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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:52 PM Original message |
How can I get through to her? (a smallish rant) |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Motion sensors and timers. Lower-wattage bulbs. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Oh we have a ton of mutual respect. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. What compromises have each of you proposed? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sell it to her like the following. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Well, she does her own hair and nails. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well, just keep turning the lights off like you have been. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tell Her |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Two of my favorite guys. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. trof, you know I love you, but I think you're wrong. Let it go. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. my husband has learned not to get in my way when it's pre-school rush |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. If she's cut back on spending, really reining it in, does her |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. yeah, I know what you mean |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Growing up |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Start leaving the toilet seat up |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. I just go around and turn things off. We discuss money, but we each |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. just kick her ASS already, old fart |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Trof, I have no earthly idea why my guy has tolerated me for 20 years....Maybe its love |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. Well, I got to vent, anyway. Thanks for all the comments. |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. Without being a nag |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. Just turn the lights off by yourself , without making a fuss about it |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. My hubby does the same thing. He never turns off a light. I just turn them |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
22. Make HER pay the electric bill |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. Lock her in a room with a candle. |
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