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SunSeeker

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12. Indeed. If I could only have my 20s back! I sure would do things differently!!
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 11:55 PM
Nov 7

If I knew then what I know now, I would NEVER have gotten married.

I probably still would have had a kid, but I would have done it alone, like a friend of mine did through artificial insemination. I ended up doing all the child rearing work alone anyway while married--while also picking up after my husband AND working full time!

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like the ancient greek women thing with war. nt msongs Nov 7 #1
Lysistrata DinahMoeHum Nov 7 #3
Yup. Fiendish Thingy Nov 7 #5
that was my thought. They did that in the first trump admin LymphocyteLover Nov 8 #20
Lysistrata! SunSeeker Nov 7 #4
LADIES. DO IT! Men don't deserve your love, bodies, companionship CousinIT Nov 7 #2
Well, thanks SCantiGOP Nov 7 #7
I guess it's better Zeitghost Nov 9 #35
Should I inform my wife she has no reason to show any affection or love to me because other men are assholes? AZLD4Candidate Nov 8 #17
For those happily married and who are insulted by what I posted. Read it. CousinIT Nov 8 #23
You don't think single people Zeitghost Nov 9 #34
Good men who really love women, deserve love. Sparky 1 Nov 9 #36
I think women don't need to subscribe to a system that makes them being breeding livestock CousinIT Nov 9 #37
Funny how the make it all about them... EastBayGuy Nov 9 #45
I mean some women actually enjoy sex Jk23 Nov 9 #40
Tell you what, sex toys do a better job. And she doesn't have to clean up his mess CousinIT Nov 9 #42
My thought on the end of Roe... BurnDoubt Nov 7 #6
Great news!!! I have been living it more or less for 40 years. valleyrogue Nov 7 #8
Thanks for the link! SunSeeker Nov 8 #13
I love this piece! Ocelot II Nov 8 #26
It's really the best way for a woman to keep herself safe. Demobrat Nov 7 #9
Having a lower standard of living without the second income is way valleyrogue Nov 7 #10
It was worth it to me. Demobrat Nov 7 #11
Indeed. If I could only have my 20s back! I sure would do things differently!! SunSeeker Nov 7 #12
Of course you did. That's how it works. Demobrat Nov 8 #14
You only get one life and life is better with a partner Jk23 Nov 9 #41
A "partner" is not a requirement to be happy. Life isn't "better" with one. valleyrogue Nov 9 #46
I've suggested this before and I even went further moniss Nov 8 #15
They want to outlaw not just abortion, but birth control and divorce. Ocelot II Nov 8 #27
Yes in the '50's women were trapped to a very real moniss Nov 8 #29
I've always said Puppyjive Nov 8 #16
Republicans are selfish clueless lovers anyway. nt SunSeeker Nov 8 #18
More childless cat ladies. It seems a good response to tRump's win on the backs of the incels. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 8 #19
I applaud these women but .. dreamland Nov 8 #21
Don't forget Hitler's "Joy Divisions." SergeStorms Nov 8 #24
Which is why women need to understand Demobrat Nov 8 #30
Baloney. Do you honestly think husbands and boyfriends protect you from rape? valleyrogue Nov 8 #32
I'm lucky to have a left-wing intelligent male for a parner but HEY..I'm all for "Setting the scales" chouchou Nov 8 #22
Shades of Lysistrata ananda Nov 8 #25
The message of "Lysistrata" seems to be progressive, but it really isn't. Aristus Nov 9 #38
The women go on strike against sex because... ananda Nov 9 #43
White women LQ_Dem Nov 8 #28
Good idea alarimer Nov 8 #31
Women in South Korea who chose to avoid men/marriage/children are doing much better economically. SunSeeker Nov 8 #33
This is not South Korea JI7 Nov 9 #39
The voting gender gap between young men and women is similar to the US. SunSeeker Nov 9 #44
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