[ms] · Est. May 2002
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I wish you ALL a [COLOR=Red]HAPPY VALENTINE[/COLOR] filled with [COLOR=Red][B][SIZE=4]LOVE[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][COLOR=Red][B]& JOY[/B].[/COLOR][/SIZE]
I think tomorrow night my hubby is taking me out for dinner in a Chinese restaurant, kinda missed it...
Introducing our couple, our 16th Valentine together.
[IMG]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=156&pictureid=1569[/IMG]
Would love to see pix of other couples of MS members as well...
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GIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO my friend..... shit I miss chatting with you guys on MSN. Lory please pass my greetings to my friend Gio.
Have a great Valentine everyone :)
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Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Have a wedding to attend so i hope there will be some hotties there :lol:..
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lots of lovin' y'all, have a good one, and don't party to hard
cheers [ms]
:LoveYou:
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Same to you all! Happy Vday! Where is Frank TJ Mackey when you need him?
My gal and I are attending a wedding this Saturday on Vday so it should be a great time. We took it eaay on the gifts this year and booked a trip to New York instead. I hope you all have a wonderful Vday!
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Today is Valentine's day so I thought I would put a couple thoughts out there to all of my beloved single peeps.
Growing up in the midwest is a great great thing. I love it here. The people are nice and things move at a pace that no east or west coaster could ever tolerate. Unfortunately the Midwest culture has a different take on relationships than most other places in my experience. Demographic studies show that our generation is putting off serious relationships, marriage and children much further into their 30s and beyond than previous generations ever have. In the Midwest howerver we have a culture where if you are in your late 20s or early 30s and do not have a girlfriend or a wife people tend to wonder what is wrong with you. In the corporate world married employees are seen as "more stable" than single ones. I am always getting dogged by my co-workers for not having a girlfriend and being single. They wonder what is wrong with me and the answer is NOTHING. As we age everyone begins to pair off until many of the single folks wonder what happened to the good old days. Well I am here to tell you that the good old days are happening right now. I pretty much had a girlfriend from age 16 to 25 with little or no breaks. Since last Spring when I became single I had a hard time adjusting to the true bachelor life. Overtime I began to realize that I had gotten so used to having someone that I did not even know how to be single and be comfortable with it. A friend of mine who has gone through some heartache of late is going through the same thing that I was last year. How can you be single when a relationship is all you have known for so many years? The answer is not very easily discovered. This is what I believe is the answer...if you cannot be happy by yourself then you do not have the strength and mindset to be happy with someone. We all need to learn to stand on our own and break from co-dependency. I am a prime example of this and I am not ashamed to say so. The bottom line is the same major theme that I continue to hammer away at...have the courage to happy. Have the courage to be independent and do what you want with your time in this life. We only get one shot at it so it behooves us to make the most of it. The guy/gal you have always wanted may or come or may not but either way be happy that you are alive and well. My uncle bless his heart did not find the love of his life until his 50s, but the man was happy being single and comfortable in his own skin.
To all my lovebirds in relationships this blog is not aimed to talk down about your relationships. I love all of my married, engaged and in relationship friends all the same. This message is for those who deep down inside are bummed that on the 14th of February they have no Valentine and no lover. Remember that you are also loved by God, your friends and family maybe moreso than the current fling ever will. No matter what YOU ARE ALL LOVED!
Also if you are one of those singles...Vday is a GREAT night to get out and meet other singles...trust me! I wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day! Take care and remember...don't take life to seriously.
Kind regards,
John
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well my GF is a chef, so as you can imagine, she working today... making everyone elses valentines dinner memorable...
i just get the internet :P
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Happy Valentine! I wonder how busy those online dating sites are today :lol:
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Happy V's boys and gals
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Today is Valentine's day so I thought I would put a couple thoughts out there to all of my beloved single peeps.
Growing up in the midwest is a great great thing. I love it here. The people are nice and things move at a pace that no east or west coaster could ever tolerate. Unfortunately the Midwest culture has a different take on relationships than most other places in my experience. Demographic studies show that our generation is putting off serious relationships, marriage and children much further into their 30s and beyond than previous generations ever have. In the Midwest howerver we have a culture where if you are in your late 20s or early 30s and do not have a girlfriend or a wife people tend to wonder what is wrong with you. In the corporate world married employees are seen as "more stable" than single ones. I am always getting dogged by my co-workers for not having a girlfriend and being single. They wonder what is wrong with me and the answer is NOTHING. As we age everyone begins to pair off until many of the single folks wonder what happened to the good old days. Well I am here to tell you that the good old days are happening right now. I pretty much had a girlfriend from age 16 to 25 with little or no breaks. Since last Spring when I became single I had a hard time adjusting to the true bachelor life. Overtime I began to realize that I had gotten so used to having someone that I did not even know how to be single and be comfortable with it. A friend of mine who has gone through some heartache of late is going through the same thing that I was last year. How can you be single when a relationship is all you have known for so many years? The answer is not very easily discovered. This is what I believe is the answer...if you cannot be happy by yourself then you do not have the strength and mindset to be happy with someone. We all need to learn to stand on our own and break from co-dependency. I am a prime example of this and I am not ashamed to say so. The bottom line is the same major theme that I continue to hammer away at...have the courage to happy. Have the courage to be independent and do what you want with your time in this life. We only get one shot at it so it behooves us to make the most of it. The guy/gal you have always wanted may or come or may not but either way be happy that you are alive and well. My uncle bless his heart did not find the love of his life until his 50s, but the man was happy being single and comfortable in his own skin.
To all my lovebirds in relationships this blog is not aimed to talk down about your relationships. I love all of my married, engaged and in relationship friends all the same. This message is for those who deep down inside are bummed that on the 14th of February they have no Valentine and no lover. Remember that you are also loved by God, your friends and family maybe moreso than the current fling ever will. No matter what YOU ARE ALL LOVED!
Also if you are one of those singles...Vday is a GREAT night to get out and meet other singles...trust me! I wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day! Take care and remember...don't take life to seriously.
Kind regards,
John[/quote]
I like this. Thanks for sharing.
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Happy Saint Valentines day to everyone in Ms.
edit : I miss my ex :(
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my fiance and i had a fantastic evening at oceanaire tonight, what service! the food was excellent and she smiled and laughed a lot...flowers came in from california this morning, they forgot to include the orchids with the roses which pissed me off considering what i spent, but the good news is the roses were nice and the right bouquet will arrive next week. :Gracias:
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^ ....and wine was served as well I guess, nice! Any exchange of "gifts" or "thoughts"?
We have all ages of users on this board, many are married and with family, and probably most MSers have a love partner: In the wake of the circumstances, the St. Valentine day (a day dedicated to love), I thought that introducing my couple to [MS] would be appropriate. And by curiosity I would like to see pics of other couples of the [MS] community... so please ladies & gents, if you have pix of your couple and you are willing to introduce him/her to [MS] now is the right moment coz they surely deserve this homage, and no offensive comments are allowed of course (so PIX PLZ).
[quote=Kamal;709703]GIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO my friend..... shit I miss chatting with you guys on MSN. Lory please pass my greetings to my friend Gio.
Have a great Valentine everyone :)[/quote]
Thank you Kamal. Gio returns all his best greetings, to you and Madame as well. Yes, we really missed our MSN days with you guys and we surely have a lot to catch up to do in our next session. But the lack of time, work, pressure and all sorts of things are not making it easy to meet up, unfortunately. Kamal please convey my regards to your wife and friends you guys introduced us to. Xoxo :D
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this is me asking the missus to join me in the shower:lol:
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sorry shiva, i just couldn't help myself!:shock:
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:lol:, I understand
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the booze is my mistress!
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[quote=Bender420;709890]the booze is my mistress![/quote]
That is sad though (imo)
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what can i say, a good woman is hard to find!
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Even good men are harder to find nowadays, quality is getting rare.
More of a reason to celebrate this day: being in a harmonious couple is a blessing coz after all life has no meaning without love.
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^My birthday is February 9th so the gift exchange thing isn't really necessary, I'm a gift giving loving aquarius all year long ;)
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Hi Shiva, I like the new avatar.
Good stuff Florida. My ex has an Aquarius Sun, and I have Jupiter in Aquarius, that shit worked out for a while I guess lol. Aquarius is the sign of the greater precession cycle we are astronomically entering too. Word.
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Happy Valentine's Day everyone! :LoveYou:
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[QUOTE=floridaorange;709993]^My birthday is February 9th so the gift exchange thing isn't really necessary, I'm a gift giving loving aquarius all year long ;)[/QUOTE]
This is very true about aquarians
My first house is in Aquarius which makes me very humanitarian or at least seem like it :)
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[QUOTE=Shiva;709982]Even good men are harder to find nowadays, quality is getting rare.
More of a reason to celebrate this day: being in a harmonious couple is a blessing coz after all life has no meaning without love.[/QUOTE]
So my life is meaningless because I get no love? OUCH
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[quote=Shiva;709982]Even good men are harder to find nowadays, quality is getting rare. [/quote]
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[quote=Bender420;710167]So my life is meaningless because I get no love? OUCH[/quote]
No, not at all! I am not in a relationship right now either and I know my life is far from meaningless.
I think what Shiva is saying is somewhat true, that without love, life is meaningless, but I don't agree it has to be love of a significant other. I think it means knowing how to love, and having people in your life that you love and love you (family, friends, pet, etc).
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true dat
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i love me!
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Yes...
Friends, pets can bring you a type of "love" if we wana call it that way....which I actually define as being a sort of affection rather than love.
The LOVE I mean is that universal feeling a human can have towards another, just like "beauty" that is another universality. I am talking about the love of a couple and everything that comes with it. Nowadays it doesn't really matter whether it is a heterosexual or homosexual relationship as long as the common denominator is LOVE (not to be confused with affection).
Well, LOVE is a special subject, many people might have gotten the chance to experience TRUE love while others were not/are not that lucky (yet). Love is not only the most important universality of all, but it is also related to many other factors such as maturity, experience etc etc...so I am not gona go into this, but to make a loong story short, here is how I put it, in a very very simple analogy:
Life without LOVE is like..................eating french fries without salt or ketchup :D
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My Valentines Day was awesome. After making myself a romantic dinner, I turned the lights down low and watched a movie. After that I made love to myself and then fell asleep. Alone.
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[quote=Shiva;710590]Yes...
Life without LOVE is like..................eating french fries without salt or ketchup :D[/quote]
Not necessarily, you can totally enjoy single life like salty fries with ketchup. Having someone to share that life with is more like having the best cheeseburger in the world to go along with those salty fries and ketchup, everything is just that much better :lol:
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[quote=lilsensa;710597]My Valentines Day was awesome. After making myself a romantic dinner, I turned the lights down low and watched a movie. After that I made love to myself and then fell asleep. Alone.[/quote]
^ well thats what I call eating uncooked french fries.... :lol:
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^^Pathetic huh?!!
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Happpy Valentine's day everyone!! Shivz...miss talking to you guys on MSN big time!
Kamal - what have you been upto man...long time no talk!
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[QUOTE=lilsensa;710606]^^Pathetic huh?!![/QUOTE]
Not at all man in order to love somebody you have to learn how to love yourself first,