At Seventeen--Janis Ian

I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired

The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth

And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say come dance with me
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems
At seventeen

A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
Said, pity please the ones who serve
They only get what they deserve

The rich relationed hometown queen
Married into what she needs
A guarantee of company
And haven for the elderly

Remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
Indebentures of quality
And dubious integrity
There small town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received
At seventeen

To those of us who know the pain
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball

It was long ago and far away
The world was younger than today
And dreams were all they gave for free
To ugly duckling girls like me

We all play the game and when we dare
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repeating other lives unknown
That call and say, come dance with me
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me
At seventeen

I hope YOU had a wonderful birthday!!!

There's most always the flip side to everything.

scoundrel, there's always "more" for you!

(((Merle))) Good Morning!!

Thank you! I've yet to decide what I'll do today. I haven't finished Christmas shopping...UGH. Family will be here for Christmas, 5 spending the night here for 4 days. Housecleaning is the next option..UGH on that too.
Grocery shopping..UGH!

Mingle2 typing....whoohooooo. Sh*t, I can't make that an option today!

Yes! I've read that dimming the lights helps!

can have a positive affect on your physical as well as your emotional well-being

Music
Hugs
Pets
Laughter
Compliments

more?

Carnival-Natalie Merchant

I've walked these streets
A virtual stage
It seemed to me
Make up on their faces
Actors took their places next to me

I've walked these streets in a carival
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors and the dealers
They crowded me

Have I been blind? Have I been lost
Inside myself and my own mind
Hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

I've walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth and poverty
In the diamond markets
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me

And I've walked these streets
In the mad house asylum they can be
Where a wild-eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me

Have I been blind, Have I been lost
Inside myself and my own mind
Hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

Have I been wrong? Have I been wise
To shut my eyes and play along
Hypnotized and paralyzed by what what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen, by what they have seen?

Hypnotized and mesmerized
By what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have found
In that, that great street carnival.

geez, I get lost, I find where I belong, someone moves it! I feel like a pancake, just flip and see where I land. Back in the corner of the L&F. Good Morning All!

it only means that you can be inspired more by gutta thoughts

Thank you for all the positive posts!

fear for my dad
respect for my mom

<<<Moping up all the water and now having to go wash 50 wet towels! I sure hope y'all had fun!!



Good Morning Everyone!

When it's family members, I think it's even tougher to handle the "trips".

It is a form of a game sometimes. People will use it to try to manipulate another.

1) He can go out with the guys and she won't B*tch
She can go out with the girls and he won't whine

2) He can stock the fridge with beer & cold pizza
She can stock the fridge with yogurt and diet drinks

3) He can watch sports all day and night
She can watch WE channel all day and night

4) He doesn't have to hear she doesn't have anything to wear
She doesn't care if he wears his baggy sweats all day

5) He doesn't have to hear her say "I have a headache"
She never gets headaches

6) He doesn't have to take out the garbage just because she wants him to
She doesn't have to wash his stinky clothes

7) He doesn't have to take her out to dinner at least once a week.
She doesn't have to cook his favorite meal every night.

8) He doesn't have to hear "Why did you buy THAT?"
She doesn't have to hear him say "You spent how much?"

9) He doesn't have to hear "Can't you put the lid down.
She doesn't have to hear "Did you use my razor"

And #10

He doesn't have to hear "You've been too tired for 4 nights.
She doesn't have to hear "Did you take the batteries out of the remote again?"

Do you take them? Do you try to lay them on someone? How do you handle someone who tries to put you on one?

don't try to throw me off with your scientific BS. I know a gutta mind when I read it!

gutta woman gutta woman!!!

I'm working on aging upside down too, I'll let you know how that works!

tell you what Merle, go change the year on your profile. When I was trying to make a point to someone about how even women discriminated against age when making friends, etc. I would change mine around every week. I did however state in my profile that I changed my age every week because the internet was the only place I could get older or younger in the blink of an eye!