Picture of the Day - Jan. 19th, 2008

[thearm]

The best marriage advice I was given was that Men marry woman and expect they will never change and woman marry men thinking they will change. Usually this does not happen. I agree with Vinny about sturdy woman. My wife is very pretty and is also very handy with doing things around the house inside and out. Now here is a question that me and my wife have been discussing lately. Of the following three things in a woman do you consider the 2 most important? A great cook, A great lover or a great housekeeper? I would love some feedback from all of you.

[Vinny]

Out of those 3 I would only pick 1 - a great lover. The other thing I would choose is a great friend!

In this day of both partners working - both have to share the cooking and cleaning. I also think if someone excells at cooking and enjoys it - let them do it. Everyone hates cleaning!!!!

[Brookenstein]

Crap, if a great housekeeper is important, I'm up for the worse wife award ever.  

[NE-Phil]

Crap, if a great housekeeper is important, I'm up for the worse wife award ever.  

Hey! Neither me or my wife are any good at housekeeping. So what? We've managed to survive almost 25 years and raise a family. We always see it as a last priority.
Life goes on!

Phil

[Bonibelle]

This is a funny post!  I think I would be considered a "sturdy woman". at least by Vinny's definition!  And I am really a lousy housekeeper. I would much rather paint and wallpaper or rearrange a room than clean it!
The reason that this stuck me so funny was I rode with my husband to an event Saturday and had to catch a ride home with a neighbor, who hasn't seen my husband for several years. When we got in the car, she said to me "Damn, he is still a really good looking guy". I guess it's his Italian blood, but he does look much younger than he is and he always dresses nice. Yeah he is a really good looking guy. ..So I was just imagining the roles switched. He is riding with his friend and the friend says "Man Boni is still a really sturdy gal!" That's funny...

[Vinny]

This is a funny post!  I think I would be considered a "sturdy woman". at least by Vinny's definition!  And I am really a lousy housekeeper. I would much rather paint and wallpaper or rearrange a room than clean it!
The reason that this stuck me so funny was I rode with my husband to an event Saturday and had to catch a ride home with a neighbor, who hasn't seen my husband for several years. When we got in the car, she said to me "Damn, he is still a really good looking guy". I guess it's his Italian blood, but he does look much younger than he is and he always dresses nice. Yeah he is a really good looking guy. ..So I was just imagining the roles switched. He is riding with his friend and the friend says "Man Boni is still a really sturdy gal!" That's funny...

What men say to each other about women is one thing and what we say to their husbands is another!

[dax]

Amazing the direction this thread took given the way it started out.  Definitely a beautiful young woman.  How old/young do you think she is?

I can never guess ages correctly.  I was out at a bar the other night and some woman, who had a few too many, had to pick me to guess her age.  She was out celebrating her birthday with friends.  At first I refused to answer, but she insisted.  I could swear her one friend mouthed "52" to me.  So to be nice I said, "48."  Turns out she was 42, and pissed as hell.  She kept saying "I think I look good for 42, don't you think I look good?  48?"  Shoud have kept my mouth shut...

[Bonibelle]

Lucky you still have a mouth..a "Sturdy Gal" would have flattened you, Dax!!!

[NittanyLion]

Always smarter to really lowball when a girl asks how old she looks, they're not happy if you guess correctly and they're really not happy if you guess higher.  My standard guess is twenty-nine, even if she's really 69 and knows you're fibbing she'll still coo and goo and end up with a smile on her face.

Always makes me wonder why women always want to ask when they're never happy with the answer.  File that with "do these pants make me look fat"?

[Brookenstein]

I'm one of those rare people I guess who don't care how old I look and want to know if my pants make me look fat.  Actually I don't care if I look 'fat' per se, I want to know if said item is complementing my assets or making them look unattractive.  Before J and I were dating he used to give me the best advice on what to wear/not wear... and then after we hooked up he switched to 'that looks nice... oh that looks nice too'.  I much preferred you look hot in that and eww your butt looks flat in that wear something else to a standard that looks nice.  If I didn't want feedback I wouldn't ask for it.  I don't go fishing for compliments.

[Bonibelle]

Brooke, Just wait until your boys are a bit older.. ..We went on a family cruise about 2 years ago and I took my boys with me to shop for my cruise wardrobe (they were about 14 and 15). It was so much fun...they enjoyed it too and I knew they were giving me totally honest opinions (nothing held back). Some of the other women that were shopping got a real kick out of their comments and one lady even asked them what they thought about something she was trying on! They couldn't wait to surprise their Dad with the clothes that they had selected for me to wear to the captain's dinner.  

So now I usually ask my boys what they think..they wouldn't let Mom out in anything that didn't look right  

[Brookenstein]

I think my oldest is almost there Bonni, except he's sweet and thinks everything looks good.  This summer I came accross a good sale and decided to try on a few tihngs.  Cameron picked out a dress for me to try and then told me I looked beautiful... so I had to buy it, lol.  J's reaction was a little different... "more like 'what the &^(@ were you thinking??? it has flowers and stripes."  I still love the dress because he picked it out.