Survived the snow storm and now the kids and I have a snow day! Yippee, no work. Boo hoo, stuck inside with kids again for another 24 hours. ;\) Love the kids and all but I was really hoping they had school today. It's been a long weekend as it is. At least the power didn't do off, could be worse.

Going back a few posts:

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How you posted to LFL, to me, was incredibly disrespectful. That's IMHO. If she doesn't have issue with it... okay. But when you say, as an example of how you DON'T disrespect women "That doens't mean I respect toddlers who run with scissors. I do what needs to be done before they fall down and jab their eye out, even if the necessary steps causes them to stop laughing and cry."

Sounds to me like you are comparing women to toddlers who must be taken to task. Not as adults who are capable of claiming accountability for their own actions. LFL, to me, is doing a lot of venting here... but I think she is also owning her behavior, and I don't hear her 'blaming' her H for any decision she may or may not make. As a matter of fact, it sounds to me like she struggling with her thoughts/opinions/actions on the matter, and she is being HONEST about it. That's how we women typically work through things.

I think that is a valid point Corri. I'm trying to be honest and if that comes off as someone who is making stupid decisions or appears to be "running with scissors" than so be it. I need to work through those mistakes on my own. I used to question why H doesn't seem to be "rescuing me" from my behavior but I don't think that a man really can. I've been questioning a lot this weekend and I think you may be right, it actually can come off disrespectful or paternalistic to the woman. The strange thing is (if I'm honest) it can be sort of a turn-on to have a man act like that but I don't think that is a long-term solution. It is kind of infantalizing and I'd probably rebel anyways down the road. \:\/ I don't know.

LFL