What exactly is a "dual income family with a stay at home parent"?
A couple where one person works 2 jobs while the other stays home?
St. Dickeybird | Homepage | 02.10.06 - 12:18 pm | #

Now, now Dickey - ease up on Mainja - although that would be an interesting demographic.

Harper's childcare policy bugs the hell out of me too. As does most of what he stands for. For a non-post, this is a great post!
Snooze | Homepage | 02.10.06 - 1:16 pm | #

dickey, i fixed it. you're so damn pickey. pickey dickey.
mainja | Homepage | 02.10.06 - 2:50 pm | #

Hey, hey, I was just ASKING...
I thought you had a scenario, and I just couldn't grasp it!
St. Dickeybird | Homepage | 02.10.06 - 3:08 pm | #

dickey - yeah yeah, sure. ;)
mainja | Homepage | 02.10.06 - 3:52 pm | #

Just hold on and ride it out, Manja. You'll be up and ranting again in no time. In the meantime, be gentle with yourself - and keep writing, even if you don't think you have anything to say.

Take care,

ink.
ink | Homepage | 02.10.06 - 5:59 pm | #

Dickey: A "dual income family with a stay at home parent" refers to polygamous marriages - something I know you would support. I doubt, however, that it will get much support from Mr. Harper.
dantallion | Homepage | 02.13.06 - 9:35 am | #

Dan, that's the only thing I could come up with too. And Harper wouldn't go for that, even though it could be a misogynist's dream.
St. Dickeybird | Homepage | 02.13.06 - 9:45 am | #

now dickey, there you go, feeding people's paranoia about poly relationships.

i wonder why poly always equals radical religious one man multiple wives in people's minds.

either that or hippy communes.

that's what seems to come to mind.

which is funny, 'cause in my experience, that's not the majority of it.
mainja | Homepage | 02.13.06 - 10:15 am | #

Sorry, just gotta ask ... what do you mean by "in your EXPERIENCE," manja?
ink | Homepage | 02.13.06 - 12:50 pm | #

Darling, I said COULD be a misogynist's dream. It could also be his nightmare... And he's radical enough that his only version would be 1man+chicks.
And for my preference, I'd like a bunch of both.
:)
St. Dickeybird | Homepage | 02.13.06 - 1:48 pm | #

ink - i have several friend who are or have been poly, some are way out there, and some are just average joe/janes.

a book i highly reccomend is "the ethical slut". my friend kate gave it to me for my birthday one year. it's an excellent read.
mainja | Homepage | 02.13.06 - 6:59 pm | #

The Ethical Slut is a good book for ANYONE to read.
Even in monogamous (probably more in monogamous) relationships, jealousy and possessiveness are big issues. This book addresses these issues very well.
Nomrlr lost my copy, which I'd taken from an ex...
St. Dickeybird | Homepage | 02.14.06 - 8:37 am | #