Gosh, I guess the best thing about being my age is figuring this stuff out already. Thanks for the definitions though...it always helps to be reminded how "disposable" we can be.
Just remember not to throw out the "baby with the bath water" when following the rules of "man communication!
Why don't you ask HIM if it's "exclusive" or if he's seeing someone? Or Write him and say "Oh HI..I've heard all about you from xxxx. She thinks you're a wonderful person!" Or Don't do anything a not worry about it.
It means he'll be the "point man".."best friend"...go along with whatever is being done. He'll be by his side. His Huckleberry Finn to Tom Sawyer. Side by side through thick and thin.
Yes, I have received it, but not on IM. I get that after 2 or 3 emails. When I get that question I tell them I am destitute and need help and please send money to Western Union today. That usually stops the conversation right then and there. Maybe I should try another tactic.
If that memory has made you a sensitive person who cares for animals and humans, then look at the good that came from it. Be grateful they bird was there so you could learn some life lessons. Now, chin up and continue on without regrets.
Somehow it seems the simplest of questions can have such complex answers.
Yes we are always (somewhat) alone. Even when one shares one's inner most thoughts does not mean the person you have shared them with shares the burden of those thoughts. They have simply shared the verbiage of those thoughts and perhaps given thoughts in return. We still walk alone within.
It's allowing someone to share the space occupied by our person that makes us feel less alone. It's the give and take of daily life that helps us master our aloneness and move along in life toward actualization.
Gosh, what a bunch of psycho-babble. Or just babble. May be one reason I'm "alone".
I remember my own graduation with a feeling of excitement. Turning a page and moving into the world on my own. But, I so remember my sons high school and college graduations. My oldest because he was first and how proud his Dad and I were for both. When he graduated from college my (late) husband and I took a long walk after the ceremony and discussed our hopes for the next steps in is life. When my younger son graduated college I was without his Dad to see it. There were a few family with me yet it wasn't the same. I didn't think of the next steps for him, only wondered what would we go through next.
I am so happy both my sons are out and successful in the lives they have chosen for themselves. Graduations came bring such good feelings.
It drives me batty when I make a spelling or grammar error. Typos are not always caught either. But, I will not point it out from anyone else because I can almost always understand the point. Gibberish not included however!
RE: I'll miss everybody...kinda (not a goodbye thread)
Have a great tourney. Hit the long ball as much as possible and do it for the team.