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Want/need
Do you want or need a man in your life? Why do men feel like they have been insulted when I say I want a man in my life but don't need one? Surely they would be happy that I was with them because I wanted to be with them and not because I needed to be.
2016 - year of the Fire Monkey
Not all of us in the West are familiar with the Chinese horoscopes so here's a quick handy guide for the newly dawned Year of the Monkey. I'm apologizing in advance if I get any bits wrong, please correct me! I do find it fascinating.
Each Chinese New Year is characterised by one of 12 animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac. By the way, 2016 marks the 4713th Chinese year.
If you are turning 24, 36, 48, 60 or 72 this year, you are a Monkey. Your compatibility signs are Rat, Dragon, or another Monkey - the positive signs, the doers, dynamic and ambitious. (America, born in 1776, falls under the sign of the Monkey)
There are also five vital elements: Gold, Water, Wood, Fire or Earth. 2016 is a fire year. The cycles match every 60 years so any Monkey turning 60 this year is in double jeopardy - ironically, the years of your sign are tougher. As Monkey years are challenging for everyone, Monkeys especially need to keep their wits about them this year.
Challenging it may be, but for all 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac,provided you demonstrate endurance and patience, 2016 is a great time for receiving invigorating energies.The combination of Fire with the sign of the Monkey brings vitality and innovation to both business and personal relationships.
During 2016, political tensions will be stronger as governments and financial markets get a harder time. People and money are moving around the planet at an even faster rate, and only the most resourceful and risk-taking individuals amongst the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac are promised great success in 2016.
It's a year to reconsider part of the organization of your social life, as some friends may suddenly become bitter and jealous, leaving you disappointed and disengaged.
Not an easy year, and especially for Monkeys, but still a year of optimism, cheerfulness and happy family gatherings.
What are you?
Rat: 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, 1948
Ox: 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973, 1961, 1949
Tiger: 2010, 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, 1950
Rabbit: 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951
Dragon: 2012, 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952
Snake: 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977, 1965, 1953
Horse: 2014, 2002, 1990, 1978, 1966, 1954
Sheep: 2015, 2003, 1991, 1979, 1967, 1955
Monkey: 2016, 2004, 1992, 1980, 1968, 1956
Rooster: 2017, 2005, 1993, 1981, 1969, 1957
Dog: 2018, 2006, 1994, 1982, 1970, 1958
Pig: 2019, 2007, 1995, 1983, 1971, 1959
As I already said, this is interest, not expertise, I poached off the internet and will instantly correct anything I got wrong, sorry!
Each Chinese New Year is characterised by one of 12 animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac. By the way, 2016 marks the 4713th Chinese year.
If you are turning 24, 36, 48, 60 or 72 this year, you are a Monkey. Your compatibility signs are Rat, Dragon, or another Monkey - the positive signs, the doers, dynamic and ambitious. (America, born in 1776, falls under the sign of the Monkey)
There are also five vital elements: Gold, Water, Wood, Fire or Earth. 2016 is a fire year. The cycles match every 60 years so any Monkey turning 60 this year is in double jeopardy - ironically, the years of your sign are tougher. As Monkey years are challenging for everyone, Monkeys especially need to keep their wits about them this year.
Challenging it may be, but for all 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac,provided you demonstrate endurance and patience, 2016 is a great time for receiving invigorating energies.The combination of Fire with the sign of the Monkey brings vitality and innovation to both business and personal relationships.
During 2016, political tensions will be stronger as governments and financial markets get a harder time. People and money are moving around the planet at an even faster rate, and only the most resourceful and risk-taking individuals amongst the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac are promised great success in 2016.
It's a year to reconsider part of the organization of your social life, as some friends may suddenly become bitter and jealous, leaving you disappointed and disengaged.
Not an easy year, and especially for Monkeys, but still a year of optimism, cheerfulness and happy family gatherings.
What are you?
Rat: 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, 1948
Ox: 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973, 1961, 1949
Tiger: 2010, 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, 1950
Rabbit: 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951
Dragon: 2012, 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952
Snake: 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977, 1965, 1953
Horse: 2014, 2002, 1990, 1978, 1966, 1954
Sheep: 2015, 2003, 1991, 1979, 1967, 1955
Monkey: 2016, 2004, 1992, 1980, 1968, 1956
Rooster: 2017, 2005, 1993, 1981, 1969, 1957
Dog: 2018, 2006, 1994, 1982, 1970, 1958
Pig: 2019, 2007, 1995, 1983, 1971, 1959
As I already said, this is interest, not expertise, I poached off the internet and will instantly correct anything I got wrong, sorry!
NO Means YES!
Any persistent man here?
In my opinion men are more persistent than women when it comes to getting what or who we want.
In my personal experience, nothing can stop a man armed with persistence and confidence.
Many do think persistent pressure is attractive, and most will indeed yield to it. I did!
Persistence seems to be the core of seduction . I do find men who pursue in the face of clear declines or rejections hot
but from some men it could be creepy. 
I wonder if men who pursue in the face of blatant rejections aren't psychos or maybe have low self-esteem or have insecurities ? 
They seem to chase women for the challenge of winning them over. A NO seems to turn them on and the more they desire someone or something that they can’t have.
Why is that?
In my opinion men are more persistent than women when it comes to getting what or who we want.
In my personal experience, nothing can stop a man armed with persistence and confidence.
Many do think persistent pressure is attractive, and most will indeed yield to it. I did!
Persistence seems to be the core of seduction . I do find men who pursue in the face of clear declines or rejections hot
but from some men it could be creepy. I wonder if men who pursue in the face of blatant rejections aren't psychos or maybe have low self-esteem or have insecurities ?
They seem to chase women for the challenge of winning them over. A NO seems to turn them on and the more they desire someone or something that they can’t have. Why is that? Under The Red CS Moon
The stars aligned and it happened.
Under the red moon, they came from every corner of the globe. Asians; Americans; Africans and Europeans.
They met in a small Spanish restaurant in a small Spanish town to prove that culture and ethnicity didn't matter a damn , friendship is more important.
The young pretty Asian with the long eyelashes was even bubblier and funnier than ever.
Her adoring American was friendly, chatty and convivial.
The diminutive Spanish firebrand was as impish and gregarious as ever.
The Englishman took everything in, and just threw in his tuppence worth whenever he wished. No change there.
The South African was relieved to have arrived even if her pu**y wasn't so enamoured. She dealt with it all stoically and good humouredly as usual.
The other American joined in the conversation easily. Just don't expect him to walk far without caffeine running through his veins.
The Irish one avoided the dreaded cameras as only she can do.
The missing Rhodesian joined the party via video chat. Nobody was left out.
Many hours were spent chatting and laughing under the red CS moon.
That is what it's all about.
Under the red moon, they came from every corner of the globe. Asians; Americans; Africans and Europeans.
They met in a small Spanish restaurant in a small Spanish town to prove that culture and ethnicity didn't matter a damn , friendship is more important.
The young pretty Asian with the long eyelashes was even bubblier and funnier than ever.
Her adoring American was friendly, chatty and convivial.
The diminutive Spanish firebrand was as impish and gregarious as ever.
The Englishman took everything in, and just threw in his tuppence worth whenever he wished. No change there.
The South African was relieved to have arrived even if her pu**y wasn't so enamoured. She dealt with it all stoically and good humouredly as usual.
The other American joined in the conversation easily. Just don't expect him to walk far without caffeine running through his veins.
The Irish one avoided the dreaded cameras as only she can do.
The missing Rhodesian joined the party via video chat. Nobody was left out.
Many hours were spent chatting and laughing under the red CS moon.
That is what it's all about.
I want it all, and I want it now. But how?
Just been away on holiday with my daughter and at the airport she kept us in duty free for AGES finding something nice enough to take to her mother-in-law as part of her birthday present.
I haven’t seen my daughter since September. Since then I have had a birthday (she did send a whatsapp message) and there’s been Christmas too (a phone call). She brought me a gift for both - a purple felt hat she found at a charity shop, because she says I’m now old enough to need one.
She’s busy, she lives 400 miles away, I’m not a very good mother, what more could I expect?
The irony is that I am fantastically needy. I’m so high-maintenance my mother ordered me from earliest childhood to stop expecting the whole world to revolve around me.
I wish it did.
Instead I have become the cat that walks alone.
I’m now the sort of person who, if you lived next door to me and didn’t like chocolate cake, and someone gave you one, you’d still throw it away rather than give it to me. You’d tell me about it, too. Oh, you’d say, I so nearly popped over the other day with a cake for you, because I know you love chocolate cake.
What should I have said? That’s what this blog is for. How should I react to people basically telling me I don’t need anything from them when I really, really do?
I need your comments
I haven’t seen my daughter since September. Since then I have had a birthday (she did send a whatsapp message) and there’s been Christmas too (a phone call). She brought me a gift for both - a purple felt hat she found at a charity shop, because she says I’m now old enough to need one.
She’s busy, she lives 400 miles away, I’m not a very good mother, what more could I expect?
The irony is that I am fantastically needy. I’m so high-maintenance my mother ordered me from earliest childhood to stop expecting the whole world to revolve around me.
I wish it did.
Instead I have become the cat that walks alone. I’m now the sort of person who, if you lived next door to me and didn’t like chocolate cake, and someone gave you one, you’d still throw it away rather than give it to me. You’d tell me about it, too. Oh, you’d say, I so nearly popped over the other day with a cake for you, because I know you love chocolate cake.
What should I have said? That’s what this blog is for. How should I react to people basically telling me I don’t need anything from them when I really, really do?
I need your comments
Sola?
Interesting blog spotted on another website. This woman says she lured a man in with coffee,
and she has him trussed up like a turkey for the benefit of herself, her friends and even some relatives.
She did it on an uncontrollable impulse, and now she’s worrying what will happen when (if) she releases him back into the wild.
She was asking everyone on the website for advice. Her aunts are offering to take him permanently off her hands and take good care of him for as long as he lives. She says he looks a little wild-eyed when they discuss it in front of him.
Coffee, eh?
Do you think it could be our Sola? He's not been around since mentioning going on a coffee date ...
and she has him trussed up like a turkey for the benefit of herself, her friends and even some relatives. She did it on an uncontrollable impulse, and now she’s worrying what will happen when (if) she releases him back into the wild.
She was asking everyone on the website for advice. Her aunts are offering to take him permanently off her hands and take good care of him for as long as he lives. She says he looks a little wild-eyed when they discuss it in front of him.
Coffee, eh?
Do you think it could be our Sola? He's not been around since mentioning going on a coffee date ...
Where Is Local And What Is Exotic?
We are always encouraged to buy local. Apparently, it is good for the local economy. But local can be a very loose term. Local can be relative to your town, city, district, province, country, region, or continent. I can imagine that local can even be relative to our hemisphere, planet, solar system, or galaxy. I sure we can talk about our local sun’s position in the local galaxy.
Let’s assume you want pork sausage, but you don't like the local pigs. You have the options of importing exotic pigs from somewhere not local or you can relocate to a place that falls outside the area that you define as local. Both options can be rather costly while pigs are just pigs, wherever they are. It is not as if the non-local pigs have three rows of tits. I mean, why buy a pig if you can buy sausage over the counter at the supermarket?
Now what happens if the exotic pigs are just as bad as (or worse than) the local pigs? It happened before! You cannot fall back on the local pigs now. You have already offended the local pigs and, so it is unlikely that they’d be interested in dealing with you now.
The prospects of relocation are even bleaker and more complicated. How long before what was exotic before, becomes local? Chances are that, if you were not happy with the local pigs at your previous location, you are bound to become unhappy with the exotic pigs at the new location when they become the local pigs. I mean, just where is local?
Once again, you cannot fall back on the original local pigs because you already shot your mouth off about them. Remember, crawling back will be admitting that you were wrong. We don’t do that, do we?
It is very likely that, after relocating, you will end up importing exotic pigs from where you were in the first place. They are not local anymore, are they? Only now, you have the additional costs of transportation fees and import duties, where you could have had the now exotic pigs that used to be the local pigs, at cut-price rates.
Another good bet is to produce your own pigs… though you will need a good boar to compensate for any shortcomings in the existing female breeding stock. They say Palestine is a save haven for pig farmers. Nobody will ever steal your pigs, local or exotic.
Methinks it will be a good idea to hide a dislike for the local pigs lest an almost perfect local pig turns up by chance. No point in alienating the self from the local pigs until you found a suitable exotic pig.
What is that saying again about the grass being greener on the other side?
Have a bumper of a day.
Let’s assume you want pork sausage, but you don't like the local pigs. You have the options of importing exotic pigs from somewhere not local or you can relocate to a place that falls outside the area that you define as local. Both options can be rather costly while pigs are just pigs, wherever they are. It is not as if the non-local pigs have three rows of tits. I mean, why buy a pig if you can buy sausage over the counter at the supermarket?
Now what happens if the exotic pigs are just as bad as (or worse than) the local pigs? It happened before! You cannot fall back on the local pigs now. You have already offended the local pigs and, so it is unlikely that they’d be interested in dealing with you now.
The prospects of relocation are even bleaker and more complicated. How long before what was exotic before, becomes local? Chances are that, if you were not happy with the local pigs at your previous location, you are bound to become unhappy with the exotic pigs at the new location when they become the local pigs. I mean, just where is local?
Once again, you cannot fall back on the original local pigs because you already shot your mouth off about them. Remember, crawling back will be admitting that you were wrong. We don’t do that, do we?
It is very likely that, after relocating, you will end up importing exotic pigs from where you were in the first place. They are not local anymore, are they? Only now, you have the additional costs of transportation fees and import duties, where you could have had the now exotic pigs that used to be the local pigs, at cut-price rates.
Another good bet is to produce your own pigs… though you will need a good boar to compensate for any shortcomings in the existing female breeding stock. They say Palestine is a save haven for pig farmers. Nobody will ever steal your pigs, local or exotic.
Methinks it will be a good idea to hide a dislike for the local pigs lest an almost perfect local pig turns up by chance. No point in alienating the self from the local pigs until you found a suitable exotic pig.
What is that saying again about the grass being greener on the other side?
Have a bumper of a day.
The Breakup
Actions carried out upon breakup: Delete photos, text, phone number, cut off any communication. Did they even ever exist? How do you handle it when the one you cared for is no longer in your life? Do you keep all the said above and wait for them to contact you again, giving you some kind of hope? How do you grieve? What actions do you take? Chalk it off to another one bites the dust and it's experience gained for the next relationship? How each of us handles a breakup is different. For me, I get everything that reminds me of them out of my life. I let it go. I cry, I evaluate the whole relationship and try to learn from it so I don't repeat past mistakes.....then I try to keep my heart open for the next that might come along. 
Leap year, baby!
In 27 days you can go down on one knee to the man of your choice and beg him to make you the happiest woman in the world.
So who you gonna pick? What's the worst that could happen, they say no.
Shuffle sideways and offer your hand and heart to the next man along.
Bowl him over
Play it cool
Talk so fast he can't say no
Threaten him
Romance him
Or pour it all out in a letter
Who? and how?
So who you gonna pick? What's the worst that could happen, they say no.
Shuffle sideways and offer your hand and heart to the next man along.
Bowl him over
Play it cool
Talk so fast he can't say no
Threaten him
Romance him
Or pour it all out in a letter
Who? and how?
International Kissing Day
How did we miss this?
Have you kissed someone today?
This is a pretty iconic kiss.
Who would you like to kiss today? What celebrity / actor / actress / famous figure from the past would, if they crossed your path, be soundly smooched? Or even someone you know, of course. I suppose. That's a bit of a waste of a day when no holds are barred ...
Nope, JJ has got me nostalgic. Remember your first important kiss? what you were wearing, where it was?
Have you kissed someone today?
This is a pretty iconic kiss.
Nope, JJ has got me nostalgic. Remember your first important kiss? what you were wearing, where it was?
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