Ah, two of the vilest hairstyles on the planet. I always admire a balding man who says "****itt!" and cuts his hair short.

I must admit that I'm amused when women criticise men over their looks. One was bitching about one poor guy who had a bad dye job in an attempt to look a bit younger, and was saying how pathetic he was trying to hide his age.

Sadly I wasn't in a position to say what I wanted, which was "Prithee, how many women in the crowd are busting their guts to appear that bit younger, dying their hair, plastering their faces, desperately jacking their cleavage skywards, and compressing their cellulite speckled, sagging bellies and slumping buttocks into something more youthful. Oh yeah, and desperately lying about their age?"

I didnt see you walking through my city centre ...

well based on subsequent experience definitely NONE OF THE ABOVE

True story this.
A good friend of mine left her husband after just one year of marriage and over a drink one day she told me what happened.
At least once a week she would be lying in bed next to him when he'd suddenly trap the duvet over her head, shout " Depth Charges " and fart really loudly.
At first she treated it as a joke, then pleaded with him to stop but he simply carried on doing it.
" I knew then that he'd never respect me in our marriage so I left him " she said.
I just reckon they weren't compatible.

Could have been anywhere, couldn't it?

I was in Tesco once, and I saw this woman wearing a Tshirt that had so many 'X's before the L on the size label that the label had to be twice as long as usual.

Huge, and baggy, like an unguyed tent tho it was, she nonetheless filled it to capacity, but what caught my eye as she undulated by was the message on the shirt that said 'Does my bum look big in this?'

Even tho each buttock needed a seperate postcode, the honest response was, "No love, even tho your buttocks are immense, they are shamed into third place by your huge belly and enormous sagging gunt."

Ahh, the Dutch Oven. A reprehensible thing to do to anyone.

The dreaded Duvet Duck visits all beds sooner or later, but trapping your partner in there with it is beyond a joke.

Tesco's ??? she was from a council house (looking for the flames)

I am sure some women will leap to her defence with stories about having children etc etc
so the 28yo supervisor who was my line manager for a short while, was over 20 stone on a 5ft 1in 8 stone frame, no children, same fella for over 10 years, so insecure kept a notebook and recorded all sorts of personal slights she thought people had said to her and about her. Perhaps that her father was a USAAF GDY explained it.

Retirement unless it is early retirement means you are just closer to pushing up daisies so why not just enjoy what's left of your life to the full in what remains of it and sod leaving anything for the kids and just blow it on whatever takes your fancy, buy a boat, go fishing, play golf, don't bother going to spanish classes as by the time you have mastered it you will probably be dead.
Retirement is great I should imagine if you have an imagination.

he was a matelot, possibly from boats,
not that excuses him

Do you reckon she was working her way down the scale?

Single bagger,
Double bagger,
Wolf,
Pork chop.

All I can say is that for us it's been very easy! We also are relaxed with each other and though we are now together virtually 24/7 only rarely do we get on each others nerves.
We both have separate hobbies but also both like doing many of the same things together, it just works!



Yes as Bil says sex plays a part in relationships.... but it's ONLY a part, if it's THE most important thing then that's not a marriage, it's just an inexpensive way for a man to get a hooker he doesn't have to pay the hourly rate for.
Sex doesn't take all day....it's what happens in the other twenty three and a half hours each day that really count.


Good luck with your move Dom and with your retirement, it will be what you make it, so in your case... I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as we do!

thanks, just remember the rioja

We've been very lucky. Married for over 30 years, we used to live, work and play in each other's pockets. I always used to say to people that I was looking forward to retirement so that we could spend more time together.

As for sex only being a part. I was once told by someone, 'There's more to life than sex!' To which my response was, "There's more to life than breathing, but I don't plan to do without that either."

To a man, a one sided decision to reduce sex is a corrosive thing that can eat away a relationship very quickly. I remember Anne Diamond saying on TV that she and her husband 'were celibate now'. From the look on his face, this decision had obviously been a tad one sided. I said to my OH, 'I give that relationship 6 months max.'

Sure enough.....

Would you like that frío?

si, sin hielo, gracias

in fact talking about it ..... I am now off for one straight out of the fridge

kr