I'm not sure if this would be as relevant to you, but I got this in an email the other day and it definitely applies here in SA...
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and early 70's !
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, MacDonalds, KFC, Subway or Nandos.
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some squibs to blow up frogs with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY,
no video/dvd films,
no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
Only girls had pierced ears!
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time...
We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!
RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT
Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bullies always ruled the playground at school.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL !
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were!!!
Uh thank you for the clarification! I am not all that au fait with forum talk, so troll is a new one for me!!! I wouldn't know one if it leapt up and bit me on the bum... but now that you mention it.... hmmmmm yes can think of a few peeps with a bitta troll in them!
I'm glad you have grown in confidence to be able to share what you're thinking! I often do that too, and mean it... I love it when people compliment me, and I think it can really brighten up someone's day when you compliment them...
I try not to have too many regrets, coz that's just living in the past rather than in the present, and even though some of my past was painful, I learnt and grew from it.
I agree with the mums that giving birth to my sons was a huge highlight of my life, but hard to choose one over the other! If it was one day, I think perhaps I would choose the day my wonderful nanny who had looked after our family for 19 years, left to retire to the country. I loved her so much and it makes me tearful just thinking about it. Sadly, I never saw her again after that day. She was the most wonderful woman and in a way more like my mother than my real mother! I would love to have the chance to tell her again how much she meant to me.
Well obviously it is a lot easier if you can find someone local. The likelihood of me moving countries is very slim, with two young boys and my ex husband, whom they are very close to, living here. They do have American passports too, but still... I would think the chances of anyone I met online relocating here are pretty slim too, although they might visit for a holiday and I might visit them! My trouble is that I seem to prefer the guys who live overseas... Ah well, what will be will be!
has secretly bought a Columbo like raincoat plus some black lingerie and fish net stockings and wellie boots for his gf so she can visit him at work and flash him unexpectedly!!!!!
Thanks I loved it! It makes me think that I should start learning Spanish. I am going to buy the CDs and listen in my car!!! I started learning years ago when I lived in California, but then we left and returned to SA. Do you speak it? Such a beautiful language. Anyway, I seem to have SOME Latin in me - at least in my hips!!!!!!!!
Yes I agree. One relationship at a time is complicated enough. Crazy to complicate it further by dating more than one person at a time... anyway, that's what I think.
Check out Afterbam's Romantic Lyrics post too.... there are some brilliant songs on there. Sorry if I sound like an old fart, but honestly the lyrics of old were so much more meaningful (in general)... Bread are one of my favourite bands of old.
Thanks for all the beautiful words! Wow, there is some fabulous music on here... I am going to have to do some dvd shopping! Here is one of my favourite love songs.....
The Colour Of My Love lyrics by Celine Dion
I'll paint my mood in shades of blue Paint my soul to be with you I'll sketch your lips in shaded tones Draw your mouth to my own
I'll draw your arms around my waist Then all doubt I shall erase I'll paint the rain that softly lands on your wind-blown hair
I'll trace a hand to wipe out your tears A look to calm your fears A silhouette of dark and light While we hold each other oh so tight
I'll paint a sun to warm your heart Swearing that we'll never part That's the colour of my love
I'll paint the truth Show how I feel Try to make you completely real I'll use a brush so light and fine To draw you close and make you mine
I'll paint the truth Show how I feel Try to make you completely real I'll use a brush so light and fine To draw you close and make you mine
I'll paint a sun to warm your heart Swearing that we'll never part That's the colour of my love
I'll draw the years all passing by So much to learn so much to try
And with this ring our lives will start Swearing that we'll never part I offer what you cannot buy Devoted love until we die
Nice! I like the quivering with delight bit! It generally happens when foreplay is protracted.... oh and look out for the rosy flush - that happens when we're really aroused!
RE: If you could relive one day of you life ?
I am so sorry.