Letter to my wife Sweetheart, You know how much I love you and I know how much we are in love, and there is enough strength in that to bind us for the rest of our lives. Neither of us feels or should ever be concerned about that changing. Certainly I don't want to be concerned because who would take care of me in my old age, lol. And you know I am committed to make sure that you are taken care of for the rest of your life should anything happen to me. Now we have the day to day living to do together and I really like the recent mutual agreement that we made where we will each automatically state that we agree with the other when a controversial topic comes up. That is, we will each say we agree immediately before we say why we don't Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!. It may be a small thing, but it has already lead to more enjoyable conversations between us and has allowed us to talk about topics that would have not been discussed or where the discussions might have not ended with good feelings; so let's commit to continuing that practice. Now first, I want you to get another job evenings and week ends because I want a new fishing boat. Since I have retired that old boat has out lived it usefulness, and I don't look that good out on the lake in it. I know you are working 40 or 50 hours right now, and there is always stress in the kind of work you do, but please stick by our new accord and say you agree, before we argue about why it isn't going to happen (Of course this part of the letter is a joke and I know that you will recognize that.) But I'm a little concerned about this next issue. I want to move, both of us, lock, stock and barrel. Florida sucks now that it went to the takers. We are makers and we are the one's the takers are going to take from, get it? We have to find a place where there are people who take responsibility, who believe in self-reliance, who believe in helping the needy and where the needy do their best not to be. So first, in the spirit of our new accord to agree before we disagree, let me hear you say the words that "we agree". Then let's discuss why you don't agree and see what we can work out from there. I know that some of the discussion will be about family, friends, work and insurance. But what I am suggesting is that we go on strike, as John Galt would say. I know that was fiction, but if you read the book I gave you, Atlas Shrugged, you will see a correlation between fact and fiction, and you will see what has lead me to my going on strike against what is just 51% right now, but what might be the 99% in the streets against us before we get another chance to reign in government spending and the entitlement driven elections. And no, we aren't in the 1% or even close, but we are in the "haves" because we have worked and planned for what we have, and those who want to take what we have will be growing in numbers now since that last hope I had for a sustainable government is gone. I just want to start preparing for the break from the takers and set up a place to go to wait out the strike. I don't know where or how yet; maybe a like minded community, a secluded place, somewhere safe. Neither of us are going to intentionally get caught up in the violence on the street, and I don't expect much of that until our government fails to be able to fulfill the entitlements and demands for more entitlements, but I want to be prepared. Being prepared is to be self-reliant, and to me that means being off the streets entirely, or at least off any street within reach of the 99% who are going to be justifying their out right armed or strong armed robbery because of their false accusations against us. Our lives would even be in danger if we tried to protect what is ours against some force to take it from us. So think about it and let's talk, but remember our agreement. The first thing to say is, "we agree". Then we can agree with each other through a step by step debate and through the resolution of the matter so that we are in agreement on what to do to protect our selves when the time comes, if it comes. Love as always and forever,
Awww... Thank you, Honey. I love you, too.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! p.s. How about Alaska?
WHat would you do if your wife would not be able to work more then 30 hour , would you continue to push her to go find an additional job , so you can yourself a new boat to go fishing ?
Strike, I hear ya! This hung in my office for years. Unfortunately, now, I’m a mere housewife. I’d have to beat off all the female strikebreakers with my mop and broom…Mary Harris Jones style. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Did you believe that part about the boat? I did say that was a joke, and that she would know it was a joke. So you cut and took out of context the part about "who would take care of me" in order to suggest it was all about me, me, me, like it was greed, when in context is was nothing of the kind. Then you suggest a hypothetical situation about my wife working the extra job so I could have a boat which was clearly, in writing, revealed as a joke. Where are you coming from that you would twist and spin my words to make me a bad person?
Sorry , I don't know you nor I know your relationship with your wife , I suppose your wife knows you and your jokes. So I give my opinion based on the writing I understood. Your relationship might be great and let it remain that way I don't know you , I don't know if you are a good person or a selfish person . If my analysis offended you . I apologize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Harris_Jones Is is hard for me to tell how she would feel these days. In her day her movement, strikes and marches brought about needed change after an unbridled industrial age drove workers into poverty. My wife and I often talk about the way the pendulum swings.
Careful, my wife will be reading this when she gets home from work, assuming she doesn't stop off to surprise me with that new boat (a joke).
Oh, sorry- I'll send it in private message, then. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
What if I gave you a P.O. Box #, lol. This forum didn't get too excited by my post and not many responded so I posted it at ATS. This was one of the better questions: The "we agree automatically" thing is a silly, but perspective is everything, sometimes. My perspective on it is that my wife and I have been married a long time and we have different views on various things. If we aren't careful, one or the other of us will get more excited about a topic than the other because of a disagreement on the topic. We know we do that, and we have found it helps avoid those situations which can become angry arguments by making the pact. The pact is that we agree to start out our disagreement with the statement something like, "I agree with you, but ...", in stead of, "You are crazier than a loon". The full statement then becomes, "I agree with you but you are crazier than a loon". We can laugh at that because we know that this is one of those discussions that could get heated and the "I agree but" is both the tip off and the pressure release. As far as it being "obviously ridiculous and stupid", I agree with you but ..."
Wouldn't the key to the backdoor be more appropriate? WHOA!Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! That makes sense actually... considering ummm... you're not the only ones get that way...
I agree with you, but I have no idea what you are implying here. After all, it's an undeniable fact that I am always right in our discussions; don't you agree?
I agree with you, but since you would never be so foolish as to marry someone who is wrong, it is obvious that YOU believe I am always right, and for this purpose and reason I am indeed.
I agree with but... yeah I would. There's no such thing as a woman whose often right- ya gotta take what you can get.
I agree with you but only because you have admitted your foolishness and that in light of your justified lack of self-confidence I am willing to console you and assure you that I am indeed right, even in my batshit craziness, which led to our wedding night in the first place.
