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27 Dec 2011, 11:24 am

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I don 't exactly advertise the fact that we have separate bedrooms because a lot of people seem to believe it's a bad thing.

My husband would prefer us to share a room & the bed but he's not the one with the sleeping issues. So I feel a little guilty but not guilty enough to move back into his bedroom.


It's very refreshing to hear that real people are not like the people you read about who are cool in every way and also having sex all the time. I sometimes have to remind myself "yeah, so I'm celibate, with no money. Well those are the only two things wrong with my life. Everything else is perfect, so all in all I'm doing pretty good."

Reminds me of this image: how the real world is:
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Or this version, which is somehow even more real:
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Yes, there are people who cuddle up with the one they love every night, but they usually have other issues that would make their life unbearable to me, plus they are outnumbered ten to one by people who cuddle up with someone they don't really like.


No we are not cool. That cat is though.
Unfortunately I can't see the first image.


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27 Dec 2011, 4:13 pm

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Unfortunately I can't see the first image.

It's just the same text with a 1950s style woman lying in bed.



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27 Dec 2011, 5:18 pm

Thanks, trappedinhell. The kitty wins, every time.

To return to the thread(-ish), you're right about the talking/communicating part.

I have a good marriage now, but my previous relationship went belly up because we (and I admit mostly me) weren't talking enough, or about the right things. I'm not proud of it.

Everything can be sorted so long as the lines of communication are open. But people don't drop out of the sky mature. It takes time to learn, and I didn't grow up until I reached my thirties unfortunately.

The couple on the video have a long way to go and I wish them all the best.


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