I have seen The Professional many times. Natalie Portman is the little girl in the movie. Interesting how far she went in Hollywood doing some very good movies.
It's obvious that you don't know how to write a thread to encourage conversation since you copied Harbottle's thread where he brings up the subject of conversation. Plagiarism at its best.
I have a motto that I live by. "When in doubt, don't". It saves me from going back and forth should I or shouldn't I. To question something is telling me, don't do it girlie.
Thank you Cranky for your well thought out response.
Are you saying before you got married you had doubts but went through with the ceremony anyway and later learned that you should have trusted your doubts?
That's what we are talking about Mr. Geezer.....our gut instincts.
Should I assume that you think that the woman who willingly got into the car of a stranger was right in doing it because she didn't overthink it?
She felt that he was a problem when he was walking behind her. She did think about her safety when he asked her for coffee but she crossed off her doubts thinking she would be inside a restaurant in the environment of other people when sitting at a table. No tables were available. If it was me I wouldn't have gone for coffee with him but if I did I would have walked away when there weren't any tables available.
There has to be a reason why she took a chance and went to his car. Maybe she didn't want to hurt his feelings. Maybe she was lonely and wanted to be with someone.
The point of this exercise is to ask yourself how far will you go ignoring your instinct when you know you could be hurt in some way. Will you ignore your own safety in order not to hurt someone's feelings?
I agree to some point. If the person had a gut instinct not to do something but went ahead and did it however it turned badly for them then they will think twice the next time their instinct tells them not to do something.
I don't believe anxiety and fear can lie. It is a way your brain tells you to beware.
Your post is the reason why I wrote this thread. People do not want to offend others if they are offered something.
Case in point......when I moved here I was hoping that a neighbor wouldn't ask me to come over for coffee or lunch. I am normally cautious of accepting food from strangers so in the Covid world that we live in now I was worried how would I graciously refuse a neighbors cup of coffee not only because of Covid but I don't know if they keep a clean house.
You are right Snowy, sometimes we need to take a chance but at what price.
Ya know Mikey, when I log onto CS and I see your name as the last post in a thread I know without a doubt that you will have made a derogative comment about a democrat. You can't help yourself to join in a conversation to discuss the subject and leave politics out of it.
As the saying goes, you are free to post about politics as much as you want but for me I think I will refrain from trying to get you into talking about something other than Pelosi, Trump or Biden.
Interesting Michael. So your first thought was that he was a "nice man" but your gut told you to sit it out on the bench until someone came to let you into your room.
That is definitely proof of trusting your gut instinct.
When someone says to me.....Just go with the flow.....it makes the situation worse. Or if they say......Relax.......it's an insult and I want to give up.
I do wish I could practice mindfulness and just let my mind go with what is around me
I'm in the senior category and I'd like to think that I have learned my lesson on many aspects where I made the wrong decision in my life.
As I get older sometimes I have a gut instinct not to do something but I have to do it because there is no one else to do it.......such as getting on the top step of a step ladder to get something off the top shelf in a cabinet. I think beforehand that I'll be careful and wear sturdy sneakers but I know in my gut there is a good chance that I will fall.
A woman is walking down a busy street in town. She suspects that a man is following her because he is too close behind her for a long time.
She stops at a store window pretending to admire a dress hoping he will go past her but he doesn't. Instead, he stops and says to her that he is thinking of buying that dress for his girlfriend (saying this hoping she will feel safe being near him) but he doesn't know his girlfriend's size and asked her what size dress does she wears. She tells him her size.
It starts to rain and he says that he was thinking of getting a cup of coffee would she like to join him. She said she has to leave and meet someone. He encourages her to stay saying it will only take a couple minutes to get coffee.
She figures, oh well, I guess I'll be safe inside a store that has seating. There weren't any tables available so he said let's get two cups and wait in my car for the rain to stop. Once again she thinks, I guess I'll be safe.
And she gets in his car even though she didn't feel safe from him when he was walking behind her and now she willingly is in his car. Why would she do that?
Why do people ignore their gut instinct when they suspect something isn't safe?
You are running late and you see an alley that is a shortcut to where you are going but it's very dark. You try to talk yourself out of going in that alley but you lose the fight within yourself and you walk into the alley.
Why do people ignore their gut instinct when they know something isn't right?
Very true Bod. Childs play indeed. It's not even trying to one-up what somebody else said anymore or trying to make a point over what someone else said. All they want to do is post words on the screen so they will be seen.
Your thread about Buddhism and EagleWomans tee shirt thread are the only ones that have caught my attention in a long time and I did enjoy them.
Brian Laundrie's family has decided not to hold a funeral service for him as they await further details about his death.
The family's attorney, Steve Bertolino, said in a statement that Brian's parents will forgo holding a traditional service for him and will instead have his remains cremated, media outlets reported on Sunday, Oct. 24. Brian, the 23-year-old former fiancé of late influencer Gabby Petito, was confirmed dead on Thursday, Oct. 21.
In addition, the attorney stated that an autopsy did not conclusively establish how Brian died, and the remains have been shipped to an anthropologist to evaluate.
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, investigators found human remains, along with personal items belonging to Brian, at Carlton Reserve in Sarasota County, Fla. at a previously submerged location. The next day, the FBI confirmed it had used dental records to identify the remains.
The discovery of the remains followed a five-week manhunt for Brian. His parents told police they had not seen him since Sept. 14, when he reportedly went hiking in the reserve and hadn't returned.
Brian and Gabby headed out on a cross-country road trip over the summer, and he returned to his family's Florida home without her on Sept. 1. Gabby's parents reported the 22-year-old YouTuber missing on Sept. 11.
On Sept. 21, Gabby was confirmed dead, two days after remains consistent with her description had been found in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. Officials confirmed on Oct. 12 that Gabby had died by strangulation and that her death was estimated to have occurred three to four weeks before her body was discovered.
A federal warrant was issued for Brian's arrest on Sept. 23 after a federal grand jury indicted him for unauthorized use of a debit card after her death. Authorities had named Brian a person of interest, but not a suspect, in Gabby's death.
Betrayal covers the many areas that are mentioned in this thread and many more that aren't mentioned. When you trust someone the act of betrayal is worse than the act that they committed.
My own disappointment happened when someone in my own family betrayed me.
People that you give 100% trust to whether in your family, the business world or personal relationships are the ones most likely to show that you put your trust in the wrong person and they will betray you when least expected.
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Your post is the reason why I wrote this thread. People do not want to offend others if they are offered something.
RE: I’ll talk to you later, Sweetie, Okay…..
I have seen The Professional many times. Natalie Portman is the little girl in the movie. Interesting how far she went in Hollywood doing some very good movies.