Comments on: A Chicken’s Ass is the Secret to a Happy Marriage http://julesritter.com/2010/03/chickens-bums-and-the-secrets-to-a-happy-marriage/ Sun, 06 May 2012 18:57:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jules http://julesritter.com/2010/03/chickens-bums-and-the-secrets-to-a-happy-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-9307 jules Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:23:32 +0000 http://julesritter.com/?p=2221#comment-9307 Hello Kate. I'm nearing the end now and have to say it gets better as she gives up trying to be erudite and worthy and reverts to her usual wise, witty, honest, bordelique (not sure that's a word in English but it is my mot de jour these days) prose style which is far easier on the eye and the brain. I think she makes some very fine conclusions about what marriage is and should be about. Felipe does get quite a hammering poor chap. Mr. Jules in bed with food poisoning from cheese fondue of all things, these Swiss...Now I could write a whole blog on Mr. J. when he is sick but I think I've done that one already and I would like to be married a bit longer. Off to brew some mint tea. Hello Kate. I’m nearing the end now and have to say it gets better as she gives up trying to be erudite and worthy and reverts to her usual wise, witty, honest, bordelique (not sure that’s a word in English but it is my mot de jour these days) prose style which is far easier on the eye and the brain. I think she makes some very fine conclusions about what marriage is and should be about. Felipe does get quite a hammering poor chap. Mr. Jules in bed with food poisoning from cheese fondue of all things, these Swiss…Now I could write a whole blog on Mr. J. when he is sick but I think I’ve done that one already and I would like to be married a bit longer. Off to brew some mint tea.

]]> By: Kate http://julesritter.com/2010/03/chickens-bums-and-the-secrets-to-a-happy-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-9288 Kate Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:16:47 +0000 http://julesritter.com/?p=2221#comment-9288 Ha Ha! I am just about to read this! One of my oldest and best friends, who lives in Sydney, sent me "Eat Love Pray" for Christmas last year and it was such a great present because I had not heard of the book then (after that it of course cropped up all over the place) and it was about 3 of our favourite places and I loved it. It held no interest for my partner of course! Thanks Jules for the tip on skipping the Hmong bits! x Ha Ha! I am just about to read this! One of my oldest and best friends, who lives in Sydney, sent me “Eat Love Pray” for Christmas last year and it was such a great present because I had not heard of the book then (after that it of course cropped up all over the place) and it was about 3 of our favourite places and I loved it. It held no interest for my partner of course! Thanks Jules for the tip on skipping the Hmong bits! x

]]> By: jules http://julesritter.com/2010/03/chickens-bums-and-the-secrets-to-a-happy-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-9251 jules Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:31:59 +0000 http://julesritter.com/?p=2221#comment-9251 Oh Guy thanks for such a great start to my day...I'm still laughing. Gnawing on a chop bone? I hope for your sake the wifey doesn't read this. But you are right being able to love or at least tolerate the not so lovable parts of a person and see the whole package is what it is all about. Mr. Jules loves to blow his nose in the shower... Oh Guy thanks for such a great start to my day…I’m still laughing. Gnawing on a chop bone? I hope for your sake the wifey doesn’t read this. But you are right being able to love or at least tolerate the not so lovable parts of a person and see the whole package is what it is all about. Mr. Jules loves to blow his nose in the shower…

]]> By: Guy Aron http://julesritter.com/2010/03/chickens-bums-and-the-secrets-to-a-happy-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-9250 Guy Aron Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:24:34 +0000 http://julesritter.com/?p=2221#comment-9250 Yes, I think the reason one loves someone is not because of things they do consciously, but ways they reveal themselves spontaneously. (I always enjoy watching my wife gnaw a chicken or chop bone because of the total absorption and efficiency with which she divests it of meat.) No matter how much energy we expend trying to be lovable, it's probably the things we do unconsciously that our partner most treasures. Scary, isn't it? Yes, I think the reason one loves someone is not because of things they do consciously, but ways they reveal themselves spontaneously. (I always enjoy watching my wife gnaw a chicken or chop bone because of the total absorption and efficiency with which she divests it of meat.) No matter how much energy we expend trying to be lovable, it’s probably the things we do unconsciously that our partner most treasures. Scary, isn’t it?

]]> By: DL http://julesritter.com/2010/03/chickens-bums-and-the-secrets-to-a-happy-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-9218 DL Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:25:49 +0000 http://julesritter.com/?p=2221#comment-9218 I hated her first book. I wanted to shout "Grow up! Look around you and stop being so self-centred. You are boring, boring, boring. Go do something for someone who has real problems." I feel I should send a sympathy card to the man who is stuck with this creature. I hated her first book. I wanted to shout “Grow up! Look around you and stop being so self-centred. You are boring, boring, boring. Go do something for someone who has real problems.”

I feel I should send a sympathy card to the man who is stuck with this creature.

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