Topic: Throwing in the Towel
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Tue 04/26/11 03:53 PM


It can be frustrating, very much so. It may take a long time, far longer than we'd like it to. We may have to weed out many "bad apples" till one tree is bare and move on to another.

BUT............NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!

I've dealt with many a heartache and heartbreak in my life. Some of the things I've been thru would make alot of people just say forget it I'm done. I haven't, nor will I ever. To give up is not me, giving up does not exist in my vocabulary. It is too easy to give up when times are tough, by not giving up during those times shows the measure of your inner strength.




But one person's "giving up" is another's "facing reality." I don't think it's fair to phrase someone's decision in terms of failure when they're just doing what seems logical and sensible to them.


How can it be facing reality? Who's to say there's no one out there for you that is right for you?

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Tue 04/26/11 03:56 PM
Edited by Jeanniebean on Tue 04/26/11 03:57 PM



It can be frustrating, very much so. It may take a long time, far longer than we'd like it to. We may have to weed out many "bad apples" till one tree is bare and move on to another.

BUT............NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!

I've dealt with many a heartache and heartbreak in my life. Some of the things I've been thru would make alot of people just say forget it I'm done. I haven't, nor will I ever. To give up is not me, giving up does not exist in my vocabulary. It is too easy to give up when times are tough, by not giving up during those times shows the measure of your inner strength.




But one person's "giving up" is another's "facing reality." I don't think it's fair to phrase someone's decision in terms of failure when they're just doing what seems logical and sensible to them.


How can it be facing reality? Who's to say there's no one out there for you that is right for you?



Lex is facing his own reality, which I keep trying to tell him that he creates himself.

He does not understand the concept of the law of vibration. LOL

Thats the universal law of attraction.

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Tue 04/26/11 04:00 PM



So, I have thrown in the towel as far as dating and relationships. I am not angry or sad as I just don't care. So I am curious if you have given up on finding someone or are you still keeping your dream alive of finding your soulmate. Enquiring minds want to know. :smile:
I stopped looking a long time ago. if the one should FIND me then so be it, but at my age I really doubt it :wink:


That is such a sexy Indiana Jones Look in this picture!


that's ME, not indiana jones bigsmile

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Tue 04/26/11 04:02 PM



It can be frustrating, very much so. It may take a long time, far longer than we'd like it to. We may have to weed out many "bad apples" till one tree is bare and move on to another.

BUT............NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!

I've dealt with many a heartache and heartbreak in my life. Some of the things I've been thru would make alot of people just say forget it I'm done. I haven't, nor will I ever. To give up is not me, giving up does not exist in my vocabulary. It is too easy to give up when times are tough, by not giving up during those times shows the measure of your inner strength.




But one person's "giving up" is another's "facing reality." I don't think it's fair to phrase someone's decision in terms of failure when they're just doing what seems logical and sensible to them.


How can it be facing reality? Who's to say there's no one out there for you that is right for you?


That's not much of an argument, because I could just as easily turn around and say "Who's to say that there is?" Then it becomes a pointless, unending "Yes there is" "No there's not" exchange for the next 536 millennia.

My reality is that I don't know for sure either way. My point is, I don't think it's worth my time to worry about it, or to look for someone -- knowing (from lengthy experience) that I'm only going to end up regretting ever being involved with that person in the first place.

If someone wants to prove me wrong, go for it. Until then, "there might be...." just doesn't cut the mustard.

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Tue 04/26/11 04:05 PM
Edited by Jeanniebean on Tue 04/26/11 04:07 PM




It can be frustrating, very much so. It may take a long time, far longer than we'd like it to. We may have to weed out many "bad apples" till one tree is bare and move on to another.

BUT............NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!

I've dealt with many a heartache and heartbreak in my life. Some of the things I've been thru would make alot of people just say forget it I'm done. I haven't, nor will I ever. To give up is not me, giving up does not exist in my vocabulary. It is too easy to give up when times are tough, by not giving up during those times shows the measure of your inner strength.




But one person's "giving up" is another's "facing reality." I don't think it's fair to phrase someone's decision in terms of failure when they're just doing what seems logical and sensible to them.


How can it be facing reality? Who's to say there's no one out there for you that is right for you?


That's not much of an argument, because I could just as easily turn around and say "Who's to say that there is?" Then it becomes a pointless, unending "Yes there is" "No there's not" exchange for the next 536 millennia.

My reality is that I don't know for sure either way. My point is, I don't think it's worth my time to worry about it, or to look for someone -- knowing (from lengthy experience) that I'm only going to end up regretting ever being involved with that person in the first place.

If someone wants to prove me wrong, go for it. Until then, "there might be...." just doesn't cut the mustard.



Lex, nobody wants to "prove you wrong." You wouldn't want that.

You say: "Who's to say that there is?"

The answer is: NO BODY. You won't say it or even think it.

Its not worth your trouble to even THINK it.

You have created your reality and accepted your fate. It is how it should be.

The Universe works. All is well.:banana:

So be it, so it is. :wink:

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Tue 04/26/11 04:10 PM





It can be frustrating, very much so. It may take a long time, far longer than we'd like it to. We may have to weed out many "bad apples" till one tree is bare and move on to another.

BUT............NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!

I've dealt with many a heartache and heartbreak in my life. Some of the things I've been thru would make alot of people just say forget it I'm done. I haven't, nor will I ever. To give up is not me, giving up does not exist in my vocabulary. It is too easy to give up when times are tough, by not giving up during those times shows the measure of your inner strength.




But one person's "giving up" is another's "facing reality." I don't think it's fair to phrase someone's decision in terms of failure when they're just doing what seems logical and sensible to them.


How can it be facing reality? Who's to say there's no one out there for you that is right for you?


That's not much of an argument, because I could just as easily turn around and say "Who's to say that there is?" Then it becomes a pointless, unending "Yes there is" "No there's not" exchange for the next 536 millennia.

My reality is that I don't know for sure either way. My point is, I don't think it's worth my time to worry about it, or to look for someone -- knowing (from lengthy experience) that I'm only going to end up regretting ever being involved with that person in the first place.

If someone wants to prove me wrong, go for it. Until then, "there might be...." just doesn't cut the mustard.



Lex, nobody wants to "prove you wrong." You wouldn't want that.

You say: "Who's to say that there is?"

The answer is: NO BODY. You won't say it or even think it. Its not worth your trouble to even THINK it. You have created your reality and accepted your fate. It is how it should be.

The Universe works. All is well.:banana:

So be it, so it is. :wink:


See, that's all a little too much like new-age mystical feelgood ethereal doctrine for me. I don't buy it.

You talk about the "law of attraction." Maybe I'll give it some credence if/when I start attracting someone other than 48-year-old women with three kids. Believe me, that is NOT what I'm trying to do!

Believe whatever it is you want to believe. I know what I've experienced, I know what I've seen. All the mumbo-jumbo voodoo parapsychobabble in the world isn't going to change history.


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Tue 04/26/11 04:19 PM






It can be frustrating, very much so. It may take a long time, far longer than we'd like it to. We may have to weed out many "bad apples" till one tree is bare and move on to another.

BUT............NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!

I've dealt with many a heartache and heartbreak in my life. Some of the things I've been thru would make alot of people just say forget it I'm done. I haven't, nor will I ever. To give up is not me, giving up does not exist in my vocabulary. It is too easy to give up when times are tough, by not giving up during those times shows the measure of your inner strength.




But one person's "giving up" is another's "facing reality." I don't think it's fair to phrase someone's decision in terms of failure when they're just doing what seems logical and sensible to them.


How can it be facing reality? Who's to say there's no one out there for you that is right for you?


That's not much of an argument, because I could just as easily turn around and say "Who's to say that there is?" Then it becomes a pointless, unending "Yes there is" "No there's not" exchange for the next 536 millennia.

My reality is that I don't know for sure either way. My point is, I don't think it's worth my time to worry about it, or to look for someone -- knowing (from lengthy experience) that I'm only going to end up regretting ever being involved with that person in the first place.

If someone wants to prove me wrong, go for it. Until then, "there might be...." just doesn't cut the mustard.



Lex, nobody wants to "prove you wrong." You wouldn't want that.

You say: "Who's to say that there is?"

The answer is: NO BODY. You won't say it or even think it. Its not worth your trouble to even THINK it. You have created your reality and accepted your fate. It is how it should be.

The Universe works. All is well.:banana:

So be it, so it is. :wink:


See, that's all a little too much like new-age mystical feelgood ethereal doctrine for me. I don't buy it.

You talk about the "law of attraction." Maybe I'll give it some credence if/when I start attracting someone other than 48-year-old women with three kids. Believe me, that is NOT what I'm trying to do!

Believe whatever it is you want to believe. I know what I've experienced, I know what I've seen. All the mumbo-jumbo voodoo parapsychobabble in the world isn't going to change history.




What you have experienced is what you have attracted by thinking more about what you don't want than about what you do want.

You don't have to "buy it." The evidence is right there. Even in this moment you are thinking about a 48-year-old women with three kids. It is not mumbo-jumbo psychobabble. You think about the past, and what you attracted and you resist the idea and think about it more until you attract more of what you do not want.

When you are depressed and unhappy, you can be sure you are attracting things into your life you do not want. Those emotions are your guidance system.

Don't think about what you don't want. Do something that makes you feel good, and then think about something, anything that you do want. Keep your thoughts ONLY on what you want. When you are feeling happy or excited you can be sure that you are attracting what you want.

This is universal law, believe it or not.

And you don't, and probably won't. You will live your life by default, what you get is not in your conscious control.

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Tue 04/26/11 04:24 PM
See, that's all a little too much like new-age mystical feelgood ethereal doctrine for me. I don't buy it.



You even resist "feeling good." You have chosen to be unhappy. You scoff at a "feel good" ethereal doctrine.

What is wrong with feeling good?
It is only when you are feeling good that you are able to attract and created the experiences and reality you really want.

If you can't feel good, you will create by default.




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Tue 04/26/11 04:35 PM

What you have experienced is what you have attracted by thinking more about what you don't want than about what you do want.

You don't have to "buy it." The evidence is right there. Even in this moment you are thinking about a 48-year-old women with three kids. It is not mumbo-jumbo psychobabble. You think about the past, and what you attracted and you resist the idea and think about it more until you attract more of what you do not want.


Again, totally wrong. I almost never think about this stuff except when I check my inbox or if I need something to rant about in a dating site forum. This is all just fun for me; amusement, a way to pass time, a chance to share a little laugh with the people here who know me and who get it.

In the day-to-day real world, I don't dwell for hours on what I don't want. I KNOW what I don't want; it's clear, it's well-defined, I don't need to analyze it. It's on the back burner, so to speak.

Now, I'm sorry if my amusement causes you to feel the need to go into full-blown psychobabble attack mode, but, trust me, it's really not necessary. I know what I'm doing. And what I'm not doing.

I'm not trying to denigrate you or your beliefs -- I just don't share them.


When you are depressed and unhappy, you can be sure you are attracting things into your life you do not want. Those emotions are your guidance system.


Again, I don't buy it. You're postulating a cause-and-effect scenario without a shred of tangible evidence to back it up. I'm fine with the fact that you believe this stuff. But don't try to foist it off on me.


Don't think about what you don't want.


Like I said, I really don't, most of the time. There are times when I have to think about it, simply because I get inundated with it every now and again, but most of the time it's not much of a factor.


Do something that makes you feel good, and then think about something, anything that you do want. Keep your thoughts ONLY on what you want. When you are feeling happy or excited you can be sure that you are attracting what you want.


I've tried that. I spent years trying it. It doesn't work.


This is universal law, believe it or not.

And you don't, and probably won't. You will live your life by default, what you get is not in your conscious control.


What you're talking about is essentially on the same level as religion or superstition. And I know there are billions of people who believe in religion and/or superstition. But all of the claims aren't going to sway me. Proof? There isn't any. If there was, we would all have been on THAT boat ages ago.

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Tue 04/26/11 04:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQIPVqLMUg

I still gotta lotta love to give & somewhere...there is a man that deserves it!!

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Tue 04/26/11 04:44 PM

So, I have thrown in the towel as far as dating and relationships. I am not angry or sad as I just don't care. So I am curious if you have given up on finding someone or are you still keeping your dream alive of finding your soulmate. Enquiring minds want to know. :smile:


Well, i can only take so many of other peoples dirty towels being thrown at me before i have to throw something back...i just made the mistake of throwing my own...hehehehehe okay i dumped the whole laundry basket...

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Tue 04/26/11 04:59 PM
Edited by Jeanniebean on Tue 04/26/11 05:05 PM
I've tried that. I spent years trying it. It doesn't work.


That is your belief and your belief is what makes it so and maintains what it is.

What you're talking about is essentially on the same level as religion or superstition. And I know there are billions of people who believe in religion and/or superstition. But all of the claims aren't going to sway me. Proof? There isn't any. If there was, we would all have been on THAT boat ages ago.


I could offer proof - but nothing I could offer would ever "sway" you, and I am not trying to "sway" you.

I know that you (and all people) will never hear (or believe) anything they are not prepared to hear or believe, so I would be wasting my time.

I only offer this as a clue and it will only do anyone any good if they follow the clue or at least learn more about it. A lot has been written about this law of creation from before 2000 years ago to now. A LOT.

The Law of Attraction is the same as the Hermetic Law of Vibration. This is indeed occult knowledge. Occult meaning "hidden" knowledge. It is only hidden because only those who are ready to hear it will have these "secrets."

The best book about it in my opinion is "The Law of Attraction" but even reading that book will not be of any help if you are not ready to hear what it says... and actually practice it.

It is simple instruction on how to live consciously and on purpose and how to use your emotional guidance system.(some people call that instincts)

If you know or listen to just about any person who has made a big success in their life coming from having or being nothing to achieving all that they desire, they will be a person who knows and uses these techniques.






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Tue 04/26/11 06:23 PM
Giving up is or p*$$ies who aint willing to suffer, sweat, bleed and cry for the things they desire most.

Giving up is easy.

That is precisesly why I have such disdain for those who want something...but not enough to endure for what they want.

When life hands us what we want on a platter with zero effort...let me know...I will get in that line.

...till then, I will keep trying to earn what I crave the most. Just a simple love. I will miss it everyday I don't have it. I will shed my tears, bleed my soul and suffer through the anguish of want for that which I desire. If I die before I have earned it...I will have died trying.

Got zero respect for anything less.

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Tue 04/26/11 06:34 PM
It will always take some effort to get what you want but it takes more thought than effort. If you can't imagine it, then you can't create it.

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Tue 04/26/11 06:38 PM

So, I have thrown in the towel as far as dating and relationships. I am not angry or sad as I just don't care. So I am curious if you have given up on finding someone or are you still keeping your dream alive of finding your soulmate. Enquiring minds want to know. :smile:
I'm kind of sad about it. I don't see it happening.

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Tue 04/26/11 06:39 PM
I threw in the towel a while back. I figure if something happens, great...if not, I'm still happy single

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Tue 04/26/11 06:41 PM
Hey with all these towels laying around, lets all take a shower.

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Tue 04/26/11 06:49 PM
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: good idea! nuthin' better than group naughtiness to take our minds off the no naughtiness taking place currently!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

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Tue 04/26/11 06:55 PM
I'm having to much fun to throw in the towel.

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Tue 04/26/11 06:57 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQIPVqLMUg

I still gotta lotta love to give & somewhere...there is a man that deserves it!!

I am with fireflysgirl here. I won`t give up ever! I believe there is a man for me and i believe i am gonna find him soon!