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03 Mar 2021, 4:38 am

There are days when being alone for the rest of my life sounds like paradise.


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03 Mar 2021, 4:42 am

there are worse things for sure, but having a loving mate is sure handy if one is disabled.



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03 Mar 2021, 5:28 am

auntblabby wrote:
there are worse things for sure, but having a loving mate live-in carer is sure handy if one is disabled.


Fixed it for you. 8)



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03 Mar 2021, 5:44 am

Is there anyone who isn't? :oops:



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03 Mar 2021, 6:00 am

funeralxempire wrote:
Is there anyone who isn't? :oops:

Introverts and hermits maybe.


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03 Mar 2021, 6:19 am

RetroGamer87 wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Is there anyone who isn't? :oops:

Introverts and hermits maybe.


I'd lump many of them in with my statement too.

Some people are brave enough to face their deepest fear head on, it doesn't mean they lack fear. In some ways it becomes easier the more doomed one believes they are to suffer that fate because they'll understand the futility of any attempt at avoiding that outcome, making the attempt irrational and a waste of effort.


Accepting a terrifying outcome stoically isn't proof that one isn't terrified of that outcome.



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03 Mar 2021, 6:59 am

it helped me when a living object lesson fell into my lap one day while i wasn't looking, and taught me up close and personal, once and for all that 1] i'm defective [not a fully formed human], and 2] i belong on the island of defective unwanted toy santas :santa:



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03 Mar 2021, 12:43 pm

You write pretty well for a defective fully formed human . And hopes one day to float my motor boat to the island of defective toy Santa’s . To observe such defective toy Santa’s , With the belief that all toy Santa’s. Have a place in the world . IMHO. :D


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03 Mar 2021, 12:59 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Is there anyone who isn't? :oops:

Introverts and hermits maybe.


I'd lump many of them in with my statement too.

Some people are brave enough to face their deepest fear head on, it doesn't mean they lack fear. In some ways it becomes easier the more doomed one believes they are to suffer that fate because they'll understand the futility of any attempt at avoiding that outcome, making the attempt irrational and a waste of effort.


Accepting a terrifying outcome stoically isn't proof that one isn't terrified of that outcome.


Brave or gave it up?



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03 Mar 2021, 1:07 pm

auntblabby wrote:
it helped me when a living object lesson fell into my lap one day while i wasn't looking, and taught me up close and personal, once and for all that 1] i'm defective [not a fully formed human], and 2] i belong on the island of defective unwanted toy santas :santa:


No toys are defective, and you're welcome to join my island anytime.


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03 Mar 2021, 1:40 pm

If Blabby's defective, then I'm defective.

And no, I don't believe I'm defective.....so Blabby's not defective.



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03 Mar 2021, 1:48 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Is there anyone who isn't? :oops:

Introverts and hermits maybe.


I'd lump many of them in with my statement too.

Some people are brave enough to face their deepest fear head on, it doesn't mean they lack fear. In some ways it becomes easier the more doomed one believes they are to suffer that fate because they'll understand the futility of any attempt at avoiding that outcome, making the attempt irrational and a waste of effort.


Accepting a terrifying outcome stoically isn't proof that one isn't terrified of that outcome.


Brave or gave it up?


I'm sure both exist but I doubt that I can tell the difference.



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03 Mar 2021, 3:39 pm

In my case I gave it up.

Btw in my local atheist group they did a gender poll; 70% are male. Atheists are disproportionally single according to another poll done there.



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03 Mar 2021, 4:01 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
If Blabby's defective, then I'm defective.

And no, I don't believe I'm defective.....so Blabby's not defective.


Personally do not think Auntblabby is defective , either, beside am sincerely hopeful that most all broken toys can be mended ,
with the right tools . And applications. :)


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03 Mar 2021, 4:42 pm

I was when younger so literally went from relationship to relationship which wasn't healthy. Now older and wiser I think I would be contented never being in one again. If the right person comes along I wouldn't say no though.



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03 Mar 2021, 5:40 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
In my case I gave it up.


Same, but I am older than you.
I focused on platonic relationships but I have pretty much given up on those, also. [shrug]

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Btw in my local atheist group they did a gender poll; 70% are male. Atheists are disproportionally single according to another poll done there.


I hope I am not attacked for saying this, but women are more into feelings and men tend to be more into logic.
Religion caters for emotional considerations. [duck]