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  1. Daddy Bear
    you go, girl!!
  2. Daddy Bear
    i guess i could've said "snowbank" for a bad one.
  3. Daddy Bear
    how about this: does anybody know any bad ones that they don't recommend? i'm stumped.
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  5. Daddy Bear
    no worries! i've only been here about a week myself, i wouldn't have thought anything of it, and for that matter, it never reached me. feel free to try again any ol' time!
  6. Daddy Bear
    if i only knew! the mysteries of life, huh? i guess it's up to each individual to decide what his or her own breaking point is. which makes me suddenly realize that the overall stats are irelevant in any one person's case... yeah, that's true, but you know the old chestnut: "nothing ventured, nothing gained". i'd say you and i worked out our differences pretty well, right? so i guess there is at least some hope for the world. thanks for the book recommendations; i've been meanin' to read me some Friedan.
  7. Daddy Bear
    SxcLady, if the accidents you refer to were of the physically painful variety, then i can see why you would hesitate to try again, but when you are learning to ride a bike and you knock someone down, don't quit; just keep your eyes open next time. true? if, on the other hand, they were embarrassments (vomiting, for just one example off the top of my head), my comment would be that it is probably a whole lot more common than you think and no reason to feel ashamed. either way it doesn't make you a failure. for that matter, neither does deciding that a certain activity is not for you, if you come to that decision. just don't be too discouraged too soon. i fully understand if you don't want to go into this subject any further; it's simply in my nature to be encouraging.
  8. Daddy Bear
    why does that NOT make me feel better???
  9. Daddy Bear
    that 's good to hear, especially since i myself may be in your Grandma's group someday. i can cite examples on both sides of the coin. however, what i'm looking for in order to settle the question is a statistically significant demographic sampling.
  10. Daddy Bear
    thanks, Lunabelle. it did rather seem as though that was directed at me, but i accept your response as quoted above. i'm fully over it now, and ready to be friends if you are. well, that's kind of twisting my words just a bit. what i meant to imply was that it's one more reason for riding out the low points as opposed to giving up, and not a half-bad reward for putting up with someone's foibles for decades. oh, now you're calling me gross, lol. seriously though, we're into semantics here, but i don't think it's generalizing to say "most" if i think that's true. i have trouble accepting as fact the notion that the majority of people are either 'spinsters' or happily divorced when they pass away. that just has not been my observation. again, i said correct me if i'm wrong, so perhaps you or your learned friend will enlighten me with some facts on the subject. (i like to think that i can face being mistaken.) thanks again for smoothing my ruffled feathers.
  11. Daddy Bear
    i dunno; they're pretty rare birds, lol. but you probably WILL. btw, i was just reading some of your poetry. what a gift!!! i think i'll give up on writing altogether. i just can't compete with that.
  12. Daddy Bear
    yeah. a really, really smart one.
  13. Daddy Bear
    you wouldn't like me, then. (think shaggy from scooby-doo, but with love handles)
  14. Daddy Bear
    after reading CarnelianButterfly's post (#30), i would have to conclude that it affects different people in different ways; but i swear to you guys, it cured my road rage. i guess it has to do with the post-breakup bitterness/insight ratio...?
  15. Daddy Bear
    absolutely. ouch! and they wonder why we roll over afterwards and go to sleep.
  16. Daddy Bear
    i have zero interest with regard to flame wars and personal attacks. if anyone has concrete evidence to refute my assertations, i welcome it. calling me stupid merely validates one of my points and affirms my mental prediction as to the reactionary response to my comments. thank you.
  17. Daddy Bear
    bubbleberry--yours is, without a doubt, one of the most gripping and inspirational stories that i have ever heard. will it be all right if i send you (after i get some sleep) a private message through this site? there is much that i would be honored to discuss with you that i would just as soon not air in this public thread.
  18. Daddy Bear
    Giggles, your signature just caught my eye... "Life without love is no life at all" so always love yourself
  19. Daddy Bear
    thanks, petlady. i guess you know exactly what it's about.
  20. Daddy Bear
    just so there's no misunderstanding, in no way whatsoever did i mean to imply that heterosexuals are superior or are to be envied. hell, many times i've wanted to give up on women altogether, but muscles and facial hair are just not my cuppa joe. unless i'm really, really drunk. lol
  21. Daddy Bear
    you are very fortunate, doyathink. some parents really are idiots. i consider myself lucky that one of mine is not. for the record, they are both well over 150 IQ, and yes, i have raised teens of my own.
  22. Daddy Bear
    elderly single people are generally lonely and miserable. elderly couples always look happy. why? because when the endorphins and other hormones have dried up, there's a lot to be said for having someone around with whom you have a long shared history. i suspect that therein lies the greatest happiness that life has to offer. there's more to planning ahead than having a retirement account. bitter people (and i have spotted a few on this site, but won't stoop to point) should never get married/civilly unionized. compromising people excel at it. yes, half of marriages fail, but the people who toss that around to justify trashing the institution should understand the statistics. one short failed marriage followed by one blissful lifetime marriage equals a 50% failure rate. correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't most people either happily married or widowed when they die? and this nonsensical generalization about "men are this" or "women are that" is just stereotyping, and we all need to let it go. fire away, weddingophobes.
  23. Daddy Bear
    he is a gay man with hetero envy. his religion likely has a lot to do with that (i can just imagine what he has heard in church on the subject). his sexual preference is probably hard-wired into his psyche, and no, i would not confront him outright on the matter. this is not a snap judgment. it took a lot of pondering to write this post. i have a gay friend, and he is the same way. he wants to be straight, he pretends to be, has had sex with women several times, and even has been engaged two or three times (i've heard him use both numbers at different times) but he has never married. when all is said and done he is attracted to his own gender and it will always be so. wonderful person, close friend, but... gay.
  24. Daddy Bear
    i've tried, but i could never get them all together at once.
  25. Daddy Bear
    glad to hear that. sounds like maybe you got at least a little something out of this thread after all, and i really wish you guys the best.
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