Warp Daddy
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TOO damn much PC crapola in education these days
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Leaving the wife home and going skiing!
I'm just going to have to make up for it this weekend. Did you know they are calling it "Friendship day" at the schools now. :roll:
Not true for everyone, I'm afraid. Some of us need these little holidays to get remembered.Everyday is Valentines day
I hear ya!Tim bought me an iced-coffee from McDonald's this morning. It was quite nice.
:blink: Blasphemy!Leaving the wife home and going skiing!
(What am I saying??? Brian's been at MRG all day while I've been stuck with the kids...again....)
Well, at least he had flowers delivered while he was gone. Usually he just buys whatever's leftover at Stop & Shop on his way home from work. I was a little pissed this year though because I had come up with an elaborate surprise (since he was supposed to be working at Sundown at night). My friend would watch the kids and I planned on showing up with dinner and dessert at work. Maybe some chocolate covered strawberries. It was only when I asked what he normally does about dinner while at Sundown that he leaked that he had other plans. (Though it wasn't to go to MRG originally...) Yeah, I was angry that my plans were thwarted. But hey, he's the one who loses out.... though I'm sure he considers MRG a better gift anyway.That right there would be the BEST gift ever. You're a good woman
V Day is lame, we do not do anything. Few years back, we through an "anti-valentine's day" event with some friends (all couples, no less). It was a huge hit. No one likes valentine's day except businesses that profit on the day. Single people feel bad, lots of women build up ideals of perfection, and men spend lots of money trying to buy affection and what not. Some people pull it off with everyone feeling good about it, but those are generally the people that celebrate each other any day, not just a day on a calendar. I dislike most commercial holidays but Valentine's Day is the pits because most people just feel terrible about the whole thing, single or couple.
What is different about this day than any other? You know what worries me? When people go out of their way to show they appreciate someone because of a day on the calendar instead of doing it regularly instead of out of a sense of obligation and expectation.You know what the problem is? Men think it's about money. Psssssst! It's not. Women just like to be appreciated, shown that we're thought of and cared about.
What is different about this day than any other? You know what worries me? When people go out of their way to show they appreciate someone because of a day on the calendar instead of doing it regularly instead of out of a sense of obligation and expectation.
You know what the problem is? Men think it's about money. Psssssst! It's not. Women just like to be appreciated, shown that we're thought of and cared about. A nice gesture every once in a while goes REALLY far. Especially if you've been together for a long time as it becomes so much easier to just take for granted what you have.
I think really hard about lots of things One of my sayings I live by is you can only understand anything by questioning everything. Which is different than saying my opinion is right but I have questioned meaning, relevance, macro, etc. and have come to my conclusions after such a questioning. It is part of the reason S and I are not married yet, we question the meaning and relevance. People always ask questions about all the stuff that can not be possible without marriage, but yet it all is possible. My 'way' in life has always been to question everything. And actions or inactions that result from the questioning is not to buck trends or be defiant but rather a lack of seeing value or accepting the necessity of social traditions and norms which I consider nothing more than antiquated and often a bunch of baley-woo.Wow. You've thought pretty heavily about this. We don't do anything really either, but the idea and the commercialism of it really doesn't bother me at all.
I think really hard about lots of things One of my sayings I live by is you can only understand anything by questioning everything. Which is different than saying my opinion is right but I have questioned meaning, relevance, macro, etc. and have come to my conclusions after such a questioning. It is part of the reason S and I are not married yet, we question the meaning and relevance. People always ask questions about all the stuff that can not be possible without marriage, but yet it all is possible. My 'way' in life has always been to question everything. And actions or inactions that result from the questioning is not to buck trends or be defiant but rather a lack of seeing value or accepting the necessity of social traditions and norms which I consider nothing more than antiquated and often a bunch of baley-woo.
I think really hard about lots of things One of my sayings I live by is you can only understand anything by questioning everything. Which is different than saying my opinion is right but I have questioned meaning, relevance, macro, etc. and have come to my conclusions after such a questioning. It is part of the reason S and I are not married yet, we question the meaning and relevance. People always ask questions about all the stuff that can not be possible without marriage, but yet it all is possible. My 'way' in life has always been to question everything. And actions or inactions that result from the questioning is not to buck trends or be defiant but rather a lack of seeing value or accepting the necessity of social traditions and norms which I consider nothing more than antiquated and often a bunch of baley-woo.
So, yea, I have thought heavily on the topic and others related. But I respect traditionalists and other people's points of view. I just can not resist the opportunity to suggest other options that most people do not consider. Not do something or buy gifts on Valentine's Day when you are in a committed long term relationship? Nearly unheard of these days it seems to me.