Age of Consent In Spain
Mar 15th 2011, 4:10 pm
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The "I guess there are no social workers/ police /SOCO in your circle of very sucessful middle class friends. " was posted by me and meant for Cricketman.
Mar 15th 2011, 6:07 pm
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I find it shocking that someone (you CM) writes that you are in the top 5% income bracket of both Spain and UK and doesnt have a cleaner.
Mar 15th 2011, 6:13 pm
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When we lived in London the subject of cleaners came up. I was sat with my football team which had an average age of 26 at the time, and I was the only one who didnt have a cleaner. I find them pointless in London when most people have such a small flat, but still each to their own!
Mar 15th 2011, 6:21 pm
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Having a cleaner is one of the main aspirations for spanish families. Comes after the TV and car. It is a way of showing the neighbours they are doing well. It is the same in most South American countries too.
Mar 15th 2011, 6:40 pm
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By OH was brought up with a live-in nanny/cleaner, a "chica" who lived in the spare room. I think she was uncomfortable with this at the time which contributes to her aversion to it now.
Mar 15th 2011, 6:53 pm
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What man on such an income would allow his wife to do the chores? He would be held to ridicule as a mean person and she to be derided as a skivvy.
Mar 15th 2011, 7:17 pm
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Mar 15th 2011, 7:33 pm
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Just like in the UK it depends on the family. What tends to be more important for a lot of families is having the summer retreat in either the mountains or on the beach. I think the obsession with expensive brand clothing is more prevalent as a way of impressing the neighbours. In the UK I know well-to-do people who insist on having a cleaner and/or nanny; others rely on dishwashers/the Dyson etc and do it themselves.
Mar 15th 2011, 8:20 pm
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I thought that a true partnership meant that the husband would allow her to have the choice? Or should he tell her that this is what she must do?
Some of our Spanish friends laugh at the fact that I do the cooking. Am I supposed to care?
Mar 15th 2011, 8:21 pm
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Mar 15th 2011, 8:37 pm
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Always leave the start and end tags or it will happen every time.
Mar 15th 2011, 8:43 pm
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Exactly. A partnership should be based on a fair division of work, and what those people want, not some distorted view that someone else might have.
I can understand that some people want all the status symbols possible, but at the end of the day, I suspect that such people are less than happy, and to conclude, whoever dies with the most toys is still as dead as any pauper.
I can understand that some people want all the status symbols possible, but at the end of the day, I suspect that such people are less than happy, and to conclude, whoever dies with the most toys is still as dead as any pauper.
Mar 15th 2011, 10:36 pm
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When I was working in the UK I often dealt with families where paedophiles had been involved and several of these perpetrators were Spanish and could see nothing wrong with having sex with the underaged or with family members. So does this mean that it is more hushed up in Spain, is it seen as somehow "normal", or what is the reasoning behind the fact that as you said the media is not obsessed by it.
Rosemary
When I was working in the UK I often dealt with families where paedophiles had been involved and several of these perpetrators were Spanish and could see nothing wrong with having sex with the underaged or with family members. So does this mean that it is more hushed up in Spain, is it seen as somehow "normal", or what is the reasoning behind the fact that as you said the media is not obsessed by it.
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what a crock, do you seriously think anyone will believe that.
Mar 15th 2011, 10:49 pm
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Originally Posted by The Oddities;When I was working in the UK I often dealt with families where paedophiles had been involved and several of these perpetrators were Spanish and could see nothing wrong with having sex with the underaged or with family members. So does this mean that it is more hushed up in [COLOR="Red"
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