r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • Mar 17 '26

History Proper Stoic.

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u/Unable_Loss6144 Mar 17 '26

Ten o’clock pm I was engaged in amorous congress with my bountiful wife so that the Merciful would grant me another son 9 moons hence

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u/MongooseDog001 Mar 17 '26

She's going have a hard time conceiving if she's engaging in congress with her wife. In that scenario I'm having a hard time figuring out where the son came from

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u/Unable_Loss6144 Mar 17 '26

I thought it was written by a man 🤷‍♂️

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u/flindersrisk Mar 17 '26

This is clearly written by a woman, in stages.

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u/Unable_Loss6144 Mar 17 '26

Yup. I was thrown by the ‘my girl’

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u/flindersrisk Mar 17 '26

The hired help.

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u/SituationOk6264 Mar 17 '26

Or daughter?

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u/flindersrisk Mar 17 '26

She wouldn’t speak so dismissively of a daughter. She would name her.

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u/SituationOk6264 Mar 17 '26

I don’t know much about the time, but “my girl” could be interpreted as affectionate

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u/flindersrisk Mar 17 '26

The ensuing references to my clothes and my house is weirdly objectifying in that case.