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• Obligation is something we make up.  It is instead of saying no, when you listen carefully you will hear the VN groan, oh NO, not that again.  I strongly suspect women (especially) are raised to be too polite.  My experience is: 
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• Hi Watermusic! Love your response. I have found that once I allowed myself to be open to new ideas and new skills, a whole new world opened up for me. I used to tell myself that I was just useless at certain things because that's what other people to
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• I love Kashi meals as well although I have to be careful of the sodium amounts as I am on a low-sodium diet. I love the chicken pomodor with penne pasta. If someone would invent a low-fat and low sodium healthy frozen line of meals I would be in heav
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• Kinda like "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't." ~ Erica Jong.  Right????? I find this quote to be SO,so true. Why is it so hard to go with our hearts and stop caring what others think? I think what bothers
  In "Is a Maid of Honor Necessary?"
• Anonymous, thanks for your insight.  Whether or not he knows what shows, the fact is, he still has an active profile, and he signed into it last week for the first time in several months.  If it was as a result of an errant email...you know, those
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