Sunday, June 07, 2009

She Wasn't the Only One
Who Wondered About This

'Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.'
--Katherine Hepburn




12 Comments:

At 8:47 PM, Blogger Diane Vogel Ferri said...

Hmmm - I'll only admit to you - don't tell anyone - I've wondered the same thing...

 
At 9:24 PM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

Your secret's safe with me, Diane. Old Kate always was one to say what others only dared to silently think.

 
At 10:16 AM, Anonymous Mike Q said...

When she was in her late 80's and had been widowed for about 10 years, my late mother talked about how she missed having a man around. "Oh, I don't want to sleep with him," she said, "I just want to look on the other side of the room and know he's over there."

 
At 10:38 AM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

I'm just glad that she didn't always (presumably) have that same chaste interest in your dad, or you wouldn't be around to leave us comments.

 
At 11:41 AM, Blogger Michelle O'Neil said...

: )

 
At 11:45 AM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

Come on, Michelle. We'd love to have a little more reaction than that. There are at least a hundred ways to interpret :)

 
At 11:34 AM, Blogger Art Durkee said...

All my women friends and my gay friends agree: The problem is the men.

Of course, that could be a biased report.

 
At 12:37 PM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

There soes seem to be a striking consensus across the culture that males are the problem. Hell, let's just outlaw them.

 
At 1:37 PM, Blogger Art Durkee said...

You first. :)

um, the verification word is: bigenut

 
At 1:39 PM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

You mean I should be outlawed first, or do the outlawing? Those verification words are kind of funny. I'm beginning to think they're not wholly random, but overseen by someone with a wicked sense of humor.

 
At 3:46 AM, Anonymous Donna said...

I don't agree with Ms. Hepburn. I don't think it's the opposite gender thing that makes us sometimes want to sometimes pitch a tent in the backyard and send the other person to live there for a while.

I think it's the pressures of life and the expectations we have of our life partner to make life just a little bit better for us. We can be a little unfair and cranky sometimes.

The allure of living next door and just visiting is the appeal of all more superficial relationships. You are on your best behavior in these situations, because it's easy to be on your best behavior for a few hours.

In lifelong cohabitation we let it all hang out. We should honor the other person for accepting us despite our tendency to hang our dirty socks over the doorknobs or leave 20 pairs of shoes in the vestibule.

 
At 7:38 AM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

When you put it like that, Donna, it's nearly impossible to disagree.

 

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