On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:44:34 -0500, you wrote:

>What I find odd about this discussion is that it appears, as far as I can tell, that none of the women on this list has a significant other who could even cause problems.
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>So what does this mean?
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>Women who are into vanagons don't want to be bothered with SOs at all?  That certainly seems to be case for the women I know who are fulltiming - though of course some do have feline and canine SOs, but they are much less trouble.
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>Are there any women out there on this list who are the primary owners of their vans, and who have partners?

Hmmm.....

I don't consider myself the "primary owner" because I'm not
mechanically talented enough to feed a Vanagon's addiction to being
repaired.  But I was the primary motivation for us finding a camping
van.  I just couldn't see a good trade-off in spending two hours
packing the car, driving two hours, spending two hours unpacking the
car and setting up, only to have to do the same in reverse a day or
two later.

I'm blessed that S has the mechanical aptitude and also the
inclination to keep our "lady" in repair.  If I had been on my own,
I'd have probably wound up with a smallest-sized pick-em-up truck with
some variety of shell that I could sleep in.  That would have resolved
my interminable-packing-unpacking issues.  

But it's not nearly as gracious a camping companion as our
'Esmerelda'.

B(&S)
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal