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How to tell a friend's girlfriend to get a job or something?
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The_Universe
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That's precisely correct.d20Dwarf said:Well, I think the drinking age is still a state law, it's just that the federal now says "sure, you can make it 18, but then we won't give you the 500 million in road subsidies...states rights, woohoo!"
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Sorry for having a sense of humor.RustyHalo said:
If the only thing this girl apparently brings to the table is that she's all about the hot sex, you'll have to pardon the haloless if they pause at work to consider the hot sexing.
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Liquid Awesome
"Negotiations and love songs are often mistaken for one and the same." - Paul Simon
"What does that mean?" you might ask. It means that people get in (and stay in) relationships just like they do everything else: FOR A REASON. It might take a while to hammer out all the details but sooner or later folks decide to stay in a relationship because they like what it has to offer and are willing to live with the extra baggage it comes with. If they can't reconcile that balance sheet then bye, bye, Baby.
It may not sound romantic but there it is.
So:
1) Keep your mouth shut. He already knows how you feel.
2) When the whole thing goes south, you are allowed to say (once), "I told you so." Then...
3) Buy him a stiff drink.
"What does that mean?" you might ask. It means that people get in (and stay in) relationships just like they do everything else: FOR A REASON. It might take a while to hammer out all the details but sooner or later folks decide to stay in a relationship because they like what it has to offer and are willing to live with the extra baggage it comes with. If they can't reconcile that balance sheet then bye, bye, Baby.
It may not sound romantic but there it is.
So:
1) Keep your mouth shut. He already knows how you feel.
2) When the whole thing goes south, you are allowed to say (once), "I told you so." Then...
3) Buy him a stiff drink.
MadMaxim
First Post
I don't mind the humor, Whizbang. Some of these posts actually made me smileWhizbang Dustyboots said:
And she does bring other than sex to the table. She cooks once in a while, clean up and do the laundry, but I don't see that as being anything near a full-time job. The apartment isn't very big, it's two rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom, so it's not like it's a house.
Okay, perhaps damage control was a bit too strong a word, but of course I'll be there to drink with him if the relationship fails. Isn't it a little weird how many of you suggest drinking your brains out? Well, alcohol IS one heck of a problem solver
WizarDru
Adventurer
I probably should have been more concise on that one: the bill that passed isn't really a law, it's an end-run around state's rights that effectively srtong-armed the states into all falling into line. The states all determine their own drinking age, but if they don't meet the federal guideline, they don't get highway funds. I knew it as such, I was just being expedient.The_Universe said:
Consent laws, on the other hand...I'm afraid I never was in a situation where I was lucky enough to violate them, so it never came up.
reveal
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WizarDru said:Consent laws, on the other hand...I'm afraid I never was in a situation where I was lucky enough to violate them, so it never came up.
On the day my girlfriend/future wife turned 18, a cop knocked on my dorm room door. He pointed her and said "17, right?" I said "No, 18" and showed him her drivers license. He looked at it and said "Barely." I said "Hey, 18's 18." He said "You're right. Good night," smiled and left.
My GF and I just cracked up. I found out years later that my roommate, who eventually was the best man at my wedding, called them as a joke.
