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Marriage is not "50/50" ... it is 100/100 ...
I'm pretty sure both of those evaluate to the same value.
While 100/100 expands to 100/100:100/100 , or 1:1 of course.
You might say the ratios are equivalent, but of course, you have ignored the units (if a relationship can have units).
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It's the difference between "do" and "should". He's saying the book claims to explain human behavior; it doesn't recommend or justify that behavior.
Yet others are using it to recommend and justify the behavior.
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Yet others are using it to recommend and justify the behavior.
Sure, but I don't think your complaint is with the book. You can't blame the evidence for the case the prosecutor makes.
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Family therapists know this stuff already. Tell her that you want to make your marriage everything it could be and more, etc, etc, and get her to a therapist, where she'll learn it for herself. Worked for me ;)
Sounds way more expensive than: "Hunny, I appreciate that you want to help me remember what needs doing, but it's overwhelming if you tell me as soon as I come home from a long day at work. I know I have a habit of forgetting, so let's make a deal: if I forget to do something come 9 PM, I'll take on one of your chores the next day. Does that sound fair to you?" Or if your SO can take the hint from humor: "If I had a…
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Perhaps it's just that, you know, nowadays they don't have to feel like prostitutes? Because I sure would if my spouse kept buying me things just so I'd put out.
You're right, women DON'T have to feel like prostitutes because the options for women have greatly expanded. We no longer have to be confined to the "traditional" roles that encourage us to be passive doormats content to be totally dependent on our spouses. My point, anyway, is that the men in the WSJ article cheering this drivel on are often the same guys who don't want to assume the traditional provider role for me…
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Wow, I don't know, the same thing the men are getting, an equal life-partner who they have a very strong emotional attachment to? There's the legal benefits for both partners, social recognition of your relationship, legal benefits for any children, possibly the sanction of your chosen religion... Sure, if what you want from a relationship is things, stuff, and to not have to work, more power to you... But I have no…
You are missing my point. The comment isn't about me. It's about men who have these old-fashioned expectations of women, but don't reciprocate by fulfilling the traditional role for a man. That is, if I have to sit quietly, look pretty, and clean house, what am I getting in return? Not much these days.