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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:40 PM Original message |
Poll question: Would you leave your spouse if you had economic freedom? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. i have economic freedom adn not a chance in hell he is getting rid of me |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. We've been married 56 years. Love might get rather obscure, |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Then you should make her life a living hell until she stops making his life one. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. If I had economic freedom, I'd marry my SO. |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Now That's one insane Woman! |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Not insane, but definitely an early baby-boomer still not free |
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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. But when you get married it all goes into the same 'kitty' anyway |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Well, she does, of course |
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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Can she be introspective? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I think she can understand intellectually that this is something of a |
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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. She's lucky to have someone so understanding |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Not necessarily. I'm in a 2nd marriage as is my spouse and we have |
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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I understand your point |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. If that's how she feels she should solve the problem by quitting work |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. About 5 years away I think. But then her retirement will be larger, too. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. No way. She's worth more than anything to me. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. My dear husband |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Every time I go anywhere here I see guys my age who obviously |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose." |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. why wouldn't it be posted to husbands? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. As I said, "I wonder why." |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. Marriage is complicated |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. Leave the woman who brought home-cooked meals to my hospital bedside? |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Now, THAT'S marriage. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. in the saddest of ways,... what a beautiful story n/t |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. wow... |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. That story brings tears to my eyes. nt |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have that now, and no, I won't. We're in it for the long run. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. No |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I have "economic freedom " and we'll stick together for another 25 years. |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Same here..I have my own money and I would not leave my husband. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Like you, I have my own money, left to me by my mother. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. maybe in another life but not this one |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm single. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. prior to being married i didnt realize,.... but having been married for a while |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. I have economic freedom and wouldn't leave him if I next won the |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. That's not even a good question. I'm with my spouse because I love him and WANT to be with him. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. my spouse is freedom |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. This Is A Loaded Question IMO |
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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Mine is a marriage on convenience |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. cute. what does SO mean please. n/t |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. significant other nt |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't know. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. I would like to think that I could get out of a bad marriage |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. I taught my daughters, you'll have a better marriage if you're economically independent |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I always felt the same way and always worked for my own |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. Tomorrow. I'd leave tomorrow. n/t |
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