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Clean Up Woman
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Now, here was a surreal experience.
I won a free house cleaning a couple of years ago at a Chamber of Commerce event. Great, I thought. It would be nice to have someone clean my house before the holidays, right?
Wrong. (more…)
Tags: Babedom, cleaning, cleaning house, cleaning service, dirt, Felix Unger, groceries, housewife, housework, ironing, laundry, Relationships, shopping, women
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There IS a Difference. . . Part 1
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
When I was growing up, my Aunt Lena had a small wooden sign over the inside of the bathroom door (back then, lots of houses only had one bathroom; remember?). The sign had a drawing of two toddlers, one male and one female, both looking down the front of their own diapers. And the sign said “There is a difference.” As a kid, it make me snicker – after all, we all thought bathroom humor was just something that kids practiced. But now, as an adult, I can see a lot deeper into the message of that sign. There is a difference. Especially when it comes to what I’ll call household etiquette.
Let’s take them one at a time and you tell me if your experience has been similar. I know not every man follows these “rules,” but I believe there is a tablet somewhere, sort of like the one brought down from the Mount. . . (more…)
Tags: battle of the sexes, cleaning, household, household chores, laundry, men, the sexes, toilet paper, TV, women
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Renaissance Man
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
“Lucille said she is going to mold Gary into the kind of man she could really love.”
Did my friend really believe I said that when Gary and I got engaged? She either didn’t really know me – or she’s simply a bitch. That said, I’ve often said it’s a mistake to think you can change someone after you marry them. However. . . sometimes, you can, according to the latest issue of O. It’s called the “Michelangelo Phenomenon” and, apparently, you can sculpt them into. . . the kind of man you can really love! (more…)
Tags: change, laundry, love, Machiavelli, men, Michelangelo
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