She Who Must Be Obeyed (SWMBO). This thread is a comment on the use of the acronym and the disrespect it shows for both parties.
I prefer to use TOB&C: The Old Ball and Chain
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April 04, 2019, 06:52 AM
PHPaul
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Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
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Originally posted by PHPaul: ...
4. If either of us thought for one second that the other was serious, there'd be lawyershell to pay. And probably helllawyers...
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Fixed it for you, Paul....
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
April 04, 2019, 07:57 AM
Leemur
I thought it meant Silly Woman Making Biscuits Outside
April 04, 2019, 03:54 PM
fiasconva
I never would have figured what that Acronym meant but my wife told me I had to. *s*
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April 04, 2019, 08:43 PM
dewhorse
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Originally posted by parabellum: Men have jokingly complained about their wives for centuries. No, make that eons. It's a male bonding thing- 'Oh, woe is me, but we men are united in our misery', and you know that most of them don't really mean it.
There are exceptions of course. A few years back, I was at a funeral, and this kid I knew- probably all of 18 years old at the time- walked up to me with a girl in tow.
"This is my old lady", he said to me.
I looked at him, shook my head and said "Son. Son," then I looked at her and said "Don't take that kind of stuff from him."
It's one thing to do it in the company of other males only. It's something else altogether when you say it in the presence of a woman, or, in this case, a young girl who didn't know any better. Also, I don't want to hear that kind of stuff from some kid who has had hair on his balls for maybe four years.
That being said, it's harmless and traditional.
Thank you...I hate that term...
April 14, 2019, 05:27 PM
miketx
Why is the OP talking about my wife?
April 22, 2019, 06:04 AM
NK402
I have never seen or heard SWMBO used outside of a Rumpole episode.
April 22, 2019, 08:08 AM
Jim Shugart
I posted this in another thread:
Rumpole got it from an 1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard entitled She: A History of Adventure. Hammer Studios made a film of the book in 1965 starring Peter Cushing, Chris Lee, and Ursula Andress as "She". (Ursula was very easy on the eyeballs.) It's a fun film. Here's the trailer:
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
April 22, 2019, 08:25 AM
smschulz
TMats, I actually kind of agree with you. Not really funny but to each their own. Also without a context or story using it just sounds annoying. YMMV
April 22, 2019, 09:17 AM
PowerSurge
SWMBOTR247 is more like it.
——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1
April 22, 2019, 09:38 AM
RHINOWSO
Yeah it's funny, until you see guys lamenting how they can't buy shit because of SWMBO. Then it's just sad OR the guys are really too stupid / buying shit they shouldn't.
April 22, 2019, 11:06 AM
k5blazer
I learned something new. I thought it came from an old Star Trek episode.
April 22, 2019, 11:20 AM
ensigmatic
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Originally posted by RHINOWSO: Yeah it's funny, until you see guys lamenting how they can't buy shit because of SWMBO.
I guess that depends upon ones perspective.
I spend a lot more of our money on stuff I want than she does on stuff she wants, that's for damn sure. She's not a "things" person. I like my toys. More than once my wife, to whom I sometimes refer as "the family CFO," has vetoed something I wanted to buy. Was she "right" in doing so? I cannot say with certainty, but I can say this: Probably as much due to her keeping a lid on my naturally somewhat profligate spending ways and poor impulse control as anything else: We are comfortably retired and so far have wanted for nothing.
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