I have been reading your old threads. Don't know how I got there..... I follow random paths thru here when I am really down.
Anyway, I wanted to tell you that as a child I read every fairy tale book in the library. And those were where I got my lifes instructions. (Maybe that is what is wrong with me....)
Like in one fairy tale there was a little girl who always fed her animals first before she feed her family. That became how I did things. Still do. I was in 4th grade when I read that.
My parents were uninvolved, at best. Funny, I need to read your book. I am not a literary smart gal. I am over-smart under-educated. My BA is in graphic arts. According to my SAT's I should have been an engineer. Oh Well!
YES, I was crying when you asked were we crying yet about your cat, X and the funeral. I will tell a really funny dead cat story to you all someday. Or maybe it will be in the book of my life story that I write to get it out of my system.
I was thinking about the dating thing. Tough world we live in. And a successful match is going to be one where the guy has equal intelligence as you. (I read that somewhere, but really believe it!)
I tried to do some stuff with a meet-up group here locally. One guy in the group chatted with me, and then tried to get me to become his "Activity Partner". Seems his wife is too old to kayak, go to the gym etc. Anyway, I really think he wants something else, so I'm avoiding him.
But what I was trying to get to was the need for the physical touch is strong. And we can sleep with out cats and dogs, but they are not what we need.
My girlfriends get me through a lot. My best friend is facing her double masectomy and she holds my hand a lot. I hug her a lot. She is so scared. When she had the bad panic attack at the beach a few months back I held her standing in the parking lot for about 10 minutes, to get her calm enough to drive her to the hospital.
She was funny, she said: "Don't let me go, I don't care what anyone thinks." Her kids also come up to me and give me hugs. Maybe you should find a touchy feely family to hang out with?
Sorry to backtrack on your current thread. I just want you to know I am learning stuff from all of you. Most importantly to DB all the people in our lives. I do my brother, mother, anyone else who is making unreasonable demands of me and my time, brain space.
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Wendy
Me 57 XH 58 Sons age 32 & 27 M:32 D final 9/12 Bought 10 Acres and Living the Dream!
