And Joseph Muscat has a clear and uncontested record to break that of 2,300 jobs created in the previous 5 years by the great statesman Dr Gonzi – GonziPN.

Why not – it is a sensible wish list. My other half probably subconsiously expects a stud in bed, a good cook, a hard worker with a diamond thief’s income, the heart of Ghandi – all whilst appearing as a normal husband.

Heck, even the word for water (and symbolically the life force) is matriarchal- Ilma

La Redoute, don’t you ever get it? I was referring to a 50s mentality!

http://www.allbestmessages.com/blog/category/women-day-messages

http://www.smsjokes4u.com/we-are-cute-daughters/

http://smscollection.com/smscollection/occasions-sms/women-day-sms/default.asp?subtype=7.48

No, it’s because she thinks Michael Farrugia is mlahhaq and that status will rub off on her. It certainly isn’t because of his looks.

Well, she IS a friend of Jeff and Carmen, isn’t she?

You’re not going to win any Perfect Husband awards with remarks like that.

I won’t dare define THE Maltese mentality because obviously there is more than one. But several scholars have noted that since pre-history we developed as a matriarchal society and an insular one at that.

[Daphne – Well, yes, our langauge doesn’t even have a word for father, but only for mother: omm. Missier is just a corruption of ‘monsieur’.]

It could be that in our “collective subconscious” we are continually craving for protection of all types and in all spheres of life. Time (25 years or more) doesn’t come into it because many people (perhaps too many) prefer living in the past, with its traditions, prejudices and contradictions.

Labour, despite its ‘revolutionary’ image, (with Mintoff in particular), can be viewed as the typical patronising “mother/father” image. Seen in this light Labour’s ‘enfante terrible’ attitude and behaviour is just that – a tantrum to attract more ‘motherly’ attention and not a sign of growing up and taking life in your own hands.

I know him – and he’s a good man (qalbu tajba). I know about ‘go tell that to his ex-wife’ etc etc but not everyone who separates is a monster.