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[joshua d boyd]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 06:18:00PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
 
> #ifdef RANT
>   I, too, have a strong desire to get married someday.  But it'll be a
> cold day in hell when I marry someone who will be the cause of yet
> another "XYZ free for pickup, insensitive nazi wife won't let me
> pursue my own interests and I don't have the balls to do anything
> about it" message to a mailing list somewhere.
> 
>   Now, of course there are two sides to every story...and I'm sure there
> are many situations in which a perfectly reasonable spouse has been
> taken advantage of by FAR TOO MUCH equipment occupying inappropriate
> places within a household, and said something about it.  That's not
> what I'm talking about.  Further, I know for a fact that there ARE
> reasonable spouses in the world (Bill's wife Amy comes to mind, though
> she's a geek herself so I'm not sure she really counts in
> this)...so...oppressed hardware hackers, don't lose hope.  Pursuit of
> your own interests is only an alimony check away.
> #endif

If I found the right person, I'd give up anything for her.  If she tries
to change me/be a Nazi, she probably isn't the right person then.  But,
what do I know.  Just more excessively idealistic theories from this guy.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd