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sidelined
Member (Idle past 5939 days)
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From: Edmonton Alberta Canada
Joined: 08-30-2003


Message 142 of 316 (184471)
02-10-2005 8:48 PM
Reply to: Message 135 by riVeRraT
02-09-2005 8:25 AM


Re: Missed Point
riVerrat
I do agree that youth can be hurt in relationships but I disagree that it is because of it being because of sex outside of marriage but,rather,from insufficient support systems in place from parents as to discussing with youth the consequences of their sexuality and the mutual emotional interplay between two people. Sex is easy the difficulty is the feelings we assign to the sexual acts as well as the differences in social and psychological makeup of individuals.
My first personal sexual encounter was at the age of sixteen and I will be the first to admit that the parting was hard to deal with but I adjusted and found that it was in retrospect enriching and a great memory.The difficulty I had lay in not having a parent or friend to confide in and thus I had to work it out by trial and error.
Now drugs in my view are a far greater harm that is not properly appreciated for the damage that can be done to people who are prone to addictive behaviour such as myself.This is far worse a problem than pre marital sex in my personal view for the precise reason that it was difficult in the extreme for me.
Humans are not cut and dried and there are no simple answers to the interaction of people and their relations with other humans.One man's poison and all that stuff.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

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sidelined
Member (Idle past 5939 days)
Posts: 3435
From: Edmonton Alberta Canada
Joined: 08-30-2003


Message 147 of 316 (184503)
02-10-2005 11:47 PM
Reply to: Message 144 by riVeRraT
02-10-2005 11:13 PM


Re: Missed Point
riVeRrat
Do you think you carried the pain from that over to your next relationship, and possibly even to this day?
No. I came to grips with those feelings and learned from them before I had another relationship. It has been my experience that there are lessons to be learned in even the most painful personal tragedies.
In the past I think that it may have been my level of comfort with being alone without companionship that allowed me to be somewhat objective with emotional pain.
Living day to day thankful for the great family I have and knowing that my time is limited I have decided to let the shit slide on most everything{politicians piss me off in a huge way though}. I am in work that does not challenge me{construction} and I am to old to change careers{lack of money} but I am presently self studying in mathemetics and physics which at one time held a fascination for me.
I delight in being able to grasp the subtlties of some oncepts and the favourites list in my IE is crammed with science and math sites.
I believe myself content and my greatest worry is how to manage to work for the rest of my life since there is no way in hell I could ever retire.Health issues with the wife keep her from working and there are no governmental social programs for her to fall back upon.
Like I have said before dance while the music plays and don't forget to thank the band.

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sidelined
Member (Idle past 5939 days)
Posts: 3435
From: Edmonton Alberta Canada
Joined: 08-30-2003


Message 152 of 316 (184534)
02-11-2005 8:54 AM
Reply to: Message 150 by riVeRraT
02-11-2005 7:18 AM


Re: Missed Point
riVeRrat
Have you forgiven that person?
No,since I never held her to blame.Being as I had older brothers I knew that couples rarely stay together at that age,though this did not make the crisis any less intense for my immature mind back then.
Did you make some sort of oath with yourself based on that experience?
No.I remained good friends with the family till I moved away.I did look her up a decade later to meet her and her husband and intended to keep in touch from time to time however my father passed away later in the year and I never did.
It's been my experience that once I started doing things for the Lord, that all of that could change, and you could indeed one day retire. I became much more sucessful once I started including the Lord's way in everything I do, from taking a frozen nut off a boiler, to dealing with a customer that won't pay. I have had a 99% customer satisfaction, and only one customer stiffed me $150 in the last 4 years since I started. My business grosses in the 6 figure range, and has been steady climbing.
My turn to ask a question. What do you think changed in your relations with your customers that was different from before?
Would you mind if I prayed for your wife, and your family?
If you enjoy that by all means though it is serves only that purpose.
That's almost biblical, it's beatiful.
Actually that is a summary kind of statement I thought up years ago after listening to the song We're Here For a Good Time by Trooper.
We're Here For A Good Time
by Trooper
album:
A very good friend of mine
Told me something the other day
I'd like to pass it on to you,
Cause I believe what he said to be true
He said:
(CHORUS) We're here for a good time
Not a long time (not a long time)
So have a good time
The sun can't shine everyday
And the sun is shinin,
In this rainy city,
And the sun is shinin,
Ooh isn't a pity?
That every year has it's share of tears,
Every now and then it's gotta rain
(CHORUS)
And the sun is shinin,
In this rainy city,
And the sun is shinin,
Ooh isn't a pity?
That every year has it's share of tears,
Every now and then it's gotta rain
This is the band I refer to.
I am curious though what constitutes biblical?

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