| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 274.1 | My vote | SSVAX::OCONNELL | Irish by Name | Wed Sep 30 1987 13:48 | 18 |
| I'm one of the American Girls that an Irish boy (?) was (and still
is) attracted to...We met some 15 years ago, and have been happily
married for 13 years. We've lived on both sides of the pond, but
prefer here for work, there for holidays. But I have to say that
my husband is not typically Irish in many of his characteristics,
e.g. he does a fair amount of housekeeping and cooking (more than
half as he's home days and I'm not.) But then again, his parents
weren't very typical either. They both ran a small hotel, but my
mother-in-law was the personality and driving force behind the venture
and when she died, my father-in-law sold the business and moved
the States with us.
I guess the point is: the reason the Irish/American connection
is so successful in this instance is because it's not based on being
either Irish or American but on my being right for him, and him
being right for me.
Roxanne
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| 274.2 | Might for Right | USAT03::MICHAEL | Irish Thorn in Manager's side | Wed Sep 30 1987 14:10 | 7 |
| Thanks for your answer, interestingly enough the boys had heard
that the Irish women were the strong ones, the power behind the
family, your mother-in-law is not the exception. I have heard
some American girls say theywould prefer Irish men for they would
be easier to control... wrong again.
These american boys are getting tired of being cut up in small pieces
and fed to wolves by idealistic american girls.
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| 274.3 | | DCC::DONNELLY | Joe Donnelly EACT/MI (product support), Munich | Mon Oct 05 1987 07:36 | 10 |
| re. .1
< ....We've lived on both sides of the pond, but
< prefer here for work, there for holidays.
Maybe I could guess where "there" is if I knew where "here" is.
Of course you must realise that your "here" is probably not the
same as my "here" - mine is "Munich, W. Germany".
Joe
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| 274.4 | Geography inlcuded | SSVAX::OCONNELL | Irish by Name | Tue Oct 06 1987 13:27 | 6 |
| I'm sorry...I thought the discussion was about American females
and Irish males. I'm now a little confused. Here is the States,
there is Ireland...preferably Schull, Co. Cork where we spent two
glorious, and would you believe it *sunny* weeks last July.
Roxanne
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