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Fishanthropy (or something similar, I can't remember and the format of this board isn't helping me) wrote:
To quote an ancient cliche, "Be careful or you'll get what you ask for"
"...if TV is pushing women toward assuming the traditionally male "breadwinning" roles here in the Western World, it's fine by me. I'm perfectly happy to stay at home all day, surf the web, watch porn, get myself off, catch up on my reading, go to the gym in the middle of the day when you don't have to fight anyone for the best machines, etc.
Go to it, girls! Turn late-period post-capitalism on its proverbial head. Make contemporary office politics less of a middle-school throwback than it already is. Make ASSLOADS of money, please. I'll gladly drive the kids to Little League practices and Young Fascist Alliance meetings. I'll admonish the maid about separating the whites. And I promise to reward you with a nutritious meal in the evening when you get home from work..."
Sing it from the mountaintop, brother. I will happily play Aaron to your Moses, what can I do to help you spread the good word? PLEASE, for the love of god, rock out, women. Take my 70 hr/wk job and future ulcers and premature death. I will rock that Chrysler Town & Country all over the burbs. I will bake mean-ass cakes and pies, and master the crock pot. I will crush anyone on the local PTA who dares stand in our way. I will NOT send you emails at work describing what the mid-day sun looks like so as not to cause you any pangs at the memory of what you have lost. I will take actual sit-down lunches twice a day, since I will be doing it for you as well. I'll agree that your boss is a total tool who doesn't understand or properly value you. I'll use some of the 11-12 hours you are gone each day to sculpt my physique into that of an Adonis. We'll get a bunch of really cool dogs that I will be totally responsible for, you won't have to lift a finger to attend to them, only enjoy their company. All our shit will work b/c I'll have plenty of time to fix it. Our kids will be amazing athletes and scholars because I'll be drilling them every single day. I'll plan all our vacations. Whatever you need, it's yours. Make me a kept man, for the love of God.
