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Original poster

to be annoyed that dh will not let me have the gorgeous Mercedes car that is parked outside our house?

240 replies

oliveoil · 25/06/2007 13:10

He claims it is for a client!

Client my arse, where are his priorities fgs, I have given him 2 children had my stomach slashed and my nethers stitched and what thanks do I get?

Do you think divorce is too harsh or just separate for a while?

TIA

OP posts:
squiffy · 26/06/2007 11:33

Oh yes I did mean 'emasculated', but now I look at my thesaurus and see 'shrunken' and 'withered' as alternative meanings for emaciated I think it still fits

Kewcumber · 26/06/2007 11:33

and OP did not ask DH to buy her a car - just to have it. Technically she could have been asking him to steal from his workplace.

Kewcumber · 26/06/2007 11:32

no points for relevance the OP question was -

Do you think divorce is too harsh or just separate for a while?

mozhe · 26/06/2007 11:31

Dh buys his own cars. I buy mine. What IS wrong with that...? DH would tell me where to get off if I asked him to buy me a car !!!! vice versa.
In fact I just e-mailed him,( out of curiosity...), to ask,' DH will you buy me a mercedes convertible ? '....I'll let you know reply .You never know I MIGHT get lucky.....

Kewcumber · 26/06/2007 11:29

marks will be dedcuted for frivolity and unnecessary humour. This is a serious debate ladies... on your marks...

Kewcumber · 26/06/2007 11:28

extra points will be awarded for those linking the SAHM/WOHM debate directly to the OP

nearlythere · 26/06/2007 11:27

ta- but for clarity can the spectators keep the noise down to a quiet snigger
then those invloved in the 'debate': sahm on the left, wohm on the right and wahm's and part-timers get to stand in the middle and throw the rotten fruit!

speedymama · 26/06/2007 11:26

Actually, I bought DH a silver Porsche too - not bad for £9.99 hahhahahahahahahaha

Lizzylou · 26/06/2007 11:23

Snap Anna

Lizzylou · 26/06/2007 11:23

Squiffy..emaciated ???
You bought him a Porsche, but no food???

Kewcumber · 26/06/2007 11:23

over here Nearly there - I love popcorn, I'll keep you a seat.

Anna8888 · 26/06/2007 11:22

squiffy - do you mean "emasculated"?

Yes, men whose wives buy them Porsches, Ferraris etc are pretty emasculated IME

Kewcumber · 26/06/2007 11:22

Ooh we can definitely sit in the same corner then as I too am part-time (is 4 days part-time?)

squiffy · 26/06/2007 11:20

I bought my husband a Porsche once. Poor man couldn't work out whether to feel proud or emaciated. hahahahahahaahahaha

speedymama · 26/06/2007 11:15

Well I work part-time and that is just as bad as being a SAHM. I'm a sell-out.

nearlythere · 26/06/2007 11:09

pmsl, anyone want a cuppa?

Nbg · 26/06/2007 11:04

Xenia, when your dh buys you something do you demand he takes it back or throw it out?

I personally consider myself very lucky that I havent had to work for the last 4 years and that dh has provided for us all.

Kewcumber · 26/06/2007 11:02

Speedymama you and I can sit and giggle in the corner together then. I am WOHM is that OK?

Anna8888 · 26/06/2007 11:01

Xenia - no, SAHMs are not an anachronism.

Even in France, which has the highest % of working women in Europe (and hence probably in the developed world) and the second highest birthrate, 69% of children are cared for solely by family members, principally mothers, in their first year of life.

The historical anomaly is WOHMs for babies.

speedymama · 26/06/2007 11:01

I am ROFLMHO hysterically. This was a lighted-hearted amusing thread.

Anna8888 · 26/06/2007 10:56

Mozhe - where exactly do you require a clarification?

Judy1234 · 26/06/2007 10:35

Amazed any of you feel comfortable that men buy things for you too. People just differ I suppose but stay at home mothers are very rare these days. 4 in 5 women work and a goodly number earn more than their men. it is those who are housewives who are the historical anarchonism on which the rest of us stare in wonder as if we were in a museum showing exhibits from 1880.

Kewcumber · 26/06/2007 10:31

pmsl and roflmao at the turn this thread has taken. Really, I'm having to wipe the tears away - am I the only one with such a bizarre sense of humour?

mozhe · 26/06/2007 10:28

What the hell does that mean Anna....?

ComeOVeneer · 26/06/2007 10:26

Oh dear lord.... Is there any topic on this board where you can't put your 2pence worth re sahms Xenia? It has become the most tiresome aspect of MN to me these days