Re: Why is this saying offensive?

persiflage · ‎02-16-2014

@SharkE wrote:
@tansy wrote:

@SharkE wrote:
In all fairness I read the other day about this woman writing to Ann Landers whoever it is now in the paper. She was asking how she could get her husband to take more then 2 baths a month ! she said "he really stinks down there". I shudder to think what she is going thru.

Mine is better about showering although he could be better, but, then, we women think you should shower 40 times a day. LOL

I console myself with always somebody worse off. Mine makes good money and I live well, so, I can shut my pie hole and be thankful I'm not like some poor women I see at the stores. I'm drawing his SS too. My sister in law's husband forbade her from drawing off of him because he thought it would lessen his benefit and his first wife drawed off of him he wasn't gonna let her draw too , so, the poor woman had to call from another house and draw off of her own tiny earnings and gets like 400 a month. That wouldn't pay my Q bill LOL
Ai-yi. Did you tell that man that his benefit remains the same no matter how many ex-wives (married at least 10 years) are drawing from his SS history? I'm surprised SS would not have explained that when this woman sneaked off to apply.
She didn't tell anybody till after the fact. Her daughter should had told her she's got some sense she's a nurse. SS don't care LOL that much more for them. Poor woman is in 70's and still babysitting for other people for extra income. He won't give her squat.
Think she's scared of him to tell U the truth. He's got big ol pension and his big SS, plus, does jobs for others that he don't have to declare, but, makes her pay for groceries and maintain her own car, etc. He's got the house in his kids name too. Shame.

If your sister in law qualifies by the guidelines to draw from his ss earnings he cannot stop her, she could make an appointment with a ss office and attempt to get this straigtened out. He does not dictate the rules and this would not result in any changes to his benefit amount.

Daisy Sunflower · ‎10-26-2010

I can't imagine anyone wearing any of those shirts out in public.

If I received one as a gift, I'd probably wear it as a pj top...and that's only if I couldn't return it.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

@VanSleepy wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@VanSleepy wrote:
I'm not one of the people who said it was offensive, but I think it's odd to be on a woman's shirt because I always thought it was something men said. As in if the wife isn't happy, she will make everyone else miserable.

Is THIS what that other thread was about? OMG, srsly?

It is possible to be offended by anything, I suppose. *Eyeroll*

It's never been meant as a commandment, it's a light-hearted joke. Are women offended by "If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy?" Probably not, because that saying is used by women (including on shirts and various home items) all the time. It means the same thing.

Ohhhhh....people think a man came up with it. That's why. "I can call myself whatever I want, but no one else better do it."

I really don't understand why you're replying to my post in that way. I did not say it was offensive. I simply said I thought it was weird to be on a woman's shirt.

Not positive, @VanSleepy but I think she's agreeing with you.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

To me wearing the happy wife shirt would be the same as a shirt declaring I'm a princess or a b*tch -- just not something I'd wear and I do wear some message shirts.

DREAMON · ‎03-09-2010

I have a little blackboard in my kitchen that says Be Kind Or Be Quiet....may be offensive to some but I want you to be kind or quiet in there

Greeneyedlady21 · ‎01-06-2015

This thread was totally worth it just for the woman writing to Ann Landers about her husband stinking down there

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Greeneyedlady21 · ‎01-06-2015

@tansy wrote:
To me wearing the happy wife shirt would be the same as a shirt declaring I'm a princess or a b*tch -- just not something I'd wear and I do wear some message shirts.

I just got a Wonder Woman t shirt (it just has the twoWs), it's a message and statement for me and has meaning to me for that reason. I dress for me, don't care what others think.

I have a favorite message t-shirt, can't say what it is here. It's not obscene or anything. I love it.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@VanSleepy wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@VanSleepy wrote:
I'm not one of the people who said it was offensive, but I think it's odd to be on a woman's shirt because I always thought it was something men said. As in if the wife isn't happy, she will make everyone else miserable.

Is THIS what that other thread was about? OMG, srsly?

It is possible to be offended by anything, I suppose. *Eyeroll*

It's never been meant as a commandment, it's a light-hearted joke. Are women offended by "If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy?" Probably not, because that saying is used by women (including on shirts and various home items) all the time. It means the same thing.

Ohhhhh....people think a man came up with it. That's why. "I can call myself whatever I want, but no one else better do it."

I really don't understand why you're replying to my post in that way. I did not say it was offensive. I simply said I thought it was weird to be on a woman's shirt.

@VanSleepy, sorry for the misunderstanding. There is another thread where the poster was being obscure about a "very" offensive t-shirt she'd seen in a store.

I don't find the saying in this thread offensive, but my post was a commentary on the "offended" issue and not meant as an attack on you but an opinion on those "easily offended" in general.

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

shoesnbags · ‎03-10-2010

@jubilant wrote:
It kind of reminds me of that other saying...If momma aint happy nobody is" or something along like line. I know people say it in jest to be funny so I don't really get offended but I would NEVER wear it proudly on my chest. For those that like it....you realize if they come out for one with "daddy" (or husband) you have to grin and bear it! What's good for the goose is good for the gander!!!

@jubilant

The saying is "If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" and I had a cute little sign with this saying on the wall in my kitchen many, many years ago, purchased at a craft fair. At the time I had two young boys, and they, my husband and I all thought it was funny but somewhat true - like "We'll all be a lot happier if you do what I say." I also had a little sign that said "Momma's busy, take a number" and there were little numbered hearts actually hanging from the sign. It was in the days of "country" kitchens and those little signs got a lot of compliments. But would I wear any of this on my chest? Heck no!

"Breathe in, breathe out, move on." Jimmy Buffett

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@tansy wrote:

@VanSleepy wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@VanSleepy wrote:
I'm not one of the people who said it was offensive, but I think it's odd to be on a woman's shirt because I always thought it was something men said. As in if the wife isn't happy, she will make everyone else miserable.

Is THIS what that other thread was about? OMG, srsly?

It is possible to be offended by anything, I suppose. *Eyeroll*

It's never been meant as a commandment, it's a light-hearted joke. Are women offended by "If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy?" Probably not, because that saying is used by women (including on shirts and various home items) all the time. It means the same thing.

Ohhhhh....people think a man came up with it. That's why. "I can call myself whatever I want, but no one else better do it."

I really don't understand why you're replying to my post in that way. I did not say it was offensive. I simply said I thought it was weird to be on a woman's shirt.
Not positive, @VanSleepy but I think she's agreeing with you.