I agree. There a lot of different personalities on here so peeps will not always agree, but most handle it well! CS is a really good site! I like the forums, I have only blogged once...maybe I will again sometime
yes I have heard just a little Rammstein but liked it. AIC is one of my favorites - did u see gretchen wilson front them?
My music probably back dates yours but it's all good. I picked up Stainds new cd about a year ago - it's a compilation - love it - you prolly like Hendrix then too
I'm a big Fred Durst fan as well as AAron Lewis & Wes Borland. Brandon Boyd, Aaron Lewis and Eddie Vedder are my favorite vocalists of the male gender....very few others come close....Chris Cornell - maybe Jason Aldean tho he is still pretty young(listen to Dirt Road Anthem & just forget for a moment that it's country & not Rock) - James Taylor
or Frank Sinatra - they have the best voices - jmho
I was raised on folk so I listen to more & more country all the time - the more rooted the better ... jmho - why I like Aldean - he's the real mccoy
Always been a Deftones fan some great vocals there too - I have watched their B Sides DVD movie a million times and never tire of it. I saw Steve Miller in Dayton Ohio - great show - I like his early stuff and have been listening to him since 1969 - really. I was standing on the corner on Sansome St in Phila Pa waiting for a friend - trying to decide what to do next, and my friend's boyfriend walks up with this record under his arm and says you guys gotta some over 2nite & hear this - we did - it was Space Cowboy - and the love affair has never ended
yes - I have my music from the last 15 years. From before that, all of my vinyl I gave to my son. He still maintains 2 turntables so he can play my old Steve Miller, Beatles & the Eagles.
I have a bunch of late 90s and early 2000's metal, and some early hard rock and grunge ... metal - Ozzy, Metallica, Disturbed , RageAM, some funk/fusiom - RHCP, back dated stuff like VH and ACDC - keep some classics like Satriani & Hendrix. I'm a metal and country girl so I got a lotta Patti Loveless and Alison Krauss, som Gretchen Wilson (She was great as the lead for AIC btw after layne died)- I used to have everything AIC ever did but I gave that collection away. Heck I even had some Bill Monroe for awhile - can't find it ATM
So I can see my migration from my roots in rock to metal - country and rockabilly and now I just listen to all of it. I got hooked on rockabilly spinning off Link Wray and Dwight Yoakam, and the old R&R like Buddy Holly. I was raised on jazz & folk & still like it but no longer have anything in my collection from before the last 15 yrs
I have listened to a whole bunch of stuff not even mentioned - music is a huge hobby of mine so I can't even begin to scratch the surface....as far as the motown, 80s hair, punk & alt - I love Incubus etc etc on & on
So ya I can track my evolution but it would be a longer and much mor ecomplex journey if I included EVERYTHING as I started my collection more than 40 years ago - with The Supremes & Shangri Las
Also I don't think women are looking for "special consideration" and what makes you think an average looking woman would not be attractive to a younger man? What makes you think that others define attractiveness as you would?
As an average looking man, you might easily find a younger mate if you had what it takes in your heart and didn't put so much on the shallow physical appearance alone. ....just a thought
I would be fine with a man my own age if there was one who was not married.....and yes men do this moreso than women - wanting a younger mate. Think there is some justice in turning the tables, ya
The reality is that most younger people want a partner their own age, but younger men seem to go for older women moreso than younger women seeking older men (tho that is the more socially accepted). I don't often see such pairings work for long, but who knows? Anything is possible I guess.
I like younger men as friends - but honestly if I have to explain Vietnam & the Beatles I will be bored soon enough. It's all in the personality because often men my age go by an outdated relationship model - but then I have met men much older who have pretty modern thinking about relationships - all in all it ain't the age as much as philosophic and personality & values compatability that matters
I am going to go out on a limb here and say No. If you do not have kids it's best to steer clear and refrain from giving unsolicited personal advice.
Not talking about professional medical or edicational advice - that's fine whether you also have kids or not.
But most people who do not have kids really do not know what it is like to raise them and it does not matter if you babysat a lot or come from a large family. I can say this because before I had children I thought differently about things than after. Childrearing really is an area where you must be a parent to understand another parent.
All in all whether or not you have kids, it's best to stay out of giving advice unless the opinion has been requested. Even then, if it involves someone's child? tread carefully if u want to remain friends. This especially for the relatives
it is best to be civil to all. some we will befriend and some more so than others. nonetheless issues regarding ones personal life should be confined to the break room. your coworkers are a captive audience (we have to be there too) amd it is very rude to assume we want to hear any of your private business. most of us want to hear none of it. conversations while working should reflect work - the occasional non work topic (sports, music, movies) is OK but NOT your personal drama
when in a workplace with friends, be sensitive to the feelings of others and do not discuss private parties etc, leave those topics for break....we are supposed to be working anyway
yes, here in the USA women wear shorter skirts if they have the figure for it - and the legs. You look very nice in your pictures and tastefully dressed. I understand your question though because in some countries, were I to visit, I might not wear short dresses to respect their conventions for the time I was there. I don;t wear short dresses that often unless I have a bit of tan or stockings on.
if wild to you is waiting till after dark to take out the trash? I think you need to come to Columbus and go out for sushi & cuervo then look for owls behind the mall.....
Thanks again for the comments ladies! I hope the best for you with your parents, sister and sakineh! You are lovely to care for them. My mom died three years ago and I really haven't been myself since that time. So I have had that on my mind. I live near my children so distance makes it harder to see my father. So feel lucky for the time you have. The reason it is so hard on me living where I am now is because I am separated from my children. I enjoyed rediscovering myself a good deal more when they were more a part of my life! But I agree that it is good to have this time to myself to know myself and meet some new men! I still hope to go home soon, so I want to enjoy this city where I live while I am here! I have met some awesome people through work too! I have been very lucky here to find the people and work that I have here!
Thanks for the comments. I realize that some of the fears I have are self defeating at times. But those fears are also a way that we protect ourselves. Once I find someone who seems like a good man I will have to find a balance to keep fear from destroying my good luck! These last 2 years have been particularly difficult because I have been living away from home so my life was once again disrupted...just as things were looking up too So that's been a bit of a set back & I'm working on going home. So things will probably remain in flux as far as my life and my work for another year until I get back home....being away from home has been much harder than I thought. But hey - that's another blog!
I think both genders postpone child rearing oftentimes waiting till into their 30s unless they get pregnant on accident because women have discovered that the longer they work & save money the more of a carefree life they have - without having to answer to or clean up after a man.
I think both genders delay childrearing for many of the same reasons, like to prolong their independence.
The scary thing about that is that I wonder then, are the majority of babies born to couples in their twenties wanted children.? How sad if not.
And what kind of commentary is it on us as a society that we seem to value our community responsibility of parenting less and less so we delay it more and more.?
Are more pregnancies now accidental as I have alluded to already? If so, I hope these young parents will take good care of these babies, and rememebr that they did not ask to be born - even if mom & dad end up not marrying due to an out of wedlock birth (and it's probably just as well they don't, if they weren't going to marry anyway), they need to be sure they love their children and care for them even if they don't marry & settle into a nuclear family arrangement.
yes, I have had similar experiences. When you meet someone IRL you know a little about them usually - their job, or family, or where they hang out, but meeting ITT, there is not that frame of reference in most cases.
"America" is not an entity. We are a nation of people not much different than people anywhere, and certainly are not responsible to save the planet any more than individuals in any nation.....just sayin'.............
Keep running! Your story reminded me of the time I tried to roller skate after a back sprain that left me barely able to walk. Gotta rock on! And, it sounds like you have a great attitude!
RE: lol
Ypur cat is catrobatic!