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Don't know if this is "floof" or not......gender roles
Comments (27)I agree that late 20's into 30's is more common in a lot of areas outside of the South and Midwest, which tend to skew younger. 21 seems VERY young to me to get married. I was a completely different person at 21 than I was at 31, when I did get married. Though plenty of people have married young and made it last, I think it's less common these days. My grandparents married at 18 and they are still together, but I think back then divorce was a much less viable option, especially for women with children, so there weren't many options if there were regrets or if one or both spouses had negative changes as they aged. I'm watching a lovely little Netflix series set in the 50's and the married woman had a husband who cheated on her and abandoned her with 2 small children for his mistress, and still divorce was such a stigma for a woman in those days that all of her family and friends are encouraging her to do everything to win him back home where he belongs. That wouldn't fly these days with most people. I only know a couple of people who were married before 30 (counting marriages in the last 10 years)....See MoreFloof-ish. Are you a fan?
Comments (49)Yes, rob. That was sort of the premise for my whole post. The tedium of ceremony before getting to the point. Whether it be a celebration, a get together, a sporting event, a show, a class or test, a meeting, an announcement, anything. I was wondering if anyone actually enjoyed such, and if not, why it is still so prevalent to fiddle faddle around before the main event? Think gender reveals. All sorts of leading up to things, trying to build suspense, for what? if you want people to know what you are having send an announcement out. If you wanna have a party about it just do so. We're having a boy/girl! Come celebrate with us! Its that easy. It would work for most other happy events. We got married! Come celebrate with us! The kid graduated! Come to a party to celebrate! I think it would be better if people keep in mind that a lot of people only attend such events either out of obligation/guilt, or indeed to take the opportunity to get together with family and friends. I know that the bridal industry pushes the idea of a fairy tale wedding HARD so that a lot of young people think that they NEED to have such an event, and get excited for it. Thus the tradition of family and friends and friends of family showing up to suffer through, in order to get an opportunity to see each other. Why not just get married and then have such a party? Same thing with things like training or meetings. No one is there for fun. We are here because we have to be. No, I do not want to see your pretty little PowerPoint slides, unless they are RELEVENT to why I am here. I do not want to play an ice breaker. I either already know someone or will likely never work with them, so stop wasting time, get to it so I can get out. I am an adult and can either get along with everyone or at least fake it for works sake. I need no help from an ice breaker game. get to it. Or a game. I want to watch THE GAME! Not someone warbling and over embellishing the national anthem to try to make it stand out. Not a dance or cheerleading routine. The game was supposed to start as 7. Its 8:30 and nothing sports related has happened. I will for sure attend all the future weddings of my nieces and nephews that I am able. Out of OBLIGATION and GUILT, because I am their aunt and I love them. And I will make small talk and rant and rave over the decorations and how lovely the colors looked and how well done the ceremony was......then I will be thankful that it is over. I do hope I have at least one that thinks like me.........See MoreFloof! Education..
Comments (37)Education needs to be varied because it is impossible to predict what you are going to need as the years go by. Learning how to learn is the most important thing anyone will ever learn. An organized approach that builds on basics that you have to lay down though it be dull as ditch water is just part of getting educated. It is work. It is a child's job. I know it is not popular to speak of education as work vs fun and exciting or what ever and often hard and dull work at that. If you dont learn to multiply you wont learn algebra which is a language helpful for future ventures in math should you need to go there. Our university system which is broad based give you the option of changing your mind about what you always wanted to do with your life. Life is a long time. The British system is very focused to your chosen field. That can be good or bad. I did object to having to waste time on PE classes in college and having too many introductory classes but that was a function of where I went. You can hopefully choose to go elsewhere that meets your needs better. I am astonished you had to take calculus and Latin in high school. Calculus came after Trig and Latin was dying out in high schools and I know I am considerably older than you. I was not allowed to take drafting but a friend and I managed to make them let us take mechanical drawing. The teacher simply ignored us. We were taught nothing in the class and had to manage on our own....See MoreFloof! Those "Zen" moments.
Comments (11)When my riding coach and I are able to trail ride alone, without others, we rarely speak. There is one part of the forest we refer to as our church. The sun shining through the leaves of the towering trees, the heavily duffed trail where it narrows softens the sound of the hoofbeats, looking down on the basin below, the whole experience is ethereal. My second favorite place to find myself in a zen moment is sunset near the ocean. Love to sit on a quiet pier hearing the sounds of the critters winding down to sleep, the boats in their slips, birds flying home to roost for the night. One night I was lucky to be sitting out during a full moon. A huge flock of gulls crossed in front of the moon and continued on overhead. So awesome....See More
4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoIt was too silly to remember, but I do remember that we were both laughing a lot. Here's another photo from the same party:
I remember more of my conversation with Bruce Vilanch. I had given my camera to a friend of a friend to take this photo, and he was so in awe of Bruce that he was fumbling with the camera and had a hard time taking this photo. Bruce said, "Look at him! He's Japanese and doesn't even know how to use the camera!" Bruce was a real riot to talk with and difficult to keep up with in conversation.amylou321 thanked Lars
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