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mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 1 Dec 10

I need some advice about my friends, and since some of you are my friends, maybe you'll be able to help. Lately I have been feeling like all I'm doing is beating my head against a brick wall, and pretty soon I fear - that behavior...

advice

friends

negativity

to help or not

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mommyboo Thanks Manda.... it's hard for me with this particular one. I don't want to be a bad friend, but many times I feel like I invest a lot more than I get back. I might actually want to chat with you about this sometime, it isn't someone you know but this...

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mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 1 Dec 10

I need some advice about my friends, and since some of you are my friends, maybe you'll be able to help. Lately I have been feeling like all I'm doing is beating my head against a brick wall, and pretty soon I fear - that behavior...

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mommyboo Rude-a-holes! Ok oops, I misread that but it sure did make me laugh lol! I'm trying to say ONE thing and then just listen after. I figure I can dispense my advice to myself later. No kidding... sometimes I really want a benefit from listening, but...

9 Dec 10

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mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 25 Nov 10

I bought a signed copy of the pilot script for TVD (The Vampire Diaries, a sci-fi/supernatural fantasy show on the CW Thursdays) this evening, and I am just giddy over it. I have collected a few things in the past but I've never...

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mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 7 Oct 10

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you want or expect it from your friends instead? With family, there is a lot of 'obligation' and many times, people are not doing things for you because they actually want to, they are doing it because...

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mommyboo Oh no kidding!! I had to go look at your profile to see where you lived lol. Do you use yahoo or have a facebook or anything like that? Feel free to pm me if ya want Happiness is a state of mind, to me, and is not based on outward things like...

26 Oct 10

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mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 7 Oct 10

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you want or expect it from your friends instead? With family, there is a lot of 'obligation' and many times, people are not doing things for you because they actually want to, they are doing it because...

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mommyboo OH duh. You know what.... this week started out wonderful and it just kinda backfired on me. No wnder I am seeming so senile . I am just quite fed up with a lot of people, I was telling my daughter today that I am nice to people as long as they are...

26 Oct 10

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TheRealDawn @dawnald (85130) • Shingle Springs, California 11 Oct 10

I was in Las Vegas this weekend. My mom's friend had a "celebration of life" party. I'm pretty sure it was for her 80th birthday, but she wasn't telling. It was at New York, New York. Not my favorite casino (loud), but...

drama

obnoxious relatives

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TheRealDawn

13 Oct 10

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mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 7 Oct 10

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you want or expect it from your friends instead? With family, there is a lot of 'obligation' and many times, people are not doing things for you because they actually want to, they are doing it because...

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mommyboo YW! My parents taught me to be independent too...there was a lot of 'you do it yourself first and then if you need help we'll help' but for the most part, I didn't need a lot of help. I employ the same attitude with my daughter, I expect her to TRY things on...

9 Oct 10

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mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 7 Oct 10

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you want or expect it from your friends instead? With family, there is a lot of 'obligation' and many times, people are not doing things for you because they actually want to, they are doing it because...

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mommyboo I love your response! It's like you got into my head! I do the same, I am a caretaker, I always have been. The worst thing for me is taking me out of my environment where I am a caretaker and give me nothing to do. I'd go NUTS lol. Even going to the spa with...

9 Oct 10

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mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 7 Oct 10

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you want or expect it from your friends instead? With family, there is a lot of 'obligation' and many times, people are not doing things for you because they actually want to, they are doing it because...

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mands61123 @mands61123 (2098) 26 Jul 08

Well what a week it's been I have just handed my notice in at work. After being diagnosed with a long term illness approx 2 years ago I have really been stuggling work have been supportive but it's a vicious circle i work to hard...

giving up work

illness

work from home

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Munchkin547 I reckon you will be thinking just that in a year's time chick! You've got a positive attitude and i think sometimes that's half the battle!! xxx

30 Sep 10

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mands61123 @mands61123 (2098) 9 Aug 08

My friend (i'll call her Frankie) who i went to school with has just messaged me saying that a co worker is friends with another friend (who we'll call missy) of mine who we both went to school with. Apparently her co worker has...

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tamarafireheart Hi mands6, Thank you very much for giving me best response on your discussion, you cheered me up, thanks. Tamara

30 Sep 10

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Phaedra_Scythe @Phaedra_Scythe (3325) 27 Sep 10

I like to fantasise about being an ancient warrior queen or a courtly lady in beautiful dress, but in reality, the persecution and oppression at every level and in every stage of history would have been appalling to me with my...

history

life

regression

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Phaedra_Scythe I do love the corseted look, but doing it every day... I like my internal organs where they are! I adore 50s and 60s music too. I make my Dad retell me over and over again about the Isle of Wight festival in 1969 when he saw Jimmy Hendrix...

28 Sep 10

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 26 Sep 10

Well yes...I live in Southern Minnesota and we had a ton of rain last Wed/ thursday...I don't know what our totals were...but our lake in the center of town was a foot above normal. Now I am drying out!! Had some water in my...

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jillhill It is a pain! But once it's cleaned up then it's not too bad.

27 Sep 10

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mands61123 @mands61123 (2098) 26 Sep 08

I watched the 1st episode of season 4 last week and i'm waiting for my boyf to get home so we can watch this weeks episode as it aired last night in america. I'm addicted already I have season 1,2 and 3 on dvd and absolutely love...

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secretbear it will really be a very very long wait for season 5. and the ending was just like in Lost. totally a cliffhanger! how can they end it like that??! its so mean. i guess i'll be watching the old episodes while waiting for next season. i hope...

27 Sep 10

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1 person

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 9 Oct 08

I am not sure yet if I have made a big mistake asking for something like this to be shared but time will tell I guess. I have always been a fan of witty insults! (And the offensive ones too to be honest but for the sake of this...

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James72 lol. Thanks for the new ones sunchild. We have a saying back in Australia for someone that is not overly gifted on the looks department: "He has a fine face for radio!"

24 Sep 10

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guybrush @guybrush (4658) • Australia 19 Mar 09

I've been waiting for ages for England to have Google Street View - and I often check, in the hope it's been upgraded. Well, today I was SO excited to find London has been done - and Leeds, where I was born and spent my early...

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guybrush Hi Mands! Hilarious you've just responded - don't think I've been to myLot for a year or so! Yep, started off in Leeds and ended up in Darwin (Australia) because Dad was an architect with the civil service and got himself transferred to Aus to escape the...

4 Sep 10

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guybrush @guybrush (4658) • Australia 25 Sep 08

As I get older, I find myself increasingly frustrated with being told what to do. The world seems full of do-gooders intent on policing everything - what we eat, where we park, what we wear ... and it's appalling that our local...

bicycle

bikes

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guybrush Hahahaha - yep, they should have waited until all the old people died before they made their stupid rules! (And if you don't wear your knickers, you won't have to tell anyone what colour they are!) Too many Nosey Parkers in the world today - and in future I'm...

3 Sep 10

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TheRealDawn @dawnald (85130) • Shingle Springs, California 15 Jun 09

I was watching my son's school play, "The World is Growing Smaller" with a sense of deja vu, since his sister's class did the very same play last year. Anyway, the world is growing (more people) smaller because we are all so...

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TheRealDawn (evil grin)

3 Sep 10

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