Imponderables- quit slacking when I'm gone
POSTED BY: MsA
UPDATED: Monday, September 26, 2011 17:36
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Sadly we are babysitter-less and therefore have date night about once every 5 or so months when we visit my parents...kinda hoping to have a babysitter within the next year. I am just reluctant to allow Johnny to be babysat until he's old enough and articulate enough to say something if he's being mistreated.
I mean obviously we'd pick a well screened awesome person that I'd interview several times, but still....
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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Of course you can Stego... we'd love to have you
Ponder away
HUGS Magda
Ok Next ponder topic....
So do you think that couples should have a date night?????
Steg!! I am so glad you popped in - looking forward to hearing some pondering from you!!
Li'l sis! HUGS right back at you! Also, I do indeed think couples need date nights! I am assuming you mean couples who now live together/are married? Coz couples who are dating... well, I guess they, you know... date! I know people who deliberately put date nights on the calender & book a regular babysitter so they make that commitment! (& I love them for it!! A little extra money for me!) but I also know folk who have done relationship courses & communication courses & they say their marriages are so much stronger for having a regular date night! Life is so busy, without taking time out to deliberately focus on one another & actually communicate, people can find themselves drifting or assuming their partner knows what their opnion of current events, concerns, work-place issues are... people so often forget to maintain romance in a relationship that has become "comfortable", & comfortable is lovely, but showing appreciation & sharing your inner thoughts is very important too... It's amazing how you can sleep with someone, see them naked every day & never, really, communicate about the important things which are consuming your throughts...
Mind you - I am still single, so what would I know?
CPT Magda R Martin
CO of Golf Co (Europe)
76th Independent Battalion
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A great deal... you are very wise :) To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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Aw Magda! Missed chatting with you, Ma'am!
Sadly, MsA, my wife and I are in the same boat. Even though she has a brother and sister-in-law around locally, their schedules are so hectic we rarely are able to coordinate. So we wait until her parents come over from Cali and go out then. We did recently find a friend's daughter who is willing (and capable) to watch Maddox, but then it's all about getting the funds together to adequately conpensate her for her time (as if spending time with Maddox wasn't good enough, we realize you can't spend cuddly cuteness everywhere).
But yes, date nights are a must.
And I agree, Magda is very wise and always provides sage advice!
-Steg
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Date nights are a good thing, it gives the couple a chance to spend time just with each other, this is especially good if there are children, because raising kids gets so hectic and couples find themselves lacking time to focus on the relationship with each other. My best friend and her husband (childless so far) do date night every Sat. They take turns choosing the resturant and enjoy it a lot, its a break from the regular work schedule etc. As much as I dislike her husband I think date nights are great for them and pretty much any other couple. My mother and her husband have them each Tue.
Ponder: Why is it that the most annoying women, the ones that irritate me, have no trouble finding boyfriends/husbands?
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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Ponder: Why is it that the most annoying women, the ones that irritate me, have no trouble finding boyfriends/husbands?
Doesn't mean they're finding quality boyfriends and husbands. There are lots of single people out there who aren't very good catches. If these women have no standards then that could by why they find it easy to find dates.
Off topic: wtf we have fire ants at my office!? To add insult to injury their little conga line of evil walks right past my desk. (*@#$@#$@#$!#@@
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Crap Zeke, that's scary! I hope you can find a way to get rid of them ASAP.
I'm just not what men want. I think I'm pretty and all, I have confidence in myself, maybe that's what scares them?
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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Zeek _ I do so love you... I shall be hearing the words "conga line of evil" every time I make the students line up:)
Stego- oooh awesome. I'd so love to find someone, but I'm just overprotective enough to have all kinds of trouble finding someone I'd willingly allow unsupervised access to my son.
Riona- see your problem is, you have high standards... you want a smart guy who is nice and decent:)
No seriously... You just need to find a better dating pool. I'm sure there are loads of browncoat guys out there who'd be thrilled to date a smart, fun, awesome woman like you:)
OK my feet hurt and I'm going home... To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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Riona- see your problem is, you have high standards... you want a smart guy who is nice and decent:)
This.
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Originally posted by MsA:
No seriously... You just need to find a better dating pool. I'm sure there are loads of browncoat guys out there who'd be thrilled to date a smart, fun, awesome woman like you:)
And this.
There is someone for everyone out there times three. If you're not finding what you want, leave your comfort zone and you will. That's a promise.
(Just make sure you get your guarantees in writing up front. That way you don't end up with a bait-n-switch. Hopefully.)
-Steg
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Thanks MSA, every once in a while I post on craigslist and get a date, but that's as far as it ever goes. Oh well. Its not like I never go anywhere or do anything, I do lots of things, I just never meet anyone eligible who will talk to me. I guess the other thing is that meeting a man isn't my top priority in life. I'd like to but I'm not desperate, dating takes up lots of time after all.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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