Hey Moose,
You must have missed the smiley in my post. Things are not that bad. We've
managed to make it work for 58 years.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] The incredible shrinking man
> Ken Norton wrote:
>>> My wife has a photographic memory. All of my many mistakes can be
>>> recalled in graphic detail. ;-)
>>> Things must be very much alike on both sides of the pond.
>> I think some things are pretty universal and cross cultural, language and
>> ethnic lines. Some day when we establish contact with the Martians,
>> we'll discover that their marriages look a lot like ours.
>>
>
> I've stayed out of these threads as they have cropped up, but this
> generalization is a bit much for me.
>
> I'm divorced and widowed and Carol and I have been living together
> essentially as though married for 8 1/2 years.
>
> Although my first marriage,which ended in divorce, resembled in some
> ways the sort of generalizations common in media and posts here, even it
> wasn't so extreme.
>
> Second marriage was almost nothing like the stereotypes. Perfect, no,
> but not with all this unpleasantness. It only ended 'cause she died. I
> guess you could say that was unforgivable marital behavior?
>
> None of the crap applies to my present relationship. It's a daily
> delight. Disagreements? Misunderstandings? Sure, but we approach them
> in order to understand and resolve in ways that improve communication
> and understanding. I suppose that may sound polyannaish, but when both
> parties want things to grow and change for the better, it is, in fact,
> possible.
>
> Just sayin'
>
> Someone needs to witness that suffering isn't inevitable.
>
> A. Happy Moose
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