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[clarencebunsen]

Thanks be to Ralph!

[bobbbiez]

Oct 17, 2010 1:56:38 GMT -5 Ralph said:

And then sometimes they just wait till I come along and pull the handle.

lol!!!!! "While the cats away the mice will play." ;D

Welcome back. You were missed (handle and all.)

OK, ok, I'll behave. ;D

[stoney]

Well I refuse to behave!

Clip, all men have a feminine side, just as all women have a masculine side. Genders are not black & white when it comes to behaviors. Besides, I've always considered a guy a "real" man when he is comfortable enough with his own sexuality & sense of self that he's not ashamed to cry (for instance).

[bobbbiez]

DAMN RIGHT, STONEY!!!!! You go girl!

Oops! Sorry Ralph (as his hand reaches for the handle.) ;D

ps: Not to worry. He worked last night and SHOULD be sleeping.

[Clipper]

Gee, men aren't allowed to cry unless they have a "feminine side"? I didn't know that women had a patent on emotions. I guess my feminine side was never properly explained to me. I cry when something is sad, but I didn't know that it was reserved for the feminine only. I thought there was a reason that God created two sexes. I thought men had hair on their chest and whiskers. On the other hand, women's masculine side was always made evident to me when a gal had a hairy cleavage, and a five o'clock shadow. It was always kinda "black and white" to me. I always liked my women with a hairless chest and liked being able to kiss them without getting whisker burns. I see Rosey O'Donnell's masculinity and Elton John's femininity, but there is no "SIDE" about it and it has nothing to do with emotions. There certainly seems to be a hormonal imbalance in those two particular cases.

I didn't know that women were able to claim all the emotions and feelings and that any emotion from a man was considered "feminine". That must have come about during the great sexual revolution and through the efforts of women's lib. So let me get this straight. Women are allowed to be sad, to feel love, and to be nurturing, but men are expected to be hard, unfeeling, and are never supposed to cry unless they have this "Feminine side?" Wake up girls, you don't own emotion.

[bobbbiez]

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It ain't us women who ever started to say, "men aren't suppose to cry." When my boys were in sports the only ones I heard say that to their boys when they got hurt were the FATHERS. Us MOMS (against Dad's wishes) would run out on the fields and kiss their boo-boos. ;D

Damnit Clipper, don't talk sh*t. Get it straight

ps: Oh yeah, Dad's other saying to their injured boys was, "come on, just walk it off."

[stoney]

YEAH!! What she said!!

[Clipper]

There is a time for tears and there is a time to put on the big boy britches and man up. Men should be allowed to cry when they suffer loss of a loved one, or something makes them very sad, but if they cried everytime they suffered a little flesh wound or a bruise, where the hell would our great armies have been in the many wars that have been fought to defend our country?

I cried when I lost my grandparents and my parents. I cried after my last divorce when I lost the love of my life to alcoholism. I DIDN'T cry when I was afraid in Viet Nam, and I didn't cry when I fell from a truck and broke my back. Men are made to be tough for a reason. That is why men are expected to fill combat positions and expected to defend the honor of their woman friends. Mommy runs on the field to kiss a booboo? Someone explain to me what is accomplished by "kissing a booboo? That always seemed kind of stupid to me. How about a bandaid rather than the embarrassment of having your mommy on the field?

I have to think if I had fathered daughters instead of my boys, I would have been telling them to put on their big girl panties and quit their whimpering, or telling them to stand tall and whip some ass instead of coming home wailing.

[bobbbiez]

"What is accomplished?" How bout letting your little boy know (through your actions) that it's ok to cry and showing them how showing and sharing compassion with others is a real good thing.

Remembering one time when my son at the age of thirteen broke his wrist in three different places and arm during a championship hockey game who felt no embarrassment when his "mommy" came out on the ice to comfort him in front of an arena filled with people. Or did the same boy late in his twenties feel embarrassed when his "mommy" flew first to the street where his patrol car was hit by a speeder and then followed the ambulance to the emergency room to comfort him and his partner. Yep, both times tears were visible on everyone involved and no one felt any kind of embarrassment.

Guess this "mommy" did something right by "kissing their booboos" cause all four boys have grown into very loving, compassionate men but still tough as nails who you wouldn't want to mess with.
Same goes for my daughter who is definitely all lady but won't take any sh*t from anyone. And since you know most of my kids, you know all is very true.

Ya can't have it both ways. First bitch about it's ok for men to show emotions but then put strings on or control when a man should or shouldn't be able to cry or show emotion for any reason.

Hey, I got a big tough French Canadian as my better half who takes care of business when he has to, but who still cries every time he watches Hildago. That's my man and I love him for those reasons. ;D

ps: Yes, three of my boys along with my better half also served in the armed forces as well.

[stoney]

Yeah! What she said!!

[bobbbiez]

lol!! You're a trip girlfriend! You always make me smile. ;D

[Clipper]

You BOTH make ME smile, and that is why it is so much fun to keep the pot stirred, ROFL> You don't believe that I believe all that I throw at you do ya? I just enjoy getting BZ;'s blood pumping, just as she does mine.

Not really much different than stirring the coals on the political side, to keep Stoney and Kracker on their toes.

[bobbbiez]

HEY! Who told you it was ok to take over my job? ;D

[Ralph]

Yeppers!!! What y'all said!!!

[stoney]

Anyone want a mint?