I'm not familiar wth the quote, or its context. However, it reads to me like Omuro doesn't fear death and is stating here that once he is dead, Death holds nothing else over him - so perhaps to Death, it may be a victory of sorts, but a short lived and shallow one.
I love the forum and really enjoy reading the funny posts here. Apart from that, nothing to report. I do get rare emails from people who say they are interested but they generally live about 500 000 kms from me.
I have to agree with mjames on this one. When a relationship ends, torturing yourself with what you'd hoped for can be agony. When you steel your spine and take an objective look at what the relationship was really like, there can often be a sigh of genuine relief in a relationship ending. Daytime soap operas have a lot to answer for IMO. I know that life and love has it's ups and downs, but things that are meant to be are never that complicated, not really.
It's something I've prepared myself for and to be honest, there's quite a few advantages I see. I guess every day is a new day and there is always the possibility of meeting someone new and fabulous.
In the interim, being single, perhaps forever, means you can devote most of your time to your own happiness. I don't think that's self absorbed...I think it's a healthy thing to do if you are not sharing your life romantically with someone else.
It's the old standard dating cliche, dinner and a movie, but I think it would only be boring if you found the guy boring. If you've met and really clicked, I think it's an awesome way to spend an evening. Time to chat, time to sit in the movie and hold hands, or even make out in the back row if you've REALLY hit it off.
I think the more time there is to chat on a date, espec the first couple of dates, the better. I do know some guys who like taking girls to movies on first dates because they don't have to talk to the girls.
You'd be surprised - these children were meant to be in your life, but this guy definitely wasn't. Someone else is meant to be with you and I'm serious - please don't judge all guys on how this last one treated you.
It goes without saying that the last one is a major jerk and you are well rid of him. At the moment, your priority is your kids and yourself and keeping that in mind will ensure you don't get hurt at the moment. His departure has opened up an opportunity for you to meet a really great guy, but at the moment, your priority is to ensure you can manage emotionally and financially without anyone else helping you. When you have that sorted out and you'd had a chance to catch your breath, I'm pretty sure the right guy will come along.
For what's its worth, I once dated a guy with 6 kids. It was like an orphanage when I visited him but it was awesome. We didn't work out, but that had nothing to do with his children. I would have been only too happy - honoured in fact - to have been part of their lives permanently if it had worked out that way.
As a female in business, a handshake is I think a very appropriate way to greet customers, be they male or female. With people I work with, i would probably shake their hand the first time I met them, but probably not in subsequent meetings. It's quite formal for me but I think it makes an excellent first impression, particularly with men.
I would hug or kiss a colleague on the cheek if I knew them fairly well and it was welcomed. The difference between a handshake and a hug for me is the affection and familiarity it communicates. I hug colleagues I've known for a while - I work with some people I've known for 13 years - and they are both female and male.
There are some people online and in RL who really enjoy arguing. About anything - the situation in the middle east, who bought the milk last. They're not seeking a middle ground or a solution, it's their mental dexterity exercise, like doing a crossword or a sudoko puzzle.
I can respect someone who argues passionately because they really care about the topic, but some people just argue because they are bored. Like you say cindy, they enjoy drama and chaos and they don't really respect what you're saying; they have every intention of disagreeing with all of it, every time.
There are people who meet their online interest in RL and are so different, with so little in common, that they really had no business meeting in the first place, IMO.
It's been said that internet dating is like dating in reverse and I agree; you tackle the big issues, discuss what you want and don't want, agree you like the basics and then meet to see if there's a spark. I'm always surprised when people arrange to meet someone they've barely chatted to and no next to nothing about.
I'm a big believer in dating karma and that there is never any excuse to be disrespectful or rude to any guy who makes contact with me, be in on the net on in RL.
Most guys I've encountered are pretty well adjusted and a simple 'no thanks' to a date request usually suffices. The only time I would ever deviate from this is if the guy made a complete nuicanse of himself, despite my best efforts to decline his romantic intentions graciously.
Women can be cruel, there's no doubt about it. Don't worry John, karma will catch up with these girls. Karma always does.
Interesting points. I'm not sure that I agree completely with all of the points that you've made here. I think that a lot of responsibility for the 'tall poppy syndrome' has to be owned by the media and how they represent success and successful Australians. How much we love our successful Australians doesn't sell many copies of Womans day, does it?
Greg Norman certainly is a success and I think Australians are more forgiving of sportspeople success wise than in any other area. What Australians tend to not like, IMO, is Aussie success stories going overseas, acquiring an American accent and criticising the country that got them started. This got Norman much of his bad press in the late 90s and I suspect that his failed business endeavours in Oz account for some of his surly interviews around that time.
I do agree that Australians generally don't like a show-off. I don't think they resent successful people; I think many Australians are very driven but also very generous by nature. I guess deep down, Australians treat other Aussies like family - sure, go out in the world and enjoy, but don't forget us or where you came from. When Aussies suspect they've been forgotten, it's not something they get over quickly.
This may not be a popular response but I have always really disliked ABBA. Their music always sends me hurtling back in time to parties as a 15 year old when all I did was cry over boys I liked who didn't like me back.
That's probably unfair on ABBA I know, but the damage was done too long ago. For me, ABBA = heartbreak.
A lot has been said and written about MJ's lack of childhood; I think Jackson craved success as much as he shunned it. I doubt he would have been half the performer he was if his family hadn't started the Jackson Five when he was a child.
I saw his last concert on DVD (the one filmed just before he died) and I didn't see a weary performer, tired of music and of life. I saw an exceptionally driven and confident musician who cared a great deal about every detail of his performance. Even though it was only rehearsals, everything was performance tempo.
He certainly was misunderstood but I don't see him as a tragic figure; he had his share of tough times, but he had a pretty amazing life too.
The big change/adjustment for many in a newish relationship is getting used to not being single anymore. Suddenly someone in your life has an opinion on your life - and you have to listen. That's cool with me, as long as they basically like who I am. I'm happy to compromise and make changes to make a relationship more harmonious - I'd expect them to do the same.
If I were dating someone who wanted me to change my basic personality, my moral outlook or my friends, then it starts to get tricky. I guess I could change all those things if I loved him enough, but if he dislikes that much about me, how much does he really care for me? Why should I totally transform myself when being me makes me happy? Isn't he better off with someone else, and surely, aren't I?
Relationships are hard enough. If you start out wanting to change someone completely, I don't think there will be much basic affection left when the honeymoon phase is over. JMO.
If he has deleted you from Skype and isn't returning your calls I'd say that you are right - he's cut ties.
Why? The possibilities are endless: he's married, he's in a relationship, the upheaval of moving countries was too scary/overwhelming, the whole thing moved too fast for him and he is scared, etc. You were committed and he owed you an explanation. The fact that he's handled it this way tells me that he doesn't have much integrity: in fact, in these situations, a lot of guys are complete cowards.
You're not a fool for having trusted him, even if you did ignore warning signs along the way. Love is a wild ride. The trick now is to try and separate the fantasy of who you thought he was from the reality of who he is, based on how he is behaving now. Don't make excuses for him. This guy breaks his promises and he can't be trusted. That's a guy you are very lucky not to know and I'm glad that you found that out now.
In my experience, if a guy is genuinely keen in getting to know you, or in continuing to see you if you've already met, there's never any doubt. They keep in regular contact and leave no doubt in your mind that they want to see you.
If you haven't met them yet it's a little bit different; you can't expect a commitment from someone you haven't met face to face, but I think you should trust your gut instincts. At this stage, I think it's a good sign that the guy is very happy when you are online and is always keen to chat when you are. If it seems that he doesn't mind if you chat or not, then maybe he's not the man of your dreams.
He may be trying to work out how genuine you are, and also trying to walk that fine line between attention and stalking. If he is keen he will move everything forward - you'll hear from him, he'll want to chat, he'll want to get to know you. He'll want to talk on the phone as opposed to just online. He'll want to meet as opposed to just keeping your relationship on the net.
My aunt used to own a fashion business and I worked at her head office when I was 14. I answered the front desk phones and made a general nuicanse of myself. Good times.
Yes. A lot of the documents that floated around in the early 1950's (genuine or not) included discussion and genuine concern within the US government of just how to handle the knowledge that aliens did exist and how the public would react: should they disclose a little, a lot, or not at all?
There is a theory that Steven Spielberg did a lot of alien/ET related films in the early 80's as a request from the US government to start 'priming' the general public to the idea that not only did aliens exist, but that we had relatively little to fear.
All good fun but as I said previously, I'm pretty content to not know anything. Is there more to it than we know? I would say almost definitely.
Agreed re the Majestic documents; they do make for entertaining reading.
I've always been fascinated that when people come forward to talk about stuff like this, their college and employment records just seem to 'disappear' - every time.
I think I've watched something about Greer, I will have another look.
Oh boy...it speaks volumes about how 'busy' we all are doesn't it?
I guess in fairness, a lot of these people probably had to get to work, they couldn't have stopped to listen even if they wanted to. Still...it just goes to show what we miss out on as we rush through life.
I think Orson Welles was decades ahead of his time with Citizen Kane. I love film, but nothing comes close for me. It's a shame that he did very little else. I think Lean deserved a spot in your poll too.
There isn't one hair colour that attracts me, although I have to admit that most of my exes have had drak hair.
And in anticipation of red headed guys who will complain here that girls don't find them attractive, I think guys with red hair are hot. It must be my Irish/Scottish ancestry.
I'd like to think that most Muslims except extremists understood this and would agree with you. I guess it's not so much about the act itself, but what it signifies, to someone who has a strong Muslim faith - or any religious faith, for that matter.
If extremists got on youtube, for example, and said they were going to burn bibles, I wouldn't bat an eyelid. It would have no impact upon me or my faith, mainly because I'm just used to my religion being criticised.
At 173cms a heathy weight for me is 67-70kgs. At 55 kgs I would be anorexic, in fact at 62 kgs (the smallest I have ever been) my hip bones stuck out and people told me I looked sick.
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RE: No Other Satisfaction
I'm not familiar wth the quote, or its context.However, it reads to me like Omuro doesn't fear death and is stating here that once he is dead, Death holds nothing else over him - so perhaps to Death, it may be a victory of sorts, but a short lived and shallow one.