I love a moment of clarity, or at least when the answer to a question comes to me without much effort.... I am one with myself again........ aaahhhhhhhh..........
There is no such rule as to returning a "courtesy" email to a stranger. I do not reply to junk mail. Do you?
It depends on what you are saying in your emails and how many times we have heard it before. I used to be sensitive and respond to each and every email, even if it was only to say, "not interested, hope you find what you are looking for". Some would get extremely ugly and tell me how horrid looking I was etc etc... It's funny, because why did they contact me in the first place? I've gotten through that hurdle, and with no explanation necessary, I either delete and forget, or I say "meet US in the forums" and that does it.
So, with all of that being said, why don't you stick around the forums, pick topics that interest you and join in on the conversations or silliness and allow people to get to know you. It makes it much easier to email someone and tell them that they had a great post, and start a conversation from a point, instead of from nowhere. There ARE a lot of terrific men and women on here, I'm certain you'll be fine...
or keep ranting, and we'll join your pity party, either way, doesn't matter whatever you decide...
When I was in 3rd grade, my underwear fell down while jumping rope.
When I graduated from high school, that story was heard at the commencement speeches
Luckily, I had gotten into a car accident in my senior year, and went to Florida to recover and finish high school, so I wasn't there that day-heard it through the grapevine.
I am afraid to go to high school reunions
To this day, I do not wear underwear, unless it is for a "special occassion"
I've had more jobs, than I've had men
70's music is my true musical era
I have a tape cassette of Aerosmith when they were on American Bandstand, back from the 70's..
I miss spending time in Detroit with my grandmother, I used to go every summer, she passed when I was 14.
I still remember when we'd go shopping and stop for a hotdog and an orange pop-I carry that taste in my mind
I remember after my Papa died, I tried sleeping standing up as I did not want to fall asleep in his bed.
When I was 6, I got stuck in a tire swing upside down, our rooster came over and started squawking at me until I got myself free.
It took me years not to hate birds, and to get over my fear of them.
I have been bitten by 2 dogs-both owned by our family and both black labs. Incidents were at least 20 years apart.
That being said, I am a huge dog lover who loves big dogs-yes even black labs.
No, I will never see him again, and it's okay. I certainly hope that he found his one true love and had a wonderful family and a wonderful life. That's what I want for him. I'd hate to think that he was single, lonely and maybe jaded...I'd prefer to think that he was happy and satisfied with it all....
I think that anything is possible really. He is the fondest memory of a past love that I've had so far. It lasted from the age of 12 to 18, didn't see each other that often, but it was there for sure. I still remember the way he smiled, and how funny he was, how his eyes would sparkle with mischief...I'd like to hope that nothing happened to him along the way to change any of that.
RE: Obama for Presidnet!.....Heptachromic
What If We Could, by Blue October....