Ioavva wrote ------------ When you run your own business you're there setting up before you open, then it was open till 5.30pm (sometimes till 6pm) then he stay behind doing stock take and collecting deliveries and cleaning up and quite often wouldn't come home till 10pm -------------- BTDT / me too.
--------- our joint friends because they weren't computer buffs ----------- same here.
-------- I ended up tidying up the mess of 3 men. ---------- I can see where your resentments came from.
----------- I would wait until 20 yrs old to have dd1 and I'd leave a gap of 3 years between all of them. --------- Good plan Jo. Too bad we cant have "do over" privilege.
---------- started going on the internet all night and not going to bed till 2am, then he'd be up at 6.30am ------------ Ouch! that hurt. I am guilty! I guess my W is right, all men are alike.... ( Jo I only wrote like this in a humorous way. I see so many problems that are common in M's)
------------ Anyway, sorry this has turned into another massive post. --------------- Jo, Never be sorry for writing the truth or how events in your M caused you to feel. I say some of this stuff has to be worked through so we can get past it and grow.
------------ I think feminism has a lot to answer for the rampent D rate and real feminists have more subtle ways of addressing their needs than fighting. ------------- I think some feminist ideas are good but I see how the movement contributes to the increase D rate.
In the US there are some women's groups talking about some of the damages that the feminist movement has caused. The group trys to teach women to be better wives, how to influence men to be better H's and fathers. It's less blame oriented and more behivior modification or skills learning to improve the M.