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[moonraven]

ANYMORE??????????????

Folks who only listen to what they want to hear are in for a lot of learning things the hard way. Not just in the workplace, but in personal relationships as well.

[sigmoid]

[moonraven]

Maybe you should start your own forum--then you can make your own rules and legislate other people's behavior?

The concept of All animals are equal but some are more equal than others was meant by Orwell in ANIMAL FARM to indicate developing totalitarianism.

[web fishing]

Moonraven is bluntly honest [which isn't a bad thing] but it stings at times. Life is about pro's and con's, rosy or ugly, Moonraven happens to paint the picture no-one wants to see. However, she is still giving an advice, and it isn't a nonsensical one.

[Henry_Cowell]

[Ben Round de Bloc]

[Spinoza]

Is this 'irony' in the Alanis Morrisette sense of the word (ie. the only ironic thing evident is that she clearly doesn't know what the word means)? I fail to see the irony, I'm afraid Ben. The OP simply wanted to share her life situation with others, involving completely inoffensive subject matter, and was spoken to unpleasantly in return, seemingly in a dispute about choice of language. I do hope you're not suggesting that St Mongo's use of "whatever" somehow vindicates the rudeness that others have shown towards her for absolutely no good reason and turning an interesting thread into an argument.

[St. Mongo]

[Glenski]

Look at St. Mongo's 15th post. She has made up her mind. And, for those of you who won't go back, here it is.

[Seth]

[St. Mongo]

even though all I know of moonraven is what she's said to me, I too have to agree that her posts are quite amusing. I can only imagine the things she's unleashed on other people.

[moonraven]

For those who do not understand Ben Round's comment in reference to irony: the OP never listened in the first place.

The OP is not interested in listening--she wants to be listened TO--and even assumes that by posting on Dave's she has obligated us to read her blog! Living a life of narcissism makes it tough for one to make and sustain solid realtionships.

IMHO the whole coy caper of asking for advice was just to get an audience of strangers to applaud that she has a BOYFRIEND.

Those of us who are seasoned veterans in the relationship department are not surprised that we have boyfriends and girlfriends, nor that lovers of a few months or a few years duration have become our best friends for the last 35 years! And we know that one of the secrets to having that well-stocked stable of lovers and friends at 60 years old is having the courage, faith and self-esteem not to try to CONTROL our friends--certainly not dragging them along on what should be individual adventures in living one's life--just to have a built-in audience and cheering section.

One final unsolicited comment to the OP: You don't have to IMAGINE the things I have unleashed on other people--Dave's has a search function that allows you to find all the posts by each poster. But that would mean making a real change in your behavior--you'd have to read what SOMEONE ELSE wrote.

[Hector_Lector]

Why bother reading what someone else has written? I prefer to slaughter a goat, tear out its smoking entrails and divine the truth. If it was good enough for the Druids, it�s good enough for me. (And by the way, I�m part Pict.)

[grahamb]

Trust Hector to bring up smoking!
Only part Pict, Hector? I thought you were a thoroughbred.

[St. Mongo]