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03-23-2012, 02:18 PM
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One more thing. She can talk about her Momma, feel free to agree but don't contribute anything extra or you will be in the dog house sooner or later. Women store those kind of things in a special file in there brain so they can bring them up in a future argument.
Trust me your future mother-in-law can't be as bat-*** crazy as mine.
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03-23-2012, 02:34 PM
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muddlin'
Join Date: Aug 1997
Location: Bethesda, MD
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG E
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Trust me your future mother-in-law can't be as bat-*** crazy as mine.
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care to put money on that? 
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03-23-2012, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Ted
care to put money on that? |
I want in on this pool.
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03-23-2012, 03:03 PM
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Welcome to Thunderdome
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Irish Channel
Age: 31
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I want in on this bet. I will win, no doubt.
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“We are not spared dark nights. They are clearly necessary, so that we can learn through suffering, so that we can acquire freedom and maturity and above all else a capacity for sympathy with others.” Pope Benedict XVI
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03-23-2012, 03:08 PM
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Welcome to Thunderdome
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Irish Channel
Age: 31
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As to the OP, the fact that you are asking for advice now is a sign that you are already headed in the right direction.
Humility and patience are two things that will help you. Die to self as much as you can. Don't keep score. Marriage isn't a give and take thing. It's a give thing. Love your wife even when you don't feel like it. In the end, you will have a happy relationship and you will get laid more often.
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“We are not spared dark nights. They are clearly necessary, so that we can learn through suffering, so that we can acquire freedom and maturity and above all else a capacity for sympathy with others.” Pope Benedict XVI
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03-23-2012, 03:16 PM
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hard, pipe-hittin'
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 19,920
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Marry somebody else. Ten years from now.
And my in-laws aren't the problem.
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03-23-2012, 03:19 PM
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Disrespectful to dirt
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Just wanted to add another plug for separate checking accounts.
We never merged our accounts, although we did add each other's name to both accounts so that each of us can access the other's if needed, but, on a daily basis, we keep it separate. I pay for the major expenses (house, power, cable, etc) she pays for groceries and stuff for the kids, and we each pay for our own "incidentals." I can't recommmend it strongly enough, especially if, as someone else said, you differ in how you manage your money. My wife diligently balances her checkbook everytime she does anything - I've never made a single entry, just track everything online. We'd go insane trying to keep it all straight.
And it saves us from the fight over how much you spent on drinks with the boys, or what she spent on shoes.
Frankly, it was as much her idea as mine - she wanted to have a measure of financial independence in case I took off with a 24 year old paralegal. 
Requires a high degree of trust, though. We make sure to check in with each other every so often to make sure the other hasnt gone into the red, etc.
At the very least, make sure you have at least one separate credit card, to use as a slush fu-, um, to use in emergencies.
P.S. I hit the Mother In Law lottery. She takes my side in almost everything, and treats me like a king when we visit. It makes my wife crazy.
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03-23-2012, 05:44 PM
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Fleur-de-lis underwear
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Helotes, TX via Lafayette, NOLA, Australia, Japan, Florida, Colorado
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I know what happen to Rosemary's Baby...she's my mother-in-law....
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03-23-2012, 05:50 PM
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party lamp
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Section 537
Age: 42
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sparkle
At the very least, make sure you have at least one separate credit card, to use as a slush fu-, um, to use in emergencies.
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Heh, this.
We do the separate accounts (plus a joint account), too. And we keep joint credit cards for joint travel, groceries, etc - that way either of us can pay for joint expenses and we're both responsible.
But having that separate credit card is key for your own incidentals emergencies for sure.
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QED, just sayin'
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03-23-2012, 06:00 PM
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Always Start Simple
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Age: 39
Posts: 14,042
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Two TV's...
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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
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03-23-2012, 06:04 PM
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hard, pipe-hittin'
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 19,920
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sparkle
P.S. I hit the Mother In Law lottery. She takes my side in almost everything, and treats me like a king when we visit. It makes my wife crazy.
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+1. My mother-in-law is great. And my father-in-law took my wife aside last year and told her she ought to be treating me better. And they don't drink hard liquor, but they've started to buy the stuff on their own and keep their house stocked (Knob Creek, Grey Goose) for when I come over.
You can't beat that.
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03-23-2012, 06:04 PM
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Sec117 Row26
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Age: 36
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If you have an argument/disagreement/etc, go ahead and say what you have to say, civilly... give it a little bit, but that same day, before you go to bed, apologize.
Even if, especially if, you are right.
Most women get emotional and will not admit they are wrong in the heat of the battle.
But MOST women, like most people, have a conscience. If they have time to cool off and realize they were in the wrong, you apologizing first makes more of a difference than allowing her to come apologize to you first.
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03-23-2012, 06:17 PM
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Tasty
Join Date: Feb 1998
Age: 54
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Make sure you are equally yoked. When that fails nod and smile.
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03-23-2012, 07:29 PM
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ALL-MADDEN TEAM
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Pearl River, LA
Age: 61
Posts: 2,074
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Never hit her. In our early years (coming up on 38 years) she pushed my buttons hard, but I broke lamps, dented walls, but never hit her. I seriously think our marriage worked due to not having any kids. Make sure you makeup where you sleep in the same bed every night. We was married for 15 years, before we ever spent a night apart and this was due to work not a fight. Don't cheat!!!!
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03-23-2012, 10:18 PM
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Suck It Goodell
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Baton Rouge
Posts: 1,481
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Bullet to brain 
Or much Xanax with liquor - its like the rusian roulette
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