what's a polite way to ask a man to keep his hands to himself while conversing in a group with you?.
this neighbor of mine and i were sitting in chairs on the deck with other people.. he always touched me whenever he said anything to me or i said anything to him.. it was as if he was using touch like an antenna to send and receive signals.. i didn't know what to do, so instead of risking embarrassment for us both, i did nothing but stand up and step away.. i stepped away after he attempted to caress my hamstrings on one leg.. *shudder*.
wonder why 60+ year old men think that a woman being nice to him means she's hot for him.. also wonders why it's only the smoking, beer guzzling, scrawny, bony, and smelly old men who do that.. .
you dont have to ASK someone to refrain from touching you!
you TELL them and if you want to be nice at first you simply
say, i am not comfortable with your touching me, so please
be mindful of that, thanks
and the thing is... ANYTHING they might say to dismiss your
boundary means they want to control the situation....
"oh, i am just a touch-y person" yada yada....
ask, my ass!!! set your boundary and defend it!!
two of mine are named tina.. i don't know the names of the others.. do you know yours?.
syl.
since my parents divorced early on, i grew up knowing much more about my mother's family, than my father's family so i do know:
Alice Jane (Brown) King was my maternal grandfather's mother married to John Morrison King
Elizabeth Jane (Fox) Foster was my maternal grandmother's mother married to William Sample Foster
i received a very interesting email a few minutes ago... you may have already seen it but i thought i'd forward it anyway.
it made me think of how blessed we are by jehovah to see with our own eyes the fulfillment of many prophesies which increase our faith in him and in our king christ.
on a personal note, it sent chills down my spine because it's not everyday i get impacted by something like this.... .
a tactic that seldom fails!
just scratch the surface and their ignorance is made manifest
<facepalm> for EVER having fallen for that drivel!
during a potluck for the hotel where i work, two housekeepers got into a fight because of some petty stuff thats been going on (so ready to quit but havent been job hunting like i should).
anywho, the head housekeepers starts bitching at the housekeeping supervisor and then bust out the other lead housekeeper, saying that she smells like a bag of onions!
i did not attend (i work third shift, and only attended event at work the first year that the hotel opened (2008).
there was an elder at the KH i attended who had said
that the society's training of elders taught to always
find something to commend and then offer counsel
seems the way to proceed.... as well as CLAIM
the reality that the situation is uncomfortable
but that it needs to be tackled
"your supervisor says your job performance is
commendable and i agree, so thank you for your
diligence in performing your job requirements...
we really do appreciate a hard worker like yourself...
additionally, as uncomfortable as i am in having
to bring a different matter to your attention, there
is an issue about personal hygiene that has not
gone unnoticed, and i hope that there are remedial
measures you can take to correct that matter... we
think highly of you and want to help you excel in all areas"
of course, if they suck at their job... whole otha story!
took my final final exam to end my course work.
for my aas in complementary and alternative .
medicine, so when all the applications and .
took my final final exam to end my course work
for my AAS in complementary and alternative
medicine, so when all the applications and
filing fees are paid, i will be a Class III clinical
aromatherapist .... i still have to take the 2
semester program in Therapeutic Massage
but by this time next year i will be hanging
a shingle as a holistic healthcare practitioner...
my final course was an organic chem course
related to essential oils... i DREADED taking it
since the program began, thinking i couldnt
"do" chemistry.... very pleased to note that
the ONLY final i have ever made 100% on
was that one.... seriously turned a page for me...
first time i truly "got it" when taking a chem course
pathology, pathophysiology and protocols,
A&P, nutrition, herbal medicine, aromatherapy
materia medicas... 60 credits in total... 3.98
ta DA!
i noticed an ex-witness sister on facebook - smiling, looking happy, expressing nice thoughts for any to read -and she is disfellowshipped!.
in her extended family, more and more kids and grandkids are leaving the "truth" - and "friending" her!
it might even be that she now is part of the majority of the extended family.
as is my habit, every time a thread with FB as a topic
comes along, i just pop on over and find someone i
knew from the KH i attended and start looking at
who they are "friends"with ....
just searched a real derp of a kid who had moved west
and not only are 10% of his 109 friends people
i KNOW to be (or who had been ) JWs, he is also
HEAVILY into "airsoft" gaming, with proudly displayed
pics of himself in FULL camo regalia talking about how
AWESOME his adventures are..... time and $$$ not spent
in pursuit of godly wisdom, i see.....
yeah, facebook is a symptom of a chronic inflammation
caused by the malignancy known as the GB....
one group of women who are forgotten are mother's but never had the chance to hold their child because they have lost a child.
some because they chose to give their child up for adoption.
others because of miscarriage or stillbirth.
thanks for this thread LL
paul benjamin would have been 22 this next october
he "never drew a breath" and yet, he is part of our
family, even known and loved by siblings born after
his demise, who call him baby paul to this day!
i got pregnant 3 months after he strayed away...
that baby is now 20 and the day he was born,
the oldest child remarked "if paul hadnt died, we
would never have had ethan"... that from a 6 YO!!
i claim to be mother to 5, because i AM mother to 5
some of my favorite people are~.
after leaving the religion, my lesbian couple friends were the most compassionate people, and i will always love them!.
i am heterosexual, but find gays to be absolutely fabulous!!.
there is no monolithic "the gays"
as a whole they are as variant as any general population
some are darling, some are fabulous, some are total @sshats
who will rob you blind or manipulate relationships like total pr!cks....
like the dyke who tried to tell me, that she, at 25, when confronted
by me about buying my 16 year old son alcoholic beverages and then
LETTING HIM DRIVE, that she was doing it "RESPONSIBLY".... wth!?
chickpea (of the PFLAG board member class and parent to a T in LGBT)
the news hour on PBS, which on our local public television network, is preceded by BBC America
in depth segments of leading news events with intelligent interviews/discussions that are non-shrill, unlike that irritating talking-over-each-other blather so popular on cable programs.... none of those multiple screen things with the brady bunch-esque array of talking heads.... talk about your yada yada
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42900991/ns/world_news-death_of_bin_laden/?gt1=43001.
ah, well .... "to one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.
to one without faith, no explanation is possible.".
the best proof of his demise will
be his absence from propaganda
that is produced, in the future, by
his associates... i suspect, if there is
fraud to be perpetrated, that will
be the source....
