Does it have to be True Love as we get older?

[Phoenix]

It's fun to play with things.

 

[Guitarist]

It's fun to play with things.

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

 

[Ruthanne]

Mischief is fun. Sometimes we become a too serious. Levity restores the balance, IMHO.

I like getting silly sometimes! Laughter is good for whatever ails you. :thumbsup1:

 

[Phoenix]

I like getting silly sometimes! Laughter is good for whatever ails you. :thumbsup1:

Sometimes it's all we've got to soften things.

 

[Ruthanne]

Sometimes it's all we've got to soften things.

Yeah.:yougogirl:

 

[Phoenix]

There have been so many times I didn't think I could make it. Reteaching myself to laugh helped. Fake it until you make it, is what one of my teachers told me. It helps some of the time.

 

[senile1]

I agree. Relative to that, does a person give the other person the benefit of the doubt or immediately assume that the comment one heard that sounded like a put down was not that at all?

One can always misconstrue a comment of another, but should be willing to discuss anything one is unsure of.

 

[Phoenix]

One can always misconstrue a comment of another, but should be willing to discuss anything one is unsure of.

I agree, and in theory that can work. But in the reality of my past, most people I knew were not open to discussion. They were right and that was it.... Of course, some of these were husbands at the time...serial monogamy of course.

 

[senile1]

I agree, and in theory that can work. But in the reality of my past, most people I knew were not open to discussion. They were right and that was it.... Of course, some of these were husbands at the time...serial monogamy of course.

When 2 are involved in a mutually loving and caring relationship, such discussions are rarely , if ever, one sided. A discussion is not a completion, but a sharing of views and opinions , which should be respected for it's validity by both parties.

 

[fureverywhere]

When 2 are involved in a mutually loving and caring relationship, such discussions are rarely , if ever, one sided. A discussion is not a completion, but a sharing of views and opinions , which should be respected for it's validity by both parties.

Exactly...you finish each others thoughts. Weird but yeah you've been together a bunch of decades and it happens.

 

[Phoenix]

I had two husbands who wanted to control me. People like that cannot have a mutually beneficial relationship. I dumped them eventually. I have a good relationship now. We discuss things. So I've kept him for nearly 26 years. And yes, we do finish each others thoughts. But sometimes we don't know what the other one has in mind, because we are each exposed to stimuli the other isn't exposed to. That keeps it from getting boring and redundant.