Re: Women and the draft



<Old_Timer> wrote in message > If my wife outlives me she will become such a
widow. Not my fault. I
have tried to get her into these activities of "Taking care of daily
life" with little success.
Three years ago when I was hospitalized for two months after falling
off of a high ladder she brought the unopened utility bills and the
check book the hospital for me to take care of them. During that
period my daughter put gas in the car for her Ma when she came home
for a visit. Fortunately, there were no automobile problems during
this period.
The yard work was hired out until I was able to do it again.

Your wife needs to meet my cousin in Maryland who has purposely been a
helpless female all her life and blames everyone else for it. Her husband
died 10 years ago; then her mother took over caring for her. Aunt Marce
died last year at age 98. Margaret, who is 73, is now being placed in
assisted living because she refuses to do anything to help herself. If she
doesn't cooperate there, it will be the nursing home. It's such a shame
because she has a decent retirement income, her mother left her the paid-for
condo to live in, and lots of services are available in her area. She
insists she is a victim and has no responsibility to take care of herself.

Nancy


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