KJames

Now the hard part begins... What will you do if he comes back to you and tells you that he now realizes that you're the best thing that could've ever happened to him, that he knows how much he hurt you, and asks for your forgiveness and to be with you?

earlier post revised, you may wish to go up and check it out.

Trying this from a BlackBerry...I reserve the priviledge of revising my earlier post as I see appripriate.

It is meant to be taken whole, like a tablet or a pill, not a bite at a time like a banana where you can leave out the bad pieces if you don't like it.

What is a real man? You ask such a deep question with five simple words, which has several answers depending on whom you ask. Those five words have provided endless debate for several decades. In light of the more out among us the definition might now be modified again...however slight or great that may be. Several of you have provided points, poetry, prose, and quotes as guidelines, which I may end up repeating here. I don't usually post on such deep topics, I'm a fun lover--you should take notes. ----- What is a real man? A real man is compassionate toward others, without compromise, A real man accepts the compassion of others without feeling compromised. A real man shows support and lifts friends up when they're down, A real man lets friends support and lift him up when he is down. A real man listens to friends, A real man lets them talk about anything on their mind which troubles them; A real man will share his burdens with friends, talking about anything on his mind which troubles him. A real man cares enough to be honest and tell friends what he thinks whether or not they want to hear it--even if it shocks them; A real man apologizes to his friends if he has hurt their feelings. A real man cares enough about his friends that he will listen to what they have to tell him, even if he doesn't want to hear it; A real man accepts apologies from his friends when they feel that they have hurt him. A real man cares about and for his friends, A real man loves all his friends. A real man celebrates happy occasions with friends, A real man joins a friend who needs to celebrate their happy occasion. A real man shares bad news and cries with friends, A real man lets his friends share their bad news then cries with them, too. A real man shows affection toward friends without compromise for fear of what others might think. A real man is not so much a man, as a human being, A real man is not afraid to show his humanity. -----

I'm switching mine to: Before the Parade Passes By from Hello, Dolly!

What about those who are young souls in young bodies who are found by ripened souls in young bodies who have chosen wisely... Is that the best of all possible combinations?

Well...mom went to the Dr. for a checkup after her fall on T'day...they think she might have had a small stroke. Gram' took her, since they both had appts., but she doesn't know if the Dr. told mom that he thinks that she had a stroke, or if mom asked the Dr. if she might have had one. Right now, her speech is slightly slurred, but she also didn't get to sleep until yesterday evening at my gram's place. So we'll have to wait and see what we can find out. Right now, we aren't even sure if it was a stroke, and whether or not it happened because of the fall or was the cause of the fall.

Thanks for the guide, Robbie, I'll sit down with it...

A belated Thanksgiving to all, my mother got here early and decided to fall in our parking lot....so I had to go pick her up...(bodily)... I was going to get on here and post while the bird was frying...but that got sidetracked by the trip to the store for a first-aid kit. Robbie, what DID happen to your car? I'm still trying to fight off the tryptophan overload.....and <burp>, could really use a cuppa coffee...

Anyone get the insider joke that they're having a Chris play James Kirk? Chris Pike was the first Enterprise (NCC-1701) Capt., in The Cage. Rob knows that he'll have to go to this movie--it's one of two franchises I go see...when we were at a TVLand convention in Burbank there was a mounted photo set of James T. Kirk and Khan Noonien Singh (Shatner & Montalban)...it is #1 of 50 made...the auction would declare the retail price comparison for the item before opening bidding at a ridiculously low amount, but I told Rob to start at the retail price or I'd never speak to him again. We're still speaking...6 years later...

What a trailer! I'm gonna try to get Rob to go see this with some friends of ours.

I hope the son will be adopted by Dan's partner or has family to go to, getting into the Child Welfare system is no fun.

Love is life's most elusive predator; Love is life's most beautiful pet. It can make you happier than anything else, or it can break your heart. Whether you find it, or it finds you, You'll know when your love is true.

Don't forget that some people don't write, not because they don't have a story, but because they can't get through their memories and pain... Hey! I read paperbacks...but not just anything. I try to stay within a very specific pair of genre. BTW, your price reference is three years old...paperbacks are now $7.99 at BORDERS! But here, where the non-e-fiction stuff all contains sexual situations and romance, and all sorts of fun situations along those lines, usually with a great story built around it, to boot? That's fun for exploring those other genre.

I hate ~ ~ being ordinary, when others need someone extra-ordinary to lift their spirits ~ being helpless to change things, when others desperately hope for change for the better ~ being able to find someone I would like as a friend, and finding out they've already left us <--colinian, this one is your fault (I'm being a little blaming, here) ~ being a human being--when, sometimes, being a better human being for someone else is what's important

All the while, balancing a cup of hot coffee on their steering wheel! I've shaved, a few different times...it's kinda nice.... ...but the growing back in itches like h***!!!

Here's one that kind of the opposite of one of Dom's: You want, badly, to talk with someone, but when you hear their voice, you're so captivated by it that your ears won't hear it and you have to keep asking them to repeat themselves.

Not at all...I've stumbled across it a couple of times, myself, it's around here somewhere...but exactly? Come on...

25,000? Are you sure?!? You didn't fry your brain writing them...you fried your brain keeping count!

hh5...take it from another 46 y/o: stay in the computer field, the money is better than anything else you could find right away.... And use it (as you already are) as a hobby....I met my husband on an old BBS system when I was only 28 (a couple years before the internet was available out here in Sunny CA.), then after not seeing him for a couple of months he popped on and into chat....I pulled him into private and tried to start a conversation with him....it started something like this: M: So what's up with you? H: My dad just past away today. M: Oh, come on, that's a really sick joke, and besides you've been on here before and done better than that! H: No. Really. My dad just died at 3:30am and we just got back home from paying the funeral home. Needless to say I felt like a real heel ....but we kept chatting and ended on an up note: Five months later, with me asking, we had our first date ....5 months after that I moved in with him --at his mother's, and she treated me like one of her own--we had a committment May 13, 1993, and got Married 15 1/2 years later: October 12, 2008. For those who say you should wear your heart on your sleeve...boy are you guys making mistakes! Just be you, and confident. Smile, often--that one thing can improve one's attractiveness without other help. Laugh--often and much, and wholeheartedly...there's a song from a Broadway show that I heard on SIRIUS77-Broadway on Broadway's Best today...when the main character starts to sing it, several bars in, her words are: Life is what you do--when you are waiting to die... I'm going to call and get the name of the song so I can get the lyrics--maybe I'll post the song to my profile page...while that line appears slightly depressing in text, what follows is an extraordinarily uplifting, festive song!

Thanks for the assist...I'll have to go look it up......yeah, we do have a bible........it was a housewarming gift, actually, and is--IIRC--a 4-way cross referenced book, i.e.: Bible (Old & New T's.), Talmud, and Quran, perhaps not, but at least I have something to go look for...

First LONG story I read on here...then I started reading A Special Place, then Oberlin 5 and Concord 5...

A few years ago I was asked if I wanted to go to a Hallowe'en Party at an acquaintance of my, then, partner, it was a definite "gay only" event...but my response was, "Sure, let's go all out for our costumes."

Again, be observant, he may come out in reverse to you by telling you what I previously told you, that he wants you to be happy and that while it may take him time to get used to it, he doesn't fault you for something that might not be under your control. Here's what I picked for the bookmarks we gave out on our wedding day: Love...is patient and kind; Love is not jealous, or conceited, or proud, or provoked; Love does not keep a record of wrongs; Love is not happy with evil, but is pleased with the Truth. Love never gives up; Its Faith, Hope, and Patience never fail. It is actually verse from the Bible, but I forget chapter and verse--it's not included with the printing--if you have an electronic version, you could search it. Don't forget, God made all of us exactly as perfect as He wants us to be. ~God's greatest gift is the power to love. Love doesn't come with an on-off switch, it is God's gift between souls to help them find one another.~