Do you think that online friendships can survive a real-life meeting?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 22, 2018:

I have had "pen pal" for about 18 months i met on POF. We are only about 3 hours apart but have such a great relationship we are afraid to meet, it might spoil everything.

The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Will Tell You If You're A Psychopath (Maybe) | Incudes 3 ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

HOW MANY "YESES" BEFORE I NEED TO PANIC? Oh, wait, Asking for a friend........

I dared to ask to have the radio switched to a different station from a Christian station today in a...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

The driver controls the radio......that is how you "pay" for the ride. If it bothers you that much, seek other transportation.

Have you read the Bible?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

Several times, And can quote it with the best evangelical! Actually, better, because I do not have amnesia about all the icky, questionable, and downright criminally disgusting parts, of which there are Many.

Good words to live by.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

EXCELLENT!

Does anyone feel a sense of compunction when they are instrumental in the apostasy of another, in ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

People ONLY do what they want! They may throw blame around later, if they feel stressed, but unless they re truly at gunpoint, rest assured, you are an incidental bystander.

What value is there in freedom of the press?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

Yes there jis jumping on any bandwagon and so on, mostly because they have to fill 24/365 with something. But reflect for a moment on just one thing Cheeto has tried to pull...let's say deporting the DACA children If not forthe press, what do you think would be happening right now to them?

Oldies but Goodies..

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

Glenn Miller!

DDD

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

I once told our marriage counselor the real reason hubby no longer found me desirable, after she practically put bamboo shoots under my nails (i needed to be honest or my marriage's failure would be my fault, yada yada). Then she lambasted me for being awful & "disloyal". So any DDD secrets i have are staying secret, thankyuvurrymuch

DDD

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

I once told a marriage counselor about why (she was insisting!l my hubby no longer wanted me, and she turned on me and lambasted me about how awful & "disloyal" i was.......found out later he was sleeping with her! So I think my DDD secrets will remain secret, thankyavurrymuch.

Is it normal or strange someone wouldn’t like French kissing?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

Hey, my last husband disliked BJ's, despite me being damned good at them....too squeamish for sex for almost 30 years, then he leaves me for a Porn star who digs animals as well as people...not really a surprise, if you think about it.........

Soooo.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

You may be able to draw SS Disability! Be good to yourself and apply. Note that they turn down first applications around 90% of the time, but perservere, when it is granted they send you back pay from the date of first application! Best wishes!

Flirting, what are your tactics when implementing this strategy?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

I never knew how to flirt, never. Now, at 69, my new male friend is teaching me and woweee is it fun!! Makes me think of little kids playing, with sexy parts thrown in!

Just how precious is human life?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

Wow! You are a true abortion hating troll, aren't you? Quote: "at what point do WE ALLOW.......an abortion to take place"???????!!!!! Who is this "We"? Oh, right, the Abortion Police. Behold, fellow agnostics/atheists: this one has attempted to slither on in under false pretenses! The ONLY answer to this Crapola "poll" is, when the gestation host (and her doctor) decide what is right for her!!!!!!

Gentle giants around Copenhagen - YouTube

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2018:

Thank you for sharing this!

Soar high angry bird!

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Love you, birdie!

Weird?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Was he also a fat shamer? Tell you what you Should want to eat or drink? Tell you what movie you will like/must see? Same mentality, get your self-confidence into question, then move in....and you WILL BE SO GRATEFUL HE RESCUED YOU! Riiiiggghhhhhhttt..........

Sometimes my internal monologue is the only thing that saves my ass when I feel like I'm in over my ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

My inner voice has more brains & smarts than I do most of the time!

If you could go back in time and change only one thing, would you?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

NOT marry husband #1, despite being pregnant and before abortions were around..........i still have the literal & emotional scars 45 years later.

I didn't figure I'd encounter trolls on this site.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Oh, sweetie, there is more than one. Smartass-ism is fine by me, what i look for are the posts that require you to posit the existence of a supreme being in order to discuss the ostensible question........fun fun fun!

What was a fact taught to you in school that has been disproven in your lifetime?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

In 5th grade i made the observation that the Americas' outlines seemed to fit with the African/European outlines and was severly made fun of by the teacher. I find Plate Techtonics absurdly satifying!

Amazing how much atheists know more about religion then believers.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

I agree! If you are going to reject something considered a "norm" it makes sense that you would educate yourself about it!

How to battle the proliferation of political correctness?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

It seems to me that since Cheeto was elected, we could use a whole lot more political correctness, unless you consider using nasty pejoratives towards others desirable?

How do you tell religious people that you're an atheist?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Sexual pecadillos between adults are are none of my business, nor IMO anyone else! The 2 women you mention, history I have Never heard that version before, and who was fired, exactly, for "ordering her to the motel "????! Plus they seem to both have made aplenty of money both during and since then. And I say this as one who absolutely believed Anita Hill from the get-go.

So the loneliness has finely sunk in.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Try really hard to do nice things for yourself, treat yourself right! Feeling the way you do right now will lead you to fall for the first guy who shows you any attention...this is Dangerous, as, worst-case, pedophiles Target lonely women with kids! In the long run, ONLY you can properly care for you!

The Multiple Intelligences Theory: What types fit you best? Least?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Tarot readings and horoscopes tell you the exact same things without massive expenditure of tax dollars, because people hear Only what they Want to hear! Prove it to yourself.......hide the month info on any horoscope, it will apply to you. Pick your "best matches" from this list....come back a month from now, see if they are the same!

The Multiple Intelligences Theory: What types fit you best? Least?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Tarot cards and horoscopes can tell you the exact same stuff without massive expenditure of tax dollars, because people Always hear what they Want to hear!

I was doing some reading about men being afraid to flirt and approach women.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 20, 2018:

I would Never blame a guy for respectfully asking fr coffee or a date....altho your parking lot scenario is iffy at best! But if I say no thank you, anything beyond that is inappropriate, period. Women have been raised to worry about other's feelings and anyone who takes advantage of that is a nasty piece of work!

I would like to open a Freethinking coffee house. What should I name it?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Wild & Free New Ways Age of Aquarius

The Science of Swearing: A new book explains the neuroscience of why we swear

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

#$@&%$*?!!!!! There, i feel much better......

The other day I made a post about someone who was breaking my heart.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

TedvBundy was a charmer, i hear?!

Not long ago, but when the world was still quite young, a pretty girl named Atok lived in an earthen...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Invent a religion, become wealthy beyond your dreams! Just ask L. Ron Hubbard, the inventor of Scientology. There be gold in them thar fictional "hills"!

Can we have a scar thread?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

I get pretty tattoos on them...makes ME feel much better! ( I form ugly raised scars that never go away)

Easter is on April Fool's Day this year.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

P.E.R.F.E.C.T.

Are you racist?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Interesting that all the choices but one are Blatantly racist!??!

How do you tell religious people that you're an atheist?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

I fervently wish to go back just 20 years where people kept their business, political or religious, to themselves!

Does anyone else struggle with feelings of despair?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

VOTE!

First Amendment - Is the separation of church and state absolute or should the government fund ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Slippery slope to becoming a Taliban type state!

Why do religious people feel the need to go announcing to the general public that they love and ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

The babble tells them to! "Witnessing" and converting are doing gawd's bidding & earn them brownie points.

Westworld - The hidden message in Michelangelo's painting

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Ohferpetessake...sort of like that movie, "Davinci Code" about how Davinci put in hidden knowledge about the Last Supper....painting it 1500 years afterwards, but he was "in the know".Just damned silly, IMHO

What is your biggest fear?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Disability/incapacitation

Is it just me, or does it seem like the more religious someone is, the more they seem to fear death?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

I believe the more you fear death, the more fervently religious you are, sort of 180 degrees from you.

Stand up comedy - How do they actually do it?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Not everyone standing on stage with a microphone has talent. Laughter is usually the result of surprise, possibly with embarrassment or "wow" mixed in. It is Not at all easy, that is why the Robin Williams and Seinfelds, eh al, make the big bucks

Why Women Aged 35 45 Are Single and Unhappy The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness - YouTube

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

A threatened man is an ugly sight

Should you be friends first before dating or just go head and and date?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

My current interest i have known casually for 5 or so years, hardly noticed each other. Now, Zowieeee! Right place right time, damn right guy!! BTW, I am 69, he is 73

So I got a 7 year old, Easter is coming up soon and he wants to know is Jesus really real and will ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

"Jesus visiting"??? It sounds like he is confusing jesus with santa claus, lol!

I’ve noticed something on here.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Because you do not have to be "christian" to care anout the welfare of others. In fact, au contraire!

What does "coffee" mean to you?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 18, 2018:

Another point...continue to meet in public places until you know them better, and Google them. Better safe than sorry, at all times!!,

Is there a reason we should speak respectfully of the dead?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 18, 2018:

They are listening? Sorry....i would speak about them the same way they deserved IMO in life.

What does "coffee" mean to you?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 18, 2018:

As you beautifully described in your first sentences, "coffee" is a way to meet someone. I give out No personal info, like phone number, until a face to face meeting. I also insist on at least 3 or more texts/ whatever beforehand, the crazy ones cannot hold it together longer than that. Unsolicited sexual innuendos should Never be ignored! A real man worth meeting will Never act like that!!! I have been married 2x, and was almost the Only woman in a shipyard of 20,000 men for 13 years, I know whereof I speak! I just read a statistic that said you have to "kiss" an Average of 80 frogs before you meet a prince....do not give up, but listen Very Carefully to your radar! And, IMO "letting a guy down easy because he thinks we are in a ..relationship"? I would be applying for a restraining order, myself! You owe these people Nothing, ever!

Near-death experiences: inside the scientific search for the afterlife

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 17, 2018:

You may retain some form of consciousness altho not yet completely dead...after all, they brought you back, sort of like a pilot light slowly going out as the propane runs out. But how it would "prove" anything about Heaven...........Really?!?! Plus, anecdotal "evidence" is considered claptrap by actual science!

So I was woken up today to someone pounding on the front door and the dogs barking.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 17, 2018:

Dogs...smart, sensitive, and saving you again!

Why I'm no longer asked to make cookies for the church bake sale ... ;)

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 16, 2018:

Niiiiiccccce!

Trying to reconcile a quandry

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 16, 2018:

Because, being chosen by Gawd, they are "special", and you (plural "you") are not.

To what extent do you believe "with age comes wisdom?"

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 16, 2018:

You can be a fool at any age!

Why Do We Allow Blatant Bullying Here?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 16, 2018:

Well, why are you waiting for someone else to speak up? I appreciate your concerns, but in my experience attempting to defend someone earns you anger because the person you are "defending" feels put down because you feel they need defending. I do! If I am competent enough to post something, I am prepared to stand behind it (or maybe change my mind if presented with more facts) and nasty comments are generally either so stupid as to be not worth my time, or fun to be snarky about.

Does your hair salon or dresser listen to how you want your hair cut?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 16, 2018:

I have cut y own hair for over 40 years after some Very unfortunate experiences. About 6 months ago I thought I might give it another try....Total Disaster! By the way, if you are displeased, Do Not Tip!!! Rewarding crappy behavior is just wrong!

What do you know well enough to teach others?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 16, 2018:

Home repair & maintenance

Coolest thing you've seen?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 14, 2018:

Leaving work, walking past a lift with a guy working on electrical lines overhead...suddenly a huge ball ofvery bright blue sizzling energy appears, bright as the sun, about 10' wide...kept on sizzling for awhile, and the guy was okay too! Just amazing!

Astral projection

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 14, 2018:

I had what meets the definition of "out of body" experiences as a child being molested.........think they were just a way to dissociate.

So, I "met" a guy on another dating site months ago, we have exchanged emails sporadically, ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 14, 2018:

I have been seeing a lot of robot contacts....very long, generic posts., if you answer back with a question, like about their hobbies, you get another long, very generic reply. After 2-3 of these "exchanges", I point out the obvious and the robots vanish, the "real" people make some sort of actual reply. Not sure if its' Nigerian scams or people working on AI doing research!

Does anyone else do culture immersion when you travel?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 14, 2018:

I stay on this continent now, as I travel with my 2 small dogs in an RV...but, as soon as I get to Canada, the radio station goes to a "French" rdio station so I can practice their accent, and one of my favorite things is cruising small local grocery stores everywhere (wait! Cruising on foot, lol). And when I worked in Spain I shared meals, cabs, time with locals whenever possible, it was the very best part of my time there! You are Amazing!

What is the purpose of life?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 13, 2018:

Hopefully, it is whatever you want it to be! Make money? Save the rainforest? Become infamous? Enjoy!

Are you happy?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 13, 2018:

Pretty much any time I am not listening to the news!

Are you happy?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 13, 2018:

Pretty much any time I am not listening to the news!

What and or where, is your Utopia?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 13, 2018:

Right here, right now, for the first time in my 69 years!

We all have our favorite memes on religion, this is mine what are some of yours.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 13, 2018:

EXCELLENT!

What movie fucked with your head the most?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 13, 2018:

Deer Hunter

Have you ever used affirmations?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 13, 2018:

I do know if you keep telling yourself you are ugly, worthless, stupid, it has Terrible effects on you! So I must believe that telling yourself you are competent, attractive, worthy, etc would be very good for you! Elite athletes are coached on how to use such thoughts to help them win, there are books written by them & for them about it.

All The White Supremacists Running For Office In 2018 Plus candidates who’ve said white ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 13, 2018:

Remember in November!

Do you feel somewhat annoyed or angry when you find out someone is testing you?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

"Testing"....like to see if you can be trusted? Or are honest? I do not have a problem with it as I too wish to know these things about others.

I am caught between a rock and a hard place! I have to move in less than month, I must go thru an ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Books will eventually get silverfish eating the spine glue or mold/mildew between the pages. Stop thinking of them as a permanent life fixturse. You can get all of them at your library and/or your computer!

Okay single folks, how are you spending Valentine's day?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

I am hosting Soup Night for my over-55 Singles Social Club. I make a big vt of soup, supply bread/rolls & condiments, they bring sandwich fillings or desserts. Anyone near SE Connecticut, email me, you are welcome!

Where is your favorite place to vacation?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

In my RV with 2 little dogs, lost due to (priceless!) crazy GPS! Adventure!

Ghosts are as mythical as God but what if an atheist believes in Ghosts.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

I actually saw a ghost...did not know it at the time.. on my job in a brightly lighted fully-functioning cotton mill. Saw this woman for over an hour, of course I was running a winder at the time which needs attention, but she was steadily working across the way. When the boss came by I asked him who the new help was, he looked puzzled so I described her, features, clothing, age, what/where she was. He turned white as a sheet and stepped away from me (!). "That's Mz. (cannot remember) she ran that machine for over 30 years, passed about 6 years ago". Word went all over the mill, of course...one of her contemporaries, still employed there, told me she must have approved of how I was running the same machinery......she Too was fussy about her work. Too weird.

Have you ever made a change to your environment that made a noticeable improvement to your sense of ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Removal of husbands!!! Incredible!

Do you think I have stepped on someone's toes here by my views?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

IMO silly question.......sweet, but silly

What are you thoughts about ministers who go to Jails and convert, lonely, gullible, criminals by ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Many of these preachers are being played by the inmates, as they get the preachers to help them with appeals, parole hearings....they deserve each other!

I’m a closet agnostic! I want out... any tips on how to make the leap of unfaith!

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Just relax...no big announcement necessary. Just do not go to church, and if/ when anyone asks, say something to the effect that you are on another path, or think differently, or whatever you feel comfortable saying. Others are entitled to their beliefs as are you.

Antigay pastor and wife arrested after he’s busted for luring kids with candy then molesting them ...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Surprise, surprise, surprise.........

I wish I were more brazen in real life.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Hmmmmmmm....is it "brazen" to be able to speak to others? Really?

Can an atheist be happy for the future

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Peace, quiet, darkness, vs. singing endless praises.....hmmmmm. I pick peace!

What do you consider "better than sex?"

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Singing Karaoke well!

Anybody here ever traveled/vacationed in Quebec?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

They speak English beautifully, with almost no accent, due to growing up bilingual, tv/ radio all bilingual. Signage is almost 100% in both languages as well. If you attempt to use your high school French, your accent will be so wrong you will usually be misunderstood....after years of listening, the best way I can explain it using English is, English-speaking New Yawker, very hard on the vowels!

Guys I need your help.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

The first statement, about it being an act of hubris to claim to know the mind of gawd, i totally agree with, and should be tatooed on the foreheads of All televangelists, lol! If you are going to believe in a supreme all powerful deity, you are slap full of hubris if you go around telling others what he/she/it thinks, no?

What do you know that most others don’t?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 12, 2018:

That in the end, we are alone, adcthat depending on others for anything is a luxury, not a given.

Faux News VP believes being white is more important than being right; he slams the U.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Hitler felt the same......

When somebody I never heard of trolls me on Twitter. g:31

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Congrats! Means you have hit a nerve!

Went to church (again) today.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Worship is not social hour! What exactly are you expecting? I took my Mom for years after she couldn't drive, some places had potluck meals after services for socialization, which was fun for her.

More shit from the orange guy in the WH.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Shocked! I am Shocked, I say, that Cheeto could be wrong about Facts! Again!

Finally watching Wonder Woman.

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 11, 2018:

I did not see her as being a "sexual kitten"! I saw her responding with intelligent curiosity to a totally new situation.

How important is it to the average athiest or agnostic to debunk religious beliefs?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Toss out a babble quote that refutes whatever they are claiming, walk away...... Maybe they will have to rethink?

In 2018, Flat Earthers will...

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Push them off the edge if they won't jump!

Fellas: How many of you intend to follow my advice on finding a valentine?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 10, 2018:

Well, I find it totally adorable...but then people tell me I am weird (funny, but weird) all the time.

Cartoon: If Watergate happened with today's media

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 10, 2018:

And yet...if it weren't for media (other than Fox), Cheeto would be having it all his way. Hitler opened Dachau less than 6 months after his election specifically for dissidents and the free press. If not for the media, with all its flaws, what, exactly, would anyone know about Cheeto & friends? Only what they wanted you to......

Can We Finally Kill the Idea of the Republicans as the Party of Fiscal Responsibility?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 10, 2018:

REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!

Funeral without religion?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 10, 2018:

Posthumous Power of Attorney, or similar? Check your town hall clerk for advice. Make your own arrangements, Pre-paid, with a funeral home complete with written contract...they then have a legal obligation to carry out your wishes.

Turbulent Hydro - Could this be the future of renewable energy?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 10, 2018:

The still pic I get looks cool, but it won't animate?

Which religions have to most to offer the world?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 10, 2018:

Wicca! Teaches the good or harm you do to others comes right back on you, plus harmony with nature.

Why are Christians being marginalized in America?

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 10, 2018:

Wait....it wasn't until the 50's, because of McCarthyism/gawdless commtunism that the words "under gawd" were put in the Pledge of Allegiance. And i lived thru 2 things that galvanized "christians": Roe v Wade and Martin Luther King. I believe as long as white men were in charge, and women & "colored" knew their place, all was quiet......and then, of course, somebody noticed how much money they could squeeze out of scared religious individuals. Always follow the money,