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I have to tell you a story about my self-reliance. We (DH#2 and I) were putting up Christmas lights outside. He plugged one into the porch light fixture and it went, pffzzzzzt and sparks flew out. He got down off the ladder, went into the garage and came out with a couple of tools and some electricians’ tape. This really surprised me because he was not "mechanical" at all. My surprise was short-lived as he walked over to me, handed me the stuff and said, "Please fix that."
I had the same expierence as you with wallpaper. My very first job ever was the kitchen in the first house I bought on my own, which was very large with lots of doors, windows, and cabinets. And first I had to strip what was on there…I’ll never do THAT again! It took me three days to finish it but when it was done I was very proud of myself.
I think in the real world there are far more dependent women than not. I, myself, am a very strong and independent person. In fact, I’d say my independence was a big contributing factor in my divorce of DH#1. I don’t know why I’m that way, I can’t point at anything that happened to me to be like this but I think you are born that way. A big fault I have is my intolerance for women whom I consider "weak" and have to have a man in their lives for them to be happy and take of most of their needs.
My DH#2 died 20 years ago this month and I have lived my life alone (except for pups) since then. (BTW, he recognized my strong will and accepted and knew how to live with it.) I take care of my yard, my car, and my house all by myself. If something needs to be fixed, I fix it. If something has to be done, I do it. I do have a young man that handles things I can’t physically do but other than that, it all falls on me.
I have found that through my life I have gravitated toward (good) women friends who are like me and have discovered that there are not a lot of them. Most of my friends/acquaintences are married and, without going into excruciating detail, see on a daily basis how much they rely on their husbands for so much in their lives.
I’m not saying that, by any means, this is a good (or bad) thing, just that we are very much the minority. So, it seems that soap writers write the women as clingy, weak people because that is what they know and what is the norm for them. I really don’t think a writer, a woman writer especially, would even know how to pen a part for a strong woman unless they are one themselves, or a man that is married to one.
That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it!
I think several of you have misinterpreted my original post. I’m not in anyway saying "Poor Sami" because of what they are writing for her. I’m saying, IRL, I don’t know how any one person could endure so much of what they’ve heaped on her in her life.
Whether or not she’s deserved it, brought it on herself, or whatever, you’ve got to admit, it’s an awful lot for one person to have to live through.
…if you know how. Even if you have cable, they should fix it for you. They may even be able to talk you through it on the phone. NBC now broadcasts just about everything in HD and it’s a shame if you’re not getting it. I was so happy when Days finally began coming in HD.
she is one good-looking gal. She always dresses classy and she is a beautiful woman. I’ve liked her ever since I saw her in Selina, which I think was her first movie. Can’t say that I’m a big fan of her singing but she seems like a real down-to-earth person without any big ego issues.
if I had given up a child I would no longer refer to him as mine. Besides, Philip never spent any time with him so hardly had any time to bond.
You guys have really had your share of the fluffy stuff. What’s with this global warming again?
We’ve had two unusually cold winters in a row now and it’s only January. It doesn’t usually cool off very much until February so I’m afraid what the next few months are going to bring. My electric bill is sky high. These A/Cs are not built for efficient heating, only cooling.
But my son who lives just north of Orlando got it pretty bad. No terrible damage but a lot of the scare factor. My son was out of town so my DIL called me and I tried to talk her though what it’s like to endure a tornado warning.
Heck, when I lived in Illinois, we spend more than one night in the basement waiting for one to pass. We even had one that went right through our back yard. The next morning we were the proud owners of a great big swing set that used to belong to the neighbors. But then, our big Weber Chuckwagon was gone to someone else.
We had some wind here but not too bad. Just enough to make a mess of the pool.
she is going to get caught and the warden will call Ben to tell him she’s got more "product" for him.
Did you notice that Jen’s coat is the same color as Lee’s "outfit"? Nice touch. :o)
She (Patrika Darbo) has a recurring role on the new (well, it’s starting its second year) net soap, Miss Behave.
I was assuming it was Abby but I guess not, it must be Taylor. I guess she bleached her hair so she would match her sister, huh?
On second thought, I guess Abby wouldn’t be maxing out her credit card or counting the change in her purse. I guess this Taylor is going to be much different. IIRC, the old Taylor was pretty much into the churchy scene wasn’t she?
I’m not sure where they can go with it. The only way I can see any kind of a happy ending (or even reasonable ending) here is to find out that, yes, that doofus nurse did make a mistake when she entered the DNA results initially. (And I still think that’s what’s going to happen.)
And probably the only way that can come out is if Daniel gets the Salem Brain for a couple of seconds and asks for a second test. Heck, even Philip should do that. But, that wouldn’t allow us to continue to wade in the middle of all this turmoil, would it?
