Debbie Schlussel: "Go Green for Love"?: Relationship Advice of the Day
I meant to post this awhile ago but didn't get to it. When I saw this relationship "advice" question in USA Weekend, I had to laugh.
Go green for love?I finally found a guy who loves me completely. The problem? He's very "green": crystal underarm stuff, composting, the works. I can't relate at all, but I try. Should I just go all out and immerse myself in his good causes for the sake of our relationship?
R.V., Oklahoma
My advice:
ICK! Run like hell (in the opposite direction). Crystal underarm deoderant a/k/a "stuff" GUH-ROSS!
Of course, USA Weekend relationship columnist Dennie Hughes gives the standard, feminist "don't lose yourself in the guy by taking up his interests." While I don't normally agree with that anti-male strategy, in this case, it's definitely on target.
Still, she goes on with this absurdity:
You'd be surprised, says Kate Harrison, author of "The Green Bride Guide," by some of the simple ways that you can go green and make your relationship red-hot. . . . Surprise him with a monogrammed cloth grocery bag to help replace plastic.
That's "red-hot"? Hilarious.
"Monogrammed cloth grocery bag" = PURSE.
Posted by Debbie on April 21, 2009 03:18 PM to Debbie Schlussel