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Justin Conn's avatar

Love the suggested WSJ headline — perfect!

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Alison McGaughey's avatar

Thank you, Justin! And just so you know, I can’t wait to get to your post on Charley Crockett!

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Connie King's avatar

Love the revamp of the headline--"resigned" is inaccurate. Many women like me just don't want to give up our freedom to take care of a man--when we're already taking care of children and elderly parents (I just take care of cats, but I know lots of women pull double duty all the time). When men want to grow up and take care of themselves, then maybe women will reconsider. The current examples of "manliness" in this country are not promising for the future . . .

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Alison McGaughey's avatar

Well-said, my cat-loving friend, well-said!

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Becky Nakashima Brooke's avatar

So good and as always made me laugh out loud:)

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Alison McGaughey's avatar

That is a huge compliment!!

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Kali White VanBaale's avatar

Hahaha! Love this column. I would 100% play a slot machine that comes up TURD TURD TURD.

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Alison McGaughey's avatar

Luckily, all you need to do is download Tinder and give it a spin! ;)

Thank you, Kali!!

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Kali White VanBaale's avatar

Hahaha!

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Tory Brecht's avatar

Woman sitting at slot machine, where the icons line up not as “cherry, cherry, cherry” or “7, 7, 7, but “TURD, TURD, TURD”

That literally made me laugh out loud, Alison, nicely done!

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Alison McGaughey's avatar

Ah! What a compliment!!

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Ang's avatar

FANTASTIC, Alison. <3

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Alison McGaughey's avatar

Thank you for reading!!

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Michele Green's avatar

An important conversation that needs to continue. Excellent articulation of the self-empowering emotional and financial independence that continues to transform our gender. After the hard won re-build post-divorce, it is hard to justify giving that up.

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Alison McGaughey's avatar

Thank you, Michele! And how well-stated!

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