BaysideBob wrote: > The problem isn't "gay", it's "married". I suppose it would include a gay male > whose SO is a non-paddler. It would probably also include anyone, [snip] -- > who takes half the stuff when they pack up and leave -- that doesn't > paddle. [edited -- for clarity, I hope -- JDK] > > Ask anyone who's been selling boats for awhile. A couple > comes in: Person "A" is touching boats, sticking their head inside hatches > for a wiff of recently cured resin. Person "B" is trying to be polite but > you can see their boredom. [snip] > "B" views the boats as a threat. They only hold one person, so they exclude > the other person. They cost as much or more than most pieces of furniture > or major appliances. The problem is not sexual orientation. It's much greater. > It's about money and attention. And that is a very big deal. Bayside has hit it on the head. This is why I own *all* the paddling gear, boats, etc., and my SO owns none of it. She loves to paddle, and a couple of the boats are "hers," but she never feels that a new boat cuts into her disposable income or time with me. Hmmmm ... come to think of it, the last two boats were sorta bought at her instigation ... what's going on here?!! OTOH, if I contemplate *building* another boat ... that's another matter! (She does not build boats!) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Sep 18 1999 - 11:02:34 PDT
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