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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: lorrie coey who wrote (71498)1/7/2000 2:39:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Motherless children have a hard hard time
When the mother is gone

Did you ever hear that old song? I had a stepmother, my father's second wife. I wouldn't exactly call her wicked, in fact, I liked her a lot, but she definitely favored her own daughter over my father's children. That's not misogyny, it's a fact.



To: lorrie coey who wrote (71498)1/7/2000 3:28:00 PM
From: Rambi  Respond to of 108807
 
This was covered some yesterday, if you missed it. You can check

Message 12487884

where I cite the source for the idea that stories are passed down in several ways, (and by both both males and females). And also that they are often based on emotional truths rather than literal ones.

Don't forget!
We also have our men showering with Irish Spring, getting rid of their dandruff with Head and Shoulders on the hair that they grew with Rogaine and died with Grecian Formula. They wander around locker rooms getting a close, smooth shave with their Wilkinson blades and slathering on AquaVelva. They too fear being stinky, prickly, and unappealing to us. It's just part of the mating ritual.