Some women out there can't relate to this at all, however, for the ones that do, you'll appreciate the ending...
Bob writes:
Dear friends:
It is important for men to remember that as women grow older it becomes harder for them to maintain the same quality of housekeeping as they did when they were younger. When men notice this they should try not to yell.
Let me relate how I handle the situation.
When I got laid off from my consulting job and took early retirement in March, it became necessary for my wife, Nancy, to get a full-time job for extra income and for the health benefits that we need. It was shortly after she started working that I noticed that she was beginning to show her age.
I usually get home from fishing or hunting about the same time she gets home from work. Although she knows how hungry I am, she almost always says that she needs to rest for half an hour before she starts supper. I try not to yell. Instead I tell her take her time and just wake me when she finally gets the supper on the table.
Whereas before, she washed the dishes as soon as we finished eating. Now it is not unusual for them to sit on the table for several hours after supper.
I do what I can by reminding her several times each evening , "The dishes aren't going to clean themselves." This seems to help her get them done before bedtime.
Now that she is older, she seems to get tired so much more quickly. Our washer and dryer are in the basement. Sometimes she says "I don't feel like I can make another trip down those steps." I don't make an issue of this. As long as she finishes up the laundry the next evening, I am willing to overlook it.
Not only that, unless I need something ironed to wear to the Monday lodge meeting or to Wednesday's or Saturday's poker club or toTuesday's or Thursday's bowling, or something like that, I will tell her to wait until the next evening to do the ironing.
This gives her a little more time to do some of those odd things like shampooing the dog, vacuuming or dusting. If I have a good day of fishing, this allows her to gut and scale the fish at a more leisurely pace.
Nancy is starting to complain a little occasionally. For example she will say, "It is really difficult to find time to pay the monthly bills during the lunch hour." I continue to offer encouragement. I say," Honey, stretch it out over two or even three days. That way you won't need to rush so much." I also remind her "If you missed a lunch now and then it wouldn't hurt you, if you know what I mean."
When doing simple jobs, she seems to think she needs more rest periods. She takes a break when she is only half finished mowing the lawn. I try not to embarrass her when she takes these little rest breaks. I tell her, "Fix yourself a nice glass of lemonade and sit for a while. As long as you're making one glass, make one for me as well and bring it to the hammock so you can talk to me until I fall asleep."
I know that I probably look like a saint in the way I support Nancy on a daily basis. I'm not saying that the ability to show this much consideration is easy. Many men will find it difficult. No one knows better than I do how frustrating women can become as they get older.
A cruise in the Pacific goes all wrong, the ship sinks, and there were only 3 survivors; Damian, Darren and Deirdre.
They manage to swim to a small island. and they lived there for a couple of years doing what's natural for men and women to do
Afters several years of casual sex, all the time, Deirdre felt absolutely horrible about what she had been doing. She felt having sex with both Damian and Darren was so bad that she killed herself.
It was very tragic but Damian and Darren managed to get through it and, after a while nature once more took its inevitable course.
Well, a couple more years went by and Damian and Darren began to feel absolutely horrible about what they where doing.
......... So.......
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..........They buried her
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At school, Little Johnny was told by a classmate that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret, and that this makes it very easy to blackmail them by saying, "I know the whole truth."
Little Johnny decides to go home and try it out. He goes home, and as he is greeted by his mother. He says, "I know the whole truth." His mother quickly hands him $20 and says, "Just don't tell your father."
Quite pleased, the boy waits for his father to get home from work, and greets him with, "I know the whole truth." The father promptly hands him $40 and says, "Please don't say a word to your mother."
Very pleased, the boy is on his way to school the next day when he sees the mailman at his front door. The boy greets him by saying, "I know the whole truth." The mailman immediately drops the mail, opens his arms, and says...........................