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• Has Government gotten to big? posted (9 months) ago
  Have we allowed our government to take on the responsiblity of maintaining our lives, our finances…

• Marine biologist needed - help! posted (9 months, 3 weeks) ago
  My daughter needs to talk to someone in the MB field or at mininum someone with a degree in Marine…

• Thoughts about todays economy (a little humor) posted (10 months, 3 weeks) ago
  If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today. …

• A simple world…I answered a post and suddenly was reminded of the simple world I grew up before the age of convenience. posted (11 months, 2 weeks) ago
  As I sit here and type on my laptop and listen to my iPod, I reflect back on a world… *No co…

• haven’t been here for a while but wanted to share a recent experience… posted (1 year, 5 months) ago
  On May 31st at 12;05 AM as I was holding my brother’s hand he died peacefully after a long ba…

• Looking for anyone with any experience on this issue. posted (1 year, 9 months) ago
  I have a 2 year old son and custody is shared with his father and I. It has become very noticeable…

• You try, you learn, you try, you fail. posted (1 year, 9 months) ago
  It’s a vicious cycle. To know that your past will always in someway affect your present becau…

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Jade's Top (5) Replies by other users' votes

• (1 vote) how deep do you see?
  

  wow loaded question…but one I will attempt to field. AKS,You are one of the people that know me best on this site and you know that I have an incredible bond with my 12 year old very smart daughter. To watch her mind work out a problem, the process she uses, the untaintedness of her mind to see a problem from all angles…it’s a joy to watch her solve a problem - on a subject she may know nothing about. the questions she will ask herself - the open conversation of well what if this. then to challenge her with questions or play devils advocate and see her respond not with frustration, but with more thought, a desire to learn more, to plow thru another possible angle/opinion.
  
  then there is talking to others to see the exact opposite - roots dug in and not a clue as to why, because it’s what they were taught, a close mindedness born of their upbringing and no willingness to move beyond ‘what they know’ It’s a lesson really to see why it’s important to continue to push and strive for new knowledge every day.
  
  And lastly, there is learning in teaching. If I know something and explain it to someone who asks a question I haven’t thought of, it will give me reason to pause, absorb, research and continue to educate myself and who ever may wish to learn.
  
  
  (I will probably come back and add more since I am sitting at home waiting for the phone service guy to show up between 12-4 LOL).
  
  - written 11 months, 2 weeks ago – voted for by chunkymove

• (1 vote) I am a straight guy moving in with two gay roommates.
  

  [quote cabesa de fuego]Yes, but I would rather make more friends then stand up for gay people. I don’t really care to endanger good relations with people in order to promote an activist cause[/quote]
  
  
  If you are so worried about your reputation and your status as a hetrosexual…then get new room mates, for their sake and yours…You, sir, sound like nd someone who does not know how to be a true friend and is more worried about appearances than whats truly important in life. Honor, respect, and values.
  
  - written 11 months, 2 weeks ago – voted for by beaumoon80

• (1 vote) I’m nearing 9,999 replies.
  

  Xeno….10,000 replies…seems you need a day job! hehe
  
  - written 1 year, 9 months ago – voted for by ☆miss lilies☆

• (1 vote) Peace out
  

  Rich, you’re girls are very lucky to have you as their father.
  
  
  Gary, here is the quote you asked about…
  
  When the Japanese mend broken objects, they repair the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.
  
  - written 1 year, 9 months ago – voted for by UCreateUrReality

• (1 vote) i’ve been dating this guy for over 6 months now, and i love him to death, but my mom is trying to keep us from each other.
  

  No advice…but I will give you my story.
  
  I met my ex husband at the age of 21 on a blind date, dated for a year and got married. MY mother did not want me to get married to him based on a feeling she had about him. i fought her tooth and nail and KNEW I KNEW better.
  
  I didn’t listen, got married, my mother accepted him into the family as did the rest of my family.
  
  17 years later I divorced that man for being emotionally and physically abusive to me. HE never showed a sign of it that I could see. The abuse became horrible about 10 years ago (very few know how bad). My mother could see it before I even told her…why? She lived that way with my father.
  
  Mom’s…they have those gut feelings - not always right/wrong. Just make sure you take it under advisement, look deeper into the situation and trust and listen to every instinct that you have. As a mom I too, can ’see’ stuff before it happens.
  
  It’s a gift of love.
  
  - written 1 year, 9 months ago – voted for by Junaid

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• Swine flu is not a threat, yet people are freaking
  

  100,000’s of people go to the hospital each year for influenza and like 3000 have the swine flu…got to love the media….they really know how to blow crap out of proportion.
  
  It’s simple - maintain a healthy life but please don’t be so obsessed that you have a bottle of hand sanitizer with you 24/7, you need some germs to keep your immunity system strong and ‘up to date’.
  
  Wash your hands before meals, after going potty and just be happy!
  
  Happy living!
  - written 5 months, 3 weeks ago

• I have never met my father.
  

  I didn’t read all the replies. This is your dad regardless of what he has done or hasn’t done.
  
  You have a natural curosity and that’s healthy.
  
  Tell you mom how you feel and that you would like to reach out to your dad so you can get to know him. In the end, you must form your own opinion of him for yourself and they only way that will happen is if you get to know him as a person.
  
  My advice, when and if you do meet him, try not to let what you have heard affect your opinion of him.
  
  If he doesn’t accept the opportunity to meet him and get to know him…then you will ahve to accept it.
  
  He may be wondering what you think of him based on his relationship with your mom.
  
  Reach out to him and see how it goes. Try not to imagine it going great or awful, for the first couple of times maybe very uncomfortable but don’t let that deter you. Keep trying as long as you both have an interest in getting to know each other.
  - written 8 months, 2 weeks ago

• i can belive this site!
  

  oh, some one should warn him/her though that PEBKAC errors are common here…
  - written 8 months, 2 weeks ago

• i can belive this site!
  

  the sky is falling… the sky is falling…geez…I think he/she needs help…anyone know a good Help site to refer him/her too?
  - written 8 months, 2 weeks ago

• Almost returned, need some advice.
  

  Ok so here is the advice from two females:
  
  My 13 y/o daughter - maybe she’s not allowed to date yet or maybe she just likes you as a friend, either way you aren’t going to know until you ask her.
  
  My answer (42 y/o female) My daughter is really really smart and I agree. Don’t spin on unknowns, get the answers straight from the source, accept that it maybe what you don’t want to hear and then you can move on with your own life.
  - written 8 months, 3 weeks ago

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