Re: wives and such

i should explain. wife number two and i were very much alike. as a result, we were competitive, and as a result of that, there was a professional competitiveness, a kind of one-up-man's-ship, that developed between us that we could never get beyond.

but to answer you question, for the nonce it's number three.


At 07:45 AM 1/29/03 -0600, you wrote:
Not too well--- Hey Jim what wife # are you on now-- 3 or 4?

Donna
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 07:46:19 -0500
>
> >You two sound well matched!
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 1/29/2003 4:37:44 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT-Reverse sexism< Ms. Mrs.
> >>
> >> when someone asked my second wife why we had different last names if we
> >> were really married, she said it was because we had different fathers.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At 08:34 PM 1/28/03 -0800, you wrote:
> >> >OK- I have to put in my 2 cents here. I have never, ever understood the
> >> >Mrs. thing- why would a woman's title change just because she got
> >married.
> >> >My vote is that everyone is Ms. - married or not. This reflects gender
> >> >(just as Mr. does) not marital status. I am married, and still use Ms.
> >I
> >> >absolutely hate is when I get mail addressed to Mrs. John Witt.- who the
> >> >heck is that? My name is Theresa.
> >> >I love my husband, but I am my own person- not some appendage.
> >> >
> >> >Theresa
> >> >
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
> >> >Behalf Of Pamela J. Evans
> >> >Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:36 PM
> >> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT-Reverse sexism?!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >People call me Mrs. Evans all the time. I tell them Mrs. Evans is my
> >> >mother, not me. When people find out I've never been married, most are
> >> >astounded, even in this day and age. (was engaged twice, it didn't
> >> >"take")
> >> >
> >> >It's amazing, isn't it??
> >> >
> >> >---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> >> >From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
> >> >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> >Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:06:45 -0500
> >> >
> >> > >Jim,
> >> > >I guess what I should have said was that understood their use of the
> >term,
> >> > >but didn't agree with it.
> >> > >
> >> > >I remember in the late 70s a friend of mine, a pilot, lost out on a
> >job to
> >> > >a woman who had a lot less flying time. They said they had to hire
> >women.
> >> > >I don't agree with that. I also had a husband who refused to tip
> >waiters;
> >> > >didn't want to "encourage them to stay in that line of work" because he
> >> > >wanted to be waited on by a cute girl. (I always left the guy a nice
> >big
> >> > >tip)
> >> > >
> >> > >I also resent the refusal to use the title Ms. A salesperson called
> >and
> >> > >referred to me as Mrs. Morrissy, I told her I'm not married and that
> >it was
> >> > >bad form to assume I was. She said she was instructed to use only
> >Mrs. I
> >> > >resent this - as if single people don't count. Then I received a
> >Cemetery
> >> > >service offering through my church, addressed to Kitty Morrissy. All 3
> >> > >pages of the letter described everything offered as being conditioned
> >on
> >> > >the purchase of 2 plots, vaults, urns, whatever. I called to tell them
> >> > >that this is exceptionally rude marketing, and were I interested in
> >such
> >> > >services, I would definitely shop elsewhere.
> >> > >
> >> > >Why don't single people count?
> >> > >
> >> > >Kitty
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >> [Original Message]
> >> > >> From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
> >> > >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> > >> Date: 1/28/2003 4:45:14 PM
> >> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] now plant clubs- Reverse sexism?!
> >> > >>
> >> > >> you're right of course, kitty. but at risk of being a sexist, i
> >think the
> >> > >> women who have carried the torch against sexist behavior by men
> >against
> >> > >> women have cozened the word as their own with only their definition
> >as
> >> > >> acceptable.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> i think that's why when cooler heads [or both sexes] joined the
> >> > >discussion,
> >> > >> reverse sexism came to be used as the other kind.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> At 06:27 AM 1/28/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >> > >> >I have to ask this qstn. The subject line has been bugging me. What
> >do
> >> > >> >you mean by reverse sexism? Being sexist is the same abhorant
> >behavior
> >> > >> >whether it is a preference of male over female or female over male.
> >> > >> >Reverse sexism then would be the opposite; no preference, wouldn't
> >it?
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >Kitty
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >If you have weeds, you don't have enough plants.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >>
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