Sistaz!

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“I don’t want to do this any more,” said one of my colleagues, a woman in her 50s, as we left the building. “I just want to spend my days riding my horse. But my husband doesn’t earn enough to keep me in the custom I’m used to.”

“Nice. Have you told him so?” I grinned.

“But that’s how it used to be,” she said. “We were always told, ‘Find yourself a rich man who can keep you’. I didn’t want any of that, I wanted to be independent. But as you get older... I should have gone to the south of France and shown myself off on the beach when I still had my looks. Far too late now. My daughter’s the same. She used to go out with [international UK rugby player]. Very tall. He used to fill my kitchen. She used to say, ‘But mum, he’s boring’. I’d say, ‘I don’t care. Stay with him!’. But she didn’t. She’s too much like I used to be. Still, she’ll learn.”

Comments

[offensive-mango.livejournal.com]

I feel quite bad for men. You're expected to work to support somewhere between two and 10 (say) people for the rest of your lives, even if your wife works. There are very few women in the world who can keep *you* in the "custom you're used to," so there's not a lot of escape for most of you from that, if you want a relationship with anyone. And once you're in a relationship, you've got very little say about whether or not you want children (barring a vasectomy, which can be a relationship-ender anyway).

[chiller.livejournal.com]

*chalks one up for "Women who CAN keep you in the custom you're used to, and who are not going to spring children on you. Ever."*

Unfortunately, there don't seem to be guys who actually want that.

[chiller.livejournal.com]

Well, there probably are. But not the sort of chap I'd like to keep in the custom etc etc.