why did shakespeare leave his wife his "second best bed?"?
969043
because the first one was not so good
473355
Lincoln was just a heterosexual. He did share a private room with another man for several years, circumstances which would be considered decidedly odd in our current society, but it was normal practice for two bachelors to share a room and even a bed in those days.
837943
Take a man for granted and he'll become resentful. Stroke his ego and he'll try to prove he's superior. This is the essence of the book. Petruccio is trying to "tame the shrew", stop Kate from putting him down and talking back, and make her act like a proper wife,  putting her husband up front in everything. It makes him look like a clown, but HE thinks he's cool. Women win every time (sigh)
1168362
when i first moved in with my then girlfriend (now wife) we only had a single. now we have a queen. we've stayed at hotels with a king. we didn't like the king because there's too much space so we didn't cuddle up. queen's perfect because you are lying close together but no one is falling off
742143
when he left, we gossiped on about him.\n\ni dont understand the 2nd senbtence\n\nI dont understand 3rd one either\n\n4/5 means a pretty good sex drive. but not the best - that woul;d be 5/5
90837
Somebody slept with someone else's man.\nSomebody slept with someone else's woman.
918723
What special does the 3rd time have that's so different than the 1st time?  If she leaves him, she just leaves him.  He's entitled to know if she's leaving him.\nMom of B & D
1115438
Shakespeare...he was a partier.
488010
It's good that you seem like a good man if you are showing all the signs that you love and care for her. However, your girl seems to have had enough of you for whatever reason. I think she may feel overwhelmed by the living arrangement you guys have chosen and she finally figured out that she needs her space. Maybe living together put a strain on the relationship and she feels smothered. You can't make her stay if she so desperately wants to go.
14320
It ended when he decided to sleep with someone else.
457289
obviously the first wife wasn't suitable. because if she was y'all wouldn't had got a divorce... so the first wife is right.. but the second wife could be jealous or envious of the history you have with the first wife... that happens...just tell them to cut it out.. and act like adults... and go on with your life with your present wife... okay.
379976
Yes, you most definitely made the right the right move in dumping him. He is showing neither you or his wife any respect by asking you to be 'more than friends' whilst still married, and i assume, still sharing her bed too. He is trying to have his cake and eat it too. Stay strong and don let him wheedle his way back in to your life. Good luck! =)
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I've been married for almost 18 years and I get into bed every single night of my life and thank God for whoever came up with the notion of sharing a bed with the one you love! It's one of the most intimate and trusting things you can do with another person - and yes, I'm still talking about just sharing the bed! If I can't sleep it's never because my husband is in the bed with me. If anything, having him there helps me to relax. Or maybe that's just because I'm still so in love with him :0)
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no one can be talking for him. so i don't think she is putting those words into his mouth. i have dated guys that were separated and i had nothing to do with their relationships with their wives. just because he slept with someone does not mean that he is moving on for her. it was probably just sex. my guess is that he really does want to move. regardless of the other woman.
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I can't really say because we read it in play form in my English class and I played Tybalt so I kinda feel like I shouldn't dis him.\n\nI don't have the play right in front of me but I think he's arranged for them to get married but this will later become Wednesday after Juliet apologizes to Capulet for being so against him; he thought it was because of Tybalt's death but it was because Romeo was banished for killing Tybalt.\n\nHe describes her as still beautiful even though she may be dead (which she isn't). He says something about the color of roses not being gone from her lips or something like that.\n\nThe agony Romeo and Juliet's death caused their families was tremendous and showed their families that fighting was not the answer to things. The loss of one's only child is not worth the dumb excuse of fighting between families.\n\nShakespeare never gave anyone birthdates in the play since it didn't really matter, but we can estimate that Romeo was about 17 or 18 from accounts of historians who examined the play with great care.
770360
I have a feeling that what you mean is what is the Wife of Bath's Prologue in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales about.\n\nThe Wife of Bath gives insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages. She believes herself an expert on the relations between men and women, having had five husbands herself, beginning with her first marriage at age 12. She provides a brief history and defends her many marriages with biblical citations, though she frequently misquotes them. She also expands on the status of virginity, claiming that virginity is not necessary to be a good and virtuous person. Many of her comments are counter-arguments to those put forth by St.Jerome. She is both direct and opinionated, particularly about the futility of men attempting to gain sovereignty or domination over women, and her opinions prepare the reader for her tale about the role of sovereignty in marriage.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_of_Bath's_Prologue_and_Tale\n\ns
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By the time he got home, he was suffering from "Blue Balls" and felt that since he "sacrificed" his good times to go home to his wife like a good husband should do, she in turn should do a bit of sacrificing too and "dote" on him more than she already does.  He cannot just come out and say "do you know what I just gave up for you" so he disguised it.