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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:06 PM
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Valentine's Day Pity Party; Unattached DU'ers Check In
:hi:

Kind miss him but I'm feeling a lot more open these days.

Someone pass me a beer to cry in.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:10 PM
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1. Here!
:hi:

*sigh*
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:17 PM
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2. Heya friend...
...chips and dip are on the table in the corner.

Glad you're here.

:hug:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:27 PM
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3. Aw
yeah I'm just trying not to think about it. Which is hard considering it's next to impossible to avoid the incessant reminders... stupid marketing. :P :hug:
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:29 PM
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4. this may be my least favorite holiday
although explosion day (or more like month) is very annoying too.

"I already know that nobody likes me, why do they have to have a Valentine's Day to rub it in?" Charlie Brown
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:35 PM
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5. I think that Charlie brown quote...
...is the saddest damn thing I've ever read.

:cry:
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:47 PM
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15. then you need to hear my entire philosophy of life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ImiqaXBMkM

"don't talk to me about life"
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AmyDeLune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:51 PM
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6. Here, I've brought the BitterSweets(tm)...
Cos' no Valentine's singles party is complete without them...*sigh*

http://www.despair.com/bittersweets.html
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BolivarianHero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:03 PM
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7. Still have feelings for her but can't forgive...
The way and context in which she broke up with me seriously makes her wish that her future relationships suck.
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:39 PM
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13. I feel for you.
My break-up was mostly mutual.

The next day a friend tells me his buddies had him at a strip club getting a lap dance.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:13 PM
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8. I'm appalled to think how long it's been since I've been paired on Valentine's Day
:-(
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:26 PM
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9. Here
Haven't been anyone's Val for a few years now. Sometimes I like it like that, other times, not so much :shrug:
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:27 PM
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10. Checking in and damned happy to be here!!!
:woohoo:
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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:33 PM
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11. Here
:hi:

Where's the dip again?

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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:03 PM
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18. Right next to my supply of...
...cheesecake and triple fudge ice cream.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:37 PM
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12. It would have been a more fun thread if you named 'meat market'
instead of pity party.
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:40 PM
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14. I'm not here to pimp anybody
Besides...the slaughterhouse is where all the action is.

:evilgrin:
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:50 PM
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16. Unattached; wish I wasn't, but I am... but refuse to give in to any more self pity
because it ( self pity) almost killed me a few weeks ago. Still climbing out of it, but I'm not gonna let all that fucking ( or rather NOT fucking) marketing make me miserable. The whole thing ( the grossly over-blown commercial part of it) is callously designed to make lonely people more lonely, just to rake in a few extra bucks.
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:02 PM
Response to Reply #16
17. Maybe you do feel lonely...
...but you're not alone

:hug:

You're important to us.
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:09 PM
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20. Thanks, and I was serious about the nearly fatal self-pity
so FUCK that...I'm just gonna go about my normal day Sunday, and again, refuse to let a bunch of cynical marketing make me miserable or make me alter my day in any way. Sorry about your breakup, by the way N.U.....hard to keep up with everyone's love life here, but wasn't he a repub? ( Not minimizing your hurt in any way, to whatever extent it's there, but just sayin...)
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:31 PM
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24. He was as big a conservative as I am a progressive
We started off just being casual. He was rebounding and didn't want to get his heart broken again. I was coming off a string of outright losers.

When we started getting serious we agreed not to preach/lecture at each other.

Lately I wasn't keeping my side of the bargain and he became more distant. It was weird we were just sort of sitting there when it dawned on us both pretty much at the same time: yeah, we need to call it off.

He is a sweetheart of a guy, he really is and I hope he is happy. He's funny and hard-working...and other stuff I'm not allowed to talk about on DU :P I just know I'm not the one for him and vice versa.

We also had our share of drama. His parents are total fundies who wouldn't let us stay in the house overnight together and he's been dealing with PTSD from his army time.

But since we stopped seeing each other I feel...freer. I'm more myself now.

But, dammit, now I miss him again.

Pass me another beer and slice of cheesecake.
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muffin1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 07:52 PM
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74. That "freer" feeling will become more and more frequent.
If you two were finding it difficult to manage wide political differences early on, it probably would have been much harder to ignore later (once that lovey-dovey phase was over).

Hang in there - maybe invite a friend over to watch a movie and share your cheesecake.

A little of :beer: and a little of :smoke: couldn't hurt either. :hi:
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:03 PM
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19. i am married and i hate it. i hate corporations demand that i feel "romantic" on a particular day
so i hear ya
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:48 PM
Response to Reply #19
31. crappy marriage here, too.
And even if I wasn't, I doubt I would care much about some candy/flowers/horseshit holiday.

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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 06:18 PM
Response to Reply #31
37. not crappy
really easy, fine marriage. but we do it all thru the year. i dont like being told to be romantic on a given day.
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 08:18 PM
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49. Oh, I thought you meant you hated being married.
I get it; you just hate being told when to be romantic.

My husband was just trying to find out what I wanted for Valentine's Day, and I was honest and told him I really don't care. Even if I were married to Mr. Wonderful, the whole occasion seems pointless. :shrug:

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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 08:20 PM
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50. exactly
it seems to me if things arent good, feels faked, hypocritical. if things are good, you are doing it anyway thru out year. but right on
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 10:52 PM
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58. It's so damn hard.
I've been where you are. Still kind of am, in the sense that I enjoy NOT being single more than I enjoy being single, but it is what it is and I try to make the best of it.

If you have to notice the 14th as anything other than another goddamn day on the calendar, then do it with friends, or by yourself indulging in your favorite kind of movies/music/food with no worry of being judged at all. That's right, I mean the guilty pleasures!
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:10 PM
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21. After being attached off and on for 20+ years..
I can finally say I am single and will probably stay that way.

I do have, however, a gentleman friend that splits his time between Littleton and Boulder Colorado. I bus to go see him from Denver every Monday night and come home Tuesday morning. We hang out, watch TV, talk politics, we just have a good time every week.

Technically I am un-attached,but I am OK with it because I have my friend.

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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:10 PM
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22. How about those of us who are attached but are 2500 miles apart?
*sigh*

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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:32 PM
Response to Reply #22
25. Definitely hug-worthy
:hug:
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 06:02 PM
Response to Reply #25
36. :-)
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:13 PM
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23. First V-day in over 10 years without HerrHerr
I'll probably just ignore the day and try not to wallow in self pity.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:34 PM
Response to Reply #23
26. we are here for you my sweet
:cry:
someone is always here
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:38 PM
Response to Reply #26
27. Thank you Skittles
I'm feeling pretty alone and scared tonight. I don't even want to think about Valentines day without my HerrHerr. :cry:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:42 PM
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28. I cannot imagine; it must be so very hard
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:46 PM
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30. Harder than I could ever have imagined
The words you posted were beautiful and I should concentrate on remembering the joy we shared rather than my sadness of losing Markus.

Thank you for the insight.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 06:43 PM
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41. that comes with time
the old adage "Time heals all wounds" is not true; some things time can only make easier to bear but it will, it will
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 02:01 PM
Response to Reply #30
96. (((hugs)))
we've never talked, but I've felt your story. I'm sure today is especially hard. :hug:
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:44 PM
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29. Lots of huggles for you
Even though I keed on Facebook, I know you're still in tremendous pain, and think of you constantly. :pals:

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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:58 PM
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35. That's all I do on facebook
is be an ass and try to stay lighthearted. It helps me take my mind off the misery that has become my life. Now I'm outta this thread cause I've high jacked it enough!

Happy Valentines day to everybody and anybody who can enjoy it with the person they love the most on this earth.
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:35 PM
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45. I'm so very, very sorry
I can't even begin to imagine. My thoughts, prayers and best wishes:hug::hug:
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 08:46 PM
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54. Aww, that must be awful
:hug:
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 10:48 PM
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57. ...
:hug:


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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:51 PM
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32. Yo.........
Still looking for that right someone.



I brought some Grey Goose. Who wants to get loaded and do things we'll regret later? :evilgrin:
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 06:42 PM
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40. If it involves waking up in a dirty roadside gas station bathroom...
...I'm in.
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:00 PM
Response to Reply #40
43. Won't be the first bathroom I've woken up in........
Sounds like a good party so far.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 10:30 AM
Response to Reply #43
112. Bathroom is a little amateur...
it has a ceiling/roof after-all. I've woken up in a tree in front of a church, mostly naked at 10am on a Sunday morning.

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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:53 PM
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33. Alone again, naturally.
:hi:
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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 05:53 PM
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34. Single guy checking in here!
I'm trying to work on that unattached part, but I have no way of knowing how it's going. In any case, no way anything is going to change before Sunday, so here I am! :hi:
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EndersDame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 06:20 PM
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38. I am newly single after 3.5 yrs and Happy about it !
I have missed being me!
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 02:00 AM
Response to Reply #38
108. ...
:thumbsup:
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 06:21 PM
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39. First Valentine's Day since 2007 where I am not in a serious relationship and I love it!
Don't have to spend money on worthless gifts and I get to relax and do stuff I never got to do anyway with her because of how stubborn she was. :/ ;) :)
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 06:49 PM
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42. Checking in.
It been a very long time since I had a reason to observe Valentine's Day.

Meh.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 12:08 PM
Response to Reply #42
65. Same here
I believe you and I find cats to be better company than men at this point;)
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 06:55 PM
Response to Reply #65
71. Cats are certainly more reliable
and they don't leave the toilet seat up.
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 09:41 PM
Response to Reply #71
79. Actually, my cat is not particularly reliable, and I definitely have to
leave the toilet seat down at all times, or he thinks it is a drinking fountain.
What is more, I must sit while I use the toilet at all times, because if I stand up, my dear kitty gets fascinated by the sound, and must stick his head in there to see what is going on.
How do you like that for reliability?
dc
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:33 PM
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44. 29, single, never even been in a relationship
I hate Valentine's Day. It hurts more and more each year
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abbeyco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:45 PM
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46. Checking in -
and pretty agnostic about relationships these days since the great email dump of 2009. Honestly, I only miss the sex....

My doggie is my Valentine's date and we'll be having grilled shrimp, broiled asparagus and cheesecake - and I'll probably down a bottle of wine.

I'll try not to post while drunk this Sunday! :grouphug:
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:48 PM
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47. Checking in, and hugs to you....
:toast: :hi:


I hate Valentine's Day. It's like a committee sat around and said, "Hmmmm, let's brainstorm. February doesn't suck hard enough yet. How can we make it worse? I KNOW!!!"
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 08:22 PM
Response to Reply #47
53. oh. that is cute. and after oct bdays (like a zillion) thanksgiving, xmas, new years... really
could use a break
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:53 PM
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48. here
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 08:20 PM
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51. Not sure if I belong in this thread or not, but single and happy
realized long ago I'm just not meant to spend my life with someone else....oh, and I happen to like freedom and no restraints
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bluedigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 08:21 PM
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52. Your post made me think.
It turns out I've been with a SO for all of four out of my 49 years. The last would have been 21 years ago. I'm Ok with that, although I do miss the intimacy, both emotional and physical, some times. (And yes, I have been with partners over the years, I'm not celibate.:) ) Some folks just aren't LTR types, and I guess I'm one of them. :shrug:

There is always chocolate!:rofl:

And Parades! Happy Mardi Gras! :party:
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 09:30 PM
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55. Unattached at the moment.
I'm going to see if I can't find a date for this weekend. If all else fails, I'll go drinking and see what the prospects are there.
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friedgreentomatoes Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 10:47 PM
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56. checking in
6th year spending V-Day alone! Damn I miss her :(
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friedgreentomatoes Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 11:25 PM
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59. Somebody gave me a Valentine's Heart...
Even though I dont know who it is, I have a feeling it is somebody from this thread.

Correct me if I am wrong!

Thank You! :hug:
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mreilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 11:38 PM
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60. Valentine's Day is just as pointless to a married guy
I used to actually be a fan of this holiday; I would make a big deal out of it for my wife; gifts, flowers, dinner, etc. I was spoiled by dating girls in my twenties who turned VD into a pretty nice lovefest in every sense of the word, you see.

However, I've been let down so many times by my apathetic wife that it's just another day to get through. There are never any exciting surprises. There are never any romantic get-togethers. There is nothing to speed up the pulse in any sense of the word. I get her the dutiful card and February 15th rolls around with a yawn.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 12:02 AM
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61. checking in!
:hi:
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 12:11 AM
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62. I never liked Valentines Day.
Even when I'm in a relationship, valentines day feels contrived and awkward. I don't want someone to feel obligated to give me flowers. I love getting flowers, but I don't want someone to do it only because they feel pressured. And of course, if he doesn't get you anything, that sucks even more!
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 11:20 AM
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63. i am, but don't mind.
i'm 22, used to kind of bother me that i'd never been in a real relationship but whatever, i'm still young. i've dated some guys but nothing serious and for no longer than a month :shrug: honestly, valentine's day wouldn't be that big of a deal to me even if i were in a relationship :)
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 11:54 AM
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64. Howdy
Single, I have a booty call friend, but since Monday is a school day Dropkid will be home so I won't even be getting any ass.
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smalll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:34 AM
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85. As soon as I saw "booty call" I guessed you were a woman --
Don't want to pick a fight here, but honestly, "booty calls" are the reason a lot of us guys are alone. Booty-call guys are usually fucking multiple women, and keeping them happy or at least satisfied enough that they have less of an interest in finding an unattached man. Sex/romance/whatever IS a zero-sum game.
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smalll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:46 AM
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90. (Self-delete)
Edited on Sun Feb-14-10 12:49 AM by smalll
(Posted in wrong location.)
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 12:14 PM
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66. More bier, coming right up!


:D

My girlfriend (the one in New Zealand) recently decided we should "just be friends" for now. I don't truly know what brought this on, though it's probably a whole slew of things and not just one. Specifics weren't discussed...
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LeftOfSelf-Centered Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 12:52 PM
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67. Present!
:hi:

Getting tired of being single. On top of everything all my friends are couples, and for some reason they never seem to know any single women... :evilfrown:
Pass the beer. :toast:
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City of Mills Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 01:03 PM
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68. I'm surrounded by women
Who enjoy my company but not enough for a relationship...so it's like having the responsibilities of a boyfriend without the kisses and nookie nookie :rofl: :cry:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 01:11 PM
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69. Do something nice for yourself
That's the way I survived Valentines by myself.

I made special desserts. When I could afford it, I went to the spa and had a facial and a massage.

Whatever makes you feel good and nourishes your soul, that's what you do.

:hug:

BTW, my new beloved isn't a Valentine's Day fan. He'd rather be thoughtful 365 days a year.
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callous taoboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 01:18 PM
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70. I got dumped for Abe Vigoda's nephew. What more do I need to say?
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 08:20 PM
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75. He's still alive?
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:41 AM
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89. He was in one of the Super Bowl commercials, if I'm remembering right.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 07:34 PM
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72. Unattached but with a crush.
So unattached.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 07:45 PM
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73. F Valentines Day!
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 08:32 PM
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76. Fuck Valentines Day
Edited on Fri Feb-12-10 08:33 PM by Sebastian Doyle
Corporate holiday made to sell dead flowers, sappy cards and cheap candy. Who needs it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osoeMtSbxtU
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Lucy Goosey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 08:44 PM
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77. Single Canadian here - anyone want to marry me for healthcare?
:D
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:36 AM
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86. Will you put up with my 12 cats?
:D
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 01:41 AM
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105. Yeah, and I wouldn't even need your citizenship! :P
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zanana1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 08:50 PM
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78. Please don't feel bad...
I've been married for 30 years and not once have we celebrated Valentine's Day. The grass is always greener, y'know?
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 09:42 PM
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80. Nobody likes me. dc
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:59 AM
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92. I like you, but I might show up in purple pants!
:rofl: :hi:
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 09:43 PM
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81. I'm joining the pity party
Anyone want to introduce me to someone suitable? Please? :D
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:40 AM
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88. How do you define suitable, Sanity Claws?
:shrug: :D :hi:
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 06:18 PM
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100. Someone responded!
I thought that was a message no one would even read. Thanks for responding.

Suitable, to me, means around my age (45-55); geographically close (I'm in NYC); open minded (no fundamentalists, no atheists); well-read; healthy habits (no smokers and no drug users); good hygiene; likes people.

Do you know anyone fitting those criteria?

What about you? Are you looking?
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 12:28 AM
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104. Of course I responded. We joined DU about the same time!
I'm unattached but not really looking, atheist, and don't like people, so I'm out. but I'll keep a look out for any of my friends in Baltimore!
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Ten Bears Donating Member (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 09:43 PM
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82. Unattached
I miss a lot about being a couple but I am enjoying living alone more each day. The best thing is that when you put something down it is still there when you go back to get it. Still...
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blue_roses_lib Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-13-10 11:06 PM
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83. Checking in
:hi: On the rebound. Even though I'm the one that broke it off, and I know I made the right decision, it hurts like all get out. That, and I've come to the glorious but excruciating realization that I love someone I've known for a few years, but it will never, EVER, be returned. SO, I'm giving myself one evening to feel sorry for myself, have a couple of long islands, then I will go have a pedicure or something tomorrow, or maybe see Avatar? :shrug: OH, and I'm buying myself roses, NOT delivered anonymously, but for the simple joy of having them in my office. Really, the idea of a set day to do nice things for your SO or for yourself is stupid. If you want flowers, go buy yourself some flowers, or chocolate, or diamond jewelry, or whatever.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:14 AM
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84. Confirmed bachelor here, and loving it.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:36 AM
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87. I girl I had started going out with dumped me a couple days ago.
:cry:
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blue_roses_lib Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 06:20 PM
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101. Sorry to hear that
:cry: :hug:
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smalll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 12:48 AM
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91. Sometimes we all need to complain a little, I know I do -
Fortunately, a place near me I'm quite familiar with just started a once-a-month poetry night, so I wrote one - I'm surprised how fast I wrote it too! It's a little allegorical - the hook is the idea that in places where people are generally starving, they sometimes will begin to eat things that aren't real food, for a sense of fullness.

Nothing like complaint to drive creativity, perhaps!

The fields lie barren, empty –
The hills, more brown than green.
There are no birds that can be heard,
No game that can be seen.

The crops and seed corn gone
The orchards will not give
A single rotten apple
In the country where I live

With famine and starvation
As the body wastes away
It eats itself up from within
A little more each day

Muscle, ligament and bone
Self-consumed in wracking pain
Preserve the nervous system
And keep alive the brain.

Yet nature has her mercies -
Our forces flag, the spirit sinks
Apathy, fatigue set in -
An empty stomach starts to shrink

And starts to feel less empty
So hunger, too, recedes
A gentle peace envelops
As wants dissolve in needs.

And so it was I lay
Not caring for a thing
Beneath a tree beside the road
As silent as the Spring

Until one day, I stir, I rouse
Before my eyes there stands
A solitary traveler
By distant seas from foreign lands.

You hail me from the road,
I nod and greet you back
You came and sat beside me
While laying down your pack

In pleasant conversation
You opened up your kit
Ladles, bowls and pots emerged
A place was set, a fire lit

And as we chatted gaily
My drowsy spirits shook
In quiet exaltation
As you began to cook

No true food was there with you
But as alternative
You conjured up a paupers’ feast
As all you had to give -

Soups of grasses finely cut
Subtle strips of bark sauté
And as the piece de resistance
A roast, so tender, made of clay.

And in great delectation
Your collation I did eat
And every bite was savored
I was full, whole and complete.

And as the summer rolled along
You’d visit your new friend
I was glad to see you coming
Down the lane and round the bend

Though I longed for healthy sustenance
From you my master-chef
Though you gave to me but empty fare
I did not feel bereft –

It fills me and it warms me
My body wastes away
But my mouth and stomach, soul and heart
Would revel in your happy art
Of grasses, bark and clay -

Such grace, such skill, such triumph
Such exceptional cuisine
Was never laid before me
When there was plenty to be seen

Upon this land. And as your service
Is such as befits a king
Bless’d again is my poor country
The absent songbirds seem to sing

Forgotten flowers bloom upon your cheeks -
And through your smile and from your eyes
The brightest shafts of Heaven
Seem to tumble from the skies --

You remade the world, that season -
Over and again
With your poor fare, I felt myself
The happiest of men.



The summer turned to autumn though
You lost the inclination
To spread your kit before me
To create some new collation –

No half-imagined flowers
No absent birds in song
The lights of Heaven came no more
The days grew short, the nights grew long

Though hunger and its pains returned
And often I’d regret
At least when ere you sat by me
A while I could forget

There was a certain comfort there
Although I’d still relive
The happy days you seemed to feed me
All you had to give.

Now and then we’d plan to meet
And sit and talk. At least
I still enjoyed your presence
Though without the pauper’s feast

We’d sit and talk for hours
About most of all your fate
I’d listen to your troubles
And then commiserate

One day you asked to see me
And we met amidst the snow
And whiled away an afternoon
We had nowhere to go

And I asked you, as I had before
When last you cooked a meal
Not in the way you had for me
But with sustenance, for real

I knew before I met you
It had been a little while
Since you’d truly demonstrated
Your culinary style

But this time when I asked you
You were careless, or just bored
And admitted you had done so
Since you’d left your last great lord

Sometime since you had gone
From his well-populated fief
You’d fed a man for real, and twice
That’s not what gave me grief –

If you’d found a new position
Congratulations! No, instead
As I asked you when it happened
You blandly smiled and said –

This summer. This summer was the spread
Laid out, and twice. Then I endure
As you recount the compliment
The unknown connoisseur

Provided you. You saw my color drain
My face go slack
You asked me to forget it
You tried to walk it back

A joke? I wasn’t buying
Nor weak excuses as amends
As to why it wasn’t me
And then we parted, still as friends –

You owed me nothing, fair enough
But yet it was a little tough to take
Oh sure I knew quite well enough
That chefs get now and then the urge to bake

Understandably they plate for
Well-experienced gourmets
While the starving will go hungry – that’s
the world - I know it’s ways -

The last are last, the first go first –
Some sympathetic magnanimity
Was all I hoped to hear from you
For my lack of equanimity

When next we spoke – but no,
You can’t be bothered - “No big deal,
This is nothing, everybody
Misses now and then a meal

I’ll see you when I see you”
Mere annoyance then you showed
You were busy doing sums
On certain monies you were owed –

That broke it -
This was the final straw
As you’re a cat that likes to play
I became the mouse that roared!

You knew that I was starving
You know the country where I live
You’d let it seem that pauper’s feasts
Were all you had to give

And so this mouse roared back –
In righteous, wounded blasts
“Today you don’t go hungry,
Enjoy it while it lasts!

Someday your pots and pans will rust,
Your bowls will crack, you’ll lose your skill
The world will turn away – you’ll know
Unrequited hunger someday still! “ …



The fields lie barren, empty
The hills still brown, not green
There are no birds that can be heard
No game that can be seen

The crops and seed corn gone
The orchards still won’t give
A single rotten apple
In the country where I live

Now and then comes down the road
Out of simple happenstance
A solitary chef
Who passes by without a glance

I don’t lie beneath my tree these days
In drowsy cogitation
Instead I find I bustle ‘round
In quiet desperation

I’m chasing after absent quarry
Hopeless task and fruitless deed
And plowing furrows in the fields
For which, this Spring, there is no seed

For sanity this busywork -
I cannot bear to stop and sit
And think alone, the height
of pointlessness I must admit

Is what I’m living now.
For even if the earthly powers
Began to smile again upon this
land, and bring it flowers

If famine disappeared
And fertility came back
And growth and plenty took the place
Of emptiness and lack

The harvests rich, the forests filled
With game – I still would toss it all away
If you could still abide me
And come and sit beside me
Serving grasses, bark and clay.
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 01:02 AM
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93. Single woman here
This VD isn't as bad as ones in the past, but just in case...



:hi:
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smalll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 01:57 PM
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94. Kick for the lonely -
Misery loves company.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 01:58 PM
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95. check
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 02:19 PM
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97. Hey! No pity party - go ahead and miss him but don't cry!
I still kinda miss him but guess what? He left me for someone else and is bound to a relationship with her now.

I get to do whatever I want - I get to concentrate on myself, have fun and see whomever I want. Met someone cool this weekend; totally unexpected and so completely different from my ex; wonderful. I have tons of options, my future is wide open and I'm going to enjoy it.

:toast:
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 02:22 PM
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98. Checking in
While I'd like to be attached, I also am not rushing out of the single life. :hi:
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Presidentcokedupfratboy Donating Member (994 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 02:53 PM
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99. Been a while for me
But hope keeps me going. That and good beer.
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 06:35 PM
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102. What makes you think I'm unattached this Valentine's Day?
.
I'm not unattached. Why would you ask that? It must be your
own situation that you're projecting onto me. I'm CERTAINLY
attached this Valentine's Day. What made you ask something
like that?
.
Oh yeah, Baby!!! Gonna get some tonight, for sure.
.
M-m-m-m... like they say -- "It's BIDNESS TIME!!!"
.
Unattached. As if.
.

.
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Coyote_Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 07:19 PM
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103. Valentine's Day is just SAD
Singles Appreciation Day, that is.

Every year it reminds me of just how thakful I am to be free from a bad relationship.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 01:43 AM
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106. Not sure. Broke off a three-year relationship in early December
and am suddenly head over heels with somebody half a country away. I think I might qualify though I must say that this *single* VD has been better than the past many when I was in a tangible relationship.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 01:58 AM
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107. Unattached here too, though I'm at an age where most married people I know
seem to be miserable with their mates, so frankly I'm feeling like one of the luckier ones today. There are worse things than being single; like being with someone who ignores you takes you for granted, abuses you, cheats on you or has simply becomes a whole different person whom you no longer can relate to.
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mia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 04:01 AM
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109. Happily single...
most of the time.

Cheers!
:toast:
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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 04:40 AM
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110. Got dumped last month, had a date on Friday, but not ready to jump into anything quickly
I spent much of Valentine's Day doing political stuff (I know, big surprise)
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 10:11 AM
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111. I know this is after the fact but it really doesn't bother me on 2/14.
1/1 or 7/4 can at times though if I sit and think about it, so that's why I try not to dwell on it.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 10:34 AM
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113. Unattached but semi-happy about that.
I really don't want to be dating anybody.
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