Can you miss a person that you have never met in person?
Sometimes you start communicating with people here... emails, IM...maybe you even go to Skype or phone. I am talking about both romantic and non-romantic friendships.
Because this is an international site, or because N. America is so big, oftentimes people never meet.
If for some reason you stopped writing, would you miss them?
How is that possible? How can you miss someone you never saw or touched?
When you are reading profiles or getting to know someone online, or even after you meet and start dating, what would be a red flag for you--something that would make you wonder if this was the type of person you'd want to get involved with or something that would stop you in your tracks?
I once had a boyfriend whose dog disappeared for a year. Then one day he was driving down the street and saw it in the back of a pickup truck. He waved the other fellow down and told him he had his dog. The guy knew it was true because my boyfriend described the time and the details of the place he lost his dog. So the other guy gave him back his dog and they all lived happily ever after. True story.
Anybody got any good dog stories? (True ones, of course.)
When people say they get unconditional love from their pets, I disagree. I loved my animals, as much as any, and more than many, human beings. But the 'love' they return is not love in the way that humans understand love. Also, it is not unconditional. Stop taking care of them, be abusive, etc., they will not hang around. There conditions aren't she doesn't look good, or smell good, she's not smart enough or funny enough, etc., their conditions are that you take care of them. They are dependent on you for survival: their 'love' is conditional.
If you take the word 'unconditional' literally, the only unconditional love humans are capable of is that of a parent for a child. Otherwise, there are always conditions.
If the government health care system gave you hepC, you should get a lawyer and sue them. In the States, in this type of a lawsuit, the lawyer doesn't ask for money up front, he takes 33% of the settlement after the settlement. They won't take a case unless they think they can win a settlement though.
Normal is the way each individual sees reality. What I think is normal is my vision of reality. What someone else sees as normal is theirs. If someone writes in a profile they are looking for someone 'normal,' I'd pass them by because they don't see what I think is essential to see, that there is no definitive 'normal.'
It's not broken beyond repair, just feels that way now. It takes time. I have had to deal wth heartache. For me there has been only one thing that helps, and that is time. Make the best of your daily life, do good things for yourself, and give it time.
Given the options available during the past campaign, I do think the most capable person has been elected. He is not perfect, but no one is going to be. I think intelligent and thoughtful people are giving him a chance. There is not ever going to be a leader everyone agrees with and supports. Obama is intelligent, has a great deal of youthful energy and hope, and I beleive does care most about the welfare of the country. At my most cynical, I could say he would want to do the best job he could so he will go down in history as a great president. If that is the only reason he is doing anything, that's fine, because at least he will still be trying to make the best of this job.
Probably the English that is considered the most proper and spoken most properly is that spoken in England by the educated upper class. Then there are many dialects within the UK and in other English speaking countries. Proper English is written English. Accents, slang and colloquialisms differ in each dialect. So, I don't think you can actually say any one group 'speaks' most properly.
As I said, technique is not what it is about. And I'm not basing my whole life on one experience. One thing that is a complete and utter turn off for me is a man who is not very bright or perceptive. There are many variables that create good love making, one of them that is essential for me is an intellectual connection. Some people would get that concept right off the bat and other would go on and on about massaging and caressing...some people don't have a clue and never will.
I don't think a man who has been a lousy lover all his life is suddenly going to become a great one when he turns 45 or 50. Age has nothing to do with it.
Not saying this is what he meant, but, again, from women in our age bracket, have heard that men often blame the woman for not being appealing enough; they do this rather than face up to the problem, which is, apparently, treatable.
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Agree.
What is he doing these days?
I never hear anything about George W. Bush nowadays. What is he doing? Hiding out at his ranch and licking his wounds?