If you only watched his standup, real time, and appearances on Larry King, then sure, you'd be looking at a pretty skewed sample of someone's life, though. That is like thinking someone who plays blues music just mopes around all day or something.
well, I don't golf with him if that's what you're asking. I stated an opinion, that's all. I reserve the right to be wrong. I know how you feel on the subject, no reason to defend him further.
I think if I played golf with bill maher I'd bash his brains in with my 9 iron by the 10th hole. I can only stand so much sarcasm.
sorry for double. He doesn't strike me as happy... he strikes me as very bitter and cynical (fb's comment noted and discussed)... among other things. For the record, I like his work to an extent, but he strikes me as a miserable person. Just my opinion.
Looks like Bill Maher had a a similar quote in 2001: http://www.allthingswilliam.com/men.html But Chris Rock was the first to say that in Bigger and Blacker in 1999. Looks like Maher took Chris Rock's material, but either way, I do think it's true for the most part.
bill maher said a man is only as LOYAL as his options. in his 2000 stand up special. who said it first?? edit: looks like you figured it out. it's probably an even older sentiment than them.
I guess you have got to laugh as much as possible, be supportive and avoid guilt trips. Also: sodomy.
easier said than done, especially if you don't take **** from no one. when my wife yells, it triggers something in my head and really irritates the hell out of me and i end up yelling, which is something i never do to anyone else. ahhh, marriage.
i am, but i live and work in tokyo, let me tell you the prices here... or actually i'd better not. so i resort to drinking, which is something i really don't enjoy unless i'm socializing, if i'm chilling out, wake and bake and it's a beautiful day. especially the stuff grown in water whoa!
Man, I really mean no offense here, but you don't sound emotionally mature enough for marriage yet. "Don't take **** from no one"? This is the kind of thing I'd expect from a kid in high school. Rational adults take **** all the time. It's part of getting along with others and being a functioning member of society. Rather than yelling back, you need to stop and look at why she is yelling. If you can't even try to see things from her perspective, you're in for a world of hurt. Yelling back and forth at each other and never resolving anything isn't marriage. It's kind of the opposite of marriage: that's the path to divorce.
repped +1 thanks BetterThanI, I suppose I have some growing up to do, but that step to take, giving up your freedom, for the better of the relationship is easier said than done. i'm no longer sleeping with other women after we got married, i don't lie, i only want to smoke and for her to be ok with it, but she won't budge! i tried to explain to her that it doesn't have the harmful effects of other drugs nor alcohol, or so i heard from everyone that smokes. her reason is.... well it's illegal. no, we have a child. fair enough, i FAIL. ok. but i still doesn't change anything, back to square one. as long as i'm here, in japan working and living and raising my daughter, the chances of me smoking are none. once i move back to the states, well... you know your friend, neighbor, friend's dad, everyone at a football game bbq. either way thanks for the advice, i guess i needed to hear that.
well done mam. repped +1. although fighting natural instincts are easier said than done, especially when it comes to sex.
well done sir. repped for sure +1. thanks for taking your time to write that, sounds like you've got it down, but the list is pretty long, you do all those things everyday, are they embedded in your brain through years of marriage and now become instinctive?
perhaps i'm not emotionally mature enough for marriage, i'm 30. been married since 28. we've had maybe 3-4 big fights, and a few more smaller ones. but, i can't see myself giving up my freedom of choice for the sake of marriage, perhaps it might lead to divorce, but i'm not afraid to go there if it happens to happen which it won't. i'm just trying to figure out how we can both be happy? not easy... right?
I'm not saying that you have to give up freedom of choice. What I'm saying is that you need to understand and accept that your choices have consequences, and those consequences effect more than just you. They effect your wife. And as a result, she has a say in those choices. I hear you saying that, as soon as you get back to the U.S., you'll start smoking bud again, despite her protestations. Does her opinion on this matter mean nothing to you? She has a vested interest in your well-being. She wants the best for you and your children. I know you think that smoking isn't negatively impacting your relationship, but from what you're describing, it very much is. You want her to feel a different way about what you do. That probably isn't going to happen, because she has some very valid reasons for wanting you to quit. If your wife doesn't want you to do it, your kids shouldn't see you doing it, and the cops will arrest you for doing it, I have to ask: why can't you just quit? No, my friend, it's most definitely not easy. However, it's downright impossible if you're not willing to compromise, especially on such a significant issue as drug use.
