Jeff was coming through El Paso about a year and a half ago and so we had a nice dinner! It was a nice time!
But you will be the first person I will have lunch with!!!
Im still standin better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid Im still standin after all this time and Im picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind..
Great, but does it have to be two hours away from me?
I heard this from D23, who called me long enough to tell me Oh Guess What....and then had to go.
Doh. I could have had a V8 (slaps self in head)
Im still standin better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid Im still standin after all this time and Im picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind..
I am listening to the radio this morning, and the story goes like this: this woman has lived w/ and been in a relationship with her b/f for ten years. She gets a facebook page, and finds a guy she dated her senior year of high school. Two weeks later, she decides that she is going to up and relocate to Florida to live w/ the HS boyfriend. She left the live in b/f and two children behind. Now the children are grown, 23 year old twins, but they are not the live in’s kids. He helped raise them, though. As a matter of fact, the son still lives at home w/ the b/f as he has just graduate from college. The daughter lives w/ her b/f.
What the hell is wrong with this picture? First of all, you have been in a committed relationship for 10 years, and you are leaving for someone you dated in HS? Seriously folks, I don’t know that there is one person that I dated in high school that I would want to hook up with now.
Midlife crisis? Maybe. I mean, who does that? I am in the car after the dj’s had both this woman’s son and sister on the phone, both of whom have taken the live in b/f’s side. They stated that the entire family tried to talk this woman out of leaving. I shut the radio off to think on this story. I feel so bad for this guy, ten years of his life, two weeks prior this woman is still declaring he is the love of her life, and then all of a sudden *poof* and she is gone. Off to greener pastures.
I think the world has gone crazy. I am not saying every marriage, every relationship is meant to last. Sometimes you can try and try, and nothing helps, and at that point, you can look at each other, and at least know you tried.
But you don’t hook up online w/ a guy you dated in HIGH SCHOOL for crying out loud, and abandon the life and family you have known for ten years.
And yet as we all know, this kind of crap is happening more and more often. People have become disposable. If you throw one a way, a new one comes along. And when you get bored, you can throw that one away as well, and get a newer model.
I just don’t know anymore. What happened to the days when people fought to stay married, to work the issues out? Even if the fighting isn’t successful, at least you TRIED.
I guess this left me with a bunch of residual feelings of anger, hurt, and abandonment. I can completely empathize with this man, the LBS, and it has really raised some pain in my heart today. The feeling of betrayal by the SG has slowly crept back in a little, and I am just really p*ssed off.
I guess it is time to find a good memory, and rid myself of this anger. I will not allow this to create a bad day for me.
Im still standin better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid Im still standin after all this time and Im picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind..
That really sucks....makes me think of one of my favorite songs which used to be my ringtone for Dan...
"God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy"...
And you know, I have been emailing this past week with my first HS b/f. He is still hot....just sayin'! Granted a different scenario since I am divorced and his situation is messy (live in gf, mom of his 2 girls up and moved home to MN with the kids a year ago and keeps jerking him around with wanting to come back and changing her mind)...
People are inherently selfish. It's human nature. We just have to hold ourselves to a higher standard, expect more from ourselves than to follow every instinct/urge we get!
Yeah I think I was just on the soap box this morning lol! I think I am frankly feeling the frustration of being alone, lonely, the fact that I am not getting any younger, and wondering if the chance of a healthy, lasting relationship is just not in the cards for me. I know what you mean about missing the kissing, holding hands, someone telling me I am pretty. SG used to tell me I was pretty even when I cried. And I miss that. I have been on my own for almost three years now. I truly hate being single. So when I see a story like that, it pisses me off that someone would piss away what seemed to be a healthy relationship.
But you are right, BobbiJo, people are inherently selfish. *sigh* And that is one of the reasons that I am so damned scared to get back out there, no matter how lonely I am.
Im still standin better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid Im still standin after all this time and Im picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind..
1. You are plenty young. My goodness, what the heck are you talking about?
2. A healthy relationship is not in the cards? You haven't been divorced but twenty minutes! Remember the P word?
3. I guess I can accept that people are inherently selfish, but I think a lot of them are also inherently generous. Heck, look at all of us! The Rockettes for goodness sake! And there are guys who are not creeps. There are guys who wouldn't cheat, period. And I think there are a lot of them.
4. Fear.... fear is our biggest enemy. It was our biggest enemy when we were trying to DB. It was our biggest enemy when we realized that to succeed the M had to end. And it's out biggest enemy in trying to find our new life.
Change your outlook on what you are after in dating. Go back to no expectations. If the date seems a disaster, you still learn something. If there's no chemistry, but you have a nice meal, and maybe good conversation, that's a success!
Lola, just be yourself. Don't think f it as "getting back out there", that makes it too big. Just think of it as living, one day at a time!
Im still standin better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid Im still standin after all this time and Im picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind..
I know, I guess I feel in a bit of a funk today. I think I am just tired. Of course, the NEVERENDING rain doesn't help...
Im still standin better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid Im still standin after all this time and Im picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind..
Granted a different scenario since I am divorced and his situation is messy (live in gf, mom of his 2 girls up and moved home to MN with the kids a year ago and keeps jerking him around with wanting to come back and changing her mind)...
