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Bruce[_26_]

On 8/1/2016 23:38 wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 23:38:25 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>On 1/7/2016 2:49 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>
>>>> 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."
>>>
>>
>>She prefers not to handle the money. At one time she did and is very
>>capable. It is her choice for reasons I'm not going into here. She
>>likes it that way.
>>
>>I could tell you about the time she took someone to court. The lawyers
>>were trying to negotiate a settlement when she had enough, spoke up and
>>laid out both lawyers. If was funny to watch as they both went to the
>>judge to say it was resolved exactly as she requested.
>>
>>I could tell you about the time she took on the Monsignor in charge of
>>the Philadelphia Catholic schools and got changes made.
>>
>>She is very happy the way things are in our life but she won't take crap
>>from anyone. She does not make cupcakes but makes a great pound cake.
>
> Pound cake is much nicer than those silly cupcakes.

If that is so, why do men call women cupcake and not pound cake?

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Bruce