I know. Being from California and knowing may Californians I can say that your generalization is incorrect. I know many accommodating Californians and often find that they are the majority of the ones I know and meet. Most I know don't want things done a certain way and are able to deal with it when things don't happen the way they want to.
Does anyone really care?
I can say "men always forget anniversaries" and it doesn't mean I think all men on the planet do that. There are so many important things going on in the world that actually matter. Sometimes lightening up is a good choice, yes?
Women are nasty gold diggers who ruin your life and steal your house.No one cares.
Those that feel insulted do.
I guess so, yes... but I've heard all my life about how "dumb" blondes are and it never once insulted me being a towhead.
It may get too much. Normally I think people making depricating jokes about us Dutch are fun, but there was one guy going on and on and if one made a joke back he had to be superior. Eeww. I don't watch it anymore. Not funny. And the comments. Dutch are autistic because they don't lie. Yeah sorry then I get like the standard response: Don't like it here? Go back to your own country lol.I guess so, yes... but I've heard all my life about how "dumb" blondes are and it never one insulted me being a towhead.
I've heard things about what people think of Americans. No insult because it's not all Americans.
I know British people have heard the same... I doubt they take it literally.
Christians, Jews, overweight people... there are always sweeping comments that come out but aren't literal.
This happened to one of my cousins. Her husband was a workmate and she knew him since age 15 or 16. They married as she was 18. Got two daughters and divorced some years later.
You’re not even the same person at 30. We all change and for many we just adapt. And for many, they don’t adapt.
Disability in one partner is often the reason that the other partner (the able-bodied) gives more. But if the disabled partner gives true love then there is a balance.
While I was single, I was in 2 relationships that got serious enough for me to decide to propose. They both knew I'd had a vasectomy - it's one of the first things I'd mention during the getting-to-know-you phase of dating.
How can comments not be literal? Do you mean they're not to be taken seriously?
I agree. I would add that many aren't willing to adapt.
This is really a pity, since she seemed to be the perfect partner for life. In fact mostly the women want children. The marriage I've mentioned was quite unusual.While I was single, I was in 2 relationships that got serious enough for me to decide to propose. They both knew I'd had a vasectomy - it's one of the first things I'd mention during the getting-to-know-you phase of dating.
Both women turned me down. It was obvious they loved my kids, but they wanted children of their own. I had to accept that, of course, but both relationships ended there. I have to say that's reasonable, but it tore me up bad, especially the 2nd time. She was so perfect, and we'd lived together for nearly 3 years. I loved her, my kids loved her, she loved us. She loved my parents. And my grandparents!
Took me a long time to get over that break-up.
She married and had 2 daughters, and she's got a handful of grandkids.
And that's nice
Seriously, I'm happy for her...finally.
Take "I'm bald as an eagle" for example.
I don't understand that one. I always thought they meant a vulture.Take "I'm bald as an eagle" for example.
Yeah, it's a strange one. And they gave the name Bald Eagle to a bird with a head full of feathers, so doubly strange.
I do. I believe a lot of the problems we have these days are from the sweeping generalizations that some people make. I do agree that some of them are less consequential than others but as they become more common they tend to be used more often. As a result some people pay for the negative associations that other people have heard about the group they belong to.Does anyone really care?
