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Life do over?

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Posted - October 9, 2020

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  • 53528

     

    Where do I sign?

    ~

      October 9, 2020 7:32 PM MDT
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  • 44656
    Why? What would you have done dif?
      October 9, 2020 7:38 PM MDT
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  • 53528

     

      Do I get to start with different parents?
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      October 9, 2020 7:39 PM MDT
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  • 44656
    Your mother was a saint who made sure you were good. I also wonder how it would have been with a father. He made me what I am by me not wanting to be like him. We could both write a book.
      October 9, 2020 7:47 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    A psychologist once commented that everyone with a bad childhood could write a book--me too. 
      October 10, 2020 2:30 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    No, thanks.  I'm happy (so far) with the first time around.
      October 9, 2020 8:29 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Actually, that is easily observed by the quality and appropriateness of your posts on here.

    A good childhood bodes well for everyone that child later interacts with.
      October 10, 2020 2:32 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    I had a much better childhood than a lot of kids.  Parents who were married for 69 years before my dad passed away, raised to believe that we had to work for what we had, that we may have been the center of their universe, but we weren't the center of THE universe.  No matter how many times my dad was laid off (construction worker), there was always a roof over our heads, food on the table and clothes on our backs.  I wish that every child brought into the world had that upbringing.
      October 10, 2020 2:36 PM MDT
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  • 5808
    Just stuff to think about
    But one can make up for lost time
    by finding oneself beyond time and space.
      October 9, 2020 8:35 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    As a Catholic, I consider my self already connected to "beyond time and space"---and I find an easy shortcut to that part of my existence to be a quick prayer asking for help to arrange my thoughts.

    (And yes, when I am dealing with my Father and asking for help, I have found that He does not stand on what we sometimes think are the standard ceremonial protocols.)
      October 13, 2020 1:29 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    No, I don't think it's healthy to think that way. Also, something about our lives being better left to chance. 


    However, there are parts I'd like to do over again because they were so much fun! My task is to keep creating moments like that as long as I'm around. I may need to work harder at that than I currently am. 
      October 9, 2020 9:46 PM MDT
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  • 53528

      Who's to say that doing it over again would not be left to chance?  Actually, if there is some clause or loophole or whatever it could be called, something that keeps you from knowing that you're living parts of your life over, or something that keeps you from retaining your present-day knowledge on the second go-around, it's theoretically possible that right now IS a life do-over.  Hmmmmm.

    ~
      October 10, 2020 1:15 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    There you go with that science fiction stuff again! 

    If that's the case, that's the case. 

    There are portions that are certainly in my memory (if my memory is really my memory, or course), that I'd like to experience again. Things from 40 years ago and things from last month. Maybe I'm not doing such a bad job after all. :)
      October 10, 2020 1:51 PM MDT
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  • 53528

     

      Only one typo. Happy searching!

      October 11, 2020 6:21 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    You forget that I DO NOT CARE! 

    I saw that you'd forgotten to capitalize the word "I" in something you posted recently. Happy search to YOU

      October 11, 2020 10:04 AM MDT
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  • 53528

     

     I did? NOOOOOOOOOO!  Where, where, where, where, where, where, where, where, where, where, where, WHERE?  That’s one of the most egregious infractions of English language writing known to humankind! How could you let me go on in life without informing on me as soon as you saw it!  You know how much I obsess over these things! I need to edit it immediately. You have to tell me, you must, you must, you must, you must!  Quit being so cruel! Arrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh!


      October 11, 2020 11:08 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    I cannot interfere with your karma, oh, Great Randino. 
      October 11, 2020 11:20 AM MDT
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  • 53528

     Grrrrrrr. 

      October 11, 2020 9:22 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Did you find it?

      October 12, 2020 5:52 PM MDT
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  • 53528

      Of course not, and you knew I wouldn’t. With the sheer volume  of content I post here daily, no, practically hourly, I’d be searching for the proverbial needle. Ain’t nobody got no time for all that jazz, Woman!  I’m sure that either The Randy Nation or The Anti- Randy D Nation will gleefully point it out to me (IF it truly exists in the first place, which I highly doubt).
      So, my frenemy, that’s where things stand unless you want to reveal the location of this mysterious error of mine to me.  I know you will claim you don’t remember, but this is exactly why you should pounce immediately when you see I’ve screwed up. 
    ~
      October 12, 2020 8:18 PM MDT
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  • 11111
    Not for me, thanks. It was hard enough the first time, but it made me the awesome person I am now.
      October 9, 2020 9:55 PM MDT
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  • 53528

     

     

      Babykins!  You’re not thinking inside the box!  You and I could have met as young kids way back when, and started this lust affair of ours from the beginning!



      October 10, 2020 7:31 AM MDT
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  • 11111
    Yet another reason to leave well enough alone.
      October 10, 2020 2:08 PM MDT
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  • 53528

     

      Has it ever occurred to you that perhaps you and I need couples’ counseling?

    :|

      October 10, 2020 2:15 PM MDT
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