{"id":1553,"date":"2021-11-03T16:52:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2026-04-12T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:02:15","slug":"treading-on-rakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/2021\/11\/03\/treading-on-rakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Treading on Rakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">So , I&#8217;m still on sabbatical \ud83d\ude44 still alone&#8230;. and yes, I am aware of the fact that it&#8217;s only been a couple of days, ok!!! History has made me aware of some signs to watch out for and all I can say is, I can see me, already stirring up a pot full of trouble. I swear, I need a fucking manager\/father figure to keep me in line! Seriously. WTF! A guy can be dressed in an outfit made solely out of red flags, and I will still search for something red, in order to compare it, to make sure it is red&#8230;&#8230;and then, still decide it&#8217;s sort of rather maroon than red, and just carry on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">So to prevent me from fucking up (again), I have started a list of questions and characteristics required, if ever there is a possibility of a future male in my life. I have decided that I will not get involved with anyone who does not get a 100% score on this. After much consideration and planning, I present you with my list of requirements, thus far. It&#8217;s a work in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><li>Do you have a job?<\/li><li>Do you earn enough to sustain yourself?<\/li><li>Do you own a mode of transport?<\/li><li>Do you rent or own a place?<\/li><li>Can your ex do basic stuff without needing your assistance?<\/li><li>Do you easily feel emancipated and without balls by a confident women?<\/li><li>Are you an alcoholic?<\/li><li>Do you use drugs?<\/li><li>If yes, please specify all drugs you use<\/li><li>Have you, or any of your family members, been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or psychologist?<\/li><li>If yes, please specify diagnosis<\/li><li>Please use the following words to complete the sentence: <strong>cents, scents, sense<\/strong><ul><li>The boy had the good _______<em>to count his<\/em>_______ and smell all the ________before deciding on a perfume for his mother<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Answer <strong>True\/False<\/strong> to the following:<ul><li>The man is the head of a household<\/li><li>Children should be seen and not heard<\/li><li>Divorcees can still be friends<\/li><li>The gender payment gap is just feminist propaganda<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Like I said. It&#8217;s a work in progress. By the looks of it, I better finish this as soon as possible&#8230;&#8230;I&#8217;m heading for a cliff at an alarming record speed. I honestly think I&#8217;ll never learn and can just shake my head with disappointment, much like my mother always did when she was still amongst the living\ud83e\udd14 You know the Russians say &#8220;you keep treading on the same rake&#8221; when someone makes the same mistake over and over again&#8230;..Ja, no worries, I am already on the way to the shed to go an fetch my rake&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So , I&#8217;m still on sabbatical \ud83d\ude44 still alone&#8230;. and yes, I am aware of the fact that it&#8217;s only been a couple of days, ok!!! History has made me aware of some signs to watch out for and all I can say is, I can see me, already stirring up a pot full of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ramblings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2014,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions\/2014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}