That'd be too boring for me. I could take a year or something while the kids were young, but I'd be too bored. I'd have to have a job of some sort. Unless that left me time to work on my writing....
hmmmm.
What are you doing for the next 50 to 60 years?
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See, I was thinking I could marry a writer. It'd be ideal. I'd go out and make the money with law, and my husband could spend all the time he wanted on his work without worrying about sustenance.
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Well, I think of course a certain level of flexibility would also be necessary... but a willingness to participate in the home in any capacity is definately a good quality for anyone intending to live with someone else for an extended period of time!
quote: I think I should add that I can cook, clean, and do my own laundry. Take that most other guys!
I'll take it...oh, wait, I do that. I wash my dishes in a sink by hand. I do my own laundry, cook my own food, clean my own bathroom even. I can even sew (without a sewing machine).
*pies thread for fun*
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I can sew as well, although it's been a while since I've done it. I'm also fairly handy with construction stuff (though I loathe it even more than cleaning).
quote:I can sew as well, although it's been a while since I've done it. I'm also fairly handy with construction stuff (though I loathe it even more than cleaning).
I can cook and sew and clean, but you definitely trump me on construction. The only things I can put together are IKEA furniture and legos.
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Hey, if anyone can make my router stable, I'll marry him. I was ready to pledge my undying devotion to the tech lady who came to fix my DSL Posts: 147 | Registered: Jun 2005
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I used to cross stitch. But I haven't done it in years. Looks like I'll have to surrender this round to the seamstresses of Hatrack. Posts: 21898 | Registered: Nov 2004
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A friend visited me over new years, and told me all the things i didn't know i needed. and showed me how to use the dishwasher. i am so useless.
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You can have a victory as far as I'm concerned. I don't do much with construction stuff. Dipped into it a little in my past, but then I found better, and safer employment.
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Just to clarify, I can cook and clean and sew (with or without a machine) and put together IKEA furniture, but of the four, only the last is any fun.
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Choosing to not participate in certain activities does not necessarily mean an inability to do them.
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Wai-wai-wait! I don't know how to cook or sew or give good advice to children! Does this mean I should just give up the Good Wife dream?
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Noo! Most certainly not. You have plenty of time to learn. Unless you are planning on being sold in China, in which case you should get cracking, 'cause you're probably past the prime marrying age already.
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Gah! I am. My momma said I have good "child-bearing" hips
By the looks of this thread, it seems like a lot of guys know how to do domestic chores. Should I just hope I trap a man who's good at household tasks? That's much easier Posts: 147 | Registered: Jun 2005
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quote:By the looks of this thread, it seems like a lot of guys know how to do domestic chores. Should I just hope I trap a man who's good at household tasks? That's much easier
Definitely the way to go. Follow erosomniac's three step plan:
1) Buy bear trap. 2) Place bear trap in Home Depot, where men can buy their domestic supplies and still remain manly under the pretense of looking at power tools. 3) Check bear trap from time to time.
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quote:By the looks of this thread, it seems like a lot of guys know how to do domestic chores. Should I just hope I trap a man who's good at household tasks? That's much easier
Definitely the way to go. Follow erosomniac's three step plan:
1) Buy bear trap. 2) Place bear trap in Home Depot, where men can buy their domestic supplies and still remain manly under the pretense of looking at power tools. 3) Check bear trap from time to time.
Waaaaaay ahead of you, buddy I also placed traps in Radio Shack, 'cause I like guys who like gizmos and gadgets Posts: 147 | Registered: Jun 2005
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And no luck yet?? Your neighborhood has some nimble dudes. Or maybe you're baiting it with the wrong stuff. I recommend porn.
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Ok, I'll play. I thought I was too old, but I guess not. (you all should know that Mormon single wards kick out the 30+ year olds and make them to go to single wards with *gasp* 50 year olds!!! so I feel very old--and I refuse to go to single wards btw)
Hair: Brown, and I've got gray hairs because I work too hard. My hair is VERY "short" in the photo above. I never let it grow really long, but it is usually between "short" like above and a longer version of messiness. Eyes: Green/blue? It says blue on my drivers license but it kinda looks green in the mirror. Smile: I smile often. They come in many varieties! Build: 5'9", 155 pds. Ancestry: European soup. Dutch, Irish, whatever. Look-alikes: A very young nephew said I look like Harry Potter. I'm a bit old for that, and have brown hair, but anyway.
Reason I am cool: I got a degree in music composition, and I sing, and I know how to conduct a choir pretty well. I can draw too and love to do portraits. And I know how to make Native American flutes. I also share names with a painter, a soap opera actor, a BBC Middle East correspondent, and a Biology professor. And in spite of all of that, my webpage is the 7th on Google.
Dating Status: Single. I don't date to meet girls as I've had too many bad experiences with it.
Stalker level: Married women often flirt with me because I'm "safe", which bugs me to no end. Read between the lines in the above point.
Plans: When I grow up, I want to be a space explorer. Er, I suppose I don't really have plans right now other than to keep going to work and goof off. And I want to write a symphony some day. And I want to write a novel. And I want to make CG animations. And I want to program computer games. And I want to be in a band. And I want to...
Things you should know: you hopefully learned in kindergarten. Really, I haven't grown up much and feel like I'm still 16 (or 12, or 21 depending on the day), just with the skills and experience of a 32 year old. I'm naturally a loner. You mostly see the "loner" side of me here (I can't help wondering how posts like this one will haunt me in the future), but in chatrooms or in person you will mostly see a very different outgoing version of me. I'm also very good at rhetoric (which isn't meant as a compliment). And when I play with Legos, I'm serious, not little kid stuff.
Things I like in women: Does music for fun. Has long hair. I like other things too, but I'm often surprised how often I like something that wasn't what I thought I liked, so why mention them? Anyway, as always, personality is all that really matters, and I haven't exactly figured out what I like there. Some things remain a complete mystery to me...
I'm most likely to be caught at Barnes and Noble or the Apple Store.
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[aside]The fact that my inbox has not yet been flooded with emails from Nubile Young Virgins(TM) is totally worrisome.[/aside]
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Maybe one of them can hook you up with an enlargement program or really good mortgage while you're at it.
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You can find out more about me by searching my old posts, so if you like what you read there, care about keeping in shape (I try to swim and lift weights 4-5 times a week), AND ARE 21 OR OLDER, feel free to contact me. Register at the site for free and send me an "I'm interested"; you can email me through Hatrack, but I don't want to give out my email address so I won't email you back.
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OK, thought I'd post as a bit of an intro to me.
Age: 23 Age when first kissed: 12?
Photos a couple years ago on the Lub-dub website. But I no longer have long hair.
Hair: brown and curly, pretty short Eyes: grey, one of them has a brown slash in it Smile: um, wide? often? Build: Athletic, (5'11", 170lbs)
Reason I'm cool: I'm a professional clown. I love saying that.
Dating status: single Stalker level: I do not stalk. That anyone can prove.
Plans: I'd like to join a professional circus company, but it's going to take a while to build up my skill repetoire.
Things you should know: I'm a bit of a nerd. No way around it. I collect quotes, and I read a lot. Sci fi, fantasy, mystery, humor, etc. I also listen to an eclectic selection of music including rock, alternative, musicals, classical, and circus music. Most importantly, I like to argue. Not loudly or rudely, but intellectually, and thoroughly. It annoys some people.
Things I look for in a woman: Likes hanging out playing games or reading books, likes discussing books and issues and can do so without getting too worked up.
I'm usually found at: the Circus School studio, practicing.
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quote:Reason I'm cool: I'm a professional clown. I love saying that.
That's so many different kinds of awesome. What a pick-up line, too. "So what do you do?" "Oh, I'm a clown." "...what?" "You know, big shoes, funny hats, all that jazz? Yeah, that's me."
Hair: Blond short wavy Facial Hair: Red well trimed beard Eyes: Sky Blue Smile: Frequently Build: Muscular (5'9, 160lbs)
Reason I'm cool: I have self confidence
Dating Status: single Stalker Level: N/A, I don't do that
Plans to finsh my Bachelors degree in Psychology then move on to working towards my PHD in Psychology to become a private Psychologist.
Things you need to know: I love dogs, I read Sci-fi, mysterys/naval, listen to Green Day, go to the gym early every morning (save sat. and sun.) and change clothes and go on duty as an instructor/ front desk operator at same gym.
Things I look for in a Woman: Not bossy, relaxing by the TV accationally, furvent reader, is willing to discuss polotics, willing to play video games or at least won't laugh when I do, and a good listener.
I'm usually found at: My gym or the park.
Now tell me that I'm not appealling. Posts: 1941 | Registered: Dec 2005
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Hair: ranges from dirty blonde in winter to bleach blonde in summer Facial hair: generally clean shaven, occasional stubble Eyes: range from grey to dark blue, generally an oceanic grey-blue Smile: I'm told it is nice, although it is terrible when forced for cameras Build: Slender (5'9" - 10", 140lbs)
Reasons I'm cool: I adore languages. I mean, absolutely adore languages. Latin, Old English, and variants of Gaelic, especially. I also enjoy writing and art and beautiful music.
Dating Status: Not really up to discussing that at the moment Stalker Level: non-existant, to my knowledge
Plans: To finish my BA, hopefully at UofT, in Linguistics. Then to go on to my MA and PhD with a focus on Philology and Paleology. Especially leaning towards Mediaeval Western Europe.
Things you need to know: I am obsessed with language. Really. And I love to go on about language. I also like to have music playing 24/7, whether this is Celtic, or classical, or jazz, or some other style. I also like playing with hair and generally spending time with people.
Things I look for in a Lady: Relaxed. Loves to have fun. Shares a love of language and history and stories. A best friend.
I'm usually found at: my house, and if not there, at the lounge at school.
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Since Rei didn't include a picture, allow me to say that he is gorgeous, charming, and has a great smile. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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What guy can resist the invitation to talk about himself? I have to admit I love talking about myself, and I feel ashamed of it because I see it as something negative. And yet here I am. Talking about myself and voicing my shame.
Age: 29 Age when first kissed: Lyr, I'm with you. I have very distant memories of setting up my own kissing booth in pre-school. (If I thought the girl was pretty I kissed her on the lips; otherwise I kissed her on the cheek.) Age when first kissed really: about 14, I think.
Photo: None, I'm afraid. Build: 5'10" and 150 lbs, just a tad pudgy. Hair: Blond, a bit too shaggy for my taste at the moment -- I like it cropped short. Eyes: Blue. Smile: Not as often as I used to, although there were times when I got lots of compliments on it. Ancestry: English and Danish almost entirely. Look-alikes: I used to get Danny Kay on occasion.
Reason I am cool: When I'm feeling particularly prankish during warm-ups, I play the right and left hand in different keys (most of my students don't think it's funny). Or I transpose one of their simpler exercises to the lydian or dorian mode (those are my two favorites). I love using parenthesis (in case you hadn't noticed).
Dating Status: Single Stalker level: I think I'm guilty of what in retrospect must have looked at the time very much like stalking. I sometimes have that lost puppy dog quality of following a girl around mistaking everything she says or does for affection -- which means she sometimes has to bean me over the head with a few blunt words (or a nice blunt object) to make me realize she has never had any interest in me at all. When I fall, I fall hard and give all the way, sometimes a bit prematurely.
Plans: Keep teaching high school choir, I think. And publish some of my compositions.
Things you should know: I'm not an awfully sociable person. Right now I spend most of my free time reading books, playing video games, and watching movies because I find it difficult to get out and meet people. I'm very passionate about my music.
Things I like in a woman: An intelligent, playfully sarcastic sense of humor (and when I say 'intelligent humor', I really mean 'humor that I will find funny'). No judgement. Self-confidence. And I'm always flattered when a woman takes a sincere interest in my compositions (ask Narnia ).
(Nevermind, don't ask Narnia -- she'll probably give you another long list of things about me I'm not yet sure I want on a public forum.)
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quote:Originally posted by Eaquae Legit: I'd just like to comment that neither of us were expecting that picture to be taken. Heck, I'm not even sure I noticed it. But I won the game.
I'd never even heard of the game before that day!
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