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Does your job affect your partner?
July 29, 2011
One of many rude shocks when entrenching yourself in a long-term relationship is that all the little things you took for granted about yourself can start to wear upon your better half.
Farting in bed is an obvious one, as is smoking, boozing, going to the football at the drop of a hat, taking drugs, brawling, punting, inviting mates over for a beer at 2am, dangerous sporting activities and sending flirtatious, if harmless, text messages to ex-girlfriends.
One issue that might not immediately loom as obvious, however, is the work you do, how you make your living, and how that impacts on your girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse.
Nurses, cops, chefs, in fact anybody who routinely does shift work, would know all about this for obvious, practical reasons, but what if you worked for a tobacco company, a strip club, a coalminer or an unpopular politician? ...
Hook up with the right (or wrong person) and I guarantee the last four occupations I just named would cause untold distress to your partner if they happened to hold ideological views different from your own.
I know I'd find it incredibly difficult to date anyone in advertising because they all tend to take it so bloody seriously and I consider ads to be one of the more pernicious affronteries in the world today.
But I do have a lot of spare time on my hands.
I've also known a couple of drug dealers over the years who attracted women because of their generosity with their product, but when the relationship became serious, the women insisted the men stop dealing (which is probably not a bad thing).
Same with a muso mate who bedded one of his groupies, love bloomed, and two years down the track she forced him out of an admittedly penurious career with his band and he's now working at a bank.
The first time I saw him at a gig for his old musical outfit, wearing a suit and collared shirt, hair the shortest it had been in living memory, face free from stubble, I had to steady myself against the bar and withhold a sob.
I've also experienced similar "creative differences" with partners who take exception to the confessional nature of my blog posts and columns, not to mention the confronting and sometimes ribald text of my novels.
So how far would you go to please your partner, and is it reasonable for someone who met you when you were a coalminer to later demand you get into green power or IT?
On one occasion I was having difficulties with a partner about the subject matter of one of my novels, and she boldly declared she'd leave me if she didn't like the finished product or thought it "disrespected" her.
Dismayed, outraged and panicked, I called another, very well-known, Australian novelist to ask him if he'd ever dealt with this issue with his wife and he told me: "Only about a million times."
I imagine it would very difficult for some women to date, say, a fashion photographer, who was jetting off to exotic locales to shoot teenagers wearing dental floss, or even to be a man who dates a model who has to routinely unveil herself to strangers.
More seriously, however, I can't imagine it would be easy to be married to a cop or nurse, who comes home at all hours carrying the horrors of their job into the bedroom.
Spouses of soldiers also rate a very special mention, as I cannot conceive of kissing my beloved goodbye at the docks, wondering if I'd ever see them again.
We all bring different stresses home from our 9 to 5, but I'd suggest the fear of death is not one many of us have to cope with.
What say you?
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- wes
- July 28, 2011
OR when your partner finishes her PhD, and you're still doing yours - working random long hours based upon the "health" of your cells and your stress levels are different so even so she's laid of the THC, you're even more dependent on it to sleep and eat regularly - and worry about making plans more than a week in advance...
all this whilst trying to find that ideal Post-Doc job in a city where you can both be gainfully employed to set up your career... Sometimes the future is more stressful than the present.
Especially when she also wants you to visit the dentist!!! (Currently bleeding)
- notmyrealname
- July 28, 2011
Ha! How about working in the same company as your partner, in a similar line of work, with only a slight degree of separation... and to have you partner tell you what they think everyone else thinks of you when you get home and they are angry. I am supposed to be supportive, check his calendar and understand that he might be stressed/overworked/busy/have a team dinner. I wish he could communicate his schedule a bit better and also let me vent about work at home too, instead of telling me that 'no one else has a problem with this stuff, therefore you must have a personality disorder' - before telling me how tough his day was and how overworked he is (and complaining about the same things I just did - and yes, I have tried saying wow isn't it great we suffer from the same disorder!!!! He didn't think that was funny, but in hindsight, it wasn't funny when i he says it to me either).
I have only ever asked one ex to change his lifestyle (and get a job and stop nicking things or bludging off his mum). It broke my heart, but in the end I could not put up with it any longer and I dumped him. Still, according to facebook he has cleaned himself up now, has a job and a great looking partner and I am really happy for him.
I can't imagine the pain of having to have a parter working in the armed forces, and I wonder how good I would be at providign comfort for someone working as a counsellor who hears terrible things each day or works as an ambo or a policeperson having to see a dead child.
- wes
- July 28, 2011
Still not complaining though!
I asked Elizabeth Blackburn (Melbourne's own Nobel Laureate) about if CHOOSING to be in a stressful situation is bad for your genetic health, and she said "NO! If you have the choice then genetically it's not stressful."
- sj89sj
- July 28, 2011
When my now-wife was my girlfriend, she was a nurse. It was great for me. She'd come over around 9pm, we'd have sex, and then she'd head off to work and I'd head out with my mates.
- Pepsi
- July 28, 2011
You spend what...a quarter of your life at work? It's part of who you are and, apparently for men, part of what makes up your ego. Challenge, money, success, pride, intellectual connection - work is not everything but it's pretty important. Unless it's making you miserable no partner should expect you to give up your job, let alone your career. If anyone had an idealogical issue with my work (mining now, previously nuclear power) I wouldn't be dating them in the first place. Surely you already know what you're getting into when you start dating a chef, waiter or other shift worker - you can hardly start complaining after a few months.
- pinky tuscadero
- July 28, 2011
I've always thought the hardest thing would be to have an actor for a partner and having to watch them do love scenes with others...and just knowing that the sparks are flying. I don't know how partners of actors keep their jealousy in check - but maybe most don't and that's why so many celeb relationships last 5 seconds.
When I met my partner I worked for a trade union and he was manager in an un-unionised factory. There was about a year of bombarding him with my conflicting ideology (and no doubt doing his head in). Many years on I find we have compromised with one another - I've taken the edge off my views quite a bit and he proves to be a pretty ethical manager. Compromise - on your ideals and to get along with others - that's a hard thing to avoid. I could have stood defiantly for my perspective - left him and ended up with some supposedly pure of mind/like-minded activist...but without the great connection we have. I'd rather be with the person that feels right - rather than the ideological match.
- Suffering
- July 28, 2011
Try marrying an artist who doesnt work, complains bitterly about not getting her latest grant of winning the latest art prize.
Artists are the most needy people in the world, constantly beating themselves up, constantly riding a huge high or shocking low.
I love my wife but the damage she does to her psyche makes me fear for her. I have a great job so I can support her finacially but how can anyone support the artist metaphisically?
Here is a good question - can an artist survive in 2011 Australia.
is it possible
- John
- July 28, 2011
Sam, I work in advertising and I take my job no more seriously than a call centre operator does theirs.
- tags
- July 28, 2011
HAHAHA you havent been to Darwin or Townsville recently have you Sam?? There are some wags that are legimately shattered... however...
A significant minority of women are making an absolute killing by doing the following
1. Hook up with soldier about to deploy overseas(approx 4-6 months before deployment).
2. Move in, and convince soldier to get joint back account
3. Wait til soldier deploys
4. Watch joint back account fill with money over the course of the deployment
5. Empty bank account 1-4 weeks before soldier due home
6. Clean out the house of any particular valuables as they see fit
7. Disappear - soldier never hears about them again.
About the only thing they are getting teary about on the docks is wondering how they are going to spend all that cash! At least 10-15 poor guys fall prey to this every trip!
- Pat
- July 28, 2011
Funnily enough, my spouse is more comfortable ideallogically with my oil major employer than I am. Much more. Culturally the people that pay my salary are acceptable here in Japan and are probably even respected. Unlike in Australia and the USA where they are deeply distrusted by folks who don`t mind filling up their SUVs with my employer`s product.
I rationalise it somewhat, I am in the LNG sector, a much cleaner alternative to coal and oil, but hey oils are oils and carbons are carbons.
So, a man`s new girlfriend insists he give up his job as a coal miner and get a job as say a bank clerk ? From one evil to another, but of course she must then forego the right to complain when the income falls and they can no longer afford their previous lifestyle. Saving the world ain`t easy.
The real problem with my job is that I am away a lot. 6 months a year in 2 month stretches (2 on 2 off). My wife actually copes with this rather well, she is an independent sort of person capable of managing quite well on her own. It does create stress when "things" happen while I am away somewhere, like when her father died.
The good part is that I don`t bring my work home with me. Once I clock off that`s it for 2 months. Work stress ? Ha ! It`s like my job doesn`t exist. That`s the reason I do it and probably why she is happy with it.
- ali-bye
- July 28, 2011
What about dating an actor? That would be the PITTS. You never know if they are actually lying/acting when they are with you, and if you are part of their new venture into reality TV or porn. Not to mention having to deal with the celebrity factor and trash mag gossip when you're just trying to buy ciggies and milk, then having their exploits/ lies shoved down your throat before during and years after the relationship when you're broke and unemployed from all the trouble they've caused.
Probably similar to someone dating someone who works in sports or the media, or a real estate or property magnate; all of which i have zero tolerance for now. These kinds of self absorbed people make me want to stab myself in the eye with a fork and never have sex again!
The only worse person to date would be a scientologist!
- Lady Contributor
- July 28, 2011
'I'd find it incredibly difficult to date anyone in advertising because they all tend to take it so bloody seriously...'
That's one of the reasons I got out of advertising. The hours were crazy and I just couldn't bring myself to care about advertising 24/7 - unless I was working on a public service announcement.
Sam, I'm surprised to hear you say you have a lot of time on your hands. I would have thought that writing three posts a week (including a column-worthy post), as well as working on a novel and various other bits and pieces would take up quite a lot of time.
- Ash Simmonds
- July 28, 2011
*bookmarks* for a later date...
- July 28, 2011
Funny. I was talking to a colleague about a very similar thing earlier this week. Some vocations are a lifestyle and some are a job.
I work with people all day every day and would love to have a job where I dictate what I do and how I do it and not have to deal with the self interest of other. Then I think I will probably drive myself insane by getting too self involved like the people I currently and have worked with.
My partners have been ankles who see themselves as the centre of the universe and if I should be having a tough time at work see that as being a distraction from them. So they have all had to go over the years because they don't give me the energy they expect from me to give to them.
Your vocation should support your life and not be your life except if that is how you want to be. I am at the fork in the roa of doing just that.
How do I do something I am passionate and very good at and make sure it can be my life not just be a part of it.
The answer will come in the fullness of time.
The people who want to participate will be there. The others can go and shove it up their jumper.
- Mon
- July 28, 2011
notmyrealname - sweetheart - you can do better. A person looking for excuses rather than solutions doesn't love you.
- Flyer
- July 28, 2011
Working as a pilot can be a great ice breaker at the pub 'so what's turbulence made of?' 'why do they call it a cockpit?' Having worked in previous unrelated jobs, I've seen that it does help out with the opposite sex at times(or maybe I just changed cologne at around the same time) ... but talking to older airline guys, in the long run it seems the divorce rate for the profession is higher than average.
A lot of breakups occur from the odd hours, missing major holidays and long weekends, and the suspicions about whether 'o captain, my captain' is keeping his hands off the flight attendants in those lonely hotels.
- zero
- July 28, 2011
I think pernurious is spelt,
- Stormy
- July 28, 2011
"I can't imagine it would be easy to be married to a cop or nurse"
Which is why so many of them end up married to or in relationships with their co workers, certainly among the police I've worked with for the last 2 decades or so, although the closed shop mentality that takes them over doesn't help either.
Great topic Sam. To the careers you've mentioned you could chuck in - sex worker, professional sportsperson (constantly on tour/training/injured, dietary restrictions, team activities), current affairs show host or soapie actor (imagine having to look at your partner on TV every night in a show you hated)...
I met my wife, and pretty much every girlfriend I've ever had, through my job - either colleagues or clients - so I have no idea what it's like to hook up with someone from a totally different and possibly objectionable world.
Just on your dilemma about the ex girlfriend and the novel - surely every songwriter ever born has faced a similar dilemma... "why don't you write one about me?" "that one better not be about me" "who's that one about, is it that girl who was backstage?"... in my very small scale musical career I had the first two discussions a number of times!
- HardenUp
- July 28, 2011
Partners of Defence Force personnel know what they have signed up for. They are quite happy to live in Defence Housing and have their babies on Defence Health's tab. The quid pro quo is that your partner may have to go to a warzone. I was married to a fireman for 10 years. Any partner of emrgency services personnel can tell you that you have no guarantee that your partner will come home from a shift - forget about come home on time!
My current partner almost refused to go out with me when he found out I am a lawyer - he had been dragged through the family court for years by his ex refusing to allow him to see his son and had self represented as he couldn't afford lawyers. He still swears I am the only decent human being on the planet who also happend to be a lawyer!
- Meg
- July 28, 2011
@ Wes
I'd bet that excessive amounts of cortisol running around the body effects the individuals epigenetics...
It takes a pretty amazing man not to whinge about you being on call, again, that your working week stretches out to 70+hrs, that you threw in a corporate gig that paid lots and lots and lots of money to go back and do a post doc, and who gave up a pretty good job so that you could move to England to follow your dream. So when you find him hang on for dear life. (And spoil him rotten)
- zero
- July 28, 2011
wes July 28, 201105:06 PM
If this is what you call stress, a surprise is coming your way!
- Pete
- July 28, 2011
I think cops have got it the toughest, yeah I know they sign up for it, but the combination of shift work and the shite they have to put up with invariably destroys their outlook on life/people. By the time they've left in there mid-30s, they're jaundiced. Nurses/Drs (I'm in the game) have it tough for a while with shift work and study, but it doesn't compare to being a cop from what I've seen. I feel desperately sorry for them. I'd put ambos up there too, but definitely not firefighters for godsake.
- life is too short
- July 28, 2011
the only time I would worry and want my partner to switch jobs is if the job was making my partner miserable. money is not worth misery. better to be happy, fulfilled, loved up, and eating beans, than miserable and alone with stainless steel appliances.
- guy
- July 28, 2011
my ex remarked early on in our relationship that she didn't know she if she could see me long term because my potential (at that point) career would likely mean staying in a capital city, whereas she was from the country and wanted to return there ultimately.
4 years after that, including 2 years long distance whilst i finished uni and she worked rurally (which she said she needed to do after uni for herself/her career), she came back to town and we moved in together. 3 months later she said she couldn't see herself with me in the future anymore, citing the lack of jobs for my career in regional areas as one of her (admittedly many) bugbears. this is despite many, many, many conversations over the preceding 4 years about what i would do in the future if she wished to move regionally to continue work (there are allied areas that i could easily go into).
so yeah - jobs do come into it. not just the type of job, but the location as well.
now i'm sitting here trying to reorganise my plans for the next 4+ years of my life after having them kinda ripped up. bonus is now i can do what i like (if only i knew what that was now ... hating my job after all!)
and my situation doesn't even compare to those jobs where risk of death or injury is a very real consideration. couldn't imagine being the partner of someone in the armed services.
- notmyrealname
- July 28, 2011
Thankyou Mon - I really think that I am starting to understand how things are.
3 weeks ago through posting on this blog I had a few 'insightful comments' from others in response to mine and I am now psyching myself up for separation. I am trying my last card now - being more assertive and trying to demonstrate to husband that you can be assertive and have a point of view without belittling others and being a bully.
Sam's post on manipulative tears and another one on shouting made me really comprehend that some of the stuff going on at home wasn't ok and that it wasn't just me (well it was really, I had been making excuses for this man's behaviour for more than 10 years, AND was constantly trying to avoid situations that might anger/upset him - and had been seeing a therapist to work out how to make things better at home and how to change to make him happy). I know that wasn't the point of Sam's posting, and that he was probably going through soemthing himself at the time, but it has helped me gain my self back.
Thanks Sam! And thankyou Mon.
- hey zookeeper!
- July 28, 2011
Sam, that's what I think you are - in a round-about way. You are a zookeeper. BTW- you do a great job : ) Thanks for the laughs over the months and years.
- redmat
- July 29, 2011
@ Pat
i too work for an oil and gas company. My wife doesn't seem too concerned about the ethical question of what I do for a living. However, I do sometimes worry about what my 3 year old daughter and 1 year old son will say to me in years to come. My 10 year old nephew has already told me I shouldn't work in oil because of the "bad things they are doing to the planet". Do you think about this?
- hemi265
- July 29, 2011
You're dating the wrong person if any of what you described happens.
You're both downright delusional if you think otherwise.
- DrivenGuy
- July 29, 2011
I don't think it's about the job specifically, it's about what the decisions mean/signify.
Working long hours becomes "why don't you want to spend time with me", working in a job your partner doesn't like becomes "why don't you value my opinion", etc.
I enjoy my work (IT), average 45hrs a week and 70 isn't unusual. Sometimes I'll get 'in the zone' and not even realise that it's 9pm and I haven't left the office.
It puts stress on a relationship and while it became a catalyst for a breakup, there were deeper issues at play like the stark differences in priorities, what we enjoyed doing, etc (I enjoyed earning, she enjoyed spending).
Other girlfriends (with similar work ethics) have seemed to like it and with my current girlfriend we have settled into a pattern where I come home at a civilised time, spend time with her and then logon and work from home after she falls asleep.
I suppose I tend to fit partners/life around work not vice versa. I'm OK with that.
- Ben
- July 29, 2011
The only time I think it'd be ok to pressure your partner into changing career is if they actually weren't happy doing what they were doing.
If you met them, fell for them, and want to be with them... their job was there before you were. Shaped a part of them that you apparently love, and give them fulfillment. If they like/love their job, why do you want to change that?
If they complain all the time however... that's a different story.
The complaining and negativity it brings is more important/damaging to a relationship than the field they happen to work in.
- July 29, 2011
Great post Sam, both funny and moving.
My partner is a trauma doctor. But, he's as stoic as hell. Maybe some mumblings about a couple of harsh jobs but that's it. He loves his work and is proud of it.
By contrast I know people who have the mildest, easiest jobs and get caught up in revenge soaked office politics like they're living out an episode of Dynasty.
I work for a dysfunctional gov't dept'. I've been stuck here for years. I hate it, I'm bored and my attempts to move on have so far failed. So I suppose I go and die everyday between 9 and 5. Maybe I should join the army?
- July 29, 2011
I always love the Bill Hicks quote "If your in advertising, Kill yourself"
- hired goon
- July 29, 2011
I agree with Sam re: marketing. Although I could expand that to pretty much anyone who takes their job too seriously
- ScienceGeek
- July 29, 2011
My partner's in IT, I'm in research. They're both very demanding jobs, in terms of hours and stress, and for years, we've thrived on it.
But earlier this year we ran into problems with my husband's work commitments. The hours got out of control and he was so stressed that during the time we did manage to spend together, he was tense and snappy. It's impossible to thrive in those conditions, but I'm so dedicated to my own job that I didn't think I had any right to complain about his.
I ended up getting just as sick and stressed as him. I hated doing it, but I had no other choice than to ask him to do something about his job.
Luckily for us, his bosses know they've got a good thing with him, and made some changes, so he still has the job he loves, and I've got back the man I love.
- Fenimore Cooper
- July 29, 2011
My partner is a cop. I remember one night, it would be about 3 or 4 years ago, when he came home after a hideous night on the job. He was then, a Senior Seargent in charge of Major Crash, hed had a shower before coming home. But I remember him getting into bed and I could smell smoke and undercurrent of something else in his hair. He had to attend a fatal accident where two people burnt to death in a car. I only found out a couple of days later what had happened. But I woke up that night to find him sitting in the lounge. All I could do was pour him a whisky and sit with him. His job has big impacts on him, but I could never ask him to change. He cares. Thats one of the things I love so much about him.
- Cringo
- July 29, 2011
They may hate the job, but don't mind spending your hard earned.
- Shelby
- July 29, 2011
I used to live with a bloke who worked for the Tax Office. I was working for a lawyer at the time and if we needed financial information on some lowlife he would take a peek-a-boo at their tax records for us. He also gave me alot of inside information on tax loopholes and tricks. I miss him.
"I am trying my last card now - being more assertive and trying to demonstrate to husband that you can be assertive and have a point of view without belittling others and being a bully."
Your last card is the Joker. You can't reason with a bully. He hates himself so much that the only way he can feel better is to bully and humiliate you. No amount of reason from you will change him. Dump him today.
- Integrity
- July 29, 2011
how about having a partner that is a masasge therapist and working from home? Whilst your in the kitchen or watching a movie in the nearby lounge, they are in the room providing pleasure/stress relief to others....
- barto
- July 29, 2011
I normally really like this blog but its pretty lame when it doesn't get updated properly. Last post 4.11 am? Yeah right. whats the point of coming back and hitting 'refresh' when nothing's going to be here anyway.
- CityChick
- July 29, 2011
Thats some of the most despicable behaviour Ive heard of.
Know of a number of blokes who have been happy to be supported thru med/legal studies on the premise that they will support their partner to finalise their studies once they are established, only to separate shortly soon after and leave said partner with a huge pile of sexually transmitted debt.
For me, whats more of a stress is not what they do but rather their approach to work.
If they are unhappy, whinging and unfulfilled thats the issue it tends to colour everything else.
- I See Red
- July 29, 2011
Funny, but if I was in advertising, I wouldn't tell anybody. When was the last time anyone saw a decent ad? Years? Has sobriety robbed them of creativity? Are they too sober and too clean to have an original idea?
I have tended to steer clear of lawyers and anyone who can charge you hundreds for some advice over the phone. Especially when their results are spurious at best and catastrophic at worst.
If you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen, or, as many seem to do, go out and spend their partner's dirty money on something that makes them feel better - temporarily.
Don't tell me McGurk's wife didn't know what he was up to.
Conscience, schmoncience.
- Posh Totty
- July 29, 2011
Last bloke I went out was a Tradie who worked 7 days a week, never had any spare time for me or anything else.
I couldn't stand his whinging about work related injuries when he could easily cut his hours.
Gave him the boot after a couple of months.
- Peg
- July 29, 2011
A partner in the armed forces would be a deal-breaker for me. I read this article and my heart broke a little for the woman it discussed:
- July 29, 2011
I really like my job but at the end of the day it's not my #1 priority. It's probably not even #2. So even though I spend a lot of time there and I have to take it somewhat seriously, it doesn't tend to cause me much grief, either on the job or off.
That said, I put in the hard yards and try to do it better than most for a number of reasons, one of which is that sooner or later a period will arrive when only the most employable are employed. And I'd prefer any change in my employment status to be at my own behest, if I can help it.
- zero
- July 29, 2011
Pat July 28, 201108:02 PM
redmat July 29, 201112:01 AM
If anybody does not like you working in the oil & gas industry then tell them that it would be hypocritical for them to own a car, use public transport, use air conditioning/heating, power, lights and almost every product and service that they do use.
- hired goon
- July 29, 2011
I See Red - beer ads are ok sometimes. Apart from that, ads tend to be a bit mediocre, which works as it addresses the target market perfectly.
Can you imagine the thought process of someone who came up with this ad?
"Latina women have smelly vaginas, right? How about we pretend that someone's hand is a Hispanic female's lady parts and they will buy this..."
Oh my...
I have a thing for... primary school teachers. Probably because I had a thing for my teachers when I was in primary school.
- Kung
- July 29, 2011
Kung is invincible.
- BeeEff
- July 29, 2011
July 28, 201111:05 PM
I'm so pleased to read this. I've been tracking your progress via your comments. I haven't said anything as I don't believe it's up to anyone to tell another how to live their life. I'm really hoping that you can rebuild both your life and confidence once you go through separation. Having been there done that like many others I can vouch it isn't easy but it is worth it in the end to be away from a horribly abusive situation. All the behaviours you mentioned are clearly not ok and you are clearly worth so much more. Good luck.
I've not much to say about today's topic. I kind of believe that if you are with someone then you take them warts and all - including if you do or don't like their job!
- far canal
- July 29, 2011
i was a dj when i met my mrs 10 years ago (ish) and living the life of a psuedo-rock-star
the money from dj'ing and hosting raves weren't enough to live on but, 'spesh with all the gear i was consuming so it all came crashing down in the end
luckily i had a degree in accounting from the early 90's and now we live comfortably.
- Bender
- July 29, 2011
Of course a person's job can have an affect on you. I wouldn't go out with a person that worked long hours (I've stopped dating bankers and lawyers for that reason) or who was at work when I was at home and vice versa (don't date strippers or entertainers anymore for this reason).
I also think that choice of career says a lot about a person. If they're an actor or muso then they're saying that they never grew up beyond the stage of dress-ups and they're attention-seekers.
I think teachers are the best. Lots of holidays, leave work at 3:30pm, money isn't great but my income compensates for that and I'm not really looking for someone that can pay the bills as I've got that covered.
- Dale
- July 29, 2011
Pet hate of mine which was mentioned in the post. Can't stand it when partners try and change you. To me people are adults and responsible for their own lives. The sheer arrogance and conceitedness of thinking someone elses life is your plaything to fidget with is baffling.
Sure there are exceptions. A relocation, extended travel etc yet the muso example to a bank is not something I'd personally put up with.
- Kung is clever.
- July 29, 2011
Kung makes me laugh.
- I See Red
- July 29, 2011
@hired goon
How the hell did you find this? And who is their target audience? 12 year olds? Insidious but ludicrous.
Some of my favourite tv moments have come from beer ads, couldn't agree with you more. But the picture of ad agency peeps sitting around for hours, day in, day out and coming up with pish-tosh makes me feel sad for them. Where's the job satisfaction in producing lame ads time and time again. Soul destroying, don't you think?
I often wonder about the extras in ads like C**les: Down, Down, Pri**s are Down, I mean just how low can you go?
- Lurky
- July 29, 2011
I'm going to sound like a sook, and I'm only half serious, but the worst partner's job I ever had was software programmer. He has his own business designing websites. He's also a blogger. The worst part about his job wasn't the fact that he sat at his computer all day and then all night, but the absolute wankers that he associated with (but then he's one also, in my opinion). Some of them of course were very nice people but so disturbingly ernest. I think also that he was embarrassed that all I did was sell plants, even though I was an expert on the particular plants i dealt with, I didn't need a degree to do it.
Also had a situation similar to that described by CityChick. He wasn't so keen to share when I was studying.
Monsiuer Lurky is a chippy. Dream partner job. He can build stuff and it's totally hot when he comes home in his dirty tough guy outfit. I work in cancer research (although the not very glamourous colorectal cancer) so I don't think he has much to complain about.
Love and respect to all of those people who do the tough jobs. I include dish-pigs, toilet cleaners, taxi drivers and bussies in that group.
- CityChick
- July 29, 2011
@Fenimore Cooper
I tend to go for authoritative / uniform types and past CityBoys have been fireys / military types. (its a protective kick-on effect from an abusive childhood).
Once involved, I would on occasion be paralysed with fear esp. thoughts of them putting themselves in harms way. Its one of the reasons Id leave my crying for in the shower.
But my stuff (which was never discussed) was nothing compared to if something shite happened on the job. How do you give comfort to someone who while cleaning his boots is removing the remains of a fire victim, or who has held his mates brains in his lap as life has leeched out of him ...
- Grace
- July 29, 2011
Try being a sex worker.
It's a job which causes problems from day one, and eventually comes out in the wash at some stage or another - either they run, stay around for a bit due to the good sex or have to radically re-adjust their mindset and internal judgments and stick with it.
I've left the industry for love before and would probably do it again when I'm ready, but in the interim I've pretty much ruled out love in a conventional monogamous, husband, two kids and the white picket fence ideal for foreseeable future.
At the end of the day it's just a job, a fun and well paying job that's more intimate than most.
But I probably take my day home less than when I worked corporately and give no more thought about it. My emotions and the sex I have within the relationship are completely different to when I work, in my mind it's aeons apart, to most guys it's too frighteningly close to home.
Many working girls (and guys) often live double lives, telling their partner they work at casinos, as cleaners, in offices, in bars and all manner of aliases and cover ups..
Your sister gave me some advice a few years ago (http://blogs.news.com.au/bossy/index.php/news/comments/should_i_tell_him_ive_slept_with_more_than_a_1000_men/), and I'm still sticking with the honest approach as I've always done, often to my detriment.
Who knows, maybe I'll find the open, unconventional love I actually want, in the interim, I'm having fun practicing.
- Pat
- July 29, 2011
July 29, 2011 12:01 AM
Do you think about this ?
Probably not as much as I should, but as I said, LNG burns much cleaner than that coal you guys are burning down there. Besides, my area of expertise is not so much in hydrocarbons but in sea transportation, as in "Master of all I survey" when I am at work. The middle of the Pacific, standing on the bridge deck, the wind in my hair, a billion stars in the sky, well, I won`t say "I`m the King of the world" but I get a sense of satisfaction deep down that outweighs the negatives. Doesn't matter what the old girl is carrying, I could be on a square rigger headed for Nassau or a Tramper bound for Valparaiso. I suppose that means I don't think about it much.
Just on the Defence Force thing. My best mate ever`s son joined the army and is off to Afghanistan. It seems strange because my mate is the last person who would sign up and go to war. Of course he tried to talk his son out of it. He`s a friggin` peacenik for christsakes. It would be one thing to have a spouse do this, but a child ?
- Fluellen
- July 30, 2011
Interesting topic Sam. Although, my first response what "what would you know!" my second, was "sh*t!" was that was it was. Let's see 3 kids, shift rotating RN, tertiary study (both) and me off in (well, i don't want children identified) so lets just say one of those careers you mentioned. Ships in night, spaced out, and if its Tuesday, i'm dropping or it is picking up children, and do you rearrange the pantry (again). Well, it lasted long enough for a small tribe, but not much more. Mind you, feeling that 20 years-in-role was enough, and career change, back to school, picking up part-time work to pay bills, with 2 of em with me (the tale had other twists and turns). Well, current beau decides that impoverished partner - despite my taking care of own - wasn't what they wanted. Then again, there have been varied and odd explanations for breaking off. I'm not sure if what you are is as important as who you are. You'd manage with fire-fighter, Ad. dude or layabout if their was attitude, or not. Don't think it makes any difference, Sam. And I doubt a scribbler is someone to write home about, but you're OK.
- katea
- July 30, 2011
I have the joys of marketing for a product that doesnt cost people any money it is a good place to be. I used to be in marketing for pay-TV, coming up with ways to convince people who couldnt afford it to buy it not so great.
While of course I dont have to defend my career to anyone, the upside is that it has creative elements to it, coupled with analytics, which I like. When I finished school I had scholarship offers to NIDA and COFA, but I was a woos, I need to know where my next pay packet is coming from.
Im sure I earn a hell of a lot more doing what I do now than I would have being an artist or actor. Which means I can travel a lot, own my own home, and generally have a lifestyle and job that I like. So shoot me.
All the artists and actors I know are tortured souls, who only seem to get real pleasure from their crafts every couple of years when something goes right.
That said, I come home and my partner has spent the day doing open heart surgery on a 5 month old and I feel a little worthless.
- DG, breezin'
- July 30, 2011
@ pinky tuscadero and ali-bye
I watched a French film a few years back called My Wife is an Actress. The story has a funny twist on the love scene that the actress plays while her husband stands by.
- round the bushes
- July 30, 2011
i once dated a professional hacker, when he was eventually caught out, i realised that i couldn't marry a thief and sleep on cardboard boxes for the rest of my life. There are professions more noble than computer hacking for sure and this is what caused me to fall out of love with him, we all fantasise about our partners and their career can be rapped up in their identity. when i was younger and a lot less mature i had sex in public places, but now i realise if i got caught doing that i could potentially lose my job
- jenny
- July 30, 2011
Oh yes. I am still a medical student and my boyfriend is well established in a completely different field. We enjoy the diversity that our experiences offer eachother, but of course, there are the downfalls. Including but not limited to, my irrational crying because I think I failed an exam that I actually did well in. Or my reluctance to understand his bussines golf holidays which apparently are for "networking" and therefore considered "work". I cant believe getting drunk and playing golf is considered "work", and he can't believe I get three months off at the end of each year. Hehe...
- Iraq vet
- July 30, 2011
Hardenup-I work full time as a Fireman with nine years spent in a rifle company as an infantryman as a previous "job".Trust me working as a fireman is a dream job compared to carrying a weapon in a combat zone pls keep your ill informed comments about defence force personnel to your self.
- jb
- July 31, 2011
I read "lost boys". loved it! Have to write that John Brimingham can wear any f##king hat he likes. the man is not a genius but a.. well just a guy that understands the process.I enjoy your rants but i feel you have so much more to offer. I know this due to my intense dislike of half baked current rubbish.
A fan.
- Alice Shaw
- July 31, 2011
My day job involves advocating for victims of domestic violence and child abuse.. that, for some reason, does not go down well with prospective partners.. I don't know why..it really does seem to scare the majority of men I've met away..I am not about to leave a job I love to pursue a relationship however. Perhaps that means the single life for me?
- two-minds
- August 01, 2011
Years ago when we were broke my husband took a job in a prison and I said to him dont do it for me, if you think you will be good at at then do it but if you dont like it theres no shame in that just leave.
He ended up staying there 15 years and now does surveillance work.
He sees people when they are at their worst and never knows who or what he is going to see on any given day.
There have been many times over the years I have worried that he might not come home, but I have to believe he is good at his job and will be safe, otherwise I wouldn't be able to live with it.
- Jase
- August 01, 2011
"Dismayed, outraged and panicked, I called another, very well-known, Australian novelist to ask him if he'd ever dealt with this issue with his wife and he told me: "Only about a million times.""
Classic Sam!!!!
Nice post Sam, i'd like to add those with jobs that take over their lives.. I'm in IT so i basically work a 50-60 hour week, not to mention that there is out of hours/weekend work.. not to also mention being on call... That really doesn't go down well too!
- kateateight
- August 01, 2011
"I know I'd find it incredibly difficult to date anyone in advertising because they all tend to take it so bloody seriously and I consider ads to be one of the more pernicious affronteries in the world today."
This is such a w@nk - if it wasn't for advertisers, you wouldn't get paid for your writing. Yeah, yeah, you also write novels, but who would even know that without this blog.
Advertising provides a tonne of free content for people, I can't believe you think it's such an affrontery (or whatever the hell word you used)
- PartyHack
- August 01, 2011
Sam - great topic.
One group you covered (sort of) are those of us that work in politics. Professional politics, for both elected officials and staff can be a difficult gig at times - not complaining, I love my job, just saying.
The number of people I know that end up hooking up with other party members is astounding. So much so that the major parties are often accused of being slightly cultish.
Its the same phenomenom that you described with nurses and cops (which make up the bulk of my family by the way) its easier to be with someone who understands the particulars and demands of your job, particularly when its a job as all-consuming as politics.
It is also hard to deal with people that don't share your political views, might sound a bit shallow but when politics is your life then your views are what you live and breathe. So hooking up with somebody whose of the alternative or even indifferent view can be confronting.
If you're ever curious look into the numbers of pollies and political staffers who are married to others, can usually find some of it on Wikipedia.
- hired goon
- August 01, 2011
kateateight takes advertising too seriously. I wonder if she has heard what Bill Hicks has to say about that industry..
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Shopping for school supplies with my 11-year-old daughter is a lot like operating a wood chipper after you've had one-too-many drinks: It sounds like a good idea — possibly even fun — at the time, but there's a pretty good chance someone is going to lose a limb.OK, so maybe that's overstating things, but not by much.This year's purchasing affair went smoothly at first, with the supplies and clothing purchased with a minimal number of piercing gazes, dirty looks and insulting comments quietly mumbled under one's breath. Smooth, that is, until it came time to purchase a backpack.We began our search locally, but I quickly realized we weren't going to find the bag — or the fashion statement — my daughter was looking for. So, we decided to head off to Midland in an effort to broaden the search.After nearly an hour of arguing about whether or not Hobby Lobby sold backpacks — an argument that ended 10 feet in the store's entrance, much to my child's dismay — we landed at Academy Sporting Goods, one of my favorite places to shop.Now, to say Academy has a selection of backpacks would be an understatement. With aisle after aisle of backpacks, messenger bags and every other kind of book bag, I felt pretty sure we had come to the end of our shopping journey.Granted, it took a couple of hours — and plenty of arguing concerning the price and overall reliability of the various bags versus their stability — but we headed back to Big Spring with what I felt like was a safe and fairly-priced choice.However, I was wrong. Not about the bag, mind you. The first day of school my daughter was quickly informed by the students and teachers that backpacks were not allowed at Big Spring Junior High School. Between the money, gasoline and time wasted on finding her new bag, I was a bit ticked off the school district had failed to mention this fact.Needless to say, I'm a reporter. My job is to ask questions, and this ban of backpacks and other book bags brought one word to mind. Why?I doubt the answer to that question will surprise anyone. Lockers and backpacks are being done away with in many schools in an effort to keep students from bringing dangerous things — guns, knives, alcohol and drugs, just to name a few — to school.So, students at Big Spring Junior High School are forced to lug around huge three-ring binders — most of which are already bursting at the seems, and the school year just started — with them throughout the school day. And, yes, it is a sad commentary on our society's desire to mitigate obscure, unlikely danger by eating away at the rights of the innocent.That's right. Americans are almost always willing to trade in their civil liberties for what they see as safety. Don't think so? Take a look at the Patriot Act. Unfortunately, that safety is merely an illusion, a fact my daughter immediately pointed out."What makes people think kids won't bring a gun or knife to school in their binder?" she asked me. "Sure, a gun or large knife won't fit in these binders with all the papers and stuff in them, but I seriously doubt a kid who is bringing a gun to school is really worried if they have enough pencils or paper. Something tells me they are going to be more worried about extra ammo."OK, she's a bit of a comedian, but she comes by it honestly.So, if we're going to tell kids not to bring backpacks to school because they can hide dangerous objects, what's next? Well, it seems logical to get rid of pockets, right? And what about pencils? Once they are sharpened, they could certainly be used to stab someone. The same goes for pens. What about a compass? Scissors? Anyone?Once we've made the classroom completely safe, we can move on to other problem areas, like the lunch room. We'll have to get rid of the forks, for sure, and that's going to make eating spaghetti a real challenge.Needless to say, shop class is going to have to be cancelled altogether.And if guns are a real worry, why aren't the nation's colleges banning bags? In fact, the Texas Legislature, in all its vast and expansive wisdom, recently passed an amendment allowing anyone with a concealed-handgun license to carry weapons onto public university campuses and into public college buildings.Really? So, the answer isn't keeping guns out of school, it's that too few guns are being toted to class? What about the students who can't aim worth a flip?In the end, I know our school officials are just trying to keep our kids safe, and, as a father I can certainly appreciate that. However, shouldn't common sense prevail in these situations?Contact Staff Writer Thomas Jenkins at 263-7331 ext. 232 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com


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In-form Oldham made it 10 points from their last four games with a deserved 2-0 win against Leyton Orient.
Paul Dickov's side had to wait 77 minutes for the breakthrough, but their patience was rewarded by goals from Matt Derbyshire and Jose Baxter.
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If anybody knows about the origins of this phrase please share. I'm sure there's more to it than lyrics of a song. I have a feeling it's been around for a while.
I know it is a very true statement.
As an individual my hardest challenges have been self inflicted. All individuals face the same challenges so when you group a bunch of imperfects together you have a group of imperfectionist doing lots of imperfect things. Things that harm other imperfects. It is not easy to constantly fight the temptations that often when indulged leave a wake of destruction in their paths. This is the sole premise for the development of religion. I conclude that the very answer to this difficulty is at times itself it's own worst enemy. If humanity is ever going to evolve I believe this is an important truth that needs to be conquered. We have struggled with the fight against ourselves since the beginning of time.
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15 Recipes for Holiday Potlucks
Ah — potlucks. The season of groaning tables loaded with mismatched casserole dishes has begun, and perhaps you're already planning your contributions to potlucks at the office, at school, or with family. The best potluck dishes have certain characteristics: Easy to transport, easy to reheat (or with no need to reheat at all), and, of course, crowd-pleasing on an existential level. It's nice if they're easy to scoop out and eat off a paper plate, too.
Here are 15 recipes we think work quite well under all sorts of potluck circumstances — from a festive grain salad, to a decadent baked potato dip, to a creamy baked squash casserole. There are glammed-up cheese balls, zesty pasta salad, and baked beans with bacon — something to please everyone.
• 1 Beer & Cheddar Dip
• 2 Loaded Baked Potato Dip with Homemade Chips
• 3 Sweet & Smoky Eggplant Spread (Baklazhannaia Ikra)
• 4 Cheese-Stuffed Bread Sticks
• 5 Cheese Ball Trio: Goat Cheese Ball with Chives, Cucumber, and Caramelized Shallot, Blue Cheese Ball with Candied Almonds & Cheddar and Olive Cheese Ball with Dijon, Lemon, and Dill
• 6 Winter Wheat Berry Salad with Figs & Red Onion
• 7 Warm Potato Salad with Cilantro & Toasted Cumin
• 8 Orzo Salad with Spinach Pesto, Olives & Feta
• 9 Zesty Tortellini Salad
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• 11 Baked Beans with Pineapple and Bacon
• 12 Cheesy Corn Bake
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Landeskog, Sweden Edge Finland, Eye Goldby Corey Masisak | NHL.com / Colorado Avalanche
SOCHI -- Sweden is short two of its three world-class players named Henrik, but one just might be enough to win them gold given the rest of the talent available.
New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves and the Swedes parlayed strong defense and the lone special-teams goal of the contest into a 2-1 victory Friday against archrival Finland in a 2014 Sochi Olympics semifinal to advance to the gold-medal game Sunday at Bolshoy Ice Dome.
The Swedes will face Canada on Sunday (7 a.m. ET, NBC, CBC) in the gold-medal game and will have the chance to claim gold for the second time in three Olympics.
Finland will face the United States on Saturday (10 a.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC) in the bronze-medal game.
"We've been told that we're kind of up there but not really with Canada, Russia and the U.S.," Swedish forward Daniel Alfredsson said. "We got into this tournament and we've played pretty good but not great and everyone has looked for us to be better. [Friday] we came through with a huge game when we needed to and that's a great feeling. We definitely deserved to win [Friday] and we're going to enjoy this for a few hours and then we have one big test left. We want to make sure we go home with the gold and make Sunday's game our best yet."
The tournament began with Sweden short Vancouver Canucks center Henrik Sedin and Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen. Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg, who filled the same role on the Swedish team, was lost to injury during the preliminary round.
But this group, led by Lundqvist and Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson, has reached the final. The Swedes haven't dominated at times but they also rarely have been threatened. Sweden has trailed twice in four games here for a total of six minutes, 45 seconds.
"I think [Friday] we played really, really well [defensively]," Karlsson said. "I think it won us the game [Friday]. We were really sound in the neutral zone and the defensive zone and took away their speed as much as we could. We really didn't give them any of the quality scoring chances that we've been giving up earlier in the tournament. Hank [Lundqvist] has been playing unbelievable for us as well. In that part we feel pretty confident."
It was the 76th time Sweden and Finland have played in the IIHF World Championships or the Olympics; Sweden now holds a 44-17-15 edge and has won the past three meetings in the Olympics, including victories in the preliminary round four years ago in Vancouver and in the gold-medal game eight years ago in Turin.
Finland won the last important meeting between the teams, a 6-1 victory at the 2011 IIHF World Championship. The Finns also have been the most consistent country in the Olympics since the NHL started sending players in 1998. They've won a medal three times in the four Olympics played with NHL players and could make it a fourth Saturday. However, that haul does not include a gold medal.
"Obviously it has been a great tournament and I'm very proud of our team," Finland captain Teemu Selanne said. "It is obviously disappointing to lose this game but [Saturday] still is a lot to win. A bronze medal would be an unbelievable thing so that is our goal now even though it is very disappointing right now."
Finland had four of the first five power plays Friday but could not convert, including a 5-on-3 for 1:35 in the first period.
"Little things," Finland coach Erkka Westerlund said with a sigh. "For example [Friday] we had chances to win this game but we also had difficult periods."
Sweden got a second man-advantage late in the second period and cashed in for the lead.
Karlsson ripped a shot from the top of the offensive zone that ticked off goaltender Kari Lehtonen's right arm and under the crossbar. It was Karlsson's fourth goal of the tournament. He also has eight points, which tied him with Phil Kessel of the United States for the lead.
"I think he's really enjoying himself playing in the Olympics with great players," Alfredsson said. "It seems like he can blossom even more when he's surrounded by Sedin and [Nicklas] Backstrom and [Alexander] Steen. They make him look even better I think. It is amazing to me that he is 23 years old and playing as mature as he is. Everybody talks about him with making mistakes here and there, but it was an Olympic semifinal and I think he played outstanding. Smart, was in the right position most of the time, joined the rush when he needed. But I was really impressed with his game."
"He's the best D-man-slash-forward in the world," Patrik Berglund said. "We're happy to have him. It's hard sometime when you're practicing and you count four forwards all the time. You wonder where your guy is. But so far so good."
Winnipeg Jets forward Olli Jokinen opened the scoring for Finland with his second goal of the tournament, at 6:17 of the second period. Anaheim Ducks defenseman Sami Vatanen sent the puck out of his zone and into the left corner in Sweden's end but a linesman waved off icing.
Jokinen won the race to the puck and snapped a shot that leaked through Lundqvist and across the goal line. The goal initially was waved off, but after a video review the goal stood and Finland had a 1-0 lead.
The Finns controlled more of the play after the goal but Loui Eriksson tied the game less than five minutes later. Backstrom sent a pass from beyond the goal line to Jonathan Ericsson, who fed Eriksson at the far side of the net for his second goal of the tournament at 11:39.
Lehtonen was a surprise starter for this game. The Dallas Stars netminder had to step in because Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask was ruled out with an illness. Antti Niemi of the San Jose Sharks dressed as the backup.
When Finland plays for bronze Saturday it will mark the end of an era. Selanne, the best player in the country's history, will skate in his final Olympic game in a Suomi jersey.
"I have a nice trophy case at home," Selanne said. "Three medals from Olympics. It would be nice to have four."


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S: Meaning of the letter S in Sphincterani means: You appreciate liberality. Ability is awesome, however don't exaggerate. Seek after most prominent ability and fortunes is next to you. Talented, you bring joy into lives of others. Captivating identity, help other people toward thriving and also yourself. Courage and flexibility bring tremendous vocation, accommodate maturity. Try not to dream about impossible objectives, be viable and cut out a vocation. Awesome vision, don't disregard what is as of now achieved. Inventiveness, don't scramble vitality or ability hastily. Well-spoken, complicated and mean, look for counsel in all exchanges.
For you, it is business before joy. In the event that you are in any capacity disturbed via profession, business, or cash concerns, you think that its difficult to unwind and get into the state of mind. You can be impractically hopeful to a blame and are prepared to do much arousing quality. In any case, you never lose control of your feelings. You are extremely watchful and wary before you give your heart away-and your body, so far as that is concerned. When you make the dedication, however, you stick like paste.
P: Meaning of the letter P in Sphincterani means: You in some cases have an absence of comprehension individuals, as you some of the time concentrate on you. Take after imaginative capacity to splendid profession. Viable capacity can bring incredible money related reward. Appeal requests a lot of sound judgment. Writing, music, and craftsmanship bring what you generally want. Extraordinary future in the event that you focus on most evident ability.
You are extremely aware of social decencies. You wouldn't consider doing anything that may hurt your picture or notoriety. Appearances check. Along these lines, you require a gorgeous accomplice. You additionally require a smart accomplice. Strangely, you may see your accomplice as your adversary… a great battle animates those sex vibes. You are moderately free of sexual hang-ups. You will examination and attempt better approaches for getting things done. You are exceptionally social and arousing; you appreciate being a tease and need a decent arrangement of physical satisfaction.
H: Meaning of the letter H in Sphincterani means: You are not judgmental. Satisfaction originates from seeking after perfect. Music and craftsmanship improve accomplishments, overlook writing and show. Feedback harms. Various abilities, focus on one to discover acclaim. Status not upgraded by gloating.
You look for a mate who can upgrade your notoriety and you're gaining capacity. You will be exceptionally liberal to your darling once you have accomplished a promise. Your blessings are really an interest in your accomplice. Prior to the dedication, however, you have a tendency to be economical in your spending and dating propensities, and similarly mindful in your sexual involvement's. You are a sexy and patient darling.
I: Meaning of the letter I in Sphincterani means: You could be unpredictable now and again. Endeavors compensated by wonderful family life. Inverse sex can be an aggravation. Ability in your most prominent love and motivation. Changeability causes awesome anguish. Compassion and human comprehension bring rewards. Shrewdness may meddle with physical cravings. Try not to mistake arousing quality for affection for family. Take after your beliefs.
You have an extraordinary should be adored, acknowledged… even loved. You appreciate extravagance, erotic nature, and delights of the substance. You search for sweethearts who comprehend what they are doing. You are not keen on a beginner, unless that novice needs a mentor. You are particular and demanding about having your wishes fulfilled. You will analysis and attempt new methods of sexual expression. You bore effortlessly and in this way require sexual enterprise and change. You are more sexy than sexual, yet you are now and again out and out lewd.
N: Meaning of the letter N in Sphincterani means: You get a kick out of the chance to work, yet you generally need a break. Uncertainty most exceedingly awful adversary, no one but you can overcome. Defeat inborn feelings of dread independent from anyone else improvement and dormant ability. Hasty nature could get you into genuine inconvenience. Conquer propensity to unusualness and crabbiness, them numerous companions and flourishing. Nonexistent issues could overpower, remain in the without a moment's hesitation.
You may seem blameless, unassuming, and bashful; yet we realize that appearances can lie. With regards to sex, you are no fledgling however something of a talented specialist. You can without much of a stretch go to extremes however, running the extent from voracity to fatigue with the entire thought of sex. You can be very condemning of you mate, looking for flawlessness in both of you. It is difficult to discover somebody who can meet your measures. You experience issues communicating feelings and gravitating toward to darlings.
C: Meaning of the letter C in Sphincterani means: You unquestionably have a partier side in you, don't be timid to show it. Astounding comprehension of individuals, Avoid long talks as these undermine. Unwilling to take care of little issues and subtle elements, yet sound judgment overcomes. Insight sparkles brilliantly, moving into places of significance. Adjust incautious propensities by examining circumstances first.
You are an extremely social individual, and it is imperative to you to have a relationship. You require closeness and fellowship. You should have the capacity to converse with your sex accomplice some time recently, amid, a great many. You need the question of your love to be socially satisfactory and attractive. You see your mate as a companion and buddy. You are extremely sexual and erotic, requiring somebody to acknowledge and nearly love you. At the point when this can't be accomplished, you can go for long stretches without sexual movement. You are a specialist at controlling your wishes and managing without.
T: Meaning of the letter T in Sphincterani means: You like hanging out with companions when you have time. You appreciate the organization of others in parties. Extraordinary creative ability your finest ability. utilize properly to appreciate wealth and respect. Eager, apprehensive and peevish, looking for fellowship. Change of surroundings regularly makes a difference. Dream and have a great time the peculiar help with new attempts. Concentrate an authentic subject, particularly history. Imprudent with low fatigue limit. Serious review fulfills not, magical interests do. Great imitator, requiring venturesome individuals around.
You are exceptionally touchy, private, and sexually detached; you like an accomplice who leads the pack. Music, delicate lights and sentimental musings turn you on. You fantasize and tend to fall all through adoration. At the point when in adoration, you are sentimental, hopeful, soft, and to a great degree alterable. You appreciate having your faculties and your emotions animated, titillated, and prodded. You are an incredible tease. You can make your connections fit your fantasies, all in your own head.
E: Meaning of the letter E in Sphincterani means: You are an extremely energizing individual. Meekness retreats as you develop. Mystery and self-centeredness give influence, lose bolster unless longing for cash and power directed. Intrinsic knowledge and strategy convey desire to realization. Flexibility brings respects, don't get to be distinctly imprudent. Utilize, create, and apply creative ability and succeed, however maintain a strategic distance from madness. On the off chance that you realized what individuals truly consider you, you would be shocked.
Your most noteworthy need is to talk. In the event that your date is not a decent audience, you experience difficulty relating. A man must be mentally fortifying or you are not intrigued sexually. You require a companion for a mate and a buddy for a bed mate. You loathe disharmony and interruption, however you do appreciate a decent contention every so often it appears to blend things up. You be a tease a considerable measure, for the test is more essential than the sexual represent you. However, once you give your heart away, you are uncompromisingly faithful. When you don't have a decent partner to nod off with, you will nod off with a decent book.
R: Meaning of the letter R in Sphincterani means: You are a people person. Forces of influence bring a place of unmistakable quality. Equivocal nature at some point or another imprints you as a rogue. You will profit in business. Make vocation one of your callings. Plotting psyche and rhetoric do well in governmental issues. Develop something, make it viable. Exhaust a lot of vitality on excessively numerous ventures, fizzle. Brave soul brings changes.
You are a simple, activity arranged person. You require somebody who can keep pace with you and who is your scholarly equivalent the more quick witted the better. You are turned on more rapidly by an extraordinary personality than by an awesome body. Be that as it may, physical engaging quality is essential to you. You must be pleased with your accomplice. You are secretly exceptionally attractive, however you don't demonstrate this apparently. On the off chance that your new significant other is not too awesome in bed, you will serve as instructor. Sex is imperative; you can be an extremely requesting mate.
A: Meaning of the letter A in Sphincterani means: You can be calm when you have something at the forefront of your thoughts. Imperativeness and eagerness, rouse others, inclined to sick wellbeing, judgment skills conquers, peevishness and "nerves", make money related and household issues. Taking part in new exercises, defeats bashfulness, unanticipated occasions may bring about surprising move to faraway place. Travel generally, may live a long way from home. You could endure possess whimsicalness. Desire achieved through application and aptitude.
You are not especially sentimental, but rather you are keen on activity. You mean business. With you, what you see is the thing that you get. You have no tolerance for being a tease and can't be annoyed with somebody who is attempting to be bashful, adorable, shy, and quietly luring. You are an in advance individual. With regards to sex, its activity that matters, not dark clues. Your mate's physical appeal is critical to you. You discover the pursuit and test of the "chase" stimulating. You are energetic and sexual, and additionally being a great deal more brave than you show up, in any case, you don't circumvent promoting these qualities. Your physical needs are your essential concern.
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Matsumoto (松本; [2]) is in Nagano at the eastern end of the Japan Alps.
Get in
The TIC (tourist information) is inside the train station.
By plane
Matsumoto has a small local airport, with commercial flights only from Osaka, Sapporo, and Fukuoka. Travel time to downtown is roughly 20 minutes.
From the closest major airport, Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya, Matsumoto can be reached by rail in roughly three hours by the Meitetsu line and JR limited express train (change in Nagoya). Buses connect Centrair with Matsumoto in around 3 1/2 to 4 hours for ¥3500.
From Narita Airport, Matsumoto can be reached in 4 1/2 to 5 hours by limited express rail service (change in Shinjuku).
By train
Matsumoto is located on the JR Shinonoi Line. It is four stops away from Shiojiri, the "mid-point" of the Chuo Main Line between Tokyo and Nagoya.
Limited express trains run to Matsumoto from Tokyo's Shinjuku station. The Super Azusa (スーパーあずさ) makes the run in about 2 1/2 hours; the Azusa (あずさ) makes the journey in about three hours (¥6710 for both).
Taking several local JR trains will cost roughly ¥4000, getting you from Shinjuku to Matsumoto in around six hours... in which case, you're better off using a bus (see below).
There's also the option of taking the Nagano Shinkansen Asama (あさま) from Tokyo to Nagano station, then taking the Wide View Shinano (ワイドビューしなの) limited express to Matsumoto (2 1/2 hours, ¥8470).
The Wide View Shinano also runs from Nagoya station, where there are connections with the Shinkansen line (towards Kyoto and Osaka). The run from Nagoya to Matsumoto takes 2 hours on the limited express and costs ¥6070; local trains cost ¥3260 and take between 4 and 5 hours, depending on the available trains and connections.
All of the above mentioned rail trips are free when using the Japan Rail Pass.
By bus
Highway buses from JR Matsumoto station connect to Shinjuku in Tokyo (3 hours, ¥3400), and various destinations in the Japan Alps, notably the Oku-Hida Onsen Villages (90 min, ¥2300-2800).
Get around
Matsumoto is mildly famous for its soba noodles, hopefully served with a dab of product from the world's largest wasabi farm nearby. Stores in Matsumoto also offer pickled wasabi leaves, laquerware, and traditional crafts.
Matsumoto is also famous for its raw horse meat (basashi).
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It's amazing how something as simple as a new finish can come along and make everything else look so dated and out of style. Lately, this phenomenon has happened to wicker. Suddenly, gray wicker – or a gray washed wicker - has exploded on the scene and all other wicker stains and finishes look so…. granny.
No one loves wicker more than I do – especially dark, deep brown stained wicker. But, that's all over now. The end of dark brown wicker came when I started noticing the gray wicker finish here and there. I also used to love white wicker. No more. Does anyone out there want to buy some white and dark brown wicker? I've got a few pieces for sale!
My guest room – yep, there it is, hiding its ugly face in the corner! A dark brown stained wicker chair, just waiting to be replaced. It thinks if it keeps hiding it will go unnoticed.
And oh, I used to love white wicker. No more. Sold to the highest bidder!
Ah…there she is. The most gorgeous wicker chair in the world. Gray wicker. It's color is subtle: light brown with a hint of a whitish gray paint covering it. This chair is perfect either inside or out. I especially love it in a dining room paired with a limed wood table.
Just like this! Jill Brinson's gorgeous dining room. The chairs look especially good when placed near the gray faux finished cabinets. PERFECTION!
These gorgeous chairs were seen in the Kirby Mears designed house in Veranda. They are sold at Thompson Hanson in Houston as "Belgian Wicker."
Brooke Giannetti of Velvet and Linen pairs her gray wicker with grayish old shutters. So beautiful!
The same chairs then go outside on Brooke's gravel courtyard.
Houston interior designer Sally Wheat used these gray wicker chairs in a breakfast room – paired with a Wisteria steel table.
In this house, Sally Wheat used the gray wicker with painted legs as bar stools.
For this client, Sally took a paint brush to white wicker, turning it luscious gray. Hmm. That's not a bad idea!!!
Heaven on earth! I ordered three sets of three wicker baskets – all heavenly gray.
The smallest sized basket sits on my kitchen counter – filled with take out menus.
The medium sized basket on my bakers rack holds Elisabeth's school books.
My Albans client is borrowing a set of the baskets until she finds a Mora clock for that wall.
Noir Furniture LA is a great wholesale company for this chair. Doxa Home HERE carries this chair for retail clients.
Of course Restoration Hardware is all over the gray wicker. They call it their Provence Collection. And of course the French would want credit for this gorgeous wicker.
Restoration Hardware: It is a pretty collection. Not as fluid or sensual as the chairs with curved lines though.
Restoration Hardware: These make great chairs for the inside dining room.
OKA – the best catalogue in the world. They get it. HERE.
Pottery Barn – you need to wise up. These two shades are out, finished, over, done-with, out of style. Get with the program, Pottery Barn!
While I am dying to get with the program myself – and change out all my wicker to the new gray - for the moment, I am going small. I recently bought two tiny gray wicker baskets with filled with succulents at Thompson Hanson (of course!) For now, I will be happy with my small nod to the new gray wicker. Ben is hoping this will get me through the trend. Somehow, I doubt it. But – we'll see!!! It might!
For now, I will be happy with my small nod to the new gray wicker. Ben is hoping this will get me through the trend. Somehow, I doubt it. But – we'll see!!! It might!
REMEMBER: PVE Design give away ends on Saturday - hurry and sign up!!!!


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Austin Farmer finished his high school wrestling career on top, claiming his first state championship Saturday at the SCHSL Class AAAA individual tournament in Anderson.
Farmer, a Bluffton High senior, pinned Lexington's Brandon Shepherd in just 40 seconds in the 138-pound championship match.
Farmer rolled through the tournament, starting with a first-period pin of Woodmont's Varlee Kelleh on Friday. He defeated South Pointe's Cameron Pike 18-8 in the semifinals Saturday before avenging his Lower State tournament loss to Shepherd.
Bluffton junior Levi Joly placed second at 113 pounds, falling to Lexington's Jackson Myers 6-0 in the title match. Joly had a 6-4 victory over Fort Mill's Eddie Byrams and a 4-2 victory over Beaufort's William Spann to reach the finals.
Junior 152-pounder Michael Meyerink lost 12-6 to Byrnes' Cody Simpson in the consolation semifinals. He beat Clover's Cole Gregory 17-5 in the first round before losing to eventual state champion Will Thomas of Dorman in the semifinals.


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Someone once said that ballet and modern dance would merge when a contemporary dancer donned toe shoes and ballerinas went barefoot. Well, that did happen in an Alvin Ailey piece years ago, and it was evident again last week in the dance kickoff of "China: The Art of a Nation," at the Kennedy Center now through October.
As I watched the National Ballet of China, I was reminded just how much classical ballet has changed since the company's last appearance here in 2005. The 60-member company has now fully embraced "modernism," both in technique and content.
For example, in "Swan Lake's" second act (where the ballerina flutters her arms in agony and trembles as she turns ever so gently) the delicate pas de deux was replaced with gymnastic tricks galore, plus some unabashed showing-off. Meanwhile, canned music replaced the live orchestra of past appearances.
Disappointing, indeed.
In the two Chinese signature works, "The Red Detachment of Women" and "The Yellow River," the dancers managed to pull off tricks worthy of Olympics recognition. In fairness, though, ballerina Zhu Yan was stunning as the peasant heroine leading her people to "justice."
Next up and rounding out the Chinese celebration will be the Beijing Dance Theater in its Kennedy Center debut. Years ago, I did see this troupe and remember a sense of clear, crisp movement that defines modern dance.
The company will perform "Haze," described as a politically correct work that deals with China's environmental problems. It runs at the Center's Eisenhower Theater Oct. 26-27.
A participatory master class for intermediate to advanced level dancers with members of the company will take place on Oct. 24. A free post-performance discussion follows the Wednesday evening show.
For balletomanes who enjoy gorgeous classical ballet still accompanied by a live orchestra, check out the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, celebrating its 10th anniversary season at the Kennedy Center Oct. 12-16.
Undertaking the immense responsibility of preserving Balanchine's great works, the company offers a fresh, new look at these masterpieces. The company will collaborate with the Sarasota Ballet to perform "Diamonds" on both programs. Note that it was created for Suzanne Farrell, so a more authentic showcase would be hard to find.
The "petite histoire" of ballet and its leading world practitioners will be saluted in the popular Ballet 360 (degrees) lecture series at the Kennedy Center starting this Saturday, Oct. 1. Dance critic Alexandra Tomalonis uses video and samplings of her writing to help us understand the art.
Meanwhile, the National Museum of Women in the Arts will display costumes associated with great ballets, plus a series of film screenings that includes the Oscar-nominated "Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse," starting Monday, Oct. 10.
Suzanne Farrell herself invites us to "read her notes" on some of the ballets the company will be presenting this October, including "Diamonds." Call toll free 800-444-1324 for special deals, including $10-off orchestra seating, or go to www.kennedy-center.org.


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A dozen or so young women arrived at Santa Monica State Beach shortly before noon and split into groups to play volleyball on the sand.
It occurs every day along the Southern California coast, but there was nothing impromptu or happenstance about their presence on this particular morning.
The women belonged to a club team that had been invited by the U.S. Olympic Committee. They were handed bright red caps and situated within camera range of a podium where, a few minutes later, officials announced that Los Angeles would be the U.S. bidder for the 2024 Summer Games.
"This place is important to the Games because we'll bring beach volleyball back to the very beach...


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Ninety-nine medical students officially became physicians on Saturday, June 1, following commencement ceremonies for UC Davis School of Medicine.
The event, which began at 10 a.m. at the Mondavi Center on the Davis campus, represented the 42nd graduating class from the School of Medicine. By tradition, the students filed into the auditorium led by the pomp and circumstance of a bagpipe band. Proud family members, friends and medical school faculty and staff packed the room to witness the exciting and emotional culmination of four challenging years of studying medicine.
Speaking on behalf of the class of 2013 was Kaveh Zivari, who is heading east next month to begin his residency in general surgery in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 27-year-old Southern California resident is following in the footsteps of two uncles who also are physicians. Zivari noted that the collaborative environment at UC Davis helped his classmates and him to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of others, important qualities that will guide them in the patient care they will provide as new physicians.
"This medical education has been a long road, but my passion toward helping others is what drives me," said Zivari, shortly before commencement. "There is no other feeling that comes close to how proud and motivated I feel by helping others. Every interaction with patients has reaffirmed my love of medicine, and I would never choose any other career."
Approximately 60 percent of this year's graduating class will remain in California for the next phase of their physician training, with 15 percent remaining at UC Davis Medical Center. About half of the class have chosen residencies in primary care, which includes family practice, general pediatrics and internal medicine — areas in medicine where physician shortages are becoming particularly acute. Less than 10 percent of this year's class chose an advanced subspecialty training program such as anesthesiology, diagnostic radiology or ophthalmology.
The 2013 commencement included 12 graduates from the school's Rural PRIME program, a special curriculum developed to attract and prepare future physicians for careers in medically underserved and diverse communities around the state. The students experienced their third-year clinical rotations far from the capital city's urban core. PRIME students were assigned four- and eight-week medical clerkships in primary care, where they worked alongside local physicians in small communities such as the Central California towns of Oakdale and King City.
The ceremony also featured commencement remarks by noted cardiologist Lawrence Czer, medical director of the heart transplant program at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles and a physician who is well known for his medical missions to some of the poorest and most war-torn regions of Africa.
In addition to the awarding of medical degrees, 24 other students received master of public health degrees, and another 16 students received master of health informatics degrees. These graduate programs are affiliated with the School of Medicine and draw upon the multiple strengths of UC Davis in public health, epidemiology, rural health, occupational and environmental health, telemedicine, and other research and academic studies. UC Davis developed its combined degree programs to address the growing need for health-care practitioners who can lead state and national efforts to track, manage and prevent injuries and disease, as well as work with large amounts of health information and data to enhance the practice of medicine and improve health for all.