My whole life, I've never loved anything else.

Oz ,'Him'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Jun 23, 2011 4:54:03 am PDT #13891 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Birthday Happies Teppy!!


Sparky1 - Jun 23, 2011 4:57:30 am PDT #13892 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

Happy birthday, Teppy!


Sue - Jun 23, 2011 4:59:31 am PDT #13893 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Happy Birthday Steph!


Jessica - Jun 23, 2011 5:05:00 am PDT #13894 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Happy birthday Tep!

The Zenstimate is what Zillow estimates the house *should* cost based on other local property values.


Amy - Jun 23, 2011 5:05:20 am PDT #13895 of 30001
Because books.

Happy birthday, Steph!

Sophia, that would be an adorable little place for you. I love the river walk so close by.


tommyrot - Jun 23, 2011 5:09:49 am PDT #13896 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

When the Bride is Not a Virgin (Sep, 1965)

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This is not to say, of course, that virginity is not an advantage in many instances. If this girl had not been forced by her own personal qualities to learn about sex from experimentation, her fiance would not have doubted her in the first place. But it does illustrate that good marriages can be built on firm grounds even when there is something in the past— sexual or otherwise—that needs to be discussed and thought through ahead of time.

Some may say that this girl is the exception to the rule, and that once a girl begins sexual relations, she loses her inhibitions in this regard. Many boys seem to have this point of view. This, however, is not a sound assumption. It involves, in my opinion, a male error in the understanding of the female point of view.

The vast majority of girls who have sex relations before marriage are not promiscuous and uninhibited. Most of them have a strong emotional attachment for the person with whom they share sexual intimacy—even though this “attachment” may be a temporary one. The fact that a woman has had sex experiences before marriage does not mean that she will not be faithful to her husband when married.

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In spite of the fact that our double standard of sex — which says that sex before marriage is all right for men but not for women—is weakening, it still has a strong hold on most men. A great many of them, no matter how sexually liberated they feel themselves to be, still can’t accept the fact that their wives have had sexual experiences while unmarried.

Often when an engaged woman or a wife confesses to past experience, she docs it out of a sense of guilt. If she does feel the need for confession, she should seek out a counselor to discuss her problems with. She should not burden her husband with them.


lisah - Jun 23, 2011 5:16:44 am PDT #13897 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Happy Birthday, Teppy!

Sophia, that house is adorable! Hope everything works out at work. Can you talk to your boss' boss and/or HR about where you might fit in well with all your skills? It sounds like you'd be a great resource for a lot of departments.

I'm bleary eyed and failed to make it to yoga this morning on only the 2nd day back after being in the boot, and enforced sloth, for a month. Fail! I just couldn't get my brain to stfu and let me fall asleep last night. It kept running horror losing my office scenarios. Tedious! Jesus, Brain, it's sad but it's not a Tragedy!


Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2011 5:20:01 am PDT #13898 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Birthday happies to Steph!


DavidS - Jun 23, 2011 5:28:10 am PDT #13899 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Happy birthday, Tepalina! I hope you're feted all day.

Good luck with the work stuff, Sophia. I have to say every time a boss left my work situation degraded. Though I'm pretty sure there have been several Buffistae who's lot improved after a bad boss left.

lisah, I'm bummed about you losing your office too!


Jesse - Jun 23, 2011 5:28:16 am PDT #13900 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sophia, how does the timing with the house-buying money from work work? I mean, if you can get an FHA loan or whatever that cuts way down on the money you need to have in hand, and you can get that money from your job, then Bob's your uncle!