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DesertRat -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 6:45:33 AM)

Thanks, everyone, for your comments. The girl and I have talked more on this and things are much clearer now...in a good way.

Bob



akisha -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 8:51:28 AM)

Good to hear DesertRat *s*

Just a note on Doweries and Bride Prices.

A dowery was originally offered because of a couple of reasons.
1) a woman was thought of as a burden to her father as she did not work and was an expense to keep.
2) a high dowery would be offered in hopes of inticing a man of higher social standing to accept her as a wife.
3) Both men and women way back when tended to live at home until they were married, and a dowery would help the couple start off (kinda like wedding gifts now)

A bride price was usually only attributed to young women of high social standing. The bride price was set so that the parents were assured that the man wishing to marry their daughter was financially able to take care of her in the manner in which they felt she deserved.

In some cultures the higher the bride price offered for a girl the higher her social standing went. If she was considered from desireable stock or had attributes highly sought after there could be a bidding war for a girl.



mathiasdomm -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 11:30:11 AM)

Rat,

Dude, you gotta do this.  I mean, think about it, if you give her a dozen camels, six goats, a pair of shoes, two gophers and a partridge in a pear tree, and in return she gives you her...    dude.  Major profit.  Then you'd have all that stuff and a slave! You could then sell the farm and go to Paris (provided you get a good price for the pears).  You're giving yourself stuff at interest here.  God, I wish Best Buy would give me that option. 
-m



mnottertail -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 11:35:26 AM)

Bob,

If you do all that........don't give her a FUCKIN' thing for Christmas tho.......that's just plain spoiling her.........

Looking out for your interests, here,
Ron



sylphgossamer -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 1:41:57 PM)

i, too, agree with the others. this girl sounds like a stupid get who doesn't know anything and needs a decent education in what things mean and what she's worth, which is not much. keep your money, goats, and camels and find another girl who likes going barefoot.



KatyLied -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 2:29:46 PM)

quote:

some kind of symbolic equivalent of a goat


I wonder what the symbolic equivalent of a goat is!



mnottertail -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 2:33:33 PM)

I think a bull dick or hog dick cane.

But I am not entirely up on that kinda protocol (FYI)

Ron



sylphgossamer -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 2:48:54 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: mnottertail

I think a bull dick or hog dick cane.

But I am not entirely up on that kinda protocol (FYI)

Ron


tar and feathers come to mind, but catechism has never been my forte



MstrFury -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 2:49:46 PM)

Bob....
you know I'm sitting here smiling

pulling my cloak around me and stepping back into the shadows to lurk...



sylphgossamer -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 2:56:38 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: mnottertail

I think a bull dick or hog dick cane.

But I am not entirely up on that kinda protocol (FYI)

Ron


i heard tell that he already has a bull sized dick *g* so now all he needs is a girl who doesn't want to tease with him or expect anything (and who pays her full way, not just half)



KatyLied -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 3:03:46 PM)

quote:

i heard tell that he already has a bull sized dick *g*


Oh my.

[8D]



sylphgossamer -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 3:07:39 PM)

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sylphgossamer -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 3:12:25 PM)

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DesertRat -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 4:04:44 PM)

Well, as it turns out, the dowry thing was a poorly expressed, poorly discussed misunderstanding. I shouldn't have even raised the topic for discussion here in this forum. What's done's done and that's that.

bye,
Bob



DesertRat -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 5:17:59 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: DesertRat

Well, as it turns out, the dowry thing was a poorly expressed, poorly discussed misunderstanding. I shouldn't have even raised the topic for discussion here in this forum. What's done's done and that's that.

bye,
Bob


To expand on the above statement: Creating this thread was a very big mistake. I shouldn't have done it, and I am sorry. I was being teased and took it poorly. Now I have to try to make amends to someone.

Bob



Vancouver_cinful -> RE: Dowries?? (4/27/2006 7:10:55 PM)

Heck, no big deal, Bob. It was a good laugh. And we all fall for a tease now and then.

Cin



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