tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post341151545965599062..comments2023-07-24T10:58:42.752-04:00Comments on transition: The more things change... accidental thoughtsAnndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703154815958841195noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-32481151634541751812009-10-01T08:16:37.887-04:002009-10-01T08:16:37.887-04:00I love the Tyler quote. But being in the process o...I love the Tyler quote. But being in the process of getting divorce, the jury is out as to whether I should have hung in there.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be cool to have a blogger match-making service? You could read someone's blog archives and get a feel for whether the person may be a possible mate.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16253518897502046799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-34191235387052944872009-09-30T09:35:26.039-04:002009-09-30T09:35:26.039-04:00Hmmmmm....once again Anne Tyler manages to depress...Hmmmmm....once again Anne Tyler manages to depress the hell out of me...not that it's a tough task. I've never been able to grasp the concept of 'forever'...I have enough trouble with here and now. I guess that makes me demonic in a relationship sense...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-46039104810647543422009-09-28T21:29:52.788-04:002009-09-28T21:29:52.788-04:00Gotta love those thought rambles.Gotta love those thought rambles.Travis Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192526507760146748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-90467637507148017142009-09-28T14:47:17.312-04:002009-09-28T14:47:17.312-04:00Lovely!
I also love that movie... and I have also...Lovely!<br /><br />I also love that movie... and I have also thought about how we end up with who we end up with. I thought about it A LOT while getting divorced.<br /><br />I am with Matthew now, and I am soooo happy sometimes it takes away my breath. Will we get married? Who knows. Right now, it is enough that we are together.<br /><br />(Love the quotes btw)Kaylia Metcalfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527164450365029203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-90315685375893997482009-09-28T11:30:55.889-04:002009-09-28T11:30:55.889-04:00Most excellent post my friend...I of course used o...Most excellent post my friend...I of course used one of those modern day matchmakers to find the woman I dearly love...<br /><br />How many times have people asked us "how did you meet" and when we say match.com, the looks are so different...some are shocked, some not so shocked.<br /><br />I have heard from others how many met their mate through a dating service.<br /><br />For you it was easy...all you had to do was go to a work related seminar!<br /><br />The Anne Tyler quote is perfect.Vinny "Bond" Marinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033455144526676371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-43042931919325167602009-09-27T12:51:25.131-04:002009-09-27T12:51:25.131-04:00I believe in love at first sight, I've experie...I believe in love at first sight, I've experienced it when I was 14 years old and met MWM who was then 15. We were together about 6 months then split up and didn't see each other for 8 years. We then met again in 1972 and have been together ever since. I believe each and every one of us has a soul mate somewhere and I found mine. :)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-63629791773532381672009-09-27T11:41:57.280-04:002009-09-27T11:41:57.280-04:00I'm afraid I've never met a musical I like...I'm afraid I've never met a musical I liked. Never have seen this.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-89965886186927637662009-09-26T23:09:48.529-04:002009-09-26T23:09:48.529-04:00First, I gotta tell ya, coming from a background i...First, I gotta tell ya, coming from a background in theater...I LOVE THIS MOVIE/BROADWAY SHOW.<br /><br />It's wonderful!<br /><br />Second, I believe that if two people are meant to meet, they will meet. And whether it's through a matchmaking service or through the butterflies in our stomach...what's meant to be, is meant to be.<br /><br />And like you, I believe what really matters is...<br /><br />"That the commitment survives what life throws at us and that love is given a chance to flourish."<br /><br />XRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977027331657615697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-80694411203803172472009-09-26T19:52:39.080-04:002009-09-26T19:52:39.080-04:00Starrlight, makes perfect sense. I think the quote...Starrlight, makes perfect sense. I think the quote is interesting because of what it doesn't say... there are two types of couples that last: happy ones and miserable one. The happy ones are the couples who have managed to grow with each other and keep the love and respect alive.<br /><br />Brian, there are so many interesting stories about how people end up together. <br /><br />I've known couples like that, it usually happens when the marriage and the spouse are taken for granted and they stop nurturing the commitment.<br /><br />People, like your grandparents, used to go into marriages taking "til death us do part" seriously, but that doesn't mean they understood the cherishing part. So the marriage withers but they don't believe in the option of divorce. Thing is, the marriage failed anyway.... whether they still wear the bands is incidental.Anndihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08703154815958841195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-87354632561373206362009-09-26T19:05:09.564-04:002009-09-26T19:05:09.564-04:00I wonder whether relationships are like careers. P...I wonder whether relationships are like careers. People often fall into doing something, or working for someone on the basis of luck or a short interview, and yet that career can be something they devote at least as many hours of their lives to as they do their families, and as many years too.<br /><br />So I agree with you t's all about whether you get lucky or not, and how you live rather than how you met.<br /><br />To provide a counter-example to your Anne Tyler quote: my grandparents married during WWII and are still together. They don't really get on (last year one of them lashed out and inadvertantly hospitalised the other during an argument), and their 60-odd years of unhappiness makes me glad to be of a generation where divorce is much more acceptable.Brian o vretanoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982178574498189251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579217219896241812.post-61857275170824171862009-09-26T19:03:49.047-04:002009-09-26T19:03:49.047-04:00Interesting concept that last quote. Your timing o...Interesting concept that last quote. Your timing on this Anndi is eerie :P <br /><br />I think my whole thing with love is that I don't want to be grateful at the end that I am with someone just because they are the ONLY one there. If anything, if I felt like that in a relationship I'd probably ask myself what I was doing still in it. <br /><br />See for me I'd rather be buy myself than with someone simply to not be alone. I have to want to be with someone for them, not for me. If that makes any sense at all.Cinnamon Girl https://www.blogger.com/profile/06542122037324196279noreply@blogger.com