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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 10:36 PM Original message |
NYT: 51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. And They Don't Want To Date - 50 Yr Old White Male No Dates In 10 Years |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. They're "living life to it's fullest!" |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
109. Have You Tried Proposing Marriage? |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
117. Sure they do! I'm 47 and I date all the time. |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
129. I'm 58, never been married and .... |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #129 |
139. 8,000 Hits At Match.Com - No Dice Over 10 years |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. 8000 hits, no dice, time for an agonizing reappraisal of who you are. |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. 6' 2" Tall 220 lbs - Still Have All My Hair - Can Speak Well - Play The Piano - Fly |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. I'm 5'10", 160lbs, can't play the piano or fly, no problems. |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #141 |
151. Check out some of the work by dave deangelo |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 05:46 AM Response to Reply #129 |
163. That's called statistics |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Count me in the widow population and I really have no |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
131. ditto |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #131 |
184. It's the well publicised man shortage |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Happily divorced here n/t |
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Sweet Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Separated and waiting for the final D |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Single and female for 16+ years here... |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 03:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
162. Congratulations Triana. I was married 23 years and |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #162 |
168. I think it's the only way once over 40... |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #168 |
170. I agree wholeheartedly. Why does everyone think |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #170 |
171. It's the old atttitude that women can't take care of themselves... |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why American male hate American female, or vice versa |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Maybe there's something wrong with MARRIAGE |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. some people are meant for it others are not. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. imo, our society puts too much emphasis on |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
49. No. It's just that people, especially women, don't put up with as much crap as they used to. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Yep! |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
82. My wife says, A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
120. Especially the Crap part! n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 05:49 AM Response to Reply #49 |
164. The flip side of that is that people are less willing to cut each other slack-- |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
56. The article said no such thing |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
106. it's not about society |
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DianeG5385 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah baby, I'm divorced and don't want to have to deal marriage again |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. i heard that! |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
101. To hell w/marriage. What about sex? |
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citygal (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is why * is spending |
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RazzleCat (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Interesting |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
45. True... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
57. W and the neocons hate women... |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
107. which makes the RW feigned outrage |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #107 |
157. I thought what laura said to Condi |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Dr. Frasier Crane was divorced |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. or....maybe some of us don't want to get married? |
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MattSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. What's wrong with us? |
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flying_wahini (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. welcome to DU! |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
112. I gave up on the dating scene and focused on raising my daughter... |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
115. I'm not quite that bitter to outsource for affection |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
54. YES! there's something wrong with our culture -- |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Are you saying |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
80. She didn't make any blanket statements, period. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #80 |
124. I think one of the main messages is |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #124 |
135. I didn't miss your point re sitcoms. It's a valid point, as was his |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
116. Hey Morgana... just like you said in that other post |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #116 |
126. Wearingly so... |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
125. I'm not going to play those games with you. Sorry. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #125 |
153. (trophy) (trophy) (trophy) !!! Here, here! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #125 |
190. and Morgana goes right back on the ignore list |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. lucky for Morgana! n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. My guess is she's one of the "luckiest" posters on DU |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
59. Life is NOT a TV show..... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
130. Um....maybe they aren't real people? |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
145. But Dr. Lilith Sternin was fully in control of her life. |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. I haven't found anyone I even want to date |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I agree--I think the biggest problem is simply finding |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. ditto... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
68. I'm not saying you won't find creeps |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 06:21 AM Response to Reply #68 |
165. All of the online marriages that I know about have turned out very well |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #165 |
179. I agree |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
142. This is certainly true for me |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
62. I'm with you there |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
95. What are your interests? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. Marriage can definitely have its highs and lows |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 06:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Your analysis is correct..... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
71. Well |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
158. I didn't mean to imply people couldn't have happy relationships of long standing |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
166. Some famous sociologist once said-- |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yeah! |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Yeah! |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. That's what kept me in that relationship an extra two years. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. that is key... |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. It's WONDERFUL! |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. I loved being married |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
136. Its that damn closet....its just too damn small. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. almost 40, never married |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
99. Have you read Mary Daly's book "GYN/Ecology? |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #99 |
147. and the Three Fates! |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #147 |
160. The chapter on Chinese footbinding is distressing |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 07:17 AM Response to Reply #160 |
167. Does Daly acknowledge that is was/is women who subjugate their daughters? |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #167 |
173. She ties in religious myth to the hocus pocus rituals harmful to women |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #173 |
176. And to their children!!! |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #176 |
177. Hi Karenina! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #177 |
182. Ehrlich gesagt |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. that would be me too |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I think many--NOT ALL--men who are 40 or older have not adjusted |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. That's what I see a lot of - 40+ men want younger women... |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm in the majority too |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
104. I hope you find a share partner |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
123. For a weird guy, he had a couple of accidental truths in him... |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. That must mean that about the same amount of men are living without a spouse! |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Less shock value there...men are strong, independent and love the rugged solitary life. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. No because men are far less likely to have long widowhoods |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
64. No; a large cohort of the unmarried women are widowed... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
74. No, America is 57% female, 43% male, and 13% of men are gay |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. Jeez, So NOW I'm Getting Married !! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
67. Don't let that 'piece of paper' |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
181. Guess You Missed the "14+ Years" Part... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. evidently that 51% all have boyfriends when i ask them out |
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ForPeace (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
85. I was happily married |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #85 |
134. welcome to the site!! |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. And there is a substantial number who just do things differently |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. Happily single here, and in my 50's. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. verbal abuse.... |
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FormerDem06 (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
83. funny thing is, amongst our married friends the verbal abuse is going the other way... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Definitely... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
84. I certainly see it as an epidemic |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. Uummm... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #92 |
113. Oh, I agree |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
32. I have no real incentive to get married |
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flying_wahini (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. don't let your parent's lousy marriage ruin it for you |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
96. good advice, I think |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. Check out this interesting book: |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
70. I want to read this book.... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
39. OK, after reading all the threads |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. it sounds like |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
69. What Le Taz Hot said... (NT) |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
148. good for you! |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 02:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
161. That's the point I was trying to make |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
41. What will Homo sapiens think of next? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
48. Yet women still don't get equal pay for equal work |
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flying_wahini (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
50. after 25 years of marriage - I have to say that being married is no picnic |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. you're probably right |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
102. Why marry at all? |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #102 |
118. Well done!!! |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #118 |
174. Then he asked |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
133. My phrase is "I've been married, and I've been single. They are both highly over-rated!" |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
51. Married relatively late (36), and prefer marriage to singledom |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #51 |
73. I'd guess |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. LOL! "Gumby" herself? that's a great quote. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #73 |
91. I think you're right |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #91 |
180. The old way |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #180 |
188. Ain't that the truth. n/t |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 01:36 AM Response to Reply #91 |
185. There are male golddiggers too |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #185 |
187. LOL n/t |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
53. I'm single! Come and get it, ladies! Belch. (Why again am I single?) |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
121. Lol! n/t |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
55. Makes Me Feel Sorry For Women In Prior Generations |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
94. In Japan you can't get a divorce w/o the husband's permission |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
128. Or get married in the first place in order to survive |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
63. tangent: when my first wife passed, all sorts of people kept trying to fix me |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. I always wondered about that, Lerkfish.... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. agreed, its sucks and it seems counterproductive. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #72 |
98. exactly what happend to my Mom. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #98 |
105. that's unfair and unfortunate. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #72 |
172. My Dad's wife (my stepmom) died and... |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
87. My grandfather experienced the same thing |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
65. married now for 25 years |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
75. I am lucky I have a caring, sensitive husband, however, |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
78. Another happy member of the 51%! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
79. The U.S. government won't let me marry my partner |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #79 |
149. funny, isn't it! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #149 |
175. Yes - kind of exposes their hypocrisy, doesn't it? lol! |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #175 |
183. indeed! |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
81. And loving every minute of it! |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
86. I guess you could count my mother as on the the happy singles |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #86 |
103. That is SOOO sweet! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
88. The Dobson Mafia must love this stat |
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mary_unbound (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
89. One of the few ways |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
93. Marriage is a sacrament. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
97. As someone recently posted in the Lounge: |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #97 |
111. LOL - LOVE it!! |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #97 |
122. Hahahahahahahaha!!! |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #97 |
169. Why buy a pig when the sausage is free? |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
100. Hoooooooo boy, I could write a book. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #100 |
110. Love the moniker... |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
108. I think different lifestyle choices should be available to all. We are not all taken from the same |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #108 |
154. Dingdingdingdingding! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
114. and Bob Boudeland says... |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #114 |
152. Be fair, now. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
119. ...AND? |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
127. flexible labour is victorious |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
132. So what percentage of men are living without spouse? |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. It's in the article - 47% |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
137. I'm 56 single and intend to stay that way |
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BrokenBeyondRepair (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
143. step 1: destroy the family |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #143 |
150. Destroy WHAT family? |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #143 |
159. I think TV has already destroyed the family in most homes. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #143 |
186. The family has been destroyed by the economy |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
146. I liked being married .... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. Nothing wrong with that... |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
156. does this include people who live with s/os but are unmarried? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
178. My wife would be one of the 51% if she wasn't already married... |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
189. This should mean that there are |
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