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About the nail in the electrical socket, if I were your husband's attorney I'd ask you why haven't you, Ms. Plaintiff, baby-proofed your own home? Seems like you are at least as negligent as Mr. Defendant.
Anonymous wrote:My answer is it depends....I have been playing around with simulations of relationships (because of a thread here). The gist of the model is an assumption that everyone wants to pair up. But a certain percentage are jerks, and it might take a while to figure that out. (For example a 1% chance per week). I also assume anyone who is not a jerk is compatible with anyone else.
What software are you using for the simulations, and do you need a co-author?
I think you need a much lower jerk-discovery rate. More like 25 percent per year rather than 50 percent per year. Accomplished jerks are great actors and hide it better especially as they gain life experience. There is also a discontinuity involved--marriage and/or childbirth seem to allow jerks to let their jerk-flag fly because after those events they assume their partner is stuck with them.
In a saner world, it would be Anacostia, East of the River.
Mid-day, according to Google Maps, it's 35 minutes from Baysox Stadium to Union Station (driving Rt. 50). MARC is a 20-22 minute ride from Bowie Station to Union Station (free parking, too, I believe).
Mid-day, according to Google Maps, it's 50 minutes from Ashburn to Union Station. And that route depends on I-66 which isn't available during rush hour unless you HOV. When Metro gets to Loudon County it will be close to 1:15 to take the silver line from Ashburn to downtown DC.
I like Crofton a little better than Bowie, but Bowie is a legitimate place to buy a house, and I have several friends who have advanced degrees, have children, and live in Bowie.
Mid-day, according to Google Maps, it's 50 minutes from Ashburn to Union Station. And that route depends on I-66 which isn't available during rush hour unless you HOV. When Metro gets to Loudon County it will be close to 1:15 to take the silver line from Ashburn to downtown DC.
I like Crofton a little better than Bowie, but Bowie is a legitimate place to buy a house, and I have several friends who have advanced degrees, have children, and live in Bowie.
One reason developers build six bedroom houses is that the marginal cost of a 6 bedroom house, as opposed to 4 bedroom house, is small. There isn't much to those huge houses--just wood and re-manufactured wood. The real cost of the tear-down and McMansion buildup is the land, followed by the permits. Given the scarcity of land, and the big fixed cost of permits, you might as well build as big as possible.
Many of those large houses have apartments in the basement, or in-laws living in the house so there are more than 2 adults in the average McMansion.
Many of those large houses have apartments in the basement, or in-laws living in the house so there are more than 2 adults in the average McMansion.
Flat lots are much more valuable because they are more easily built on when your old house is bought and torn down by a developer.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP: mind if I take a look at your profile?
How do you propose to do that? I'm certainly not going to post a link on here.
I could give you my email address, or my screen name here.
Ok put you screen name on here.
Here you go.
I'd love to date you, OP. I'll be nice, kind, honest, and polite.
I think I said it once, after I'd been married to her for 7 or 8 years.
OP: can I borrow your husband for a few days? My teenager loves that kind of food.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2587223/Whos-daddy-And-old-Children-born-older-fathers-likely-ugly-live-longer.html
So there is no "turning of the tables" because there were no tables to be turned
When I want good science I head right to the UK Daily Mail! Remember, "average" men includes all men who might have children late in life. It includes alcoholics, drug abusers, smokers, men with HIV and STDs, prisoners, coal miners, veterans, and all sorts of other men who are at risk for health problems in middle age and later in life.
Personal data: DW is 5 years younger. She had first child at 40, second at 45. Second child was from IVF. My sperm was tested many times and they told me I had very strong swimmers. The children are both extremely smart, have no health problems, and everyone is always telling us how beautiful the children are.
Anonymous wrote:I am a child of parents with that sort of age difference. The advice I transmit to you from my mother is Do Not Marry Him. They've been married forever. My mom is a sprightly 72 now. My dad is a frail late eighties. Here is what mom had to say:
- know that if you marry him, you will live by his age and by his timeline. You will do things that men his age want to do.
- initially he will try to act young and do young things to please you, but as he grows comfortable, he will revert to his natural behavior, which goes with his age.
- because of the above, you will age prematurely. That is, if you are 30, you will live like a 42-year old.
- by way of a personal anecdote, my dad now requires close supervision and care, and cannot live alone. Mom is going strong and would love more than anything to be with her grandchildren (and adult children), but unfortunately cannot leave dad on his own to stay with us. She resents that very much and says he makes her live an old life.
Short summary: this age gap is fine in the beginning but a very bad deal for the young woman (good deal for the guy, though).
Lesson learned: don't marry a resentful woman. Who is going to care for her when she is in her late 80s and can't live alone?
Thank you OP. Excellent data. This should be useful for anyone in the market for a SFH in NOVA.
Anonymous wrote:Moving a few agencies and their lobbyists out of the Beltway would lower real estate values. It's a little much when this is a million dollars:
That isn't a million dollar house. It's a $750k house that isn't selling at that price.
My definition of an extraordinary men: the guys who killed armed terrorists with their bare hands and then charged the cockpit on United 93. What are their wives like?