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Post by KRoseLynn on Apr 5, 2009 7:28:11 GMT -10
I don't know, if a guy wants to load the dishwasher, let him! Telling me I don't do it right is a non issue. I wouldn't take it as offisive, not at all. The dishes will get done and I wouldn't have had to do them. I work for Whirlpool and I know there is not just ONE right way to load a dishwasher. LOL! But hey, I think it's sexy when a guy is willing to do housework. I now have this image of Dave in an apron, doning those long yellow rubber gloves, with a dishwand in one hand and a dinner plate in the other....the colors of the sunset coming through the kitchen window and catching his hair..... *SLAP!* Back to the real world, hu? Hahaha!
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Post by sanne on Apr 5, 2009 7:46:47 GMT -10
Thank you for giving me a nice day-dream........will continue when I'm in bed Sandra
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Post by tanyadell on Apr 5, 2009 7:54:10 GMT -10
oh I just loved the interview...thanks so much Gonsy!
he has of course matured and grown as a person both with age cause we all do and he has learned the hollywood game! thats fine he can do his own laundry and getting the dishwasher loaded is fine too...
my husband has never learned the proper way to load the dishwasher..and it's better if I do the clothes myself... ;D
tanya
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Post by margaret1234 on Apr 5, 2009 8:10:59 GMT -10
If that is what DC wanted to do because he likes things done his way....so be it. What a thing to have picked him up on in the first place and from an article 15 years old at that. I am pleased that most of us are happy enough for DC to load the washing machine his way. I bet there is no one on here who has not wanted to do something their way at times........I have. ;D
Margaret
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Post by lucymalta on Apr 5, 2009 8:16:41 GMT -10
Hey Krystal... If you've finished with your day-dream... Can I have it...? Lucy
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Post by ohiogranny on Apr 5, 2009 9:21:37 GMT -10
KRoseLynn: Just one thing wrong with your daydream --- picture DC bending over aforementioned dishwasher. Sweet, eh? Karen
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Post by sanne on Apr 5, 2009 9:46:38 GMT -10
Good night to me.....thnx Karen..... Sandra
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Post by lucymalta on Apr 5, 2009 11:11:18 GMT -10
Karen!!!! Now you really have got my mind working overtime.....
Lucy
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Post by sunshine68 on Apr 5, 2009 11:12:13 GMT -10
oh lord - I didn't realize I'd cause such an uproar expressing my opinion... gosh, pregnant dog slapped again... sorry I ever said anything - I'll return to the darker depths of my hole now...
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Post by lucymalta on Apr 5, 2009 11:19:04 GMT -10
Express away sunshine.... we love it here - everyones opinion has value - and causing uproar - well why not... It certainly creates for lively discussion, which we all like. So don't jump too far down your hole... We wouldn't want to lose you. Mind you - I guess we could send H to come and find you again Lucy
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Post by sunshine68 on Apr 5, 2009 11:25:26 GMT -10
I read into it the way I did - sorry ladies, but them's the way the cookies crumble... after HCrazy's generous posting of the Biography show, that particular statement tied in with other things mentioned and the stuff said on the Bio seemed to reveal a great deal about his perfectionist personality - which can be a gift and a curse tied up together... after my upbringing and subsequent experiences, it doesn't always paint a pretty picture... I'm not going to feel sorry for expressing what I interpreted from that interview... if I had the chance, I'd love to pick his brain and see what he's truly all about because of the fact that reporters love to put their spin on things to sell a story...
oh, feel free to send H on the hunt to find me... I certainly wouldn't mind being found by that guy...
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Post by ohiogranny on Apr 5, 2009 12:39:04 GMT -10
I also believe that DC has perfectionist tendencies and this can be a very hard thing with which to live and with which to cope. Sometimes nothing one does is ever good enough in one's own mind. Thus, projects never get quite finished, nothing someone else does is ever quite good enough. It is a double-edged sword to be sure, and person's with those traits do best when they either do the thing that irritates them (like the laundry or loading of dishwasher) themselves or if a person, such as a loved one or a respected director, can convince the perfectionist that 90% is pretty darn good and stop trying so hard. It can be very frustrating to live with someone like that, and according to my husband, who once was like that, it can be almost debilitating to try for perfection. My own attitude is this: even God does not make a perfect rose or a perfect human being. So why should I knock myself out trying to be better than Him? Life is too short to try to be "perfect" so just relax and enjoy doing the best you can do and being the best you can be and knowing that 80 or 90 % is just fine. Sermon over.
Karen
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Post by Dr. Anna McBreadle on Apr 5, 2009 13:00:36 GMT -10
i've missed some riveting conversation here haven't i?? firstly, thanks gonsy for putting the article up, it's an insight to DC as we've not seen before. i have to admit, those questions are very random and i think DC anwered them as he saw it, just speaking his mind at the time. i don't think he'd answer those questions in the same way if he as asked them nowadays. as for the dishwasher and laundry comments, if he wants to do housework then thats fine by me! *imagination is running into overdrive* karen, your comment about DC bending over a dishwasher, well, my mind went the same way as sandra's im afraid! sweet dreams for me! ;D luv sam x
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Post by sunshine68 on Apr 5, 2009 13:20:27 GMT -10
to Ohiogranny, that was why I reacted as I did... having felt like I never added up to those thinking they were better than I made me feel pretty bad reading those silly comments. As for DC, bless him for doing the laundry and dishes... however, the perfectionist attitude can lead one to think their way is ALWAYS the right way and that is what I was drawing from. I've worked with folks like that and it was next to impossible to get along with them for no matter what I did - I was always wrong and it's degrading despite my being a fairly intelligent person. My comment about the attitude and the world revolving around him stems from that too - it makes someone incredibly difficult to be around if you are going to find fault in even something as silly as loading a dishwasher. I saw verbal abuse in my house - I experienced it - what someone thinks is innocent can build up and be detrimental to another's ego and sense of self-esteem. Been there done that...
I'd simply hope that he's lightened up in that department - from what I have seen of him lately, I like to think he's matured into a much more likable person from his earlier days. Nobody is perfect and even more important - we all should accept people for what they bring to the table - not what they are lacking in.
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Post by csifanmn on Apr 5, 2009 18:41:52 GMT -10
Wow, really interesting! I can really relate to what he says about the church, and how it uses fear to manipulate people. I was brought up a mainstream Methodist, but our church's youth director was pretty fundamentalist. Then when I went to college, I fell in with a crowd of fundamentalist, evangelical kids. I eventually escaped that situation, but it had caused some really, really deep and painful wounds that have taken a long time to heal. Luckily, I'm now involved in a theologically liberal Methodist congregation, and it's been very good for me.
I've finally learned that, as David says, we are NOT fundamentally flawed. On the contrary, we are beautiful, complex, fascinating animals. Do we screw up? Absolutely, but it doesn't make us inherently bad.
"Fear is not the answer to any equation." That's great. He's a wise man.
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