# We'll I'm living here in Estrogenville. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747 "2003-06-23T12:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/1 "2003-06-23T12:22:01Z")
And it’s not very damn funny. The boy is off to Outward Bound. The girl has a couple of friends visiting from out of state. Where does this leave me? Estrogenville. Four wimmens and me. Granted, I’ve had fantasies along this line, but the four wimmens were older than 16 and for some reason had an unquenchable lust for the **Welby** lovin’. That’s obviously not the case here. Instead I get to hear girlish giggles at all hours. I also get to listen to naught but silence at dinner because I’m a man and manly stuff doesn’t interest them and womanly stuff obviously can’t be discussed in front of me. Unless, of course, it’s something I don’t _want_ to hear. For example, yesterday during dinner the discussion was centered around the closest store to walk to so the girls could pick up some tampons. This is NOT information that I need. 7 more days of this. I might survive. I might snap. Right now I’m teetering on the edge. ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/2 "2003-06-23T12:40:06Z")
Oh pooh. I lived in a testosterone-dominated home until my sons both graduated and went off to college. You only have to do this for a week? Amateur! ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/3 "2003-06-23T12:42:23Z")
I feel your pain mate. I lived in a house with two gals for a year. They are a scary species when you see them up close. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/4 "2003-06-23T12:47:20Z")
Beats the Testosterone Zone any day. All I ever hear is farting and gear head talk. There’s Plumber’s Crack at every turn. They talk to inanimate objects like they’re people! They watch racing on TV (lots of guys turning left). My house needs an estrogen baptism! ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/5 "2003-06-23T12:47:30Z")
Strike back! You need beer and red meat! Sprawl in front of the TV watching ESPN! C’mon, man! ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/6 "2003-06-23T12:58:49Z")
i bet they even make you feel embarrassed when you adjust yourself at the dinner table. pah! women! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/7 "2003-06-23T13:01:56Z")
I’m planning on a counterstrike soon, **GMR**. I’m having some of the boys over for a weapons-making session and beer. We’re gonna grill steaks rare and watch highlight films of NFL seasons and hockey games. That is, if my wife will let me. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/8 "2003-06-23T13:28:08Z")
Welby, you can’t let them win. Your situation is one of the many battle fronts of the gender wars!!! with the birth of Lifetime and Oxygen as well as the Oprah behemoth we have lost considerable ground. The food network is yet another of their underhanded first strike weapons! You have to fight back; here are a few simple steps ¡Ü ESPN should only be turned off to watch Die hard movies. ¡Ü Pants are a thing of the past; only tight whites and boxers for you. In fact, white is not the right color, dingy yellow with no elastic, and enough hole to whistle when you fart. ¡Ü every meal will consists of burnt dead animal flesh; if it doesn’t have a name and fur then you don’t eat it! ¡Ü Beer and Whisky are the only allowable beverages. Period ¡Ü Any tampon talk shall be combated with _Tales from the John_¢â A litany of stories about your favorite bowel movements and embarrassing defection related stories ¡Ü Penile Adjustment will take place at will during meal; Ass/back s scratching with the nearest remote control/fork/car key/small child is encouraged. This is your battle to win or lose welby, Godspeed ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/9 "2003-06-23T13:41:41Z")
You mean I can’t watch Iron Chef anymore? But that show rawks! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/10 "2003-06-23T13:49:58Z")
Only if they change the format and the losing chef is butchered and eaten by a pack of rabid marmosets. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/11 "2003-06-23T14:10:20Z")
Well, I guess I can give it up if it helps keep the patriarchy going and keeps the wimmenfolk down and making us pie in the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/12 "2003-06-23T14:15:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMule \* > **embarrassing defection related stories** well there was this one time when i defected to the Soviets and - wait you’re never going to believe this - _the next day_ the damn USSR collapsed! How bloody embarrasing is that?! sorry 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/13 "2003-06-23T17:17:04Z")
Hey, **welby**?, so like, I was gonna go to the, um, store? for some tampons? and then it was all rainy and junk, **giggle** and you, I, uh, I’m not feeling quite so ‘fresh’? 'Cause, like, if I walked? to the store? inthe rain? **giggle** Like, my hair would just get all wet, and like, take FOReverrrr to dry, and junk. Would you mind giving me a ride to the store? for some tampons? and some feminine freshness, um, stuff?? Like, that would be great! **giggle** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/14 "2003-06-23T17:48:57Z")
\ Oh - and scented candles! Nothing says “home” like scented candles!! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/15 "2003-06-23T19:23:07Z")
That’s baloney **Mule**. The Food Network is plenty manly. ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/16 "2003-06-23T19:31:04Z")
Sounds like it’s time for a manly trip to the Home Depot. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/17 "2003-06-23T19:38:25Z")
**welby** , if you can’t beat 'em, join 'em. Interrupt their conversation with these gems: “Wow, I can’t believe how heinous they’re making Martha Stewart out to be. She works really hard and makes awesome merengue.” “Did you see Dr. Phil yesterday? That man’s a godsend!” “Which copy of People should I get - Ashton Kutcher or Prince William? They’re both so hot!” “Ewwww! No thanks, I don’t eat meat. Can I have a salad with some non-fat italian dressing? That’s 0 points, right?” ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/18 "2003-06-23T19:40:02Z")
**welby** , if you can’t beat 'em, join 'em. Interrupt their conversation with these gems: “Wow, I can’t believe how heinous they’re making Martha Stewart out to be. She works really hard and makes awesome merengue.” “Did you see Dr. Phil yesterday? That man’s a godsend!” “Which copy of People should I get - Ashton Kutcher or Prince William? They’re both so hot!” “Ewwww! No thanks, I don’t eat meat. Can I have a salad with some non-fat italian dressing? That’s 0 points, right?” “I’m sorry, but Pam Anderson’s just gross. What’s up with her lips?” ---
**Author:** ![Fredge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fredge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredge)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/19 "2003-06-24T02:08:48Z")
Make sure when talking to the girls that the pitch of your voice goes up mid-sentence, like the band camp girl in _American Pie_. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747/20 "2003-06-24T03:24:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*Well, I guess I can give it up if it helps keep the patriarchy going and keeps the wimmenfolk down and making us pie in the kitchen. \*\* I don’t know even _one_ woman under 35 who can bake a pie from scratch. In fact, I know many more men who can cook than I do women. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-living-here-in-estrogenville/183747.md?page=2)