***The OFFICIAL Friday/Saturday singles thread (11/11/05-11/12/05)

Free Republic ^ | 11-11-05

[Paul_Denton]

Hello Singles! Hello all! And happy Veteran's Day! God bless the troops.

LOL my first time starting this thread so it may be amaturish at best until I get the...

...hang of it.

[Rca2000]

Hi'ya all!! Just returned from a dirrer of ribs from Damons. NO Brenda did NOT go-- just me, my sister and my mother. Damons is my favorite restaurant and I love their ribs. My sister was buying mine, as a bit of payback, for all of the meals I bought for her, this spring and summer, when she was unemployed.

Anyway, Paul they're right. Do not sound so defeated. And believe me, I KNOW it is hard. Remember, I have been there, and done that, a lot more times than you--- I do NOT want you to experience some of the pain that I did, with "phony" girlfriends, Hurt of the kind that causes takes a LONG time to heal-- so do NOT get so anxious that you allow yourself to fall for the "wrong one". Instead, concentrate on other things-- like your writing, for example. Me, I have just volunteered to be the vice-president of our radio club, for the next year. I warned them about my nerve problem, and they said they did NOT care. SO, I (begrudgingly) accepted their "nomination". Heck, it may be fun!!

And, I am on ch. 18, over halfway through, reformatting my novel, into a script. I plan to be done by next Sunday night. Then, I will proof it, and send it into the contest, and from there, it will be in God's hands.

[HairOfTheDog]

How does one grow up to have politics that are vastly different than their folks? I mean... I grew up hearing discussion, arguing with my dad, who would always win, and I ended up with politics very similar to his...

Is it just a rebellion thing? I rebelled in other ways.... Like by not becoming an accountant LOL...

[ilovew]

My parents both think Jimmy Carter is a GENIUS. The way they talk about him makes me nauseous.

[marajade]

Oh come on... share it! Tell you what... I'm married but I dated alot of frogs before marriage... I'd be willing to share of my disasters if you tell us yours. Deal?

[Rca2000]

Most readers here did NOT like that one. They all felt is was too "pessimistic". But I was just trying to compare and contrast the world that I knew, with the one today.

[carlr]

Mine is just the opposite.My father had such a dislike for FDR that he would never pronounce his name correctly,said it like Root only with an "s"instead of the "t".

[marajade]

I can go first if you would like.

Here goes... this one guy was a rather prominent atty in San Diego and we went to this really expensive restaurant for dinner... and he got plastered. On the way home in the car I thought I was going to buy it because he was driving 85 or faster, this was the speed limit was 55, and all over the road. I turned him down after that.

[Paul_Denton]

LOL rebellion. At 20 I got sick of my parents running my life. THankfully I had a job by then.

[carlr]

It kind of just happened here,like it snuck in and you didn`t notice it until one day it dawns on you that they had all died.Late 70s-mid 80s I would say.

[ozarkgirl]

Lol yeah. My family's pretty hopeless.

I'm sure you will instruct them and guide them, kindly but gently to see the error of their ways! I know my grandparents were on this "Roosevelt" kick (best President their ever was), when I tried to explain when Carter was President and the mortgage rate on my house was 17%! that perhaps, you know, he wasn't doing all that good. I was told "history will prove out what a great President he is". haha, well history has not quite proven that out, I'm sure he's a wonderful individual, but a great President he was not!

[Hoodlum91]

Let's just say it involved a guy nicknamed "mistafingaz", an unsolicited lapdance and karaoke serenades.

And this was a complete stranger.

[Paul_Denton]

I'll do my best. Not easy though as you said and need some outlet for all the harsh feelings.

[ilovew]

It's really hard for me because my family likes to pretend like I'm responsible for the entire Republican party. I argue with them a lot. I used to think politics was stupid but I remember having most of the same beliefs when I was 14, way before I ever realized what the rest of my family believed.

[Paul_Denton]

My oarents were Clinton fans. I know what that is like. Even when I was high school age I wanted to throw up when I heard about him!

[marajade]

well that beats mine... here's another one... we went to a fifties dance theme party and my date ate a live goldfish and got sick to his stomach...

then there was the guy who started crying before a big dinner party because he brother got arrested for DWI

[nhoward14]

You're preaching to the choir here, ma'am.

The problem is that a lot of the chaff from other areas seems to be blowing into Dallas recently.

[HairOfTheDog]

karaoke serenades

Drunk or sober? There's no excuse for that sober :~D

And I'm outa here... Y'all have a good night :~D

[Paul_Denton]

I know how that feels. I have sent work-in-porgress drafts of mine and so far only three people have showed interest in it.

[nhoward14]

Fine... men are dogs... except for the men who are still puppies.

[Paul_Denton]

Ouch! Glad you turned down that guy! He knowingly endangered your life by doing that.