Jan1305 Forum Posts (5,319)

RE: WHATEVER HAPPENRD TO FOREVERYOUNG

Cristina! Did you spill the beans? It wasn´t me. I haven´t liked the deception for many months, but I let it go, thinking it would all go away if someone decided to see how wrong it was.

RE: Best Looking Women in The World / City?

Well that is a cliche, yet one we probably all hope is true, but in all reality, it isn´t.

Backed up by the posts and threads here.

RE: WHATEVER HAPPENRD TO FOREVERYOUNG

You still have a "special" relationship with her. One more reason which made it obvious as to the true identity.

RE: Best Looking Women in The World / City?

I agree. Many Turkish women are very beautiful.

RE: WHATEVER HAPPENRD TO FOREVERYOUNG

How did you know may I ask? My lips are sealed, but I´ve known for a long, long time. Only because I recognise words and expressions, as a teacher it´s easy for me.

Look as though the walls are closing in, about time too. I dislike scammers of all types.

RE: Best Looking Women in The World / City?

As a well travelled woman, not just holidays, but also with my work, I have seen beautiful women everywhere, so you men can travel to any of the options listed in the poll and be happy!

Eastern European women are probably the most beautiful in my opinion, but only when they are young. They do not seem to age as well as their Western sisters.....generally, there are always exceptions. Not sure why, but I suspect it may have something to do with the quality of life.

RE: Smart phones

I´m the same. I do update my phone occasionally, and stick with one particular brand generally, but it´s still, for me, only a means of communication.

RE: WHATEVER HAPPENRD TO FOREVERYOUNG

She´s still here, albeit with a different persona.

Seek and ye will find.

Many people reinvent themselves here for reasons only truly known by themselves.

RE: Guys....do you like girls to call you?

I must have been brought up in a similar fashion then, though I
don´t remember my parents ever telling me I shouldn´t initiate contact with a boy/man. I suppose it falls into the whole bringing up package.

It may be considered old fashioned I suppose, and at odds with the woman I am, and my feminist beliefs, but I wouldn´t do it. It´s much easier in real life where one can immediately notice interest from someone, reciprocate physically, and with subtlety.

RE: What would you do?

I haven´t read the whole thread, apologies if I´m repeating other comments. However, there is obviously more than meets the eye here unless your co-worker genuinely forgot to contact you before ordering on your behalf. Do you all often order breakfast together, including you?

If there is nothing untoward between the two of you, then why not simply pay up and thank her for thinking of you? You can then give her a gentle reminder that you hadn´t been asked about what you wanted, or....for example, you´re on a diet and avoiding McDonald style breakfasts.

I don´t see why you´re so annoyed about it unless there is some previous bad feeling between the two of you. How much does a McDonald´s breakfast cost anyway? It can´t be much can it, going by the advertisements I´ve seen?

Office politics are a pain in the neck sometimes.

RE: Do you remember aprons?...................

A lovely thread.

I keep an apron in a kitchen drawer for my mum when she visits me in Spain. She likes to wear it when she´s cooking.

I´ve never been tempted to wear it though.

RE: what is the worst/most disgusting animal that you know, is eaten by human?

Strange isn´t it. Rabbit is very popular in Spain too, though I
don´t eat it. Even in the UK it was eaten regularly by most people some years ago, cheap and apparently nutritious.

My mother often cooked rabbit stew when we were children, also offal, heart, liver, kidney etc, which I also give a wide berth to.

I´m a wannabee vegetarian.

RE: Tiger Woods Is MOST Desirable, Because...?

You may be right. There is one woman who seems to have fallen for him, I can´t remember her name, but she is the rather plain looking waitress who had a long relationship with him, very different from the other women who have emerged from the woodwork.

It´s impossible to speculate the whys and wherefores, even the plain Jane may now have ulterior motives in divulging intimate details of their relationship.

Money certainly talks, and Tiger has been a very silly man, like many of course, celebrity or otherwise, but his indiscreet behaviour finally caught up with him as it so often does.

RE: Private area..."Shaved or Not?"

Perhaps, but to be fair we´ve seen many of the same threads posted by long standing members over and over again, without so many negative reactions. I always say this, but it depends on WHO is posting the thread on CS.

Shock value doesn´t really exist after one has been here for a while, more like

RE: This time for good....

....some sort of grotesque caricature of their normal self,or maybe some people are even greater horrors in their real life than they are here (I can think of quite a few candidates for that particular litmus test).

I have thought this on many occasions too.

.....a lot of strange things here....none of any of you are real,and yet....tis wierd....really most wierd....I see a lot of sadness,even amongst those who appear the strongest, a deep,profoundly felt longing,a yearning,to mean something to somebody,somebody beyond a mere computer screen.

There are many sad people here, I agree, you´re very perceptive Elley. One of the reasons I don´t play here often, sadness can be catching.

I,ve never seen anybody here who lives just around the corner, someone I can pop in and see is real,I guess you can do that in say Malta.Or maybe even though you can you simply don,t bother.

Well I´m not just around the corner, but not too far, and I told you I wanted to visit Cadiz, so I hope we can still have that coffee?

Your post is very moving, and reflects many of my own thoughts...
you´re not a Taurean as well as a Liverpudlian like me are you? You may be making the right decision, you may return,you may not, but above all, and whatever you do, I hope you realise your hopes and dreams Elley. You´re a good man, and I will miss you.

RE: what are you doing for x-mas

I still love Xmas even though my kids are all grown up.

There will be a few pre Christmas celebrations with colleagues and students first before I fly to the UK.

I´m not a granny (not sure I ever will be!) but I will be spending Xmas with my daughter, son and his fiancee in their new home. My daughter and I will catch the train from Southampton to St Albans on the 23rd. They are trying to persuade me to go out on the town with them on Christmas Eve, but I think I´ll give that a miss and wait up for them with a bottle of wine, a mince pie or two, watching slushy Christmas tv.

Boxing Day onwards will be spent with mum and her partner, my brothers, sister and their kids.

I´ll be back in Spain on 31st to bring in the New Year with Javi my partner and friends.

All in all a few weeks of festivities and fun with loved ones.
That´s why I love Christmas, and New Year, so much.

RE: Shoppers and Players

There may well be people here as you describe, but you are quite wrong to suggest everyone on CS, or any other dating site, who is in a relationship falls into either of those categories.

Some of us have been on and of the forums for a long time, you are relatively new, (unless you are a reincarnation of a past member) and after some time, the site is often used more for debate, discussion, keeping in touch with friends etc, rather than what it is truly intended for...meeting and dating.

I´m happy in my relationship, as others here are. We state clearly in our profiles that we are not looking. I don´t flirt, or communicate with men in a romantic sense, and I certainly
don´t window shop. My partner knows I log on here from time to time, and he is not in the slightest bit worried about it or indeed remotely interested in what goes on here.

I also use other forums related to my work, and for me, being here occasionally is exactly the same as being on other forums, apart from the thread and post content which obviously differs.

RE: Positive Thinking

Robert, you say the reason she finished the relationship was because you lost control and ended up in a German police cell.

I have no idea what you did, nor do I want to know, but it must have been quite serious. If your ex was writing here on CS about the circumstances leading up to your arrest, people would be telling her she made the right decision to push you out of her life, but you know that don´t you.

From what you´ve told us, she also seems like a very strong minded woman and unlikely to change her mind, but you know that too don´t you.

On the other hand, maybe the two women you mentioned who told you not to give up, know more about the situation than we do, therefore they may well be giving you good advice.

Only you can decide what is best. Perhaps instead of trying to phone her as you promised not to do, you could email a nice Christmas card.

British versus American English.

It´s really due to the amount of time spent as a non native speaker of English in an English speaking country. We automatically parrot another language in order to be understood, as children do when they start to speak. This becomes more necessary for adults the longer they spend in another country, except for the Spanish ex-pats, who often try to speak Spanish loudly without heed to pronunciation or accent. To be fair though, they don´t need to learn the language if they are living in Little Britain communities as many do.

It´s interesting that you spell in the American way though, some of my students, particularly the younger ones, speak with an American accent because they have spent a lot of time watching American films/movies.

British versus American English.

True.

Queue....Line

British versus American English.

Yes, I find the word aluminium difficult to pronounce in the American way too.

You are right though, it isn´t only the different vocabulary, but also the spelling of words, like colour and color as you mentioned.

British versus American English.

Yes you´re quite right

Lorry....Truck

British versus American English.

Thanks ginger, but now you´ve killed the thread! Nobody will use their brain now.

British versus American English.

This is the term used for English as written, spoken and taught in the rest of the world, regardless for example of whether one lives in Canada (which is linguistically lumped with North America) or Southern Ireland, which is not part of Great Britain.

A good dictionary will give both British and American English definitions of a word, and use the term BrE or AmE as a reference.

Which words do you know of are different but mean the same, and has it ever caused communication problems here on this International forum?

Full stop (British English, period American English).

RE: Benidorm April 2010, anyone interested?

Ha ha! You may be right, but I wouldn´t be around too much, work work work! so anyone staying in my place would have to fend for themselves.

The offer still stands though.

RE: Benidorm April 2010, anyone interested?

I live in Murcia city centre which is rrelatively close, but probably too far to be with those attending the get together on a daily basis. Hiring a car is an option, but then there is the problem of drinking and additional cost.

However, I do have 2 spare bedrooms which are available for anyone who needs accommodation.

RE: All men.. listen now cause I know what I am talking about

Hmmmm, I used to think so too until I became a member of this site.

RE: Benidorm April 2010, anyone interested?

Yes, a trip to Alicante is a fantastic idea. I might even come over for the day if I can.

RE: Benidorm April 2010, anyone interested?

Apologies, I didn´t quote the post I was replying to. This was for scouse.

RE: Benidorm April 2010, anyone interested?

Remember Semana Santa (Easter) falls at the end of March and the beginning of April. Flights and accommodation may be more expensive. However, the celebrations and street parades during that time are wonderful to see.

Yeah yeah, I know you said you aren´t looking for Spanish culture but it would be a shame for people travelling a long way to go home with Benidorm ex-pat life as their only impression of Spain.

Try to visit surrounding areas or the old town at least and meet some Spanish people....please!