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"Tim Cook" <z99### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
news:4981e251$1@news.povray.org...
> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>> Yes. He's just too young and so is she.
>
> The too-young argument irritates me. It's not about age, it's about
> maturity, which isn't really tied to age.
Yep, well you've got me there, you're dead right, it is about maturity,
and the one thing he hasn't got (yet) is maturity, but he sure will grow up
now, eh?
To be fair to him, he has two jobs and is at college studying to be a
PhysEd teacher. But you know, (and I never knew this), when they are at
school, you get school reports, right? Well, heh, when they are at college,
you *still* get a report! This is at age 19, so the parents still have some
say, eh? So, obviously, not as adult as they think they are. Anyway, he's
doing ok, but flunked quite a few classes from the look of it, and he says
it's because of his 'jobs'. So, what does he do now? Kick the jobs and not
earn money for the baby, and carry on with his education? Or kick the
education and bust a gut working?
Thankfully, that's his problem and not mine.
>
>>> (Either that or I'm just jelous because I'll never know what it feels
>>> like to have a girl actually fancy me...)
>> Ah, shucks mate, when it happens, it will happen. It will hit you like
>> a bolt of lightening. And it *will* happen.
>
> Yeah, at least Invisible goes outside. Me? Was taken to go shopping by
> people met thru playing D&D/Shadowrun (that game on hiatus for a long
> while now) on the 3rd around 11 pm, a cute church-soliciting girl knocked
> on my door on the 10th and just stood there grinning while I tried to
> figure out a polite way of saying "I have no idea how to interact with
> people let alone cute girls so pls go away kthxbye", I checked the mail on
> the 14th or so around 1 am, took out the trash on the 25th, checked the
> mail again on the 27th, and paid my lot rent on the 28th, nervously
> chatting with the old lady there about the economy for a few minutes.
> Apart from that I've not left my trailer, let alone seen/talked to anybody
> all month. (See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid )
Yeah, well I know exactly how you feel. I'm in exactly the same
position now after losing my wife, my daughter, and my son. After 25 years
of always having someone around me, I now have no-one and living in a
three-bed (suddenly very roomy) house. It is *the* most *weirdest* feeling.
>
> C'est la vie, eh?
Yeah, C'est la vie. :/
~Steve~
>
> --
> Tim Cook
> http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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Tim Cook escreveu:
> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>> Yes. He's just too young and so is she.
>
> The too-young argument irritates me. It's not about age, it's about
> maturity,
Well, I was completely immature when had a child. It made me mature
quickly...
> Yeah, at least Invisible goes outside. Me? Was taken to go shopping by
> people met thru playing D&D/Shadowrun (that game on hiatus for a long
> while now) on the 3rd around 11 pm, a cute church-soliciting girl
> knocked on my door on the 10th and just stood there grinning while I
> tried to figure out a polite way of saying "I have no idea how to
> interact with people let alone cute girls so pls go away kthxbye", I
> checked the mail on the 14th or so around 1 am, took out the trash on
> the 25th, checked the mail again on the 27th, and paid my lot rent on
> the 28th, nervously chatting with the old lady there about the economy
> for a few minutes. Apart from that I've not left my trailer, let alone
> seen/talked to anybody all month. (See also:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid )
>
> C'est la vie, eh?
Holy crap! I'm schizoid!
whatever. We schizoids seem to deal just well among ourselves, huh? ;)
at least online. :P
My general view about my coworkers and people in general is that they
have their heads too much up their arses to know it any better. Like
when you send a thoughtful, enthusiastic and even perhaps poetic email
about the Milky Way galaxy -- its hundreds of billions of stars and our
smallness and insignificance in spark contrast -- full of exciting
pictures to several "friends" and parents only to met with inexplicable
silence or one one-liner reply about my "philophy talk"...
I'm sure they have the same opinion about me, though I'm not that
mundane and ignorant.
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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
news:4981dc54$1@news.povray.org...
> St. escreveu:
>> Definately not good.
>
> Doesn't matter, man! All you need is love! :)
And my son knows what 'love' is? And you did too?
True love is a partnership for life, no matter what the hassles.
>
> It happened about the same to me and, though love is now gone and we
> parted ways, my daughter is the best thing in my life. I got a job
> *after* having a child and I've been progressing further ever since, with
> a house of my own, gadgets and much fun with her. You can't stop life
> from suddenly getting in the way of your big plans. Everything just falls
> into place.
No, everything does not "just fall into place". It did for you, and
well done. I'm no angel, the exact same thing happened to me too (which is
why I warned him that 'stuff' happens). My daughter wasn't expected before
marriage, and my son wasn't expected after marriage. The difference is
though, is that I always said that if it happened before marriage, I would
marry that person, which I did.
>
> Congratulations! You'll get to love the little brat in time and will see
> a bright change operating on your son... :D
I sincerely wish I could share in your joy Nem, thanks, but it isn't
going to happen - not for a long time.
Now I feel a bland Crysis Wars moment coming, gotta grab that Gauss
Rifle! See ya! :)
~Steve~
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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> True love is a partnership for life, no matter what the hassles.
So you can only know if it's true love in hindsight, after you or your
partner is dead?
And why does true love require partnership? What about selflessly letting
the person you love follow their own path to happiness whether it coincides
(or even intersects) with your own or not, and being truly happy for their
happiness?
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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St. escreveu:
> True love is a partnership for life, no matter what the hassles.
Yes, doesn't seem to happen anymore these days. No one is wishing to
take the plunge and endure the years, sadly...
> I sincerely wish I could share in your joy Nem, thanks, but it isn't
> going to happen - not for a long time.
No problem. In six years all the obnoxious crying and repetitive
questioning will be gone, and you enjoy the kid much more as granpa! ;)
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St. escreveu:
> Yeah, well I know exactly how you feel. I'm in exactly the same
> position now after losing my wife, my daughter, and my son. After 25 years
> of always having someone around me, I now have no-one and living in a
> three-bed (suddenly very roomy) house. It is *the* most *weirdest* feeling.
We're all alone, even with new faces always around us...
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Tim Cook escreveu:
> And why does true love require partnership? What about selflessly
> letting the person you love follow their own path to happiness whether
> it coincides (or even intersects) with your own or not, and being truly
> happy for their happiness?
That's called platonic love. You love someone, who doesn't even know
you exist, let alone caring wether you're happy or not. Not worthy it,
though I used to love like that when younger...
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:12:27 +0000, St. wrote:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:49819b4a@news.povray.org...
>
>> Also, she wants me to name my first-born "Jamie" in her honour. We'll
>> see! ;-)
>
> Oh, a lady Jamie! God, you're confusing today! ;)
>
>
>
>>>> OK, great. Now I have that God-awful poem by Mr Kipling in my head...
>>>> >_<
>>>
>>> Lol, what poem?
>>
>> There is *no way* I'm going to try to find it on purpose! :-P
>
> Oh, go on, you know you want to... :op
It's entitled "If" as I recall....
Should make it really easy to find with Google. ;-)
Jim
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Invisible escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
>> Invisible escreveu:
>>> with her, but... she's a tad strange.
>>
>> Little secret for you: *all* women are a tad strange.
>
> Yeah. But some are weirder than others. ;-)
http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Short_Stories/How_To_Talk_To_Girls_At_Parties/How_To_Talk_To_Girls_At_Parties_(Text)
And please don't tell me you don't know who Neil Gaiman is.
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:36:09 -0500, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:12:27 +0000, St. wrote:
>
>> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
>> news:49819b4a@news.povray.org...
>>
>>> Also, she wants me to name my first-born "Jamie" in her honour. We'll
>>> see! ;-)
>>
>> Oh, a lady Jamie! God, you're confusing today! ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> OK, great. Now I have that God-awful poem by Mr Kipling in my
>>>>> head...
>>>>> >_<
>>>>
>>>> Lol, what poem?
>>>
>>> There is *no way* I'm going to try to find it on purpose! :-P
>>
>> Oh, go on, you know you want to... :op
>
> It's entitled "If" as I recall....
>
> Should make it really easy to find with Google. ;-)
(In case it's not clear, I'm being facetious with this comment - because
"if" is such a common word)
Jim
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