mum - job description

[MSTRS:Me]

Are you beating your chest again?

I wouldn't dare. I'm just siding with Jim2 cos there's safety in numbers....

[007XX]

Now that's something I will attest to.

Cheers Buddy.

Ain't that the truth...
It's cos men no longer dare to beat their chests and proclaim themselves the 'head of the house',

I like it when my man beats his chest...masculine is sexy! A woman who's self secure enough in herself would not feel threatened by a small display of machism from her other half.

If men let women shop and talk about handbags, have girly nights and just be women, and women let guys four wheel drive, get drunk and raucous occasionally without making them feel like losers, then the world would be a better place I think...
this may be a succinct description, but I'm sure you'll know what I mean.

[Grahameeboy]

I wouldn't dare. I'm just siding with Jim2 cos there's safety in numbers....

What a nice man you are.............so there are now 2 of you......only need 3 and you have a riot on your hands........

[ManDownUnder]

If men let women shop and talk about handbags, have girly nights and just be women, and women let guys four wheel drive, get drunk and raucous occasionally without making them feel like losers, then the world would be a better place I think...

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Grahameeboy]

Cheers Buddy.



I like it when my man beats his chest...masculine is sexy! A woman who's self secure enough in herself would not feel threatened by a small display of machism from her other half.

If men let women shop and talk about handbags, have girly nights and just be women, and women let guys four wheel drive, get drunk and raucous occasionally without making them feel like losers, then the world would be a better place I think...
this may be a succinct description, but I'm sure you'll know what I mean.

Now I know where I went wrong...I let my ex do the girly thing but forgot to get drunk and raucous...............stuff the birds and bees chat.......

[Grahameeboy]

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have heard that is only as long as you last!!!

[007XX]

stuff the birds and bees chat.......

Aw C'mon ...it's an awesome conversation. If I can explain it to my 10 year old, I'm sure I can sort you out...

[MSTRS:Me]

Cheers Buddy.



I like it when my man beats his chest...masculine is sexy! A woman who's self secure enough in herself would not feel threatened by a small display of machism from her other half.

If men let women shop and talk about handbags, have girly nights and just be women, and women let guys four wheel drive, get drunk and raucous occasionally without making them feel like losers, then the world would be a better place I think...
this may be a succinct description, but I'm sure you'll know what I mean.

Did you mean 'macho-ness' or 'masochism'...
You are absolutely right for the rest of it.

[Number One]

as promised here is an ode to dads ....caught it on the radio this morning and it made me think of my man and my own daddy.
Love you both heaps and heaps and feel privelaged to have you both in my life!

Here’s to the Fathers

Here’s to the fathers, who always begin,
On the outside of children, but looking in.
Such curious men snapping cameras like mad,
Recording the moment, they turn into “Dad.”

Here’s to the fathers, who put in their time,
Who don’t say to Mother, that’s your job, not mine.
Who wipe chins and noses and never say “won’t”
Who do with the nappies, what some fathers don’t.

Here’s to the fathers who manage to stay,
When so many fathers are turning away,
When so many run, leaving families to rot,
Here, then, a cheer, for those who do not.

Here’s to the fathers whose big money dreams,
Die in the corner, while their baby screams.
And yet without anger, dread or regrets,
They comfort the child and hold it close to their chests.
And as the child grows, they grow with it too,
Learning a depth, that they never knew.

And soon they are older, their hair slightly gone,
Chasing two children around the front lawn.
Or carpooling teams to rugby and netball games
Buying them hamburgers after it rains
They mend broken dolls and fix broken wheels,
They cringe when their daughters try their first pair of heels.
They reach in their pockets, but never keep count,
They pay dear for parenthood, awful amounts
They postpone their plans to sail across seas,
Instead they sing “wiggles” and bandage skinned knees.

Here’s to the fathers who miss on promotions,
Who forego the bonus, for birthday commotions.
Who come home from work and a boss they don’t like,
Pull into the driveway and run over a bike.

Here’s to the fathers who get off the phone,
To hear their sons practice their new saxophone.
Who leave work to see their daughters recital,
Here’s to the heroes who work without title.

For this is a world now full of neglect
With everyday stories of lives that are wreckend.
Of fatherless children who take up with gums,
To kill other children of fatherless sons.
Divorce shattered families, childhoods derailed,
Mothers still waiting for checks still unmailed.
You wonder what wrongs these souls ever did,
To make a grown man turn away from his kids.

So here’s to the fathers who won’t compromise,
Who see a light shining in their children’s eyes.
And feel a rare glow as if from a gem,
And know that once someone saw this glow in them.
For all the good boys, they have raised in the world
For all the examples they set for their girls,
For all the loved children, whose stories they’ll tell.
Here’s to the father’s that taught them so well.

[007XX]

Did you mean 'macho-ness' or 'masochism'...
You are absolutely right for the rest of it.

Sorry, I meant Machismo...from spanish:

"According to the Merriam-Webster online, the English word machismo is derived from Spanish macho, which means "male [animal]" or, when used metaphorically, "virile".[2]"

[007XX]

as promised here is an ode to dads ....caught it on the radio this morning and it made me think of my man and my own daddy.
Love you both heaps and heaps and feel privelaged to have you both in my life!

Here’s to the Fathers

....

Was it from Polly on 91zm? Cos she's another one I wouldn't call a stereotypical kiwi woman...she's awesome!

And I have heard her read this poem a couple of times now, and everytime, I am not ashamed to admit that I cry.

fark, I miss my dad right now...

[Number One]

Sure was and yes I too shed a tear!

[Ocean1]

I was driving to work one morning a couple of years ago when I saw a girl, around 13, lying on a park lawn, partially hidden by shrubs. So I slowed a bit and looked closer. No movement, so I stopped.

She wasn't completely unconcious, but not really coherent either. I thought I understood her to say that she was a diebetic. As I put her in the car I thought "this can't look good". It hit me then what the true cost of society's over-reaction to the growth in poor male behaviour was: I felt like a criminal, and I hated the fact that some may have behaved differently because of that.

I called *555 on the way to the local ED and heard myself defending my actions. A nurse was waiting in the car park when I got there, the first thing she said was "It's OK, we know her, and thank you very much".

I hung around for 30min, it'd apparently been more serious than I'd thought but she was going to be fine. I was quite depressed about my own reactions though.

[yungatart]

Awesome Mums and aaaaawesome Dads...now I'll drink to that!!

Those of you out there doing the hard yards and daily grind with/because of your kids, I salute you.
You truly do make the world go around...yes. even you, Jim2!

[Number One]

I was driving to work one morning a couple of years ago when I saw a girl, around 13, lying on a park lawn, partially hidden by shrubs. So I slowed a bit and looked closer. No movement, so I stopped.

She wasn't completely unconcious, but not really coherent either. I thought I understood her to say that she was a diebetic. As I put her in the car I thought "this can't look good". It hit me then what the true cost of society's over-reaction to the growth in poor male behaviour was: I felt like a criminal, and I hated the fact that some may have behaved differently because of that.

I called *555 on the way to the local ED and heard myself defending my actions. A nurse was waiting in the car park when I got there, the first thing she said was "It's OK, we know her, and thank you very much".

I hung around for 30min, it'd apparently been more serious than I'd thought but she was going to be fine. I was quite depressed about my own reactions though.

Good on you for doing the right thing despite those feelings...we need more good honest men to do just that! Big ups - her daddy (and mummy) I'm sure were damn pleased you did what you did!