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Love Speaks - September 2006

"My wife earns more money than me!"

September 20th 2006 03:46
Gone are the days where women either are housewives in charge of all the family affairs or are holding some low-paid, low-position job in a company dominated by men. Today(and many years before that!), more and more women are emerging into high positions in the workplace, and even outdoing their male counterparts. No longer are they dependent on their husbands for income to survive and provide bread for the family....today, they're more independent as ever, aggressive (maybe?), opinionated and speaks their own minds!

So, with all these changes....sometimes it makes us wonder, does it affect the men in any way at all to see their better halves coming home with more bread, yet at the same time running the household, being in charge of everything and basically being the decision maker? Do they feel excited and proud that their wives are independent women with a mind of their own, as oppossed to one that follows their every command? Do they feel that a big burden has been taken off them, now that there's someone else who's helping him to bring income back home to feed tha family? Or.....do they feel threatened that they're losing their place as the man of the house, and that there's someone else who's more powerful and influential than them.....plus the fact that that someone is their wife, a women...and she earns maybe twice more



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Chick Lits written by male authors....

September 14th 2006 13:30
Yeah, so I was just blogging about the possibilities of having a 'dude lit' around before....something for the guys to read so they'll understand women better. Coincidentally, I happened to be reading a chick lit written by a male author ar the moment. Funny thing though...I didn't realise it until today, when I'm like halfway through the book!

The book is called 'Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys', written by Eric Garcia. You must be wondering how on earth can I not know that it was written by a guy, when the name is so obvious! Honestly, I was attracted to the name Garcia (was thinking about Adam Garcia from Coyote Ugly), that's why it failed to occur to me that Eric=male/guy



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Affairs of the heart

September 13th 2006 02:40
We've heard of married couple having affairs outside their marraiges. Husband having an affair with his secretary, wife hooking up with the family gardener (ok, maybe this is too desperate housewives), husband and/or wife flirting dangerously with that gorgeous and young work mate, which leads on to a steamy relationship (or not).

And so, sometimes it makes us wonder....why do they do these things when they're suppossedly in a loving til-death-do-us-part relationship/marriage? Is it the thrill of the chase? Like when in high school, the harder it was to hook up with the most popular girl in school, the more determined you are to get her in the end? Or, is it more of an ego thingy? Sort of like a mid-life crisis maybe...when you feel that age is catching up on you, and suddenly the prospect of someone younger than you, who is physically attracted to you turns you on and gives you that confidence that maybe you're still attractive after all these years and wrinkles! Or....maybe you're just bored with your marriage now, when things with your partner are like a routine...there's no spark and excitement anymore


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The new age sensitive men in the making!~

September 11th 2006 03:30
I read once from a friend's blog, that she had been literally feeding her then 7-year old baby brother with fairy tales and love stories....think Disney's 'The Ice Princess', 'Pocahontas' and the like. It got me really intrigue and so I asked her...."aren't those shows for cute, little girls coz you know, boys are more of 'Transformers' and 'X-men' (or whatever it is that little boys are waching now!) people. Her reply really surprised me....

"I'm trying to form my baby brother to be a sensitive guy/men when he grows up. One that will understand girls/women and stuff down all that cool, egoistic attitude and will protect women and their rights. And what better way than to let him watch princessy fairy tales about love!". Righttt. This is a new for me. On one hand, it might be a good idea and her plan will work like a charm (her new age sensitive baby brother in the making)....but then I still think that he needs to be exposed to more guy movies just to give it a right balance you know. I'm just concerned that what with all those girly movies, he'd turn out to be too much of a softie (or gay - forgive me for saying this!)...or - a total wimp! While it can be argued that it does not have to be that way....he might turn out to be somewhat of a metrosexual man (think, pink polo shirts and great skin), but can we be really sure of that, though


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Honey, let's move in together!

September 8th 2006 14:20
Cohabitation. You know, it’s when you stay together with your other halves under the same roof, yet you’re not exactly legally married….yet! Or, better yet, it’s something most of our conservative parents today would define as ‘living in sin’. Now, someone tell me again….why is this called living in sin?!

Looking at this from a high cultured (Asian - excuse the pun!) point of view, it has always been a tradition that couples should stay with their parents while they are dating and can only move in with their partners after they are legally married. This equates to us, the younger and more hip generation, showing some form of respect to our elders and to ourselves


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Falling in love with your best friend~

September 7th 2006 11:20
Imagine this scene: Boy and girl practically grew up together, making them childhood friends and best friends. As they matured, the bond grew stronger, making them rely on each other’s existence to survive in this world and for support etc. etc. Then, fate happens (in their terms); they fall in love during those tender teenage years of high school (think, Dawson and Joey from Dawson’s Creek).

So, the question here is, should they give in to their romantic feelings and say, leave their days of being best friends and brace the possibilities of going steady


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Chick Lit rules!

September 6th 2006 13:39
I used to think that chick lits were stories of fiction about young, successful women in their 30s, with a high-flying career and lived in that superb and posh New York apartment smacked right in the middle of the CBD or one of the few wealthy suburbs. They seem to have everything going for them in life….well, almost everything except their love lives. To me, these women are disastrous when it comes to relationships. Not only do they find it difficult (as in rocket science difficult) to keep the flame of their relationships burning, they’re extremely afraid of the C-word as well (C for commitment?!). I guess I was thinking more in terms of the drama/sitcom Ally McBeal when I heard of the existence of such novels.

I did not bother much about giving these a try, because at that time they’re like any other normal romance novels anyway. Not until recently though (out of curiosity and sheer boredom), that I decided to give Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholics series a try. Not bothering to find out the order of her books, I picked the one that seemed the most interesting (something that is ME – a hopeless romantic!), judging from the summary at the back cover. And so, I discovered Shopaholic Ties the Knot!
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But love is all about giving, isn't it?

September 5th 2006 15:20
A friend of mine once told me, “I’ll only give 80% of my heart and soul to my husband. The remaining 20% - it’s all mine to keep and protect myself”. “Protect yourself? Against what?” I asked. “So that in case anything should happen to me, I can be assured that I won’t be shattered to pieces. I need to be strong for both myself and my daughter, you know”, she replied.

So, how much should women give to our partners? Where were the days when love was as simple as ‘when you’ve met the right man, you’ll give your all to him? After all, you’re his for the rest of your life


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Love is floating around the cyberspace

September 4th 2006 13:44
There seems to be a lot of people meeting their potential and future partners from the Internet over the past couple of years. I guess this phenomenon is happening thanks to the rise of the new age generation, where people rely heavily on computers....from getting their tasks done....to socializing and meeting people....and surprise surprise....even baby boomers are catching up on this trend!!!

So, the question here is how real can online relationships get? Oh, you know, the ones that blossoms out from those endless heart-racing conversations that 2 people share over internet chatrooms and instant messengers (think, MSN & Yahoo! Messenger). And so, boy and girl logs on with their online nicknames (names like ShopGaL23 or LoverBoy2U, get the picture?). Boy chats girl up, they both spend endless nights (and days) chatting over the Internet and *BAM* - a ‘relationship’ begins


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