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03-09-2013, 10:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Los Angeles | | | "Can't, my other half would kill me" ??????
"Can't, my other half would kill me"
LOL, I hate the phrase. A grown man who "can't" do something because his wife/girlfriend won't let them sounds like some cry baby stuff right there  Might as well get a car seat for your butt cause you in the backseat!  Rant over. |
03-09-2013, 10:53 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | | You married? |
03-09-2013, 10:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Actually, the "manly" thing to do is to consider your significant other. That's part of what being a "grown" man is.
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03-09-2013, 10:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bongokid  "Can't, my other half would kill me"
LOL, I hate the phrase. A grown man who "can't" do something because his wife/girlfriend won't let them sounds like some cry baby stuff right there Might as well get a car seat for your butt cause you in the backseat! Rant over. | You'll learn...
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03-09-2013, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by spade2you You married? | Probably not domesticated.  |
03-09-2013, 11:03 AM
|  | Gettin' medieval on yo' bass... | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Like old Hampshire, but New | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tastybasslines Actually, the "manly" thing to do is to consider your significant other. That's part of what being a "grown" man is. | Ayuh.
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03-09-2013, 11:04 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | There are things I can't do because of the relationship with my wife. The thing is, I agreed to that part of the deal when I got married. I'm not less of a man. It's actually made me a better man.
I have a son who is 23. He's not willing to make those concessions at this point in his life, so he has wisely chosen to remain single.
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03-09-2013, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Bongokid "Can't, my other half would kill me"
LOL, I hate the phrase. A grown man who "can't" do something because his wife/girlfriend won't let them sounds like some cry baby stuff right there Might as well get a car seat for your butt cause you in the backseat! Rant over. | Depends on what the "something" is the man can't do. For example, my wife won't let me sleep with our hot neighbor. I don't think she's being unreasonable. I don't agree with her, but she's not unreasonable.  |
03-09-2013, 11:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Quote:
Originally Posted by stratovani You'll learn... | Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil Smith Probably not domesticated. | Yup. |
03-09-2013, 11:09 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA | | | My fiance has been extremely supportive, and in some cases actually talked me INTO doing something as opposed to talking me out of it or telling me no. However, sometimes the right thing to do is to NOT buy or do something. Like others have said, it's the responsible thing (such as in my case, we're saving for a wedding...putting that off because I just want another bass is irresponsible and unnecessary). A marriage, or any relationship for that matter, is not a one way street. It's not just about us and what we want.
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03-09-2013, 11:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | I think most men (myself included) use that saying to cover up that they just can not justify it or really want to do it.
I have used it when I really didn't have the money to buy something or go somewhere.
It is just a way of saving face.
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03-09-2013, 11:16 AM
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03-09-2013, 11:17 AM
|  | When I come around, homeboy, watch yo nuggets | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | If you're working as a team and you're undermining the team, of course the other half will get upset. I try and be respectful to my partner because that's how I want her to treat me. If that means not making huge selfish impulse buys that upend our budget, I don't see how that's not reasonable. The phrasing can be a little melodramatic, but the intention is still fair IMO.
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Originally Posted by hdracer I think most men (myself included) use that saying to cover up that they just can not justify it or really want to do it.
I have used it when I really didn't have the money to buy something or go somewhere.
It is just a way of saving face. | ...and this too. |
03-09-2013, 11:26 AM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tastybasslines Actually, the "manly" thing to do is to consider your significant other. That's part of what being a "grown" man is. | This is what my wife told me to say too!
The big difference between being single, and being in a relationship is taking someone else's feelings and opinions into consideration.
That being said, I am the man of the house! Right up until she walks in the door.
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03-09-2013, 11:40 AM
| | | I mean, it goes both ways. If you had something you really liked, maybe a $4000 custom bass or maybe a vintage bass of the value of $4000, and then you come home and it's missing. You ask your wife and she says her friend recommended that she sell it in order to buy a $1000 purse, $600 wallet, and $2400 in shoes and clothes. And so she took her advice.   You're not going to kill her, but the sentiment might be there.
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03-09-2013, 11:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tastybasslines Actually, the "manly" thing to do is to consider your significant other. That's part of what being a "grown" man is. | I would assume all men from this post henceforth who +1 it also never look at other women....ever.
That's what considering a significant other entails.
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Originally Posted by two fingers I imagine playing that thing is like having several girlfriends at once. It probably seemed like fun at first but........ | |
03-09-2013, 11:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | | OP - as a business owner I've found "my wife won't let me" is code-word for something else. For example, it sometimes means, "I can't afford buying it/keeping it but it's easier to make up a *nudge nudge* excuse".
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Originally Posted by two fingers I imagine playing that thing is like having several girlfriends at once. It probably seemed like fun at first but........ | |
03-09-2013, 11:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: I WANT OUTTA HERE!!!! | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bongokid "Can't, my other half would kill me"
LOL, I hate the phrase. A grown man who "can't" do something because his wife/girlfriend won't let them sounds like some cry baby stuff right there | I never understood it either. Until I got married. 
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03-09-2013, 12:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by michael_atw I would assume all men from this post henceforth who +1 it also never look at other women....ever.
That's what considering a significant other entails. | Once one has plucked the fairest rose in the garden, he may admire the stocks of others.
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03-09-2013, 12:01 PM
| | When I come around, homeboy, watch yo nuggets | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by michael_atw I would assume all men from this post henceforth who +1 it also never look at other women....ever.
That's what considering a significant other entails. | Of course not, men will always look, but there's a spectrum: - looking
- staring
- staring and making cat calls
- staring and telling your partner what body parts are more attractive
- asking for a phone number
- asking for a threesome with your partner
- asking for a threesome without your partner
- having a tryst
- bragging to your wife about it
- bragging to your wife's friends and family about it
- etc.
While most of the list is inappropriate, I think that most women will accept that men do look at other women. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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