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From: <SKILLIANS_at_aol.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Spousal Compatibility
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:52:26 EST
In a message dated 11/3/99 6:50:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, SKILLIANS writes:

<< << Or are there more "outdoorsy" men than women?  I would think this is
  just a blatant stereotype and I personally don't want to believe it is
  true.
   >>
 
 I do not think that even ONE of my woman friends would be remotely 
interested in hearing about the largemouth I caught, the great time I had ice 
skating across the lake, how much fun my husband and I had stacking the wood 
out back, etc, etc. Do other Paddlewise females find the same thing? I'm not 
so sure that it's a blatant stereotype.......and sometimes it gets lonely! 
 
 Pam Stohrer
 Auburn, NH

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Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Spousal Compatibility
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In a message dated 11/3/99 3:28:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
baker_at_montana.com writes:

<< Or are there more "outdoorsy" men than women?  I would think this is
 just a blatant stereotype and I personally don't want to believe it is
 true.
  >>

I do not think that even ONE of my woman friends would be remotely interested 
in hearing about the largemouth I caught, the great time I had ice skating 
across the lake, how much fun my husband and I had stacking the wood out 
back, etc, etc. Do other Paddlewise females find the same thing? I'm not so 
sure that it's a blatant stereotype.......and sometimes it gets lonely! 

Pam Stohrer
Auburn, NH
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From: <WILAX_at_aol.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Spousal Compatibility
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 07:42:59 EST
No wonder I'm not married.  I just thought I was meeting the wrong women (or 
is that not meeting the right women)!  Your'e telling me there aren't any Ms 
rights out there?
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From: Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Spousal Compatibility
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 10:39:29 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 WILAX_at_aol.com wrote:

> No wonder I'm not married.  I just thought I was meeting the wrong women (or 
> is that not meeting the right women)!  Your'e telling me there aren't any Ms 
> rights out there?

Check out Sandykayak....;^>

Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu


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From: Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Spousal Compatibility
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 09:58:22 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 SKILLIANS_at_aol.com wrote:

>  I do not think that even ONE of my woman friends would be remotely 
> interested in hearing about the largemouth I caught, the great time I had ice 
> skating across the lake, how much fun my husband and I had stacking the wood 
> out back, etc, etc. Do other Paddlewise females find the same thing? I'm not 
> so sure that it's a blatant stereotype.......and sometimes it gets lonely! 

Where do you get your women friends? Of course I'm not suggesting you dump
them -- but surely there must be female paddlers or other outdoors types
around. All my friends of either gender share at least one major interest
with me; that's why they're friends. If you don't have a outdoors-related
club around, we Pwisers who live the closest to you might start beating
the bushes for a female paddling neighbor (?) Tell us again where you
live.... e

Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu


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From: Karen Hancock <magpi_at_transport.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Spousal Compatibility
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 09:11:01 -0800
>
>  I do not think that even ONE of my woman friends would be remotely
> interested in hearing about the largemouth I caught, the great time I had
ice
> skating across the lake, how much fun my husband and I had stacking the
wood
> out back, etc, etc. Do other Paddlewise females find the same thing? I'm
not
> so sure that it's a blatant stereotype.......and sometimes it gets lonely!
>

Yes, I have found it the same the last 30 years, although the numbers of
women interested in outdoor activities, women's groups, etc, has been
increasing. My husband's outdoor interests are very different from mine
(discovered early in our relationship that backpacking to him was driving to
a campground and setting up a tent, while to me it was a light backpack with
just the essentials and 15 miles hiking to new sites every day) and it was a
problem for a while. I finally just started doing things without him. Going
with another man was out of the question, of course, and finding a woman
friend interested was near impossible, so I usually went alone or not at all
(I don't particularly like doing outdoor things with groups). With paddling,
my husband is getting more interested now he's got a nice new boat, but he
can take it or leave it. Now I'm getting older, would enjoy a bit of
company... would love to find a woman friend (my age) with similar interests
and abilities, but it is still difficult. Paddlewise women are a delight...
hope you'll contact me if you come to the Pacific NW.

Karen

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