June 1st, 2016: 5th Avenue

Clodfobble · 06-04-2016, 06:35 AM

My dad's neighbor's wife of several decades left the guy because he refused to wear a jacket and tie to their daughter's wedding. I'm sure there were more straws on that camel's back, but she drew a line and he called her bluff.

Griff · 06-04-2016, 09:39 AM

When I was a kid the IBMers used to wear white shirts and dark ties to work. Around here middle class attire disappeared with the middle class.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-04-2016, 09:42 AM

Good for him. Good for her. They were a mismatch and I'm sure there were considerable straws prior to that one, on both backs.
Ah, daughter's wedding. Princess's wedding, which carries a young lifetime's baggage of Disney movies, fairy tales, hopes, dreams and distorted reality.
I've known several men to lose perspective, sell their accumulation of dream toys, and/or take on a mortgage guaranteeing a postponed retirement, to blow on one day of overindulgence... praying the marriage will last more than seven years.
A guy at work offered to buy the couple a new car and pay a down payment on the house of their choice, if they would elope. She refused. Six months before he retired, Snowflake moved back in with two children.

06-04-2016, 06:35 AM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My dad's neighbor's wife of several decades left the guy because he refused to wear a jacket and tie to their daughter's wedding. I'm sure there were more straws on that camel's back, but she drew a line and he called her bluff. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-04-2016, 09:39 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	When I was a kid the IBMers used to wear white shirts and dark ties to work. Around here middle class attire disappeared with the middle class. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-04-2016, 09:42 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good for him. Good for her. They were a mismatch and I'm sure there were considerable straws prior to that one, on both backs. Ah, daughter's wedding. Princess's wedding, which carries a young lifetime's baggage of Disney movies, fairy tales, hopes, dreams and distorted reality. I've known several men to lose perspective, sell their accumulation of dream toys, and/or take on a mortgage guaranteeing a postponed retirement, to blow on one day of overindulgence... praying the marriage will last more than seven years. A guy at work offered to buy the couple a new car and pay a down payment on the house of their choice, if they would elope. She refused. Six months before he retired, Snowflake moved back in with two children. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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