| 4/30/2010 9:04:55 PM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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I saw an interesting article on the internet that I thought would offer an informative and fun discussion for us.
Marriage isn't for everyone, but there are some health benefits for those who choose to tie the knot. Overall, happily married people tend to live longer and are healthier than their single counterparts.
However, while both men and women tend to benefit from marriage, the specific health rewards they reap are often quite different. Furthermore, in the case of some health conditions, marriage isn't the quite the health boon at all.
Pro: Married Women Stress Less
Women who are happily married can get rid of their workday stress more easily than those who are not married. Researchers took samples of saliva from men and women four times a day to test their cortisol levels. Cortisol, a stress hormone, dropped when women in happy marriages returned home at the end of stressful days. Women who were less happily married showed a flatter daily pattern of cortisol release, suggesting that they don't rebound from stressful events as well as their happily married peers.
Con: Married Women Gain Weight
Women who live with a significant other adapt their partner's eating patterns, making them more likely to gain weight. The study found that a 140-pound woman gained 20 pounds in 10 years on average if she had a live-in partner and a child but only 15 pounds if she had a partner and no kids. Singletons put on only 11 pounds.
Pro: Married Men Are Less Likely to Have Strokes
Single men had a 64 percent higher risk of a fatal stroke than married men. If those marriages weren't happy, though, the benefit disappeared.
Con: Heart Disease Risk Increases for Both Sexes in Bad Marriages
The risk of heart disease can actually go up if you're in a bad marriage or experiencing other close relationships marked by negativity. Those in negative relationships were 34 percent more likely to have a heart problems than those who were in happy marriages.
Pro: Married Men and Women are Less Likely to Develop Dementia
Middle-aged people who live alone are twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's disease than those who are married or cohabit, while those who have widowed or divorced midlife carry three times the risk.
Con: Fighting Makes Both Partners Suffer, Especially Women
Couples who argue may be making themselves sick. Arguments filled with sarcasm, put-downs, nastiness and dismissals can weaken each individual's immune system, making men and women more likely to get sick. Women are more at risk than their husbands.
Pro: In Happy Marriages, Both Sexes Have Lower Blood Pressure
Married men and women also have lower blood pressure than singletons. Having great social support systems didn't help those who were not partnered.
Pro: Marriage Keeps Depression at Bay
Marriage, which provides social and emotional support, reduces depression and anxiety. However, researchers aren't sure whether that's because those who get and stayed married are less likely to be depressed or because marriage improves their mental health. Other studies show that those who are already depressed get a psychological boost from marriage, even if their marriage doesn't last, according to a study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
I only cut and paste the highlights ... more detailed informaton can be found at America Online Health section.
I think a "partner in crime" could deter dementia and keep depression at bay. 
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| 4/30/2010 9:25:13 PM |
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dancenfeet
Kent, WA
age: 60
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I can think of some other activity besides marriage that reduces stress, blood pressure, depression and weight gain! 
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| 5/1/2010 3:28:51 AM |
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harrybyvick
Vicksburg, MI
age: 60 online now!
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I'm not touching this one - trouble written all over it for me-lol!
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| 5/1/2010 5:52:25 AM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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I'm not touching this one - trouble written all over it for me-lol!
Why Harry, are you trying to keep your blood pressure down without marriage? Tsk tsk..
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| 5/1/2010 5:59:51 AM |
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10snut
Waxahachie, TX
age: 62
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well I can't remember if marriage was good for my health or not - been single a long time - I just know that marriage was good for something.....and I won't say what since i've already got it posted on my forehead what it is good for......
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| 5/1/2010 6:22:13 AM |
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shaggyolddog
Ocean Shores, WA
age: 69 online now!
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This isn't like one of those stings that cops pull, is it? They call ya and say ya won a TV set or something and when ya go to pick it up, they arrest ya for all your outstanding unpaid parking tickets or whatever. This isn't one of those is it? You don't have a preacher hidin around the corner waitin to marry us, when we come in here unsuspectingly to answer the question, do ya? I wore my sneakers just in case I need to bolt for the door. 
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| 5/1/2010 6:29:24 AM |
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aginghippy2008
Beaverton, OR
age: 64
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Well ... all I can say is ... your feelings are diametrically opposed to mine!
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| 5/1/2010 6:30:59 AM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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 @ Shaggy.
If you noticed, I am not one of those seeking marriage BUT this article made me think even more seriously about dating and finding a long term monogamous relationship that might grow into living together because it is hard to live without which would then deter dementia and depression.  I don't want to be a sad, grumpy, and ditzy ole lady 
[Edited 5/1/2010 6:32:32 AM ]
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| 5/1/2010 6:34:59 AM |
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aginghippy2008
Beaverton, OR
age: 64
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@ Shaggy.
If you noticed, I am not one of those seeking marriage BUT this article made me think even more seriously about dating and finding a long term monogamous relationship that might grow into living together because it is hard to live without which would then deter dementia and depression. I don't want to be a sad, grumpy ole lady
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... blonde thinking
There isn't a chance in h*ll you would ever turn into a "sad, grumpy ole lady."
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| 5/1/2010 6:47:51 AM |
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nuts4ya
Bedford, IN
age: 67
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| 5/1/2010 6:51:48 AM |
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lkavour92
Newport, TN
age: 67
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Playing House?......definitely Marriage.......never? Not being a victim of "dementia", I still remember that......
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| 5/1/2010 6:51:56 AM |
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newlady2
Goldsboro, NC
age: 73
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J < Grumpy etc ?? Can't see it happening !! 
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| 5/1/2010 8:49:29 AM |
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harrybyvick
Vicksburg, MI
age: 60 online now!
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I don't know - seems when I hear the word marriage I think of the catholic nuns screeching the chalk on the chalk board that just made the hair on my head twitch-lol!
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| 5/1/2010 9:24:56 AM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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da ta dun , da ta dun , da ta dun just lurking on this thread
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| 5/1/2010 9:51:53 AM |
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lkitten
Stephens City, VA
age: 67
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All I am going to say is that when I left my ex I lost 40 pounds.
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| 5/1/2010 10:04:32 AM |
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texangelfire
Krum, TX
age: 67
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I am analyzing the whole thing and after 2 marriages totaling 41 years it gives me a lot to analyze. After hours No years of analyzing the ups and downs I have come to the conclusion that
I do know I love being married. My comfortable identity is that of wife. I personally get a lot out of doing nice things for a special person I love pleasing and pampering and I love being loved. OK enough of the mush
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| 5/2/2010 11:22:10 AM |
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kweekhi7
Lansdale, PA
age: 65
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All I am going to say is that when I left my ex I lost 40 pounds.
Darn, Kitten, that is all he weighed?
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| 5/2/2010 5:34:23 PM |
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aginghippy2008
Beaverton, OR
age: 64
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Someone once told me that sex was better before marriage than after getting married.
Therefore, he never had sex with married women ... including his wife!
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| 5/2/2010 5:55:08 PM |
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newlady2
Goldsboro, NC
age: 73
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Oh Hip Sex is good , as for marriage along with it-- that answer is up for grabs ..
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| 5/3/2010 4:15:58 AM |
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nuts4ya
Bedford, IN
age: 67
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Wedding cake causes lackofsex.....Don't eat it....
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| 5/3/2010 5:59:22 AM |
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aginghippy2008
Beaverton, OR
age: 64
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And the reason I would respectfully decline to get married again would be ????
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| 5/3/2010 6:44:46 AM |
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harrybyvick
Vicksburg, MI
age: 60 online now!
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Well I will get remarried just as soon as Bill Clinton tells us what he really did with those cigars-lol!
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| 5/3/2010 7:53:57 AM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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Harry, I think that having a significant other (your artist) has helped develop your sense of irony and humor ...
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| 5/3/2010 7:45:32 PM |
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ooohman2
Knoxville, TN
age: 65
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Well after reading this whole post. What I gather is that a little piece of paper has the power to make one happy,healthy,remove stress,lower blood pressure,prevent strokes and add years to our life's. What the heck do we need doctors and medical insurance for then?
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| 5/3/2010 9:06:33 PM |
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lkitten
Stephens City, VA
age: 67
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Darn, Kitten, that is all he weighed?
Well......he did not weigh too much, come to think of it.
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| 5/4/2010 5:05:17 AM |
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nuts4ya
Bedford, IN
age: 67
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Well I will get remarried just as soon as Bill Clinton tells us what he really did with those cigars-lol!
Well Harry I will tell you so you have to get married..... As with snuff he was doing the ole dip and sniff. People have been doing that with tobacco for centuries. When is the wedding date.....
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| 5/4/2010 6:23:22 AM |
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gentlebear1949
Wooster, OH
age: 60
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| 5/4/2010 7:18:10 AM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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GBear, come back from Brazil ... you could afford to visit Brazil, Indiana. And will you please get dressed so we can see you again?
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| 5/4/2010 9:04:03 AM |
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miki49
Charlotte, NC
age: 61
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Marriage is actually the optimum situation if it is done right.
Unfortunately it is being pooh poohed by the media as passe, outdated and nitwits are gulping the media hype hook-line-sinker.
Humanity propagates by mating. The Bible and various other similar teachings tried to promote a healthier and cleaner, more hygenic method of propagating than dogs & cats.
Fatherless children, or motherless children are the result of the down playing of the importance of marrage as a lifestyle.
Marriages are about the business of a home and combining resources for the long run. Partnerships provide a support system and produce better chance at success for both parents and children of a partnership.
I totally enjoyed being a wife during my long term marriage with the father of my children. That is now over and my experience of the world is different.
That does not mean that I am ever going to be willing to get down to a level of wanting to go do a live pleasure doll stint for every horny bastard that thinks that is what a date is.
I adore men, but I don't intend to be victimized by their stupid trashy obsession with their little pee'r. I adore men when they are up to acting like a human capable of being a functional person with mental ability and capable of functioning physically in more ways than copulation.
The social thingies require the flirty methods, but guys never have understood in 10,000 years of human history what women are actually about, even after being told and told and told over and over and over again.
Funny how women get what men are about, but then the men don't bother to disguise it.
Don't accuse me of looking for marriage again. I've given up and am enjoying the added time of doing what I like to do that it takes only one - not two. I have plenty of love left and now it is for myself.
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| 5/4/2010 10:03:29 AM |
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frogattheocean
Pacific Beach, WA
age: 69
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| 5/4/2010 11:24:22 PM |
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buckethead4242
Reyno, AR
age: 67
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All I am going to say is that when I left my ex I lost 40 pounds.
when I got my divorce,, I lost a 180 lbs,,,,,,
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| 5/5/2010 4:19:08 AM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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Hey bucket  its much safer to lurk here
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| 5/5/2010 4:45:51 AM |
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nuts4ya
Bedford, IN
age: 67
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Bucket....Watch out for the kanedog. Hear he took up dancing... Like in that ballerina stuff....
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| 5/5/2010 5:43:21 PM |
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10snut
Waxahachie, TX
age: 62
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Men, They have 30 year mortgages, 5 year car leases, 3 year cell phone contracts and a lifetime gym membership and then they say they're afraid of commitment!
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| 5/5/2010 5:49:25 PM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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Men, They have 30 year mortgages, 5 year car leases, 3 year cell phone contracts and a lifetime gym membership and then they say they're afraid of commitment!
No mortgage...own
no lease ... own
no cell phone .... house phone is bad enough
gym ? .... whats that
Hiding in the north woods
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| 5/6/2010 12:18:12 PM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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I strike again 
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| 5/6/2010 2:55:18 PM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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Ummm What are you striking against? Low Wages? Dangerous working conditions? Not enough benefits? ... Did you read that part about dementia?
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| 5/6/2010 3:11:01 PM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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Okay I'm striking against that too
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| 5/6/2010 3:43:51 PM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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Scarey ... you are being so agreeable.
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| 5/6/2010 3:51:13 PM |
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nurssb4u
Port Orange, FL
age: 63
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I agree with marriage is good for your health. You no longer just think of yourself. Usually it is all about him!!
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| 5/6/2010 3:56:01 PM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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I agree with marriage is good for your health. You no longer just think of yourself. Usually it is all about him!!
Too funny
Welcome nurssb4u! I think you will enjoy the humour here and definitely add to it.
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| 5/6/2010 3:58:28 PM |
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nurssb4u
Port Orange, FL
age: 63
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Thanks for the Welcome! 1st time here but I will be back. I Like It!!!
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| 5/6/2010 4:02:17 PM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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Ummm I dont know married women look pretty good but the men look like they been rode hard and put up wet 
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| 5/6/2010 4:04:27 PM |
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newlady2
Goldsboro, NC
age: 73
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Dang Men-- they havent got any of what it takes nowadays ..
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| 5/6/2010 4:21:48 PM |
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gentlebear1949
Wooster, OH
age: 60
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Dang Men-- they havent got any of what it takes nowadays ..
Is that perhaps why so many men resort to this drastic measure......... ..
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| 5/6/2010 4:24:43 PM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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Yea g-bear you the man 
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| 5/6/2010 4:25:22 PM |
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newlady2
Goldsboro, NC
age: 73
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If they are of weak mind Cuddly-- then the answer is yes....
btw.. hold onto this .,,dont send it to me,, THankee!!.
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| 5/6/2010 4:54:33 PM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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And here I thought that was what you men wanted. Internal editor said strike that.
When I became a free woman and lost 210 pounds upon the pounding of the judge's gavel, I was devastated but I did not know happiness yet. I read a study about happy people and who was happy.
Married men were the most happy
Unmarried women were the next most happy.
Unmarried men were third on the scale and
Married women were last.
Now maybe times have changed and that study is no longer true .... But I have found much happiness in the years since the gavel pounded. I have come to the point where I think sharing the journey with the right person would be fun. I would like to be the spice in someone's life and I would like a little sugar in mine.
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| 5/6/2010 4:59:23 PM |
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cuddly101
Wheeling, WV
age: 64
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I am thrilled beyond belief that my X got married 12 days after the divorce. Much more of his antics and it would not have been good for his health.
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| 5/6/2010 4:59:31 PM |
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newlady2
Goldsboro, NC
age: 73
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Nene dahling-- what you are saying then is that you are quite tart hence the need for sugar ?? *grin*..
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| 5/6/2010 5:43:28 PM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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DANGER will robertson danger
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| 5/6/2010 5:47:39 PM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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That reminds, Ms M ... did you know what is impossible? or maybe it is an oxymoron ... a cherry tart.
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| 5/6/2010 6:16:48 PM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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SHUTUP Dave backing out ..........quickly
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| 5/6/2010 7:02:44 PM |
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nenebubbles
Naperville, IL
age: 69
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Kane dear, is your internal editor working overtime? I know mine has been.
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| 5/6/2010 7:26:45 PM |
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sassy_lassy
Kingston, TN
age: 68
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That reminds, Ms M ... did you know what is impossible? or maybe it is an oxymoron ... a cherry tart.
Now that is way to funny..Nene you are priceless.....sassy
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| 5/7/2010 2:44:00 AM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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Yes sassy go ahead encourage her
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| 5/7/2010 3:07:32 AM |
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ooohman2
Knoxville, TN
age: 65
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Morning Kane I see you survived another day
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| 5/7/2010 3:18:56 AM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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Yep I survived , but sure got skinned up and bruised
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| 5/7/2010 3:25:56 AM |
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ooohman2
Knoxville, TN
age: 65
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These lady's can be brutal Maybe you'll get lucky today and find one that
would lick your wounds and make you all better
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| 5/7/2010 3:36:33 AM |
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kanedog
Onaway, MI
age: 65 online now!
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Hummmm if your a good friend you'd take over as TARGET for the day
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