oceandefender

@oceandefender (23)

Philippines • Age 58

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Will you stay in a childless marriage?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 26 Jan 07

My friend has been married for almost 15 years now. Happily and content. The first years have been a blissful one, according to her. But lately, boredom seems to occupy their hearts and minds. The couple have been childless for...

marriage

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Is the age of chivalry dead and gone?

BittyBiddy @BittyBiddy (2903) • Ireland 23 Jan 07

Today I took my daughter to swimming lessons. There were chairs for the parents to sit on, but not enough. I had to stand. There was one guy there and he was sitting in front of me. He saw me but didn't offer me the seat....

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oceandefender I don't think it's completely gone. It's just that no one seems to practice it anymore. Perhaps, because we are living in the fast-paced world now, majority thinks women are old enough to care for themselves.

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To Tell or Not to Tell ? That is the question...

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 20 Jan 07

Where do you draw the demarcation line between an AIDS right to confidentiality and the right to know of the patient's significant others? Opinions vary on this issue. But medical authorities calims AIDS is a complicated...

marriage

In your own opinion, what can stop the violence in Iraq ?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 20 Jan 07

It has been three years since the Bush administration send its troops together with other coalition forces. Since then, a new government was installed through an election and hundreds of insurgents and crime offenders were...

war

Damning Mass Media...

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 20 Jan 07

It has been said that media plays an integral role in either uplifting or degrading morality and psyche of our kids and youth. Accessible everywhere with the advent of modern technology, parents seem helpless restricting what...

media

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Abortion question!

marief2rnurse @marief2rnurse (2704) • United States 19 Jan 07

I'm in school and I'm 32, I have a 17 year old friend who is pregnant. She wants to have an abortion but it is illegal in our country. I personally think she should just tell her parents, but she says she can't and she doesn't...

abortion

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oceandefender First of all, I symphatize with your friend. But looking at the situation from a different angle, unwanted pregnancies are just one of the many social dilemma that should be properly address not only by parents in particular but the whole society in general....

20 Jan 07

What "simple things" in life do you enjoy most?

carlaabt @carlaabt (3504) • United States 19 Jan 07

I enjoy many simple things in life but I'll try to narrow it down to ten. Here goes. 1. Watching my son's face light up when he sees me after he's called for me. 2. Snuggling with my husband every night. 3. Spending all...

enjoy

life

simple things

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oceandefender Sharing quality timw with my family topped my list. I certainly value every second and minute we spend together. No amount of money can equate the contentment and bliss feelings I got everytime we talk on lazy weekends. Topics ranging from the mere trivial to...

20 Jan 07

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How does men deals with infidelity?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 19 Jan 07

Time and again we often hear that famous ( or infamous ) saying of men being polygamous in nature. Apparently,( as experts have explained ) its more of a biological need on their part and/or psychological set-up. Well, I know...

relationships

Given the chance, how will you write your own epitaph?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 19 Jan 07

It may sound a bit morbid or depressing. We can always equate such emotions everytime the topic of death would cross our minds. But death is inevitable, we all know that. It's the balance of nature. But if given the chance to...

death

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Which of these govern our lives? DESTINY or OUR CHOICES

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 19 Jan 07

This question often sets me thinking. Through the years, my life has been a multi-colored portrayal of my personal idealism, my metamorphosis. The frontline has been a mixture of triumph and failures, tears and laughter, pain and...

psyche

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Aren't the ads below you responses make you responses al little jumbled

Bala @balasri (26537) • India 23 Feb 08

and mixed up and a kind of invading their place?

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oceandefender and mixed up and a kind of invading their place?

23 Feb 08

A Grandma's Shocking Advice to her Budding Grandchild ...

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

Attending the wake of a neighbor with my elder sister, it became an opportunity for me to refresh ties with our locality's older set. Knowing them since I was a kid, they as well saw me grow up and fellows would love to hear...

trafficking

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Will fear allow us to be racist?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

I was on my way home that afternoon and rode a commuter bus. After reaching a certain terminal, a group of moslem brothers hopped in and took the back seats which stir some hush reactions from the other passengers. Audibly, some...

organized crime

racism

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Men say I am living in Dark Age!

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

This is nothing but a personal choice. Whenever men would know that I am leading a quite conservative view on the sanctity of marriage and other moral issues, they would say I should grow up because I am still living in Dark...

personal belief

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Death Penalty : The Best Crime Deterrent ?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

With so many news of heinous crimes being committed lately, jails are already cramped with convicted criminals. Arguments between those supporting the implementation of capital punishment to curb crimes and pro-life activists...

capital punishment

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What Would You Do If Your Son Or Daughter Told You They Were Homosexual ?

samtaylorskykierajen @samtaylorskykierajen (7977) • Canada 18 Jan 07

Have any of you given thought to what you would do if your son or daughter came home and told you they were a homosexual ? I have nothing agaist this personally but I think initially I would be hurt only because I would like to...

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oceandefender I do not see any reason why I would react negatively. As parent, I will be more than supportive of what they are going through. Parents are the least persons to judge them. Homesexuals may be different but nonetheless, human beings.

18 Jan 07

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Is it ok for men to cry?

purplehaze @purplehaze (661) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

I think if a man cries, it means that he is soft or weak.I actually admire guys who cry (but of course it should be with reason and not always), because it shows that they are sensitive and that they are brave enough to share the...

cry

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oceandefender Crying won't make you less of a man...

18 Jan 07

If you were already rich ,would you still want to get a university degree ?

shogunly @shogunly (1397) • Libya 17 Jan 07

Onetime we had some relatives over ,and they were (still are) VERY rich (multimillionaire) ,so I was casually bragging about my achievments in university study ,and one of these relatives asked "one good thing about having money...

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oceandefender Definitely.. Money cannot buy anything. And knowledge unlike money can't be stolen from you. It's priceless...

18 Jan 07

Single at 41: A Curse or a Blessing ?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

Friends keep telling me I should be thankful. With the current economic crunch, having a family of your own prove to be extremely difficult than ever. And the freedom that goes with being single is more of an advantage and that I...

personal affairs

Caring for Parents : An Obligation or An Act of Gratitude

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

My father is now 86 years old and looking back has done a great deal of single parent responsibility to take care of his 8 children through farming. Widowed during his forties, he has since remarried for companionship I guess......

elderly

parents

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