I'm, I'm so in love with you Whatever you want to do Is alright with me 'Cause you make me feel, so brand new And I want to spend my life with you
Me sayin' since, baby, since we've been together Ooo, loving you forever Is what I need Let me, be the one you come running to I'll never be untrue Ooo baby
Let's, let's stay together Loving you whether, whether Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Oooo oooo ooo ooo, yeah Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad
Why somebody, why people break up Oh, and turn around and make up I just can't seeeeeeeee You'd never do that to me (Would you baby) 'Cause being around you is all I see It's why I want us to
Let's, let's stay together Loving you whether, whether Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Let's, let's stay together Loving you whether, whether
Yeah, but like they say, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
When I was younger all the girls told me that I was a great kisser!
It went to my head and I started believing it in absolute terms.
Until I met a woman who told me that I need to learn how to kiss!
She was a tongue-rammer, which I didn’t care for either.
In short, I didn’t like the way she kissed anymore than she liked the way I kiss.
So it’s all a matter of personal preference I guess.
Tongue ramming is ok during the heat of passion at times, but to just jump into kissing by trying to ram your tongue down your partner’s throat on the first kiss is NOT my cup of tea.
I like long slow lingering soft kisses, with some light tongue-tip entanglement.
I’ve actually met quite a few women over the course of my life whom I feel I would have been highly compatible and happy with.
Unfortunately they were all already happily married with children.
Apparently a whole lot of other men are attracted to the women I like.
I can’t blame them. But it leaves me standing out in the cold.
The fact that I was extremely shy (cripplingly shy) when I was younger didn’t help any either.
But yes, there are a LOT of women out there who would be ‘perfect’ for me, and I would be ‘perfect’ for them. The problem is finding one that’s single and who lives close enough to actually physically date.
I can’t tell from pictures, or emails, or anything like that. I need to meet her in person and feel the magic in the air. Only then can I know for sure. I’ve hit it off with far too many women on the net only to meet with them in person and discover that there’s absolutely no chemistry there at all. This has happened so many times that I’ve lost my incentive to even bother going out to meet women in person anymore.
I’ll just have to wait until I accidentally bump into her in the real world. Live, and in-person. But since I never go out of my house that’s not likely to happen.
Unfortunately I’ve never been romantically in love. So I’ve never told a woman that I love her because I won’t say that unless it’s true. And if it is true I can’t imagine changing my mind 6 months down the road.
I would give anything to find a woman that I can say “I love you” to romantically and actually mean it.
I guess some people just toss those words around a lot easier than I do.
It slows down people who are on dial-up (like me!)
It just takes longer for all the little animations to download.
This is one reason why they ask to limit 3 per post.
Although if you duplicate the same emotion several times it dosesn't matter so much because it only ineeds to download once.
Although, some readers also find a lot of emotions among the text to be distracting. I know I do.
I remember before we had the emoticons. It was all just plain text. It wasn't all that bad. Kind of made people focus on the words instead of relying on the little pics to express themselves.
if you see someone you think you might like to date then you say so.
If the feeling is mutual, you date.
It’s a shot in the dark.
Better than staying home alone.
It’s like buying lottery tickets.
If you buy a ticket there’s no guarantee that you’ll win.
But if you don’t buy a ticket you’re definitely NOT going to win.
Unfortunately there’s no speed-dating meetings in my area.
Moreover, even if there was it doesn’t mean I’d get a date.
First, there’d have to be a woman there that I’m attracted to enough to want to date her.
Second, she’d also have to pick me or there would be no date anyway.
So, yeah, if they had those events in my area I’d give it a shot.
What do have to lose? You might win the game! Bingo!
One bad thing is that if you go there and don't pick a woman at that time, and then you see her later and want to ask her for a date she'll tell you to bug off.
I think part of the reason for that is that platonic friends usually don't make demands from each other that they would feel compelled to lie about.
In romantic relationships couples often make huge demands on each other. I think that’s almost unavoidable in the long haul. People often say, that they’ll just let their partner be their self. But that seldom lasts beyond the honeymoon in reality.
Just try telling your spouse that you’re not interested in going to visit your in-laws. You’ll soon discover that when they said you can be yourself that isn’t what they really meant! What they meant is that you can be yourself as long as you do what’s expected of you.
Although, I also don’t believe that what you say is true across the board. I know a lot of happily married romantic couples that don’t seem to have much reason to lie to each other. I’m fortunate to live in an area where there are quite a large number of happily couples who have been together for many years.
I live in a restore area though and people around this area are just happy in general. That may have something to do with it. It’s a small town and gossip does get around, so if there was anything happening it’s probably be in the grapevine. I think the people who gravitate to this college/resort town tend to be pretty respectable people. I’m lucky to live here.
Roy Orbison may have only had one #1 hit with Pretty Woman, but he also had a #2 hit that made #1 in Britian with "Only the Lonely".
Moreover, he remained an active musician throughout his entire life and was inducted in to several rock-n-roll halls of fame.
It must be pretty hard to make that #1 spot. The problem is, is that when your song comes out if something else is slightly more popular it will knock yours down to #2. And then it's over because it becomes 'old stuff' by the next week.
I certainly think that "Only the Lonely" should have made #1. In fact, it would have if it hadn't been for some other competing song at the time. Just bad timing is all.
I wouldn’t use the same standards today that I used when I was in my 20’s.
Not because times have changed, but because I have changed. I’m older!
When I was in my 20’s I was thinking in terms of getting married, having children, and raising them. That’s a whole family lifestyle.
There’s no way I’m looking for that now at 57.
What I’m seeking in the way of companionship has changed.
Moreover, I’m not hell-bent on finding a permanent relationship anymore. I mean, if it works out that way fine. But I’ve learned that it’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
I’ll talk a few years (or even a few months) of really great times with someone and not get all bent out of shape if we decide to part later.
The whole idea of permanence just isn’t important to me anymore. Hell, I’m not even permanent, why should I expect that from a relationship?
I mean, back when I was 20, permanent meant raising a family. I was a family-oriented man. Too bad I never married. They say the good ones always get away. Unfortunately some kids not only missed out on having a great father, but they missed out on living life altogether!
In light of that insight, I don’t think that what happens at the end of my life is all that relevant.
It's like I missed the ship. Anything I do now will just be a rowboat ride.
Even when I did smoke I would have quit in a second had I found a non-smoking partner.
I never thought of smoking as being part of who I am (or was)
I guess I always viewed it as a disgusting habit even when I did it.
Right now it’s not a matter of choice for me. I simply can’t be around cigarette smoke. I’d quite literally end up on the floor coughing and gasping for breath.
So for me it’s simply not a choice to accept a smoker into my life. It has nothing to do with wanting the other person to change who they are.
If they feel that smoking is part of ‘who they are’ I think that’s kind of weird anyway.
Well, we obviously have quite different views on the topic.
On the smoking issue I don’t believe that nicotine is all that addictive (some yes, but nothing a normal person can't break away from if they *really* want to).
I believe that the major addition to cigarettes is mental. Not to say that it’s not a powerful addition. Habits are hard to break. But most people who believe they can’t quit smoking really can, they just don’t know how. And if they convince themselves that it’s difficult that only makes it that much worse because it is a mental addition.
The main reason that people can't quit is simply because they don't have the willpower. Period amen. Physically they *can* do it if they *really* want to.
I always say, "Where there's a will there's a way", or to state that another way, "If you can't find the way, then you haven't the will".
On the relationship issue, I never think in terms of blackmail. The other person isn’t ‘changing’ who I am. Neither am I changing who I am. I simply behave differently when I’m with a partner than when I’m not.
It makes a huge difference to me to have someone to share life with and to not have someone to share things with.
When I’m alone I don’t feel like going out at all.
When I have a partner I’m dragging her all over the place.
She’s not dragging me.
Just having her in my life changes my desires.
That’s who I am, and who I will always be. I’m a partner-oriented person. Not everyone is.
In fact, many incompatible relationships are due to the fact that a partner-oriented person hooked up with a person who is not partner-oriented. They have no clue why it didn’t work out. But they were doomed to failure from the get go.
I won’t even talk to a woman who doesn’t need a partner in her life. I’m incompatible with those women and I know it. They are better off with a man who doesn’t need a partner in his life either.
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RE: Does anyone remember
Is this is?Let's Stay Together
by Al Green
I'm, I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is alright with me
'Cause you make me feel, so brand new
And I want to spend my life with you
Me sayin' since, baby, since we've been together
Ooo, loving you forever
Is what I need
Let me, be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue
Ooo baby
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Oooo oooo ooo ooo, yeah
Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad
Why somebody, why people break up
Oh, and turn around and make up
I just can't seeeeeeeee
You'd never do that to me
(Would you baby)
'Cause being around you is all I see
It's why I want us to
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether