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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t let the patriarchy tell you that you can’t have a close emotional bond with your adult sons. The world needs way more emotionally intelligent and empathetic men. [/quote]

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the son is a son until he takes a wife / daughter for life thing comes from patriarchy, including pitting women against one another. be cool with your son's friends, your son's SO's, etc. [/quote]

I know you hate it and have convinced yourself it’s a conspiracy by the patriarchy.

But there are differences between the sexes. One of them is that men tend to form their own family and the wife is in charge of most social planning and the family calendar.  Is it the patriarchy forcing women to do all planning and organizing? Or is it actually a good thing that a wife gets to control the family calendar and what the family does? [/quote]

Nothing to do with patriarchy.

It’s all about women needing to control everything, including hubby’s relationships.

#harshtruth[/quote]

LOL, I love my sipping my coffee and contemplating the fact that this weekend DH is taking my kids up to spend the weekend at his parents’ home in New Jersey, while I have time to see a college friend who is visiting the DC area, and a cousin who is returning home from deployment. DH and the kids will have a great time with my ILs; I didn’t say “no, you can’t go that weekend because I can’t come with you that weekend.” No need to control. They’re going to have fun, and I’m going to have an amazing weekend of enjoying my own company, seeing friends and family, and getting some projects done around the house

But sure, all women need to control everything, including “hubby’s” relationships. ;) [/quote]

You’re living in a bubble. Most American men aren’t taking their kids on trips anywhere unless a woman is included. [/quote]

I guess you just have a weird circle of friends. I know plenty of dads who take their kids camping and stuff and wife stays home for a girls’ weekend or whatever. Did you go to Liberty or something? Where did you go to college/did you go to college? Just trying to get a sense of what peer group you are in where this is remotely odd. Sometimes I stay home with kids while DH goes on a ski trip with his friends; sometimes he takes the kids to see his parents while I have a relaxing weekend. It’s weird that you think that’s odd. All my friends do this kind of thing. Don’t you ever go on a trip with your friends? So sad![/quote]

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