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Being single and learning languages
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Miegamice
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Message 25 of 43

04 April 2011 at 6:32pm | IP Logged

The best way is to have your lover from another country, so you can gain, both, of course, if you are interested in languages.

Edited by Miegamice on 04 April 2011 at 6:33pm
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Solfrid Cristin
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Message 26 of 43

04 April 2011 at 6:46pm | IP Logged

Romanist wrote:

[QUOTE=Iversen]
(But remember: if you needed to hire someone as a keeper-of-the-women, you wouldn't have to look any further than me! ;-D)

Not to rain on your parade, but have you forgotten aboout the tiny little detail concerning the physical requirements demanded of men who hold that position. Are you really sure you want to sign up for that? :-)

Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 04 April 2011 at 6:46pm
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Arekkusu
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Message 27 of 43

04 April 2011 at 6:50pm | IP Logged

My wife, my kids and my job all interfere with my language learning.

But somehow, being single, having no kids and no job just doesn't seem like a dream situation for me, personally.
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Arekkusu
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Message 28 of 43

04 April 2011 at 6:51pm | IP Logged

Miegamice wrote:

The best way is to have your lover from another country, so you can gain, both, of course, if you are interested in languages.

Provided you stick to the same language for a while.

Then again...
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Miegamice
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Message 29 of 43

04 April 2011 at 7:08pm | IP Logged

Arekkusu wrote:

Miegamice wrote:

The best way is to have your lover from another country, so you can gain, both, of course, if you are interested in languages.

Provided you stick to the same language for a while.

Then again...

Yes! Three days my language, three days yours, and Sunday a third language. Kids would gain a lot!
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Splog
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Message 30 of 43

04 April 2011 at 9:28pm | IP Logged

nuriayasmin wrote:

Splog wrote:

My wife works full time, plus does almost all the
house work. The result is that I have
more free time as a married man than I ever had when I was single. So, it depends very
much on the type of relationship you have, and whether this increases or decreases
demands on your time and energy.

Hard to believe that in 2011 a man still dares to write something like that ....

I don't understand your comment. I don't see how it is "daring" to describe truthfully my
situation at home and how it frees up time for more language study. I am not pushing an
opinion, just describing some facts.
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Romanist
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Message 31 of 43

04 April 2011 at 11:01pm | IP Logged

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

Romanist wrote:

[QUOTE=Iversen]
(But remember: if you needed to hire someone as a keeper-of-the-women, you wouldn't have to look any further than me! ;-D)

Yes you're right - in the old days they were supposed to be castrated, weren't they? Eeek! :-0

But I'm sure that King Iversen wouldn't take quite such a hard line approach in this regard..! ;-)
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raffster81
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Message 32 of 43

06 April 2011 at 5:43am | IP Logged

Well being single gives me more time on my hands with is quite useful.

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