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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, but why’d you run out of gas?[/quote]

Because OP failed to do her job.[/quote]

Right, bcause if society and gender norms dictate that it's safer for the man to do the manly protection jobs, then the woman has to do somehting.

I am saying this because I am angry about how it's actually true, not in this siutation but generally[/quote]

Why are you angry about this?

We have a pretty traditional relationship.  My job is to take care of the kids.  DH does stuff like this.  
 Frankly, and I wouldn’t say this in real life, DH is more expendable than I am right now.  If he dies, it’s incredibly sad, but we kind of move on.  He has a $3 million term life insurance policy.  
If I die, the inside baby dies too, and the other kids would really struggle. 
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I am angry because I would like to be able, in the context of my own marriage, to decide that I am not playing traditional gender norms just because society tells me I have to. If my husband and I agree that I shouldn't be the one to have to do all the traditional tasks of a woman, it seems unfair because those with more conservative approaches get to dictate what I do. 
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Who are these people with “more conservative approaches” dictating to you? How are they doing this?[/quote]

Did you read the subsequent responses?
I live  in a more conservative area and I can 100 tell you I'm the only parent on allowed on the class chat and thus the only one getting info [/quote]

This is pathetically weak.[/quote]

How so?[/quote]

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