Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 26, 2023

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    Macushlalondra  almost 2 years ago

    So typical. We’re conditioned to always give to the male. I remember a story I read many years ago about a young mother who was at a church dinner with her little boy about 4. They served chocolate cake with a marischino cherry on top and the little boy ate the cherry off his cake and asked his mom for hers because he loved them so much. She said “So do I so I’m going to eat it myself.” All the other ladies looked at her like she was evil. But she had every right to eat it herself. Would they have given her the stink eye if it had been a little girl? Most moms would’ve just given it to him but this is how male entitlement begins.

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    thomas_matkey  almost 2 years ago

    I vaugely remember a mention of Janis’s sister in a brief scene years ago. I think it was a flashback scenario. Anyone else remember that?

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    Da'Dad  almost 2 years ago

    My mother was a strong woman but she always did take the chicken’s back. She claimed she liked the oysters there. That being said my brothers and I were raised to find what we could do to help her.

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    baraktorvan  almost 2 years ago

    I always give my husband the larger item—he works at a factory job whereas I am a homemaker. He needs it more than I do.

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    nosirrom  almost 2 years ago

    Let everyone serve themselves and the cook goes last.

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    mourdac Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    So traditional at family gatherings in the ’60s, the ladies did the vast majority of the cooking, serving, and cleaning up.

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    shorzy  almost 2 years ago

    No bigga shot pie?

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    DawnQuinn1  almost 2 years ago

    Not ALL males are like that. Most are considerate to their wives. You are stereotyping here.

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    ChessPirate  almost 2 years ago

    Arlo, look up “cater” in the dictionary… ☺

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    suelou  almost 2 years ago

    Well, my husband being given a choice, will always pick the bigger one!

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    Grits-n-Eggs  almost 2 years ago

    Wouldn’t a father in a similar situation face a similar dilemma? There is also the likelihood that the mother has greater access to maraschino cherries than the child does and it would be a kind gesture to give something to someone who has less access. There is no right or wrong in the situation except to place too much emphasis on the long term consequences of the action.

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    boydjb47  almost 2 years ago

    Is pork chop a code word for something else?

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    Prescott_Philosopher   almost 2 years ago

    The woman is conditioned to defer to the male? My derriere! My wife does things for me, and I do things for her, as I said yesterday. This is because we love each other.

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    360guy Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    My mom used to cut up a chicken to fry for dinner, and she’d always take the back and the neck. And the liver.

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    ladykat  almost 2 years ago

    Because she wants to.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Just eat the pork chop and be happy Dude!

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    LONNYMARQUEZ  almost 2 years ago

    I do the same for my wife, but to me that’s the way your supposed act

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    Emperor Rick  almost 2 years ago

    Is ‘pork chop’ code for something? Never mind.

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    mountainclimber  almost 2 years ago

    There is a sad story about a family in the old west. One winter, food was short just potatoes. The father gave the wife the “meat” of the potato and he ate the less desirable skins. Turns out all the vitamin C in the potato is in the skins and the wife died of scurvy. No good deed goes unpunished.

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    billwog  almost 2 years ago

    They had a son?? Oh, I forgot. Seems like they also have a grandchild, but I’ve forgotten her, too. They obviously have earning the title of ‘Really Poor Grandparents.’

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    jscarff57 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    You get the best pork chop because you give the best back rubs…

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    The Orange Mailman  almost 2 years ago

    The past few days I have read quite a few comments about male entitlement and conditioned behavior toward male entitlement. But depending on the two individuals in a relationship that can be applied either way.

    If you _____ then we can x x x. Oh, so you just put a price on x x x. Do you realize what that makes you? “You’re so spoiled.” “You have it so good.” “Do you know why that is?” “Why aren’t you doing it this (my) way?” Lots of manipulation that can happen both ways.

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    PhilippeEGut  almost 2 years ago

    I try to make it a point(since I usually cut the portions) to give Gayle the better cut, just because I’ve been catered to that way most of my life. Like AnJ, she never finishes that bigger better piece.

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    ira.crank  almost 2 years ago

    Conditioned Behavior explains the Culture of Complainers

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    locake  almost 2 years ago

    I am so glad my mom did not raise my sisters or me like that. We never felt we were inferior to our brothers or dad. I raised my daughters the same way, they would never dream they are less than men.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  almost 2 years ago

    “Because you have given me the very best of everything else.”

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    raybarb44  almost 2 years ago

    Love….

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    Scott S  almost 2 years ago

    Going through life a cappella is always an option too.

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    AnneFackler  almost 2 years ago

    Going out to dinner 7 days a week is an option too. One I’ve delighted in for 6 years.

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    rick92040  almost 2 years ago

    It goes both ways. I always made sure my wife had the best car and it was always maintained well. She didn’t like getting gas so I would fill it once a week. We have taken care of each other for over 40 years now.

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    carlosrivers  almost 2 years ago

    Man, all these comments basically say the same thing Men: “Oh, I’ll tell you about women”Women: “men are only good for…”None of you people shouldn’t ever have been married, all of you got married to live a stereotypical lifestyle. If you don’t get along or have any kind of doubt, you have no business being married…

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