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Puffy ankles

Crazy - maybe she makes them lie sideways across the bed and rests her feet on them. Men can be extremely and unexpectedly obliging. One of my shortlist questions, when reaching the point of seriously considering meeting, is 'could I warm my feet up on you in winter?'

That's a question that sorts the men from the boys, and the players from the keepers.

(I get asked some funny ones on their shortlists too, but men for some reason nearly always have nice warm feet.)

RE: See being single can be fun.....

34 million, that's scary. I do wonder how many people are starting slightly awkward conversations - uh, honey, funny thing about Married People, I got dared by someone at the office to set up an account, but of course I never used it -

And some spouses asking 'did you ever' and that yikes moment. Lie and hope like hell? Tell the truth and kick yourself if the names aren't released?

I used to be petrified that I would be identified with my CS character but I'm a reformed person now and never say anything uncontroversial. Where is the :smug: emoticon?

Puffy ankles

Ken, I'd have the best ankles in the mortuary, but I WOULD be in the mortuary, never jogged in my life. Yikes! Not to mention that it would kill the dog, she's an elderly bulldog and turns very firmly for home when she's had enough.

I did do a longer zumba session today than usual, because I was feeling so chipper, and to see if it would help. I'll lay off all salt tomorrow and see if that does the trick.

Thanks!

Puffy ankles

Crazy, tell her to put the end of her bed up instead. I couldn't sleep on pillows either, they'd be kicked out of bed in half an hour!

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Lucy - snap! - re the pills

Puffy ankles

You too LAN but I still have 2 hours before bedtime.

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Cat, I have a horror of taking pills, bad enough that I take 2 supplements every day. Hope it doesn't get to that. My mother had it fairly constantly from the age of about 40 but she did no exercise at all. May be time to walk the dog again. (She is having SUCH a good day)

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Lucy, animal wish-list would include owner lying flat for a lovefest every day. Pet-flap in every door, particularly bathroom door. Twenty minutes of ear scratching 4 times a day.

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LAN, thanks, and yikes, not reached that stage. I know what you mean, though, milk-bottles ankles, and they can attack at any age. Older and therefore not doing any exercise can be a problem but again, tends to be year-round.


Apparently my extra discomfort today is probably linked to the extra salt I poured generously on my fairly tasteless lunch. Lesson learned, every day a schoolday.


Please all stop picturing me with giant shapeless ankles. in the morning I can close my finger and thumb around them. By now, today, there's nearly an inch gap between finger and thumb. That ain't milk bottles! (Go put your hand round one) I just like having trim ankles.

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Thanks Fox but they only puff up afternoons and into the evening, not permanently swollen.

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Lucy - good one!

Off to lie against a wall. Sue Grafton book along for the ride ...

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Luke, the link was broken when I tried it. Genuinely!

And I smoke year-round ... again, probably less in summer than winter.

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Harry, like Rain said, women are more affected than men. When your ankles swell and get thicker during the day ... must see a lot of it in Florida, all that hot weather

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Rain, let's agree to keep each other posted. I do know having the bottom of your bed up on 1" books guarantees the morning slender ankle, but you probably knew that (I recommend books from that set of encyclopedias which dates back 20 years...)

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LAN, yup, water retention, but I don't think I drink more in summer than winter? if anything the house is drier in winter because of the central heating, and I drink more.

RE: Does A woman Need A Man? I Mean Really, Really?

OW, that is exactly right and a bit scary. I've been talking to a lot of guys recently and when they're nice but not right for me, I've been friendly but wishing them luck in their search (move along now please) - some are cool with that, but some are bizarrely turned on and step up the pressure again and again.

Not sure I would have the iron nerve necessary to play it cool and disinterested with someone I really fancied, but on recent experience, and your comments, I will bear it in mind. Hard to get, good. Honest yes-I-like-the-look-of-you-too, not good. All comes back to waiting until we're approached, being coy ...

Got it. I think.

As for the blog question: no, a woman doesn't need a man any more than a man needs a woman. We're functioning adults. To feel the need, and have it reciprocated, is pretty cool, though. I'd never date for the sake of dating, but to be with someone I really liked? yes please.

RE: Horsing Around.

I just had a wonderful image of someone seeing that horse tied to a hitching post and trying to steal it and gallop away ...

How long is too long?

Cool, KN, I read your comment as telling me to ease up a bit

I'm feeling pretty good about where I am right now, in part because I have a couple days holiday coming up, looking forward to that very much. I'm convinced boredom, and the loss of fizz, is the main reason I get glum at all! Thank goodness for being able to yammer away on CS ...

How long is too long?

Or dragons ...

Hey! It's Cat! dragon-eater!

How long is too long?

Calliope, friendship with someone who knows you through and through is great and completely scar-free. I learned it when I ended a thrilling but unwise affair and he insisted on option 3, it became a fantastic friendship which stayed close for several years even as we both moved on to other loves, and we are still friends now, 20+ years down the line. That's option 3 at its best, but it does have to be a 2-way street!

And re #1 - you're a bit of a dragon too, I think. Atta girl!

RE: Where Is Local And What Is Exotic?

Cat - you eat dragon -

RE: Where Is Local And What Is Exotic?

Z, bearing in mind the dual nature of this blog - you EAT your animal companions?

Blimey. Even a dragon would be a little taken aback ...

RE: i don't know

I delete friend requests unless the person and I are already chatting either through messages or the blogs. I would never accept a friend request from a stranger, why would anyone?

How long is too long?

Z, you could paraphrase WC Fields. 'Women are like dragons. I find dragons very interesting, but I wouldn't want to own one.'

Fortunately I've never been chatted up by any of the men on the blogs, and my dragon nature will not be noticed by men who should read the blogs until they are toast

RE: Where Is Local And What Is Exotic?

Actually not even 40. Just 5 is legally safe.

I'm a writer. I have to know these things.

How long is too long?

Last comment, honestly. Unless someone adds one that needs a response, but unlikely to happen, the blog is about to drop off the page.

I do believe every relationship that was worth having - an affair or a marriage or somewhere in between - had something of value. Not all of it was bad, surely? At the very least, you learned something useful to take forward to the next!

So many of us demonize The Ex. The blog was partly to clarify my own thinking, but also partly to remind us that we have all been there (or we wouldn't be here on CS).

There ARE several ways of dealing with ended relationships. No way is completely right. Ranting, abusing, whining, denying ... if any one reader thought back in a healthier light because of the blog and its comments, good. You and me both.

How long is too long?

Z, believe it!

Dragons are beautiful. In their own way.

RE: Where Is Local And What Is Exotic?

Profound. Deep.

Bring me pigs. I will make my judgement.

Actually I have pork roasting in the oven right now, but can't shake the feeling there is slightly more to this blog than pork ...

How long is too long?

Hey, Cat, yup, you're right. Actually, writing this blog sorted my head out nicely and so did the comments.

Mission accomplished! I am Woman, hear me roar.

I can never get photos to fit on here, so I won't even try, but I saw one with a brilliant caption on Twitter.

Don't fashion me into a maiden that needs saving from a dragon. I am the dragon, and I will eat you whole

Look out world, I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack!

And thanks, guys. All of you

How long is too long?

Harry - I don't think I can write shorter blogs. I never stop talking.

Ms Witch - Lucky you. I think. A late-model Elvis ...

Angel - I know this comment wasn't for MY blog.

LAN - I am a deep and soulful person. An hour, minimum.