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I agree that things are what they are. The funk to which I refer was 25 or 30 years ago. It was very frightening because i didn't know if I'd ever get out of it. It lasted about a year That's very scary - the not knowing. It was painful waking in the morning. It was brought on by my leaving a love and securing a new one, It also involved a move to and fro and other big life changes. The guilt was over the top. I learned alot about what NOT to do in life. I have since made call life changes in small steps, rather than whole hog. And the best thing I learned was that you can come out of depression. I also learned never to drink coffee liquor before going to sleep especially if you're depressed. Talk about the LONGEST nite - the caffeine.


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enjoyed that one ; the others were amusing albeit corny



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We hunger for love and even though we may have been used, abused or betrayed in love - we'd never look to avoid it. We tend to approach it as unconditional (which it's not) but even a tiny taste of it goes very far towards making us lose sight of past pains. If only we'd realize that love is not as much about the person we're in love with as about the condition we're in....LOVE... almost like being drunk. It's not about the alcohol that did it, but about the euphoria it caused.

I have learned something over the years and that's to cry when it hurts, but be very careful not to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out the pain. Human nature goes for the waaaaaa waaaaa. I've seen how I've sabotaged my own self at times by being so involved in my pain that I never noticed it subside. You gotta accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative (like the song says). I say try to overdose on the love whilest you have it. And recognize it as a fickle friend.


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I had always been anti-hunter and it worked fine for me. But as time went on, my prospective dating partners become fewer and far between. I found myself needing to adjust. The hunting thing wasn't such a important thing to me. So I allowed myself to date hunters and low and behold... I find that they're more often than not - very decent human beings. I had previously thought many things about hunters that have NO bearing to real life. One thing I still feel is that guns should be kept out of the reach of young people and off city streets. It's like something I heard Hillary say the other day (though not about hunting..) people need to find their points in common rather than just run with the things they exaggerate to divide them.



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Life was a peach - indeed. I totally had a hippie head (though kept it in the closet due to my being raised in a very conservative household. I was not permitted to go to Woodstock and still have resentment to this day. The war was OVER and we thought we had put that ugly chapter of American history to sleep. (hardy har har). I looked similar to the author, except in those days we called them hot pants and wore them with stockings and platform shoes. I got married around 20 but my husband (21) was cool. He was a teacher and I was a secretary and I'd quit the job each summer and we'd go backpack through Europe. It was circa Frohmers Europe on $5 a day. We actually did it for less, using the student Eurail pass, sleeping in train stations in Nice (French Riviera) seedy hotel rooms in the red light district of Amsterdam, and an enormous circus tent in Frankfurt, where there was a horse troft for washing up. We'd stay a month or two at a time , usually being joined by his college chums. It was a BLAST. It totally inspired me to go to school, which I did but by 25 I kindof got itchy for a new life. I took off, moved to Puerto Rico, fell in love with a body builder beach boy who's the daddy to my two adult aged kiddies. I'd love to re-do one day of every year. I invite you to smell the flowers along the way.


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I recently went on the Hillary site and read up on a blog called: The Hillary I Know. I was already on board but now I'm addicted. Interesting - to say the least. Talk about people having NO CLUE. I had NO Clue.


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I'm a newbie.. but not to computer sites - just to this one. Sometimes I wonder which age group should I be reaching out to. I'm mid 50s and feel I look young. Do we all think that? When a man who's too young reaches out, do I assume he just wants to play? I wonder how young is too young? I know the youthful looking guys my own age are typically seeking younger women. Are there are guidelines about age or should it just be: if it feels right do it ! I'm seeking a LTR. I wonder if that seems crazy to most people? I use that as a way to discourage casual contacts. Been there - done that. I want a LTR!! I just wonder.. what do you think? Happy Holiday


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