as of last weekend, i am now officially engaged! just wanted to make the announcement to my buds here in the forum.

by the way, the 350sdl is finally gone. there was a parasitic drain somewhere in the electrical system. i finally said goodbye to it.

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Jennifer
90 350sdl

Congrats!!! Let the years of pain and agony begin!!!

Congratulations.

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2000 Honda Accord V6 137k miles

1972 300SEL 4.5 98k miles

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:sperm:

Well, congratulations!!!

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Ali Al-Chalabi

2001 CLK55
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Diesel
2002 Harley-Davidson Fatboy
Merlin Extralight w/ Campy Record

Congratulations. Your first? Why marriage? (this should pick us up where an old thread by MedMech left us) What's his or her opinion on diesels?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Congrats! How did he do it?

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Congrats Jen. Before you tie the knot could you give us one more picture on the pretty girls thread to remember you by?

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1985 300-D turbo
1959 Harley Panhead chopper
1929 Ford coupe restored
I hang out with Boneheaddoctor at Schuman Automotive OBK#5
All liberals are mattoids but not all mattoids are liberal.

Congratulations JenTay!

Now you have to start planning a wedding, or least a reception for a good sized portion of the nearly 19,000 members of MBShop !

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Mike Tangas
'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

Non illegitemae carborundum.

Congratulations Jen Tay.

Could this be the guy that caused you to post the thread about sex and marriage?

Was any of the advice helpful, FWIW?

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Congratulations! May your marriage be a long and happy one.

if i had the money id buy you two a shirt like this



and myself this shirt
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good luck and have a happy one

I hope you don't plan on treating your future husband this way.

Congratulations!

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Ray
1998 Mercedes E320, 200K Miles
2001 Acura 3.2TL, 178K Miles
1992 Chevy Astro, 205K Miles

End of another romance !

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Near Ovulation, Your Cheatin' Heart Will Tell on You, Find UCLA, University of New Mexico Researchers


Date: January 4, 2006
Contact: Meg Sullivan ( msullivan@support.ucla.edu )
Phone: 310-825-1046

Higgamous hoggamous, woman's monogamous; hoggamous higgamous, men are polygamous. Or maybe not.

New research from UCLA and the University of New Mexico suggests that members of "the gentler sex" may have evolved to cheat on their mates during the most fertile part of their cycle — but only when those mates are less sexually attractive than other men.

"Women know they have attractions that come and go, but they probably don't realize that these urges are tied to their cycle — as well as our evolutionary past," said Martie G. Haselton, a UCLA researcher and author of two new studies on the subject. "They just know that suddenly one day they're attracted to their hunky neighbor or handsome co-worker."

Men, meanwhile, seem to be aware on some level of this possibility and appear to step up mate-guarding strategies when their wives or girlfriends ovulate, even when neither is keeping track of the woman's cycle, the research shows.

"It's not just that men are more jealous and possessive when their partners ovulate, but they're also more attentive to their partners and more giving to their needs," said collaborator Steven W. Gangestad, a University of New Mexico psychologist.

"Although men are probably not aware of it, they behave as though they're genuinely concerned about being cuckolded," Gangestad continued. "It turns out that there's some basis for the fear."

The findings advance recent research by Gangestad that has suggested a proclivity toward infidelity during ovulation. The new research, generated in collaboration with UCLA's Center on Behavior, Evolution, and Culture, pinpoints women who may be at greatest risk. The findings also suggest an evolutionary explanation for the so-called "adaptation."

For the first study, which will be reported in the Jan. 4 scholarly journal "Hormones and Behavior," Haselton, an assistant professor of communication studies and psychology at UCLA, and Gangestad recruited 38 female coeds from a large U.S. university. (The researchers are declining to name the institution so that the subjects don't find themselves in the position of being grilled by mates who learn of the sensitive findings.)

The subjects were asked to reveal information from which their date of ovulation could be deduced. Then they were asked to rate their partner's sexual attractiveness as measured by his desirability for a fling as well as his suitability as a long-term mate, on the theory that the first would reveal his sexual attractiveness while the second would reveal his abilities as a provider or potential provider.

Finally, the subjects submitted 35 diary-like entries, rating the strength of their attractions that day to men other than their mates and the frequency and manner with which they flirted or otherwise acted out those attractions. Also on a daily basis, the co-eds rated their own sexual attractiveness, sexual desires and sense of power within their romantic relationships.

Analyzing the diaries, Haselton and Gangestad found that ovulating had a strong effect on all women. Regardless of where they stood on other measures, the co-eds felt more desirable, attractive and powerful in their relationships during the mid-point of their cycle. But women who rated their mates as more suitable for long-term involvement than a quick fling had different behavior and desires than women who considered their mates hot.

"When women were mated to men with low sexual versus investment attractiveness, they were particularly likely to experience increased attraction to men other than their partners at mid?cycle," Haselton said.

The mates of these women, meanwhile, appeared to appreciate unconsciously what they were up against. Their wives and girlfriends reported many more acts of mate-guarding behavior than women who considered their mates to be fling-worthy.

"What is at stake is not just the loss of face or the loss of love," Haselton said. "This is about Darwinian prosperity. Males who did not successfully guard their mates are not our ancestors."

Only one group of men diverged from this pattern: They were the ones whose wives and girlfriends were the most physically attractive.

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