan 2012 #7
Good on you. Sera_Bellum Jan 2012 #9
... redqueen Jan 2012 #10
Most women Sera_Bellum Jan 2012 #8
That's sad. redqueen Jan 2012 #11
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