Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 31, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > +1 As always, you condensed everything down to the basics and spoke the > truth. There's nothing better than cuddling and sharing a life and > watching your children grow up together. There are rough times, but when > you both have the same goal in mind and a total love for each other, > nothing else matters. > > I know your memories will pull you through the sad times. Irene is > watching and telling you buck up and enjoy life! After all, she gave you > your first camera and the children you cherish. amen Ted, Steve > > Best wishes, > > Tina > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:34 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> As much as this hurts I have to put my 2 pennies worth of opinion on >> long-time marriage! Given I just experienced 63 years of a very lovingly >> interesting and satisfying married life before my dear Irene passed on. >> :-( >> >> If in the beginning you marry a good woman or good man understanding it's >> not going to be a bed of roses and there maybe in that bed of roses a few >> "pricks" along the way. That you are prepared to have the odd straining >> moments of communication, both heated and as lovingly as it can possibly >> be. To admit, you as the male are prepared to accept you "ARE WRONG AND >> SHE >> IS RIGHT!" And vise versa! It's a two way street always! Give and take, >> get >> over it and move on together still enjoying the wonderful feeling of her >> or >> he cuddled by your side anytime . >> >> If you are properly matched? Obviously understood right from the first >> time you find her cuddled by your side in the warmth of the night. There >> isn't any reason for a pennies worth of thought about divorce. I see >> divorcing when children have been conceived as one of the most cruel >> things >> parents can bestowe on their off spring. Having not done that, I'm sure >> there are other opinions. >> >> By the same token today's society is a wrangle of perceived "entitlement >> beyond common sense" where "NO" is the only so called correcting answer to >> everything. "No you can't do that, this and every stupid asinine reason to >> turn the society into some quagmire of stupid ill-conceived rules, laws >> and >> regulations." >> >> But if you have the right woman or male by your side in the beginning, >> none of the garbage-pit regulations conceived by moronic politicians and >> government bureaucrats will deter you one iota from a beautiful long and >> enjoyable life with the mate you've loved beyond your wildest dreams and >> thoughts when you first said "I Do!" >> >> I find the "bitterness shown here" by some extremely unfortunate for the >> so called "Victim!" But one must ask ..... "What happened to the "two way >> street of give and take?" Stubbornness of stupidity by both doesn't solve >> anything. >> >> The "Whores of Hollywood" and societies of today's lust for all the crap >> stuff promoted in crappy celebrity magazines that cater to the witless >> fools who see the events of Hollywood as... "They do, so I do!" It is >> this >> kind of crap the completely innocent women and men in the first place, see >> divorce is the only answer. Then do it and the next thing you know they've >> grab another foolish male or female ready to wed. They do it as quickly >> and >> as fast "as a Saturday night whore changing her undies!" And all they've >> done is move them selves into another quagmire that ends again in divorce. >> >> I'm sorry but I don't by all this bull-shit about divorce being the be-all >> answer to solving marital problems. Sure there are going to be the >> exception simply because if the wrong mate was picked because she or he >> was >> a "WOW FACTOR IN THE SACK!" That only helps on cold winter nights, but >> that's only a part of a successful marriage. >> >> I need not go on any longer as I know my married life was great, sure we >> had some wild old verbal battles. Everybody does at sometime or other and >> anyone saying they never had a squabble is probably lying. That's all part >> of Mother Natures Communications in working things out. After all it is a >> two way street of give and take. >> >> Unfortunately nobody was around with a Leica to photograph some of our >> "discussions?" ;-) Oscar martial for the cover of LIFE magazine! ;-) >> >> Bottom-line? We loved each other, enjoyed our great times together, had 4 >> great and wonderful successful children. And now 10 Grand children who are >> also cracker jack kids and the oldest two will own their own business >> operations one of these days as they're already laying out plans and how. >> 20 & 21! >> >> All a hell of a lot brighter than their grandfather when it comes to the >> "Art of running a business." OH yeah and both have wonderful sharp ladies >> by their sides. >> >> So there you go eh! I just wish it were 63 years and counting! :-( I miss >> her dearly. :-( >> >> cheers, >> ted >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information