My fiance left me

[musclemom]

You are quite the downer.
That charging through life thinking you're super awesome thing is one of the best things about your early 20's.

Five years ago I chose to take on the unenviable task of writing a eulogy for my mother. I felt I needed to do this for her, but it was very hard to do because, to be brutally honest, she was a nobody. She never did anything of distinction, was never married, only had one child, was basically disowned by her own family, cleaned other people's houses and offices for a living and had done so for decades, mainly read as a hobby, had no friends beyond those whose houses she cleaned and had never traveled. I still managed to talk about her for 5 minutes and actually brought a tear to the funeral director's eye. The closing went as follows: "perhaps you can take a moment to remember that a simple life can also make a difference, and thus can a simple life become one of the truest greatness."

I never felt super awesome as a young woman. I've always been dreadfully pragmatic, practically from childhood.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

LOL this thread is funny

i think this taught me that she is too young, thank god for me, but also i need to do what i want in life. go to college, get ajob, meet a girl that actually has the same interests as me. cant wait to be 23 pullin girls from 20-30

 

[iggy]

I feel as though people should feel super awesome their entire lives.
definitely never better than anyone else though.
and have a confident attitude.

the whole "i'm invincible feeling does go away though."
coming back from iraq, my buddy who was a player back up home told me that when he came back.

“Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.”
- james dean

 

[Stefka]

I think we should say "super awesome" in this thread as many times as possible.
That would be super awesome.

 

[Bikini Mod]

my dad was in vietnam at 19 and got married at 21 but divorced at 24 BM.

Sounds real similar to the old Grump.

 

[iggy]

yes, hes very cool like grump as well.

 

[Bikini Mod]

yes, hes very cool like grump as well.

The quote by James Dean that you quoted, I know of a different version - meaning is the same. It's part of the self-portrait on the home page of my dot org site - the one that I hope will someday help benefit victims of domestic violence and the families that have been sucked into the family court system by their abusers (one usually mutates into the other even when a woman leaves the physically abusive situation these abusers have learned to manipulate the family court system to keep control over the women via their children. Shits been around for a long ass time but few people know about it because of the stigma of shame tbat a woman endures when she loses custody of her kids. Sorry to ramble but I use every chance I get to publicly speak out about this phenomenon - raising public awareness IMHO is the first step to facilitating change).

Anyway, it is a french saying which comes from a very famous children's musical by the name of "Emilie Jolie" - which means Emilie, the beautiful. The story is very moving on it's own but holds great personal meaning for me for a host of reasons.

Anyway - it is "make your dreams consume your life so that your life NEVER consumes your dreams."

 

[wootoom]

Sorry to hear...im going through a divorce..my life is already getting better

 

[iggy]

i believe Einstein said something like, "knowledge is power, but imagination is what makes you better."

I think we should say "super awesome" in this thread as many times as possible.
That would be super awesome.

You are "super awesome" Stefka!

 

[Bikini Mod]

i believe Einstein said something like, "knowledge is power, but imagination is what makes you better."


You are "super awesome" Stefka!

That is also one of my all-time fav quotes... but I'd forgotten about it. Thanks for reminding me.

The wording is a bit off but you delivered the proper sentiment. I'll have to look it up.

You're a good egg, Mr Iggy.