that this observation makes my morning! sheila
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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> Well, I've always heard that there are two kinds of people:
> those who think there are two kinds of people and those
> who don't.
>
> Hal
>
> "Oil separation is natural."
> --Anon.
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> On Jul 3, 2008, at 10:13 PM, Janet Jackson wrote:
>
> one more thing I have thought about this... on re-reading...
>>
>> Some people are cut out for relationships and commitment, devoting their
>> lives to one other person, and some are not. Some are more interested in
>> working. For me, poetry and music are the love of my life and no man can
>> ever get between us. I wish I'd realised that a bit earlier! (I will add
>> that my kids are my second great love, and no man can ever get in the way
>> of
>> that one, either)
>>
>> Hmmm.. maybe one day I will have a relationship with a man who shares my
>> love of the Muse and we can love it together while loving each other.
>> *That*
>> might work, long-term.
>>
>> All right, who's going to tell me I'm talking out of my arse?
>>
>> Janet
>>
>> 2008/7/4 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>> I'm proud of you, Dom, not the least for your having brought me to
>>> weeping.
>>>
>>> The other "proud" is for your appreciating (a word that, to me, means
>>> what
>>> I
>>> think many people call "love") your children and wife and parents. In
>>> case
>>> you hadn't noticed, the everyday, miraculous action of being appreciated
>>> also applies to you.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Judy
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/7/3 Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]>:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Judy Prince
>>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dom,
>>>>>
>>>>> I feel your pain, as someone here in the USA frequently says.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mine is more of a gripe. There are twinges. It isn't agony. There are
>>>> rewards and consolations. The more significant of these are
>>>> immeasurable: you just can't weigh them against anything you think
>>>> you've lost, even personal dignity, freedom of movement, buying
>>>> power...
>>>>
>>>> When my son was 11, I suddenly recognised that he was A Person.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My son is precocious. He's 8, and he's one already.
>>>>
>>>> And, sadly, I was monumentally ignorant at being a
>>>>> wife.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That is a strangely lovely and consoling thing to hear. I think it's
>>>> hard to be a spouse. Wifing and husbanding (husbandry? well, that
>>>> takes us into an old sexist field of metaphor...) are not at all
>>>> straightforward occupations. We start from a position of utter
>>>> ignorance, and take far longer than we should at advancing beyond
>>>> that. Ten years into the relationship, eight years into parenthood,
>>>> six years into marriage, I have some rudimentary chops. I mean simple
>>>> things, basic courtesies and kindnesses, the most tentative steps
>>>> outside the circle of self-interest. It doesn't come naturally. Even
>>>> though I think my parents are kind people, and have been kind to each
>>>> other over the years, less of it rubs off than should. You really do
>>>> have to learn for yourself.
>>>>
>>>> Dominic
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
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