bretbrat

@bretbrat (11)

South Africa • Age 40

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Do You Still Write Letters?

kbourgerie @kbourgerie (8780) • United States 7 Feb 08

With the growth of the internet and the success of email, many people don't take the time to actually sit down and write a letter. My aunt loves to write letters and although she does use email, will be brief in her replies, but...

internet

writing letters

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bretbrat actually i think it depends on the circumstance and the reason for "communicating". something informal to just let a friend or loved one know that theyre in your thoughts i believe e-mail really helps keep u in contact with the day to day life, however it is...

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Suicide .....

samtaylorskykierajen @samtaylorskykierajen (7977) • Canada 31 Jan 07

Do you know of anyone who had commited suicide or talked about trying it ? How has the impacted your life and were you able to get over the pain and anger ? I have a child living with me that went through the pain of losing an...

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bretbrat During November last year my close friend commited suicide over the termination of his relationship with his girlfriend. Naturally my first inclination and that of our mutual friends was immense anger and hatred for his girlfriend as we believed her to be the...

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Is the war on Iraq Justified

Booker_t79 @Booker_t79 (200) • United States 31 Jan 07

we invaded IRAQ to overthrow saddam and find and destroy the weapons of mass destruction (which by way we havent found yet in more than 3 years). Was it the right move logically not patriotically? Isnt it true that we are only...

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bretbrat it was mentioned earlier above that, and i quote, "if there wernt WMD why did Saddam act the way he did?" - there is a very good reason why and it is found in a saying of over a thousand years ago - "better to be feared than impotent" in order to safeguard his...

1 Feb 07

Is it fair to friends with a person who you have romantic feelings for?

bretbrat @bretbrat (11) • South Africa 31 Jan 07

Heres a question that i believe has no simple answer. You have romantic feelings for a person, do you attempt to be that persons friend with the hope that further down the line that friendship will turn into more? Is it truly...

friends

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bretbrat im in 100% agreement. but now you declare your feelings for your friend, it is not recipricated. your feeling for your friend is so strong you would rather be around them as just a friend than not have them in your life. whilst all the while harbouring...

31 Jan 07

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Death....Do you think about it?

wildguy2 @wildguy2 (1349) • Canada 30 Jan 07

As of the past year or so I have found myself thinking at least once daily if not more thinking about death....I find myself wondering what it will be like, what will poeple think of me when I am gone, or if they will at all. I...

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bretbrat Oh yes i think about it often and have deep conversations about it with anyone that is not too unconfortable to discuss it. for some people the subject is still taboo or would rather not talk about it. i saw in the discussion above reference made to this...

31 Jan 07

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Is it fair to friends with a person who you have romantic feelings for?

bretbrat @bretbrat (11) • South Africa 31 Jan 07

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My Last Cigarette!!!

ronita34 @ronita34 (3922) • Canada 24 Jan 07

This is hard for me to do but i have taken the advice from everyone who answered my "I have to Quit Smoking" post! I am going for cold turkey and i thought i would start this post out fresh from the beginning to let you all know...

quitting

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bretbrat Good luck - please keep us posted and updated. i too am a smoker and know exactly how difficult it is to quit. ive tried countless times - sometimes going weeks without. if i may recomend some of the triggers that i learnt in my numerous endeavours to quit...

25 Jan 07

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Cell phones

Kaldonya @Kaldonya (277) • United States 24 Jan 07

How many people do NOT have a cell phone? Seems like everyone has one nowadays, but I do not. When I was working in the business world as a Loan Officer, I had one. Since now being a SAHM, I found no need for one (besides the...

cell phones

sahm

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bretbrat when one thinks about it a cellphone was something straight out of "Star Trek - the next generation" or some other b-grade sci-fi,10 years ago, now u dont leave the house without your keys, wallet and mobile. when i was growing up and we didnt have cellphones...

25 Jan 07

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Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you went there?

patootie @patootie (3592) 23 Jan 07

Today I went into my kitchen at least 3-4 times and then had no idea why I had gone in there .. and I can blame the weather for that ! Hallo, you are thinking, she's gone bonkers hehe ... not really you see the weather does...

coffee

fibro

forgetting

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bretbrat isnt it sooooo annoying? i find myself doing it work so often.... something so important comes up so you get up from your desk and go to the office next door to do something that at the time was so relevant but you get there and cant remember what it was...

23 Jan 07

Step One Complete

Courtney Dutton @MommyOfEli2013 (81983) • Rupert, Idaho 23 Dec 21

I am talking about my hair color change progress. I bleached my roots, and did a bleach bath on the rest. The pink and purple is all gone, but the blue is being stubborn. I am planning to do three different layers of color this...

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bretbrat I am talking about my hair color change progress. I bleached my roots, and did a bleach bath on the rest. The pink and purple is all gone, but the blue is being stubborn. I am planning to do three different layers of color this time; blue on the bottom,...

23 Dec 21

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