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'Til Tech Do Us Part
WSJdpatton writes "Marriage often requires coping with the loss of some individuality, whether it's adopting a spouse's last name or setting up a joint bank account. Now, some couples say it can be equally tricky to navigate intimacy in the digital sides of their lives. They are running into thorny questions regarding how much to share and how much to keep separate in areas ranging from email addresses to online calendars.
For some young newlyweds, this means a debate over whether to combine their blogs. Longtime spouses, meanwhile, say perennial arguments about who has more closet space are now joined by bickering over which TV shows get deleted to make room on the TiVo."
Get a fucking life. In the end, I don't know a married man on earth who hasn't been completely pussy-whipped. If you get married, your wife will own you; it's that fucking simple. End of story.
Amen!
/gf.
Man I hate when my finance deletes stuff off the Replay before I get a chance to watch it.
Trust me this was around a 6 month battle, culminating in me telling her that if she didn't respect my Replay shows, I would remove all her Days of our lives and she would never get to find out what happened to Luke and boe or JR and Henry or who ever the hell is screwing the other ones wife
"I am root damn it!! quit erasing my shows!"
Trust me she got the point...
DP
"(I) have this unfortunate condition that causes me not to believe a single thing any politician says when a mic's on.
A buddy of mine, when he and his girlfriend split, the biggest argument was how to split the WoW crap that they had accumulated. When my girlfriend eventually corners me into marriage I'm going to insist that we register at Fry's
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
Like my DNS cares if it needs to forward two A records to the same number.
Support Eachother, Copy Dutch Property!
If you're in a solid relationship, then you and your partner should have no problem sharing everything.
If you're a guy, let your wife know that you like to masturbate to bukkake photos online. In return, she can masturbate to photos of well-hung men of various other racial groups.
Furthermore, if you're a guy, let your wife know that you send raunchy emails to your secretary from a rather anonymous Hotmail account. And your wife will tell you about how she and her friends from the spa exchange pictures of their husbands' cocks on a phpBB forum they set up.
So in the end, everyone is open with what they do and what they like. There are no secrets. And your marriage is strong, just because everything is in the open.
Relationships will seek a way to interfere with any medium that falls into their domain, be it technological or otherwise.
Solution 1)
You are the nerd, she is the clueless noob. She idolises your power. You win.
Solution 2)
You are equally technologically savvy. You declare yourself root, lock down the network. She is a mere user. You win.
Solution 3)
You both give up all technology and move to a hut, farming and tending vegetables. All is bliss. Soon, you start to argue about how to plant the carrots and who milks the goat.
(but sometimes I wonder why anyone would marry a vi person anyway)
Bosco
This guy's the limit!
Indeed, this is slashdot, no one here has a girlfriend, let a lone a wife.
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
Is this really that hard people? This sounds like an author in search of a problem to write about.
Look, if the average person out there had basic problem-solving skills, many of us would be out of work... : p
This guy's the limit!
"Man I hate when my finance deletes stuff off the Replay before I get a chance to watch it."
So what ever happen to the age-old problem of leaving the toilet seat up or down? Surely this is still a pressing matter in relationships today, no? And for all those who have had that argument with their better half you can tell them that it is a unisex toilet and who said the default position is down?
But, obviously, that will get you no where. I have yet to meet male that has won that argument. I guess mostly because of the time-tested, ancient Chinese proverb that says, "Man who fight with wife during day has no piece at night"
Ahh the toilet seat issue..
Actually interesting enough on that issue the two warring parties have met and decided on a mutual peace accord. Since both parties would not concede defeat, nor recognize the others principles as better or right to existence, it was issued that the only logical step was to cease warring on this matter, lay down arms & establish normal trade relations until broken by either party.
Almost 5 years now and the peace accord has held.
"(I) have this unfortunate condition that causes me not to believe a single thing any politician says when a mic's on.
This from a user whose id is "SPLATTER" lol
No you want a good fight? remove the toilet and install an automatic bidet/toilet without telling her.
the first time she get's that unexpected squirt you will hear the scream from the garage. It's hard though to say "i'm sorry dear, I though I told you.", when you have a huge grin on your face.
Ahh, the practical jokes on each other makes the marriage more enjoyable. She scotchguarded all the towels one morning. get out of the shower and cant dry off with any of the towels as they repel water. That one was genius.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
You'll have that sometimes...
By george, I think I'll construct a small house outside just for pooing, I'll call it, an outhouse !
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.