Not life-changing or remotely interesting to anybody except me, but I've been invited to review educational books and resources for students and teachers of English.
I don't even get paid for it! I will however receive free books and have an interesting addition to my cv.
When are we going to hear what Pat actually thinks and does rather than what he reads. If we all followed platitudes like this, life would be an eternal paradise and nobody would be here!
In the past I tried to please everybody until I realised it's not healthy and was draining me. It is nice though to put a smile on someone's face.
British knighthoods are supposed to be awarded on merit for exceptional achievement or service to the country. How on earth can you seriously think that somebody like Jade is worthy?
As for the news about her cancer, it's very sad indeed and the way the news was publicised has really plumbed the murky depths of reality tv.
She actually received a live recorded telephone call from her doctor whilst taking part in Big Brother India, telling her that her tests were positive!
Unbelievable! People actually want to watch this crap?
Call me pedantic and criticise me for being so, but I have to say it, and I intend to carry doing so........"What ARE mind Games?" Mind games are plural not singular!
I teach English and have borne the brunt in the past for criticising native English speakers for grammar, punctuation etc, so I desisted, but I can't bear it any longer. I have to speak out on behalf of lovers of the English language. It drives me crazy.
As for the question, mind games are, in my opinion, only perpetrated by people who aren't really seeking a true relationship, so choose to play games. It's not about people who don't think, the opposite in fact, they are often very clever people who are able to spot a weakness in somebody and exploit it.
Sorry for the rant folks, but it was long overdue and now I feel much better.
Pat, you know just sometimes there are times when one person has not done anything wrong.
In these cases, why waste time pondering "what did I do wrong?" It's a classic case of shouldering the blame when it's not justified and that makes the healing so much longer.
I know, I did it, and made myself ill thinking about what could I have done to prevent this, but at the end of the day I realised I had not done anything wrong. That's when I recovered.
Now I know this isn't going to sway your opinion of Denmark to a more positive position, but did you know that Denmark was the only occupied country during world War 11 to actively resist the deportation of the Jews?
One courageous act, which included the King of Denmark BTW, was that everybody, regardless of religion, sewed the yellow star onto their clothing when the German occupiers insisted on this for purposes of identification.
We're just not willing to settle that's it plain and simple.
When you get to 40 or over and maybe have been single for a while, experience and having the confidence to be independent means we don't have to take the first offer that comes along.
Hard to please? No, it's about knowing what we want or need in order to have a successful relationship. If that means we deny ourselves opportunities then so be it. Better to be alone than waste time when you're over 40 on empty relationships.
Then why even say this? Sorry but I am deeply offended by your post.
I referred to church-hoppers so described in other posts, because even as a non-believer I find it troubling to discover so called god fearing folk are going to church with more on their mind than perhaps they should.
I also have a very different definition of spiritual connection than you incidentally.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, and I've already stated here that I'm not a churchgoer, but people have been commenting about 'church hopping' because nobody takes their fancy, and the fact that they haven't found anybody 'dateable' in church....this astounds me.
Do people really have this in mind when they go to church?
My answer to the original post, as a very tolerant atheist, would be an unequivical no, church should be the last place on earth to look for romance.
As a person who only steps into a church to attend a funeral, wedding or christening I'm probably not qualified to answer this, but I can't imagine that 'good' churchgoers do so with the thought of meeting a potential other in the back of their mind?
How does it happen anyway? Eyes meeting across the pew? Outside after the service when all thoughts of God are swiftly replaced by thoughts of the flesh?
Just like school uniforms, all kids are equal and don't have to suffer the embarrassment and jibes frommother kids because they don't have the designer label clothes.
Hunting, fishing, at the wheel of a top car, working out - torso shots, they're all the same to me. Macho shots that guys think will impress the ladies. Maybe they do in some cases but not me.
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I forgot to click on the emoticon, thanks Cristina.
RE: Change only one letter to make a new word.
No, only one, fool - loaf - o-aflow