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    107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
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    Image of southernbelle southernbelle
    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    That picture is totally going to be on the cover of Angela's wedding bulletin on The Office.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    All the good octogenarians are taken.
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    Image of sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
    01/12/09

    @morninggloria: Those slutty sextagenarians, on the other hand, are a dime a dozen.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    01/12/09

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): But all they want is a piece of poon.
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    Image of AthertonMerriweather AthertonMerriweather
    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    Who needs a husband when you could just hire a nurse...or a poolboy?
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    Image of Bunsen Honeydew Bunsen Honeydew
    01/12/09

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    Something about this bothers me. I mean fair enough, she didn't want to get married before. Good for her. If she suddenly wanted love in her life and companionship, good for her. But to look into getting married basically just to use someone? Hire yourself a care giver. I don't know, if she were a guy this post would have had a very different tone to it. This isn't romantic or cute.
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    01/12/09

    @Bunson.: Granted there are social and cultural differences that might make hiring a caregiver difficult, but my main point is, using people isn't adorable.
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    Image of LindsayC: doctoral hilarity ensues LindsayC: doctoral hilarity ensues
    01/12/09

    @Bunson.: Remember that she's 107 years old. Now think about what kinds of social perceptions and cultural expectations she holds. I imagine she sees a husband as exactly that- a care taker.
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    Image of Natali Wind Natali Wind
    01/12/09

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    I guess this is one of those stories that is supposed to give hope to anyone and everyone...but about her nephews and nieces being too old, does that mean she wants a really young husband?! I mean, if she's expecting her husband to take over caring for her since her nephews and nieces are too old...
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    Image of sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
    01/12/09

    @Natali Wind: What's Chinese for gigolo?
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    Image of Khrushchev Khrushchev
    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    I hate pictures of babies dressed as things other than babies--brides and grooms, cactuses, acorns. Anne Geddes can suck it.


    Good luck to Wang Guiying, though!

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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    01/12/09

    @Khrushchev: Just wanted to point out that the bride-baby has what looks to be a garter on.


    *shudder*

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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    01/12/09

    @terribletwenties aka Aesop's Foibles: Yeah. CHILDHOOD. UR DOIN IT WRONG.
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    Image of Brigit Brigit
    01/12/09

    @Khrushchev: I'm sorry but there is nothing quite as cute as a baby in polar bear footie pjs ... with ears!
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    01/12/09

    @Khrushchev: I think this is my favorite comment ever.
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    Image of Laulau Laulau
    01/12/09

    @Khrushchev: Apparently the mock wedding was something women actually did for fun. Or, at least, my great-grandmother's DAR group mock married my grandfather off when he was a wee thing, so I have to imagine they weren't the only ones to think of it. Just... odd.
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    01/12/09

    @Khrushchev: Yeah, this creeps me the fuck out. And the Anne Geddes stuff gives me a sensation of creeping, numbing wrongness. You know that cold, stomach-plummeting feeling when you realize that you've forgotten something important on a big day, or when you can finally pinpoint something unpleasant that's been hitherto hovering in your periphery?


    That is the sensation of vague horror I get from the Anne Geddes stuff. THEY'RE BABIES. THEY ARE NOT CAULIFLOWERS OR CARNATIONS.

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    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    "The Chinese woman avoided marriage after observing men scold and beat their wives." Perceptive. And sad.
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    01/12/09

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): I fear this will be me one day. :)


    @Khrushchev: Yeah, I don't like that pic either.

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    01/12/09

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): That's what I thought too. Sigh. Reading Jezebel often doesn't paint a positive portrayal of dating in the noughties either. (Not always though)
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    Image of gherkinfiend gherkinfiend
    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: Judging by my dating history, it will take me til I'm 107 to find someone...


    Do the Daily Mail bollock her for delaying her fertility by any wild chance?

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    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: @gherkinfiend: 21st-century voluntary spinsters FTW
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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    01/12/09

    @gherkinfiend: No, but I'm sure in their eyes she is just another selfish bitch who hates men.
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    Image of gherkinfiend gherkinfiend
    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: I love how they used a picture of some white 20-somethings getting hitched to show what this wedding might look like...
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    01/12/09

    @gherkinfiend: Right? ETHNICITY FAIL.
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    Image of MizJenkins MizJenkins
    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: Good thing they explained that the pictures were posed by models! Wheeeeee-yeeeew!! I was like Guiying whatchu been drankin?!!


    :|

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    Image of BearDownCBears BearDownCBears
    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    All the single ladies...all the single ladies...
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    Image of hellosunshine hellosunshine
    01/12/09

    @BearDownCBears: Oh oh ohhhhh oh oh oh oh oh ohhhhhh ohohoh! (I was blaring that on my iPod all morning!)
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    Image of R_Claw R_Claw
    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    I just love that her nieces and nephews are too old to take care of her, priceless.
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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    Better late than never???
    Reading the horror stories on Jezebel has put off dating for quite some time myself...However I have decided to be more open(?) to a relationship this year and acknowledge that not every single male that walks the planet is a date-rapey misogynist douchetard.
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    Image of scullymurphy scullymurphy
    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: DUDE, your avatar ... is killing me. WIN!


    /off topic comment.

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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    01/12/09

    @scullymurphy: Thanks! I made it myself.
    @activearchivist was whistled at by a student while working. WTF.: I am told on a daily basis that I am too young to be such a cynical bitch. I am 30 BTW.
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    Image of dandelionbrowne dandelionbrowne
    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.:


    I made the same decision this year. I know not every man is a misogynist douchetard, but there sure are alot of them out there. It gets tiresome wading through all the crap to find the Wonderdick of Forever.


    What I'm trying to figure out is how to get an awesome nice guy oblivious male friend to fall in love with me and if not, how do I attract more awesome dudes like him.


    it's gonna be a long year.

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    01/12/09

    @dandelionbrowne: Bwahaha! "Wonderdick of Forever" I'm so using that!
    @activearchivist was whistled at by a student while working. WTF.: Oh don't feel bad about that. I think that's the time to be cynical and just have fun rather than taking anything too seriously IMO. I'm still a snarky misanthrope and any man I end up with shall have to put up with that. So I still envisage finding anyone up to my standards taking a few years.
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    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: Seeing as how I'll be on the market again soon... I think it's good that I'm put off from dating for a while, I'm ready for me time! :-)
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    01/12/09

    In reply to 107-Year-Old Woman Begins Husband Hunt
    Has she tried eHarmony?
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    Image of Mr. Mittens (né nodoubt9203) Mr. Mittens (né nodoubt9203)
    01/12/09

    @NefariousNewt: but that's for christians.
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    01/12/09

    @NefariousNewt: Have you read this? It has put me off dating sites for life. I would rather die alone than ever deal with this crap.
    [gawker.com]
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    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: Not that anyone ought to be taking relationship advice from me but I started reading that thread and let me tell you. I've sat through exactly 1.5 bad dates. During what was becoming my second bad date with a rude motherf***er I decided my life was too short for that bullshit and I paid for my meal and walked the f**k out. And if she just had to get laid, she could have taken her fly ass and her sassy hairdo to another bar and met some other dude who wasn't a dicktard and done her thing. OK?! OK.


    PS- Lady, if you're reading this, I say this with love. Really. Hugs!

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    01/12/09

    @Sour Patch Bitch (r.n. spy returns in the spring): Word. Why did she put up with that and then give him another chance by going over to his place and shagging him???
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    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: All a dude has to do is roll his eyes at me once and it is ON. What?!! I don't want to be harsh on her because I'm sure she was probably just feeling kind of down about her prospects, but if she just wanted to get laid, she could've. We're chicks! Come on! Besides, someone who is that big of a douche isn't going to be good anyway.
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    01/12/09

    @Sour Patch Bitch (r.n. spy returns in the spring): This is why we have to remind our friends that they are fabulous at every opportunity. So they don't succumb to stupid stuff like this.
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    Image of gherkinfiend gherkinfiend
    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: My mouth fell so far open reading that last night that I still can't close it properly...
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    01/12/09

    @Sour Patch Bitch (r.n. spy returns in the spring): @Sour Patch Bitch (r.n. spy returns in the spring): Agreed and agreed. Whenever my friends have any doubts about themselves I say you are fucking fabulous and deserve the best.
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    01/12/09

    @gherkinfiend: It's a cautionary tale if ever there was one.
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    01/12/09

    @cuteasabutton's got ham but she's not a hamster.: Seriously. Whenever I doubt myself, I look at these smug, entitled douchetards on the market and realize they have no such concerns about themselves, so why should I?


    For the record, I know some really amazing guys. Most of the ones I know are taken, but it's comforting to know they exist. And if all else fails, kittens motherf***er. There is no shame in being a crazy cat lady.

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    01/12/09

    @Sour Patch Bitch (r.n. spy returns in the spring): Amen to that. Kittehs FTW!
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