The days are drawing in already.
What do you do to help cheer you through the winter months?
I've just read a Psychology report which confirms my suspicions.
It says that we behave more ethically when there's an image of eyes staring at us.
When I had no pic on here people seemed to be tripping me up; unprovoked.
What has been your experience?
I've had this said so many times online dating. I'm wondering if it's something only the men say as I've never asked that question myself.
It strikes me that the men I've encountered want to be one step ahead of a relationship where as I would want to have the first meeting before I could decide what this relationship might be.
Height plays such a big part for me when making decisions about which person I might agree to meet.
This strikes me as crazy since it makes absolutely no difference when I become engaged with a person in the flesh.
This is not to say I wouldn't meet a shorter friend I've met on here but the visual thought of dating a person shorter than myself seems to put me off.
My brother is very short and he's been married to his much taller wife for over 40yrs so, as I said, I have no problem in real life but the virtual man I see as needing to be taller than myself.
I have no problems with disabilities either and I think that if my virtual man were to be wheelchair bound I would see as less of a problem. I'm beginning to think that there must be something wrong with me.
Do you have any issues that turn you away from dating someone you've talked to online?
Today I took the short trip to a nearby village where I was to view a property. The young couple and their two children were delightful. I then walked along the canal tow path with my dog squeezing past the shire horse and the boatman as they towed the long boat and it's waving passengers, accompanied by the little terrier wearing a little red kerchief.
The sun was blazing down and the ducks were playing. The Mallard drakes were chasing the hens to much rowdy objection and rejection whilst the odd swan glided by with out a trickle in the cool, fresh water shaded by the weeping willows on the opposite bank.
Passers-by greeted me and many stopped for a chat. Dog walkers, parents with babies in pushchairs, families on bikes and little boy racers with stabilizers.
Even the youngsters who were wired for sound nodded and smiled.
I stopped at the cottage cafe. The one with the many teapots adorning the cob walls on outdoor shelving, sheltered by an over hanging thatched roof.
My dog and I sat beside the little pond framed in wild flowers and arching shrubs, listening to the waterfall.
On the next table were three young ladies who it would appear were teachers. They had ordered the rather exotic and extravagant afternoon tea which stood in tiers centre stage. The whole time I was there they were bitching about their underlings, breaking into raptures of laughter and then they would each sing their own praises about how terribly perfect they each were and would have done it this way or that.
I think the sooner we all realise that everyone is different and we all possess different skills and provide varying pleasures the better.
I noticed how they revelled in tripping their colleagues up instead of teaching and nurturing them into how a thing should be done and they were typically talking about the children like they knew what was best for them and as if they were possessions with which to prove their own self worth.
The drive home was also a little flawed as not one but two scenic routes had been closed so I could only use the motorway. I'm sure there was a good reason.
Does any one remember this British Situation Comedy. I quoted it to one of our CS friends and he doesn't seem to understand that this was a funny show on British TV some years ago.
Please back me up here!
Help...
For 25yrs I lived on the side of a main road which they had promised to bypass within a year of our moving in.
It was horrific, the noise, the dirt, the fumes, the accidents and fatalities etc etc
We made the most of it and concentrated on making indoors comfortable and to block out as much disruption as possible.
I then had the misfortune to find myself living in the flight path of a fast growing airport.
My house now has a buyer and for health reasons I can't move where I'd planned to.
The air traffic has increased 15 fold according to reports I found on the internet but we no longer seem to be getting them flying over.
I managed to find a little comment saying that they'd re-routed the traffic in order to have less impact on the new building close by. Thousands of houses being built.
My question is. Once the building programme is over and all new houses are sold will they reinstate the old flight path.
I'd really like to stay here. It's a great place to be and I won't handle a move very well.
Thanks for reading this my friends.
I have a few smoking friends and they always come across as moodier than my non smoking friends. When they've had a smoke they cheer up but if you catch them when they're due a smoke that are quite impossible and obnoxious.
I think the smokers will disagree with this but it would still be interesting to hear what you all think.
Would it be worth packing up if it might save a relationship?
Is kissing going out of fashion? What does it mean if you close your eyes when kissing?
What do you like to get from a film?
What is the best moment and why?
I got together with some single friends and we were talking about how lonely it is at home without light or movement.
I used to think it was something living and breathing that I was missing but it's surprising what comfort other things can bring.
What gives you comfort or fulfils that companion role?
My dog is my biggest lifeline.
Radio and a candle lit during a meal on winter nights make a big difference too.
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