Movie discussion time. Magic Mike.
Men, is your wife/gf/fiance going to see it with your approval, going to see it much to your chagrin, not going to see it but only because you disapprove, or not going to because they don't want to see it?
Women, are you going to see it and how does your SO feel if you are? Also how would you allow him to see a similar movie with female stars?
Edit: You're married and have joint and separate accounts?
Find what works for you, that's all that matters
Geek, we just passed our 1 year anniversary, so not long at all! She prefers some of her accounts stay with Wells Fargo (way to save especially). I know my folks generally keep accounts in a couple banks (one local, one USAA) as well. Don't recall the reasoning. I just don't want to be funding the wife's shopping "tendencies".
Would I care if he went to a movie with hot women? Absolutely not. It's normal, healthy male behavior. Plus, I honestly think when SO's vehemently oppose things like that, or become jealous of friendships with the opposite sex, that sense of foreboding often leads to some of the things that rip couples apart. Just my $.02.
Oooh, just noticed fancy new quote, multiquote, and quick reply buttons.
Different strokes Friendships of the opposite sex often lead to more than that. Better to cut it off before it gets started IMO. Like I said, different strokes. You should know yourself if you are able to appropriately handle a friendship of the opposite sex and also know if your spouse would be ok with it. If you can handle it and it doesn't bother the spouse, then by all means go ahead. However, some people can't appropriately handle those friendships without being tempted and some spouses have trust issues due to things like that biting them in the past.
Kinda like alcoholics. If you never take a sip of alcohol, you'll never be an alcoholic. If you never develop friendships with the opposite sex, you're less likely to cross any lines. That being said, I took a sip of alcohol and I'm not an alcoholic. I don't feel comfortable with my ability to not cross any lines that would be inappropriate with a female friend so I don't have close female friends. Add to that my wife (and myself) being the jealous type, so we just don't add any fuel to the fire so to speak.
Had them for a second and now don't. Site work in progress?
It's good that you know yourself well enough to know that - and are honest enough with yourself to admit it - and so you avoid putting yourself in that situation. That said, I can't imagine not having close guy friends. Some of my closest friends are guys...I've just always gotten along better with them than women. Some of them are gay though, so do they count as GIRLfriends or GUYfriends????
As a woman, I answer this question with the loudes "HELL TO THE YES I'M GOING TO SEE IT" I can muster. My husband is fine with it - he's secure enough to know that, eye candy aside, I would choose him over any of the men in that movie any day and twice on Sunday. But I have to admit...seeing Joe Manganiello dancing around scantily clad on a large screen does make me tingle a bit.
Would I care if he went to a movie with hot women? Absolutely not. It's normal, healthy male behavior. Plus, I honestly think when SO's vehemently oppose things like that, or become jealous of friendships with the opposite sex, that sense of foreboding often leads to some of the things that rip couples apart. Just my $.02.
We've always had separate accounts, too. In fact, we don't have a joint account at all, though we are both "authorized users" on each other's accounts. He pays some bills, I pay others, and at the end of the month, I write him a check for the difference (since he pays the big one - the mortgage). The only thing in both of our names is the house.
ZACTLY. The way we do it would drive some people crazy. In fact, it would probably drive most people crazy. But for us, it works. We've never had an argument about money.
Woot! Confirmed for trip to Mexico in a couple weeks! So excited, never been.
It's a resort on the Pacific side, all inclusive (yeah, we're both boozers and need it ).
Even with plane tickets, probably cheaper than it would to go to the beaches in Delaware. And don't tell me about the Mexico City airport shootings, I already know.
Different strokes Friendships of the opposite sex often lead to more than that. Better to cut it off before it gets started IMO. Like I said, different strokes. You should know yourself if you are able to appropriately handle a friendship of the opposite sex and also know if your spouse would be ok with it. If you can handle it and it doesn't bother the spouse, then by all means go ahead. However, some people can't appropriately handle those friendships without being tempted and some spouses have trust issues due to things like that biting them in the past.
Kinda like alcoholics. If you never take a sip of alcohol, you'll never be an alcoholic. If you never develop friendships with the opposite sex, you're less likely to cross any lines. That being said, I took a sip of alcohol and I'm not an alcoholic. I don't feel comfortable with my ability to not cross any lines that would be inappropriate with a female friend so I don't have close female friends. Add to that my wife (and myself) being the jealous type, so we just don't add any fuel to the fire so to speak.
Yup, working fine for me too. Very cool.New Edit, Quote and Report buttons are showing just fine for me. Anyone else?
Edit: and now they all are.
Has anyone traveled to Mexico? We're going to Mazatlan. Looks like a resort city of sorts. Probably will just lounge at the pool and beach, but if you have any "must haves" let us know!
I've been twice, both times at all inclusive resort on the Yucatan. I never left the resort. I loaded up my reader with books and set by the pool or the beach and read and relaxed. Also, noon time is all day there
Has anyone traveled to Mexico? We're going to Mazatlan. Looks like a resort city of sorts. Probably will just lounge at the pool and beach, but if you have any "must haves" let us know!
I've been once, to the Yucatan like Unforgiven. We stayed at an excellent resort, but also took awesome day trips to Chichen Itza and Tulum. While you'll be pretty far from any of those places, I'd highly recommend looking to see if any ruins or other ancient sites are near Mazatlan and checking them out.I've been twice, both times at all inclusive resort on the Yucatan. I never left the resort. I loaded up my reader with books and set by the pool or the beach and read and relaxed. Also, noon time is all day there
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