Absolutely Histerical

[Vishenka69]

I thought about putting this in the other forum but thought it would get more exposure here. This blog makes us all Mother Theresa's.

http://www.dabagirls.com/

[poky]

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"free from the scrutiny of feminists"?!

Wow.

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[Vishenka69]

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This is the NYTimes article that led me to the blog.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/nyreg ... ba.html?em

There is a bit of exaggeration but really not that much. I bet all those girls will now go after dawkters.

[Auspicious]

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Whoa.

That reads more like a New York Magazine article than the New York Times.

[GrayMatterWife]

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Whoa.

That reads more like a New York Magazine article than the New York Times.

I was thinking People Magazine.

[Rapunzel]

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That thing HAS to be satire. Seriously, after reading this:

Number is in and it’s a 75% cut, ladies. We’re looking at just enough money to make our mortgage payments, paying none of the principle down. So we aren’t going to lose the house yet, but we aren’t going to think about THAT until NEXT January. Meanwhile: My own dinky-by comparison salary, which had been my own since I went back to work so I could have the company of grownups, is no longer my own. It all will be spent on family expenses. The sitter’s hours are cut, both the family and my private credit card are cut in half, and I’m switching from having my facials and massages in my earthy, yoga-and-wine serving downtown spa to a midtown been-in-business-forever place with ladies in cubbies wearing pink jackets and lots of make-up giving facials only. I know, I know, only old people and gay men go there these days, but congested skin isn’t an alternative for me, so I have to go someplace. I’ll do it once every 6 weeks instead of monthly, and it is 1/3 the price of the facials at the spa. And I remember from the 80’s that they do a good job.

It gets worse. I’ll now be doing my pilates with others, in class, on the mat instead of on the machines with my private instructor. This truly frightens me. I could hurt myself competing with you 20-30 yr-olds. Private was so much less humiliating.

And yes, cooking at home. We had been enjoying the new Whole Foods to-go foods section so very much. Oh well - hello Associated Market. Did you know you can sauté’ an entire bag of frozen spinach in a large frying pan with a bit of onion and olive oil, chop a bit of domestic feta into and serve it to your whole family with a squeeze of lemon, and it’s a healthy and cheap alternative to pasta as a main dish? It is so good for you and the kids love it. And we’ll need the alternative because there will be a lot of pasta. Cooking pasta sauce on the weekends isn’t my idea of a good time, but that’s what we will be doing because I’m not ready to do something original every day. I have always been a great appreciator of other people’s cooking.

My kids are unspoiled enough to be happy but their over-programmed lives are going to be a lot less programmed. My daughter said, “Yay - can I have more play dates?” They are, however, pissed off about the end of cable TV and Internet access on their cell phones. They have to do something when there is no cartoon network, Nick or Disney Channel. We’re going high-brow; PBS only, and they will keep their piano lessons. They are getting good - we haven’t the heart to cut that off, and someone has to be entertaining around here.

I think about a place like this - where women (and men) lean on each other because training is hard and we have NO money during that LONG timeperiod and I wonder what in the world are these people crying about? If you can afford all that stuff can't you also afford some sort of a savings plan? Do they all cry over no more trips to Italy? Seriously???? I've never even BEEN to Europe. Good grief.

Dang, we had months where half of our meals were Ramen-based or glorified spaghetti and meatballs. These chicks need PERSPECTIVE.

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It gets worse. I’ll now be doing my pilates with others, in class, on the mat instead of on the machines with my private instructor.

Satire or not, I thought this was hilarious. Oh, the horror! I think another poster said that cooking together instead of going out wasn't nearly as romantic as she thought.

Here it is:

ND, FYI DABA girls – chopping vegetables along side your man in a hot New York sized kitchen is NOTHING like the sexy kitchen scene between Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger in Nine and a Half Weeks.

[Sheherezade]

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I also thought it was funny -- but fiction. There is apparently an NPR investigation of the site that points strongly to a hoax. Sorry, no link. I read the synopsis on Salon. The website was registered in mid January, but posts date back to November. A mirror site exists to explain the lapse in time, but it is also suspicious. "They" (the DABA girls) just got a book deal. Apparently, someone had a good escape plan for the financial crisis.

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The posts seemed so well written that it made me wonder. Then again, if they really do have all that newfound time on their hands...

Good detective work, Angie.