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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 20:59:34 GMT
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- In <77582@apple.apple.COM> pooh@Apple.COM (Wendy Nather) writes:
-
- >Seriously, I can relate to a lot of what you say. The men
- >I know just don't seem to spend as many CPU cycles being
- >"other-oriented" as women do. They do what THEY prefer and
- >hope that we will put up with it. A man will happily live
- >in his own messy apartment, but not consider that someone
- >else might want to walk without tripping over things.
-
- What you don't understand is that the Laws of Housekeeping
- work differently for women than they do for men. Consider
- laundry, for example:
-
- Law #1: Never do laundry until you have a full basket. It's
- easier that way.
-
- Law #2: Never do laundry when you have more than a full basket.
- It's too much.
-
- Law #3: If you ignore the laundry long enough, maybe some of
- it will go away.
-
- Law #4: If it doesn't go away, don't worry about. Once an item
- of laundry has been ignored long enough, it becomes
- officially clean again.
-
- Now, you may be unfamiliar with these laws because a) they only
- for men, and b) only when there are no women living in the house.
-
-
- >He will only start thinking about dinner when HE is hungry, and only
- >then will notice that there's nothing to eat in the house,
- >complain about it, and then go get a beer and Doritos.
-
- I must admit that comes close to describing the way I
- subsist when I'm alone (substituting Fuddrucker's or
- KFC for beer and Doritos). When I have the opportunity
- to cook for someone else, though, I'm more likely to prepare
- a roast chicken with stuffing, broiled parsnips, an elaborate
- salad, homemade bread, and white-chocolate brownies.
-
-
- >Men don't remember personal data relevant to anyone else
- >(like birthdays, preferences, family issues, etc.).
-
- Now, hold on! I take exception to that. Why, my goddaughter
- was six months old recently, and I was the *only* one who remembered.
- Her mother was even planning a party until I reminded her. (Can you
- imagine that?
-
-
- >It would be nice to find a man who would take it upon himself
- >to keep the fridge stocked with MY favorite foods,
-
- Unfortunately, it's not always possible to anticpate what
- a person's favorite foods will be. The secret is to be
- as versatile as possible: For example, if you want something
- to spread on your toast, I can offer you a joice of jams and
- jellies (wild blueberry, grape, cherry, crabapple, mint, as well
- apple butter and lemon curd), honey, and vanilla, stawberry, or
- orange butter.
-
-
- >keep medical supplies on hand,
-
- I worked on ambulance squad for two years, and still keep all
- kinds of strange things around.
-
-
- >nurture personal relationships with my friends and family, remind
- >me of my appointments, and worry when I was running out of clean
- >underwear!*
-
- Well, that's a bit harder. First we have to figure out how the
- Laws of Housekeeping work for women.
-