[WillowTheWhisp]

All this talk of equality is all very well but men and women are different and always will be. We are physically different and we should accept that and think of it as an assett. Having equal opportunities is good and getting paid the same wage for the same work wasn't before time though. It seems unbelievable now that women would work alongside men doing exactly the same but get paid less for it. In some cases women are better at some things than men too. lol I remember a weedy little specimen of manhood who couldn't open the strongroom door at the bank because it was too heavy for him!


I know what you are trying to say pixie but it's almost impossible to put into words isn't it? A father's relationship with a child begins at birth. A mother's relationship starts long before then, there's a physical bond. For 9 months that baby is a part of you. It doesn't mean that the father loves his child any less, it's just this something about having carried something which developed from a tiny imperceptible speck into an individual human being, having felt all the little flutterings which develop into wrigglings and kickings. Even before birth my children had personalities, the kicker, the wriggler, the quiet peaceful sqiggly one. The relationship is already developing as the baby develops.

I do think some women have gone a bit OTT though and the balance has swung too far. A lot of male chivalry and gallantry has been lost as a consequence. I don't think we'll ever get that back and it's a shame. I'm probably very old-fashioned but I'd prefer a world where the hubby goes out to work the wife stays home and looks after the house and children. He opens doors for her and holds the chair in a restaurant, takes her coat etc etc. Life was gentler and sweeter then.