I wanted to make a flippant comment about this:

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But, I brought it here cause I didn't want to lend any sympathy to "Woe is me, the white male, the last bastion that is exceptable to bash in public." that inevitably spews out when an article has any kind of man vs. woman bent to it.

(And trust me this isn't anywhere near as off topic as something I contemplated top posting last week.)

I really didn't see much to offend in it except this little tidbit in the third paragraph, "Men face no similar pressures and so live in a happy bubble of illusion."

I'm late on quite a few bills, I still need to find a really cheap vehicle that can reliably get me to and from work and I still haven't found my lost ipod. Not to mention the big things on the world's stage, wars, China owning us, and global warming.

I'm not sure when I was supposed to get my 'bubble' (Possibly during my first viewing of The Wizard of Oz?). Anyway, I never did get mine.

She is an anti-manerist take no notice

I hope you find your bubble, they are not hard to find, I just imagine one, gold, blue, pink :) any colour I fancy and wander round in it .... no one else can see, so they don't know that I live in one ;) xxxxx

"Men face no similar pressures and so live in a happy bubble of illusion."

Yep. The only women who understand the cross we bear are bull dykes.

"I'm late on quite a few bills, I still need to find a really cheap vehicle that can reliably get me to and from work and I still haven't found my lost ipod."

There's part of your happy bubble right there. Why the hell do you even have an ipod to lose if you're late on quite a few bills?

I've never been late on a bill - except for once. I entered it into Quicken but forgot to actually process the bill pay online. Oops! First time I've paid interest on a credit card in 22 years. I don't have an ipod.

Here's the deal women have to get an education, go to work, scale back on that work to raise a family and take care of aging parents/in-laws all the while making sure the family is fed, healthy, bills are paid and the house isn't falling apart...and now they're expected to look great all the time also. Here's a little test for you. Any given Sat./Sun., take a walk around your neighbourhood and see who's mowing the lawn. 75% of the time, it's the woman of the family, not the man.

Men seem to think that all they have to do is earn lots of money and sire children and this gives them a free ride to skate through everything else without having to think about it and expect to be catered to when and as they wish.

How's that for a flippant reply.

As for the car, you can start here. It's useful for a whole lot of other things too.

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I've got a Honda Civic LX after trading up from a 10 year old Mazda Protege. I like the Honda, gets the job done, even if I don't have an ipod/mp3 player to plug into it.

There's part of your happy bubble right there. Why the hell do you even have an ipod to lose if you're late on quite a few bills?

It was a gift.

I don't have an ipod.

You should. (Or any other MP3, I'm not an Apple cheerleader)

Here's the deal women have to get an education, go to work, scale back on that work to raise a family and take care of aging parents/in-laws all the while making sure the family is fed, healthy, bills are paid and the house isn't falling apart...and now they're expected to look great all the time also.

My inlaws moved in with a son (there are daughters) a few years ago. My grandmother did move in with an aunt when she approached eighty but she moved into a two story addition that my dad and uncle built.

Here's a little test for you. Any given Sat./Sun., take a walk around your neighbourhood and see who's mowing the lawn. 75% of the time, it's the woman of the family, not the man.

Not in my neighborhood. It might be 50/50. But we're talking riding lawnmowers if that makes a difference. I do all the mowing at my place.

Men seem to think that all they have to do is earn lots of money and sire children and this gives them a free ride to skate through everything else without having to think about it and expect to be catered to when and as they wish.

Yeah, but not me. Remember I didn't get my bubble.

How's that for a flippant reply.

Your flippancy is greatly admired.

"It was a gift."

I'd like to propose a friend/relative swap. Mine don't give me anything...:(

Alternatively, you could propose to your friends/family that they pay a bill instead of give you an ipod to lose (since you're prone to losing ipods, the bill paying would end up more useful).

"You should. (Or any other MP3, I'm not an Apple cheerleader)"

If I bought an ipod, I would have to not pay a bill...

"My grandmother did move in with an aunt when she approached eighty but she moved into a two story addition that my dad and uncle built."

This is what I'm talking about. Guys think they can just build an addition and then it's see ya later grandma.

"I do all the mowing at my place."

On your expensive riding mower??? The women I see mowing the lawn are doing it with a push mower. I'm assuming that's because the men wouldn't be caught dead with a push mower.

"Remember I didn't get my bubble."

If you're a man and you're white, you got your bubble. You probably just lost it, like your ipod. It's probably between the couch cushions.

"Your flippancy is greatly admired."

Wha, thank yew! (I'm practicing my southern accent, since I'm here.;))

"First time I've paid interest on a credit card in 22 years. I don't have an ipod."

Me too.

I'd like to propose a friend/relative swap. Mine don't give me anything...:(

That's sad. Unfortunately I'm kinda fond of most of mine so I'll keep them.

Alternatively, you could propose to your friends/family that they pay a bill instead of give you an ipod to lose (since you're prone to losing ipods, the bill paying would end up more useful).

I've only ever had one. I've just lost it multiple times.

If I bought an ipod, I would have to not pay a bill...

Valid point. I never would have bought one for myself. This is where those gift givers really come in handy.

This is what I'm talking about. Guys think they can just build an addition and then it's see ya later grandma.

Unfortunately there wasn't a whole lot of grandma see ya time left after the addition was built. And the reason that that aunt in particular was chosen was probably the same reason my brother in law was chosen for my in laws, she was single (and by eighteen years the youngest).

On your expensive riding mower??? The women I see mowing the lawn are doing it with a push mower. I'm assuming that's because the men wouldn't be caught dead with a push mower..

I've got the cheapest piece of shit riding lawnmower that Lowes sells. And it frequently act in accordancewith the devil's wishes. Which is why I also have a push mower that I have used to mow my front lawn and which I used to mow the lawn at my previous house.

If you're a man and you're white, you got your bubble. You probably just lost it, like your ipod. It's probably between the couch cushions.

Trust me I've checked those couches good. If there was a bubble I would have found it. The bubble is bad, right?

Wha, thank yew! (I'm practicing my southern accent, since I'm here.;))

As far as American accents goes the southern is the best.

"On your expensive riding mower??? The women I see mowing the lawn are doing it with a push mower. I'm assuming that's because the men wouldn't be caught dead with a push mower."

Two points; in my neighborhood women don't mow lawns, the guys do, kind of a macho thing, riders and muscular Stihl weed whackers. Second point; among women who do mow lawns, in my experience, it's usually an excuse for a little exercise and tanning. My daughter wears a bikini top and shorts and looks at it as an hour and a half of aerobics. Grand daughter mows mine when she's here, with the riders, and uses it as driving practice, nearing age 15. She finally got up to 100 pounds so the interlock on the mower seat works and she can work it. My wife refuses to mow lawns, the widow down the street has her son do it and the divorced nurse across the street has a lawn service. Only woman who mows is across the street, Beth, firm and perky and wears a double bandana top and cut-off blue jeans.

Teayser:

I'm not sure when I was supposed to get my 'bubble' (Possibly during my first viewing of The Wizard of Oz?). Anyway, I never did get mine.

Stuck somewhere in the deep recesses of the bong?

Well, possibly. Since smoking of any kind has never been my thing if that's where I needed to go I was never going to get it.

P.S. I found my ipod today.

Teayser:

P.S. I found my ipod today.

Dude you should sell that thing. It is wrong to own an ipod while u have credit card debt.

The shame.

happyatheist:

Tell me about it. If you've got rich friends/relatives, they should be paying your bills.

And Tease should be mowing their yards, washing their cars, and babysitting their kids:)

And take good paying jobs away from needy illegal immigrants? I think not!

Besides, it was a gift. Last thing I heard gifts were't generally expected to be paid for by the receiver...of course, it's a new administration, so the rules may have been updated.