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"Livid woman torches ex-hubby's wedding tackle"

Lotta guys tell their women, "Baby, my ____'s on fire!" First time I've ever actually heard of it happening, though.

Bad enough when Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband's. Now we've got penile immolation. I'm afraid to ask how the next one will be done.

Hammer? :eek:
 
What's the point in getting divorced if you still live together? How messed up is the dating scene over there, where you have to hang out with the ex while you wait for your date to get ready?
 
Well maybe they don't have enough money to live separately / can't find a good living arrangement at the moment. Marriage is an emotional attachment, living together is just physical. So it's like having a roommate, but you used to be involved. It's better than being in an unhappy marriage.
 
teflon said:
Well maybe they don't have enough money to live separately / can't find a good living arrangement at the moment. Marriage is an emotional attachment, living together is just physical. So it's like having a roommate, but you used to be involved. It's better than being in an unhappy marriage.
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If two couple divorce, why don't the two women become room mates and the two guys become room mates? There doesn't really seem to be a valid reason for it to be typical for ex couples to remain together unless they're not fully untangled, in which case why would a single person want to become involved in that?

But let's say you're right, and they're fully distinct. I still don't see the point, because living together is 80% of the interactions of being a couple. So you're not being intimate, and are not emotionally involved, but you still have to deal with each others personalities and habits.
 
MarkCollette said:
If two couple divorce, why don't the two women become room mates and the two guys become room mates? There doesn't really seem to be a valid reason for it to be typical for ex couples to remain together unless they're not fully untangled, in which case why would a single person want to become involved in that?

But let's say you're right, and they're fully distinct. I still don't see the point, because living together is 80% of the interactions of being a couple. So you're not being intimate, and are not emotionally involved, but you still have to deal with each others personalities and habits.
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True, not many people would want to live with their ex, unless it's a really amicable split. However, you can't always find someone else who just happened to got divorced, can't afford to live on their own, and is in search of a roommate. Plus, who moves out? Maybe their house is better than their roommate's.
If they're just roommates, they don't really need to deal with each other's personalities, and not even habits if they set some rules. Such as - clean up after yourself, divide the house into your own territories that you can do whatever in, split the fridge etc. So they don't really need to deal with each other too much. They no longer have to clean up after one another, argue on decorating styles, what to eat, or deal with each other's mood swings and such. So all in all, it's still a better solution.
It is quite strange that the man would be naked though knowing that his ex-wife would be coming back and they're no longer involved.
 
teflon said:
True, not many people would want to live with their ex, unless it's a really amicable split. However, you can't always find someone else who just happened to got divorced, can't afford to live on their own, and is in search of a roommate. Plus, who moves out? Maybe their house is better than their roommate's.
If they're just roommates, they don't really need to deal with each other's personalities, and not even habits if they set some rules. Such as - clean up after yourself, divide the house into your own territories that you can do whatever in, split the fridge etc. So they don't really need to deal with each other too much. They no longer have to clean up after one another, argue on decorating styles, what to eat, or deal with each other's mood swings and such. So all in all, it's still a better solution.
It is quite strange that the man would be naked though knowing that his ex-wife would be coming back and they're no longer involved.
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How often is divorce amicable? :) There is no such thing as having your own territories so that you don't have to clean up after one another, unless you each have your own kitchen, living room, and bathroom. Messy people tend to mess up more than just their room, they spread it to all the common areas as well.

My theory (not knowing anything at all :)) is that the guy is a frustrating slob. The woman divorces him thinking she'll be free of his crap. Years later, he's still there, sitting around naked, eating the food, leaving his mess everywhere. She can't bring over her friends, let alone any new guys, because of his naked ass. Probably the whole living room smells of his ball sweat. Lord knows my place would, if I sat around naked all day hahaha.

Just got lost in thought at the horror of coming home to ball sweat day after day... Where was I? Oh well, you get the point :D
 
Yeah actually that makes sense. I can see how that's frustrating and just a little gross :p. I don't get why the ex-wife didn't set up some rules like no being naked in the common living area though. I guess the husband wasn't really a co-operative roommate.
 
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