You don’t offend me Paully – I enjoy having a discussion. Thanks for the protection Bill but I can look after myself.
I don’t feel soured by my experiences. I grew up bare footed in a two-room shack with no power and no plumbing. Really So Money isn’t any big deal to me – everything beyond the basics is a bonus, and the really important things in life are the things you can’t buy. (Of course this only works if you have some place to live and something to eat). When I was a single mother – I was young, the boys were young, and we just got along. I don’t look back and think of it as this terrible period in my life. We did some great things had some wonderful times and I was often exhausted. My marriage broke up by more or less mutual agreement – and Bill’s Dad stayed around for him and his brother, and paid his share. That actually isn’t the case for a lot of parents who bring up children on their own (mothers and fathers – but mostly mothers).
But any case it isn’t worth arguing about. We have different opinions, we can agree I think that some men treat women badly, some women treat men badly and the whole political correctness thing is way out of hand.
I don’t want you full of seething anger Paully – I especially don’t want you turning green. I don’t know you well enough to know if that is dangerous or not. Hope tonight at the Copy shop is fun.
I finished the Dennis Lehane book – I recommend it to anyone who can tolerate a book with a very depressing view of life. Speaking of which I heard Richard Russo speak today – has anyone read Straight Man? A deeply funny book about academia. I recommend it too.
I’m off to bed now – I need my beauty sleep so I can stay awake late into the night when Bill and Kate are here.
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