Comments on: Blissfully Unaware of my Peril http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/ rock out to the apparatus Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:17:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: yami http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2701 yami Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:04:26 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2701 Grown in lab culture. Grown in lab culture.

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2697 Lab Lemming Sun, 02 Jul 2006 09:26:48 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2697 -See, if I knew I’d get two-headed babies I’d be considerably more excited about having children! Via cesarean, or naturally? Being a guy I have zero cred on this issue, but to me the process of having a 2 headed baby sounds considerably more painful... -See, if I knew I’d get two-headed babies I’d be considerably more excited about having children!

Via cesarean, or naturally? Being a guy I have zero cred on this issue, but to me the process of having a 2 headed baby sounds considerably more painful…

]]> By: yami http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2678 yami Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:03:35 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2678 See, if I knew I'd get two-headed babies I'd be considerably more excited about having children! I'm marrying a Unitarian, so kegs of delicious beer are right in - but I'm sure we'll find plenty of other things to forego. And the picnic tables at most public parks around here are robust enough to withstand drunken guests. Except maybe one or two of the Techers, but hopefully they'll leave the power tools at home... I've only just gotten past the extended evo-psych gender-essentializing dance remix (seriously, womb envy?!). Her treatment of childless vs. childful marriage is starting to intersect in a weird way with my personal circumstance (not big on kids, but really keen on not waking up in 10 years going <i>WTF? Why did I allow myself to osmose and disgorge such harmful ways of relating?</i>) so I expect to be arguing with her soon... See, if I knew I’d get two-headed babies I’d be considerably more excited about having children!

I’m marrying a Unitarian, so kegs of delicious beer are right in - but I’m sure we’ll find plenty of other things to forego. And the picnic tables at most public parks around here are robust enough to withstand drunken guests. Except maybe one or two of the Techers, but hopefully they’ll leave the power tools at home…

I’ve only just gotten past the extended evo-psych gender-essentializing dance remix (seriously, womb envy?!). Her treatment of childless vs. childful marriage is starting to intersect in a weird way with my personal circumstance (not big on kids, but really keen on not waking up in 10 years going WTF? Why did I allow myself to osmose and disgorge such harmful ways of relating?) so I expect to be arguing with her soon…

]]> By: Kyso K http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2677 Kyso K Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:10:16 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2677 She does lay the evo biology on a bit thick in the begining, doesn't she? But it does make the point later on in the book that for whatever reasons our culture's guy-in-charge monogomous relationship model developed, it's starting to show some wear around the edges and needs to be revamped before women discard it en masse. Plus for someone who was divorced twice, she's a virtual cheerleader for the institution, even going so far as to claim if she knew at her second divorce what she knew when she wrote the book, she may have stayed with the marriage a bit longer for the sake of the kids. Which I think opinions vary on that subject, and you could make a valid argument either way. The part that I think I liked the most was her division of career from housework from childcare from husbandcare, instead of just family/house vs career because that's a bunch of distinctions I think most people don't make. I also like that she makes distinctions between marriages that include children and ones that don't, although it is a very harsh one made for some very harsh reasons that could also be argued with. Social sciences are so wierd. She does lay the evo biology on a bit thick in the begining, doesn’t she? But it does make the point later on in the book that for whatever reasons our culture’s guy-in-charge monogomous relationship model developed, it’s starting to show some wear around the edges and needs to be revamped before women discard it en masse.

Plus for someone who was divorced twice, she’s a virtual cheerleader for the institution, even going so far as to claim if she knew at her second divorce what she knew when she wrote the book, she may have stayed with the marriage a bit longer for the sake of the kids. Which I think opinions vary on that subject, and you could make a valid argument either way.

The part that I think I liked the most was her division of career from housework from childcare from husbandcare, instead of just family/house vs career because that’s a bunch of distinctions I think most people don’t make. I also like that she makes distinctions between marriages that include children and ones that don’t, although it is a very harsh one made for some very harsh reasons that could also be argued with.

Social sciences are so wierd.

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2671 Lab Lemming Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:23:41 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2671 My wedding planning protocol: 1. Suggest that because I wasn't working and she was, I could take care of all the bookings, details, decisions, etc. just as soon as I ducked back to the US to present my last PhD results at Spring AGU. 2. Call up Mrs. Lemming-to-be from overseas. "Hey babe, you know that conference I went to last week? The session organizer just called me up and offered me a post-doc. Starting next month. Don't worry, it's a small project, so I sould be able to make it back in time for the actual ceremony, but I don't reckon I'll make it back much before." -LL p.s. What was that bit about men taking everything for granted? I haven't had a chance to check the link; would one of you gals mind summarizing it for me? Just put a copy on my desk with my doughnut and coffee. But use cream this time, not that skim piss... My wedding planning protocol:

1. Suggest that because I wasn’t working and she was, I could take care of all the bookings, details, decisions, etc. just as soon as I ducked back to the US to present my last PhD results at Spring AGU.

2. Call up Mrs. Lemming-to-be from overseas. “Hey babe, you know that conference I went to last week? The session organizer just called me up and offered me a post-doc. Starting next month. Don’t worry, it’s a small project, so I sould be able to make it back in time for the actual ceremony, but I don’t reckon I’ll make it back much before.”

-LL

p.s. What was that bit about men taking everything for granted? I haven’t had a chance to check the link; would one of you gals mind summarizing it for me? Just put a copy on my desk with my doughnut and coffee. But use cream this time, not that skim piss…

]]> By: Erika http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2668 Erika Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:43:04 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2668 Want to stop wedding trauma and save money? Marry a Mormon (or at least somebody whose family is Mormon)... no alcohol, no risk of drunken damage and no need to buy alcohol in the first place! Though, cuts down on the dancing. And what's this about avoiding the tulle-monster? Without the tulle-monster's blessing you will have two-headed babies!!! Want to stop wedding trauma and save money? Marry a Mormon (or at least somebody whose family is Mormon)… no alcohol, no risk of drunken damage and no need to buy alcohol in the first place! Though, cuts down on the dancing. And what’s this about avoiding the tulle-monster? Without the tulle-monster’s blessing you will have two-headed babies!!!

]]> By: Brian (Jay) http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2666 Brian (Jay) Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:58:15 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2666 Actually, the bit about dividing responsibility for whole areas is a good one, IMO... otherwise, a household devolves to an ongoing game of chicken. Actually, the bit about dividing responsibility for whole areas is a good one, IMO… otherwise, a household devolves to an ongoing game of chicken.

]]> By: Dr. Shellie http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2663 Dr. Shellie Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:41:22 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/06/27/blissfully-unaware-of-my-peril/#comment-2663 hey yami, send me an email if you want to chat about wedding planning. hey yami, send me an email if you want to chat about wedding planning.

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