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October 30, 2009
Women want... hunters? - 10
By a new measure of bliss, my wife should be ecstatic. So why does she glare at me so savagely as I pack my hunting bag? The bliss quotient of women made the cover of a recent Time magazine, and it’s the topic of a new book written by marketing guru Michael Silverstein, called “Women Want More: How to Capture Your Share of the World’s Largest, Fastest-Growing Market.” Now, I shudder to think that marketers can tell me more about my spouse than I already know, but in a revealing New Yorker interview Silverstein implies that American women want to be more Swedish. If that conclusion eludes you as it did me, then maybe you’re not as tuned in to your spouse as you should be. That’s a particular problem to those of us with AAD, or autumnal affective disorder, which tends to make us distracted and hyperactive as hunting seasons approach. Silverstein tells The New Yorker that he went to Sweden and met women with “idyllic lives” and suggests that American women can take a page from these satisfied Scandinavian spouses. Here’s his take: “The Swedish woman says, ‘We have a house here, but we have something in the country that we go to (where) my husband goes out and hunts for dinner.’ He comes back with dinner and he has shot it! They are happy. American women don’t have anyone hunting for them—that’s the real problem.” If that’s the case, then the solution to all our domestic discontent should be resolved within the next month, as so many American husbands go out to hunt for their women. I’ll be sure to let you know just how happy my wife is to see me neglect the kids, household chores and even basic hygiene. |
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Jag är inte så säker att jag tro det.I am not so sure that I believe that. I am half Swedish and grew up in a Swedish speaking family situation. I wish my wife was like the Swedish woman in the article. I have a friend who is married to a Swedish woman, and I was talking to her last week about her husband, who is going deer hunting this year for the first time (with two friends and me.) She was apprehensive because even though her parents who live in Sweden have moose in their back yards in the morning, she has only eaten it once and she isn't so sure she will like venison.
This individual in the article was too anecdotal to be representative of what women want. My wife has already begun her annual tirade of "I hate hunting season, I hate it. Have I ever told you that I hate hunting season?"
She is never too happy with my response, "Why no, dear, not since last year." We've only been married for 29 years, so I guess she just hasn't got used to it yet. The kids, ages 23 and 20, have it figured out and are good with it, but my wife is still adapting to the idea that I always have been and still am a hunter. I told her I was before we got married, so I don't know what else to say.
A wise old Indian Chief was asked: where did the white man go wrong? He replied: When Indians ran this land, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty deer, plenty turkey. Water was clean and free. Medicine man was free. Women did all the work. Men spent all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex. And the white man thought he could improve on a system like that.
I keep getting the "You're always gone for work. And then you come home and pack up to go hunting!" You can't win. Because when winter hits she sure appreciates the wild game in the freezer.
Been married 32 years and my wife loves my hunting activities. Guess I am blessed having married right the first time.
During my pre-marriage days when a woman seemed more serious I asked a test question-"I hunt and I hunt anytime there is a season no matter the holiday, birthday or any other special event. Don't expect me to be there if they get scheduled during hunting season. What do you think of that?"
Until my present wife they all said something to effect "NO WAY" Not with me you won't.
So here I am a very happily married hunter.
BTW, I hunt almost everything fulltime spring and fall seasons.
My wife was anxious to participate in activities that I enjoyed when we were first married. She went duck hunting with me and blasted away at the birds with the rest of us. It didn't take long for me to realize that such a good shot was missing too many birds with too much consistency. Sure enough, much as she liked the company she couldn't bring herself to kill anything. She was missing on purpose! It is the soft and gentle nature of this beautiful woman, so we laughed about it and she took up other interests. Fortunately, she has remained interested in me for the past 36 years. If the weather is good she may come along with her camera. On these cold fall days she is more apt to say have a good time .. I'm going shopping!
we have a garden the critters ate her strawberries now she wants them all dead!
I got really lucky and married the right one the first time. Our kids are grown so the parenting responsibilities are few.Now when it comes time to hunt or fish she helps me pack and get ready to go. After 27 yrs of wedded bliss the one thing she likes best about me is my absence.
I think I should be worried. Usually my wife complains constantly about my hunting time. With money being tight and my big old truck getting 12 mpg I have not gone much this year. I do have a buddy that lives half the distance from the land than I do and has offered to let me stay with him to save on gas over the weekend or next week when we're both off work. I asked how she felt about that and she was all for it and said I should do it several nights. I wonder what she's planning?
when i was married, i didn't get to hunt and fish as much as i would have like because the week of silence when i returned was miserable. now that im single, i have determined that it will never happen again. if she don't like it, she can marry a banker but i'm going hunting when and whereever i can. more peaceful that way.
schuntman: i would be worried!
That fella in the picture is going to eat that scope! LOL!!!
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A wise old Indian Chief was asked: where did the white man go wrong? He replied: When Indians ran this land, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty deer, plenty turkey. Water was clean and free. Medicine man was free. Women did all the work. Men spent all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex. And the white man thought he could improve on a system like that.
Been married 32 years and my wife loves my hunting activities. Guess I am blessed having married right the first time.
During my pre-marriage days when a woman seemed more serious I asked a test question-"I hunt and I hunt anytime there is a season no matter the holiday, birthday or any other special event. Don't expect me to be there if they get scheduled during hunting season. What do you think of that?"
Until my present wife they all said something to effect "NO WAY" Not with me you won't.
So here I am a very happily married hunter.
BTW, I hunt almost everything fulltime spring and fall seasons.
I got really lucky and married the right one the first time. Our kids are grown so the parenting responsibilities are few.Now when it comes time to hunt or fish she helps me pack and get ready to go. After 27 yrs of wedded bliss the one thing she likes best about me is my absence.
My wife was anxious to participate in activities that I enjoyed when we were first married. She went duck hunting with me and blasted away at the birds with the rest of us. It didn't take long for me to realize that such a good shot was missing too many birds with too much consistency. Sure enough, much as she liked the company she couldn't bring herself to kill anything. She was missing on purpose! It is the soft and gentle nature of this beautiful woman, so we laughed about it and she took up other interests. Fortunately, she has remained interested in me for the past 36 years. If the weather is good she may come along with her camera. On these cold fall days she is more apt to say have a good time .. I'm going shopping!
we have a garden the critters ate her strawberries now she wants them all dead!
I think I should be worried. Usually my wife complains constantly about my hunting time. With money being tight and my big old truck getting 12 mpg I have not gone much this year. I do have a buddy that lives half the distance from the land than I do and has offered to let me stay with him to save on gas over the weekend or next week when we're both off work. I asked how she felt about that and she was all for it and said I should do it several nights. I wonder what she's planning?
when i was married, i didn't get to hunt and fish as much as i would have like because the week of silence when i returned was miserable. now that im single, i have determined that it will never happen again. if she don't like it, she can marry a banker but i'm going hunting when and whereever i can. more peaceful that way.
schuntman: i would be worried!
Jag är inte så säker att jag tro det.I am not so sure that I believe that. I am half Swedish and grew up in a Swedish speaking family situation. I wish my wife was like the Swedish woman in the article. I have a friend who is married to a Swedish woman, and I was talking to her last week about her husband, who is going deer hunting this year for the first time (with two friends and me.) She was apprehensive because even though her parents who live in Sweden have moose in their back yards in the morning, she has only eaten it once and she isn't so sure she will like venison.
This individual in the article was too anecdotal to be representative of what women want. My wife has already begun her annual tirade of "I hate hunting season, I hate it. Have I ever told you that I hate hunting season?"
She is never too happy with my response, "Why no, dear, not since last year." We've only been married for 29 years, so I guess she just hasn't got used to it yet. The kids, ages 23 and 20, have it figured out and are good with it, but my wife is still adapting to the idea that I always have been and still am a hunter. I told her I was before we got married, so I don't know what else to say.
I keep getting the "You're always gone for work. And then you come home and pack up to go hunting!" You can't win. Because when winter hits she sure appreciates the wild game in the freezer.
That fella in the picture is going to eat that scope! LOL!!!
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