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    Image of ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox) ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
    12/14/09

    In reply to Women: Yes You Can Hold Out For Your Own Obama
    I cant help but think of the SNL skit where fake John McCain references "this-guy" aka fake Obama from that screen shot. However, Im sure real Obama knows that his "this-guy" is the shit, the cats PJs, the bees knees... I could go on forever.
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    Image of Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
    12/14/09

    In reply to Women: Yes You Can Hold Out For Your Own Obama
    I disagree that everyone deserves their own Obama. The people who deserve it are those who are willing to work at it and ALSO be the spouse they would want to marry, i.e. be as respectful, forgiving, kind and gracious as you want your spouse to be to you. Only when you are willing to be that person as well do you deserve it.
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    Image of Scal Scal
    12/14/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: You're exactly right. Accepting each other's falability is so important.
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    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini promoted this comment Scal was starred Scal was unstarred
    Image of weetziebat weetziebat
    12/14/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Well said!
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    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini promoted this comment weetziebat was starred weetziebat was unstarred
    Image of Cairn Cairn
    12/14/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini:
    I did not like the
    First part, but your overall
    Point is great. Hearted.
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    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini promoted this comment Cairn was starred Cairn was unstarred
    Image of Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
    12/14/09

    @Cairn:
    Random, confusing
    Haiku- I cannot tell if
    You are insulting
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    Image of Cairn Cairn
    12/14/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini:
    Trying not to be.
    I disagreed with your first
    Line, because I think

    That everyone should
    Have a nearly perfect spouse.
    We all deserve one.

    (Whether or not we,
    In truth, DO deserve that spouse---
    If that makes some sense.)

    But, I also think
    That you go on to make a
    Very cogent point.

    Overall I think
    You are completely correct.
    We all have to be

    The spouse we want to
    Have that other person be.
    Tit for tat, you know.
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    12/14/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Right on. These mutually respectful and loving relationships are earned by both parties involved. Although, some people who are willing to put in the work and build that kind of marriage discover too late that their partner is not willing to do the same. And making that wrong choice unknowingly doesn't make you undeserving.
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    Image of jebash jebash
    12/14/09

    @all: Is it just me, or has Jezebel been taken over by gimmicky comment structures? Maybe I'm just not that clever :(
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    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini promoted this comment jebash was starred jebash was unstarred
    Image of mypsychoticself mypsychoticself
    12/14/09

    @Cairn: As Hillel said: what
    is abominable to you,
    don't do to others.
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    Image of thehighshelf thehighshelf
    12/14/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: that's exactly the point, it wasn't, "every one deserve respect except your spouse, treat that one like shit".
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    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini promoted this comment thehighshelf was starred thehighshelf was unstarred
    Image of Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
    12:22 AM

    @jebash:
    Cairn responded to
    My comment in Haiku, so
    I responded in Haiku.

    I am sorry if
    That is obnoxious to you,
    But please don't threadjack.
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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    12/14/09

    In reply to Women: Yes You Can Hold Out For Your Own Obama
    I don't care if it's a spouse or a friend, I HATE it when a guy cuts me off in the middle. I mind it a lot less when it's a woman.
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    Image of Cimorene Cimorene
    12/14/09

    @deeemer: Ditto. It makes me crazy. Usually I just stop talking and give whoever interrupted me The Eye, and stay silent until they ask what's wrong. Then I say, "You interrupted me." And wait until they apologize and feel bad. And then they usually stop doing it.
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    Image of miss.terious miss.terious
    12/14/09

    @deeemer: You know, I feel the same way. I think when a guy cuts me off, I take it as a power play or sign of disregard, when a woman does it I think she's just being overly eager to get something out there.

    My hang-up probably spends from spending my formative (career) years in a firm with all men who didn't really care about what I had to say. Ahh issues. Apparently you're never to old to acquire more!
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    deeemer promoted this comment miss.terious was starred miss.terious was unstarred
    Image of deeemer deeemer
    12/14/09

    @miss.terious: Don't worry. These hang-ups are universal. You don't have to work at a law firm to experience it.
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    Image of miss.terious miss.terious
    02:00 AM

    @deeemer: Nope, in fact mine were acquired in finance! Glad to know I'm not the only one though. The funny thing is, I had *excellent* experiences in school. Always felt I got attention and respect. Then once I starting working, BAM. I actually read "Mars and Venus in the workplace" because I thought I was doing something wrong. Turns out it wasn't me - it was everyone else, but how are you going to tell that to people who are a few dozens rungs ahead of you on the career ladder?
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    Image of katie.scarlett.o'hara katie.scarlett.o'hara
    12/14/09

    In reply to Women: Yes You Can Hold Out For Your Own Obama
    I like them as a couple even more than I do him as politician.
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    Image of scullymurphy scullymurphy
    12/14/09

    In reply to Women: Yes You Can Hold Out For Your Own Obama
    Sometimes I think Michelle should be president.
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    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    12/14/09

    In reply to Women: Yes You Can Hold Out For Your Own Obama
    I think it's kind of sad that seeing a couple with what appears to be a normal, healthy relationship is such a big deal. Is it so rare that people think this is the unattainable?
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    Image of katie.scarlett.o'hara katie.scarlett.o'hara
    12/14/09

    @Tippi Hedren: I honestly can't think of one couple I know personally that's as seemingly functional. Then again, just about every marriage in my family has ended in divorce.
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    Image of odinsraven odinsraven
    12/14/09

    @Tippi Hedren: Right? I don't live in some kind of surreal fairy tale, and yet I have many friends who have found a mate who is kind, respectful, and completely loving. I find it hard to believe that my friends are the only genuinely nice guys in all of North America. I should be playing the lottery.
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    Tippi Hedren promoted this comment odinsraven was starred odinsraven was unstarred
    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    12/14/09

    @odinsraven: I have lots of married friends whose relationships are functional, as is my own. Maybe I just picked the right city.
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    Image of Julia Allison Julia Allison
    12/14/09

    @Tippi Hedren: My parents have a marriage like the Obamas, so I've always thought it was imminently attainable. That said, many people grew up without this as a model. I can't imagine how they would come to learn that it can, in fact, be a reality with all we see in Hollywood and Washington. And I guess Florida, thanks to Mr. Woods and his harem.

    Thank god for the Obamas. Their example will singlehandedly do more for the institution of marriage than a shelf full of self help books and years of family counseling.

    Not that either of those are a bad idea. ;)
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    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    12/14/09

    @Julia Allison: I agree that their marriage is a positive influence. You see, the thing is, I had anything but a positive example of how relationships should be--and still.
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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    12/14/09

    @Julia Allison: Holy crap!!!!!!

    You still exist? And post your thoughts pro bono on Gawker/Jezebel? Insane.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    12/14/09

    In reply to Women: Yes You Can Hold Out For Your Own Obama
    Night after night, I sit by my red phone, waiting for him to call. My love life is a nuclear crisis in the making.
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    Image of JohanPaladin JohanPaladin
    12/14/09

    @andBegorrah: I also wait for Commissioner Gordon to call! This, however, is because I am Adam West Batman.
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    Image of la vie en hypnose la vie en hypnose
    12/14/09

    @andBegorrah: But are you really prepared for that 3am phone call?
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    Image of joiful joiful
    12/14/09

    @andBegorrah: It's 3am and your phone rings...who do you want giving you a booty call?
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    12/14/09

    In reply to Michelle Wants To Go Shopping With Jill • Italy Bans Implants For Girls Under 18
    I don't know why that quote from Michelle cracks me up so much. It sounds like she got sucked into a Sex & the City marathon on TBS, momentarily blanked on alternative forms of interactions between female friends, and wanted to suggest shopping and cosmos with Jill before thinking better of it and just sticking with shopping. Personally, I'd prefer drinks with them, because then I could just pick their brains for hours.
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    12/14/09

    In reply to Michelle Wants To Go Shopping With Jill • Italy Bans Implants For Girls Under 18
    My mom tapes newspaper articles on the bathroom mirror, too. For a while, she was cutting them out of the paper and mailing them to me. She has slowly adapted to the notion of emailing URLs to me instead.

    I should send her this link and go full-circle.
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    Image of whats_in_a_name whats_in_a_name
    12/14/09

    @la.donna.pietra: i'd wait till the next time you'll be at your mom's house, print it out and tape it to the mirror.
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    12/14/09

    In reply to Michelle Wants To Go Shopping With Jill • Italy Bans Implants For Girls Under 18
    Michele and Jill look like they are hatching some sort of nefarious plan in that picture.
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    Image of Scout Scout
    12/14/09

    In reply to Michelle Wants To Go Shopping With Jill • Italy Bans Implants For Girls Under 18
    ugh, I can already imagine all the "illegal" breast augmentations that are going to take place so, nice job ITALY, for making it even MORE unsafe.

    stupid.
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    Image of shantidevi shantidevi
    12/14/09

    @Scout: Less safe? What do you mean?

    Didn't you hear that Mr. Berlusconi has generously offered to sign off on the augmentations of women under 18? Of course, he'll need to personally inspect her breasts first... just to make sure she understands the risks, of course.
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    Scout promoted this comment shantidevi was starred shantidevi was unstarred
    Image of Scout Scout
    12/14/09

    @shantidevi: ah, see, now that tidbit of (hilariously false) information makes me see things in a new light!
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    Image of BetteD BetteD
    12/14/09

    In reply to Bo Reduces Michelle & Oprah To Baby Talk
    Damn you Bo and your eternally tuxedoed floofiness and ability to reduce two of the world's most powerful women to baby talk!

    On the real tip, though, Bo is adorable.
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    Image of anonanimal anonanimal
    12/14/09

    @BetteD: At first I thought the red part of his little bells was a bow tie. I would have liked it more if it ended being that instead. ADORABLE
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    Image of Zulkey Zulkey
    12/14/09

    In reply to Bo Reduces Michelle & Oprah To Baby Talk
    I watched it twice, so help me god.
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    Image of Cimorene Cimorene
    12/14/09

    In reply to Bo Reduces Michelle & Oprah To Baby Talk
    Oh my god that shit is so amazing.

    I'm sending this to my mom. How could this not convert a republican to loving the Obamas? LOOK AT THAT DOG!!
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    Image of Zulkey Zulkey
    12/14/09

    @Cimorene: I totes sent it to my parents too. My dad can't hate a dog-loving White Sox fan
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    Image of Mrs. Stephen Fry Mrs. Stephen Fry
    12/14/09

    In reply to Bo Reduces Michelle & Oprah To Baby Talk
    I love, love, love Bo.
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