I had two maiden grand aunts growing up.....both died in their 80's. One wore pink lipstick and always smelled of roses......the other was a sweetie and always had garibaldi biscuits in the house.
I always joke that thats going to be me....... I'm the favourite aunt among a few of my nephews.
If i am honest though I would prefer if it wasnt.
I dont agree with finding my soul mate.....if it happens it happens. But...I would not settle for just anyone either.
Plus I'd need to find someone who could put up with me
I entered into a relationship once for that very reason, even lived with him but never again. Ive dated men who on paper should have been ideal for me but I wouldnt enter into a relationship unless I felt it and I never felt it. They deserved someone who would love them wholeheartedly and I couldnt give it to them.....and likewise I deserved to love and be loved wholeheartedly.
It'd be nice to fall in love with someone again.....but I'd rather be alone than with someone who I didnt love.
I get what you are saying but for me.....the whole getting under someone to get over someone.....or casually seeing someone is very different to deciding to enter a relationship with them. But maybe thats an age thing.
Baggage for me would be someone who would speak constantly negatively about their exs. If you still feel the need to talk about them so much...then you are not over them and therefore not ready to enter into a new relationship.
Also....I have no problem whatsoever with someone who has kids......but i would not put up with someone who gives out about access, maintenance etc yet does nothing to change the situation they dont like.
I remember someone asking me to be practical and think about what I would compromise on in a relationship......what I would be open to discussion on and what was an absolute no compromise issue for me. It made me think logically and quite practically about it all. Which sometime you really have to do.
I have some baggage but I dont think a lot by any standards and for me....with each passing day some of it disappears.
ah i have a tiny thing for an ex of mine....he's a sweetheart of a guy....but the tiny thing i have for him is a more that he was the only man I have ever truly been in love with. I dont harbour any romantic feelings for him at all. I just appreciate what we had, albeit a long time ago now.
And I know more of what I want and dont want and what I will put up with and what I wont. And what I dont want is drama. Some things people might think are drama arent to me....i can be rather easy going.....but there are just some things I can live without.
If you choose the right type of business and can keep it ticking over for the next while, then you should be in a good position for when this recession finally leaves us.
I did enquire about setting up a business but was advised to start out online and try it that way. But my ethos is excellent customer service with the personal touch. Who knows what the future holds. I might do it yet.
OP have you done a start your own business course or the likes? Gotta a feel for what exactly is involved in running it? Would trialling it online first work for you?
showing your culchie side there with dinner in middle of day....
Dinner is at 6pm here.....lunch is at 1.
Then again I havent even had breakfast yet so I probably should be thinking about that moreso than dinner time. And a friend is arriving at 6 to dog sit for me so I can go to dublin for a few days from tomorrow. So gotta make something nice for dinner.
As for spit roasts.....pig on a spit can be really tasty......needs to be cooked for hours and hours and hours. I know a place I worked years ago in belfast had a big do for all the staff with a bbq....the pig on that spit had been cooking from day before!!!!
(but methinks that not what you were talking about )
there's a field about 2 miles from me that I would probably need a lotto win to be able to buy...lol It has fields upon green fields and trees in front, then the sea and views of the mournes and carlingford mountains......bliss. But if i could I would build a house there....nothing too big....the more space i have the more clutter i acquire
After that I would pay the mortgages of my siblings, buy a house for the ones renting and give my folks something.
Other than that I would set up trusts for my nieces and nephews and set up a charity or two. One for animals and the other for scholarships.
But I would make sure I only had access personally to a tiny fraction. Im crap with money and I couldnt be doing with the hassle of having too much.
I am hearing this song soooooo much these days on the radio and its all down to the interest in fifty shades of grey and the whole idea of domination and submission which seems to have been sparked by that book.
I totally unreservedly agree with you on this. I have witnessed the devastation that some mothers can cause to their ex partners and to their own children.
I did offered to get a dna test if he wanted to, so yes I totally agree he would have been well within his rights to ask for one. I fully expected him to want it. But he didnt.
As for my sons first year....even if I had told him, he was on a 2 yr round the world trip and was actually in china when I told him.
Whether you agree with my decision or not is irrelevant and I am not going into on here why it took me so long to tell him. And my child knows who his father is. His father has never denied him and he never wanted to do a dna test. I mentioned it because you said it was dubious as to why the other girl waited 7 months to tell that guy she was pregnant. There maybe very few reasons for not telling someone.....but every situation is unique and as such not every response/reaction is the same.
Whether you agree with my decision or not is irrelevant and I am not going into on here why it took me so long to tell him. And my child knows who his father is. His father has never denied him and he never wanted to do a dna test. I mentioned it because you said it was dubious as to why the other girl waited 7 months to tell that guy she was pregnant. There maybe very few reasons for not telling someone.....but every situation is unique and as such not every response/reaction is the same.
I waited 18months to tell my sons father...does that mean he is not his father....no.....just means I was not up to telling him til then. An unplanned pregnancy can be a lot of get your head round.
methinks its the electro thingys in are brain......
Was listening to the radio (2fm) last week and some doctor was on saying people can have up to 60,000 thoughts a day, but those with some mental illnessess or those under stress can have double that.
I thought that was CRAZY....til i had a wee think.... right now I am on here....i have radio on and listening to that....the dog is eating her food...there is a cool breeze coming in the door....there is a glass sitting in arm of the chair,,,all those thoughts happened in milliseconds in my head...all automatic....all only milliseconds apart....but all separate thoughts.......so suddenly the 60,000 thoughts in a day seems possible.
I can list 5, 6, 7 or even 10 more sites and links that will show that what the person selling their kidney actually gets is nowhere near the $100,000 you say.....the broker might sell it for that, more even....but the person whose kidney it was once inside of....they get nowhere near that amount. There is obviously the occasional exception to this and I acknowledge that but my personal belief from all the reading I have done on the subject, that the vast majority are sold for closer to the figures I have mentioned and referenced.
Mariannette Forum Posts (1,783)
)
)
RE: left on the shelf
I had two maiden grand aunts growing up.....both died in their 80's.One wore pink lipstick and always smelled of roses......the other was a sweetie and always had garibaldi biscuits in the house.
I always joke that thats going to be me.......
I'm the favourite aunt among a few of my nephews.
If i am honest though I would prefer if it wasnt.
I dont agree with finding my soul mate.....if it happens it happens.
But...I would not settle for just anyone either.
Plus I'd need to find someone who could put up with me