If I ask the waitress to describe a certain dish that's on the menu and she does I might say that sounds good I'll take it. When the dish comes and I don't like it because it doesn't taste what I fantasized about it's not the chef's fault that I don't like the dish. Therefore I don't have to eat it but I do have to pay for it.
On the other hand I was in a steak restaurant and when I got my steak I could tell before I tasted it that it was spoiled meat however I took a bite. I told the waitress that it was spoiled meat and she said that's impossible. I told her to smell it but she wouldn't. I didn't pay for it and left.
In a good restaurant the waitress would have assumed I was right and would have offered to get me something else. She didn't and I never went back there.
The day I met my future son in law I knew he was a keeper. My daughter had been going out with him for awhile before I met him. She told me about their dates, I saw how he dressed and I knew he had an impressive job. He was good to her with nice restaurants, vacations and quality hotels. And most of all he was very polite and kind to me in many ways. They married in 2002 and he is still all of the above.
The first three men that my daughter introduced me to I knew in an instant that they weren't right for her but I played along as if I was glad to meet them.
She was at the age of being independent and getting out from under her mother's rules. She picked guys that were a nightmare for me. She knew I didn't like them and I told her why. We didn't fight about it but I think I planted a seed for her to realize that she could do better.
Eventually they were history and she met the man she is married to now, the best son-in-law any mother could ask for.
I'm sorry that I whined in the "What is the worst pain you've had" thread. Pain isn't only about broken hearts or bad backs. My husband died in 1977 and I still feel the pain of losing him.
I prefer the phrase "Let it Go". It works well for me and keeps me from giving importance to the thing or person that angered me. If I go into mindfulness when angry then I am concentrating on the anger and causing stress in my life. I'd rather not do that. I'd prefer using mindfulness to concentrate about the beauty around me.
It was fun getting dressed up for a dinner date, even a movie date. I really liked getting dressed up in high heels for a dancing date especially in the disco era. I do miss someone being nice to me until he thought paying for my dinner entitled him to my bed.
I remember those kind of dates Tom. Last time I had a date like that is probably 30 years ago. It was a different world when we dressed up for the date and the guy actually picked you up at your house.
Sorry Woodsy but that candlelight dinner definitely would not be for me. Those candlelight dinners are all smoke and mirrors.
Many, many years ago I liked dates like that but it doesn't fit my current lifestyle. I would prefer dressing casual for a first coffee meet and if dates continue I would dress the same way. If the day comes that we go to a fancy smanshy place or a wedding I'll wear a dress but for the most part it's black jeans and nice shirts for me.
You might want to check a lot of temperature maps before you move to Florida or South Carolina. I moved to North Carolina from New Jersey. The summer in NC is awful. Constant humidity. It rains everyday. And you need to have an exterminator on contract to kill the water bugs that get into your house. They aren't typical roaches that come from dirty houses. I miss the snow and would do anything to move back to New Jersey but my age won't allow that to happen.
Cold weather in North Carolina is 55 degrees. In New Jersey that's a spring day.
One other thing.....Taxes are cheaper in the south BUT they consider your car to be an asset of high value regardless of how old it is and tax it as if it was a house and property.
I'm in agreement with you Sele. When I was younger I thought older men were smarter because they had more experience. I learned that wisdom does not come with age.
Then I went the route of as much as 20 years younger and learned that younger men have a strong libido but they are not looking for a commitment with an older woman and so they lie about everything.
The last relationship was with someone 18 years younger. I thought we had a lot in common but it turned out I proved that my wisdom wasn't as good as I thought it was. There goes another liar.
Now I would rather have six root canals all at once than to even think about another relationship.
Of course it matters. I am usually attracted to a younger man however I have no doubt that he would lose interest in me very quickly when he saw that my physical health has slowed me down which would interrupt his lifestyle.
The fire is still in the furnace but the flame is getting smaller and smaller each day.
It is a happy Friday now that this poor excuse of a human being has been arrested and on his way to jail.
WASHINGTON — A man photographed casually sitting with his foot on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office at the U.S. Capitol while a pro-Trump mob rampaged the halls of Congress was arrested Friday, law enforcement officials said.
Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Arkansas, was taken into custody in his home state on federal charges of entering and remaining on restricted grounds, violent entry and theft of public property, according to a Department of Justice official. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas tells NBC News Barnett was arrested this morning and he’s being held in the Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, awaiting his initial appearance.
Images, apparently of Barnett, were splashed across social media as the deadly mayhem unfolded in the nation's capital on Wednesday, just as Democratic and Republican lawmakers convened to count the Electoral College votes. Members of Congress condemned the violence and rioting, which was preceded by a rally led by President Donald Trump who told his supporters to swarm the Capitol in defiance of the election results.
I don't care how many posts someone writes. The thing that annoys me is those who write threads all day long the second a thought pops into their head. Useless threads that don't have a base for discussion.
I understand why you say that. As a child she was in The Professional. As an adult she was in one of the Avenger movies and was Thor's love interest. I haven't seen her in any other movie.
It doesn't make sense to compare her work as a child to Charlize's portrayal of a woman who killed men she was involved with in The Monster movie which she won an Academy Award for.
I agree that she doesn't hold a candle to Charlize Theron and others you mentioned but you need to realize that Galrad is commenting on her as a child in The Professionals.
A 39 year old guy contacted me saying he wanted to be friends. I rarely respond but I couldn't let it go. I replied saying I always wanted another grandchild in my life. He responded "I thought maybe you could teach me something about the law".
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RE: Dining out
If I ask the waitress to describe a certain dish that's on the menu and she does I might say that sounds good I'll take it. When the dish comes and I don't like it because it doesn't taste what I fantasized about it's not the chef's fault that I don't like the dish. Therefore I don't have to eat it but I do have to pay for it.On the other hand I was in a steak restaurant and when I got my steak I could tell before I tasted it that it was spoiled meat however I took a bite. I told the waitress that it was spoiled meat and she said that's impossible. I told her to smell it but she wouldn't. I didn't pay for it and left.
In a good restaurant the waitress would have assumed I was right and would have offered to get me something else. She didn't and I never went back there.