Jump to content

Spinster V Bacholer

KalamityKel

By KalamityKel
in The Lounge

 Share

Recommended Posts

KalamityKel

KalamityKel

Posted
Posted

In modern day society many choose not to get married.

Some even refuse to committ to living together.

Having no personal objections to this myself (I'm a firm believer in having my own space) I do however have difficulties in understanding why it is more socially acceptable for men, say from the 30+ age range, to be carefree, single (with many "acquaintances") and generally simply a "bachelor" compared to the today "spinster". Again, I stress Why?


N.B. the today "bachelor" to mean unmarried men who do not have and are not actively seeking a spouse or other personal partner and "spinster" to mean a woman or girl of marriageable age who has never been married maybe for the same reasons

Link to comment
https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2721-spinster-v-bacholer/
Share on other sites
david_carnell

david_carnell

Posted
Posted

Hehehe....google image search gives the following:


Bachelor



Spinster:

http://www.takeourword.com/images/spinster.jpg


Maybe it's becaus secretly all men want to sleep around and be foot-loose and fancy free - they think they still have "it" no matter how old they are and therefore could have any women of their choosing. Most are more Bernard Manning than George Clooney however.


Whilst women are all desperate to get married and settle down to a life of shackled marital bliss. If this doesn't happen by 30 they turn into the above picture overnight.


Admin - can you re-size the top photo so he's not so goddamn scary with those perfect teeth and dreamy blue eyes!


* no probs, took an artistic licence to make him a bit tubbier though *

Jah Lush

Jah Lush

Posted
Posted

Why? We're not in Italy are we? In English a nubile is a marriageable woman or a sexually attractive woman and celibe or a celebate is someone who doesn't have sex and I'm sure KK isn't suggesting that because some of us who might be single go without.

This goes back to the old age arguement - one incidentally that I've always found ridiculous - that if a man sleeps around he's a man of the world but if a woman does the same she's a slag.

Cassius

Cassius

Posted
Posted

Jah Lush Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Why? We're not in Italy are we? In English a

> nubile is a marriageable woman or a sexually

> attractive woman and celibe or a celebate is

> someone who doesn't have sex and I'm sure KK isn't

> suggesting that because some of us who might be

> single go without.


I felt that as the English words were so unfair to women then perhaps we could get a bit of balance by using the Italian!

david_carnell

david_carnell

Posted
Posted

Or queer. Or faggot.


Other than borrowing from Italy, what better suggestion do you have for those of the female gender who decide of their own free will to remain single but may occasionally shag some bloke if they've drunk enough Lambrini on a night out! ;-)

*Bob*

*Bob*

Posted
Posted

david_carnell Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Other than borrowing from Italy, what better

> suggestion do you have for those of the female

> gender who decide of their own free will to remain

> single but may occasionally shag some bloke if

> they've drunk enough Lambrini on a night out! ;-)


I think the term you're looking for is a goer.

????

????

Posted
Posted
er, it could be that actually most 'spinsters' as described by you are desperately seeking mr right, in a Bridget Jones type way, whereas most bachelors as described by you are having the Life of Riley, however I suspect that you and the PC world of EDF will call me a mysoginist git for suggesting that there is evean a miniscule grain of truth in my analysis...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Advertise Here

  • Latest Discussions

    • JMK
      Assistance Dogs - Autism: any experiences?

      By JMK · Posted

      https://www.assistancedogs.org.uk/information-hub/assistance-dogs-emotional-support-dogs-and-therapy-dogs/   hello   i’d be interested to understand if anyone.has experience of Assistance Dogs especially for autistic children of different ages for emotional support and therapy   There was a prior thread on this topic on EDF 10 hrs ago but it had limited experiences and there was a (claimed) change in UK legislation in 2019. Whilst the industry appears unregulated/unlicensed, there are several providers (approx 15, perhaps more) who claim to have fully trained dogs or say that they can help families to train a puppy/young dog over the 18-24 months.  The latter obviously comes with a need for strong commitment to the challenge. Costs for a fully trained assistance dog are quoted at £13-15k albeit they claim £23k total cost to train the dog. On the one hand, this could potentially be a useful solution for some families if such a dog was truly trained as their websites claim and such a dog was accepted in public places and schools etc… On the other hand, I don’t think that I’ve ever seen an assistance dog of this type or in this context (only for a blind or partially sighted person) and hence a real risk of fraud or exploitation! The SEN challenge for families coupled with limited resources in schools or from local authorities or the NHS as well as the extremely challenging experience of many families with schools offering little or no support or making the situation worse leaves a big risk of lots of different types of fraud and or exploitation in this area.          
    • jeffersjd
      Missing Cat

      By jeffersjd · Posted

      Hi there  We live on Woodwarde Road backing on to Alleyns Top Field.  Our cat Gigi has gone missing — it’s been about 24 hours now. She is a cream Bengal. Could you please check sheds, garages, or anywhere she might have got stuck please? And if you could keep an eye out or share on any local groups/forums, we’d really appreciate it. Photo attached.   Thanks so much! My name is Jeff on 07956 910068. 
    • ruffers
      Cat Flap

      By ruffers · Posted

      Colin.    One for the old school.   Just saying.
    • Sue
      Fireworks

      By Sue · Posted

      Signed, and I will share it elsewhere, thank you for posting this. It's got nearly 70,000 signatures at present, and apparently runs till February.

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...