Women

[Dftodd]

Well…
At almost 73 years old, that really isn’t the problem that used to be!

That sounds like my old neighbor. His wife passed away a few years ago. He wants friendship and companionship.

At 86yo.... the other head doesn't do much thinking anymore.

 

[Dftodd]

That sounds like my old neighbor. His wife passed away a few years ago. He wants friendship and companionship.

At 86yo.... the other head doesn't do much thinking anymore.

My church is open minded when it comes to divorce. Sometimes the person is completely off their rocker and it's better/ safer for the other person to walk away.

Circumstances plays a big part.

The lady at the well gets brought up a few times a year.

Then, our church prides itself with second chances and being "those people".

The church is big with the local recovery ministries.

Service is broadcasted over the internet and they just set up a ministry with the local county jail.

The local county jail attends service remotely with one of the guys from the men's group facilitating while he serves out his sentence.

I know..... there's a lot to unpack

 

[Jstpssng]

Mine helps me, most of the time I ask for her help to speed something up or does it? The other day I had to drop the fuel tank out of the ton flatbed to replace the fuel pump. I will say I would probably STILL be fighting to get the tank back in if she had not offered to help. But what gets me is the following of instructions. I had the driveshaft out to make more room for ME under the truck. When I went to reinstall it the driveshaft and differential yoke did not quite line back up so instead of crawling out from under the truck I told her to put the transfer case in neutral, I said "Put the lever on the floor next to the "N"". A minute or two later she was still looking at the gear shift on the column trying to put it in neutral... which would have worked too if you turned the key. Sometimes it is just faster to crawl out from under than to ask.

Still love her for trying to help even if not LISTENING is part of it.

I have a very simple solution for the next time... you need a dump body!!
Seriously, when GM and Dodge trucks were having so many problems back in the '90s we found that it was easier to pull the bed than drop the tank. A couple of people I knew just cut a hole in the bed, then patched it afterwards.

 

[kozal01]

Relationships are work, constant work and if you are not actively self reflecting in a critical way and taking accountability for your role in bad relationships nothing will change. Its a hard truth but its true none the less. I divorced several years ago after 15 years married, it was awful, she was awful in the end but so was I. I made a deliberate decision that I would be stupid to not look at the things I failed at in my marriage and do everything in my power to change them, not just for my future partner but also for myself and my kids. Its hard as hell to do, but you have to. You cant just go from one relationship to the next being the same person that was partially responsible for the last failed relationship and expect different results. Along with that learning what to look for in future partners is just as important for the same reasons. I see this cycle with so many people I know, its like one copy and paste relationship after another and always the same results. The only person you can change is you and the choices you make. When you're a better person you will attract better partners.

 

[lilranch2001]

I dunno, as a catholic, it is hardly rare that they get divorced in this century.
Other religions even at a higher divorce rate!

But as usual, I am glad you have the ability to read every one else’s mind!

 

[tacticalturnip]

Women will generally listen to almost anyone EXCEPT their husband. It's inherent in their nature given Eve would listen to the snake instead asking her husband.
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That meme is superb.

 

[ponytug]

I have a very simple solution for the next time... you need a dump body!!
Seriously, when GM and Dodge trucks were having so many problems back in the '90s we found that it was easier to pull the bed than drop the tank. A couple of people I knew just cut a hole in the bed, then patched it afterwards.

Yes, that brought back memories.

As an example of how not to engineer a vehicle for service, I have this high on my own personal "Who the heck designed it this way?" list, along with clutch and starter motor servicing that require dropping the engine.

I nearly cut the hole in the bed of mine at the time. Today, now that I have more welding experience, and less fear of cutting metal, I would do it in a heartbeat.p, and weld it up as an access port.

All the best,

Peter

 

[John0829]

Yes, that brought back memories.

As an example of how not to engineer a vehicle for service, I have this high on my own personal "Who the heck designed it this way?" list, along with clutch and starter motor servicing that require dropping the engine.

I nearly cut the hole in the bed of mine at the time. Today, now that I have more welding experience, and less fear of cutting metal, I would do it in a heartbeat.p, and weld it up as an access port.

I could have cut a hole and welded it back easily enough but I did not want to be cutting on the new bed I had put on it. I do know if it EVER need to be changed again while I own it someone else will be doing it.

I have a LONG list of design screw ups (being polite) that should REQUIRE the guy who engineered them be publicly castrated to avoid them from ever breeding.

To get back on the topic of women... I needed to make a QUICK run to town and asked if she needed me to pickup anything... 30 minutes later she was still making a list.

 

[Jstpssng]

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To get back on the topic of women... I needed to make a QUICK run to town and asked if she needed me to pickup anything... 30 minutes later she was still making a list.

This is where texting is handy... you'd be halfway there when she gets you the list.

 

[ultrarunner]

Women will generally listen to almost anyone EXCEPT their husband. It's inherent in their nature given Eve would listen to the snake instead asking her husband.
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I know two divorces where this was said…

Listen to anyone except the family breadwinner that is a successful contractor and built the home they lived in for one…

She always eyed every decision as her husband being cheap…

When they built their home he had a complete new GE monogram appliance set in the warehouse where the buyer had backed out… no problem as the home sold for more.

The wife didn’t miss a day of complaining for 5 years she was stuck with hand me down new appliances…

Her friends all had high end SubZero, etc…