Merry Generic Winter Day-Off With No Religious Content

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by nononono
Even if they ask for it (correction on these matters in general)? And assuming you are correct, then I need new advice: how do I stand it? Maybe minimizing the relating of anything that could be misconstrued as ironic is the key. Avoid and bury.

If they are a friend, just correct them straight out.

If they appear hurt, console them.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I'm not quite sure what you are getting at. I had plenty of bad sex during my marriage. I would have preferred to not have had sex at all.

I think the point was, if you had preferred no sex to bad sex it would seem, and maybe I am naive, that the "no" part was in your control.

Personally I would take almost any sex (with living conscious women of legal age and capacity) over no sex, so I likely would never find myself in the above dilemma, but I am easy.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I agree. The pregnant sex was awful. But maybe that was just because I was still married.

I was always worried about poking my son in the eye.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I think the point was, if you had preferred no sex to bad sex it would seem, and maybe I am naive, that the "no" part was in your control.

Personally I would take almost any sex (with living conscious women of legal age and capacity) over no sex, so I likely would never find myself in the above dilemma, but I am easy.

Ah. I see your point.

Every x number of times, I think "I have to do this, so that he'll leave me alone for a while."

Eventually, I got divorced.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I don't want to be redundant.

That ship sailed years ago.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I just lie. "My name? LaToya." (Sometimes my fake name is Fenestra.)

I was recently on a plane seated next to a guy who asked me what I did for a living. I told him I was an attorney.

"Wow," he said, "You're smart. That's really sexy. Men dig smart girls, you know."

To which I replied "Really? Then why'd I pay all this money for these new tits?"

So what'd he say?

[Sparklehorse]

Does anybody here have any experience with eBay disputes?

Last month, I bought a 3 quart saucier on eBay. It was a gift for me but I did the actual purchasing. The pan came in a box marked as a 3 quart pan. It looked sort of small to me but I didn't think much about it because sauciers are wide pans. The other day, I discovered that the pan only holds 2 quarts of liquid. I emailed the seller but so far haven't heard back.

Do I have to suck it or is it worth trying to pursue? I am thinking of a credit for the difference between the cost of a 2 quart pan versus a 3 quart, since I've been using the pan for a month.

[dtb]

Originally posted by andViolins
peanut butter and fluff?

aV

You missed the part about "any sandwich worth eating..."

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by nononono
Let me repeat: I have been asked to do this.

Well, if the person being corrected has expressly asked for correction (I missed that part), you can say "I think you mean ____, don't you? 'Irony' is pretty limited, and really only means [a disjunction between what is said and what is meant, the appearance of a situation and the truth, or the intent of an action and its outcome - or however you want to define it]."

Don't do it in front of others - wait until she uses it with you alone, or talk to her alone later and say "I didn't want to say anything in front of the others, since I'm sure they didn't notice anyway, but since you asked me to help you improve your vocab & pronunciation, I figured ..."

BR(noting for the record that a pretense of ignorance used to expose the true ignorance of another is the classic example of Socratic irony ... so my methods are really teaching by example)C

eta:Yes, TM, our planes of existence surely don't overlap at all, but, even though you have now asked, I will only correct you if there is still something you can immediately do about it to save further embarassment. I'll tell you about the spinach in your teeth and the t.p. on your shoe, but not about your mismatched socks and '70s porn star 'stache. Bad grammar usually falls into the category of "nothing to be done about it," because once it's been said, the damage is done.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Damn GGG to hell.

Is it the discussion of Preggo sex you object to, or the discussion of Penske sex?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Ah. I see your point.

Every x number of times, I think "I have to do this, so that he'll leave me alone for a while."

Eventually, I got divorced.

Got it. Makes sense, although, in contrast to that approach, I find it shocking the number of married couples with whom I am aquainted who have sexual relations with each other less than say 6 times a year.....and are also not getting it on the side. And are only in their mid 30s.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I was always worried about poking my son in the eye.

I had that happen.....I apologised and moved on, although some people find it hard to apologise. No pun intended.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I had that happen.....I apologised and moved on, although some people find it hard to apologise. No pun intended.

Come on now, a good cervix is tougher than that.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Got it. Makes sense, although, in contrast to that approach, I find it shocking the number of married couples with whom I am aquainted who have sexual relations with each other less than say 6 times a year.....and are also not getting it on the side. And are only in their mid 30s.

Do you interview them separately to determine this? Because I know couples where I could have this conversation with one party or the other, but not many where I could have the conversation with both halves.

Then again, I am shy that way.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Is it the discussion of Preggo sex you object to, or the discussion of Penske sex?

At this point is it possible to mutually exclude them?