Nevermind.
Thank you to Winter for submitting a fantastic picture of two copulating Giraffes. Unfortunately, this does not go with video, so I am thinking of changing the video to picture submission for next month. I do want to thank everyone for giving it a shot. Poor Robin is sick as hell, Fab is busy with his book, and Wayne is just too busy playing GH3.‘
So, for next month, three objects will be selected, and it will be a picture submission. I think that’s a lot less work. I will also reduce the time for submission, since two weeks was a long time for people to forget. Maybe a week will work out better. I will let you know the dates and stuff once I find out if and when I going to and/or getting back from Scotland.
Your Turn to Shine!
You’re time to shine is a total knockoff of Snackie’s Snackie Sunday, since I don’t have an original bone in my body. I like to ask you a question(s) and see what you have to say. I have observed that people like very much to answer questions about themselves rather than listen to my drivel.
Believe it or not, I am a fairly traditional woman. Even though I love to **try** to make you think about other things (although I haven’t been sticking to the original format for this blog), I truly am traditional. My corporate life has been more by mere circumstance than by choice. Divorces, blah blah. I did actually intend to have a family and try to settle into taking care of the kids at home. I know. Surprise. Seriously. But life did not deal me that hand. Yet. Maybe never.
Okay, self pity off. So, as a traditionalist, there are certain things I like. The house is my domain, except for what I call “fun zone”. This is an area where the guy gets to do whatever he wants with that part of the house. This does not include the garage. Additionally, the man must take the trash out without my complaining, and do the house stuff that I can’t do (change the fucking battery in the smoke alarm, etc). Other than that, I will do everything else. Cook, clean, take care of kids, etc. I like this arrangement, and think that it creates a much more balanced home. But that’s just me.
I like it when guys open doors for me. They don’t HAVE to, but it makes a big impression on me. They also don’t HAVE to pay the restaurant bill, but please don’t make me pay for the whole thing. Even if I have asked you out to lunch. Lunch, okay maybe. But definitely not dinner. I will split it, but please don’t make me pay the whole thing.
Please never ask me to go to the store for you at 10 p.m. It’s not safe for a woman to have to do that. Us single girls do it because we have to; but when a guy is involved, I look to see if respect for a woman’s well-being is there.
And, if we meet mutually at a restaurant or pub, please wait for my car to start and for me to head out of the parking lot, knowing that I am safe. Why would you do otherwise?
Okay, those are my traditional rules. I am sure there are more, but this is what makes me happy.
What are yours?
17 responses so far ↓
1 Absurdist // Mar 20, 2008 at 6:11 am
This is a test of my new quicktags. Kudos to Fab for telling me where to go get it!
test test
robin
2 whall // Mar 20, 2008 at 6:43 am
You had a paragraph up there containing the word ‘drivel’ and ‘original bone in your body’. Don’t be surprised if Fab has a search agent running and will soon offer to *be* that original bone in your body.
Some of my traditional rules:
father responsible for discipline
kids must have firm schedules
married couples shouldn’t have separate finances
don’t let the sun go down on your anger
the family that plays guitar hero together, stays together
kids should be responsible for own college tuition (a current debate in our household that I will likely lose)
I hope I typed the tags right, I’m on a blackberry right now
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3 Robin // Mar 20, 2008 at 6:44 am
I’m so not traditional, at all. I just want a guy to treat me the same way I would treat him. I have some personal rules for guys such as they can’t wear socks when making whoopie. Also I refuse to be with someone who wears tighty whities.
Robin’s last blog post..What I Did While I Was Out Of Commission
4 Absurdist // Mar 20, 2008 at 6:49 am
Whall:
Yeah, you and I differ on a few things. I am a big believer in separate checking accounts. But, I haven’t been married as long as you have. If I had been, I would probably be with you on that.
I think the mother is also responsible for discipline. And, everything should be agreed upon between both parents. But, of course, with my upbringing, my father didn’t know what my mother was doing, so he went along with mom because that was the *right* thing to do. He didn’t know any better. TOTALLY with you on firm schedules. I disagree with the college tuition. ONLY becaues they get totally screwed for several years for stafford loans and some non-traditional loans based upon their parent’s tax returns.
Robin:
Girl, don’t you know it. I have tried so hard to make sure I date guys who wear boxers, but alas, it has been difficult. I have tried to make them switch, but guys are just one way or the other. **sigh** Sox in bed too, yeah, kinda yucky. Especially if they are those black dress sox. Ugh!
5 Absurdist // Mar 20, 2008 at 6:49 am
Oh, and Robin, look!!! I got my quicktags working!!!! So you can add those links if you want to!!!!!
6 Absurdist // Mar 20, 2008 at 6:58 am
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7 Absurdist // Mar 20, 2008 at 6:59 am
Shit. Robin, I need help. The damned quick tags… I only have one spot to add additional quicktags, and I want to add strikethrough, underline and italics. Do you know how?
8 Robin // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:13 am
See I just remind guys why wearing boxers is better than briefs, I have always won so far. I even won over Erik with that.
Robin’s last blog post..What I Did While I Was Out Of Commission
9 Shiny // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:42 am
Interesting stuff: Due to both of our upbringings, we tend to keep a very egalitarian household in which we try to share our responsibility across the table. But often we end up falling into traditional gender roles. She’s much better at cooking than I am, and she’ll do a lot of it (although I’ll do my fair share of it). I’m the one who has a better mind with finances (although there are some bills which she’ll manage and pay).
Our discipline philosophy is to create a united front and not undermine each other in front of the kid. I suppose you could call us non-traditional in that we don’t spank him. I’ve had heated debates about whether or not we’re being ineffective in that we don’t use spanking; I would say that our consistency in the causality of discipline has helped us to become great parents.
Another traditional norm: We curtail the use of “bad language” in our home. This doesn’t mean that we never allow a “shit” or a “fuck” to fly out of our mouths (although sparingly enough that the five-year old hasn’t used those words yet). For us, it is far worse to tell someone in the house to “shut up” then to talk about that filthy cocksucker at work. I guess it’s all about respect…
We’re dreading the notion of what college tuition will be like in the year 2021…
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10 Winter // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:52 am
I’m non traditional. I let Rott sit on the couch and watch porn all day. He fixes the car and takes out the trash though. Oh, and he doesn’t wear tighty whities. If he has to wear underwear, he has silk boxers. But mostly, he’s commando. That works best with old, faded, soft 501s.
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11 Winter // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:53 am
BTW, isn’t that the funniest giraffe pic ever? LMAO
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12 Tug // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:07 am
Yeah, I’m with the ‘different per person’ thing, but also the ‘treat me as you would like to be treated’ golden rule philosophy. It’s NOT a one-way street, I am not your maid or cook…so I guess non-traditional in that way? Certainly not a 50’s June Cleaver person.
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13 Mr. Fabulous // Mar 20, 2008 at 10:29 am
I agree to those terms. So…are we dating now?
Mr. Fabulous’s last blog post..Let me show you around?
14 Absurdist // Mar 20, 2008 at 10:30 am
FAb, that depends. Does “yeah, sure” mean “yes”, or does it mean “whatever” when a girl asks you what YOU want, and it is important to the woman.
15 Kyra Sutra // Mar 20, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I think I’m pretty traditional. I like to be slapped around and called a whore.
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16 Katie // Mar 20, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I agree with yours, especially the one where they make sure you get into your car okay and it starts. In a similar vein, if you drop me home, make sure I open the front door and get inside before leaving. I was once dropped off when I was about fifteen and they left before I realised I had forgotten my house key, and nobody was home. I was left outside (this was also before we all owned mobile phones) for hours in the dark.
If your girlfriend of three and a half years tells you she doesn’t want anything expensive for valentine’s day, don’t take that as meaning she doesn’t want anything at all. Even a flower picked from the neighbours’ yard would have been enough to show that you love her (and would have pissed the neighbours off, which is two birds with one stone IMO).
Not that I’m speaking from experience or anything. *sigh*
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17 dmarks // Mar 21, 2008 at 4:44 am
” if you drop me home, make sure I open the front door and get inside before leaving”
That’s just common courtesy. I’ve been dropped off at places that were the wrong place, or closed. You just don’t want that to happen for any reason.
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Come on man. You know you want to say something!