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>>>Can you explain to me what is meant by "what's good for the goose is good for the gander"?
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>>I think it's supposed to mean that what is acceptable for men should also be acceptable for women, but it's another one of those adages that I contend are cited backward. I feel like it should be "What's good for the gander is good for the goose."
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>Hmmm. It *could* be that the context was woman-centric... if X is fine and dandy for women then the same should be so for men.


You have obviously been married <g>. Not only that, we should telepathically know it's fine and dandy without being told. Otherwise the husband is guilty of the famed "communication gap."

I spent most of this evening at soccer registration for next season and at one point several of us (of both sexes) were chuckling over a phenomenon we see at least once at every registration. It's the dad there to register his child(ren), sans those children, and when he hits the uniform sizing table he whips out his cell phone. Calling home to get his wife's estimate. Contrary to popular belief, men are forgiven for all sorts of transgressions, up to and including adultery. But mess up the kids' uniform sizes? You will NEVER hear the end of it.

As if to reinforce the general point, I stopped at the grocery store on the way home to pick up a few sale items before they go off sale. (Fresh whole pineapples for $1.99, anyone? I was ON that one). At the display cabinet at the end of the frozen food aisle a guy was holding the door open with one hand and talking to his wife on the cell phone with the other. He was literally reciting the names of the brand that was on sale. But he wasn't going to choose, he was putting it right on her. Make a choice, bud! Take a chance! I didn't buy any (plenty in stock already -- for the girls, of course <g>) but am pretty sure it was Buy One, Get One Free. How well do you have to know someone to be able to pick out one ice cream flavor she favors, given two chances? Jeez.

I love women. I really do. But whoever wrote "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" was onto something.