<p>wbow – people adjust to change differently and on different schedules. The empty nest syndrome may well hit your husband unexpectantly at an unexpected time. My hugs to you. Sounds like you deserve a big glass of red wine just about now.</p>
<p>audiophile thats quite funny :)</p>
<p>also, what is it with parents and red wine? GROSS! cocktail drinkers are happier people (facetious)</p>
<p>EliHopeful07, when/where did Scalia say that? That’s outrageous.</p>
<p>“But a boy has to be all-boy, a masculine little creature. (Being tall helps too) Any sign of femininity, vulnerability or weakness in a boy is suspect.”</p>
<p>That little boy in Ugly Betty doesn’t seem to care. I love him.</p>
<p>“You can be President. Check back here in ?08”.</p>
<p>laxmom: Barak Obama is a man…</p>
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I MUCH prefer sensitive, emotionally in-tune men who are not afraid to show their vulnerability. They can be hard to find, though, so I wish more boys were raised to be this way…</p>
<p>I think those shy boys in the dining hall hiding in their hoodies are so adorable.</p>
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ohgod YES! I <em>LOVED</em> the shy ones! I married one! ;)</p>
<p>I met my hubster at a gathering 23 years ago, and we spent a good amount of time together there. When I was leaving, he turned to me and said, “Uhhhh…you don’t seem like the kind of woman who would give out her phone number, but would you <em>please</em> take mine???” My heart was in a puddle on the ground! 
That just <em>may</em> have been the best “pick-up line” in history!</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>oh B … I <em>love</em> that line. I can just imagine if someone had said it to me! </p>
<p>Of course, I’d had it drummed into me that nice girls didn’t call boys … so what I would have done … we’ll never know!</p>
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<em>ROFL</em> c!! </p>
<p>Funny part of the story I didn’t tell above…</p>
<p>I really wasn’t GOING to call him, not because I didn’t believe in calling guys but because during the time I had spent with him, we had gotten into a playful (flirty) tiff, and I was mildly aggravated with him. ;)</p>
<p>When he asked me to take his number, I said “Well, O.K…” and just stood there. He said, “Don’t you need a piece of paper and a pen?” and I said…“Oh, I don’t NEED one–I have a VERY good memory!” </p>
<p>So, he TOLD me his phone number (and expressed concern that I wouldn’t remember it!), and though I DID have a very good memory (this was, obviously, before I birthed six kids! <em>lol</em>), I knew I’d forget it by the next day, so on my way to bed, I jotted the number down on a piece of paper by my phone. </p>
<p>I really WASN’T going to call it…<em>REALLY</em>…but a couple of days later, something just drew my hand to the phone… ;)</p>
<p>~b.</p>
<p>“You can be President. Check back here in ?08”.</p>
<p>laxmom: Barak Obama is a man…</p>
<p>Barno - Obama won’t be president in '08. nope.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>birth is not that painful-- and nursing is sublime</p></li>
<li><p>its so fun to be right about everything!</p></li>
<li><p>Hormones, which are beyond your control, give you plausable deniability for all your misdeeds, bad moods, & weight gain</p></li>
<li><p>You can kick a$$ and be the CEO of something, or you can be a stay at home mommy, or you can be an artist-- or you can do any combo of the above-- and it is completely accepted by society.</p></li>
<li><p>You OWN a set of boobs</p></li>
<li><p>You are not expected to know ANYTHING about football, cars, lightbulbs, water heaters, tire chains, power tools. If you DO know about them, you are a hero.</p></li>
<li><p>You will tell your best friend <em>everything</em> about you, even the horrible stuff, and she will love you anyway</p></li>
<li><p>If you choose, you can look a LOT better with makeup</p></li>
<li><p>You have other alternatives for your grey hair besides that hideous Jackie Mason cinnamon color.</p></li>
<li><p>Crying can be fun.</p></li>
<li><p>Did you ever hear of a Mr. Robinson? :)</p></li>
</ol>
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They just don’t CALL it that, 'cause men do it all the time… ;)</p>
<p>Yes, but middle aged men are not a typical adolescent girl fantasy…</p>
<p>dunno…I went for a few older ones when I was younger (though not an adolescent)… ;)</p>
<p>A unique store opened earlier this year in New York City to sell Husbands to single women.</p>
<p>These instructions are posted at the entrance:</p>
<p>“You may visit this store only once. There are six floors to this store. The value of the potential husband increases each time you go up to the next higher floor. You may choose a husband from any particular floor, or you may decide to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building.”</p>
<p>So, a single woman goes to the store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign reads: “Men Who Have Jobs”.</p>
<p>She proceeds to the second floor. The sign reads: “Men Who Have Jobs and Love Kids”.</p>
<p>She climbs the stairs to read the sign on the third floor: “Men Who Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.”</p>
<p>“Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going up.</p>
<p>At the fourth floor the sign reads: “Men Who Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Extremely Good Looking and Help With Housework.”</p>
<p>Still, she continues up to the fifth floor where the sign reads: “Men Who Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Extremely Good Looking, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.”</p>
<p>While tempted to stay on the fifth floor, she quickly climbs up to the sixth floor and final floor where the sign states: “You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that most women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.”</p>
<p>The owner of the Husband Store recently opened a Wife Store just across the street. It also has six floors.</p>
<p>At the first floor the sign reads “Women Who Love Sex.”</p>
<p>The second floor sign says “Women Who Love Sex and Have Money.”</p>
<p>The third through sixth floors have never been visited.</p>
<p><strong><em>ROFLMAO</em></strong> audio! :D</p>
<p>Good thing the elevator was broken and the stairwells were closed when my hubster went shopping…he had to stop at the first floor! ;)</p>
<p>~b.</p>