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marriage tip

Post by The Wiz » Tue May 24, 2022 9:48 am

Saw this at a local restaurant

" Never ask the wife what's for dinner when she mowing the lawn."

Wise words, in deed.
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Re: marriage tip

Post by GFK » Tue May 24, 2022 10:06 am

Yes. At times, it may be better asking, what do you want to eat?
Actions speak louder than words (Matthew 7:16-20).

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Re: marriage tip

Post by Dahliathemeh » Thu May 26, 2022 5:41 pm

When I'm working on the better half's car, it's what do you want for lunch and dinner?
I never take myself seriously....

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Re: marriage tip

Post by The Happy Kaboomer » Thu May 26, 2022 8:54 pm

Dahliathemeh wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 5:41 pm
When I'm working on the better half's car, it's what do you want for lunch and dinner?
Doesn't anybody eat supper anymore......Here in the country we have breakfast-dinner(noon meal) and supper........Guess you city slickers call it different stuff.

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Post by Luv the lever » Thu May 26, 2022 9:52 pm

The Wiz wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 9:48 am
Saw this at a local restaurant

" Never ask the wife what's for dinner when she mowing the lawn."

Wise words, in deed.
A dishwasher that cuts grass? Hmm, who’d have thunk possible?

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Re: marriage tip

Post by dave77 » Thu May 26, 2022 10:26 pm

My mom grew up on a N. Dakota farm in the early 1900's. Scandinavian mom and dad, I had thought she said they called noon meal supper and the evening meal dinner but I could have them switched around. She had 7 brothers and said she and her sister and mother spent most of the day cooking, said Breakfast and midday meals were huge, evening meal was light because you went to bed shortly after.
No tractors back then, hard physical labor for the boys and dad all day long. No High School for her brothers, not sure how long they were in school. She wanted High School so had to go live with an aunt in a town large enough to have a High School.

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Re: marriage tip

Post by brm4450 » Fri May 27, 2022 12:58 am

When I was growing up it was breakfast dinner supper. A snack at coffee break or snacks served at meetings and such was called lunch.
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Post by Hatchdog » Fri May 27, 2022 10:45 am

I spent one of my high school years living in rural NE North Dakota and this “city slicker” learned that the mid-day meal was called dinner and the last meal was called supper. It was a cultural learning experience that to this day I appreciate. One of the best years of my life.

Speaking of a reversal of roles many years ago when married to my first wife on Mother’s Day weekend I helped a friend move over a hundred miles. Needless to say I spent the night at his new place. We might have enjoyed an adult beverage or two after the chore of loading and unloading. Drove home the next morning and was pretty tired. My wife at the time decided to mow the lawn and a neighbor asked her why she was mowing the lawn on Mother’s Day. She replied, “the mother is inside asleep on the couch”. Probably one of the best lines she ever uttered. :lol:

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Post by BrokenolMarine » Sat May 28, 2022 10:56 am

Tina loves to be outside, spent years as a landscaper, and even earned a state certification after a college course. (Not a degree... A certification). She ran a landscaping crew for a major nursery in Virginia owned by the family of a politician. If I suggest I can cut the grass, trim hedges, plant a tree... :roll: :lol:

...she laughs and rolls her eyes. I can at least bush hog the lower pasture. ;) You don't do it the way "I" like it. :? So, I work in the woodshop, build things, fix things... You know... Things "I" know how to do. :o
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Post by Dahliathemeh » Sat May 28, 2022 11:19 am

The Happy Kaboomer wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 8:54 pm
Dahliathemeh wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 5:41 pm
When I'm working on the better half's car, it's what do you want for lunch and dinner?
Doesn't anybody eat supper anymore......Here in the country we have breakfast-dinner(noon meal) and supper........Guess you city slickers call it different stuff.
Lunch is usually 12-2 dinner is 5-8. I grew up with my mom calling it supper. I have always called it dinner.
I never take myself seriously....

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Re: marriage tip

Post by BrokenolMarine » Sat May 28, 2022 12:25 pm

I just called it, "Where's my Sammich!" :D

But... Not out loud where She could hear me, oh no, not out loud. :roll: :?
You can tell a lot about the character of a man...
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Post by BrokenolMarine » Sat May 28, 2022 12:26 pm

Under my breath, in the kitchen, while fixin dinner.
You can tell a lot about the character of a man...
by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him.

I don't look back at the things I can no longer do, I just look forward to the things I still can.

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Re: marriage tip

Post by Retlawman » Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:39 pm

My marriage tip is, don't get married!! LOL

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Post by markiver54 » Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:26 pm

Dahliathemeh wrote:
Sat May 28, 2022 11:19 am
The Happy Kaboomer wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 8:54 pm
Dahliathemeh wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 5:41 pm
When I'm working on the better half's car, it's what do you want for lunch and dinner?
Doesn't anybody eat supper anymore......Here in the country we have breakfast-dinner(noon meal) and supper........Guess you city slickers call it different stuff.
Lunch is usually 12-2 dinner is 5-8. I grew up with my mom calling it supper. I have always called it dinner.
Same here Dahlia and I've lived all over the country, north to south and east to west. Born in Texas.
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Re: marriage tip

Post by Nam Vet » Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:23 pm

Living in Brooklyn N.Y.it was breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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