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I don't, but a friend of mine does. No-one asks her for directions and people do not try to start a conversation with her in a line-up. She just looks angry all the time.

Got tired of tap water so bought a sodastream to carbonate it. I add a teaspoon of lemon, lime or rhubarb juice to it. Loving the rhubarb!

mmmm... I once read about a fascinating tribe in Papua New Guinea where the men and women lived in separate villages a distance from each other. There was a formal courting ritual when men were allowed into the women's village. young boys stayed with the women until age of 5 or 6. What struck me was the description of the…

so sweet an offerrr.... a comedian (can't remember name) once said "aren't women beautiful? if I was a woman, I'd be a lesbian. Seriously, all women should be lesbians."

fair comment. I actually have a lot of sympathy for men asking women out... You're vulnerable in that moment. In college I hung out with an attractive woman who tried to see how many guys she could turn down in a night... course she had to pretend interest first.

wow, u must be a super nice guy, cause the fuglies actually think they have a chance!

it may be reality right now, but I believe change is possible. I have to believe social mores can change because so much of what is the 'norm' right now depresses me. I'm speaking of wider issues than just women asking men out.

same thing happens to me... shock and awe when I introduce the husband... I think I spent too much time hanging out with my brothers, bad influence when you're supposed to be learning how to be a girl!

that's just sad. I think every guy should be asked out at least once or twice in his life...:flowerforyou:

so I read your response and thought "man I wish I was a lesbian".... u know how weird first thoughts are... but hey, if I was I coulda dated that Olympic hockey player who was hot for me...

so if you're not interested, how do you turn her down? One guy told me he had to repaint his apartment (maybe equivalent to a woman's "I have to wash my hair all day saturday"?

Well, since I gained the weight, no one has tried to pick me up. The weight also helped for creating a greater personal space around me. kinda concerned about what will happen when I lose the weight... what about the other meaning of pick up? Have you ever picked a guy up?

Maybe you should starting asking random women to pick u up? say its for an experiment...

Glad you got a laugh! yeah I did pick-up my husband once to show off to friends, but I asked him nicely first and we did the cross the threshhold lift... we were newly wed I'm kinda sad that I lost strength over the last decade, to much time behind a desk. Trying to get back to lifting heavy.

ooo... so tempted to flirt, but my husband is watching...

but checkout football or soccer, guys are aways picking up other guys. I think this actually has more to do with me being a female showing strength (domination?) over a male

I gave a bit of thought to responding to your post. Congratulations to your sister! sounds like she may have had an uphill battle to get where she is now. I was also raised in a fairly conservative small town environment... the women could only show strength when necessary, otherwise had to pretend frailty.. I like to…

yeah, I get that... guess i was thinking that if it was a relationship of trust, then it could just be treated as a bit of fun... sort of the way I was expected to take it all in fun when my brothers or boyfriend did it to me

all I can say is I'm sorry you went through the same. definitely destroyed my confidence in being able to control a situation for a while.

but you would think that it would be handy to have a partner who could pick you up and run when you were injured? think of the coming zombie attacks...

How I was raised? My father and brothers took great joy in picking me up and spinning me til I was sick when I was young. With my husband, I thought it was all just in good fun... hug squeeze lift

I also like being in control, probably why I liked asking men out rather than waiting. I like to think I wasn't creepy about it... simply ask them point blank (after finding out if they were seeing someone or not) I also don't like being picked up (literally) but that has to do with a guy picking me up, running away with…

Thanks, I was going through old pics for motivation and came across it. made me laugh too...

I also used to be a vegetarian, then a vegan. You (the OP) asked what made me change back to being an omnivore? Or how to change your husband back to being an omnivore? Well, I was similar to your husband in that I became a vegetarian and then a vegan because it was the socially responsible ( read cool within my friend…

Also want to note that I went back to youtube to find videos on butterfly stroke. I've found some useful videos and applied that to my Monday swim. I did the HIIT workout I mentioned before - I have no shame about looking awkward - at this point I can only get better!

I've taken group lessons a couple times over the years, but didn't improve much ( maybe the class size was too big). After swimming a couple times in December, I did a little Internet research and came across Total Immersion training. I'm a visual learner so I studied the available free youtube videos about total…

Swimming rocks! I focused on swimming from December through March, started at freestyle 500 metres in 21 min, now swimming freestyle 1500 metres in 37 minutes. I was swimming 3 times a week. I also lost 20 lbs from November to march so the swimming definitely helps. I kinda lost interest the last couple weeks (I found that…

When ppl say "boom" I cringe & duck

I'm a 5'7" hourglass and had my goal set for 140. Then your question made me wonder what my frame size was. I have 7" wrists so Livestrong states that I am large framed! News to me!:noway: :grumble: Supposedly my ideal weight is between 143-163lbs. So I've reset my goal weight for 150-155 and I'll check how I feel when I…

For doing intervals, I carry my watch in my pocket (with such short intervals, you may want to keep it in your hand). This is before I got a watch with an interval alarm program. Now on cold running days, I keep it under my hat or around my headband. Can you tell that I hate wearing a watch? As for snow running I have used…