CuriousByNature

Job titles in pron? Did any film include a character who was a proofreader? Sorry - couldn't resist.

Too bad DW Griffith isn't alive to chime in - he knew how to pull off group scenes like nobody else. LOL

I guess it's important to know it wasn't at the same time.

Perhaps you can do a post as a new thread to recommend the one you ended up seeing? A new thread, so it doesn't get the two providers mixed up in this one....

I bet you write Hallmark cards, don't you?

Does he meet you behind the building, in the Bacalee?

I agree. That's exactly what he means. But much to everyone's dismay, I always tend to look to inject bad humour!

Is there a shelter or organization that is looking for people to foster dogs? That would give you a chance to make a meaningful difference in the life of a rescue dog without having a long-term responsibility to be concerned about. But the flip side is that you might bond with the dog before it gets adopted by someone else, and that could be upsetting for you.

I've been trying to think more positively about how long I might live, so last week I bought a baby tortoise.

I wonder how it feels being massaged with a mobile? Calder could have expanded his product line considerably.

Thank you for clarifying. Have a great weekend

Fair enough - if you ask someone to take their jewelry off it seems unreasonable for them to refuse. Moderator's Note: Quote of a hidden message has been removed.

@Daniel narssi Thank you for taking the time to post this. As someone who has never worked up the courage to meet anyone, and having never considered myself desirable due to past emotional trauma, I guess it's a reality check to read that you only meet with those you are attracted to. But at least you are being honest about that, which I can appreciate. Take good care of yourself, and all the best to you for the future

I've had some odd and (to me) inexplicable things happen over the course of my life. It may have been a coincidence that those various items had all been packed the way they were packed, but I don't think it was necessarily a coincidence that you came across them when you did. I don't think the people we love are trying to reach us from beyond the grave - I hope they are too filled with joy wherever they are to be bothered with this plane of existence any longer, and they also know it's just the blink of an eye compared to eternity before we're with them again. But that doesn't mean you weren't led by something bigger to find that box when you did, in my opinion.

I find it easier. Particularly to keep friends. When I was younger all of us were at a similar stage in our lives. Then some friends went to college, others to university, others to work. We became more dissimilar, and this continued as some got married, and others got married and had kids. The common bonds were harder to retain. But now I tend to form friendships with other singles, or with couples where I meet both partners at roughly the same time. I'm friends with them as a unit and as individuals - not just friends with one half, who happens to have a spouse I otherwise wouldn't be friends with. It's a different dynamic. I know the friendships I make with younger people today may change as their trajectories become more different than my own, but that's okay.

If I ever end up seeing a provider, and if they happened to erupt about politics, I don't think it would bother me too much. But if they happened to erupt about volcanoes all bets would be off.

Was he proselytizing, or was it the cross necklace that made you stop seeing him? If he was excellent in the past, did the quality change because of his faith? And if it was a different symbol, like an eagle or something else secular, do you think you would have kept seeing him? Sorry - probably too many questions! But I am curious by nature.

$812,000,000 Canadian. My first call would be to my supervisor, to tell him that I'm retiring very early.

Maybe the rule for bread should apply: If it's moldy, it's too oldy.

I'm just seeing a dark screen. Oh wait, I need to turn my computer on.

Maybe he dropped something on the floor?

I see what you did there

@Ali Gator sometimes the unknown is more attractive and captivating than the known. Now that it is clear your neighbour would have no qualms meeting up with you, is it possible the attraction may have dimmed on your side? Or, could it be that you have some reservations and concerns that go beyond the donation amount? Perhaps the possibility of awkwardness exists for you, and you anticipated he would not be open to the arrangement for similar reasons? In any case, each of us operates according to our own priorities. I would have no right to judge your decision either way, even if it is for purely financial considerations. Maybe it's for the best that you remain platonic neighbours. There's nothing wrong with that. And nothing wrong with sharing all that you've shared here.