Welcome to the internet. I think part of it is not having any non-verbal cues to pick up on. (tone of voice, expression,etc.) Hard to tell sometimes if someone is being tongue-in-cheek or serious. Personally, I think this is one of the best forums I've seen. Most of the people here have been friendly, welcoming, and (at least to me) appear genuine.

I do that one. Also, when I pick it up I usually say, "Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck."

On a first date when he hugged me. Couldn't stop giggling after that. Just made it worse.

Absolutely!

Does emotional cheating count? Where you start talking to and confiding in someone else more than your mate? Or is that just a prelude to physically cheating on them?

Oh well, if it at least amuses, then it was worth the typing.

Oh yeah. Used to have a supervisor that was very unprofessional. She seemed to think it was a sorority instead of an office. She often took it very personally when I was too busy to chat with her. Then I'd either get called into her office for an impromtu "performance review" or get a snarky, snotty e-mail about my people skills. I was always very courteous and polite to her! I just didn't want to be her best friend.
I blew up at her one afternoon, yelled "For God's sake would you just let me work in peace?!!" and ended up in her boss's office, explaining my outburst. Then she & I both ended up in a meeting with someone from HR. Thank God I'd saved all the e-mails she'd sent to me. The HR person warned my supervisor that she could be fired or sued (by me) for harrassment.
She transferred not too long after that.

Yeah...for a minute there. Ok, color me gullible today.

Someone recently posted a reply to something I said on whimsical thread with "All ideas on threads are right protected, see previous post!"
Apparently I'd posted a reply very similar to this person's original reply.
ARE all ideas on the threads right protected???
I have never heard of this before. Offering one's opinion isn't allowed if someone else has already posted a similar opinion???

I'd travel to the past, with a notebook full of all the winning lottery numbers.

They were only walking on me because I let them. Once I set new boundaries (and stuck to them! That was the hard part.) the problem, and the person, just went away after a while. She & I eventually stopped speaking altogether. No big loss.

I love reading Christopher Penczak, btw. I have his "The Inner Temple of Witchcraft".

The book only lists Peach Selenite and Selenite Phantom. Here's what it says about the two.

Peach Selenite - A stone of emotional transformation, carrying all the purity and highly spritual energetic properties of Selenite, Peach Selenite is a powerful cleanser and healer and is the perfect accompaniment for those who are immersed in old trauma and who need to review their lives, particularily if circumstances has necessitated a trip into the underworld. Drawing out issues of abandonment, rejection, alienation, and betrayal, no matter when these occurred, nurturing Peach Selenite transmutes the energy into healing, forgiveness, and acceptance. This stone is useful for those who unconciously prefer to stay with the discomfort of a condition rather than face the challenge of getting well and understanding the psychosomatic cause. Symbolizing the transmuting fires of the planet Pluto and the earthy wisdom of his wife Persephone, Peach Selenite is the perfect accompaniment for an evolutionary jump into self-awareness and new life. This is a stone that affords deep insight into the cycles of birth, death, and rebirth and which opens the priestess in every woman. It is perfect for thanksgiving moon rituals at times of transition such as puberty or childbirth.

Selenite Phantom - A Selenite Phantom acts in a similar manner to other phantoms to strip away all that has been overlaid on the soul core, but can assist when working at the highest spiritual vibration to connect to the true spiritual Self and it's overall evolutionary purpose. Carrying purity and the highest spiritual energetic properties of Selenite, a nurturing stone that instills clarity of mind and protects against being overwhelmed mentally or physically, the Phantom clears mental and spiritual confusion and removes karmic entanglements. The insights gained can be grounded and earthed into the physical body with the wider end of the Phantom. If pointed, Selenite Phantom cuts through karmic debris, especially when used as a wand to draw it off and reprogram cellular memory, and dissolve emotional dis-ease. The crystal then acts as a symbol of rebirth and new life. Beneficial for: Cellular memory, spinal column alignment, joint flexibility, neutralizing mercury toxicity.

I'm a little disappointed that this book doesn't list all the stones, like plain Selenite, but (lol) that's what I get for buying off the bargain shelf at Barnes & Noble. I think I'll be buying another book soon that has more stone descriptions.

Only if I trip or fart (or both ) in front of them.

Uncle Bob? That you?

Would, and did.