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herb19355
True Blue Farmgirl
321 Posts
Debi
Danielsville,
GA
USA
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 Posted - Jun 17 2011 : 09:12:30 AM
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I know a newly married couple. The husband is from the country and the wife is from the city. What types of things would you tell each of them to make the transition easier? What skills does the wife need to know in the country and what skills does the husband need to know to visit the city?
Debi
herb19355
GA Farmgirl #2515 |
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quiltin_kate
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Kate
Marlboro
NY
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2011 : 09:21:18 AM
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Learn how to set and empty a mouse trap to the wife. Make sure you leave your boots at the door to the husband.
Kate
Farmgirl Sister #862
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Turtlemoon
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
378 Posts
Tanya
Port Orchard
Washington
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2011 : 09:32:36 AM
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well that would depend, do they plan on settling in the country or city? I married a city mouse and over the twenty year course he is slowly becoming more country. (but it's taken enough time, lol!)
Raggedy Ann stuck in a Barbie Doll World
FarmGirl#1737
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2011 : 10:35:55 AM
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For the wife - be prepared to dust a lot if you live on a gravel road. For the husband - pick-up trucks don't fit in most of the covered parking garages downtown.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
A Beehive is the ultimate Home Sweet Home
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Turtlemoon
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
378 Posts
Tanya
Port Orchard
Washington
USA
378 Posts |
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl
1085 Posts
Julie
TX
USA
1085 Posts |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2011 : 3:07:15 PM
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Practically speaking, the Mrs. in the country will need to know how to shop for a week at a time. The biggest difference I've observed between city and country is that you need to make lists. Running out to the store for 15 minutes because you forgot to buy eggs or coffee creamer is right out.
She will also need to know how to cook some, and plan for emergency situations buy either buying frozen dinners or making ahead and freezing dinners because there is no way to phone up pizza or chinese for a last minute supper.
It helps you miss amenities less if you know how to make your favorite coffee drink at home.
Mister in the city needs to know how to dress to the proper occasion, know how to park his truck anyplace, and to not live every day like he's on vacation by eating out, going out, etc. Also, don't be hard on your poor wife if there's no coffee in the house, just be a dear and pop out to the store for 15 minutes to get some. :)
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2011 : 4:56:02 PM
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| It takes a lot more gas money to live in the country, nothing is close. You can learn to use public transportation in the city. Everything is close. |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
1257 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 09:09:40 AM
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wife: that noise you keep hearing at the break of dawn is a rooster & no you can't shut it off like an alarm clock....Fancy clothes/shoes will now be put to the back of the closet & the jeans will be worn more than you ever believed...hairspray & country don't mix unless you are at church.....forget painted toenails...no one but you will ever see them...fingernails make good screwdrivers....if you make friends, you will get company whether you expected it or not.....formal invites don't work in the country well.
husband: that in the field/out in the animal pen smell may be alright with you but the city wife may want you to clean up a bit before you hug her...that is until she gets used to it...don't bring in freshly killed animals & plop them on her kitchen counter expecting her to clean it then cook it...you may make her in to a vegen...or scare her to go gray. Don't go off buying farm equipment or farm animals without telling her first before you bring them home..or you may be in the dog house for a long time...especially if bringing in animals that might need to stay in the house for a bit....don't get upset if she screams that she just cleaned/moped the floor & you walked in covered in mud...just be kind & either help her or back up & strip before you come in or even better strip & hose yourself off & then kindly ask for a towel. She may be city but she would live any wild flowers you pick & bring home for her.....Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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BalancingAct
True Blue Farmgirl
297 Posts
Jackie
Hoosierville
USA
297 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 09:33:14 AM
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Take the citygal out to a poison ivy patch, a poison oak vine, and a poison sumac plant and show her why to leave them alone. The pretty "fuzzy" leaves are not worth it.
I have something to share. I'm a country mouse who married a city mouse. When we got our country cottage my DH was weed eating and trying to get the property under control. He ended up with poison ivy. Bewildered at what the itching rash was, he asked me what I thought it was. Having had poison ivy many times in my life since age 11, I promptly told him. He proceeded to ask me, "How did I get that?" I told him I had observed some poison ivy growing at a certain place on our property and asked if he'd mown there or weed-eated and he told me yes, but had no idea what it looked like. So, I had to "educate" him by taking him out and showing him what it looked like. City mouse is now very cautious! 
Farmgirl Sister #2851 -"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - Jun 21 2011 : 06:59:45 AM
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He should teach her to watch were she steps(poo,snakes,tools,small animals) never put her hands where she can't see(snakes), and don't wear perfume around the bees!
She should teach him that placing your finger on one side of your nose and forcefully blowing out the other onto the ground is not acceptable on city sidewalks.
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
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