Relationships
Validation: Power of a Smile
by WillB on Dec.17, 2008, under Beautiful, Moving, Relationships
This isn’t the type of video that I normally post, but it has a great message. The message is: Positivity has the power to transform lives. If you have a few minutes, check this video out. It will be well worth your time! Enjoy!!
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Courses the opposite sex needs to take!!
by WillB on Nov.21, 2008, under Great Stories, Relationships
Here are some courses for men taught by women and for women taught by men. I put the courses for men first. I mean I don’t need these classes but for the rest of the men out there. And ladies no matter how perfect your gender is, your classes are second.
Courses for
Men and Women
Courses for Men
Taught by women, for men.
| 101 | Combating Stupidity |
| 102 | You Too Can Do Housework |
| 103 | P.M.S. – Learning When To Keep Your Mouth Shut |
| 104 | How To Fill An Ice Cube Tray |
| 105 | We Do Not Want Sleazy Underthings for Christmas – Give Us Money |
| 106 | Understanding the Female Response To You Coming In Drunk At 4 AM |
| 107 | Wonderful Laundry Techniques (Formerly “Don’t Wash My Silks”) |
| 108 | Parenting – No, It Doesn’t End With Conception |
| 109 | Get a Life – Learn How To Cook |
| 110 | How Not To Act Like a Butthead When You Are Obviously Wrong |
| 111 | Spelling – Even You Can Get It Right |
| 112 | Understanding Your Financial Incompetence |
| 113 | You – The Weaker Sex |
| 114 | Reasons To Give Flowers |
| 115 | How To Stay Awake After |
| 116 | Why It Is Unacceptable To Relieve Yourself Anywhere But the Bathroom |
| 117 | Garbage – Getting It To the Curb |
| 118A | You Can Fall Asleep Without It If You Really Try |
| 118B | The Morning Dilemma – If It’s Awake, Take a Shower |
| 119 | The Weekend and Sports Are Not Synonymous |
| 120 | How To Put The Toilet Seat Down |
| 121 | How To Go Shopping With Your Mate and Not Get Lost |
| 122 | The Remote Control – Overcoming Your Dependency |
| 123 | Helpful Postural Hints For Couch Potatoes |
| 124 | How Not To Act Younger Than Your Children |
| 125 | You Too Can Be a Designated Driver |
| 126 | Honest, You Don’t Look Like Mel Gibson, Especially When Naked |
| 127 | Changing Your Underwear – It Really Works |
| 128 | The Attainable Goal – Omitting %@#*! From Your Vocabulary |
| 129 | Fluffing the Blankets After Farting is Not Necessary |
| 130 | Real Men Ask For Directions |
| 131 | How To Take Illness Like a Man |
Courses for Women
Taught by men, for women.
| 101 | Avoiding Walking in Front of the TV |
| 102 | Doing Housework Without Complaining |
| 103 | Shopping: Buying What You Can Afford, Not What You Can Charge |
| 104 | Going to The Washroom Alone (formerly Coping Without My Friends) |
| 105 | Understanding the Male Response to “Do I Look OK?” |
| 106 | Exercise: How it Keeps You from Looking Like Your Mother |
| 107 | Learning How to Initiate Intimacy |
| 108 | How to Apologize When You Are Obviously Wrong |
| 109 | Understanding the Male Response to “Am I Fat?” |
| 110 | Dishwashers: Rinsing Before Is Not a Must |
| 111 | The Toilet Seat: I Can Learn to Put It Down Too |
| 112 | Using the Thesaurus: Alternatives to “Make Love” |
| 113 | “The Weekend” and “Long Boring Walks” Are Not Synonymous |
| 114 | How to Go Shopping With Your Mate and Not Embarrass Him |
| 115 | The Remote Control: Don’t Touch What You Can’t Handle |
| 116 | You Too Can Be the One to Hang Up the Phone |
| 117 | Honest, You Don’t Look Like Kim Bassinger – But You’re Acceptable |
| 118 | Hairspray: The Effects On The Ecosystem (formerly One Can Is Enough) |
| 119 | Runs In Your Nylons? It’s Not the End of the World |
| 120 | Fishing: Being Able to Bait Your Own Hook |
| 121 | Intimacy: More Than Just Lying There |
| 122 | Learning to Choose What to Wear In Less Than Four Hours |
| 123 | Vacations: Doing Without 4 Suitcases |
| 124 | Makeup: The Less is More Theory |
| 125 | Nagging: Stop the Insanity! |
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Senior Personal Ads.
by WillB on Nov.10, 2008, under Great Stories, Relationships
Some “Senior” personal ads seen in Florida
newspapers: (Who says seniors don’t have a sense
of humor?)
FOXY LADY: Sexy, fashion-conscious blue-haired
beauty, 80’s, slim, 5′4″ (Used to be 5′6″), searching
for sharp-looking, sharp-dressing companion.
Matching white shoes and belt a plus.
LONG-TERM COMMITMENT: Recent widow who
has just buried fourth husband, and am looking for
someone to round out a six-unit plot. Dizziness,
fainting, shortness of breath not a problem.
SERENITY NOW: I am into solitude, long walks,
sunrises, the ocean, yoga and meditation. If you
are the silent type, let’s get together, take our
hearing aids out and enjoy quiet times.
WINNING SMILE: Active grandmother with
original teeth seeking a dedicated flosser to share
rare steaks, corn on the cob and caramel candy.
BEATLES OR STONES? I still like to rock, still like
to cruise in my Camaro on Saturday nights and still
like to play the guitar. If you were a groovy chick,
or are now a groovy hen, let’s get together and
listen to my eight-track tapes.
MEMORIES: I can usually remember Monday
through Thursday. If you can remember Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, let’s put our two heads
together.
MINT CONDITION: Male, 1932, high mileage, good
condition, some hair, many new parts including
hip, knee, cornea, valves. Isn’t in running
condition, but walks well.
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Love intamacy and bringing it back.
by WillB on Nov.08, 2008, under Relationships
I saw this a while ago. It’s a little sentimental but, it’s really something everyone deserves to read before they get married (or even after the honeymoon phase wears off).
To All Married Couples and Singles Who Intend To Get Married
When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you.
She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.
Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know What I was thinking. I want a divorce.
I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?
I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man!
That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage.
But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; I had lost my heart to a lovely girl called Dew.
I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!
With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house,
30% shares of my company and the car.
She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger.
I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Dew so dearly.
Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release.
The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.
The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table.
I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because
I was tired after an eventful day with Dew. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing.
I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.
In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me,
but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both
struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a
months time and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.
This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal
room on our wedding day. She requested that everyday for the month’s duration I carry her out of
our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy.
Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.
I told Dew about my wife s divorce conditions. She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd.
No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully. My wife and I hadn’t had any body
contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day,
we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought
me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with
her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset.
I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.
On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest.. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse.
I realized that I hadn’t looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she
was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying!
Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.
On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman
who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was
growing again. I didn’t tell Dew about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by.
Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.
She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one.
Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily. Suddenly it hit me; she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart.
Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head. Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to carry mum out.
To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute.
I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway.
Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.
But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step.
Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn’t noticed that our life lacked intimacy.
I drove to office… jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door.
I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind… I walked upstairs.
Dew opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Dew, I do not want the divorce anymore.
She looked at me, astonished. Then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head.
Sorry, Dew, I said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I
didn’t value the details of our lives, not because we didn’t love each other any more.
Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death does us apart.
Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed
the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away.
At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card.
I smiled and wrote: ‘I’ll carry you out every morning until death do us apart’
The small details of our lives are what really matter in a relationship.
It is not the mansion, the car, the property, the bank balance that matters.
These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves.
So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy.
Do have a real happy marriage!
If you don’t share this, nothing will happen to you, but if you do, you just might save a marriage.
Relationships are made not to exploit, not to be broken.
We teach some by what we say
We teach some more by what we do
But we teach most by what we are
You don’t get to choose how you are going to die, or when, but, you can decide how you are going to live, here and now.
Remember:
people will forget what you said …
people will forget what you did …
but people will never forget how you made them feel …
-Will
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