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moca:
Congrats teevee!

I pray we will still be alive and nairalanding cos I wanna see how ur posts look like in d next two yrs

U can't run away from it,gals break daddies.
Enjoy d ride!
Wifey will be by d side with all smile

And heaven help u she succeeds in making her an ally, u r a goner
If she is highly opinionated like u, very good!
Wish I will be close by to watch


And all these guys that open mouth any how,not to worry,ur own will come.
We will see how far
Very soon u guys will become defender of d female species!
Hahahahaaaaa

Congrats dear!

Thanks very much for your kind wishes.

And amen to your prayer. I've been here 9 years so far and have no plans to go anywhere.


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Nonso23:
Babies are so cute and adorable.
Since you are back from the hospital I expect well wishers will soon begin to troop in. Brace up for the struggle to hold your little cutie even for a brief moment is about to begin!

I like your combo though. A boy and then a girl.

Cheers, gearing up for the naming on Wednesday. I should invite a Nairalander or 2 !


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carefreewannabe:
TV, the amount spent on the ceremony does not even matter. It's a waste of money to me whether it's cheap or expensive and it is stressful.

This remains a non-point. Couples are free to have a registry only wedding - or even solemnize it traditionally with scarce all fuss and at minimal cost if they so choose.

carefreewannabe:
I am not a little girl TV, I know the difference between love and infatuation but I still don't get why I need a marriage certificate to consciously choose to love someone and why I should not leave if I cannot live up to this expectation.

I demur Carefree - it's not the difference between love and infatuation, it's the difference between love and a selfless commitment

carefreewannabe:
And yes, you are right, TV, I am possibly saving people from grief by not marrying instead of making promises that I am not sure I can keep in 10, 20 or 30 years. I never make promises I am not sure I can keep.

If you think you can, you probably can, and if you believe you can't you probably won't - as we say in the world of coaching. How wonderful to be able to avail oneself of His grace ! Liberals using the pretext of social justice to hide their personal and moral weaknesses !

carefreewannabe:
It is not just a piece of paper. It is meaningful to people like you and I respect it. And it also has some advantages. Married people enjoy some privileges when it comes to taxes, for example. There are more advantages but there are also ways to profit from them without a marriage certificate. De-facto or informal marriages are also recognized in more and more countries.

That's just it, you don't really respect it, you insidiously deride it - "meaningful to people like me", how haughty.

Nope, most Western countries have removed taxed breaks/allowances for married couples. And you still don't get it if you feel that tax breaks really sway those who truly understand marriage - if they levy a tax against it sef, those with understanding will still marry !

carefreewannabe:
I find this interesting, it would be nice if you provided the source for the numbers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004878/Unmarried-parents-6-times-likely-split-time-child-5.html
http://www.melaniephillips.com/this-is-another-blow-to-marriage
http://dailysignal.com/2015/02/13/5-facts-cohabitation-may-not-know/ - barely a day old!

carefreewannabe:
For me, the argument you put forward here that married people are less likely to split up is not an advantage per se. It also means that marriage and the cost of divorce makes people stay in unhealthy marriages, not always but often. This is one of the reasons why I don't like that idea.

Supposition. Co-habbing is unhealthier by all indications & more pathological in all ramifications; they tend to be more violent, poorer, and even more drugged. The truth is you simply trash marriage because you don't have the wherewithal to face it's responsibilities.

I've noticed - and not always commented - on your sly digs. There was a post recently where you claimed the current number of divorces is probably equally to what would have been unhappy marriages in the past. That is outrageous - yet you ask for sources when others make axiomatic claims

carefreewannabe:
They take it on themselves to stay together forever, not until their kids are able to live their own lives, that's a big difference.
They also take it on themselves to do stay together no matter what, which can be unhealthy.

Utter nonsense - all the studies show that traditional marriage remains by far and away the healthiest relationship type for both women and children - dig out any factual/scientific study to the contrary. Divorce affects adult children as well. Even those long since flown the nest !

And the the commitment to stay together means they are less likely to split-up for frivolous reasons. Childbirth actually prompts splitting up amongst many co-habbing couples!

carefreewannabe:
I don't dissuade nobody from marrying. I encourage different life-styles that suit different people and their individual personalities.
I am pro-choice, not pro-force. I embrace pluralistic societies.

More falsehood - I've asked you numerous times to expound on the benefits of your "relationship type". And feel free to do so for the "different lifestyles" you harp on about. Your focus is always on your perceived failings of marriage and why you reject it. Don't justify your relationship by deceitfully trashing marriage - sell it on it'sown merits.

carefreewannabe:
The rising number of divorces shows me that promises can be broken.

What has that to do with your commitment to keep any vows you make? Or the rising tide of obesity means it's inevitable you turn into a lard-ass ?

carefreewannabe:
The high number of unhappy marriages, there are many, shows me that too many people are unable to live up to the vows they took. I can't take such promises seriously.

Your promises, your commitment Carefree. With all your freedom, emancipation, education and choice, you are still not self-determinant? O strong woman who does not bend to societies dictates or live for anyone else - can't marry because other people sometimes fail at it? Pathetic!

carefreewannabe:
No, I am the only person I will ever FULLY commit to. I love myself too much to put anyone's needs above my own. That's the secret to my happiness. Even my children's needs will only be put above mine for a limited period of time.

Infatuation - Feeling love - commitment to love. I think I missed out solipsism & narcissism !

carefreewannabe:
Yeah, TV, I am fat, ugly and old and men are not interested in me, that's why I talk the way I do. I am an old, desperate cargo. Moreover, I have a bad personality, I don't take corrections and I nag.

Oh, and I don't know how to cook.

Yet you'd marry Emmanuel Neuer at the drop of a hat - what anyone is, is relative, but it seems relative to what you desire, you are truly lacking - find your level !

carefreewannabe:
Soft-porn is the only way I can enjoy men.

Don't feel too bad - you are in good company amongst NL' assorted divorcees, burger-married, willfull single mums, pre-menopausal harridans, damaged goods, serial abuse victims, old cargoes, beta-tied slatterns and past their sell by date singles. Just thought you could do better !

carefreewannabe:
Funny though, how the "soft-porn pictures" make you guys sweat and give each other advice on how to keep fit.

Hardly - I am superbly fit - evidenced here - and we've talked exercise repeatedly prior to those pics. Keep obsessing over photoshopped gay iconography !

carefreewannabe:
I have a lot of understanding for those who choose marriage and I respect their choice, just that it is not mine and I want people to choose for themselves, and not be forced to go for something people tell them to even though it too often turns out to be a living hell.

Not true - you are always slyly rubbishing marriage - self-evident by your refusal to acknowledge it is simply the best and most profitable male/female union. To society, the couple, their lineages and any offspring. You don't have to buy into it yourself, and nobody is forced to marry so why the campaign against it ?


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carefreewannabe:
1. I consider the wedding ceremony stressful and a waste of money.

Who has ever stressed an expensive or celebratory wedding ceremony as fundamental or even essential for marriage? Reject marriage if you choose, but please spare us the abject mewling.

carefreewannabe:
2. I can't promise anyone to love them till the day I die and nobody can promise me to love me till the day they die. Feelings change over time.

He'll probably die before you as is often the case , but jokes aside, if you don't know that it's the commitment to love, not a dewy-eyed feeling of being in love, that sustains a marriage. Anyway sha, you are probably saving 2 people a lot of grief by not marrying.

carefreewannabe:
3. I believe that having a marriage certificate makes people take their spouses for granted, they stop trying and giving their best.

You are funny-sad in how you look for reasons against. The commitment to serve, love and care for someone makes you take them for granted, but "commitment-free fornication"doesn't. Let me guess; "marriage is just a piece of paper?" Funnily-sad, hilariously-tragic

carefreewannabe:
4. Once you have kids, you are a family and you better stay together until the kids are grown unless you have very serious issues that make you depressed or threaten your life, again no marriage certificate necessary to do this.

Because the stats showing that less than 1 in 10 married couples are likely to split up (I think by the time the kids reach 5), as opposed to 4 in 10 non-married and 6 in 10 non-cohabiting, clearly show otherwise and don't please you, you'd rather go with what you like too think?

You censoriously, almost religiously/legally say "you better stay together", but those who formally take this on themselves of their own volition via marriage, you deride? You are carrying something woman. Let it go, deal with it, then give utterance. This is just carping

carefreewannabe:
5. Many marriages are unhappy.

So? Many are deliriously happy - many people probably failed to graduate in your field, did that deter you at all? Or did it make you run around dissuading people from studying it?

carefreewannabe:
6. The divorce rate is rising.

So? As above. All the reasons for this are clear. Simply avoid them. Or with your freedom, choice, education and social justice is that too much of an ask . People with non of those advantages have happy marriages.

carefreewannabe:
7. I am a free human being, I am not going to sign a contract that will compel me to live with someone forever even if it is no longer for our good.

You really don't get it do you? No one "compels" anyone - it's a mutual desire. And when backed by the willingness to commit wholeheartedly. You simply don;t believe you are worthy or will find anyomne that will have that for you so defensively reject it

And you certainly don't sound free - you sound bound by fear, hesitancy, and the inability to give or commit yourself fully. And most of all incapable of putting anyone else needs - including childrens - above your own. At best you sound like you don;t have the wherewithal to get the kind of man you really want - hence your predilection with soft porn . You'll make a great spinster aunt !

carefreewannabe:
8. Marriage offers nothing I would want to have and nothing I can't have without marriage.

Actually you have nothing to give a man who understands, is worthy and desirous of marriage.

carefreewannabe:
I hope, I have not discouraged you, TV01 will be angry with me.

Discouraging the faint-hearted or incapable is not necessarily a bad thing. If he is up for it he'll get there with or without your drivel.

Angry? No Carefreewannabe, as a marriage advocate and testifier, I'm just plain sad at your utter lack of understanding and your insistence on traducing what you do not know and sound like you can't comprehend in principle or in practice.


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Nonso23:
Wowzers!!!
Congrats TV01!
I can only imagine how elated you'll be right now.
God bless your family!

Thanks dude.

Yes I am really happy appreciate the blessing. I'm not long back from hospital, she's becoming more adorable by the day.
Her big brothet has taken to her as well.


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Ewuro4:
Congratulations TV01, I'm happy for you. May she be another source of joy to your entire family. Amen.

Welcome to da' club... Embrace every precious moments, that's your princess right there

***

And to those of you making jives about daughters My God and My Lord shall favor yall with 3 bouncing baby girls one by one. AMEN!

Morning Ewuro, thak you for your kind words and amen to your prayer. Much appreciated.


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MarvellousGod:
Though I doubt the possibility of this story, I really love the first pic... So cute, see the old woman's wedding ring still shining

Also, their pic depicts true love, so awesome

I think it's very possible - could even see it being pretty commonplace in another era.

Just two well disposed, sensible and mature people, who are committed, understand it makes sense to make an effort for the long-term good, that there is no point in squabbling and they are simply too well mannered to resort to hostility.

You could even have that without a great love, let alone with it. Haven't done a tenth of their time yet, but we've never had an argument. Differences yes - and they always get resolved - fights no.

And it's never boring. It's a continual fulfilling of our hopes, expectations and desires. Love you Mama


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^{**wannaweds, be sure to get great pix, the are always there to remind you of your day and your commitment to one another**}

alutacontinua:
I didn't want to, but I just had to archive this one
Latecomers can pay me 10dollars to get a view
TV be like I'm the boss for this kissing arena
laff don scatter my head here oo

Reception interrupted due to a quick dash to A&E - my snogging technique has since improved !


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^{I know you are too classy to do the dirty on me Aluta ! And up the price dammit, na beanz?}

Timbuktou:
Which is why I said I understand your semi-discomfort. I have a sister who I wish I could marry because my father was on point in many ways, and he paid special attention to her. But seeing how she's. Very different from many women today, even my own wife, I have to be sincere, about my fears of raising a well-rounded woman; not entitled but not a push over. *sigh. I don't know mahn. I hope God indulges me and gives me another boy. History is against me, though, on both sides it's been, boy-girl-boy, literally.

I can't tell a lie -I always wanted 2 boys and a girl if we had a third. It was just easier and a better fit. But perhaps I need to learn something here - if not only that I can't always have my way and I don't necessarily know best. Just another challenge to face square on.

Timbuktou:
I'm a little apprehensive. Hehhehehe. . Congrats TV, once again. I loved the smell and sight of my newborn, I sense how you must feel right now. Congrats, brother.

Just got back from hospital, she already quite nuzzlable. Mums looks and dads persona type and we good to go!


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An0nimus:
Lol I miss them too. Only pic I've seen is the salad one.

Congratulations TV!

Thanks very much An0nimus - stay alert !


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^{*luscious Gambian sun**}

bellong:
Having a female child is one of my greatest fears. I do believe she might become too spoilt as I may become overcareful/caring, sparing the rod when not necessary.......

Honest talk.

To me, having all boys would have obviated a lot of problems - not least best use of all the stuff my son has that wasn;t used very much or at all ! I often said whether the second one was a boy or girl, it would be wearing boys clothes till the age of 4 !

But it's a challenge and not one I have to face alone. Who really wants to raise an entitlement princess in this day and age? A virtuous woman of deep character and high achievement. Polished and accomplished.

And with the dearth of men how to make sure she marries well. And deep down the thought of them falling into predatory hands is there. I can see why men find it hard to let go of their daughters. With sons, you give them the tools and tell them to get on with it. That's a mantra of mine; "men take responsibility", and as soon as they are of age.

bellong:
However, if i have a girl, she sure would understand basic things about life and necessity of purpose.....

In some ways the same as for sons, just different - perhaps more of a sense of vulnerability/fragility?


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netotse:
errr...bros, does it say spare the rod and spoil the male child anywhere? granted you might not smack her as much but mennn you need to lay down the law sometimes o...where there is no law there is no sin.

I'll get her mum to do it ! After demonstrating correct technique of course.

But I hear you. I'll probably be more creative in imposing sanctions - dock her weave allowance or something !


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ihedinobi2:
Awesome!! Congratulations, TV. Lovely news. Chai, I'm just envying you your life right now ni. Hehehe.

I appreciate the warm wishes. Believe God and it will surely come to pass. I am keenly awaiting lots of good news stories from you. For years, it seemed I was just there...and then...

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bellong:
Congrats bro.... May she grow in grace, wisdom, knowledge and the fear of God.

An all round Amen to that. God probably saw we had a testosterone surfeit in TVsville !


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damiso:
Awwww you have a lil princess TV01 God bless and keep her. May she grow in wisdom.

Enjoy the sleepless nights

Amen to your prayers and thank you very much Dami.


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chaircover:
Congratulations to you and Mrs TV
May your princess be blessed and favored always

It will be fun to watch you gradually "demachoised"
Baby girls always do that to their dads in the end
You will soon be putty in her hands

Cheers CC

I remember pretty much everything you've written about your daughter and her dad. I'm warming to it - small, small. She was already looking pweetier when I saw her earlier today. Practicing my stern "no Miss" face .


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netotse:
@TV
major congrats man...

Thank you very much. Netotse - I may have to re-jig my regime - if only for a while !


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crackhaus:
Congratulations sir TV01, best wishes...

Thank you very much Crackhaus. Here's to increase and blessing all round.


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Timbuktou:
Congrats TV, I understand your semi-discomfort at having female children. I trust all will work out well, though. Sincere regards to the missus.

Cheers dude. Madam is recovering well. I just left hospital to come home for some rest & collect Jr before the night session. He hasn't actually met his sister yet.


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pickabeau1:
Nice one TV

Congrats

Let's hear more of this

I understand the daughter fears as I share same too

Wish your family all the

Thanks for your kind wishes Pick.

I certainly need to hear more on raising daughters. To be honest, I was pretty certain we were having another boy. Madam sef was looking at me with one kin side eye - I fixed up sha. Never let it show on your face.

I was all set to run the same routine as with Lil' man. Fairly strict but leaving him room for negotiation - started caning him at 18 months, then realised he had the jump on me and I was about 6 months too late .

But we are really easy, do lots of stuff together, rough and tumble and he's starting to understand boundaries and smartly test limits. I've always maintained I could never smack a girl child - hoping she's has a super cool temprement and it's never an issue - double pray down at the naming next week !

So guys, what's the story here?


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baby124:

Is that you TV? Hot, hot, hot. Na wa o. I expected to see one born again looking man. Nice pic. . Topless, beach pic with 6packs. Hehe. See NL wonder. TV

It's me 0! That's a "before" picture sef
That's exactly how a born again man looks - such bodies do not come except by "prayer & fasting"

1 Corinthians 9:27 Like an athlete I punish my body, treating it roughly, training it to do what it should, not what it wants to...

alutacontinua:
you ain't as bad as you made it sound though

...but better than you're letting on !

TV

^{**Oya guests, go and sleep - hopefully you won't have nightmares **}

alutacontinua:
Bwuhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
it gets worse the moment she's old and smart enough to know that she's your biggest weakness
she'll sure take knowledge of the advantage at some point
and your wife? She just got her biggest competitor!
oedipus' complex is the cutest thing ever!

Confusion don cash me - was so expecting a boy. Now I'm in love with two girls and it's not illegal !
I need to set them against each other, so they don't join forces against me. I won't be a match for the two of them - with my mum on top sef?

alutacontinua:
pretty woman you got, TV! Still wishing to see your ugly face sometime
and that of our lil angel! Loads of love from my corner

Thanks - as you can see she's perfect except for a lil' eye trouble !

Oya, quickly, seeing as I'm in such a good mood.


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alutacontinua:
oops, my bad
and your son is oooooooooohhhhhh soooooo cute
*don't mind me, I just love pulling your daddy's legs*
Where is the pic of our lil angel?

I am actually not as confident as I would have been with another boy. I know I can't smack her for starters. My whole fatherhood model needs overhauling

Pix whens she's a lil' older. Let us enjoy her small first. Hoping she'll look like this;


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alutacontinua:
oh really?
congratulations! Best thing to ever happen to a man
I have no doubts that you'll be a wonderful dad....
The best thing that can happen to a girl is to have a wonderful dad.....nothing beats the feeling of knowing daddy got my back anytime anyday

Thanks very much Aluta.
Errr...Im already a wonderful dad !

TV

^{**Auntie Aluta, why did you diss my daddy?**}

Shollypopzz:
What are your thoughts?

I think one has to be a total slut to try and shame a virgin.
Although being one does not necessarily make you classy, it can certainly help.

Come, is this the piss-artiste formerly known as BananaBender? And if it is, have you recovered?


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coogar:
baby daughter?
congratulations a billion times. wow! it's always a good news to see the father of a newborn grinning from ear to ear.

Cheers bro, Wifey and I agreed that if it's a girl, it should look like her .


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coogar:
what about regular sėx?
if walking can make one healthier & fitter, then sėx should be up there too if it stretches past the 30-min mark.

It counts.
I just consider it more enjoyment than exercise. More pleasure than hard work. Use of cream, chocolate and ice cream + post prandial snacking negates all the calories burnt !


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^{**not sure I'll be getting it regularly for some time. I had a baby daughter earlier today. Will I have to become pro-feminist too ?**}

ihedinobi2:
Bro, I love your routine. The earlier oyibo was Greek to me. Honestly, the whole exercise thing is sounding so technical and involved that I just plain tuned out at first. But I can relate to this.

I wondered at first if I was getting that wrong. When I benchpress I like to do slow reps. But then I didn't find much material in support of it. Any, in fact. And the demos I found on the Web were all about fast reps and whatnot. I like heavy weights, short sets and slow reps.

How does it work out for you? You don't build much bulk, do you? How's your endurance? Why no aerobics? Do you run at all? Cycle? Skip? Do you bother about diet?

The key is too find what works for you. MAde somewhat easier by the wealth of information out there and the tried and tested regimes available.

Most important is understanding that keeping fit and healthy lends an edge to ones masculinity - and acting on that

ihedinobi2:
@TV01, diet, big bro. I like meat abeg. What could be so bad about meat? And, aren't there supplements that we need? Like some proteins?

Nothing wrong with red meat bro. I eat it all - white and red, beef, goat/lamb & even pork - it's just a relatively small part of my overall meat intake. It's probably about 60:30:10, fish:chicken:red meat. And whatever meat, try and go for quality, which I think is actually easier in Nigeria.

I think red meat gets a bad rap. I read a study which claimed the problem is really with the lack of overall variety of some red meat eaters - no veg or fruit, legumes or pulses etc - not so much the red meat.

Unless you are training heavily for competition or as a professional, I don't think supplementation should be required. In any event, with all the red meat, if any is, it's probably not protein !


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bellong:
On a lighter note, my exercise regimen is making sure I trek at least 2 km/day..

I am as fit as I can be...

Walking - the basic human exercise. A good workout, especially the power variant. I'd hazard you could be fitter, even if not much healthier.

Good to hear sha!


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chaircover:
Lets go there
Lots of good info
Thanks

No problemo.

chaircover:
Pls What are the greens in the picture beside the basil? . . . . also whats in the poly bag? Is it courgettes?

Cress in the small containers
Fresh mint leaves in the bag - my bad, even I can't tell looking at it - caught mint craze on holidays a while back. Had them as part of the salad selection.

chaircover:
I didnt quite get how you cut your tomatoes, but I like cherry toms anyway, so I can use that for the time being

No biggie - firmness is key. I slice them in half from top to bottom. Then slice length-ways with the flat side face down. Then half them if the slices are really big.

chaircover:
Do you do anything with the smoked salmon?or use as is. Some people say that you dont really need to cook salmon . .I am not a fan of raw fish

Sushi !
If it's just because I like it warm, I oven cook/grill it for about 8 mins - about 12 -15 if you like it crispy - like wifey - instead of slightly undercooked like I do.


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crackhaus:
And if eventually Nigeria does have more divorces, will that make the institution of marriage better and more respectable?

Abi?

carefreewannabe:
Yet, my grandmother will tell me to count myself lucky that I have more freedom and independence than her generation; not because my grandpa was a bad husband or her marriage unhappy, but because of all that she has seen in her life and how depressing and devastating the marriage institution became for some people.

How does the "marriage institution" become depressing and devastating for some people?

carefreewannabe:
Neither my mum nor my grandmother, who have had a long lasting marriage, would want me to live the lives many women of their generation lived.

And what point are you making here? If you have more freedom and independence, shouldn't that enable you to make better choices? Is a "not bad" husband" and a "not unhappy" marriage less likely with more choice?

carefreewannabe:
To be honest, I am so happy that gender roles have become more flexible.
When I think of what I would have missed if I followed the traditional route, I feel that it is a depressing thought.

I would have been trained to be a mother and housewife and my life would revolve around cooking and house chores. What a boring life.

The way I was brought up, I was lucky to enjoy education, primary, secondary and tertiary. I was lucky enough to travel and study in different countries, learn about different cultures, meet interesting people and develop mentally.

I now have a job that I love, that fulfills me and that gives me the feeling that I am able to make a difference every day by helping people.

I am interested in politics, economics, sociology, music, different cultures, literature and able to understand the complexities of life.

I still cook and do my house chores but there is more to my life than that and I would never change with any woman who used to live in the past just because it would reduce the divorce rate.

And why do you presume that women cannot/did not or do not have/do all of the above and more and still be wives, mothers and homemakers/or housewives - and by choice

carefreewannabe:
I see the advantages of the progress we have made instead of focusing on the disadvantages.

Would an inquiring mind not at least weigh the two and come to some net position. And increased divorce is an advantage?

carefreewannabe:
I can imagine that the divorce rate equals the number of unhappy marriages in the past, the only difference is that people are not trapped in these marriages any longer, which, for me, is a good thing because I wouldn't want to sacrifice my precious life on an unhappy and unhealthy union.

And all your education and exposure tells you that marriages should end in divorce due to "unhappiness"? Or that being unhappy and married means trapped? Even if you can correlate the unhappiness to being married.

- Tell us please, how do we quantify unhappiness - especially as a metric for divorce? What level of happiness warrants divorce?
- Does your "imagination" tell you that what this generation would consider happy or unhappy is the same for past generations?
- If one wanted to strengthen something, would you consider ways to kill it to be the best way to do that?

Carefreewannabe, you continuously make great effort to insidiously deride marriage - something you have personally rejected. And weirdly, you take a compulsive interest in other peoples marriages and discussions about it?

If your "relationship" arrangement is better or even good, why not you spend your time extolling the virtues of what you practice, rather than denigrating something that others joyfully and successfully do?

I respond to your posts on this issue only because you could mislead many with your nice sounding and liberal - but totally lacking understanding - posts. And 5 people thought enough of your write-up to make the effort of liking it - that's worrying?


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chaircover:
Leave my Beko Fridge ooooooo
You want to get me into trouble
When oga wanted us to get a fridge from another manufacturer, I insisted on doing ijebu
I dare not go back to him now to complain about "weepy and soggy" salads

Use growing salad and bagged or fresh as fresh as possible. If rinsing fresh cut, use salt water. Airtight container in fridge. Decant only what you need about 2/3 hours before use.

chaircover:
Okay back to the salads
Pls list the veg and herbs that you use.
Do you cut your tomatoes or do you use cherry tomatoes
I find that tomatoes can be very naughty when they are cut . . .even in sandwiches.

Please check the first post with pictures of salad - ingredients in bold at the bottom

I prefer vine-ripened normal tomatoes, or even steak tomatoes - wifey prefers cherry - we used to make two separate containers as she doesn't like red onion either .

Slice off the top, cut down through the middle, lie on the flat side and then slice across. Then through the middle if they are really big. Always use firm tomatoes.

chaircover:
What do you do with your mackrel? Grilling?
I am assuming that you buy it fresh and prepare it yourself
Or do you buy the already prepped ones from the shops.

I get wet fish and the ready prepared ones (packaged). But the fishmonger always guts them for me. But only the best either way. Salmon, Tuna (never tinned|), trout, haddock and red bream all feature prominently. Wife makes soup with the bream. Wet ones are typically flash fries and then grilled. But not mackerel or sea bass as they are very oily fish - just grill no oil.

chaircover:
Have you considered opening a separate thread for this?
Cos us girls can benefit too and some of us dont like barging into your room
oh and thanks for the answers to my previous questions

No need, the men here all care about their diets and many turn their hands to cooking - Men make the best chefs ! And women are most welcome. Feminisation is not.


Marco Pierre White