tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post8973339380885439320..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Exploding the FantasyWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84969555981869053522011-10-26T09:46:09.491-02:302011-10-26T09:46:09.491-02:30Education is the best birth control.
It is a pity...Education is the best birth control.<br /><br />It is a pity that many people (men and women) without the mating gene get caught up in the mating frenzy for much of their lives (conditioned by the first mention of a toddler/infant boyfriend or girlfriend, my personal pet peeve).<br /><br />I personally feel a tremendous freedom once I recognized that the 'lack' of this gene doesn't make me less worthy and in fact allows me to redirect this energy.<br /><br />Most of the species on this planet are <b>not</b> monogamous. This gives me great comfort when the culturally inspired urge to mate starts to nip at my heels again :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956614259563861254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-91682918515441218762011-10-25T22:26:40.782-02:302011-10-25T22:26:40.782-02:30Mothers should make certain their daughters learn ...Mothers should make certain their daughters learn a marketable skill, so as adults they can support themselves (and, if necessary, a couple of children).<br /><br />Mothers should also make certain their daughters fully understand reproduction, its prevention and consequences, including the heavy responsibilities of child-rearing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84542978636961419282011-10-24T15:34:37.047-02:302011-10-24T15:34:37.047-02:30I know a few women like your friend. But most wome...I know a few women like your friend. But most women I know are pretty savvy these days.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-1707717363496736252011-10-24T14:29:30.305-02:302011-10-24T14:29:30.305-02:30Would that parents would parent...lead by example....Would that parents would parent...lead by example...<br />There have always been Carol's, even Educated ones, maybe, just maybe we need them to realize how blessed we.Brighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299215170393879517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84828198474660476372011-10-24T12:16:16.525-02:302011-10-24T12:16:16.525-02:30It's sad - but surely hope is preferable to de...It's sad - but surely hope is preferable to despair?<br />Or is despair the wrong term - perhaps it should be realism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-78830380766397768512011-10-24T11:41:42.079-02:302011-10-24T11:41:42.079-02:30May I beg to disagree. Just because Carol had a b...May I beg to disagree. Just because Carol had a bad time with her knights in shining armour, it does not become a rule. For every Carol there are more than a few who have made good marriages and lives, educated or not. Limiting the children is certainly within one's capabilities to increase the joy of married life, but that alone does not make for one. And, often dreams are all that we are left with to just live or more aptly, exist.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-11944511791777662482011-10-24T10:17:45.097-02:302011-10-24T10:17:45.097-02:30I really hate the latest teenage books that perpet...I really hate the latest teenage books that perpetuate the myth of romance for young girls. And they sell millions.<br /><br />We need new books for girl children, new dreams.Sharyn Ekberghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987304898246173619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-722945888592401772011-10-23T17:54:47.798-02:302011-10-23T17:54:47.798-02:30Some women are victims of their lives and take no ...Some women are victims of their lives and take no proactive role in changing anything about them. It's like they refuse to see their lives any differently than what they had envisioned, even though those lives have clearly not turned out that way. They stubbornly cling to the idea of how it's supposed to be and not to how it really is. They are their own worst enemy.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-80615326157907383472011-10-23T17:13:09.533-02:302011-10-23T17:13:09.533-02:30I do have a certain amount of sympathy for Carol, ...I do have a certain amount of sympathy for Carol, yet how on earth did she allow herself to become pregnant - so many times?<br />She's only 40, so birth control was no longer in its infancy during her adult life, and it doesn't take much education to be aware of it. One or two children - maybe - but FIVE!! <br /><br />Maybe I'm judging her unjustly? But this is one of my own hobbyhorses....too many take the bringing of more life onto this already overcrowded planet with too little serious forethought.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-60202564130322544762011-10-23T16:05:51.845-02:302011-10-23T16:05:51.845-02:30There is no easy answer to this situation. It is ...There is no easy answer to this situation. It is very sad.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-16331674284185328852011-10-23T10:36:00.536-02:302011-10-23T10:36:00.536-02:30it's so tough! you're right, that dream is...it's so tough! you're right, that dream is touted everywhere. and so many women make bad choices when they're too young to know better. Carol probably knows better now, but now she's stuck.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-19780576455813665012011-10-23T09:15:42.668-02:302011-10-23T09:15:42.668-02:30I have so many friends, well educated, well paid, ...I have so many friends, well educated, well paid, and well over the age, who still look for a man to make them happy. They are wasting what's left of their lives looking for someone else to "complete them". It makes me want to barf.marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-39626016289466345582011-10-23T06:36:19.204-02:302011-10-23T06:36:19.204-02:30Indeed, if Carol had put her faith in education an...Indeed, if Carol had put her faith in education and self-sufficiency she would almost certainly be having a much happier life than waiting for Prince Charming to come along. But women are peddled this absurd heterosexual idyll so vigorously it's hard to resist. Even if your parents are miserable, you're still convinced your own marriage will be perfect. The constant triumph of propaganda over reality.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com