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Does society mold us to have unrealistic expectations?

staycyde @stacysdeadright (232) • United States 24 Mar 17

Ever since I was young I've wanted the same big houses, financial stability and deep romantic relationships that I would see on television. Now when I look back on my life I feel betrayed. Does society mold us to have unrealistic...

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Ever have one of those days? Take a clue from your cat

Justusforus @desertdawg (312) • United States 24 Jan 16

Some days it just seems... Well it was one of those days for me and I paced the floor thinking what to do next. Seems animals sometimes have the drop on us humans. While I was in a flutter about so many things (which in...

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Childen's football practise

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 20 Aug 12

I was talking with a Mom who had just realized how very stupid it was to allow her 12 year old boy join in preschool year football practise in 107 degree heat. She was telling me about this and how hard this activity was on her...

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Are you stuck in a rut?

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 29 Sep 11

One of the hardest things in life is feeling stuck in a situation that we dont like and want to change. Often it is difficult to understand, even with hindsight, how the choices we have made in the past, have added up to our...

current choices

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Making Money Online: Looking Back, What Would You Have Done Differently?

browneyed @browneyed (2522) • United Kingdom 12 Nov 10

To those who've been making money online for around 6 months or more, if you could start over (go back to Day 1), what would you have done differently? For me, I would have started one or two blogs on my own domain and...

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I know you never loved me.....

jillhill @jillhill (37353) • United States 21 Oct 09

Today I ran across some letters that were sent to me when my last relationship ended. I cried. I wonder how I could have ever thought I loved someone that would actually say those things to me...I don't know now if I was just in...

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Is 'hindsight' really 20/20?

ladyluna @ladyluna (7004) • United States 22 Mar 09

Hello All, Reading a bit of history got me thinking ... I'm sure that we've all heard the saying that "Hindsight is 20/20", right? The anecdote suggests, reviewing after-the-fact offers perfect accuity or understanding....

food for thought

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Hindsight...

ahgong @ahgong (10064) • Singapore 26 Feb 09

There are many times when we sit down to analyse a situation that we thought we could have done better if presented with the same situation. Or that after an incident happened, we think back and felt that we could have handled...

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Still incomprehensible?

gardengrrl @gardengrrl (1445) • United States 9 Feb 09

Disclaimer: perhaps this should be in politics rather than life, but I just couldn't find the damn politics button! Almost a year ago, I posted a real clunker of a discussion in politics. The only person who responded said they...

Hindsight

andygogo @andygogo (1579) • China 4 Jan 07

Hindsight In hindsight, it appears that what really worked in getting rid of SH was the 25 million dollar reward. As there have been billions spent since, and thousands killed - and as the stated claim (which to be open...

Hindsight or Foresight? Which do you think is better?

suryachalla @suryachalla (1369) • India 16 Oct 06

Understanding the nature of an event after it has happened, is called 'Hindsight'. Whereas expecting/forecasting/predicting some...

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