kalanamak > wrote in :

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> Following either of those choices, threaten SO with his life.
>
> When I was a child and did something uncouth, my family would say "Were
> you born in a barn?" in a cross way. Well, this fellow was raised on a
> boat, with even bathing being a niceity he often missed. I don't have to
> threaten his life, I just remind him he's setting an example for his
> toddler, and he has the old needle and thread out, mending his ways. One
> (at least this one) cannot predict all the ways a toddler or a husband
> can get into trouble, and therefore cannot prevent every mishap.
> blacksalt
> who has packed GGGM's china away for the duration
>

Understood. My SO was raised in very poor and unfotunate circumstances,
too, including child abuse. Over the years there hss been much gentle
"teaching". For a very long time I put many things out of harm's way.