Sambalici wrote:

Don't get me wrong but that made me remember The Taming Of The Shrew.

Yikes! Hey, I can be nice too!

Eve wrote:

We share a toothbrush any time one of us forgets to bring one on a trip. No fuss, no muss.

Sorry, Eve! Hope I didn't offend.

Eve wrote:

I think nothing is more intimate than intimacy so what's a little toothbrush sharing.......

Well, there's the rub -- for me, at least. It's the intimacy I don't think I can handle.

brad2 wrote:

It remained that way for over sixty years. He was my true love and I would never need any other.

Believe it or not but I was actually thinking of you when I said that earlier bit about couples who lasted more than 50 years. Ever considered writing a memoir?

Re the "bawdy English sense of humor" -- Lol, I don't know what it is about the Brits that makes off-color jokes sound so... upper crust. Tony Blair or Ralph Fiennes could come at me with a string of dirty "yo' momma" jokes and toilet-humor cracks, and I'd still soak in every word. It's in the accent!!!!

E.G.

this time you don't catch me. Haiku is one thing but memoir???

'Ain't nobody's business but my own..' I think that was an very old jazz song. Very old......

Actually British sense of humour is widely spread. Sometimes takes one to know one.

I can never explain the 'Actress said to the bishop" jokes to anyone other than a British person on the same train of thought. You just had to be there. There were many times that I did not dare to catch Roy's eye in a group of people. Someone would just say something and it would just be the right set up for that joke.
If they were clients it would be hazardous.

Peg

Ender's Girl wrote:

Well, there's the rub -- for me, at least. It's the intimacy I don't think I can handle.

Aren't we all looking for some kind of intimacy?
Why share your bed but not your feelings, for instance?
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Itazura ichiban wrote:

Why share your bed...

I don't.

I agree that we all need close and lasting human connections. I get my intimacy needs from my circle of friends (whom I've known since girlhood) and my tight-knit family. It's the romantic intimacy I find unnecessary... at this point in my life, at least.

E.G.

The thing is you have to be master of your own fate as long as possible. Your life is special for you and it should remain that way until you decide you have met someone with whom you would enjoy sharing ypour pleasure and triumphs.


Peg

Once you get bitten by the love bug, E.G. you'll never go back.

The healthiest relationship is one where you're a pair of dominoes standing on end. You can be as close to one another as you want, but neither one will fall down if they move apart.

Most couple's dominoes are leaning against each other, and if one moves away, the other one can't help but fall down. That's my simulation of wisdom.
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Ender's Girl wrote:

Sorry, Eve! Hope I didn't offend.

Not at all, E.G.

WE are on a short honeymoon at the beach right now, too many friends at the wedding to honeymoon too. This time we brought two toothbrushes.

Of course, I dont know whose is which. So Im using both.

Maybe we had better just go back to those steamy beach dramas...
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For my birthday, my sister gave me one of those nice foam pillows.
I thought she knew that I had one already. Maybe she thought I needed two.
Maybe I will, and I hope it's soon.
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Did any of you happen to see this MSN article?

Search: Do looks matter in marriage?

Does Ben Stiller's marriage have an edge that others don't? Does Donald Trump's? Could be, a recent study suggests.

In an attempt to determine whether good-looking spouses are more supportive and happier, a team of psychologists studied 82 newlywed couples.

They shot video of the couples talking about everyday stuff, such as the woman's desire to lose weight, and they rated spouses on their supportiveness. Couples also rated their satisfaction with their marriages.

Trained research assistants, meanwhile, rated each spouse's facial attractiveness.

And then the researchers put all the facts together.

- Men who were more attractive than their spouses were less supportive than men who were were equally matched or less attractive.
- Men who were more attractive were less happy than others.
- Men and women tended to be more positive and happier when wives were more attractive than their husbands.

The researchers suggest that human evolution might help explain the effect of men's attractiveness on a marriage.

- Attractive men are more likely to attract women, which could make them less satisfied and less committed.
- Attractive women might not mind being better-looking because attractiveness might be less important long-term.

Enna wrote:

- Men and women tended to be more positive and happier when wives were more attractive than their husbands.

I like this one heheh.

Enna wrote:

- Attractive men are more likely to attract women, which could make them less satisfied and less committed.

Now that this article's out, it may not be true any more!
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Enna wrote:

- Attractive women might not mind being better-looking because attractiveness might be less important long-term.

I better break the news gently to my husband...

And he better be saying Im the better looking one!

And I must admit, Im very partial to an attractive man.
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I dunno. On second thought, that article seems biased.

We assume that an attractive person has higher standards in seeking a partner, but everyone has pluses and minuses to their make-up, and that really depends on self-esteem, whether warranted or not.

But generally speaking, wouldn't an attactive woman be interested in various things (besides physical attractiveness) out of a man?

I've seen plenty of couples in public where the woman is a goddess and the guy is a real dog. (Or a cute Asian babe with a guy who obviously doesn't "get" her culture...) My cynical mind assumes that he's got cash.

An attractive woman will get distracted by all kinds of men trying to get her attention, simply because men are generally more aggressive than women.

As a fairly attractive man, I don't see attractive women approaching me aggressively whether I am in a relationship or not (I wish!)...

So, bottom line, love's a mystery!
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"Women are like bread, sometimes you need to leave them alone to get a rise out of them."

Geez, I heard this long ago. Did I ever apply it? No, not regularly. Now a female friend tells me this. It's like admitting that you need to be manipulated in order to be happy.

Guess that's why women get so hot over sailors. He swings a bag over his shoulder and says, "my ship is leaving baby. Don't know when I'll be back." And the ladies faint! I can't believe it, but it's true!
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Itazura ichiban wrote:

Guess that's why women get so hot over sailors. He swings a bag over his shoulder and says, "my ship is leaving baby. Don't know when I'll be back." And the ladies faint! I can't believe it, but it's true!

There's a reason for that: If she doesn't know when your ship is coming back, it makes it a lot harder for her to schedule things with your "stand-in".

Itazura ichiban wrote:

"Women are like bread, sometimes you need to leave them alone to get a rise out of them."

Why would you want to get a ride out of anyone?

Sounds like a recipe for being annoying.

No wonder she's going for a stand-in.
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Eve wrote:

Why would you want to get a ride out of anyone? Sounds like a recipe for being annoying. No wonder she's going for a stand-in.

LOL.

Ride or rise? Isn't Babelfish amazing?
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Ride or rise? Isn't Babelfish amazing?

Damn typos from horsewomen.....
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About frakkin' time!
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