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Direct Answers - Column for the week of April 26, 2004My girlfriend and I are basically the same age, just a six month difference.
When I went to buy the engagement ring in February, I felt certain she was the right one.
She accepted my proposal by saying, "If we go slow?"
We've been doing that.
We had the ring resized to fit her finger, and the wedding wasn't to be until Easter 2006.
This morning she broke it off.
We were happy and taking it slow, but for some reason it felt fast to her.
Right from the start, her relatives pressured her to break up.
She asked me questions, I answered honestly, and my answers were acceptable.I want to get married and have my own happy family in the next five years.
Preferably in the next two.
This afternoon I even cried.
What can or should I do?
I know suicide's not the answer, but maybe it would make a difference to her and them.
No, I don't want to do that, but like I said, I'm feeling sad today.MichaelMichael, on a merchant ship the second mate is responsible for navigation.
Traditionally, each morning the mate would rise, take a fix on the stars, and recompute a fresh course to the destination.
This is necessary because the wind and sea push the ship off yesterday's course.The mate can chart a course and ring up the speed, but the sea determines when the ship will arrive.
There is no point fighting against the sea, or against life.
Ordinarily when a person thinks of suicide, it is because they are holding to a fixed idea, and they cannot imagine life in any other way.
But life is full of possibilities.If your depression is serious, seek help.
But your sadness seems based on rigid expectations.
You have a schedule in your head, and you want life to conform to your schedule.
In the next two years you want to find a woman who loves you, whom you love, who will marry you, and produce children.
That sounds more like ordering a new car than love.Out of great love for someone who loves you, come a family and happiness.
Where is the great love for this woman in your letter?
No, what we hear is the two year schedule.
What we hear is the difference between this woman, and your plans for a woman.
Life, and people, cannot be bent to your will.
Surrender your schedule and allow your life to unfold.
The traditional farewell of a mariner is wishing a friend fair winds and a following sea.
But the truth is we learn more about ourselves and our ship in a storm than in calm waters.
Wayne & Tamara
SeesawI'm a single woman who is intelligent, kindhearted, and attractive.
I recently ended a relationship with a man I'll call Jordan.
Jordan slowly moved from wanting to spend every moment with me to "needing some space."Jordan is bipolar and refuses to seek help, and my attempts to help left him better and me with an hour of sleep.
Recently we enjoyed a great afternoon when he invited me to a party.
Well, the last time we went to a party, I was basically "left by the punchbowl."
When I gently expressed my concern, he screamed, "Get out!"
Which I promptly did.I realize I'm stupid to want anything but to move on, but for curiosity's sake, because it's driving me crazy, what on earth is his problem?
We seem to want the same thing, each other, yet he's going back and forth faster than a swing.DarleneDarlene, you ask what on earth is his problem.
To borrow a phrase from teenagers, "Duh?"
He is an unmedicated, bipolar person.
As long as he won't address the problem of his mood swings, there is no place on the swing for you.Tamara.
The Poker Bug is Biting Harder and Harder
Poker is more popular than ever.
One cannot flip through the channels on the television without seeing a poker tournament.
More and more people are playing poker everyday, especially texas holdem.Poker is being played everywhere.
There are big tournaments such as The World Series of Poker and The World Poker Tour where the best of the best play.
These are televised events where cameras are embedded in the tables so the viewers can see what the players are holding.
Poker tournaments are also being held frequently to raise money for charity.
Many people are playing poker online.
For example, Party Poker, one of the biggest online poker sites, had 61,250 people playing on it at 11:56 PM eastern on April 12, 2005.
As an aspiring entrepreneur, I decided to start up my own poker store on the internet to tap into this market.
I took an Internet marketing course, and started up
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1Cellnet breaks Telco's monopoly on overpriced calls
(ContentDesk) February 9 2004--1CellNet has developed a state-of-the-art telecommunications platform, which utilises a combination of SMS, Fibre Optic and Satellite technologies. This is known as Text Link Cellular or TLC. Using TLC, from your cell phone, you can connect to anybody, anywhere in the world with a cell phone or landline phone! By simply sending a special TLC message to our Platform we will connect you to your party with the clearest and most interference-free call you can possibly imagine. This amazing technology is unique to 1CellNet and doesn't have any competition anywhere in the world!For expatriates living in far away places that don't have access to cheap calls this new service is a boon. They can now contact family and friends at home in their country of origin affordably from their cell phones.Lai Fai Sunghttp://www.1cellnet.com/VoIPhttp://www.1cellnet-1team.comFoundation...
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CAN YOU BE A GOOD ROOMMATE?-TAKE THE ROOMMATE TEST
Test yourself with our roommate personality test.1. Do you tend to find fault with others? Yes or no2. Are you a moody person? Yes or no3. Have you ever had a check bounce before? Yes or no4. Do you generally pay your bills after the due date? Yes or no5.
Do you wait for someone else to contact the landlord about a maintenance problem? Yes or no6. Do others call you a "messy person". Yes or no7. Do you start quarrels with other people? Yes or no8. Are you regularly late for class or work? Yes or no9.
Do you frequently have friends over on the weekend to party? Yes or no10. Is it difficult for you to make new friends? Yes or no11. Do you like to keep the volume of your TV or stereo way up? Yes or no12. Is it difficult for you to forgive people? Yes or no13. Do you need to be alone a lot? Yes or no14.
Are you a "neat freak"? Yes or no15. Do you usually leave dirty dishes in the sink? Yes or no16. Do you smoke inside the house? Yes or no17. Do you regularly get drunk?...
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The Poker Bug is Biting Harder and Harder
Poker is more popular than ever.
One cannot flip through the channels on the television without seeing a poker tournament.
More and more people are playing poker everyday, especially texas holdem.Poker is being played everywhere.
There are big tournaments such as The World Series of Poker and The World Poker Tour where the best of the best play.
These are televised events where cameras are embedded in the tables so the viewers can see what the players are holding.
Poker tournaments are also being held frequently to raise money for charity.
Many people are playing poker online.
For example, Party Poker, one of the biggest online poker sites, had 61,250 people playing on it at 11:56 PM eastern on April 12, 2005.
As an aspiring entrepreneur, I decided to start up my own poker store on the internet to tap into this market.
I took an Internet marketing course, and started up
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Children?s Birthday?s Come Back Home
(ContentDesk) May 13, 2004 -- For parents that are looking for a unique "at home" birthday for their child the solution has arrived. Unique entertainment packages and rentals for children's parties are bringing parents, the birthday child, and guests back to the home for a memorable event. From a Fairy Princess theme to Tea Parties this is the stuff little girls love. The owners of Different Occasions believe there is no place like home to celebrate a memorable event. Different Occasions offers entertainment packages with fancy costumes, games, and a party hostess for the parent that wants to have their child's party at home.
A party hostess arrives to play unique games such as "The Scent of A Fairy" in the Fairy Princess theme or "The Case of the Missing Diamond Ring" in the Glamour Girl theme or "The Taste of Tea" in the tea party theme. The games encourage teamwork and kindness while keeping the children entertained. The children are then made-up by the party hostess using...
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Las Vegas Wedding Receptions
Las Vegas wedding receptions are where people tend to go absolutely wild. For most people, the ceremony is not where the real action is. The real action begins at the party that follows the ceremony ? and the two don't have to be held in the same place. You can have a traditional wedding ceremony at a chapel, at the County Clerk's Office or anywhere you choose and then you can have a party for as many people as you'd like anywhere else in town.
Las Vegas wedding receptions are legendary and not just for the rich and famous.
You can arrange to party until dawn and nobody will raise an eyebrow. You can start with dinner and dancing, move to the pool area and then back inside for an all night catered affair complete with lounge singers, a constant flow of food and beverages to your liking and end up with a dawn champagne breakfast to wrap things up. Stagger back to your room upstairs in the hotel, or fall into your waiting limo the next morning for a ride to wherever...
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Children?s Birthday?s Come Back Home
(ContentDesk) May 13, 2004 -- For parents that are looking for a unique "at home" birthday for their child the solution has arrived. Unique entertainment packages and rentals for children's parties are bringing parents, the birthday child, and guests back to the home for a memorable event. From a Fairy Princess theme to Tea Parties this is the stuff little girls love. The owners of Different Occasions believe there is no place like home to celebrate a memorable event. Different Occasions offers entertainment packages with fancy costumes, games, and a party hostess for the parent that wants to have their child's party at home.
A party hostess arrives to play unique games such as "The Scent of A Fairy" in the Fairy Princess theme or "The Case of the Missing Diamond Ring" in the Glamour Girl theme or "The Taste of Tea" in the tea party theme. The games encourage teamwork and kindness while keeping the children entertained. The children are then made-up by the party hostess using...
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Plasma vs LCD TVs
For a layman, there seems to be no difference between a plasma and LCD TV. Both provide high-resolution, high-contrast images and both are flat, sleek and can be mounted on a wall. The difference lies in the technology that drives them.
Plasma TVs work with inert gases like xenon or neon, which are excited by electric pulses from specialized cells called pixels. This makes the gases glow. These glowing gases, in turn, produce the correct blend of red, blue and green light on the pixels....
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