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Bruce[_26_]

On 7/1/2016 23:37 wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 09:35:11 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
> wrote:
>
>>On 7/1/2016 20:21 Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 7/1/2016 11:01 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:32:56 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On 7/1/2016 09:20 Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/6/2016 9:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We are retired now and enjoy each others' company. In the past his
>>>>>>>> work
>>>>>>>> often took him away from home and eventually I retired a bit early to
>>>>>>>> travel with him. Now we are both retired we appreciate the time we
>>>>>>>> have together and we make the most of it Oh and just so you know,
>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>> money (pensions, savings et al) we have combined. We have no 'his
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> hers' money! We have 'our' money!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good for you. My wife has not worked for years, but it has always been
>>>>>>> "our" money. She now has Social Security income but does not bother
>>>>>>> with it as she prefers not to have to worry about it. She has a little
>>>>>>> cash and her own credit card. When we go out, she pays for nothing.
>>>>>>> She
>>>>>>> is happy and wants for nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The perfect pet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not at all, I see it as two couples who are happily living together
>>>>> the way in which they want. Whats the matter, not working for you?
>>>>
>>>> With all your women's lib, you still have one foot firmly planted in
>>>> the 50s.
>>>
>>> If you are talking about me again, I will copy again what I copied to
>>> Sheldon after his nasty assumptions:
>>
>>Huh, when did I ever talk about you before?
>>
>>>> We are retired now and enjoy each others' company. In the past his work
>>>> often took him away from home and eventually I retired a bit early to
>>>> travel with him. Now we are both retired we appreciate the time we
>>>> have together and we make the most of it Oh and just so you know, our
>>>> money (pensions, savings et al) we have combined. We have no 'his and
>>>> hers' money! We have 'our' money!!!
>>
>>That sounds great, why would there be anything wrong with that?
>
> YOU were the one suggesting there was!!

I was referring to the way Ed talked about his wife. As if she's not a
100% in the brain and can't be confused by complicated things such as
money. I found that tone offensive, unless she's really
mentally challenged of course. It's a repeat of that restaurant
discussion, where you also followed the 50s patronising point of
view that us men shouldn't complicate our poor little ladies' lives with
ugly matters such as money. "I'll talk to the bank manager, you go make
cupcakes."

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Bruce