The wife, The girlfriend

[dancote]

Who is this mythical creature?

Is there an analogue "The husband, the boyfriend"?

During my 70+ years on the planet, I've never met "the wife" or "the girlfriend". I know my wife and I've known several girlfriends but I don't think any of them were "the wife" or "the girlfriend".

Do I need to put "the wife" or "the girlfriend" on my bucket list?

Comments invited.

Regards,

Dan

[SNOOPY]

:hun:



I've been happily married for 25 years. :)

[wyliec]

I'd comment, but I don't understand. This one is way over my head.

Are you talking about when someone says this is the wife, instead of this is my wife?

[spydaman60]

I have "the wife" who is tops in my book! she has put up with my :cus: over the last thirty two years and never complained once. she has mothered two beautiful daughters that mean the world to both of us! she lets me go hunting every year and buy all the toys I need or want. I can't say enough about her, and this will never be seen by her as she doesn't visit spyderlovers (to the best of my knowledge) so it's not for brownie points. maybe that's what op means about "the wife.":thumbup:when you know you have "the wife" it makes all the sense in the world.

[beanoil]

If you get "the wife" crossed off your bucket list, you can start looking for "the little woman" (rare these days, about like Sasquatch), and "the better half".

[Bob Denman]

30 years of wedded... BLISS. :shocked:
With the Missus... :D
And I've got the scars to prove it! :roflblack:

[Flanker]

LOL! In law enforcement and criminal justice, we pay close attention to the degree of psychological dissociation/distance persons of interest and suspects inject into their speech about relatives, friends, and associates that may have fallen to one misfortune, or another. Like a blunt object forcefully applied to the head, or maybe four 135 grain hollow points in the chest. The person of interest increases our interest in them, by referring to the deceased as "The Wife", as opposed "My Wife" or even more intimately by their wife's first name (they actually have one , you know ;) ). SO! Have you seen, "The Wife" lately? Me and the boys would like all of you to swing by the office later today; we need to talk. :joke:

[Cruzr Joe]

Just sayin .................. if you have the wife .............................. do not get the girlfriend

They will not get along. :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:


Cruzr Joe

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Or, they WILL get along; gang up, and KILL you! :yikes:
And then go shopping! :dg1:

[rabtech]

Old but still humorous .

Last year a friend of mine upgraded from GirlFriend 6.0 to Wife 1.0, and found that it’s a memory hog leaving very little system resources available for other applications. He is now noticing that Wife 1.0 is also spawning Child Processes which are further consuming valuable resources. No mention of this particular phenomena was included in the product brochure or the documentation, though other users have informed him that this is to be expected due to the nature of the application.

Not only that, Wife 1.0 installs itself such that it is always launched at system initialization, where it can monitor all other system activity. He’s finding that some applications such as PokerNight 10.3, BeerBash 2.5, and PubNight 7.0 are no longer able to run in the system at all, crashing the system when selected (even though they always worked fine before).

During installation, Wife 1.0 provides no option as to the installation of undesired Plug-Ins such as Mother-in-law 55.8 and Brother-in-law Beta release. Also, system performance seems to diminish with each passing day.

Some features he’d like to see in the upcoming wife 2.0:


a “Don’t remind me again” button.
a Minimize button.
an install shield feature that allows Wife 2.0 be installed with the option to uninstall at any time without the loss of cache and other system resources.
an option to run the network driver in promiscuous mode which would allow the system’s hardware probe feature to be much more useful.

I myself decided to avoid the headaches associated with Wife 1.0 by sticking with Girlfriend 7.0. Even here, however, I found many problems. Apparently you cannot install Girlfriend 7.0 on top of Girlfriend 6.0. You must uninstall Girlfriend 6.0 first. Other users say this is a long standing bug that I should have known about. Apparently the previous versions of Girlfriend have conflicts over shared use of the I/O port. You think they would have fixed such a stupid bug by now. To make matters worse, The uninstall program for Girlfriend 6.0 doesn’t work very well leaving undesirable traces of the application in the system. Another thing — all versions of Girlfriend continually popup little annoying messages about the advantages of upgrading to Wife 1.0.

Wife 1.0 has an undocumented bug. If you try to install Mistress 1.1 before uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before doing the uninstall itself. Then Mistress 1.1 will refuse to install, claiming insufficient resources.

To avoid this bug, try installing Mistress 1.1 on a different system and never run any file transfer applications such as Laplink 6.0. Also, beware of similar shareware applications that have been known to carry viruses that may affect Wife 1.0. Another solution would be to run Mistress 1.1 via a UseNet provider under an atechinternet-users.gifnonymous name. Here again, beware of the viruses which can accidentally be downloaded from the UseNet.

Tech Support Suggestions


These are very common problem men complain about, but is mostly due to a primary misconception. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 6.0 to Wife 1.0 with the idea that Wife 1.0 is merely a Utilities & Entertainment program. Wife 1.0 is indeed an operating system and designed by its creator to run everything.

It is unlikely you would be able to purge Wife 1.0 and still convert back to Girlfriend 6.0. Hidden operating files within your system would cause Girlfriend 6.0 to emulate Wife 1.0 so nothing is gained. It is impossible to uninstall, delete, or purge the program files from the system once installed. You cannot go back to Girlfriend 6.0 because Wife 1.0 is not designed to do this.

Some have tried to install Girlfriend 7.0 or Wife 2.0 but end up with more problems than the original system. Look in your manual under “Warnings - Alimony/Child support”. I recommend you keep Wife 1.0 and deal with the situation. I suggest installing background application program C:\YESDEAR to alleviate software augmentation.

Having installed Wife 1.0 myself, I might also suggest you read the entire section regarding General Partnership Faults (GPFs). You must assume all responsibility for faults and problems that might occur, regardless of their cause. The best course of action will be to enter the command C:\APOLOGIZE. In any case avoid excessive use of C:\YESDEAR because ultimately you may have to give the C:\APOLOGIZE command before the operating system will return to normal. The system will run smoothly as long as you take the blame for all the GPFs.

Wife 1.0 is a great program, but very high-maintenance. Consider buying additional software to improve the performance of Wife 1.0. I recommend Flowers 3.1 and Diamonds 2K. Do not, under any circumstances, install Secretary with Short Skirt 3.3. This is not a supported application for Wife 1.0 and is likely to cause irreversible damage to the operating system.

Best of Luck,
Tech Support

[spyder3]

yes :dontknow:

[Bob Denman]

78001

[jerpinoy]

This is what I worry when I reach 70 and I hope I will not think this way.:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

[dancote]

I'd comment, but I don't understand. This one is way over my head.

Are you talking about when someone says this is the wife, instead of this is my wife?

Yes

[dancote]

I'm loving the varied responses to this thread. There's hope for the future.

Regards,

Dan

[dancote]

This is what I worry when I reach 70 and I hope I will not think this way.:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

Yeah, I hear you. I didn't used to be 70. Then it happened. I wish for you as wonderful a trip to 70 as mine has been. And, when you get there, hopefully, you'll enjoy thinking whatever way works for you.

Regards,

Dan

P.S. I just noticed your in WA too. I look forward to meeting you soon. I bet our meeting/conversation will be fun.

[Chupaca]

I've got " the wife/girlfriend/friend/and lover " all rolled up in one. But the best part is she loves the "Jag" (roadster) and loves to ryde so we will till we're dust...!! :ohyea:

[Bob Denman]

Very nice... :thumbup:
(Did she tell you to say that?? :shocked: :roflblack:)

[dancote]

Very nice... :thumbup:
(Did she tell you to say that?? :shocked: :roflblack:)

Now Bob, that was uncalled for.

If he's a newbie, cut him some slack.

If he's been around the block ... congratulations are in order.

In any event, IMHO, no one should ever be referred to as "The Wife" or "The Girlfriend". Nor, for that matter, should anyone be referred to as "The Husband" or "The Boyfriend". C'mon. Would any of you straight-facedly refer to your wife/girlfriend as "the little woman"? If so, really? More to the point: would any self-respecting woman want to be referred to in that way?

I don't refer to my wife that way. I don't expect anyone who is involved with my granddaughters to refer to them that way. If they do, I'll have a problem with them and I'll question my granddaughters' self-respect. Knowing my granddaughters, I don't think I'll have a problem going forward.

Regards,

Dan

[Bob Denman]

Gene and I are cool...
He knows my impish sense of humor! :D
"The Missus" that I refer to in here; has more to do with her desire for internet anonymity, than anything else... :thumbup:

[lwrydr]

I have a wife who does not like to ride either on a 2 wheeler that I still have (but seldom ride) or the Spyder. She just does not like to ride. I do like someone along for a ride so what is the proper thing to do for a 71 year old guy?

[Bob Denman]

I do like someone along for a ride so what is the proper thing to do for a 71 year old guy?
I can't believe that you left me an opening for this... :roflblack:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUgn_L_zirI
:joke::joke::joke::joke:

[lwrydr]

Take your best shot Bob.....

[Bob Denman]

Seriously...
Is she up for the occassional "short-hop; around the block"?? :dontknow:
Maybe a little bit of careful, subtle, and VERY gentle indoctrination will make her more amenable to the idea... :2thumbs:

[lwrydr]

We have been together for over 25 yrs and she has gone on a few rides (very few) I love road trips and she does not, so in the summer I go on trips with friends and in the winter we fly off to Mexico or someplace. She rode on the spyder 1 time and said it was like riding in a hurricane. I do have some "friends" that I take for a ride on day trips and don't get in trouble for it.

[Bob Denman]

"Riding in a hurricane"... :shocked:
What kind of helmet was she wearing?
If she had on an open-face helmet; gently suggest that a modular full-face version will provide more pretection from the wind...
Same thing with her jacket (or lack thereof...)
Do you have an intercom system for speaking with her? Sometimes a bit of re-assurance along the way helps a lot! :thumbup:

[lwrydr]

Wearing a half helmet, no glasses (she refused to wear them), was a warm day, no intercom, I have given upon her riding, I still have fun on the Spyder.....I bought in in July and just turned over 2500 miles....