God, what a pair we would've made! "Hi, I'm Jeffrey, may I present my wife, Jeffrey?"
Do you realize if we'd gotten married and she'd taken my last name, that we'd have the same initials??! (JLO). Did the stars play a cruel game on us by placing her 20,000 kilometers away?
Yeah, there's a terribly odd irony lurking in there somewhere, Euphoria.
I'm kind of wondering if homely old ladies who smoke too much around here might also like gays, too?
Funny, last summer a whole troop of gays descended on Badger - they were bartenders/cooks brought in for the Badger Centennial. Damn, they sure mixed some mean drinks. The expressions of the local townspeople as these guys pranced about: priceless!
EUphoria - really enjoyed your story...though the ending was kind of a downer for me.
I did something similar to my wife in the early years. Then she turned around and sort of returned the favor, so I know what it feels like. Speaking of toilets, I actually began to see myself as a piece of crap for many years...when I looked into the mirror, my blue eyes even started assuming a brownish shade...
I hereby cancel my subscription to the resurrection...of my interest in Canadianizing myself... What a bunch of sick puppies! Like I'd want to move to a place that makes South Dakota look like sunny California...eeerrrch!
Seriously, considering the way things are going down here, if there isn't a major change away from Pax Americana, I may be forced to add some extra clothing and trudge up there regardless...
Also, some people don't realize that serious weight-lifters/bodybuilders try strenuously to avoid hard work on their recuperative days off. Doing heavy squats one day and moving pianos the next day, for instance, is a "no-no." So bodybuilders may come across as wimps on their days off, since hard work then sabotages muscle recovery.
Yeah, there's a huge difference between doing "real work" and lifting weights in a gym. I learned that the hard way the last couple of summers, doing construction work. The excess muscle and flab really just slowed me down. Also, I was always amazed when bodybuilder types had so much trouble moving pianos - something I did all the time.
It's hard to duplicate all the movements involved in real world strength in the gym - but the gym is far better than nothing.
Okay, small qualification... On the basis of communications between women in their thirties and forties on this list, I would say that they're VASTLY more mature than their male counterparts...in my humble experience.
THe forums are a fantastic way to get to know someone. Seeing people in "action" tells more about them than the often inaccurate and sketchy profile texts do. Unfortunately, only a tiny percentage of CSers participate on the forums (or perhaps not so unfortunate, because the bandwidth of thousands of posters would probably be too large).
RE: If you had to vote right now.....
Ron Paul!