tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2774375051216838408..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Housewives and Mothers, Desperately Seeking LiberationStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59460833730589144582012-07-27T09:17:11.646-07:002012-07-27T09:17:11.646-07:00Forced sterilization. Seriously. Else we'll al...Forced sterilization. Seriously. Else we'll all die of oversilliness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-45628468948617493602012-07-16T05:41:05.391-07:002012-07-16T05:41:05.391-07:00Good point... it's very difficult to unring th...Good point... it's very difficult to unring the bell... and I am sure that you are right about their pleasure circuits... I suspect that it goes something like this: people are depressed, they suffer from a diminished ability to experience pleasure, they require more stimulation and more thrills.... and then they decide to settle down and give it all up. Then they discover that it's not so easy.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-66507268846408476412012-07-15T15:51:32.299-07:002012-07-15T15:51:32.299-07:00I suspect that the drugs, alcohol, and lack of gra...I suspect that the drugs, alcohol, and lack of gratification-delay have blown out their pleasure circuits to some extent, and normal pleasures don't quite meet the challenge. It's the harvest of a crop sown years ago.<br /><br />They likely are unhappy. They hoped that they could set the dial back down to zero and get used to a new life. But the dial stuck on 5, only scaling back a little each year, and they seek more of what got them here to get by.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-31764285217383355262012-07-14T17:22:46.728-07:002012-07-14T17:22:46.728-07:00This isn't about femInism. These women are ju...This isn't about femInism. These women are just drunken sluts who are reverting to their premarital habits. Why the guys I went to school with and worked with divide women into girls you date or hook up with and wife material. Personally, I feel sorry for their kids as their husbands at least were adults who chose their spouse.Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-606833829555391842012-07-14T15:13:36.911-07:002012-07-14T15:13:36.911-07:00I suppose you have to have a sense of who you are?...I suppose you have to have a sense of who you are? And be able to transcend boredom. My mother had 5 kids, we each were given a small garden plot when we got to be about 4-5 years old- with flowers to grow & then pick & put in a vase on the dinner table. I was taught to hem a handkerchief by hand when I was about 7. (I'm not sure what the boy's equivalent was)<br />Mom was a portrait artist, and the defining phrase of her life was "Oh! Look!" ..at sunsets, interesting people, pets, landscapes, paintings in museums... We had a library full of books - wneh we were cranky & bored in the summer, we were told, "Oh, for heaven's sake, Go Read!" We were disciplined throughout our childhood to have what you might call an "interior" life of the mind, as well as our "public" life. <br /><br />Consequently, not only can I hem a handkerchief, but I am NEVER bored- even when I am in a.... really boring situation.<br /><br />Thanks, MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-82878867346937327302012-07-14T09:09:28.537-07:002012-07-14T09:09:28.537-07:00Is this any different from the Rolling Stones'...Is this any different from the Rolling Stones' "Mothers Little Helper"?<br /><br />Or more to the point, any different from Prov 14:1b?DrTorchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14566567452146958872012-07-12T06:07:47.607-07:002012-07-12T06:07:47.607-07:00JP,
I would suggest that you mark off an hour or ...JP,<br /><br />I would suggest that you mark off an hour or two of your day that can be used to indulge in things that interest you. Life is only boring if one makes it that way. It may be hard to see when you are in the "arena," but there is a lot to be enjoyed.<br />Any of us who have worked at jobs we did not particularly enjoy know the feeling, but there is joy just being the best you can be and ensuring your family does well. Don't be like these selfish women depicted above.<br />I used to have what I called "My Brag Room" Whenever I got to thinking about the problems of life I would go in there and just look at the walls. The walls contained all the awards I have received, degrees I have earned, the professional certifications, pictures of people I have worked with and performed with as well. Looking at them reminded me that life has been good to me and still is for that matter.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-67081575500796463272012-07-11T15:11:32.175-07:002012-07-11T15:11:32.175-07:00JP:
I'm surprised you do not resort to "...JP:<br /><br />I'm surprised you do not resort to "sex, drugs, and rock and roll." This describes the preeminent trifecta of outlets by which individuals escape reality, if only for a moment, thereby relieving their boredom.<br /><br />What keeps you from running amuck or simply engaging in the involuntary exploitation of others? I will assume that you are capable of these actions, but willfully avoid doing so.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-55382995221094116452012-07-11T14:31:55.877-07:002012-07-11T14:31:55.877-07:00Adulthood is all about loss and oppression.
Life ...Adulthood is all about loss and oppression.<br /><br />Life as a kid is easy and fun. You're young with a tremendous amount of potential.<br /><br />Then you enter adulthood and the working world where you learn that life is kind of like a prison where you have to do all kinds of things that have no meaning to you other than enabling life to go on and for you to live another day.<br /><br />And I never really lived in defiance of society's rules. I was never into sex, drugs, and rock and roll.<br /><br />It's just that adulthood is painfully boring.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-61155022079476294262012-07-11T11:16:31.180-07:002012-07-11T11:16:31.180-07:00as my wife likes to say:
"it's the child...as my wife likes to say:<br /><br />"it's the childrens' familes,<br />as much as it's the schools. more so really." <br /><br />so these are the mothers of the "dumbed down kids"??<br /><br />sounds like a pattern.<br /><br />-shoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com