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RE: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Wen, to you too.

I know exactly what I want for Valentine's Day

Perfect match - but which one?

Vier, a cheery thought which reinforces my conviction I would be a D

Am I putting you down for A, B, the popular AB blend, or the D option?

Perfect match - but which one?

Hey, Crazy! this is only some nights they have to camp out, eh? the rest of the time they'll be staying in those villages ...

B it is, does seem to be edging ahead as the popular option

Perfect match - but which one?

JJ, alone for a month is quite a long time and a bit risky when hiking, but hey, have a good time

Perfect match - but which one?

Hey Kal I think it would be quite tough for the wife, actually. He's in line to get a big promotion and he's choosing to throw it away and look for a new job after a month off, doing stuff they haven't done seriously for years .... women 'invest' in their husbands. Does she invest in his likely career or his possible happiness. An ambitious woman, proud of his achievements so far, would find it hard to look past success.

I said before that I don't see any of my 4 as 'bad' options. I tried to set up 4 types that a man could find ideal for his situation, i.e. no nagging or emotional blackmail. I'm fairly sure (as a non-hiker) I'd be a D because I'd jumped out the rat race myself in the past but - who knows?

All theoretical, after all, I really like that most people are able to pick one (or a blend)

Perfect match - but which one?

Ocee, for you too! Yup, not what he wants to hear, but maybe what he needs to hear - if only to work out how seriously committed to the whole idea he really is. As you say, the conversation needs to be had. But if he stands firm - hmmmm. I foresee end of marital harmony unless she switches to A, B or D

(Molly, they had hiked together in times gone by - I'm seeing him as a bit unfit but capable, and maybe part of the whole attraction is to rediscover himself physically again?)

(but if I knew how men, and for that matter other women, ticked, I'd be the world's only truly successful relationship counselor or even, possibly, happily married )

Perfect match - but which one?

Robby, only the toughest questions

for being the first bloke to read the options and think about them! And yeah, no-one is so clear-cut but we're going by type, and the AB mix has a second vote, excellent. BTW you and Molly might consider a hiking trip

RE: BerrySmoothie........

Berry, I think a reason the non-political bloggers are going fast is because it is only the political blogs that get comments

We have several bloggers now saying how awful the blogs are, without going to comment on any of them. That really helps.

And now your flood of weird so I have to comment here because you are throwing a hundred toys out your cot without allowing comments ...

be part of the solution, not part of the problem?

Perfect match - but which one?

Back after school

Perfect match - but which one?

Red, so you'd be the sensible one - but with perks

Perfect match - but which one?

Daears this is about picking the right woman - how would your mum have reacted?

Perfect match - but which one?

Z, you are sooooooooooo stubborn. E it is although how that helps me understand relationships ...

Perfect match - but which one?

Z, got it, your life is exactly the way you like it

A to D only and for what it's worth, I'd guess you were an A man?

Perfect match - but which one?

Daears, yay so which wife would you think ideal?



and I've never hugged a goat - I rather like them, but they give me odd looks, I would feel it a liberty

Perfect match - but which one?

So glad you withdrew it, I was feeling a complete wuss

I'm not actually thinking any of the wife options automatically bad, they could all be very successful partnerships. The BAD partner would accuse him of selfishness and trying to ruin her life, and nag nag nag until he either caved and stayed on the job or they split up - no?

Perfect match - but which one?

Mimi I see you share my love of hiking

Hoping to coax a few male opinions on here though

Perfect match - but which one?

20kg not so light when a bag of cement or plaster but I will bow to your superior knowledge re backpacks - I mainly trundle 20kgs around on little wheels but completely accept this is not the hiking ideal.

I was trying to separate the traditional partner from the modern one, also the traditional behind-every-man to the modern space-in-marriage - you know what, this should perhaps have gone on a poll

Perfect match - but which one?

Molly, thanks! Difficult one for me since I'm not really the hiking type And kids - that's why I set age at 50, so kids could be grown and flown

I keep thinking C is the most sensible and maybe the one he should have - it intrigued me enough to put it out there.

English is so weird

Ha, I have a Geordie grandparent too

RE: Things I can't explain

Sundays and Mondays, no morning alarm clock for me, I know I don't have to wake before 10 if I don't want to.

I usually wake up earlier than on the other days

My next user name will have 'contrary' shoe-horned into it somehow.

English is so weird

Luke -

Fay that's just - complicated!

Harb, neither did you

Molly, that's bloody brilliant

Chat, how do we ever learn to speak it?








Whether life is worth living depends on the liver.

How about (abowt?) I bow to the girl with the bow in her hair sitting in the bow of the boat and know Cupid has shot me with his bow and arrow ...

English is so weird

Vier, I see the limerick, don't see weird words?

but I hear a car

RE: Fending for Myself

Mimi do you ever sleep?

English is so weird

I bought a budgie instead of a parrot

It was a cheaper cheeper.

English is so weird

I am entranced by the entrance to your house

RE: The Firing of a weather lady

None of the links on your blog are showing and the FB link goes to their page, not the story?

Firing someone for one complaint is excessive!

RE: Bump bumping bump bump

This is spreading like wildfire

Really REALLY honest profile comments

Lucy, eek, didn't see your comment at the time, long time no see!

Mimiiiiii

And Jac, yeah, a little pedantry amidst all the weirds not a bad thing I am picturing him (well, if a him) with a very precise voice, peering over his half-moon specs ...

RE: Hungary

Fay, the mums don't take it that seriously, the kids pretty much raise themselves - and it isn't that expensive in the UK. Schooling is free: the National Health System means all medical except dental is free (and many therefore don't bother with dental) and by the time they are 13 or so they could in theory get pregnant and qualify for their own council homes. Most start their families at around 16. When I first moved to the UK I rented a very cheap ex-council flat and at 43 was full-on granny age, I was so embarrassed not to have my own generations to display that I moved as soon as I could. Well, it was one of the reasons

I'm not sure it is the best way to build a quality population but it is quite popular.

One couple get around £70K a year in benefits to support their 14 children - they live in an 8 bedroom house supplied by the state. The father gave up work 10 years ago when they had 9 children, to help with the family. Average household income in the UK generally is £32K

Not all couples have to be paid to procreate - one couple, from Morecambe, Lancashire, first met when she was just seven years old. They had their first child, Chris, 28 years ago, when Sue was aged only 14. The couple decided to keep the baby as they were both given up for adoption at birth. The couple then moved into their first home together and got married. They are now the biggest family in the UK - Susan is expecting her 21st baby shortly. The only benefits they receive, though, are child benefits totalling around £170 a week - all parents get those.

RE: Hungary

Nope, Red, the story is being carried by websites which fact-check their stories.