Hey tanya!

If I ever end up anywhere near Detroit, I will call or email ya and hope we can get together for lunch or dinner... heck maybe I could even bring my 14 year old with me!!

Brian

I agree with the sentiment... a lot of people lost their lives, and those who were left behind lost loved ones as well.

TO feralcat: Sign me up!

Oh why not? Couldn't hurt me could it????

OOPS!! Double posted by mistake!!

My 14 year old son wants to come live with me because I treat him like I was treated at his age, with respect and very few rules that he agrees to have.

I don't dispute his mother's rules, but I feel that as a teenager, we parents should be preparing to allow the teens to start learning to make their own decisions.

My ex totally disagrees with my take on discipline. She wants to rule with an iron fist, and wants me to be just as harsh as her and her current husband.

My son gives me very few problems (mainly I have to remind him that other people have feelings too, and it is not difficult to hurt them without realizing it), but he fights against his mother's rule (including coming to blows with his step-father over some trivial thing)

So, having different parenting styles does not necessarily mean that one parent is the "good" parent and the other the "bad" parent. In my situation, I am in a good position to help my son to realize how his behavior affects his mom and other people around him, and then let him decide what to do from there.

Then I bang my head against the wall when his mom tells me that I need to deal with our son again!!

I coulda had a V8, but chose to have kids instead!!!

That was exactly the laugh I needed for today... THANK YOU!!!!

I guess the main reason that things change is the ring gives a false sense of security, because you both have officially promised that you would stay together. Then you get to know the real person, the person that was hidden because he or she was trying to do everything in his or her power to impress you to stay. The ring and piece of paper allows people to drop their guard and feel more secure.

I myself have been married twice, lived up to my end of the promise, and had both of them file for divorce against me (the first time she found another man and started a relationship with him before filing for divorce. The second time, Family court basically forced her to choose between me and a CHANCE to get our children reunited with her.)

I would marry again, but not until I have the true security without the ring and piece of paper. I don't want a wife that doesn't want to be with me for the rest of our lives with or without the ring and piece of paper.

When I signed up for JustSayHi.com, I was really starting to feel desperate for that "Special someone" to be in my life. I have met a few "special" people that I like to call my friends, but that "special someone" I have not met. And I am okay with that.

I have figured out that my biggest fear was of being alone. As of now, I have been living alone for 6 months, and have not had any dates or relationships in 3 months. In that time, I have responded to everyone who has been brave enough to send me a message, and even tried sending a few messages of my own.

Basically what I am trying to say is that I am not here to find that "special someone" anymore. I may never find her, and I am learning to deal with that.

I am not going to deactivate my account, but I am also not going to be so desperate any longer either.

It has been my experience, so far, that although people ask for honesty and openness, they are not really ready to hear the brutal truth up front. It seems that people here want to find their "true love", but are too easy to mistrust other people because there are no visual or audio cues to be able to determine just how honest a person's words happen to be.

I myself have found it quite easy to mistrust people here, but when I am asked a question, I answer it honestly and openly, hoping that the person whose question I answer will accept my answer and not judge me. If I am judged, and the person leaves the conversation and/or relationship (be it acquaintance, friendship, love, whatever), then my only loss is that I opened up to one more person who couldn't accept that a person can be open and honest without question.

I got 2 ex-wives to prove it!!!!

I have never looked outside my marriages, but when my latest girlfriend decided to say "we're done" by Instant messenger, I felt free to explore my options with a new friend. Now I have no relationship. After 4 years of living with a pot-head, I have to have standards...

Next show is September 27, 2008 at 11:30 pm... and then Halloween night 11:30 pm

My first ex-wife filed for divorce after she left me for another man. She actually wanted me to take care of the kids while she went out with her new man.

My second ex-wife filed for divorce because the Family Court said her best chance to get our kids back was to divorce me... the court lied, cuz she lost her parental rights to the kids before the divorce was final.

I just lost a possible friend over being TOO honest (if you want to know what I said, I added it to my profile)... and I believe that I may end up deactivating my profile to save me more grief...

Brian


PS Also posted in Michigan Forum

I just lost a possible friend over being TOO honest (if you want to know what I said, I added it to my profile)... and I believe that I may end up deactivating my profile to save me more grief...

Brian

This is being sent out to all my friends, and those who like to be a little wild and have a lot of good clean (well, not necessarily clean) fun!!

Come join our group for this one-year anniversary event! Should be a real blast!!

Hosted By: Painted Perversion
When: Saturday August 30, 2008
at 11:00 PM
Where: Michigan Theatre
124 N Mechanic Street
Jackson, Michigan, 49202
United States
Description:
Painted Perversion

$8.00 at the door (includes prop bag)

If you need directions or more details, feel free to respond here and I will be happy to talk about it!

Brian

In the words of Larry the Cable Guy, "That's funny right there!"

I totally agree, although I have not driven through the entire U.P. (Just I-75 to the Soo and US-2 to Ironwood).

I have never been lost, but as my uncle use to say, "You can never be lost, because you always know where you are, just maybe not how to get where you want to go!"

This is being sent out to all my friends, and those who like to be a little wild and have a lot of good clean (well, not necessarily clean) fun!!

Come join our group for this event! Should be a real blast!!

Hosted By: Painted Perversion
When: Saturday Jul 26, 2008
at 11:30 PM
Where: Michigan Theatre
124 N Mechanic Street
Jackson, Michigan, 49202
United States
Description:
Painted Perversion

If you need directions or more details, feel free to respond here and I will be happy to talk about it!

Brian

Well, the party was a success... 5 people showed up!! I was one of the 5... although I had a hard time finding the spot cuz I was expecting a larger turnout. I actually drove by the site 3 times in trying to find it!!

Maybe next time we should have a map of the park and put a big X on the spot where we are expecting to meet?



Brian

Near as I can figure, I learned that the people that sh*t canned me couldn't handle the truth!!