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Matthew L. Martin

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Nov 11, 2009, 7:34:06 PM11/11/09
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... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate from
college and get married while you are unemployed?

Matthew (Not that they both did it at the same time)

--
I have two granddaughters:

Alex will find a way to silently get from where she is to where she
wants to be.
Anna will make an Anna sized hole between where she is to where she
wants to be.

Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Nov 11, 2009, 7:50:06 PM11/11/09
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On Nov 11, 4:34 pm, "Matthew L. Martin" <noth...@notnow.never> wrote:
> ... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate from
> college and get married while you are unemployed?

I guess this post has something to do with the tradition of the
bride's family paying for the wedding? Because at first, I was trying
to figure out why your daughters graduations and marriages would be
some kind of personal insult. I was about to say "Take it easy, there
are plenty of other husbands out there for you! Also, you can earn
your own degree! It's not like they took the last B.S. out of the big
box o' degrees!"

Mark

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Nov 11, 2009, 7:55:43 PM11/11/09
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Yes, I would take it VERY personally, if both my
daughters graduated and decided to marry one another.

That will make you your own stepdad.

It's just wrong.

---
Mark

Mark

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Nov 11, 2009, 8:01:47 PM11/11/09
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> That will make you your own father-in-law.

>
> It's just wrong.
>
> ---
> Mark

Ok, fixed my post.

Rob

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Nov 11, 2009, 8:10:12 PM11/11/09
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Matthew L. Martin wrote:
> .... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate

> from college and get married while you are unemployed?
>
> Matthew (Not that they both did it at the same time)
>

No, you should be employed. Try it!

Rob

Nicko

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Nov 11, 2009, 9:30:08 PM11/11/09
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On Nov 11, 6:34 pm, "Matthew L. Martin" <noth...@notnow.never> wrote:
> ... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate from
> college and get married while you are unemployed?


No, but you might start to suspect something if they both decide to
get divorced just after you've retired.

Something to look forward to, anyway.

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YOP...

Matthew L. Martin

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Nov 11, 2009, 10:54:25 PM11/11/09
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Nicko wrote:
> On Nov 11, 6:34 pm, "Matthew L. Martin" <noth...@notnow.never> wrote:
>> ... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate from
>> college and get married while you are unemployed?
>
>
> No, but you might start to suspect something if they both decide to
> get divorced just after you've retired.

OH! FSCK11!!!!!11elventy-one!111!!

I hadn't thought of that.

Matthew

Otto Bahn

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Nov 12, 2009, 9:55:54 AM11/12/09
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"Mark" <blueri...@yahoo.com> wrote

> > ... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate from
> > college and get married while you are unemployed?
>
> > Matthew (Not that they both did it at the same time)
>
> > --
> > I have two granddaughters:
>
> > Alex will find a way to silently get from where she is to where she
> > wants to be.
> > Anna will make an Anna sized hole between where she is to where she
> > wants to be.
>
> Yes, I would take it VERY personally, if both my
> daughters graduated and decided to marry one another.

They're ALLO-WED.

> That will make you your own father-in-law.
>
> It's just wrong.
<

<Ok, fixed my post.

It's all relative.

--oTTo--


Matthew L. Martin

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Nov 12, 2009, 10:34:10 AM11/12/09
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One of my grandmothers married her daughter-in-law's father. That made
her her son's mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law's mother, too.

That's keeping it in the family.

Matthew

Otto Bahn

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Nov 12, 2009, 12:23:20 PM11/12/09
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"Matthew L. Martin" <not...@notnow.never> wrote

>>>> ... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate
>>>> from
>>>> college and get married while you are unemployed?
>>>> Matthew (Not that they both did it at the same time)
>>>> --
>>>> I have two granddaughters:
>>>> Alex will find a way to silently get from where she is to where she
>>>> wants to be.
>>>> Anna will make an Anna sized hole between where she is to where she
>>>> wants to be.
>>> Yes, I would take it VERY personally, if both my
>>> daughters graduated and decided to marry one another.
>>>
>>> That will make you your own father-in-law.
>
> One of my grandmothers married her daughter-in-law's father. That made her
> her son's mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law's mother, too.
>
> That's keeping it in the family.

If you outlaw inlaws, on outlaws will have inlaws.

--oTTo--


bar...@bookpro.com

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Nov 12, 2009, 1:14:50 PM11/12/09
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On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:34:06 -0500, "Matthew L. Martin"
<not...@notnow.never> wrote:

>... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate from
>college and get married while you are unemployed?

No, but they should pay for their own weddings.

BW

bar...@bookpro.com

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Nov 12, 2009, 1:19:38 PM11/12/09
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:34:10 -0500, "Matthew L. Martin"
<not...@notnow.never> wrote:

>Mark wrote:
>> On Nov 11, 7:55 pm, Mark <blueriver...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Nov 11, 7:34 pm, "Matthew L. Martin" <noth...@notnow.never> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... take it personally if both of your daughters decide to graduate from
>>>> college and get married while you are unemployed?
>>>> Matthew (Not that they both did it at the same time)
>>>> --
>>>> I have two granddaughters:
>>>> Alex will find a way to silently get from where she is to where she
>>>> wants to be.
>>>> Anna will make an Anna sized hole between where she is to where she
>>>> wants to be.
>>> Yes, I would take it VERY personally, if both my
>>> daughters graduated and decided to marry one another.
>>>
>>> That will make you your own father-in-law.
>
>One of my grandmothers married her daughter-in-law's father. That made
>her her son's mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law's mother, too.

When I was in college, a friend of mine had the experience of his
(widowed) father marrying his girlfriend's (divorced) mother. After
college, my friend and his girlfriend got married, so they had that
same situation. But a couple of years later, my friend's wife had an
affair, after which my friend and his wife divorced. That made
Christmas a bit awkward.

BW

Matthew L. Martin

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Nov 12, 2009, 4:31:09 PM11/12/09
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I can assure you that that particular thought could not have condensed
in either of their branes.

Matthew

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