The Barbarian?

My wife today said she thinks I'm a barbarian. However, some of the sides of that she says she likes. However, this sort of takes me to the movie "The Barbarian and the Geisha". I think John Wayne starred in that if I'm not mistaken and my father, my grandfather and even I a little bit resemble at times the "let the chips fall where they may" attitude of people who make things happen and don't just live a life of quiet desperation and politeness all the time.

Somebody has to be bold enough to get things done and to respond to calamities when they arise. If a spider is bothering my wife or daughter I will hear their screams from the other room and I will either take the spider outside (my preference) or dispatch it from this world depending upon the spider and the circumstances. And the same could be said of any creature I have to deal with. Humans we  can figure out non-violent approaches to deal with anything that comes up.

So, am I a barbarian? Someone in every family has to be in order for that family to survive anything that comes up in life.

My wife and I often joke that to be a successful wife and husband team it is necessary to raise children for there to be a "Bitch" and a "Bastard" not all the time but some of the time in order to protect the family from all comers. If you don't have this combination at least some of the time then that marriage or family will not survive as a unit.

If you are interested in old John Wayne movies here is this one:

The Barbarian and the Geisha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Barbarian and the Geisha is a 1958 film starring John Wayne, Sam Jaffe and Japanese actress Eiko Ando set in 1850s Japan. Shot primarily on location in ...

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The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) - IMDb

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Rating: 5.5/10 - 930 votes

Directed by John Huston. With John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe, Sô Yamamura. Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. ...