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"My kids are 16 & 17 and I promise you, I am more me than I ever was before. There was a bit of a glitch in the middle when I did the stay-at-home thing which I was not suited to, but apart from that, I'm fine.
I never cootchy-cooed over other..." [
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"When I signed up for a MeFi account, all the names I wanted were already taken. Finally I buttonmashed a random set of keys, because I was only signing up to post a comment or two and wasn't really planning to stay around long.
This was in 2001...." [
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5 days ago
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Class consciousness
favorited 47 times, recently by yohko, eiramazile, Jireel, shelbaroo, fizzix, ntartifex, splendid animal, po, Comrade_robot, schnee, doppleradar, mrmorgan, Countess Elena, OLechat, the luke parker fiasco, saradarlin, woebot, tom123, triv, lohmannn, ebellicosa, jessenoonan, comwiz, orrnyereg, venividivici, qsysopr, Jacqueline, box, Xany, NotMyselfRightNow, syzygy, divabat, doowod, Xere, mynameismandab, PixelatorOfTime, the.carol.baxter.experience, halonine, thankyoujohnnyfever, xotis, nooneyouknow, P.o.B., arianell, kmennie, zeek321, scission, Citizen Premier
8 days ago
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"Motivation comes after action. Not before it. Raise your standards, your self expectations, schedule your day, and follow through. Expect yourself to follow through. Commit to it. Just one day, like, maybe tomorrow? It's like when you have a huge..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by themaskedwonder, woebot
10 days ago
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"You could help 8 people to see again.
You could probably feed 70 children, give 18 fruit trees, buy a goat for a family, arrange some vaccinations and organise clean water for 40 people.
You could double your money if you invested it and..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by unccivil, sk381, Korou, lemonwheel, robotot, luckyveronica, hecho de la basura, runincircles
11 days ago
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"My understanding is if you have plenty of fluids and bed rest, a cold will usually last 7 days. Otherwise, about a week.
For me, some days I think I'm getting a cold because someone in my family has had one, or everyone in town, and I look forward..." [
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11 days ago
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"I'm a parent of two teens who I am preparing for an early nest exit. They are great people, and we listen to each other, and treat each other with courtesy. Here's the thing. It's my house. I like my house to be neat. I like my kitchen to be cleaned..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by elisynn, msali, timetoevolve, TeachTheDead, LittleMissCranky, h00py, bonobo, Sweetie Darling
12 days ago
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"Sorry, I can't. (which is very different to I won't.)
If they ask why?
Doctor's orders.
If they ask why?
Doctor's orders.
If they say, oh, so you sick or something.
Just smile and say something like that...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by damnjezebel
12 days ago
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"I've asked to explain how I put my motivational graph up on my desktop. It's a jpg, created from an Illustrator file (previously I used CorelDraw). Right click on desktop, choose Properties, click the desktop tag and browse for the image. Another..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pomegranate
13 days ago
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"Slow down. If you can't slow down because you don't have enough time, get up earlier.
Take the time before you leave anywhere to see if you have everything.
I have a little "leaving" list that I refer to on particularly stressful days..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
13 days ago
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"A variety of ways:
Make less to do: no carpets, no rugs, no knickknacks. No ironing required garments. One colour socks (no matching). Less dishes (wash as I go), less lawn & more mulch (less mowing & less weeding).
One grocery shop a..." [
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13 days ago
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"There's a possibility that the poster (given earlier questions) is overstating her position. From her father's point of view it might be:
I've asked my daughter again and again to keep the living areas tidy, but she just ignores me. I'm at my wits..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by greycap
2 weeks ago
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"Leave an empty box, wrapped with silver paper and a ribbon. No, I don't think it'll mean anything to him, but maybe it'll make him think." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Solomon
2 weeks ago
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"I think, for some of us, the world of choices we have can be paralysing. 200 years ago, there probably would have been little choice. Follow in your parents footsteps career wise (farmer, maid etc), get married, have kids and so on. Now, we're told..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
2 weeks ago
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"Do you have anyone who can help you, like a partner or teenage kids because I'd recommend leaning on them a lot.
You're going to have to be superorganised and not slack off because getting sick will throw everything out. Plan out your menus, say..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by salvia, CorporateHippy
2 weeks ago
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"You've got plenty of people telling you it's fine. Me too. My now 16 year old daughter started going goth/punk when she was 12. WTF?!! My cute little blonde daughter looked like she could rob somebody. Oh wait, that's my prejudices (and a bunch of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cass, h00py
2 weeks ago
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"Imagine, if you will, that Martha was a gay friend of yours. Would any of her behaviour added up to hitting on you? I don't think so. Martha visited you, like any friend might. She kept you up to date with another friend's activities. She assumed..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"Whether or not people help you celebrate your birthday is not an ideal measure of how much they care. It is not a measure of you as a person, or how much you've grown. I understand it hurts, it used to hurt me too, when my family member forgot my..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Soulbee, elisynn
2 weeks ago
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"Own less so you don't have to waste time on keeping it. I deliberately bought a house with polished wood floors so i didn't have to worry about taking care of carpet. I don't have any rugs in it because nice as they look and feel, the taking of the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Theloupgarou
3 weeks ago
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"Unless the food is appropriately stored, I would not regift it. Who knows how it's been tampered with. I vote for cactus plants in pots around your yard to add a degree of difficulty...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by urbanwhaleshark
3 weeks ago
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"Because they will have to accept their own guilt in not protecting the child, and because they would have to abandon their partner." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by SeanCier, anildash, nickyskye, shinynewnick, mitzyjalapeno, orrnyereg, Solomon, longsleeves, Asherah, brain cloud
3 weeks ago
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"A lot of good advice. Just a quick little thing from someone out on the ground. '"Nice tits" is actually not really nice to hear' - my 16 yo daughter...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by corey flood, Countess Elena
3 weeks ago
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"Do you find it necessary to mock people with different accents or skin colours or different levels of education or status? Revel in diversity, and when you find it, try and learn more about it. Every person has a story to tell. Make it your job to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zarah
3 weeks ago
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"My husband (accident prone) has had some success with this product, Hirudoid." [
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3 weeks ago
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"Since you are a student, I would say: think of that $800 as a sort of tuition that you have paid in order to receive a rather unpleasant lesson.
posted by ikkyu2 at 3:38 AM PST on February 22
That lesson, it set me back $500 and that was 20..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by 8dot3
4 weeks ago
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"Apply logic. You are in the top 5% of the wealthiest people in the world. If you lose your job, your insurance will pay your bills. What can possibly go wrong? I can't think of anything. Therefore (I'm sorry, but I think you need this), you're being..." [
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"I turned 40 last year. In the last couple of years, I've lost 50 pounds, quit smoking, quit drinking, am 3/4 through a degree in multimedia done completely through distance education, have built a small business that services academics, and in the..." [
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"I live in South East Queensland where we are experiencing the worst drought in 100 years. Nobody believed it much until they noticed that at the rate we were going, the dams were going to run out and leave over 2 million people without water. So now,..." [
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"Uh, I was thinking about things like holding cutlery but I didn't want to narrow it down and get suggestions just for books on etiquette. I don't want to emulate an upper class, just avoid employers (not friends or partners) making assumptions about..." [
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"If you marry him (or whatever longterm plans you have in mind) you will have to have the drivers seat. Can be fun, empowering and really really draining. This experience could change him enormously, but I doubt that you can change him in the way you..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by blueberry, agregoli
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"If I could just have him back he can leave his soda cans wherever he wants and his razor and shavecream goop on the couter everyday.
No, no, no, no, no. That kind of thinking leads you to, he can hit me, steal my money, slob around, not contribute,..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Scram, yohko, RussHy, rossination, The Light Fantastic, fairytale of los angeles, konolia, scody
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"OP, not me nor any of the other posters know what's going on with your girl. I can say this because I had a something going on in my early twenties that seems similar, and for a lot of what's being said up there, I'm going, "what? No!" like,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Metroid Baby
Last month
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"I agree with you. You don't look alike.
Here's how I'd deal with the situation.
Them: Hey, you guys look alike!
You: Do you think so? I can't see it.
or
Them: Hey, you guys look alike! Are you brothers?
You: No, we're not brothers...." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by anthropoid, nomad, h00py, baserunner73, Solomon
Last month
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"I haven't spoken to my mother in 10 years. I've actually gotten past all the childhood stuff (and so I should, I'm 40 and haven't lived at home for more than half my life) because despite everything, I know she did the best she could...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jacquilinala
Last month
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"Here's something I read recently that hit home about liking whatever is liked by the person I'm with.
How do you get past that? I think it's time. It's getting used to who you are. It's repeatedly doing things, and one day, you're doing the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
Last month
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"I think one of the most outstanding characteristic in our successful 17 year marriage is willing to be honest particularly with ourselves. So, when we're angry and fighting and one of us says, "hey, wait, do you really mean that?" we have..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by lioness, nemutdero, chicainthecity, mostlymartha, orrnyereg, aielen, badmoonrising
2 months ago
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"I'm working on this, here a few mental responses I throw to myself.
* How do you know what they're thinking?
* What makes you so important that they're thinking about you?
* They seem nice people - in reality, they're probably just thinking..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malapropist
2 months ago
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"If self help books and anti-depressants aren't working, I recommend you exercise daily for half an hour, and start a long term project that you care about.
Who cares if you're boring? Some people like an audience, and quiet people who are good..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by regicide is good for you
2 months ago
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"What I'm looking for is advice on getting the job done when your heart isn't in it.
Lists and timers. Micro-lists. I basically break down a task into very small chunks, and write them down. I decide I will work on Task A for a time I know I can..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by regicide is good for you, stefanie, nasreddin
2 months ago
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"Yeah, like dancestoblue says, there's the difference between wanting to have written something, and wanting to write. I suggest to you that you belong to the first group, the wanting to have written something. That's the saddest group, because you..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by elisynn, Pantalaimon, Lou Stuells
2 months ago
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"Let me start by not saying that I think he is likely to offend or that he's guilty or horrible. How the hell would I know?
But you - are you going to be able to let this go? Are you going to be watching him when he's with your nieces and nephews,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by murtagh
2 months ago
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"ha. The other John Howard. I always liked him better." [
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2 months ago
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"Sure, school sucks. Yes, lecturers are unfeeling, often incompetent people. Yes, you have to learn totally irrelevant things. I wonder sometimes why degrees are organised the way they are. It's almost like it's designed to see if people have..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by murtagh
2 months ago
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"Why live, I asked myself, when I finally became an full-on atheist. What is there to live for (not counting family and children) when everything I do will be dust in before the final clod hits my coffin? The answer finally came to me: life. Life is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Senor Cardgage, interuptus
2 months ago
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"I knew a researcher working in Malaysia with homeless kids (particularly girls), and one question I really wanted answered after I read some of her stuff was, how do you get started in this? Are you living a normal everyday life, just like everyone..." [
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2 months ago
