quote:Originally posted by nellie: was it just me, or did anybody else find Alla's story interesting? first, the husband is threatened by Alla's independance--she can support herself by working and driving. NOT surprisingly, Alla obeys him so gracefully and quits the job and throws her driver's license to the side. Then, when the husband needs Alla to drive, it's all of a sudden ok, because he will be resting his butt, while Alla runs the errands. HOW TYPICAL! I wont be surprised at all if all of a sudden he gets enlightened tomorrow and tells her he thinks it's ok for women to work and sends her back on the job. why not? she will work during the day to support him, drop off and pick up the children during her lunch breaks, cook after work, and just when she thinks she's all done, she will have to drive him around from bar to bar. of course, Alla won't think there's anything wrong with this. after all, she has a very open-minded, liberated husband. nellie jan, don't think that Armenian men/husbands are bumb or "hetamnats". most of them avoid this kind of modern approaches to the life because of loud-mouth neighbours.(or similar "thing").(but again this is a "hetamnatsutyun" too ) but when there is even a small change/reason they agree to let their wives to have a very modern lives. why? because that's the correct thing to do, and they know it well.