A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed:

"Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day. Amen.

God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery shopping, then drove home to put away the groceries, paid the bills and balanced the check book. He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog.

Then it was already 1 P.M. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out milk and cookies and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing. At 4:3 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper.

After supper, he cleaned the Kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. At 9 P.M. he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren't finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love which he managed to get through without complaint.

The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said, "Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back.

The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, "My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll just have to wait nine months, though. You got pregnant last night."

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Ouch.

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"OUCH"

Ouch indeed.

I am seriously tempted to go down the road of steriotypical male fantasy here, the opportunity to experience first-hand how best to ensure his wife's future pleasure and contentment, a positive outcome, but I'll resist, Dammit!

Alternatively, he does get the chance to make his wife's life hell for the duration and snack himself stupid "guilt-free" while he's at it

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Oh, there is a cruel shot! He snacks himself stupid "guilt-free" and she (back in her own body) has to fight to take off the extra tonnage!

Where do justice and straight up spousal abuse converge here?

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LauraB posted a "hypothetical" Okay. I have no problems with the stuff in green.

Purple, Hmmm, once in a while.

But this red stuff, if you have to do all that every day, you better stop poppin them kids out every 10 or 12 months!
Hence, the 'one shot bullseye' for Mr. mom! lol

BUT, the last part in bold red - oh, I better not.
Good thing he was not a miner in a 2k deep pit, she would have had to endure floods, and cave-ins and broken lifts every day, if his luck was anything like her's.

MikMik the way you colorized that text reminds me of my dad and the way he did biblestudy. All color coded text. Fluoro markers and scribbled text. Heheheh

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Mike,

I say this with all due respect. Even though I work full time (average 10 hour day) I still clean the cat's litter box, peel potatoes and wash vegetables for salad, cook meat and a vegatable for supper, sweep and mop the kitchen floor and when the kids were young enough to need supervision bathed the kids, and put them to bed, EVERY DAY!

Now granted it is poor planning on my part that forces me to go grocery shopping, then drive home to put away the groceries, daily and I try to iron as infrequently as possible (never could understand why my mother ironed 5 days a week and yet, still had an outfit that I wore in 1st grade at the bottom of the ironing basket when I was 15) and I am guessing that the line RE: "expected to make love which he managed to get through without complaint" says more than I want to know about that marriage.

As for "Good thing he was not a miner in a 2k deep pit, she would have had to endure floods, and cave-ins and broken lifts every day, if his luck was anything like her's." point well taken. lol

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But, LauraB, I got so "color blinded", I forgot what I really wanted to say to this: That is funny as hell!!!! LOL LOL :O))

IT is a great joke.

( I have a bit of a defensive streak in me, my parents were very 'un-amicable' after they split, when I was young, and my mom hooked in with a crowd of staunch feminists - it was about '69, and between her hard feelings, my politically aware sisters, the upswell of the movement (Gloria Steinem http://www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/interv/steinem.html , etc.,)...well, sometimes I have flashbacks LOL !
But I still see some pretty backward attitudes in people, men and women, but ya gotta admit that that domestic stuff IS second nature for women LOL

I AM JUST KIDDING ! !

I had a flashback..ya, a flashback!

LauraB wrote:

"Oh, there is a cruel shot! He snacks himself stupid "guilt-free" and she (back in her own body) has to fight to take off the extra tonnage!

Where do justice and straight up spousal abuse converge here?"

Sorry LauraB, but I disagree (and, on the assumption that wenwilder won’t be able to resist to comment):

In fact – at least based on my own observations and experience – so full of holes, the premise of the original joke (which I really liked. Still LMAO) is based on “old” Edwardian stereotypes that don’t reflect current attitudes towards “partnership” within marriage in this day and age.

As to the “extra tonnage”, though (perhaps) unfair to a “small” minority, if we were to assume the opportunity was fully exploited and the outcome as “positive” as intimated, wouldn’t they have a great deal of fun getting rid of that extra tonnage :-) ?

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You saved yourself there mik ;) I'm still trying to figure out how to boil water and I'm getting tired of buying new toasters to do it! It gets expensive! The water does go in the top right? ;)

Am I that predictable? I'll have to work on that ;)

In the meantime - since when is marriage a partnership? Divorce, now that's a partnership! You both disagree on everything! You both work just as hard to make sure the other one isn't happy and doesn't get what they want. Everyone offers their advice. Communication is at an all time high as you spend hours yelling over fences, through car windows, over phone lines and at anyone within ear shot. "Pet names" are no longer only used on special occasions and involve four letters or less - you don't mind using them often in reference to your ex, in fact you insist on using them every chance you get. Buying gifts is at an all time high - you purchase great colors of paint to spray paint their car, their front door, their carpet, their pets, whatever you can get your hands on at the time. Sending flowers is out, but you get good at maxing out the credit cards and sharing the bills, taking special care to make sure they get the bills. Thinking about your ex is even easier during a divorce - contemplating how many ways you can puncture tires without being caught and discovering the most effective way becomes a challenge! Their favorite things become new games as you see how high their favorite stereo will bounce when thrown from the roof of a ten story building. Or how long it takes the neighbors dog to chew apart the pair of designer shoes that took a months wages to purchase.

And let us not forget the shear pleasure of taking your 21 year old b/f or g/f to the court hearing to introduce them to your dearly departing ex, thinking souly of their feelings and not wanting them to leave without feeling completely and totally loved! ;)

And they say I don't play well with others! ;)

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Wen, you are killing me! I did not go to work until kids were gone and had plenty of time to learn how to cook, kids even know how - although they must have learned by osmosis 'cause I don't remember any of them actually helping! So if you need toaster 101 holler. lol

And girl howdy I would not like to be your ex! I personally used to worship the ground my ex slithered on...

Mik, oh, what I would have given to grow up in a house with a mother who even knew a crowd of staunch feminists. Or even a single feminist! But, I see your point (as the old saying goes "I feel your pain". My dearly beloveds pet peeve is that most of my lesbian friends with children have boys. He occasionally gets on a rant about how unfair it is to grow up in a household with "so little regard for men".

And finally to pete61uk. We don't know how many children this couple has, but I am guessing that they should back off a little on the "positive outcome" activity and join a gym!

Gawd I love this group!

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My ex is safe now, it's the future ex that has to worry ;)

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wen =People that use the "future ex" term scare me.
I use it.
It brings the future into the present when you introduce your girlfriend that way.

mikmik wrote :I hope peoples look at that link. I wasn't using it to funny, she has some deep insight about the dynamics of abusive relationships.

My mom, after the divorce, raising 4 kids - me the eldest at 12 yr. old - fighting to scrape by...

She went back to school at the time -
(hence my parents differing opinions leading to...But they are both remarkable people who taught me well)
She was full time at U of A taking Ed.Psych. and doing EVERYTHING ELSE like cooking, groceries, laundry, etc.,

She was (and still kinda is) a very shy and almost scared person - low self esteem blah blah blah...

She got into provincial politics and knocked off a very popular incumbent, and was the watchdog for 'Health', 'Welfare', and the 'Family' portfolios and was known as a terror in question period, frequently making the news with her inescapable and forcefully surgical dismemberment of government opinion and policies.
She became a Forensic Psychologist, finished school, and got her PhD. in Educational Psychology four years ago at the age of 62 ! ! !

You think I am lucky?
Do I respect women? ?

Yes, and no! I mean Yes. Yes and Yes !! ;o>

xoxo ;-*

You two are killing me!

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Hey!

My mother and elizabeth taylor have a lot in common... Mostly being married far to many times... lol Does this mean they have a lot of practice or does it mean that its cheaper when it comes to tax time lol

As far as future ex's go most of my generations uses that term apon introducing currant b/f's and g/f's to family members, but they are very good about keeping it out of ear shot of said person lol Smile everyone loves a moron lol.

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wenwilder wrote:

"Am I that predictable? I'll have to work on that ;)"

Sorry Wenwilder, not predictable as such. However, as with a few of the regulars, I am beginning to get (and appreciate) the consistency of your ideals and humour. Don't ever change!

LauraB wrote:

"And finally to pete61uk. We don't know how many children this couple has, but I am guessing that they should back off a little on the "positive outcome" activity and join a gym!"

I've given this some thought and have decided that as the male in the relationship, having fully exploited the "body-swap", he should then be responsible for putting it back in shape.

Afterall, it increases the duration over which he gets the potential "multiple" benefits whilst occupying the body, and the resultant benefits from returning his beloved to her former, exquisite self.

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