tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post2060536029189130518..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Road Trip Part 2Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7457886864322525252007-06-12T22:11:00.000-02:302007-06-12T22:11:00.000-02:30i'm with verna.i remember one time going to a week...i'm with verna.<BR/><BR/>i remember one time going to a week-long writing conference in the mountains of north carolina. at the very end of the conference, we had a dance and a party. one of the other writers came up to me late in the evening and told me that he had wanted to talk to me all week, and that evening he had wanted to ask me to dance, but he could tell that i was one of those women who didn't need men.<BR/><BR/>it was the strangest, most out-of-left-field comments anyone had ever made to me. and it made me wonder what kind of image i portray. i certainly am independent, but i'm not hostile....lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28595823731448244792007-06-12T20:30:00.000-02:302007-06-12T20:30:00.000-02:30Laurie: Yes, I think so, more to be revealed !Vern...Laurie: Yes, I think so, more to be revealed !<BR/>Verna: Oh I so agree, and yes, I figure what can I lose? Classified under "batty old biddy" for a while and that's OK these days!<BR/>Nick: yes never share the vulnerability under any circumstances, my mantra exactly!! It has to change, for me anyway...Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-65855785396744359452007-06-12T19:06:00.000-02:302007-06-12T19:06:00.000-02:30Not really knowing you, www, I hesitate to make an...Not really knowing you, www, I hesitate to make any suggestions re finding the right man, but yes I guess letting him get close and not seeming stolidly self-sufficient is important. Funnily enough I have a similar problem with friends, namely I drive away likely prospects with some sort of signal they interpret as a brush-off. Probably the same air of stolid self-sufficiency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46293573326780445222007-06-12T16:13:00.000-02:302007-06-12T16:13:00.000-02:30Isn't it amazing that we're still dealing with the...Isn't it amazing that we're still dealing with the same relationship issues we had when we were younger? But now we have experience, we know ourselves better -- dont' we? And maybe we are more willing to take risks. You sound willing, and I wish you well: go for it! The older I get, the more I understand how little I have to lose by taking risks and how much I have to gain.<BR/><BR/>Loved this post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-66644535631100911252007-06-11T23:37:00.000-02:302007-06-11T23:37:00.000-02:30wow. bold move, and a good one.wow. bold move, and a good one.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.com