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kpete

(71,991 posts) Fri Apr 24, 2015, 06:48 PM Apr 2015

How Men Value Independence in Wives — and Daughters

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/04/23/how-men-value-independence-in-wives-and-daughters/?mod=e2fb

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How Men Value Independence in Wives — and Daughters (Original Post) kpete Apr 2015 OP

All I know is that I thought my mom was going to choke laughing when she got our invitation. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #1

Well that's depressing. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #2

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. All I know is that I thought my mom was going to choke laughing when she got our invitation.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 06:53 PM

Apr 2015

I printed Donna's immortal words on the cover: "YOU CAN JUST FORGET ABOUT THAT OBEY PART!"

F4lconF16

(3,747 posts)

2. Well that's depressing.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 07:57 PM

Apr 2015

And the sad part is seeing women go along with it. Was looking through pinterest with my girlfriend the other day, looking at wedding dresses (by the way, interesting to note that pretty much every wedding dress picture was of a slim white woman). Looked at one of her friend's profiles, and she had pinned this:

http://lovinglifeathome.com/2012/08/06/25-ways-to-communicate-respect/

It's downright disgusting. Fucking religion is half of this battle, too. It's long past time that archaic crap needs to be torn down. I had to keep my mouth shut before saying something I would have regretted. Grr

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