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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 11:51 am
You have a very valid point about someone rebuffing the advances. But then again, who's to say that they wouldn't find someone else who would gladly except. There are people who single out married people to be with. It's disgusting, I know. I've been married for almost 25 years. People are always surprised when my husband and I say that we have been together that long. We always say "but isn't that what you are supposed to do?" We've taken vows for better or worse and there has been plenty of worse, believe me! But you have to work on it. People that have affairs, I believe, have given up on it.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 12:35 pm
I once was at an out of town business meeting with a bunch of men and we were going out one night and several of the guys made a big production of taking their wedding rings off. I told them that it was an insult to their wives and if the truth were known if it was women they wanted to pick up, they could pick up more with the wedding ring than without. Especially for a one night thing! We ended up spending the whole night discussing that kind of thing. That is before we drove into the strip club parking lot, which is another story in itself. I live in a pretty small town and it's been weird to see how people hop from one relationship to another. I am in my 40s and evidently am one of the rare few who won't date separated men (because in my mind they are still married) and let's just say that it limits the opportunities considerably. Usually by time their divorce is final, they are engaged again. You've got it right Mamie. I think what people forget is that if you can just endure the worse, the better comes back around.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 12:49 pm
We live in such a throwaway society anymore. If it's not working, toss it out, get another one. It's the same in marriage. There are some people who should not stay married, that's for sure, but so many people divorce after 2 years or so, what kind of chance did you give it? I've known people who have cheated on their spouse within the first few months of marriage. Why marry then?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 04, 2005 - 7:54 am
Bundle Of Joy was a cute book. The writer Arielle Papa is very witty. I probably will go and look for her older books. I am reading Gene Wilder's book Kiss Me Like A Stranger now. Not chick lit this go around!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Friday, March 04, 2005 - 8:07 am
Good points! We definitely do live in a throw-away society. I think some people bail at the first signs of trouble. What they don't understand is that sharing the pains, the heartaches, and the hard times, is what strengthens the bond in the end.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 8:34 am
This weekend I read "Maneater" by Gigi Levangie Grazer. Very fun read. I had never heard of it before seeing it at the library and got it simply because the cover made me laugh...the front cover showed the groom from a wedding cake speared on a fork and the back is the same groom, missing his head. And it did represent the spirit of the book, though it was sweet in spite of itself.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 4:02 pm
I just started reading You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs by Laurie Graff. I think a few of you here have read it a while back. It's cute.
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Sweetest_thang
Member
09-28-2004
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 6:37 pm
I am reading "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. I love all of Jodi's books and this is, in my opinion, one of the best. ("Plain Truth" will always be number one in my book).
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 7:22 pm
I loved it, Sweetest! The ending just had me in tears! I have her newest book on order and it should be arriving soon.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 11:56 pm
I just finished Going Down by Jennifer Belle. It was a pretty dark book. Not the sweet tale and happy ending that I read Chick Lit for, but it was interesting. Basically a girl spends a year as a hoker supposedly to pay for college, but of course eventually dropping out. The flashbacks of the scenes we see of her life show how she came to be where she was. Next up, Summer in the City by Robyn Sisman.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 11, 2005 - 8:29 am
I finished Frogs. It was cute but it started to lose some interest for me towards the end. How many bad dates can a girl have? Haven't decided what to read yet.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Friday, March 11, 2005 - 10:09 am
Mamie, I thought I posted this already, but I guess I got in too big of a hurry and forgot to hit "post". Anyway, the library called and I finally got "Baker's Tower". The librarian said she'd heard it was really good, too. It's freezing here today, so it will be a perfect day to read!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 11, 2005 - 10:50 am
Good day for that book! I just read a book called Accidental Happiness by Jean Reynolds Page that I really liked too.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 11, 2005 - 12:27 pm
I've decided on The Rock Orchard by Paula Wall. It's about a family of Southern women who seem to have power over men.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Friday, March 11, 2005 - 4:14 pm
Just finished, "Baker's Tower". Got started and just read it straight through. It was good, but a little sad, too. Mamie, have you read any other books by that author?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 11, 2005 - 6:54 pm
That was the first book of hers that I have read. It might be her first , I'm not sure. It was sad but a very good book. Rather old-fashinoned I thought. I am loving The Rock Orchard and recommend this one too. I am sure that I will finish it up tonight!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 11, 2005 - 10:11 pm
I finished The Rock Orchard. I really liked it. The characters just came alive! I am going to start Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigianni. I really enjoyed the last book I read of hers so I am hoping I love this one too.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 2:53 pm
I just finished the second in the Shopaholic series - Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. I really enjoy this series, especially if I space them out between more serious reads.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, March 14, 2005 - 9:48 am
Oh I loved that series too Scout.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, March 14, 2005 - 10:17 am
I was going to read something in between, but after I finished, "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan". I couldn't stop so am now continuing on. I read the last one of the series first, so I'll be finished until she comes out with a new one. Anyone read her book, "Can you keep a secret?", and if so, is it as good as the Shopaholics?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, March 14, 2005 - 10:24 am
I really liked it, Scout. It's a cute, quick read. She has another book coming out in June called The Undomestic Goddess. I'm looking forward to that one.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, March 14, 2005 - 1:26 pm
Scout, I liked it, too. She draws you into her characters well and you can't help but feel for them! I read two Debbie MacComber books this weekend. 311 Pelican Court and Thursdays at Eight. Good, easy reads, though both jumped back and forth between a lot of characters which makes it a bit difficult for short-attention-span me. 311 Pelican Court had a major character list in the front, which I admit I had to refer to on occasion. Thursdays at 8 switched pretty consistently between 4 women that met in a journaling class and became friends. Wow....I better get my scraps of paper out where I write the names of books/authors to look for. And I had better start reading faster! You guys are so great about populating my reading list.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, March 14, 2005 - 2:38 pm
I've read all the Macomber Series. 311 Pelican Court is the third in the series. I like her books.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, March 14, 2005 - 3:03 pm
These were the first I had read by MacComber. Mamie, should I try to read the books in the series in order or are they pretty well contained? Are the others in the series based on the other characters in the town? I know that there was a booknote on the cover that said the next book was the story of the guy that died mysteriously at the b&b (which was talked about in this one and he was identified, but it never solved how he had died.) I can see where having read the one I read would be helpful in background. I'm trying to figure out if I should get the names of the others in the series and start from the beginning now.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, March 14, 2005 - 5:33 pm
I would read from beginning to the last one but I think she kind of backtracks in each one and tells you about the people. I can't think of the names offhand but they are all numbered street names. I finished Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani and I loved it too. I really like her writing. Has anyone read any of her Big Stone Gap trilogy? I'm thinking about getting those too. I just started The Teahouse On Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens. It's about a little teahouse in Ireland and the cast of characters who go there. I'm really enjoying it so far.
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