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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 31128946  United States05/23/2013 12:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
protoculture  User ID: 40334035  Canada05/23/2013 12:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Slaves. What's wrong with your husband that he doesn't let her get the message? Last Edited by protoculture on 05/23/2013 12:43 AM |
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| CrapWhisperer User ID: 39603296 United States05/23/2013 12:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Didn't we already learn from season one of Larry David on HBO that like 9:30 is the cut-off time? “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” -- Frank Zappa |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31128946 United States05/23/2013 01:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Slaves. Quoting: protoculture What's wrong with your husband that he doesn't let her get the message? Any other time, he'd tell her where to go, but you know how you're not support to let personal anger/dislike into the work world. It would be inappropriate for me to say anything, or him. The ironic part of that is though, you can't violate their rights, but they can violate your personal life all they want. |
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| CrapWhisperer User ID: 39603296 United States05/23/2013 01:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Didn't we already learn from season one of Larry David on HBO that like 9:30 is the cut-off time? Quoting: CrapWhisperer never saw it... What the..? Wait, what are you hetero or something? “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” -- Frank Zappa |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 40337889 United States05/23/2013 01:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I asked a teacher what the point of it was and my teacher actually said, "you may find yourself with a job one day that required you to bring work home with you." I told her there is no way in Hell I would ever accept a job like that and she could take her homework and stick it wherever it pleased her. (I got ISS for that, lol) Your husband is merely a good little sheep. |
| coderedoc User ID: 40327933  India05/23/2013 01:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| CrapWhisperer User ID: 39603296 United States05/23/2013 01:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Albeit I may have a more subtle tactic, ya, basically what they said. You're washing his underwear -- she's dirtying 'em up. That ain't right. “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” -- Frank Zappa |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25992474 United States05/23/2013 01:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| CrapWhisperer User ID: 39603296 United States05/23/2013 01:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Slaves. Quoting: protoculture What's wrong with your husband that he doesn't let her get the message? Any other time, he'd tell her where to go, but you know how you're not support to let personal anger/dislike into the work world. It would be inappropriate for me to say anything, or him. The ironic part of that is though, you can't violate their rights, but they can violate your personal life all they want. Urhmm, no. That's not it at all. Imagine the same phone calls coming from an elderly Latino male. Or [insert-age-race-and-gneder-here]. Work-related my ass. Wake up, Sleeping Beauty “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” -- Frank Zappa |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 9966035 United States05/23/2013 01:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | yep! it happens alot! if not yet, it will. you better put your foot down now because when a man is with another woman for that length of time and they share the same stress and work issues, then an emotional affair is bound to happen. |
| CrapWhisperer User ID: 39603296 United States05/23/2013 01:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Always remember: If you have to ask, it's likely the answer you don't want to hear! “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” -- Frank Zappa |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31128946 United States05/23/2013 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Slaves. Quoting: protoculture What's wrong with your husband that he doesn't let her get the message? Any other time, he'd tell her where to go, but you know how you're not support to let personal anger/dislike into the work world. It would be inappropriate for me to say anything, or him. The ironic part of that is though, you can't violate their rights, but they can violate your personal life all they want. Urhmm, no. That's not it at all. Imagine the same phone calls coming from an elderly Latino male. Or [insert-age-race-and-gneder-here]. Work-related my ass. Wake up, Sleeping Beauty Um no. I told you I'm right here. I'm sitting with him, and I hear their conversations, and their are genuinely ABOUT WORK. Plus ,the girl's not even pretty! I'm just saying that it doesn't make it appropriate to call just because it's work-related. Calling a married man looks bad, even if it is about work! |
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| CrapWhisperer User ID: 39603296 United States05/23/2013 11:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why don't you have an open, honest and genuine conversation about it with him. You are his wife after all and he should want to hear your feelings and find an amicable solution. Quoting: Seeker of Truth  I second that emotion  “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” -- Frank Zappa |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31128946 United States05/23/2013 11:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why don't you have an open, honest and genuine conversation about it with him. You are his wife after all and he should want to hear your feelings and find an amicable solution. Quoting: Seeker of Truth I second that emotion True,true. Part of me just says " Shut up and deal". He's getting a good pay check, and they're honestly nothing going on. I trust him completely. Part of me was just aggravated with single women today, and wanted to rant. They have no manners, or respect when it comes to this kind of stuff. They need to go to finishing school! |
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| CrapWhisperer User ID: 39603296 United States05/23/2013 11:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | W3rd to your mother! Pardon my sarcastic slang, I totally feel you on this one “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” -- Frank Zappa |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 40359198 United States05/23/2013 03:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.bloomberg.com] Just the changing face of daily interaction, always focused on the business at hand. From link: "You just don’t need desk phones," Jang said. "We talk over e-mail, text message, chat clients, social networks. " But as desk phones decline and boundaries between the office and home disappear, workers will need to be disciplined in setting limits, said Brian Chen, the author of “Always On: How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future -- and Locked Us In.” While young professionals tend to handle the balancing act seamlessly, older workers with families and other responsibilities are having trouble adjusting, he said. “How many jobs allow you to unplug anymore?" Chen said. "Because these devices are capable of juggling so many different tasks and because they're so connected to what we do for a living, we're going to carry around our work lives with our personal lives. We're going to juggle the two." That's the case for Handa, who helped roll out a business-focused version of Evernote’s Chinese service last week. Since China is 15 hours ahead of Silicon Valley, Handa kept his phone open at the dinner table. He periodically poked at the screen to review progress reports as he chatted with his wife about work and his son about pre-school. “Certainly, I'm guilty of using my phone in circumstances I shouldn't be,” Handa said. "I have periods of the day where it's purely family time. It doesn't mean I don't glance at my phone." But in order to maintain his sanity, he recently disabled the setting on his phone that makes a “ding” sound every time an e-mail arrives. Well, you have to start somewhere. |
| CrapWhisperer User ID: 39603296 United States05/23/2013 06:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have you considered having a conversation with this individual? It really is an awkward position you've been unwillfully placed in. If you confront her, this only gives them more secrets to snicker about. And if you don't, the same thing! The problem isn't her it turns out. It's him. “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” -- Frank Zappa |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 37674349 United States05/23/2013 06:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In today's a word, a 60 hour work week has practically become the norm. It's all about making stock go up a quarter of a point. Companies keep pushing for more. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 31128946 Even when my husband is not at work, it seems he's constantly getting phone calls and text messages about it. He couldn't even take a shower a few minutes ago without discussing his "productivity plan" for half an hour first! And that was at 10 PM at night! My husband works hard, and I'm a supportive wife. But, there HAVE to be some boundaries here. Otherwise, things will cross some ugly territory that might make the spouse uncomfortable....like for instance, when female employees are calling/texting your husband about work late at night! I'm sitting there with him. I can see that it's honestly about work, but that doesn't make it any less inappropriate! Call me old school ,but I was taught not to call married men, much less late at night. The only exception to that was possibly if I was best friends with their wife/the whole family. Even then, I wouldn't unless it was some kind of emergency! I cannot describe the feeling I get though as the wife when I'm trying to tell my husband how my day was, finally getting to talk to him, and the phone rings, and it's some girl from work who wants to gab on and on about the office meeting, and make little jokes. She has no consideration for my feelings about that. I want to say "Um honey, you got to talk to him for 8 hours today...now it's MY turn". ANd you shouldn't even be calling him at night PERIOD! So, single women especially, be very careful about this! Remember to be respectful, and don't do things out of line. It ain't just single women - it's married women too. My ex became very friendly with one, I believe they ended up sleeping together on a business trip to Hawaii, he got confused, moved out, and I believe she is still stringing him AND her husband along for the ride. Seriously, it may be fun to flirt with married men, but there are very real and devastating consequences to a lot of people's lives, especially the children. Personally, I think it's the lowest of the low. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 37674349 United States05/23/2013 06:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Slaves. Quoting: protoculture What's wrong with your husband that he doesn't let her get the message? Any other time, he'd tell her where to go, but you know how you're not support to let personal anger/dislike into the work world. It would be inappropriate for me to say anything, or him. The ironic part of that is though, you can't violate their rights, but they can violate your personal life all they want. This is a huge problem with men these days. This is how my ex husband was/is (he missed his son's birthday cake last night.) I think being a man is being able to, once in a while, tell the people at work or the client to buzz off. But they can't because they are workaholics, and it's an addiction - just like any other. Very bad for families. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 37674349 United States05/23/2013 06:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Slaves. Quoting: protoculture What's wrong with your husband that he doesn't let her get the message? Any other time, he'd tell her where to go, but you know how you're not support to let personal anger/dislike into the work world. It would be inappropriate for me to say anything, or him. The ironic part of that is though, you can't violate their rights, but they can violate your personal life all they want. Urhmm, no. That's not it at all. Imagine the same phone calls coming from an elderly Latino male. Or [insert-age-race-and-gneder-here]. Work-related my ass. Wake up, Sleeping Beauty Um no. I told you I'm right here. I'm sitting with him, and I hear their conversations, and their are genuinely ABOUT WORK. Plus ,the girl's not even pretty! I'm just saying that it doesn't make it appropriate to call just because it's work-related. Calling a married man looks bad, even if it is about work! I think my ex-husband's mistress is a dog. And she gives off a lesbian vibe. Their conversations were all about work for a long time too. Still are - now she works for him. Be careful. I would talk to him and tell him to nip this in the bud. She's not just inappropriate or uncultured - she's on the prowl. |
