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To: Ilaine who wrote (47621)	5/28/2004 2:29:28 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793927

Happy Anniversary CB! Have a great weekend with the hubby!

To: Ilaine who wrote (47621)	6/1/2004 4:49:45 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793927

CobaltBlue, RE: (RE: "If he doesn't give her a schedule of when he's taking care of the children, he's not getting children.) ROFLOL! " Given that you have a demanding career, would tend to think you would be familiar with the modern concept of joint responsibility in care. Am not sure why you believe such a modern concept is laughable. It's truly the trend these days. More the norm, than not. RE: " How old did you say you were? " Thirties. RE: "And what do you do for a living? " What a person does for a living, is irrelevant to the modern-day concept of shared responsibility. In fact, such modern-day decisions are independent of any external conditions (such as the ones mentioned, looks, age, what you do for a living, these are all external conditions completely irrelevant to personal decisions made from within oneself.) RE: "Enjoy it while it lasts" There's a dance group of women in their 50s that I watch perform. At a recent event, there was only one seat left when I got to the event, so had to sit away from my friends. The empty seat was next to a man who I think was in his 50s or 60s and I swear he looked like his heart started to race when one of the dancers stepped out of the choreographed routine and - much to the surprise of everyone - danced right next to him. It was rather sweet. Women of any age are extremely graceful and beautiful. I belong to the dance group of women in their 30s (dance once a week, but do not perform professionally with them). But I prefer to watch the women in their 50s dance because this group is so stunningly theatrical and more experienced dancers - very beautiful. I've seen women in their 70s dance and their husband's certainly had a twinkle in their eyes and catered to their spouse's every whims. I personally think it's in the culture for men to treat women of any age rather specially. RE: "men who will cater to your every whim until you lose your looks" Since you're married I think you'll agree one is good enough. By the way, maybe men have an unfair reputation, "Two-thirds of divorces after age 40 are initiated by wives, debunking the myth of an older man divorcing his wife for a younger woman, a new survey shows." cnn.com But I do believe (as I suggested in my other post) there is a cultural bias against women who aren't healthy: cnn.com "Terminally ill cancer patients have a higher-than-average divorce rate, and it's almost always the husband leaving his sick wife, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology." They ought to levy a huge fine against people that divorce when their spouse is ill. RE: "this isn't meant personally." It sounded like you were taking my post personally (your personal questions/comments.) My other post was a commentary on society's culture and some of its changes and had assumed you would reply conceptually about society as well. But I should have prefaced it as such. RE: "I have a good relationship with my husband" I hope you had a wonderful 24th anniversary. Congratulations. But to be super clear, my other post wasn't about you, it was a commentary about society's cultural changes. Regards, Amy J