Ever had to just pack up and go, leaving everything behind, especially late in life?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I suppose in 2010 when I sold everything and moved to Thailand to teach English when I was 57 years old, and to do bird photography. How did I handle it? I fell in love with Thailand and within six months had forgotten what my ex looked like! Photo is of a rare Nicobar Pigeon I photographed at the Mu Ko Similan Marine Park, Thailand, and of me coming out of the water there.

Just remember that if you have a problem that can't be solved don't give up because there is an ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

It's true, but often difficult to picture, which is necessary for allowing what you want, to happen.

I haven't been around much. I've been very depressed.

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I'm sorry about that. CBD oil, legal most places, is said to raise people's moods, and cures seizures as well. Taking small amounts of cannabis oil during the day will also stop depression. St. John's Wort, 5-htp, magnesium supplements, a few drops of food grade iodine in water (cheap, found at WalMart) help, talking a walk at sunrise will reset the thyroid for a better mood, etc. You can order derris scandens capsules from amazon, which work well for me, at least, and even gets rid of my dyslexia and dysphoria symptoms. Follow Abraham Hick's advice: decide what you want in your life, then start doing things you love to do and don't worry about it anymore, allowing the answers to flow down to you without resistance. A study found that listening to favorite music was found to be as effective as antidepressants. Having a loving pet helps to distract from, and relieve tension.

I read a post on social media today about how the poster was putting all of their burdens on the ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Religious training, fear of a jealous god taking revenge on them if they "bragged." Also, this is true, in a way, since we are our own gods, and contribute to creating our own realities. “I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as derivative from consciousness." – Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics

Relaxation and recreation

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I watch Netflix while preparing my dinner.

How many others are offended because of Billy Graham's body being placed in the US capitol?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I sure am. He's on record as urging Nixon to do a bombing campaign in Vietnam that would kill a million people (Nixon refused), mocked MLK jr., saying that white and black children would NEVER hold hands and walk together, caught on tape mocking Jews with Nixon, helped organize the Religious Right, etc., which ultimately brought us Trump. He was a manipulative, greedy person who made a personal fortune from pushing religion.

What kind a person stands in front of a group of people that he is representing and folds himself up...

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Luckily, Trump said he's willing to lay down his life in case of school shootings, even rushing the shooters if he's unarmed.

I'm struggling and looking for advice.

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I already know why my relationships failed..I lack female instincts and boundaries. Instead of managing my male sig others, as women with strong female instincts do, I'd be "pals" with them, acting like typical males who let friends borrow and trash their cars, lend them money even when they blow it on beer, keep putting up with them. Men need this attitude to survive relationships with critical women and raise progeny, but women who have this male tendency are putting themselves at risk. Abused women are typically these types, always giving second chances, believing, like males, that they should be faithful to the end, being enablers of dangerous male behavior. I don't know the answer for this, other than avoiding having relationships beyond friendship, and dating women doesn't seem to be the answer either. When I tried a brief online courtship of a transwoman friend from high school, it wasn't long until she was planning my life for me, trying to boss me around, and my 40% female side rose up and dumped her. But I'll see what happens. Maybe something will happen, in time.

Do you think the religious really believe?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

If they really believed that "God is in control and everything that happens is His will" they wouldn't buy insurance, or take their children to the doctor when they're sick. They wouldn't want to thwart "God's will."

Why do women insist on going to the bathroom together.

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Women high in female traits seem to like socializing, grouping together to do things, probably useful in the past for protection from predatory males. It's that way in Thailand, also, and Thai women constantly express astonishment that I travel by myself, for instance.

Greatest failure?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I learned I can't work very long in an inside, desk job.

Same-sex dating after abusive relationship?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

You're describing how many/most cis females treat their male spouses, although most males don't even notice it. They hand over their pay checks, obediently do their assigned chores, ask permission to see their friends, etc., but never complain because normal cis males are hard wired to obey females. Men with mixed gender traits are usually high IQ creative types and tend to have serial relationships, since they're too independent. The instinct has an evolutionary use; studies show that unattached men tend to have destructive behaviors and that bringing women into lawless, violent towns in the west, civilized them, and people could raise children. Your instinct to obey females and hand over your money comes from your male traits, and I have the same thing, so keep my distance from females at work who instinctively realize this and keep asking for favors, and to borrow money. I don't know the answer, though. Several times when I responded to a girl I liked, she immediately began taking over my life..dictating to me where to work, where to live, what furniture to have, bossing me around like I was her minion, showing insane jealousy if I talked to anyone else. In my case, I'm only have 60% male traits, so my female side saves me. After a bit, I would feel outraged, ditch the relationship, and move on.

Is it possible to be in love with multiple people at once?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Of course you can. Even I can, despite being demisexual. In 2014, soon after I became aware I'm partially transmale, my male side accidentally "fell in love" (for the first time) with an old high school classmate who was transitioning to female. Yet, I was still bonded to my last spouse, after the 2010 divorce, so I was "in love" with two people. Technically, I wasn't "in love" with my spouse, since only males can fall in love (and masculine trait females), but I was very strongly bonded to two people, of opposite genders. Or maybe not, because my ex came out as nonbinary female two years later, so maybe my male side was involved with both love cases.

Procrastination is an awesome thing.

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I'll get around to trying that sometime.

What I find in the dating world too often is once someone finds out you're an agnostic, atheist or...

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I was raised to be religious, and only ditched church and belief in the Bible in recent years, yet I was never promiscuous, and have been celibate since my divorce in 2010. Not from morality, though. I'm demisexual and the whole sex with strangers thing is revolting to me. Ew! It takes me over a year to warm to someone and experience sexual attraction, and then it's only for that one person. I'm mildly panromantic, though, so can sort of fall in love with anything-with no sexual undertones.

ALTRUISTIC HORSES?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Speaking of altruistic animals, I just saw this video posted on Facebook of a black swan that gardens-pulling weeds, and trimming hedges, and feeds goldfish..on its own! https://www.facebook.com/PolarP/videos/645397738996672/

And cat created...

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Awesome!

How to facilitate a close and meaningful relationship with Christian siblings

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I avoid the subject. I already came out to them as partially transmale in 2014, so they have enough to process without adding religion. Besides, my siblings are United Methodists, if they attend church at all, and liberal.I doubt they care one way or the other what anyone believes.

Bible’s purpose

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Well, DUH. And anyone else they could bamboozle.

How do you cope with an extreme crisis?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I like to follow Abraham Hick's advice..decide what I want to happen, then focus on something I love to do, allowing the answer to come to me without resistance. Abraham Hicks - Stay positive and love your life! (2018 01 06 San Diego Workshop) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izv9pjxRcJg

Can I get a shout out from other transmen?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I'm nonbinary, but partially transmale. Part of me has always assumed I'm male. I still have an active female side, however. I live as an androgyne female, due to taking the local Thai herb, derris scandens, that seems to blend my two genders into harmony, eliminating dysphoria.

When travelling around, do you prefer what mode of transport

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

What kind of "traveling around?" For short distances, under a mile, I walk. Over a mile, locally, I can drive a motorbike or take a songtheaw-a pickup truck made into a sort of public bus, or for much longer trips, I take a public transport van.

Been having a hard night.

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Lucky for you there's weed..it cures everything! But if you're not joking, sounds serious!

What do you mean by "Spiritual"?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Being "spiritual" is just means you believe in Einstein; all matter is a form of energy, so since energy can neither be created nor destroyed, we have always existed and will always exist in some energy form. "For us believing physicists, the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." -Einstein Besides, physics indicates that we are participating in creating our own universes/reality, so there's nothing "woo" about it. “I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as derivative from consciousness." – Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics

Where do ladies love to be taken for a first date?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Most online dating advice books recommend a first date meet casually at a coffee shop near the woman's home, in public, in separate cars. If you hit it off, you can take a walk after, or make a date for later. I learned the hard way that even a second date can be dangerous for women, so they might opt to keep the separate car and meeting in public rule for the first few dates.

Is it ok to message women directly or is there some other protocol?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Sure! That's how it's done. But the reason the most interesting women might seem to live across the world from you, is likely because someone living near you might seem ordinary. Someone from Tasmania? Exciting! Someone from nearby .. maybe not so much.

Why was "La La Land" so popular?

birdingnut comments on Feb 26, 2018:

I don't either. My guess is that they had to praise something and nothing better was around.

Which religion in your opinion is the worst? Islam or Christianity?

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

Horrible- both of them. All about subjugation of women, and freaky control, control, control.

How do you find that "special someone"

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

It's not hard to get women to like you.. 1. join a ballroom dance class and dance with everyone! After you get better, join other, more advanced classes as well, and women will fight over you, since dance classes usually have more women than men. 2. Learn how to give foot rubs. Offer to rub the tired feet of a few women friends at a dance, and word will get out. My ex was a great dancer and also a licensed foot masseuse, and women would go berserk begging to dance with him or to get a foot rub, when they saw him giving me one between dances. Because there was always a shortage of men, I'd urge my ex to dance with them in turns, and of course they'd fight over him.

Envisioning the future of sex

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

Once sexbots are common, humans will likely die out. If men can get free BJs or kinky sex of any variety all day, why work? Same for women. Why put up with smelly, messy men if they can have a hot man bot who is a perfect dancer, does laundry, and can give her pleasure that no man ever did.

Do you ever find yourself searching for a word that says EXACTLY what is in your head? Here it is.

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

After Tagumi, I realized that Christianity is full of people who are muwaswas.

Have you been successful in dating using this app/website?

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

I came mostly for the conversation, after joining an MK (missionary kid) forum and constantly getting blasted by condemnation Scriptures every time I mentioned the LGBTQ community or anything scientific. I stopped going there after a friend gave me a link to agnostic.com, but today I went back there and waded into a tribute for Billy Graham by bringing up his intolerance, and son's association with Trump. Then I went on to blast Christianity in general, so we'll see what happens.

What is something you should never say to the opposite sex?

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

To a man: That's what you do? My ex was an airline pilot. (He really was). To a woman: Could you get the check..I misplaced my wallet.

Interesting I thought. [youtu.be]

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

Cool! I've seen a few orange or yellow House Finches at my feeder, but I don't remember an orange Cardinal.

Thoughts & Prayers Make-Up Tutorial - YouTube

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

Ouch! BURN.

Not every Christian I've met has been an asshole, but the vast majority of assholes I've met have ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

AMEN to that.

Any person here currently/formerly ordained?

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

Nope.

What books are you all reading right now?

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

I'm reading several books concurrently, for the umpteenth time, depending on which device I'm using, or if I'm reading off line or not. The Misha Burkett Catskinner series. The Persian Boy, by Mary Renault Manning Up, by Zander Kieg The James Herriot series

If dogs senses are so much greater than ours; why do they have to get so close to smell other dogs ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 25, 2018:

Because of my organic, mostly raw food diet, my sense of smell was sharper than that of my dogs, in some cases. At least, it seemed that way, because of my height. On hikes, I'd sometimes pick up the higher wind scent of a whitetail buck before the lower-to-the-ground dogs did, and when we reached the place where it crossed the trail, and I could see the tracks, the dogs would go crazy with excitement, sniffing the air. I also had razor-sharp hearing, so on night hikes I could keep track of surrounding wildlife by both sound and scent. I'd murmur to my ex, as we came down a trail in almost pitch darkness, "Buck following us at two o'clock, 30 feet away." or we'd hear a sound and I'd say, "Red fox at 10 o'clock." I also picked up on smelly scent markings on trees, and scent scrapes in the trail. I used to read wild animal tracks in the woods like one reads a newspaper, and knew the animal residents..when they hunted, and with whom, their new babies, what they'd killed, etc. I knew the genders of the animals by the foot placement of their tracks..females step on the outside of their front paw prints with their hind feet (broader hips) while males step on the insides (broader shoulders).

SENTIENT INSECTS?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

My reward for making peace with the hornets..a FLY-FREE summer!

When someone invites you to a wedding, how do you feel?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Unless, of course, it's nearby, has friends and relatives attending that I've not seen in a while, has a dance floor and a DJ, and I have a great dance partner.

My mom has cancer.

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

The only words of encouragement I can give is that high THC cannabis oil has been reported effective in treating cancer.

Hobbies

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

I'm currently, or have been, a writer, artist, singer, musician (piano, keyboard, skin drums, electric base), raising my own food, designing and sewing my own clothers, speed reader, inventor, horse trainer, exotic bird breeder, dog breeder, wave boarder, bicyclist, advanced ballroom/jitterbug dancer, motorbike rider, bareback/bridleless horseback rider/driver/jumper, traveler, bird/wildlife photographer, so have those skills. I also speak/write/read several languages as well. Many of them I've been paid to do, or used in my work, such teaching. Photo is of me dancing on the beach with my ex, wearing a ballroom gown I designed and made.

Hey all, I am new to this site.

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Hi, and welcome! I like your profile answers, but it would be great if you added details to your profile story as well.

Opinions on being a nudist?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

I grew up in Haiti, where casual nudity is OK in the country on wash day. Also, my parents strolled around the house naked until my brother was old enough to start objecting to seeing it, and I was that way with my kids. When they started diving into the closet to get dressed, we put on our clothes. But we still would stop the horses after a long trail ride to the next country, tie them up, and all of us go skinny dip swimming almost every summer day in a large pond on the edge of the woods in Rowan CO, KY.

What is the worst purchase you’ve ever made?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

I currently live in Thailand with little access to books in English, Many Kindle books I've bought turned out to be boring after all, and I either stopped reading them, or never read them again. Having a Kindle reader and simply "borrowing" ebooks from Amazon Kindle could have been better, but here in Thailand, I needed a tablet that could do it all.

Do you think everything happen for a reason? how can we know its reason?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

NO. We are co-creators of our own universe, so there's nobody to blame. “I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as derivative from consciousness." – Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics

Atlanta bid for Amazon HQ2 gets new political problem: Georgia adoption bill

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

They should boycott them, since money talks.

What is “worse” to you – being lied to spare your feelings, or being told the truth when the ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

It depends. I prefer someone say something negative in a positive way..i.e., instead of saying, "That outfit makes your butt look like a sofa," they could say, "It's not very flattering to your figure. Perhaps the blue outfit would be better." I don't want people to say to me, "You've been in Thailand over seven years and that's all the better you can speak Thai?" Instead, they could say, "You've been in Thailand for over seven years? No wonder you speak Thai as well as you do!"

My friend brought me a new cat toy today.

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

How cute!

boycottNRA. What do you think? I am all for it!!

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

https://www.facebook.com/roguekite/videos/1339028342799498/

What makes a relationship work

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Distance.

Does or has anyone really felt they fit in?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

I don't fit in with some people, but in other ways I fit in with everyone. I'm part Native American, tri-cultural, pentalingual, high IQ (with some corresponding liabilities), extremely active, eat health food, nonbinary and mixed gender, and have seen and experienced things most conventional Americans wouldn't even believe if I told them. I have been riding, training, and (once) breeding horses since I was ten, but I don't believe in shoeing horses, using halters, keeping horses in stalls, feeding them processed feed, riding them in arenas, using saddles and bridles, or holding the lines tight when driving horses, etc. So, to typical American horse owners, I do NOT fit in. So, I don't think like most conventional Americans, but on the other hand I feel at home anywhere in the world I've gone, and love learning about new cultures, meeting different kinds of people, etc.

Should this go here? or ???

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Gives new meaning to the saying, "scr-wing the pooch."

If you've been to the Burningman festival, what did you think of it?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

From what I've read, pretty much everyone gets stoned and drunk.

What is an odd smell that you would admit to enjoying?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

The fresh, grassy scent of my horses. I used to love to bury my nose in their manes. The photo is of me jumping a log with my Walking Horse, Banjo, near Soldier, KY.

Besides your home and your work, where do you spend most of your time?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Outside on hikes, walks, used to be driving my motorbike, or taking a songtheaw (converted pickup truck bus) somewhere to buy something.

Can you fall in love with someone who you've never met in person?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Sure, because "falling in love" is a male trait, and males are attracted to females by their appearance. Besotted males in love serve an evolutionary purpose as this keeps them with one woman long enough to help raise his progeny, increasing their children's chance of success. Women with strong male traits can also fall in love as men do, but this is riskier for females since it puts them in harm's way if they become besotted with a stranger and get lured into a trap, give him money to "rescue" him, don't know if he's married, has kids, is sleeping with a dozen women, has STDs, etc. Gullible women are lured by predators all the time. Most females (heavy in female traits) are skeptical, suspicious, do thorough background checks of new men, and only pick people their friends and mother would approve. Someone with a good income, who has standing in the community, etc. Books on online dating advise meeting in person after five exchanges, for coffee in a public place. If the guy starts waffling, that's a red flag, indicating he's hiding something or isn't serious, so delete him at once.

What have you always wanted to do or try, that you just haven't gotten around to?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

A. Going birding in South America and South Africa. B. Visiting a lesbian bar and kissing someone to find out if that rings any chimes.

Gospel Music

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Yup, but I also consider the source and realize that most of the artists and musicians of the past few centuries were only creating work for the main employer of the time..the church. No doubt, their works reflected their sponsors more than their true beliefs.

What's the best way to get into a woman's heart (if ya know what I mean).

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

If you mean on this website, it would help to post a photo of yourself, complete your profile, tell what kind of person you'd like to meet, and join conversations in a polite, kind, respectful, humorous manner. If someone interests you, you can read her profile, find out where she lives and what she's looking for in a relationship, see all her posts-attached to the profile, engage her in a few casual conversations on topics that interest her, and if she seems ok with it, try a private message, and see if you can get a friendship going. But if you only meant how you can seduce a woman, then you deserve what you get...ew!

Is it wise to get back with an ex?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Nope. People don't change. But women with a high level of male traits are often like men, in their tendency to "fall in love," cling to one person, be co-dependent, forgive anything, make excuses, etc, putting themselves constantly at risk from their lack of boundaries. That's how men act with their girlfriends. But typical cis women, who are heavy in female traits, don't put up with nonsense in men. They are the "choosers"..looking for the best match; one that gives them the most advantages. If the man messes up, he will likely come home to find his stuff on the lawn, the locks of their house changed, and she will move on without a backward glance..

Spring is coming! What do you most look forward to?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

It's summer year around in southern Thailand. Flowers and flowering trees seen along side streets near me.

A coworker asked me today, "what do you Pagans eat for Thanksgiving?" Um. . .

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Whatever we want. And no long prayers beforehand, either! ;)

Is everyone a pillhead or addicted to meth?

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

You might have to add that to your dating profile..no drugs, beyond occasional pot. If the person seems dodgy., be ready to move on.

All of my friends have been filmmakers, small press editors, writers and artists.

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

I looked at your bio and we have a lot of similar characteristics, but I'm an androgyne..a gender mix, as are most high IQ creative people..the kind that attracts you, apparently. I have SELDOM, if ever, met women who show interest in similar things to me-mostly they talk about work, family, relationships, TV shows, and other mundane topics. If I mention any other topic, they stare at me blankly. If I let a female pick a movie to watch at home, it's usually something bland and sappy(in my opinion). Here in Thailand, I've met at least one blonde South African lady who was up for taking off up the mountain on the motorbike, climbing steep trails and cliffs, and riding the breakers, but she moved to the Canary Islands to run a school. But none of the women had the slightest curiosity about science or politics. I have met men, at least, who sometimes discuss things I consider interesting, but few who build new inventions, or do their own writing, music, or art, as I do. So, if you do find a woman who matches your interests, be prepared for the male traits that typically come with the territory, as she might be more interested in her own agenda than yours.

I am guilty of being an 'Atheist Troll'.

birdingnut comments on Feb 24, 2018:

If it made you feel better, then it's all good, :D

Where is your favorite place to shop?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Online, or nearby at Sapsine Market in Songkhla, Thailand, or vendor booths along Samila Beach, Songkhla.

Do you do things that allow you to be the best you can be?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Some. I don't think obsessive self-improvement is a good thing. It's better to follow your bliss and avoid the frantic rush to "succeed."

Is it just me or is there some amazing women on this site?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Because this is an agnostic website and studies show that agnostics statistically have higher IQs than the average population, you will naturally meet more intelligent women. Be advised that studies also associate creative high IQ with androgyny..so many women here will also have mixed gender traits, and be more likely to be wanting/pursuing their own careers.

I have been chatting to a fellow geek (female) and we have lots in common.

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

For fellow geeks, most likely!

Has a faith healer ever wanted to try to heal you?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

I've always had psychic powers, as well my mom, sister, and both kids, often healing people, among other things, raising animals from the dead, ESP, teleportation, etc., but without religious connotations. Everyone can do it, and the Haitians did all the time, as well as Native American Indians. In fact, their white child captives would acquire Jesus-like powers within six months of being captured and never lost them even when they were returned to their white, Christian families. Einstein showed us that all matter is a form of energy, so since energy can neither be created nor destroyed, we have always existed and will always exist in some energy form. I believe in physics, and that we are participating in creating our own universes/reality Mark 11:23 in the Bible also agrees: "Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith." “I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as derivative from consciousness." – Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics

How often do you view porn?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Um..NEVER, unless it's part of the story, without prurient intent. I'm demisexual, so even the thought of sex can make me feel disgusted and nauseated, unless I've been with someone over a year and the "demi" part of my label kicks in. Once I bond with partners, they have a new problem..I'm kinky, and my libido is higher than that of most men, I'm told. Being mixed gender and partially transmale, I love all sorts of gender switching roles, mild S & M, costumes, and fantasy play..considering typical hetero male "rabbit sex" boring and uninteresting. My ex used to send me X-rated porn ecards, trying different sexual orientation genres to see what I liked. I felt revulsion when seeing hetero porn, indifference with lesbian porn, and mild romantic feelings seeing gay male porn, so I assume I subconsciously saw them as representing my ex and me.

Are there some of you who have had to sever relationships with overly religious family members?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

I've been ignored by my parents a couple of times for expressing strong doubts/disapproval of accepted church doctrine. I haven't been around any relatives since I completely dumped religion, since I've been in Thailand since 2010, but most of them are liberal United Methodists, who seldom attend church, if at all.

While finishing up a work project at a high school north of Houston, I saw 3 female students ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

After Thailand's recent urban westernization with US movies and music, the teen pregnancy rate rose steeply, but government intervention in the past decade has greatly reduced births. Abortion in Thailand is illegal and the society is very conservative, with most people living in extended families, so teen pregnancy wasn't previously a big problem.

When Considering A Relationship With Someone, How Important Is The Person's Annual Income ?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Any female who DOESN'T take income into consideration when considering being with a male is just asking for trouble. Unless, that is, she is financially independent and is taking on the lover for other reasons. Men typically only care about a potential female mate being attractive, young, fertile, and willing to take care of him, since men have traditionally had the higher income. But male-ish women who lack female instincts, and throw themselves at men, allowing dead beats to move in and take advantage of them are legion. Of course, guys are often happy to take her money, sponge off her income, and still cheat anyway.

Has anyone ever pawned anything?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

No, but I used to shop regularly in large local pawnshops for bargains.

What do you have more of, then most people you know?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Curiosity.

When someone writes no drug users do they include cannabis use also?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

I always chuckle when I read that..almost seems like a religious person's rigid opinion. I suppose if someone complains about pot use because of the smoke, just use cannabis oil or edibles instead of smoke, and don't get trashed.

Sometimes as a thought experiment I ask myself: What if everyone is wrong about God, including the ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

It's odd how someone now an atheist would continue to discuss something that doesn't exist. And while you're at it..which god? We are all gods, since we each contribute to creating our own universe. “I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as derivative from consciousness." – Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics

Dating the religious.

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

This is puzzling to me. You're worried about what she'll think of YOU? I'd tell/hint/imply strongly that I'm a "nonbeliever" right away. If you met her online, your stance should already be on your profile, to eliminate the religious nuts. There's no fury like the fury of a religious woman feeling "tricked." If she's religious, you've dodged a bullet. If she doesn't care, then you've lost nothing.

I don't need to believe in a magical beast in order to motivate myself to behave nicely to others or...

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Nope.

God was looking out for me this morning.

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

That reminds me of an incident that happened when I was a missionary kid in Haiti. I was riding my horse along a grassy trail through a field, when a Haitian kid, hoping for bribe money, threw himself down in the middle of the trail in front of me and began howling and wailing for help, that I had ridden over him on my horse. Haitians love to try to get money out of foreigners if they can. I stopped the horse and sat there staring down on him while he thrashed around on the ground melodramatically, then, I suddenly rolled off the horse and began flopping around on the ground also. The boy sat up and asked me what happened. "You pushed me off my horse! You pushed me off my horse!" He considered a second, then deadpanned, "THAT was for running over me!"

A friend told me today that I am vibrant. I wonder, what does that mean?

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

"Vibrant" usually means that you are exuding intelligence and upbeat energy. Sort of bursting out of your skin, so to speak. I have that a lot..since I'm partially transmale I have high levels of testosterone, so always feel excited, energetic, have boundless enthusiasm for my myriad obsessions. Because I skip red/most meat, only eat fish, skip most processed food, and eat only two meals a day, I tend to look and act much younger than 65 yrs old, and trip along the street like a terrier dog. I'm so active that most men refuse to hike anywhere with me twice.

Hello, fellow heathens.

birdingnut comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Hi! You did the first best step..filling out your bio! Now, just jump into conversations that interest you, post some of your own, and interested people are likely to start PMing you. If you like what someone posts, click on their profile and you can read everything they've posted so far, or you can "follow" interesting people. If someone starts annoying you, and refuses to back down, just go to their profile and block them. After that you'll not see their posts again, and they can't see yours.

I have come up with a simple rule of thumb: the more interesting someone you meet online is-- the ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

LOL! It could happen.

God was looking out for me this morning.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

It's because you forgot to send me money! Pay up, or next time you will have cockroaches!

Any one else get all puff chested when their pet does that adorable thing they do in front of other ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

My Border Collie, Benji, obeyed dozens of commands and hand signals I taught her, but mostly she kept her eye on me and figured out what should be done to assist.

Do you embrace simplicity in your life?

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

That is a Thai Buddhist concept that I have embraced since moving here- getting rid of most of my possessions each time I move to another Thai province. I recently dumped or sold most of my stuff in anticipation of a move back to the US, but have since been delayed for many months, but seldom miss the stuff I sold.

Greetings and salutations my fellow travelers, hope you are enjoying things as I am.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Maybe. What things are you enjoying?

Is it hard to find your place when you aren't into the heavy drinking party scene anymore and ...

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Our place where? When I did drink, it was fine wine in small amounts. Why would I want a "place" with religious people? I tend to hang with like-minded people, who enjoy the same things, so no religious people.

I have lived in the south for most of my adult life.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Last night, the younger brother of one of my childhood Haiti missionary kid (MK) friends invited me to "like" a missionary page. It actually was a good organization..all good deeds for third world people, without preaching, but it annoyed me that he would assume anything about me (despite my being an MK myself) so I told him that since 85% of white evangelicals had voted for Trump, a self-admitted sexual predator, racist, bigot, etc. I'd changed my mind about Christianity and no longer support it. I did it by PM, but I noticed that I do tend to call out people who try to assume I believe as they do.

Why

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

It's a way for couples to prolong their relationships past the point where they've lost some interest in each other. The old joke is that if newlyweds put a penny in the jar each time they make love, then after a year, start taking a penny out of the jar each they did it, the jar would never empty. This is, sadly, too true. Inviting others into the sex play keeps couples together since they can have their cake and eat it too, and this has been popular for centuries anyway, before divorce was allowed. Read any 17th-19th century romance novels. It is also done to satisfy bisexual people, so they can enjoy sex with either gender, while still maintaining a conventional marriage.

Ok your funny former religious experiences.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Whaddaya know? A Bible verse that makes sense.

How important is it to people to have political compatibility?

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

NO and NO. I also wouldn't date anyone who liked to eat junk food or red meat, liked to hunt, golf, loaf in the front of the TV, or who does urban or oil development. I wouldn't date anyone who watched Fox News, was a Conservative, was religious (unless they were indifferent to it), never traveled out of the US, was a Republican, lived with his mother or ex wife, or allowed them to run his life. I wouldn't date anyone who had never had children, or who still had children at home. I wouldn't date someone who let a large dog have the run of his house. Or who had cats. I wouldn't date someone of another ethnicity, since few, if any, ethnicities treat women as equals, and many/most will hit on a Caucasian woman in hopes of bettering their social status.. So, really, political views are just one of my sticking points.

Am I wrong in assuming that most people here have seen the movie Idiocracy?

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

LOVE it..but it's soberingly realistic.

Arming public school teachers.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

NO. It's just crazy Trump shilling for the NRA, who pays him millions in kickbacks for endorsements. It's insane, when other countries that passed sensible gun laws stopped mass shootings. The GOP has the silly alt-right by the nose, using religion. Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting since 1996. Here's what it did https://usat.ly/2o8Sp4n via @usatoday

What is the worst place someone could ask you on a date?

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Anywhere I didn't like, I'd turn him down, or make my own suggestion. I usually am the one who decides where to go anyway, and they have to ask three days ahead, or I'm sorry, but I already have plans. Doesn't matter to me if I go out with them or not.

He Became A Celebrity For Putting Science Before God.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Evil men are evil men, it seems, no matter how "intellectual."

Hi.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

TOTALLY awesome! Hope you post photos of all of them. Do you show all the dogs, or do you breed the Afghans?