jono7: LOLOL... i could take you up on that! lol and by the time you've finished pedaling to 2I's, and visit for a while, then peddle across canada..just think about what great shape you'll be in . the perfect time for a painting....grin lol
ps. it's winter in canada...better bring chains for your bike...grin
Sounds like a plan to me No snow in Mississauga yet but it's wet
Dan_The_Man: That is a good point, people need not take care of their belongings anymore because they can afford to buy another. Too bad that has transcended to relationships as well. I take pride in the things that I own, I take care of them and repair them when they're not working. I think of a relationship in the same way.
A like the thought of a long-distance dating/going steady relationship. You write and text alot of your conversations, which presents a perfect forum for honesty and openness. Your mostly alone during the process - except for the occasionl visits - however; your alone now. lol Then there's skype. If everything feels right, then you make it permanent:)
Dan_The_Man: I believe that if you find true love from afar, then distance is irrelevant as it provides even more time and allure to truly get to know the person.
Dan_The_Man: I believe that if you find true love from afar, then distance is irrelevant as it provides even more time and allure to truly get to know the person.
I'll tell u when i meet him as we plan for it and figure out things together and so far he made me see what's love with his big heart.
Dan_The_Man: I believe that if you find true love from afar, then distance is irrelevant as it provides even more time and allure to truly get to know the person.
yes it is possible but depends on the individuals.Not all will be good because the are far away.
Time: Make sure your GPS is set up right, would hate to see you bike more than necessary. Have an interview, with your first love, then set your GPS to Virginia.
Last stop before back before heading home, to you should have a good talk to a bartender over the good vs bad points over 2 new loves. Have a few beers before talking to your new Mother-in the the next day.
carenzanear the sea, South Holland Netherlands3,113 posts
YouMeUs: It's the amount of work we put into a relationship that makes all the difference. The value is what we each percieve...if you go into a marriage with a single thought that it may not work, it will not work. Anyone feeling that way should not get married. But does that also apply to living together? Or is it just about a piece of paper that turns some off? What about a symbol to let others know you're in a relationship? Married couples usually wear rings to let others know they're taken. What does a couple living together have to let others know they're taken?
I'll try to explain. but keep in mind, I am talking from a dutch point of view, it might differ from yours. I agree with you when you say that it is the amount of work you put in a relationship. for that, I don't need a marriage certificate. If I end up with somebody, I'll go for it, certificat or not. it's just that I've seen so many couples who were madly in love and got married. peeps around them thought it was a great match and everyone lived happily after after. but what happened a few months or years later? routine set in, both parties relaxed because they reached the target...the marriage...and didn't work on their relationship anymore. they abalienated from each other, but were binded by the certificate. so, I wondered, what good is a certificate for? if you step into marriage without really knowing what it's all about? and I've seen so many peeps do it...
perhaps it's a state of mind...not being married but in a relationship still provides the feelling of personal freedom, a member of a union but not tied for life... if the relationship is good, both parties will choose each other no matter what, till death do them part.
to me personally, the certificate means nothing. but never say never, maybe one day I will look at it differently. I can't imagine it now, but there is a possibility I meet someone I REALLY REALLY want to marry. and mind you....IF I ever marry, it would be the one and only time I do it.
there are so many ways to express you're taken. first of all, by conduct. If my partner occupies my mind, body and soul, there is no room for someone else. I don't need a ring for that. but here in the netherlands, a couple may wear rings, even though they are not married. or they have a tattoo with the same symbol on their bodies...my friend and her, now husband, tattoed a diamond on their fingers. and I know of a couple who had their buttom tattoed; he on his left cheek the word peper and she on her right cheek the word salt. nobody but intimate friends knew about it.
Dan_The_Man: I believe that if you find true love from afar, then distance is irrelevant as it provides even more time and allure to truly get to know the person.
carenza: I'll try to explain. but keep in mind, I am talking from a dutch point of view, it might differ from yours. I agree with you when you say that it is the amount of work you put in a relationship. for that, I don't need a marriage certificate. If I end up with somebody, I'll go for it, certificat or not. it's just that I've seen so many couples who were madly in love and got married. peeps around them thought it was a great match and everyone lived happily after after. but what happened a few months or years later? routine set in, both parties relaxed because they reached the target...the marriage...and didn't work on their relationship anymore. they abalienated from each other, but were binded by the certificate. so, I wondered, what good is a certificate for? if you step into marriage without really knowing what it's all about? and I've seen so many peeps do it...
perhaps it's a state of mind...not being married but in a relationship still provides the feelling of personal freedom, a member of a union but not tied for life... if the relationship is good, both parties will choose each other no matter what, till death do them part.
to me personally, the certificate means nothing. but never say never, maybe one day I will look at it differently. I can't imagine it now, but there is a possibility I meet someone I REALLY REALLY want to marry. and mind you....IF I ever marry, it would be the one and only time I do it.
there are so many ways to express you're taken. first of all, by conduct. If my partner occupies my mind, body and soul, there is no room for someone else. I don't need a ring for that. but here in the netherlands, a couple may wear rings, even though they are not married. or they have a tattoo with the same symbol on their bodies...my friend and her, now husband, tattoed a diamond on their fingers. and I know of a couple who had their buttom tattoed; he on his left cheek the word peper and she on her right cheek the word salt. nobody but intimate friends knew about it.
hope I answered your question YMU...
Thank you, Carenza, and I agree with what you've said! Well thought out post. So it really boils down to how the couples maintain the relationship, living together or married. And I think that, as you've stated, 'routine sets in' sometimes a couple may grow apart because the 'thrill' is no longer there. Could that be why so many are reluctant to get back into another relationship? I dunno, but as for myself, I prefer to keep the thrill or honeymoon alive throughout the relationship, be it living together ot marriage. Leave the routine to whatever job(s) we work in making a living.
With the living together status symbols, I haven't seen many couples wearing rings though I have seen the matching tatoo's, though very rare. But it can be a bit embarrassing not knowing someone is in a living together relationship and flirting with them, and then find out afterward.
Dan_The_Man: I believe that if you find true love from afar, then distance is irrelevant as it provides even more time and allure to truly get to know the person.
Think anything is possible as long as both are willing to try. It can hinder, but it can be overcome.
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and by the time you've finished pedaling to 2I's, and visit for a while, then peddle across canada..just think about what great shape you'll be in .
the perfect time for a painting....grin
lol
ps. it's winter in canada...better bring chains for your bike...grin
Sounds like a plan to me No snow in Mississauga yet but it's wet