SAH/WOH--extramarital affairs

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SAH/WOH--extramarital affairs
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Tue, 02-15-2005 - 12:54pm

I was just at the gym this morning and overheard a conversation between two women on treadmills who were discussing/debating as to whether married sahms were any more or less likely to have affairs than married wohms.

I thought it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 3:13pm
Once it's earned, by family law and your marital agreement, it's family money.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 3:36pm

OK, you are getting close to touching a nerve. I "earned" DH's disability payments and I certainly "earn" his death benefits as did the kids. I arranged the doctor appointments, I filled prescriptions, I called 911, I arranged hospice, I cleaned him, I held his hand through seizures and pain, I bullied the doctors for pain/anxiety medication and I was married to him. I certainly earned his payments as did Missy. You have taken care of a chronically

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Mallory (age 3)

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Registered: 10-18-2003
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 3:41pm

BRAVO!


I especially liked these lines in particular ...


--It is not two independent people coexisting in a

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.  Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

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Registered: 12-07-2004
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 4:45pm

Awesome post. I couldn't agree with you more, and you said it so very well.

Nick

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Registered: 12-12-2002
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 8:45pm
So what?

Okmrsmommy-36, CPmom to DD-16 and DS-14

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 9:36pm

Lol, sorry dear but the law sees that a bit differently that you do-thank goodness. You have got the strangest ways of looking at things, it would be funny if it werent so sad.


Dj

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 9:37pm
My post wasn't about marriage, it was about earning vs. sharing.

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Mon, 02-28-2005 - 9:40pm
I'm making a fine, subtle point - perhaps splitting hairs.

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Registered: 12-12-2002
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 9:54pm
Again, who cares?

Okmrsmommy-36, CPmom to DD-16 and DS-14

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 02-28-2005 - 10:07pm

If you were a lawyer, would you say that "we" took the bar exam?


If your DH were a doctor, board certified, would you say "we" practice medicine?

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