[TheSpottedOwl]

I think Condi does intimidate men, and that's too bad. She'd be a great mom...but since she isn't married or a mom, maybe she'd make a great president in 2008 :)

No matter how hard the tabloids try, Oprah conducts herself like a lady. There is nothing they can say about her except her weight, which is a mean thing to do. This has been the point I've been trying to make about older folks who choose to have a discreet non-marriage arrangement. Oprah is a decent woman.

[L.N. Smithee]

Oprah is a decent woman.

Decent? Probably. Self-absorbed beyond belief? Definitely.

[L.N. Smithee]

This has been the point I've been trying to make about older folks who choose to have a discreet non-marriage arrangement.

Why "non-marriage"? Why not marriage? I ain't a shrink, but to me, it's common sense: If people who claim they are dedicated to each other refuse to make it official, they are afraid of how the official designation will change either their bedmate or themselves.

If marriage is "only a piece of paper", what is the deadly fear of it? That's actually a reason to GET married, not to refuse to marry.

[najida]

I am in the same boat you are in....
No kids (nor will there ever be)...

And while I enjoyed the physical and emotional intimacies of marriage,
And I loved my husband, and was faithful....

I also learned that I absolutely SUCKED at marriage...
Not everyone is cut out to live 24/7 under the same roof with another person. For some it is settling, for me it was chaos.

I am the first to admit that while most people can handle constant closeness, it nearly drove me mad. I grew and matured a great deal in the process, I know how far I have come. But it ain't far enough for marriage. Bottom line is I am a loner to the point of autism at times. Family and close friends understand. Spouses tend to get a bit grumpy about left alone for prolonged periods.

So, with my genetics, I could easily live 50 more years,
And I am pretty sure I will live them alone, which is fine by me. But it would be nice to have someone to share time (and a physical relationship) within the scope that I am capable of sharing. I just couldn't live with them. And not end up with my picture on the post office wall.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

You must've missed Oprah's self-love preaching, anti-Americanism, socialism, psycho babble as of late.

[Paleo Conservative]

I think Condi does intimidate men, and that's too bad. She'd be a great mom...but since she isn't married or a mom, maybe she'd make a great president in 2008 :)

She's never held any elected office. Very few presidents have ever been elected president without previously holding an elective office. All the ones I can think of off the top of my head were generals like Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Grant, and Eisenhower.

[sauropod]

She is a friggin' Democrat! That's not DECENT!!!

BTW, loved your line about the burglar! LOL!