In my case, 'that duhveloper' ;)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shockey, David [SMTP:DShockey_at_jwrinc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 3:50 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: off topic --> RE: Work vs marriage
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> How about "my spousal unit"?=20
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> -----Original Message-----=20
> From: Boivin, Patrice J [ <mailto:BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]=20
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 10:37 AM=20
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L=20
> Subject: off topic --> RE: Work vs marriage=20
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> I have a simple question:=20
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> Why do some of you refer to your spouses as "the wife"?! It makes it
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> like you don't feel any attachment to her at all.=20
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> Also, why was it "the wife's flowers"? Don't you live in that house =
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> Just curious, sometimes I wonder why people get married in the first
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> Peer pressure maybe? Maybe some men and women get married because =
they
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> to fit in, not because they really care about each other for the long
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> Never mind the vows...=20
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> Nobody seems to have picked up on this.=20
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> I am a man, and I never refer to my wife as "the wife." It is=20
> disrespectful.=20
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> Regards,=20
> Patrice Boivin=20
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Received on Thu Jun 01 2000 - 15:14:09 CDT
