It is not down in any map; true places never are. ~Herman Melville

06 October 2008

misery loves company

Stuff like this boggles my mind.

Some people call it old-fashioned, even sweet, when a man orders for his female companion (without consulting her) at a restaurant. And perhaps it is. Likewise when a husband answers questions directed at his wife, especially if one subscribes to a particular version of the man acting as the head of the household.

But come the effe on, fellas! If you find life's misery more than you can bear, if you can't stand the thought of the woman you love loving another, if you long for an early retirement from the game of life... then go quietly into that good night by yourself. Leave your wife, your kids, your kin to make their own decisions about whether to join you. Don't put them out of your misery.

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