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Old 06-15-2010, 06:14 AM   #12 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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"He has been a gentleman of leisure for many years . . . the marriage is the direct reason the husband has not maintained or developed employment skills, is not used to work and is used to a life of leisure, luxury and privilege."
Ha! There's the rub. You can't take an animal from the wild, domesticate him, and then years later release him back to his original habitat! He'll get himself killed!

Truthfully, though, if you choose to spoil the guy and not make him work or develop any skills, you can't expect to just spit him out and have him say, "Okay, I'll just pick up where I left off years ago; it's cool."
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