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Video chatting with someone from a dating site
Would you block someone you met on a dating site for wearing a bathrobe for a video chat?
I exchanged contact details with someone on here and we arrange to do a video chat last night.
I called her and after only a couple of minutes of chatting, she asked me to change my clothes. I don't see what was wrong with me wearing a bathrobe for a video chat. I always have a shower in the early evening after work and was just wearing what I normally would be wearing at the time we started chatting.
She asked me to change my clothes so I did then called her back but she didn't want to answer. I said I had changed my clothes but she said she didn't want to chat with me.
I don't know why she felt so uncomfortable about what I was wearing.
I don't know if she thought I was going to expose myself on our video chat or what or whether maybe her upbringing meant that is was highly inappropriate for someone to do a video chat with her and to always dress appropriately for the occasion.
I tried to explain but she was having none of it and just blocked me from messaging apps and on this dating site.
I just find the whole situation and her ridiculous and crazy.
Why couldn't she have just asked me to change my clothes and then call her back as if nothing had happened?
Or why couldn't she have just ignored what I was wearing?
It says she lives in London but I could tell from her accent, she was possibly Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan or some other Eastern European country originally.
If anyone has their thoughts on this, I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks.
I exchanged contact details with someone on here and we arrange to do a video chat last night.
I called her and after only a couple of minutes of chatting, she asked me to change my clothes. I don't see what was wrong with me wearing a bathrobe for a video chat. I always have a shower in the early evening after work and was just wearing what I normally would be wearing at the time we started chatting.
She asked me to change my clothes so I did then called her back but she didn't want to answer. I said I had changed my clothes but she said she didn't want to chat with me.
I don't know why she felt so uncomfortable about what I was wearing.
I don't know if she thought I was going to expose myself on our video chat or what or whether maybe her upbringing meant that is was highly inappropriate for someone to do a video chat with her and to always dress appropriately for the occasion.
I tried to explain but she was having none of it and just blocked me from messaging apps and on this dating site.
I just find the whole situation and her ridiculous and crazy.
Why couldn't she have just asked me to change my clothes and then call her back as if nothing had happened?
Or why couldn't she have just ignored what I was wearing?
It says she lives in London but I could tell from her accent, she was possibly Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan or some other Eastern European country originally.
If anyone has their thoughts on this, I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks.
Who gives more in a love relationship?
Love is such a precious feeling, so unique, that throughout history it is enough to count the innumerable feats that have been made in the name of this great gentleman full of beautiful feelings. When we join someone we always try to do everything for this person, and more if we are in love, we always want our partner to see that we are at their complete disposal, I imagine that your other half also promotes these same values, only that sometimes we We focus so much on what we want to do for our partner that we completely forget what they would also like to do for us. And is that a relationship I have always said that it is two, it is not one, here the mathematics comes out of logic when two come together and only one skin. A love relationship is completely an approach of two who have different worlds, different cultures and reactions to different manifestations of life. When you are with this person you always want to feel the best person and be completely proud of you. And have we thought then what does this person feel about you? We believe that everything we do is enough? We compare if our partner always acts to make us feel good? Who do you think gives more in a love relationship? Who do you think gives more in passion? Which of the two sexes, choose to surrender itself to the end of everything, even if the other fails?
I think that when two love each other, it is the two who always give themselves to the end, I have seen couples, that despite the distances, they are both for what, and the feeling of one is the feeling of the other, the happiness of the one is the happiness of the other.
Do you think that a relationship should be like that? I think so. In love there are no equivalences, or differences, you just choose well, and when do you do it? Well, you feel that you found your other, that sums it up. What do you think?
I think that when two love each other, it is the two who always give themselves to the end, I have seen couples, that despite the distances, they are both for what, and the feeling of one is the feeling of the other, the happiness of the one is the happiness of the other.
Do you think that a relationship should be like that? I think so. In love there are no equivalences, or differences, you just choose well, and when do you do it? Well, you feel that you found your other, that sums it up. What do you think?
I went to a party last night
Funny, when someone says they have been invited to dinner somewhere I instantly think delicious food, good company, and I turn green because I wasn't invited.
And when people say they have a party to go to I think fun, laughter, music, everyone having a ball. I try to remember why I stopped going to parties.
So, I went to a party last night. Writers, film directors, photographers, that's why I went. About 30 people there, no-one seemed to know anyone else. It was COLD, clustered round terrace heaters, making conversation. Where are you FROM, what do you DO, oh my that's interesting. (Not so much). Have a slice of this pizza, it's good. Have you tried a falafel? Let me top up your wine. No music, just chattering teeth and the hostess chasing pale blue people out the apartment when they tried to get in out the cold.
What is your idea of a GOOD party?
And when people say they have a party to go to I think fun, laughter, music, everyone having a ball. I try to remember why I stopped going to parties.
So, I went to a party last night. Writers, film directors, photographers, that's why I went. About 30 people there, no-one seemed to know anyone else. It was COLD, clustered round terrace heaters, making conversation. Where are you FROM, what do you DO, oh my that's interesting. (Not so much). Have a slice of this pizza, it's good. Have you tried a falafel? Let me top up your wine. No music, just chattering teeth and the hostess chasing pale blue people out the apartment when they tried to get in out the cold.
What is your idea of a GOOD party?
how the internet has change our ability
how the internet has change our ability to be honest and trustworthy
There are no Soulmates = first lesson in marriage 101
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The First Lesson of Marriage 101: There Are No Soul Mates
A course at Northwestern University teaches students about what makes a healthy relationship.
Research shows that practically every dimension of life happiness is influenced by the quality of one’s marriage, while divorce is the second most stressful life event one can ever experience.
Yet nearly half of all married couples are likely to divorce, and many couples report feeling unhappy in their relationships. Instructors of Northwestern University’s Marriage 101 class want to change that. The goal of their course is to help students have more fulfilling love relationships during their lives. In Marriage 101 popular books such as Mating in Captivity and For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage are interspersed with meaty academic studies. Students attend one lecture a week and then meet in smaller breakout groups to discuss the weekly topics, which range from infidelity to addiction, childrearing to sexuality in long-term relationships.
At first glance this class may seem a tad too frivolous for a major research university. But the instructors say it’s not an easy A and its reputation as a meaningful, relevant, and enlightening course has grown steadily over the 14 years it’s been offered. In fact, teachers are forced to turn away eager prospective students every year. This spring, the enrollment will be capped at 100. The class is kept to a manageable size so that students can grapple at a deeply personal level with the material during their discussion sessions.
The Marriage 101 professors believe college is the perfect time for students to learn about relationships. “Developmentally, this is what the college years are all about: Students are thinking about who they are as people, how they love, who they love, and who they want as a partner,” says Alexandra Solomon, a professor and family therapist who will be teaching the course along with a team of four other faculty, all affiliated with Northwestern University’s Family Institute, and 11 teaching assistants. “We’re all really passionate about talking about what makes a healthy relationship.” The professors see the course—which requires journaling exercises, interviews with married couples, and several term papers—as a kind of inoculation against potential life trauma.
Historians tell us that marriage education in America began as a way to keep women’s sexuality in check. “Marriage education has been for hundreds of years aimed at women. It was considered their responsibility to keep the marriage going,” Stephanie Coontz, co-chairwoman of the Council on Contemporary Families and author of Marriage: A History, tells me. During the 1920s and 1930s, Coontz explains in her book, fears about s*xual liberation and the future of marriage led eugenics proponents like Paul Popenoe to become enthusiastic about marriage counseling. “If we were going to promote a sound population, we would not have to get the right kind of people married, but we would have to keep them married,” Popenoe wrote............
The First Lesson of Marriage 101: There Are No Soul Mates
A course at Northwestern University teaches students about what makes a healthy relationship.
Research shows that practically every dimension of life happiness is influenced by the quality of one’s marriage, while divorce is the second most stressful life event one can ever experience.
Yet nearly half of all married couples are likely to divorce, and many couples report feeling unhappy in their relationships. Instructors of Northwestern University’s Marriage 101 class want to change that. The goal of their course is to help students have more fulfilling love relationships during their lives. In Marriage 101 popular books such as Mating in Captivity and For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage are interspersed with meaty academic studies. Students attend one lecture a week and then meet in smaller breakout groups to discuss the weekly topics, which range from infidelity to addiction, childrearing to sexuality in long-term relationships.
At first glance this class may seem a tad too frivolous for a major research university. But the instructors say it’s not an easy A and its reputation as a meaningful, relevant, and enlightening course has grown steadily over the 14 years it’s been offered. In fact, teachers are forced to turn away eager prospective students every year. This spring, the enrollment will be capped at 100. The class is kept to a manageable size so that students can grapple at a deeply personal level with the material during their discussion sessions.
The Marriage 101 professors believe college is the perfect time for students to learn about relationships. “Developmentally, this is what the college years are all about: Students are thinking about who they are as people, how they love, who they love, and who they want as a partner,” says Alexandra Solomon, a professor and family therapist who will be teaching the course along with a team of four other faculty, all affiliated with Northwestern University’s Family Institute, and 11 teaching assistants. “We’re all really passionate about talking about what makes a healthy relationship.” The professors see the course—which requires journaling exercises, interviews with married couples, and several term papers—as a kind of inoculation against potential life trauma.
Historians tell us that marriage education in America began as a way to keep women’s sexuality in check. “Marriage education has been for hundreds of years aimed at women. It was considered their responsibility to keep the marriage going,” Stephanie Coontz, co-chairwoman of the Council on Contemporary Families and author of Marriage: A History, tells me. During the 1920s and 1930s, Coontz explains in her book, fears about s*xual liberation and the future of marriage led eugenics proponents like Paul Popenoe to become enthusiastic about marriage counseling. “If we were going to promote a sound population, we would not have to get the right kind of people married, but we would have to keep them married,” Popenoe wrote............
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Great expectations
Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country ...
That's quite an oldfashioned sentiment, these days. Never mind what our country can do for us, the WORLD owes us a living, and is being slack about delivering.
Same with love, especially bargaining for it, the way we do on a singles website. We think hmm, what will push the most buttons? Loving: honest: fun: yeah, close enough. I'll stick those in as my description. Now describe the other half - and oh boy, woe betide them if they fail to match up exactly.
I've noticed most of the whinging on here is actually direct clues. Ever noticed how a guy who complains how much emotional baggage women bring along, hauls around a few trunks himself? And don't get me started on a current popular trend in the blogs, how difficult women can be. Ready to bet good money some of you guys have been, and will be, happiest being treated like dirt by difficult women. It's the nice normal women who seem to get kicked in the teeth.
There ARE nice normal women. No, seriously. I've met at least two.
That's quite an oldfashioned sentiment, these days. Never mind what our country can do for us, the WORLD owes us a living, and is being slack about delivering.
Same with love, especially bargaining for it, the way we do on a singles website. We think hmm, what will push the most buttons? Loving: honest: fun: yeah, close enough. I'll stick those in as my description. Now describe the other half - and oh boy, woe betide them if they fail to match up exactly.
I've noticed most of the whinging on here is actually direct clues. Ever noticed how a guy who complains how much emotional baggage women bring along, hauls around a few trunks himself? And don't get me started on a current popular trend in the blogs, how difficult women can be. Ready to bet good money some of you guys have been, and will be, happiest being treated like dirt by difficult women. It's the nice normal women who seem to get kicked in the teeth.
There ARE nice normal women. No, seriously. I've met at least two.
Why??? Why???
I need your advice. I went on my first online date. It had been 13yrs. since I've dated so I let my guard down and went for it. The guy showed up with flowers, hugged me and we or at least I lol the entire date. We even finished one another's sentences. I had the best time and felt he did too.
Was it me or something I did? I'm blaming myself!
Then the next morning he begun to text me extremely vulgar messages! I ignored them and he told me what I could do to myself! I'm in shock. How can someone go from one extremely to another?? Overnight!
I dressed nicely, used good manners and don't believe I gave him any signals.
Now, tell me would you write a nasty email or text? Tell him what I really think? 
If you can help I'd appreciate it. Thanks! Hugz, Pink. 
Was it me or something I did? I'm blaming myself!
Then the next morning he begun to text me extremely vulgar messages! I ignored them and he told me what I could do to myself! I'm in shock. How can someone go from one extremely to another?? Overnight!
I dressed nicely, used good manners and don't believe I gave him any signals.
Now, tell me would you write a nasty email or text? Tell him what I really think? If you can help I'd appreciate it. Thanks! Hugz, Pink.
Weird Ways Couples Annoy Each Other
I had to delete a blog post tonight because of a misogynistic, Neanderthals’ comments. This is why we can’t have nice things, people.
It has also been brought to my attention, that my blog posts are silly. And I’m okay with that. I like to make people laugh. So, here is another silly post. Enjoy.
This is why we can’t have nice things, people. It has also been brought to my attention, that my blog posts are silly. And I’m okay with that. I like to make people laugh. So, here is another silly post. Enjoy.
Death
In the last 6 months, there were 4 death of friends. One was murdered, one killed herself, one was sick, and the last one had a motorbike accident.
The man who died in an accident was divorced, and his wife has remarried but separated now. Her husband left her, and now live with another woman, but they're not divorced yet.
The motorbike my friend rode, has a sticker "666", that was his ex wife nickname "sweet 666". He died still wearing his wedding ring. My friend said he used to say "I love you till the day I die" to her. Only then she realized it was not just words.
My grandma and grandpa, for as long as I remember, never sleep in the same room. The day he died, my grandma found their photo taken when they were still in school, below his pillow. Since then my grandma put that photo under her pillow until she died.
My mom and dad never, for as long as I remember, also never sleep in the same room. They argued almost every day. I remember one night, my dad came into my room, waking me up saying "If I ever leave the house, know that it does not mean I don't love you. And please remember me, your dad even if I am not here anymore". And they remain sleeping in their own room until he died. When we cleaned up his room, we found many of my mom's photos kept in a box, my mom finding that. Now she keeps a box of those photos along with my dad's. And she talks fondly of him now.
Maybe it takes death to realize how much you love someone, or to put it another way you don't know how much you love someone until he/she's gone. But wont it be too late, to wait for his/her death, or when he/she's gone? Why not telling them while you can? Show them you love them, before it's too late.
It's too late for me.
The man who died in an accident was divorced, and his wife has remarried but separated now. Her husband left her, and now live with another woman, but they're not divorced yet.
The motorbike my friend rode, has a sticker "666", that was his ex wife nickname "sweet 666". He died still wearing his wedding ring. My friend said he used to say "I love you till the day I die" to her. Only then she realized it was not just words.
My grandma and grandpa, for as long as I remember, never sleep in the same room. The day he died, my grandma found their photo taken when they were still in school, below his pillow. Since then my grandma put that photo under her pillow until she died.
My mom and dad never, for as long as I remember, also never sleep in the same room. They argued almost every day. I remember one night, my dad came into my room, waking me up saying "If I ever leave the house, know that it does not mean I don't love you. And please remember me, your dad even if I am not here anymore". And they remain sleeping in their own room until he died. When we cleaned up his room, we found many of my mom's photos kept in a box, my mom finding that. Now she keeps a box of those photos along with my dad's. And she talks fondly of him now.
Maybe it takes death to realize how much you love someone, or to put it another way you don't know how much you love someone until he/she's gone. But wont it be too late, to wait for his/her death, or when he/she's gone? Why not telling them while you can? Show them you love them, before it's too late.
It's too late for me.
How to detach from a 3 year relationship
Hi All
Most of the woman out there can relate to loosing a loved one, or I should say breaking up after many years with the same man. I recently broke up with my on again, off again boyfriend of almost 3 years.
Long story, but he is not legally divorced, has 1 son living at home with him and has many problems, to say the least. For some reason we hit it off so well and stayed together for almost 3 years, but it was a shaky ride for both of us due to his responsibilities at home and work.
He was my best friend, lover and boyfriend, travel companion, computer repair guy LOL.
I am in the process of moving out of state and taking on the responsibilities of caring for my 83 year old mother all alone. This break up came at a bad time and I thought I would have his emotional support until I moved away.
He has found another woman, also with children, and since I am moving he decided to move on quicker than I hoped.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions to help me through this most difficult time? My friends have problems of their own and can not give me much support.
This is a very stressful time for me and I am so sad when I look at our pictures together and all the traveling we did. I will try and not look at the pictures but I feel like he is just another guy in my life that has let me down. I am divorced and haven't had any success in finding a meaningful relationship that would go long term.
Any suggestions would be appreciate.
Donna
Most of the woman out there can relate to loosing a loved one, or I should say breaking up after many years with the same man. I recently broke up with my on again, off again boyfriend of almost 3 years.
Long story, but he is not legally divorced, has 1 son living at home with him and has many problems, to say the least. For some reason we hit it off so well and stayed together for almost 3 years, but it was a shaky ride for both of us due to his responsibilities at home and work.
He was my best friend, lover and boyfriend, travel companion, computer repair guy LOL.
I am in the process of moving out of state and taking on the responsibilities of caring for my 83 year old mother all alone. This break up came at a bad time and I thought I would have his emotional support until I moved away.
He has found another woman, also with children, and since I am moving he decided to move on quicker than I hoped.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions to help me through this most difficult time? My friends have problems of their own and can not give me much support.
This is a very stressful time for me and I am so sad when I look at our pictures together and all the traveling we did. I will try and not look at the pictures but I feel like he is just another guy in my life that has let me down. I am divorced and haven't had any success in finding a meaningful relationship that would go long term.
Any suggestions would be appreciate.
Donna
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