http://mothersofbrothers.com/spouse-switch/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mothersofbrothers.com/spouse-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-16256 Jessie Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:35:39 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=5218#comment-16256 Hmmm...I must say I have not, but this is not to say that I WOULD not. Maybe it's because my kids are still so young? I say this because I can't imagine someone spending his free time in a house where whining and shrieking are the primary forms of communication, and dinner rarely ventures outside the confines of macaroni and cheese. Chicken fingers if I am feeling fancy. Also, does "switching" involve wearing clothes other than the ones from the "gently used" pile? Or wearing eyeliner? Because Phoebe threw mine in the toilet an hour ago. I guess my question is, can you be as sloppy-I mean comfortable- with your friends husband as you are with you own? Hmmm…I must say I have not, but this is not to say that I WOULD not. Maybe it’s because my kids are still so young? I say this because I can’t imagine someone spending his free time in a house where whining and shrieking are the primary forms of communication, and dinner rarely ventures outside the confines of macaroni and cheese. Chicken fingers if I am feeling fancy. Also, does “switching” involve wearing clothes other than the ones from the “gently used” pile? Or wearing eyeliner? Because Phoebe threw mine in the toilet an hour ago. I guess my question is, can you be as sloppy-I mean comfortable- with your friends husband as you are with you own?

]]> http://mothersofbrothers.com/spouse-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-16241 Elizabeth@Life in Pencil Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:05:55 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=5218#comment-16241 It's funny: I have a (male) friend. I was friends with him first, then Maikael became his friend, then his wife became our friend. On a few occasions Maikael and I would invite the dude to, say, a movie that we knew his wife didn't want to see, and he would accept...then the wife showed up. And it's not like it was even him and I going out! Obviously they weren't comfortable with it being anything other than a double date, but I wondered what was wrong with the arrangement? It’s funny: I have a (male) friend. I was friends with him first, then Maikael became his friend, then his wife became our friend. On a few occasions Maikael and I would invite the dude to, say, a movie that we knew his wife didn’t want to see, and he would accept…then the wife showed up. And it’s not like it was even him and I going out! Obviously they weren’t comfortable with it being anything other than a double date, but I wondered what was wrong with the arrangement?

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