breaking up is like getting in a really bad car accident.

[skra75]

your car gets totalled
it hurts alot at first
you have to go to physical therapy for a while and take painkillers
you end up with a few different rental cars, some of them are shitty and none of them you get used to
you learn to be a better driver
and in the end you have a better ride than you did before

[HEIRESS]

I don't drive
I've never owned a car
I don't even have a valid license

[tracky]

^ in the metaphorical sense that is pretty true for me

[beastieangel01]

sounds like life in general, not just break ups. But it applies regardless.

[QueenAdrock]

I guess the rise in insurance costs would be alimony?

[skra75]

lol well no not really
luckily not for me at least

[mickill]

Breaking up is also like painting the exterior of your house:

It takes time
Afterwards, you order pizza

[chrisd]

i like junk in the trunk, warming up my motor and getting a chrome job (What can I say: Angelenos love to drive, even if they're in Swiss land)

[QueenAdrock]

It's also like a vacuum cleaner

I mean, sometimes the dirt really gets to you and you gotta take care of it because you're not gonna put up with a messy apartment anymore. It really, really sucks at first and then once you're done with it you feel so much better all that shit is outta the apartment. And then you tell yourself you'll keep your apartment clean and not let messy people over anymore because then it'll just get dirty again, but then one thing leads to another and you end up friendless, jobless, and kicked out of your apartment.

Or something.

[Echewta]

Wives are free :) Cars cost money :(

[QueenAdrock]

What kind of women have you been with that don't cost money?

Well, I guess not $800 "your-transmission-is-shit-beyond-repair" money, but still.

[bigblu89]

What kind of women have you been with that don't cost money?

See, this is what I don't get.

Since the whole women's lib movement, ladies out there are begging to be "treated equal", yet still think it's a man's obligation to pay for shit duing the "courtship" of a relationship.

When I go out with my guy friends, I don't pay for his meal, I don't push in his chair. Because we're equals, we both have jobs, and opposable thumbs, and can pay and push for ourselves.

If you got so much "girl power" you should be strong enough to push in your own seat, and open your own car door.

Now, I'm not lumping all women into this category, as I know there are strict women's lib ladies outhere that have no problems with going Dutch on dinner, and laides that can't seem to function with out the big strong man to protect them, I'm jsut talking about those inbetweeners, that use the womans lib argument only when it benefits them.

[QueenAdrock]

No, I totally agree. But the question was "what kind of woman doesn't cost money?" because the fact remains that a lot of them are still money-hungry whores. I don't ask for much, and when I do it's usually "Let me borrow some money, I'll pay you back" or "Buy this time and I'll buy next". I pride myself on being a cheap date. I've never asked guys to buy me things, or expected them to, just because that's a loada crap.

A lottttaaa women I know are still like that though. Like one girl told me when I was dating Wayne that it was his job to drive home on the weekends to see me because "He was the boy, and he can pay for gas." I wanted to slap her.

But I also have yet to see many "treat us equal" women expect men to pay for them.

[ET]

You forgot about the "erectile disfunction".

[QueenAdrock]

If you got so much "girl power" you should be strong enough to push in your own seat, and open your own car door.

Another thing I saw: It's not about being strong, it's about doing a nice thing for a girl. Just like I could say "Men are smart, they can cook their own dinner." And that's totally true. It definitely shouldn't be expected that women cook or do all the cleaning, but I know if I want to be really sweet to my guy, I can bake him cookies. Just like a guy shouldn't be EXPECTED to open the door for a girl (because like you said, she's perfectly capable), but if he does, that's very nice.

It's a great gesture, as long as it's not expected. If a guy expected me to cook and clean, I'd probably stop doing it altogether. If he respected me as a woman, then he might be nice enough to deserve baked cookies or a massage out of the blue.

[bigblu89]

Another thing I saw: It's not about being strong, it's about doing a nice thing for a girl. Just like I could say "Men are smart, they can cook their own dinner." And that's totally true. It definitely shouldn't be expected that women cook or do all the cleaning, but I know if I want to be really sweet to my guy, I can bake him cookies. Just like a guy shouldn't be EXPECTED to open the door for a girl (because like you said, she's perfectly capable), but if he does, that's very nice.

It's a great gesture, as long as it's not expected. If a guy expected me to cook and clean, I'd probably stop doing it altogether. If he respected me as a woman, then he might be nice enough to deserve baked cookies or a massage out of the blue.

Completely argree here. Too many SHOULD and not enough COULD.

A man SHOULD be the one that buys every dinner: False.
A man COULD be the one that buys every dinner: True.

A woman SHOULD be the one that cooks every meal: False.
A woman COULD be the one that cooks every meal: True.