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(Reality) Check, Please
Sunday, January 29th, 2017
Just because he’s a “great guy” doesn’t mean he should be your guy. I mean, we’ve all bought shoes we love but can’t wear because they simply kill our feet. Who says it isn’t the same with men?
Tags: men, reality check, Relationships, rich man poor man, security vs. love, women over 40, women over 50
Posted in men, Relationships | 4 Comments »
I Am SO Not Sorry
Monday, October 17th, 2016
There is no such thing as a woman who isn’t sorry. We’re sorry you lost someone. We’re sorry we got to the cashier first. We’re sorry your day isn’t going well. Sorry sorry sorry.
Well, I’m sorry, but I am so not sorry anymore. (more…)
Tags: apologize, men, over 40, Relationships, sorry, why women apologize, women
Posted in My Pet Peeves | 4 Comments »
Men are Dirtbags
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
Alright. Not all men are dirtbags. Not Gary. Not my father. And not my brothers. . . I think. 🙂 . But, to many men, this term is a badge of honor. They even celebrate their dirtbagginess by naming their teams Dirtbags and reveling in it. But the kind of dirtbags I’m talking about aren’t to be celebrated. When you hear about UN peacekeepers sexually abusing kids in Central Africa, those dirtbags are guys. You won’t find a lot of women guilty of this. When you hear about all the sexual abuse that’s happened in the Catholic church, that was done by priests. Now, I’m not saying that women don’t also sexually abuse kids sometimes. And they certainly are guilty of simple abuse. But overwhelmingly, when we hear about children – even babies – being sexually attacked or being made sex slaves, that is predominantly by and for the male of the species. (more…)
Tags: abuse, Catholic Church, dirtbags, male dominance, men, predators, priests, sexual abuse, sexual slavery, war
Posted in men | 4 Comments »
A Slave to Fashion
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
E
ver heard the term “a slave to fashion”? I assert that it doesn’t mean the same thing to all people. . .which isn’t hard to believe if you look around and see what people are wearing.
Tags: beauty, fahion, men, slave to fashion, women, women over 40, women over 50
Posted in Fashion | 2 Comments »
Is There Anything Worse Than Losing One’s Maid?
Monday, January 28th, 2013
Ah, how I love Downton Abbey! (I’ve just finished Season Two, so no spoilers, please!) Yes, the upper classes providing for the lower classes by creating jobs for them as servants. How civilized. Talking with he-who-doesn’t-want-to-be-named, I was marveling at how it must have felt to have someone do everything for you: cooking, laying out your clothes, cleaning, laundry. And then it struck me.
It’s not all that different for about half the people in this country. For while Lord and Lady Crawley and their family had scads of footmen, maids and valets, so do many American men. Only instead of being called servants, they’re called “wives”. (more…)
Tags: division of labor, household chores, housework, men, women over 40, women over 50
Posted in Family, My Pet Peeves | 6 Comments »
