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Thursday Think 'n' Share LXXXIV
posted Thursday, 22 February 2007
At this point it's an on-going note: I have been using the "Couples" edition and most of those were of general interest, which seemed like a good idea since I didn't want to make this feature inaccessible to people who aren't part of a couple. Still, my desire for new wonderful questions puts me in a quandry, so for the time being I will be posing some questions that are phrased as being about your "mate." It's a somewhat unfortunate phrasing, I think, but for our purposes we will take it to mean everything from "spouse" to "significant other" to "primary lover" and any other designation I may have missed that seems applicable to you. Likewise, recognizing that not everyone has (or wants) such a thing, you are certainly welcome to answer these questions with regards to a former spouse/significant other/primary lover or a hypothetical future one of these. Or, for that matter, you're welcome to take the opportunity to offer the rest of us advice if none of the above works for you.
Do you consider your mate materialistic? Why or why not?
Not really. There may be occasional things she buys that may seem ridiculously over-priced to me, but then, I do share genetic material with a man who never did adjust to 40-cent candy bars, never mind 50-cent and beyond (my father). Really, she's got a good head on her shoulders this way and knows what's important and what's not.
In what ways do you take your mate for granted?
I appreciate her completely. Or, anyway, isn't the point of "taking for granted" that you don't know what the hell you're doing when you do it? Probably I should ask her about that.
How does your mate relate to his/her family?
She gets along very well with most of her family--she's close to her parents and her younger sister. Not so much with her younger brother, but it doesn't seem to be an acrimonious relationship either. She seems to have a pretty good relationship with the extended family of aunts, uncles, and cousins too--good enough that I'll be spending my birthday weekend at a cousin's wedding....
Do you consider your mate materialistic? Why or why not?
Not really. There may be occasional things she buys that may seem ridiculously over-priced to me, but then, I do share genetic material with a man who never did adjust to 40-cent candy bars, never mind 50-cent and beyond (my father). Really, she's got a good head on her shoulders this way and knows what's important and what's not.
In what ways do you take your mate for granted?
I appreciate her completely. Or, anyway, isn't the point of "taking for granted" that you don't know what the hell you're doing when you do it? Probably I should ask her about that.
How does your mate relate to his/her family?
She gets along very well with most of her family--she's close to her parents and her younger sister. Not so much with her younger brother, but it doesn't seem to be an acrimonious relationship either. She seems to have a pretty good relationship with the extended family of aunts, uncles, and cousins too--good enough that I'll be spending my birthday weekend at a cousin's wedding....
Say something, will you?? (5)
1. Lauren C left...
Thursday, 22 February 2007 11:31 pm
Materialistic: Not at all.
2. lisapooh left...
Friday, 23 February 2007 10:45 am
Materialistic? Nope! We tease each other that we are too broke to be
materialistic!
3. cattykizmo left...
Friday, 23 February 2007 1:57 pm :: http://savetheamericanfamily.blog-city.c
Materialistic-no. He is frugal, organized, a saver, but not a cheap penny
pincher.
4. --W-- left...
Friday, 23 February 2007 10:53 pm :: http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city
Materialistic:
5. sophmom left...
Saturday, 24 February 2007 10:45 am
Materialistic? Not really, but he has a history of dropping valuable
efforts in favor of the promise of fool's gold made by enemies disguised as
new friends (over and over again). The pattern became too much for me (and
a couple of business partners before me) to take.