Comments on: The Convenience Store http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/ Author of Historical Romance Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: irisheyes http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2194 irisheyes Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2194 So glad your computer emergency has been taken care of Maggie. That must have really caused heart palpitations. <br/><br/>I think I could probably do it too! 1.5 mil is a lot of money for just 6 months inconvenience. As long as the guy didn't get conjugal rights I think I'd be okay.<br/><br/>And I LOVE marriage of convenience storylines just because I think it would be really hard to marry a stranger. Back in the day it wasn't just for 6 months and the woman definitely didn't get anything out of the deal. Maybe the fact that she'd be taken care of and even that was a crapshoot. To my mind it was a pretty scary proposition. I would have preferred to stay single than trust my future to some guy I didn't know. So glad your computer emergency has been taken care of Maggie. That must have really caused heart palpitations.

I think I could probably do it too! 1.5 mil is a lot of money for just 6 months inconvenience. As long as the guy didn’t get conjugal rights I think I’d be okay.

And I LOVE marriage of convenience storylines just because I think it would be really hard to marry a stranger. Back in the day it wasn’t just for 6 months and the woman definitely didn’t get anything out of the deal. Maybe the fact that she’d be taken care of and even that was a crapshoot. To my mind it was a pretty scary proposition. I would have preferred to stay single than trust my future to some guy I didn’t know.

]]> By: Stephanie J http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2193 Stephanie J Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:45:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2193 I must be shallow. 1.5 mil works out to about $16,000 per day (I think). Yes. I'd do it. And then use part of the money to treat myself to a spa vacation to relax away all the stress of living with that person, ha!<br/><br/>If I had to deal with beer bottles in the long-term it would drive me crazy but I still have guy friends who have the beer bottle decor so I'm oddly not incredibly bothered by it. <br/><br/>As for the hands down the pants? Oh yes, I've heard of (and seen) many guys doing this. I must be shallow. 1.5 mil works out to about $16,000 per day (I think). Yes. I’d do it. And then use part of the money to treat myself to a spa vacation to relax away all the stress of living with that person, ha!

If I had to deal with beer bottles in the long-term it would drive me crazy but I still have guy friends who have the beer bottle decor so I’m oddly not incredibly bothered by it.

As for the hands down the pants? Oh yes, I’ve heard of (and seen) many guys doing this.

]]> By: Elyssa Papa http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2192 Elyssa Papa Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2192 Oh, I'll have to check this movie out. <br/><br/>I think I could put up with most anything for 1.5 mil except bugs and heights. Or rats. *shudders* <br/><br/>But, being married to 6 months to someone, I could do that. Especially if he was easy on the eyes. Yes, I'm <i>that</i> shallow. Oh, I’ll have to check this movie out.

I think I could put up with most anything for 1.5 mil except bugs and heights. Or rats. *shudders*

But, being married to 6 months to someone, I could do that. Especially if he was easy on the eyes. Yes, I’m that shallow.

]]> By: Janga http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2191 Janga Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2191 I went to an anniversary party yesterday for friends who have been married fifty-five years. They are still sweet together. Their son sang Clint Black's "Something that We Do." By the time he reached "Love isn't just those words we said / It's something that we do," most of their guests were teary-eyed. I like thinking about stories like theirs.<br/><br/>I can think of lots of things I could do with $1.5 mil, but I would balk at the lack of a bathroom door. I went to an anniversary party yesterday for friends who have been married fifty-five years. They are still sweet together. Their son sang Clint Black’s “Something that We Do.” By the time he reached “Love isn’t just those words we said / It’s something that we do,” most of their guests were teary-eyed. I like thinking about stories like theirs.

I can think of lots of things I could do with $1.5 mil, but I would balk at the lack of a bathroom door.

]]> By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 Maggie Robinson Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2190 Terri, I think the writing program on the new computer can't be read by the older program on the laptop. The new can make the old compatible (which I discovered as I was mid-way thru the ms), but the old just goes "huh?" My biggest worry was that somehow I corrupted the whole book, and the new computer and extra pendrive would be stolen while we were away, LOL...leaving me bookless and hopeless. However all was okay!<br/><br/>Hellion, Ashton Kutcher is just a baby. I wanted him to get a haircut through the whole movie. But he plays a slacker dude pretty well. :) Terri, I think the writing program on the new computer can’t be read by the older program on the laptop. The new can make the old compatible (which I discovered as I was mid-way thru the ms), but the old just goes “huh?” My biggest worry was that somehow I corrupted the whole book, and the new computer and extra pendrive would be stolen while we were away, LOL…leaving me bookless and hopeless. However all was okay!

Hellion, Ashton Kutcher is just a baby. I wanted him to get a haircut through the whole movie. But he plays a slacker dude pretty well. :)

]]> By: terrio http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 terrio Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2189 Oh, good to hear you enjoyed your vacation, Maggie. Odd about the comp not reading the document, but I'm glad you had medication handy. Oh, good to hear you enjoyed your vacation, Maggie. Odd about the comp not reading the document, but I’m glad you had medication handy.

]]> By: terrio http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2188 terrio Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2188 I thought I was marrying for love the first time. It certainly wasn't for sex or money. But that didn't work. If there's an exact science to this thing, and you know how I detest science, then I haven't figured it out.<br/><br/>The decor thing doesn't bother me. The missing bathroom door might. And I had never seen a guy sit with his hand in his waistband before Al Bundy either. My dad never did it but to be fair, he'd have to get his belly out of the way first. :) I thought I was marrying for love the first time. It certainly wasn’t for sex or money. But that didn’t work. If there’s an exact science to this thing, and you know how I detest science, then I haven’t figured it out.

The decor thing doesn’t bother me. The missing bathroom door might. And I had never seen a guy sit with his hand in his waistband before Al Bundy either. My dad never did it but to be fair, he’d have to get his belly out of the way first. :)

]]> By: MsHellion http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 MsHellion Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2187 My brother has always got his hand down his pants. I don't know if he's been watching Married With Children too long.<br/><br/>I could marry the guy and live with him 6 months IF he was Ashton Kutcher. Or my personal favorite, Johnny Depp/Jack Sparrow. If we're talking Larry the Cable Guy, he can keep every dime. My brother has always got his hand down his pants. I don’t know if he’s been watching Married With Children too long.

I could marry the guy and live with him 6 months IF he was Ashton Kutcher. Or my personal favorite, Johnny Depp/Jack Sparrow. If we’re talking Larry the Cable Guy, he can keep every dime.

]]> By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 Maggie Robinson Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2186 Bernard, I'll have to bow to your manly expertise. *g* There was a hilarious scene in the movie involving a bowl of popcorn and the "alleged" hand-down-the-pants. But as you say, it's fiction.<br/><br/>I do think I've sometimes seen guys who are "just checking" to see if everything is where it should be. :) Bernard, I’ll have to bow to your manly expertise. *g* There was a hilarious scene in the movie involving a bowl of popcorn and the “alleged” hand-down-the-pants. But as you say, it’s fiction.

I do think I’ve sometimes seen guys who are “just checking” to see if everything is where it should be. :)

]]> By: BernardL http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 BernardL Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2008/07/05/the-convenience-store/#comment-2185 I'll stick with this one. 'Do you wonder why men sit with their hands down their pants?' <br/><br/>We don't. :) <br/><br/>I grew up with three brothers, spent three years aboard an aircraft carrier in close quarters with nearly 5,000 guys, and have been in the company with other guys ever since. Al Bundy on 'Married With Children' was the first guy I ever saw sit with his hand down his pants, and he was fictional. :) I’ll stick with this one. ‘Do you wonder why men sit with their hands down their pants?’

We don’t. :)

I grew up with three brothers, spent three years aboard an aircraft carrier in close quarters with nearly 5,000 guys, and have been in the company with other guys ever since. Al Bundy on ‘Married With Children’ was the first guy I ever saw sit with his hand down his pants, and he was fictional. :)

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