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[New-born baby]

Where IS Scifos?

This confirms all my fears of commitment... that's it, I'm NEVER getting married!

Don't be crazy. Have you ever smelled a bachelor's pad? Seen how those guys look like an unmade bed all the time? Eaten their (what shall I call it?) "cooking?"

The secret is this, Peanuts: Be the man of your house. If you wear the pants in your house, everybody will be happy. If not, everyone will be unhappy. It is that simple.

Whenever a man gets married, I tell him this: you have one year to establish who is boss in your home. The patterns established that first year will most likely stay with your home until you die. So get it right now.

By the way: perfume beats B.O. hands down, for my money

[Websman]

Don't be crazy. Have you ever smelled a bachelor's pad? Seen how those guys look like an unmade bed all the time? Eaten their (what shall I call it?) "cooking?"

The secret is this, Peanuts: Be the man of your house. If you wear the pants in your house, everybody will be happy. If not, everyone will be unhappy. It is that simple.

Whenever a man gets married, I tell him this: you have one year to establish who is boss in your home. The patterns established that first year will most likely stay with your home until you die. So get it right now.

By the way: perfume beats B.O. hands down, for my money

I wear the pants in my family...as long as my wife says it's Ok...

[New-born baby]

I wear the pants in my family...as long as my wife says it's Ok...

Are you saying that the Vulcan hand greeting that your avatar displays is really a surrender sign?

[diogenes]

Long U$D

Start me with Ca$h, i.e., USD.

[New-born baby]

Ca$$$$$h

Start me off in CA$$$$H, please

[Websman]

Are you saying that the Vulcan hand greeting that your avatar displays is really a surrender sign?

To my wife it is...

[riverbabe]

Hi Rob,

SAI long one more time! Come to Mama, momos please! river

[billyjoe]

Hi Rob,

SAI long one more time! Come to Mama, momos please! river

River,
Hope you do well with SAI. Did your investment group buy any? My wife and I got it in our IRA accounts the day it went public and when it dropped a few cents under our entry I bought it again in another retirement account. Just checked and am up 12.13%, 11.81%, and 14.89% in a very short time period.

------------billyjoe

[mimo_100]

Start me up in FTEK

Thanks Rob for all of your hard work in this thread.

Start me up in FTEK

[IIC]

This confirms all my fears of commitment... that's it, I'm NEVER getting married!

You have to find someone willing to marry you Peanuts

[peanuts]

You have to find someone willing to marry you Peanuts

I honestly laughed out load with that, Doug. You've got a great point. I need to find a blind deaf mute

[IIC]

Don't be crazy. Have you ever smelled a bachelor's pad? Seen how those guys look like an unmade bed all the time? Eaten their (what shall I call it?) "cooking?"

The secret is this, Peanuts: Be the man of your house. If you wear the pants in your house, everybody will be happy. If not, everyone will be unhappy. It is that simple.

Whenever a man gets married, I tell him this: you have one year to establish who is boss in your home. The patterns established that first year will most likely stay with your home until you die. So get it right now.

By the way: perfume beats B.O. hands down, for my money

Obviously you don't know too much about women...You let them think they are the boss. You do this by letting them make most of the minor decisions...Then when a major decision comes along and you take a stand they don't feel like you boss them around all the time...In fact, you can claim that you never get your way so they give in.

Here's another little tip...I used to volunteer to vaccum, make the bed etc...But I always did a crummy job...So now I never get asked.

Watch for IIC's "How To Please Women" tips on future posts...Doug

[peanuts]

Obviously you don't know too much about women...You let them think they are the boss. You do this by letting them make most of the minor decisions...Then when a major decision comes along and you take a stand they don't feel like you boss them around all the time...In fact, you can claim that you never get your way so they give in.

Here's another little tip...I used to volunteer to vaccum, make the bed etc...But I always did a crummy job...So now I never get asked.

Watch for IIC's "How To Please Women" tips on future posts...Doug

Doug, this is just my opinion, and I'm not passing any kind of judgement on you, but I think what you just explained is a relationship which is centered around deception. That type of thing in the short term may make things 'easy', but in the long run it will show how detrimental it actually was when things really start to matter.

In my life, Doug, I surround myself with people that tell me exactly how it is. You can put as much lipstick on a pig as possible, but no matter how good you make it seem, it's still a pig.

It is selfish to make a decision that affects more than just you without at least consulting the other person (people) involved.

btw: Doug, you please everyone by giving them the respect the are due. Respect your partner, and she'll be happy

[skiracer]

Doug, this is just my opinion, and I'm not passing any kind of judgement on you, but I think what you just explained is a relationship which is centered around deception. That type of thing in the short term may make things 'easy', but in the long run it will show how detrimental it actually was when things really start to matter.

In my life, Doug, I surround myself with people that tell me exactly how it is. You can put as much lipstick on a pig as possible, but no matter how good you make it seem, it's still a pig.

It is selfish to make a decision that affects more than just you without at least consulting the other person (people) involved.

btw: Doug, you please everyone by giving them the respect the are due. Respect your partner, and she'll be happy

It would be great if it worked exactly the way that you stated Peanuts. We all start out that way and try to maintain that status but talk to us after you've been married 5,10,15,20, 25,30 years and see how the relationship between a man and a woman evolves. I wouldn't call it deception. I would call it give and take on both parts in a working and continuing relationship. I would never say from what Doug just stated that he doesn't respect his wife or is basing his relationship on deceit. Live with a woman in close quarters for a long time an see how you and your personality evolves.

[peanuts]

It would be great if it worked exactly the way that you stated Peanuts. We all start out that way and try to maintain that status but talk to us after you've been married 5,10,15,20, 25,30 years and see how the relationship between a man and a woman evolves. I wouldn't call it deception. I would call it give and take on both parts in a working and continuing relationship. I would never say from what Doug just stated that he doesn't respect his wife or is basing his relationship on deceit. Live with a woman in close quarters for a long time an see how you and your personality evolves.

I didn't mean that I though Doug did not respect his partner. He mentioned that he was going to post ways to make women happy. I was giving him my #1 way

Regarding the rest. I'm sure you're right. I have no basis to go on, but I like to think in perfect terms, however.