MikeGB, Now you've done it! That was the first post with no mention of LBs, not even in a postscript!
But seriously, Mike, your sharp mind and keen powers of observation of the human condition never cease to amaze me. And your ability to sum things up and put fingertips to computer keyboard...Brilliant!
Pleasure and Pain. That is what it is all about. The amount of pain caused by everyday life with it hustle-bustle hurried pace, bills never-ending, and even more so for those with wives, kids, and mortgages to fret about. Unrelenting stress and pressure takes its toll. Stress is pain.
With all that stress(pain), there must be pleasure to balance the equation. Wives become business partners in the business of household, generating income, and rearing offspring. It is not always comforable jumping into bed for sex with your business partner, even if you are lucky enough to have one who's up for the "task," as they so often are not.
Feras' company sent him off for an all-expenses paid holiday to LOS as a bonus for his exemplary job performance. A smart wife ought to do the same for her husband if he was an exemplary husband, father, and business partner the rest of the year. That is the kind of incentive plan that could turn every man into an ideal husband for the time he is at home. There would be more happy husbands making their wives and children happier, as well. Why, with all that extra happiness spread around, the next thing you know, wars, disease, and poverty would be a thing of the past. GNPs would soar. And all because of generous, indulgent , kind , unjealous wives and their happy, "cheating" husbands. Don't you think so? Sounds like a plan. Let's start a movement!
