The 10 Things You Don't Know About Women section pissed me off a bit. Actress, Andrea Savage was featured. Some of her things were O.K.,
"Murdering someone because he snores should be admissible in a court of law."
but the first one, the one she started with, really got me mad.
"Wedding rings need to be sparkly to remind us not to have sex with other people."
Now, I love sparkly as much as anyone, but that comment is simply bull-shit. I'm sure she was trying to be funny or witty or clever but it comes off as stupid.
It sounds like women are a commodity to be bought (hey, wedding dresses do often resemble gift wrapped packages) and that expensive, shiny things are what keep woman happy. You want to shower me with loose diamonds? Great. Just know that you can't buy my love that way. That takes work. Constant work.
Women will be happy when they do what they need to in order to have happy lives.
People cheat for various reasons, including the thrill of getting caught. No amount of diamonds will stop that.
Sparkly things are just the frosting on the cake of life. And there is no need to wait for a man to frost it. Frost it your damn self.
14 comments:
Hell yeah! I agree.
That's why holidays like Valentine's Day really piss me off. Basically it gives companies the opportunity to support the totally bs idea that women are to be bought. And likewise that what women want is sparkly, pretty, utterly useless crap.
I don't really like frostng, or diamonds. It's a stereotype about married women that really pisses me off.
I don't really like frostng, or diamonds. It's a stereotype about married women that really pisses me off.
i am a bad person. i like sparkly, pretty, utterly useless crap.
but i am not a bad person because i just get them myself.
and... i frosted myself twice today already.
that kind of attitude has always pissed me off. I also don't really care for diamonds, I like the colored stones better, and I have always gotten my own if I wanted them. We are not all materialistic bitches who need to be showered with useless gifts.
The sentiment in that article is annoying, but your title made me giggle.
I love frosting. And shiny. And sparkly. And my husband? Could care less about shiny or sparkly, though he does enjoy a good homemade frosting, hee hee. But I am a firm believe in taking care of my own bling needs my damned self.
Ditto on what all the previous commenters said. I can frost myself just fine.
"Murdering someone because he snores should be admissible in a court of law."?!?!?! <<— (wo! massive interrobang, dood!)
remind me never to allow you or andrea savage into my domicile past my curfew. like anyone can help the throw of the genetic dice that means they snore. sheesh.
nice article...!
happy blogging,
Titanium|White Gold|Wedding Bands
What? Women aren't chattel? Shit. You mean I have to rethink everything society taught me as I was growing up?!
Oddly enough, several years ago I read an article in Esquire about real life in the ER. They had a picture of a woman that caught her wedding ring on a chain-linked fence as she fell. (She had tried to stop her fall by grabbing on to the fence.) She ripped her finger off...but the finger was was still attached to her hand by a tenon that was stretched out a couple of inches.
I've had a phobia about wearing rings ever since, and don't plan to if I every marry. Take that, Andrea Savage!
Shit. I better go get all the gunk out of Stephanie's ring to sparkle it up before Fountains of Wayne come back to town and she throws her card on stage. Whoops too late, better try just being a good husband...
-Stu
lilac: Well said.
anon/cami: Both of you are right.
holly: Glad to hear that you are continuing to frost yourself on a regular basis.
mie: Again, well said!
milton: giggling is good.
shana: Exactly
cafe: ! and your still in the honeymoon phase!!
faddah: But I'm sure andrea would kill you in a very nice way.
pat: Thanks. and I will let you leave in your link because I am feeling nice today.
will: Well, sometimes we like to be used as objects, but not all the time.
Neva: ARRRRHGHHHHHHHH! Yuck! That's the reason I picked an engagement ring that is flat (no prongs sticking up) too many cuts on my face and such.
Stu: Oh please, she is soooooooooooooooooooooooo smitten with you it disgusts me! ;)
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