I got "invited" to hike.

“Stickmon and cottonsocks obviously organized a little dayhike for Sunday and on the way home last night she "invited" me to go along.


Gee, I don't know darlin, the playoffs are on Sunday.”

“Not another "NFL dilemma"?!?”

“[snicker] ;)”

“Is football more important to you than doing things with cottonsocks?”

“If it's any consolation, cottonsocks is probably safe in the woods with stikmon...







...given that I bet she could take him in a fair fight.”

“I am so glad I have all you guys to learn from. Married life seems very interesting, I'm almost looking forward to it.”

“Chili, you can go Sunday. The Titans play Sat night”

“Marraige is good, it's the divorces that suck so bad and are so damn expensive.”

“don't do it, that is all I am saying.”

“umm did you ever think that you were being "setup"?

might want to re-think that hike!

if bacpac askes you to go hunting and cottonsocks says it's a good idea RUN”

“LOL Ewker...I gotta at least try it once! But what I can't decide on...a backpacking wife or a non-backpacking wife?”

“Dub, marriage isn't something you try, food is”

“marriage should be really hard to get into but easy to get out of instead of the other way around”

“Dub, definately go with the backpacking wife.

Ewker, thanks, that should clear up the Sunday calendar.

Bitpusher, that's how I had it figured as well.”

“Wow, you get a choice! I always just take what I can get.”

“Yeah, it seems like the whole dang world is bass ackwards sometimes don't it.”

“Correction Ewker. The Titans play their FINAL game Staurday night.”

“Arky, how is the hip?”

“Hips are hanging in. My surgery has been rescheduled on 1/23/04. May try to sneak in a short trip to the Sylamore in a week or so if you or anyone else is interested.”

“Yeah, I was thinking a backpacking wife would be nice too...but the problem is finding one! None of the girls I date hike/backpack and I don't know any girls that do that live around me! Usually they are willing to try it...but I don't want one of those things where she'll backpack until we're married a year then give it up because it's "my thing." I need to find one that already backpacks.”

“Hold out for the "right" one. DO NOT settle for one that's 90% of what your looking for. That 10% thats missing will come back and become the dominant part of her personality, trust me on this one.”

“Yeah, it's hard to ditch that 90% chick though...really hard.”

“I did day hiking by Chili by I really enjoy the overnighters now. We ladies are everwhere you must not be looking in the right places....






Look at work, thats where Chili found me.”

“If your going to act like that you cant go. And the games Sat. night I sure hate it for you b/c WE have that wedding to go to. I love you soooooo much!!!!”

“Dub, your young enough that you can move somewhere where there are bping girls, say like Scorchy ;)

Wait till your my age and try to find one that does. Most females my age think bping is carrying shopping bags in the mall. Then there are the ones that think camping out means the Sheraton and going into the bar is the outdoors. Dont even mention there isn't a bathroom in the woods and they need to go behind that tree...lol”

“I didn't say ditch her, just don't marry her.”

“I would look at work but I'm unemployed currently ;-) As for school...I'm sick of college girls...I want one that's out of college and has made up her mind. Maybe I'll join the OSU hiking club again even though I don't go to school there anymore...hehe.”

“has made up her mind.
Dub
09:38:27 AM
01/07/04

let me know when you find one...ok I'm going to hide now”

“Divinity gave me the right idea the other night...find a girl that wants to be a singer then move to Nashville or Memphis. That way they'll be plenty of backpacking around and she can go when she's not busy singing...and if she ever becomes famous then I could quit work and go backpacking all the time while she's on the road...perfect relationship.

Roam...I have learned that you must ditch your old g/f before you can move on to another. They can overlap by a couple weeks as long as the other doesn't know...but anymore than a couple weeks becomes dangerous.”

“Wow, there are so many things to respond to on this thread!!! >8-)

cottonsocks... I think Stikkie is harmless. Well, I mean other than the usual trip mishaps that always seem to happen when he's around. Hmmmmmmm!! Then again, might want to rethink!

Chili... my my, you're ditched for her own hiking buddies so soon. LMAO!!

Ewker, yeah, what you said about marriage AND let's add some kind of test for heart, mettle and general caring stuff BEFORE YOU HAVE KIDS!!

Dub, yup, not more than 2 weeks IF they don't know about each other. LMAO!!”

“If they know each other you can date them both longer because most likely one of the women will know.”

“Dub - or maybe if they know about each other AND they're cool with it... the possibilities are endless!”

“Go with the non-backpacking wife...that way you have someone to stay home to watch the kids.


(ducking now)”

“yep - you really need to watch out for possible bunny boilers however and be sure to buy a new toothbrush after she is gone”

“So Twigeater is out then?? LOL!”

“Lizs, your right about the kids statement. You have to get to know each other before you should ever think about kids. IMO you should wait up to 5 yrs before you try to have kids. You should have a good idea by then if it is going to work. Money and kids two of the biggest reasons for divorce.”

“We studied divorce in sociology...money is the number one reason for couples married under 3 years in the United States. I remember that if you get married because of a pregnancy your chance of divorce within 3 years was 95%.”

“Such thoughtfulness...."Stickmon and cottonsocks obviously organized a little dayhike for Sunday and on the way home last night she "invited" me to go along.


Gee, I don't know darlin, the playoffs are on Sunday."

chili36

chili, maybe it's "hike" -- not hike.



Mooooooohahahhhahahahahahahaaa”

“We studied divorce in sociology...money is the number one reason for couples married under 3 years in the United States. I remember that if you get married because of a pregnancy your chance of divorce within 3 years was 95%."
Dub
10:15:53 AM
01/07/04

wonder why the study stopped at 3 yrs, those conditions will apply 5,10 or in my case 22.5 yrs of marriage.

The empty nest syndrome is one that causes divorces. Kids leave and you look at each other and go who the heck are you.”

“I don't remember the specifics, but I think it had more information the short marriages as they are becomming more common. I remember reading that if you lived together before marriage, surprisingly, you had a higher risk of a divorce. If you didn't have sex before marriage or live together before marriage then you had the highest chance of not getting a divorce...so saith the sociology book.

Besides the marriage study the only other one I remember was gestures.”

“My lawyer told me that the couples who get divorced are usually at the 7 yr or 22 yr stage of their marriage. It seems 7 and 22 are the key numbers. First time I was married it ended at 7 yrs, this time at 22 yrs. Don't read much into being married 22 yrs this time, it just took a long time to wake up.”

“Ummm, Ewker... don't you have your own divorce thread for this stuff?? heheehe... we wanna pick on chili and cottonsocks here!!! waaaaaaah!”

“oh bite it Lizs!!”

“Ummm, Ewker... don't you have your own divorce thread for this stuff?? heheehe... we wanna pick on chili and cottonsocks here!!! waaaaaaah!”

“oops, the iMac f*ed up. sorry about the double post”

“Chili
"If your going to act like that you cant go. And the games Sat. night I sure hate it for you b/c WE have that wedding to go to. I love you soooooo much!!!!"
cottonsocks
09:36:47 AM
01/07/04


So just what is it I have to do to get put in time out and not go to the wedding?








Oh, btw, did I mention I was going with the guys to the strip club this afternoon?”

“You could always do what I do:

Honey, I'm not going to the damn wedding of your friend who I hate/don't even know. There's football/baseball/porn on tonight.

Have fun!”

“Chili36 - I don't think I'll be able to coach you at Ocala. You seem determined to drift from one danger to another!”

“Lizs, your right. Dang did I say that!!!

Chili, go to hooters before the game or even watch it there. As far as the wedding, who cares they will be divorced before long.

Also make sure the couch is comfy

Arky, bite it”

“This place is a regular meet market isnt it. Hikers hook up everywhere married or not.”