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[Gmoney]

Well, that's a relationship

dynamic that's a bird of a different color, so to speak. It's not for me, but I'm not going to knock your

choices.

I'm 33, never been married, but date my ass off. I guess my view of marriage is a bit idealistic, but

I had two sets of grandparents that were together and flirting till they died, so I've got good inspiration and

examples to go by.

Not saying my mind wont change after 10 years of marriage, but it is what it is now, and I am

who I am now, not who I will be 10 years from now, capisch?

[koolking1]

best not to let yourself

believe in "karma", were it true David Rockefeller would be in a homeless shelter and GWB would be in a gulag where

the inmates are being tortured, capische?

[Gmoney]

Ah, but I do believe in Karma.

However, almost inseparable from a true belief in the laws of Karma, is the philosophy of reincarnation, along with

the belief in an immortal soul of some sort. Karma, good bad or otherwise, doesn't always come in this turn of the

wheel, but it does come.

GWB will get his

[koolking1]

I

suddenly like you!!!

[Gmoney]

I

suddenly like you!!!

Damn, why do I always do that?! Must_work_harder_on_being_an_ass!!

[koolking1]

is Asian and Buddhist.

She decidedly believes in Karma which I think is unhealthy. Once she became a little bit "Americanized" her saying

was: "what comes around goes around", a saying she learned from her workmates in a low-paying job. For the

downtrodden (not that I think you are, I think the opposite of you), that philosophy helps them to cope but doesn't

really get them anywhere better. To her and other believers of that, they feel as if their station in life has

nothing to do with ability but rather luck, or lack of it and that the tide will eventually turn but you and I know

it really never does unless we do something to better ourselves.

Another saying (philosophy) I hear once in

a while is "be nice to people on your way up as you might meet them again on your way down".

[Gmoney]

Yep, I like that one too.

[belgareth]

is

Asian and Buddhist. She decidedly believes in Karma which I think is unhealthy. Once she became a little bit

"Americanized" her saying was: "what comes around goes around", a saying she learned from her workmates in a

low-paying job. For the downtrodden (not that I think you are, I think the opposite of you), that philosophy helps

them to cope but doesn't really get them anywhere better. To her and other believers of that, they feel as if their

station in life has nothing to do with ability but rather luck, or lack of it and that the tide will eventually turn

but you and I know it really never does unless we do something to better ourselves.

Another saying (philosophy)

I hear once in a while is "be nice to people on your way up as you might meet them again on your way

down".

The truth is, in my opinion, that we are a combination of simple odds, our intelligence and

determination. Most of us make our own luck, one way or another. Maybe we do have an immortal soul and maybe we

don't. It has nothing to do with what we choose to become in our lives.

I am still an idealist about most

things, including marriage. Never have cheated and have no tolerance for one who would cheat on me. If you and your

other half have other arrangements, that's great. You are harming nobody and you are happy.