Useless Conversation

[JWIV]

Gah.   

[Oban]

Turns out not only is Harold infertile, but has always been so.

 

[Merusk]

A couple of friends of mine have been spending a lot of time/money trying to have a second kid. I just found out they're getting a divorce. Turns out not only is Harold infertile, but has always been so. 

Somewhere between 5 and 15% of the 'daddies' on birth certs aren't the actual daddies.  Welcome to the wonderful world of cuckolding.   

[Murgos]

Somewhere between 5 and 15% of the 'daddies' on birth certs aren't the actual daddies.  Welcome to the wonderful world of cuckolding.   

I've heard similar numbers before, little hard data gets released because of the obvious implications for marital cohesion.  Pretty much every time research starts wandering down that path the thought of the thousands of resultant broken homes just among the subjects of the study causes it to get nixed.

[Ironwood]

Oh shit.

Thanks for reminding me that no matter how bad I have it, someone else has it worse.

Hopefully my wife takes the "let's go see the therapist together" bit seriously... because, srsly.

Boned.

Start saving up for the lawyer.

[Oban]

If it flies, floats or fucks, rent it.

[Nebu]

You know what sucks?

God-damned wives.

You know why divorces are so expensive?  Because they're worth it.

[Selby]

You know why divorces are so expensive?  Because they're worth it.

And it does seem like there are alot of them going on these days among people I know.  Maybe it's just that now everyone I know has gotten over their initial wedded bliss years and is tired of putting up with the other person's shit.

[Merusk]

Yes.

It takes work, a lot of it, to last and it's not seen as something you Should do anymore.  Fuck, you're a freak if you aren't divorced by 35 it seems.  I'm fucking amazed i just hit my 10th anniversary.  I was sure one of us would be dead in their sleep by now.

[K9]

This thread is depressing me 

[Nebu]

And it does seem like there are alot of them going on these days among people I know.  Maybe it's just that now everyone I know has gotten over their initial wedded bliss years and is tired of putting up with the other person's shit.

Marrying someone because they're "hot" isn't enough to sustain a long-term relationship.  Unfortunately, they don't teach this on tv.

[schild]

Marrying someone because they're "hot" isn't enough to sustain a long-term relationship.

[Signe]

Fifteen years in December and haven't had a fight yet.  You guys don't know how to do married right.

[schild]

Signe, if you all somehow represent the status quo (or even any spot on the marriage bell curve) then I'm a 19' foot tall monster from the 4th galaxy beyond Vaspillian 6.

[Signe]

[Rishathra]

You know why you've never had a fight?  Fear.   

[Nebu]

You know why you've never had a fight?  Fear.   

That or she's one of the few that doesn't use sex as a bargaining chip.

[Yegolev]

You know why you've never had a fight?  Fear.   

That or she's one of the few that doesn't use sex as a bargaining chip.

Or her hideous screeching.  Or dramatic sobbing.  The tools are many, and it's best to win the battle before taking the field.

[Signe]

I don't screech, my sobbing is adorable and I dislike sex.  And your wives just don't have as lovely a husband as wot I do.  And Schildy is a 19' foot tall monster from the 4th galaxy beyond Vaspillian 6 because I am convinced that I am a more normal woman than most of you are normal men.  Don't bother to try and convince me otherwise because I'm ignoring this bit of this thread now.

Lalalalalala.

[Oban]

I dislike sex. 

[Yegolev]

Yeah, Oban.  I'm starting to see why there are no arguments.

Lalalalalala.

That doesn't work on me.  I invented that.

Really, though, after the anger wore off I realized I was being a huge jackass.  More than usual, by far, saying things that I normally would never say.  Maybe my wife will soon drop the "tell me everything you are thinking" routine because, frankly, I was starting to get into it and got complacent.

For the record, we are not getting divorced.  We decided long ago that we're not letting each other off the hook that easily.  We might have regular knife fights in the kitchen, but we're staying together.

In other news, I worked approximately 25-30 hours this weekend, Friday evening to Sunday evening, and it wasn't contiguous so sleep was minimal.  If there's a lesson here, it's to not get into corporate IT.

[MrHat]

Glad you two have a solid foundation then.

Also knife-fights: 

[Oban]

[Yegolev]

SOX audit!  Fuck!

[JWIV]

SOX audit!  Fuck!

FLEEE!   

[Brogarn]

SOX audit!  Fuck!

 


Thank god I work in IT at a private company.

[Viin]

Ahahaha!

[bhodi]

SOX audit!  Fuck!

Ouch. Sorry dude.

[Yegolev]

Bah, we have one of these every year.  Of course, this time I'm way too busy with real work to go out and tackle audit points.  Crappy timing for the audit.  This is where I'm glad we have rigorous processes and all drink the bureaucratic kool-aid.

[Oban]

I am starting to see why the third world is the third world. 

Also, quite happy that I am white this time around.

[NowhereMan]

For marriage advice, my mother's advice is the same as her own. Get a marriage where there's at least one country's border between you and the man sends money home. My mother hasn't really managed to get the money yet but my dad's most of the surface of the planet away and they've been happily married for the whole time. Seems to be working out.

[rattran]

For marriage advice, my mother's advice is the same as her own. Get a marriage where there's at least one country's border between you and the man sends money home. My mother hasn't really managed to get the money yet but my dad's most of the surface of the planet away and they've been happily married for the whole time. Seems to be working out.

"You want to know about your father? He's... in a different country. On the other side of the world. Really. We love each other and are happily married. Honest."

[voodoolily]

For marriage advice, my mother's advice is the same as her own. Get a marriage where there's at least one country's border between you and the man sends money home. My mother hasn't really managed to get the money yet but my dad's most of the surface of the planet away and they've been happily married for the whole time. Seems to be working out.

I dunno, I don't really know what I'd do if I couldn't hug my husband, kiss his cheek every morning, or see the look on his face when I say something romantic to him, like "why can't you scrub the fucking toilet once in awhile, what, you can't see your dried piss and pubes all over the rim, do you think magical fairies make it clean for you" and other sweet nothings. Wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! 

[Merusk]

Mamas, don't raise your sons to be man-childs.  Make them do their own fucking laundry and clean their own bathroom to YOUR satisfaction and do  the disihes.

Worked for me.

I dislike sex.

No, the whole zombie thing implies the lack of a sex drive.

[voodoolily]

The first time you have to clean a toilet before you can puke in it (baaaad hangover one morning), you get a little fire in your eye about it, that's for sure.