Comments on: Don’t drink the kool-aid.

By: KathyLou

KathyLou — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:35:15 +0000

My DH does enjoy chick flicks along with me. I work with numbers all day long. I work in a budget office and half of the analysts are women!!! A good romance book is a very good distraction from the world of numbers that I live in five days a week. A good read can relax me and help me to live my work at home.

I read just before turning out the light each night in addition to the articles, blogs, and stories that I read online each evening.

By: Karen Hawkins

Karen Hawkins — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:18:59 +0000

Kathleen, wow, woman, you are fierce! I agree with you about the coffeemaker, too. Whoever knows how to run that, does indeed run the world!

Irishkay, I know a LOT of guys who can cook who are as straight as straight can get. And you’re right about the whole ‘poor guy dating the fat girl is just using her’ … that’s an insult to them both. To her because it assumes she doesn’t have any value and an insult to him because it assumes that he’s very shallow. That’s just ugly!

These are some great ones, m’dears!

By: irishkay

irishkay — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:10:27 +0000

I have another one! “He can cook, he must be gay!”
Why cant people understand that “today” couples are sharing the duties of a household? It isnt “his” or “hers” duties anymore.
ARGGGGG!!!!!! Who cares who does it as long as it gets done? SHEEEESH!!!!!

By: irishkay

irishkay — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:07:42 +0000

I heard someone say once, “That poor boy must be desperate to be with that fat girl”. I hate it when people (men and women) think that if you are fat you dont deserve to be loved. Or, “something has to be wrong with a guy to be with a fat girl. He must be just using her because he cant get anyone else.” –those are genuine quotes!!!!! I kid you not.
I get mad just thinking about this!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:24:01 +0000

You rock Karen. Your comeback is just what I would have done. My friends no if it’s gonna be said I’ll say it no matter what. I remember being at a club one night and this was long before I ever heard it in a movie or on TV or even in abook for that matter, and I saw this guy staring at me and I walked over to him, as I was attracted to him, and she “You remind me of my first husband” and he asked how many I had and I said “None yet!!!!!”. My friends nearly fell of their chairs. The guy looked like a owled eyed and then laughed. It was a good ice breaker. I love people who say what they mean and mean what they say.

And I know a group of guys, my older brother and his friends, who when they were in their early 20’s used to sit and watch soap operas with my grandmother. SO men do like chick TV and moives.

And if men would only realize that without us they would be nothing. We are the born leaders of this world, because without us they would not no how to run the coffee maker, never mind the world.

By: Karen Hawkins

Karen Hawkins — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:05:50 +0000

Santa, the car thing is a GREAT example of that sweeping statement failure. And I don’t blame you for getting mad. My ex was a mechanic, among a myriad of other professions, and I spent hours and hours helping him work on cars. I held tools, fetched the air hose when it was needed, and provided that extra hand which is so very useful when doing a big job.

I got greasy and grimy and enjoyed every minute. I also learned about cars and so I know when my fan belt’s squealing v. the air compressor bearing, but I can never convince a mechanic of that. I’ll tell them what I think’s wrong with Ye Olde Red Jeep. That always makes me mad.

I agree, too, with your well-rounded comment. Boy, some people just don’t get it, do they?

eviqn, my dad still goes to his old job and hangs out with his old work buddies. It’s not as colorful as your dad’s group (I had to laugh at the club name!), but it’s cute when they get together and boy, do they GOSSIP! Very funny stuff!

By: evlqn

evlqn — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:58:12 +0000

Anyone who doesn’t know men are world class gossips obviously have not been around a lot of men. My husband would come home from work go straight to the phone to call his friend Steve and they would talk for an hour or more. He and Steve worked together every day but then they had to rehash their day.

And until he became too sick to go out my dad was a member of the Hi Yu He He Liars Club, a core group of 5 to 12 men met every morning to drink coffee and trade lies. They were such steady customers that their tables were kept open for them.

By: Santa

Santa — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:05:35 +0000

Great blog, Karen!

I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned this but I hate the notion some men have that women have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to cars. Now, I’m not going to say I’m an expert but I can dissiminate information and make an intelligent decision about what needs to be done with MY car. One mechanic kept callng and asking to speak to my husband. I don’t THINK so and I told him so and then I went on to tell him exactly what needed to be done. Grrrr….

Oh, and fat people are not gregarious all the time. We like to try on a few other emotions to see how they fit. It’s what makes us well rounded.

By: Karen Hawkins

Karen Hawkins — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:07:54 +0000

Fresh, I’m not surprised you were blocked by the hat. She has a lot of them. I saw her in a red one once that was the size of an umbrella. You coulda hidden a small keg under that thing and no one would have known.

Becky, that’s HORRIBLE. I’m glad you guys gave him the what-for. Sheesh. I guess it’s not murder if it’s your wife, too. (rolls eyes) Sheesh!

Lisa, the man-gossip-thing is SO true. I had to laugh at your description of them standing around talking because it made me think of the beginning of King of the Hill when the guys are all standing behind the fence, drinking beer and gossiping. Btw, you wouldn’t believe how much the men in my brother’s office talk, too. They’re like hens, the lot of them. Cubicle hens.

Thank you all for spending the day with me, helping me clear the crap from society’s mental collective. I’m feeling better by the minute!!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:09:18 +0000

Men are not better drivers. Both of my nephews are terrible drivers. The older one drives so fast I feel like I am taking off for outer space! The younger one has had so many accidents. Some were not his fault but he still has had way too many. Men like to say that only women gossip. Well, men are the worst gossips around. On my street the men will stand around and tell who has been drunk,who has been seen going into houses,etc.