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Dec 4, 2016 01:35:36   #
Maggie Sullivan
 
I am 44 and have loved being in my Forties almost from Day One. Something seemed inexplicably different when I awoke on 3/23/2012. Still can't put my finger on it. Very strange. Yet being in my Forties has been truly wonderful. Somehow my whole perspective on life shifted on its own. Always a little up tight with people, finding people "a problem" I had to figure out and quickly, I was suddenly at total ease with myself and others. Wonderful and unnerving at the same time. How did this happen?

After a few weeks of introspection and no results, I had to ask myself why question. Grace, age, a stroke: who cared? I was free from the small, safe world I had confined myself to. My heart had grown. I was big with everyone I met. Not boisterous or rowdy but just big, really out there in generosity and friendliness. My defenses had drastically shrunk. Mistakes were okay. I could just live without the fear and constant vigilance. No way, again, to account for this radical change. I had done nothing to "work on myself." No gurus, self-help groups, or therapy. Went to bed the wallflower and woke up the room. Perhaps this change had been steadily and subconsciously working on me for a while, sick of being so out of sync and sad and scared most of my life I burst. Ended up a few months in therapy not to change but to find out...hmmm, to find out if this was real. Could my therapist account for such a radical transition? She told me that I had had a fear of success that was overcome by a realization I was more than competent at my job and life. Funny. I found scant evidence of that. My only guess was the shock I was Forty. Life was passing--too quickly.

Four years into this life-changing experience and a fourth in this bizarre election cycle, I found a voice for politics. My parents were blue-color and always voted Democrat, in effect for unions. My dad was a high-rise steel worker. The sides were simple. Go Union...or lose. With Trump and Hillary and all that has gone on with president Obama, the complexity and nuances have grown exponentially. I do not see any clear Left or Right path. Trump is not really Conservative and too Conservative. The middle ground only seems like chaos. A Centrist betrays everybody in this atmosphere. I definitely need to learn more. Thought to be independent, yet in this climate today I am a worm to be tread upon. A voice scoffed at and dismissed. "Pick a side or shut up!" appears the message from both parties. I will read more on here and see.

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Dec 4, 2016 01:47:10   #
Raylan Wolfe Loc: earth
 
And you are???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melanie-notkin/what-i-know-about-being-single-now-that-im-in-my-40s_b_4747843.html

Maggie Sullivan wrote:
I am 44 and have loved being in my Forties almost from Day One. Something seemed inexplicably different when I awoke on 3/23/2012. Still can't put my finger on it. Very strange. Yet being in my Forties has been truly wonderful. Somehow my whole perspective on life shifted on its own. Always a little up tight with people, finding people "a problem" I had to figure out and quickly, I was suddenly at total ease with myself and others. Wonderful and unnerving at the same time. How did this happen?

After a few weeks of introspection and no results, I had to ask myself why question. Grace, age, a stroke: who cared? I was free from the small, safe world I had confined myself to. My heart had grown. I was big with everyone I met. Not boisterous or rowdy but just big, really out there in generosity and friendliness. My defenses had drastically shrunk. Mistakes were okay. I could just live without the fear and constant vigilance. No way, again, to account for this radical change. I had done nothing to "work on myself." No gurus, self-help groups, or therapy. Went to bed the wallflower and woke up the room. Perhaps this change had been steadily and subconsciously working on me for a while, sick of being so out of sync and sad and scared most of my life I burst. Ended up a few months in therapy not to change but to find out...hmmm, to find out if this was real. Could my therapist account for such a radical transition? She told me that I had had a fear of success that was overcome by a realization I was more than competent at my job and life. Funny. I found scant evidence of that. My only guess was the shock I was Forty. Life was passing--too quickly.

Four years into this life-changing experience and a fourth in this bizarre election cycle, I found a voice for politics. My parents were blue-color and always voted Democrat, in effect for unions. My dad was a high-rise steel worker. The sides were simple. Go Union...or lose. With Trump and Hillary and all that has gone on with president Obama, the complexity and nuances have grown exponentially. I do not see any clear Left or Right path. Trump is not really Conservative and too Conservative. The middle ground only seems like chaos. A Centrist betrays everybody in this atmosphere. I definitely need to learn more. Thought to be independent, yet in this climate today I am a worm to be tread upon. A voice scoffed at and dismissed. "Pick a side or shut up!" appears the message from both parties. I will read more on here and see.
I am 44 and have loved being in my Forties almost ... (show quote)



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Dec 4, 2016 03:34:36   #
mcmlx
 
Maggie Sullivan wrote:
I am 44 and have loved being in my Forties almost from Day One. Something seemed inexplicably different when I awoke on 3/23/2012. Still can't put my finger on it. Very strange. Yet being in my Forties has been truly wonderful. Somehow my whole perspective on life shifted on its own. Always a little up tight with people, finding people "a problem" I had to figure out and quickly, I was suddenly at total ease with myself and others. Wonderful and unnerving at the same time. How did this happen?

After a few weeks of introspection and no results, I had to ask myself why question. Grace, age, a stroke: who cared? I was free from the small, safe world I had confined myself to. My heart had grown. I was big with everyone I met. Not boisterous or rowdy but just big, really out there in generosity and friendliness. My defenses had drastically shrunk. Mistakes were okay. I could just live without the fear and constant vigilance. No way, again, to account for this radical change. I had done nothing to "work on myself." No gurus, self-help groups, or therapy. Went to bed the wallflower and woke up the room. Perhaps this change had been steadily and subconsciously working on me for a while, sick of being so out of sync and sad and scared most of my life I burst. Ended up a few months in therapy not to change but to find out...hmmm, to find out if this was real. Could my therapist account for such a radical transition? She told me that I had had a fear of success that was overcome by a realization I was more than competent at my job and life. Funny. I found scant evidence of that. My only guess was the shock I was Forty. Life was passing--too quickly.

Four years into this life-changing experience and a fourth in this bizarre election cycle, I found a voice for politics. My parents were blue-color and always voted Democrat, in effect for unions. My dad was a high-rise steel worker. The sides were simple. Go Union...or lose. With Trump and Hillary and all that has gone on with president Obama, the complexity and nuances have grown exponentially. I do not see any clear Left or Right path. Trump is not really Conservative and too Conservative. The middle ground only seems like chaos. A Centrist betrays everybody in this atmosphere. I definitely need to learn more. Thought to be independent, yet in this climate today I am a worm to be tread upon. A voice scoffed at and dismissed. "Pick a side or shut up!" appears the message from both parties. I will read more on here and see.
I am 44 and have loved being in my Forties almost ... (show quote)



Welcome. So good to have you here.
I don't see the "pick a side or shut up" at all. In fact, I enjoy the discourse and learn.
I take what I can use, and discard the rest.
The majority of us succeed in a polite and civil manner.
Then you have Raylon Wolfe. 'Nuff said".

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Dec 4, 2016 03:52:30   #
Maggie Sullivan
 
Raylan Wolfe wrote:


Lol, someone famous? Sorry, no.

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Dec 4, 2016 04:03:30   #
Maggie Sullivan
 
mcmlx wrote:
Welcome. So good to have you here.
I don't see the "pick a side or shut up" at all. In fact, I enjoy the discourse and learn.
I take what I can use, and discard the rest.
The majority of us succeed in a polite and civil manner.
Then you have Raylon Wolfe. 'Nuff said".


Curious you mention him. This point has bothered me and perhaps you can help. Entrenched and unassailable views are not taking usually on any possible merit but rather scorned for their adamancy. "Here is the extreme preposterous outlook and let's get real and look for something reasonable." But maybe it isn't. Not a lot of luck by Congress looking to compromise, but the whole idea of compromise may be flawed. There may be no middle or approximate middle. The extreme may not be the extreme but simply what is right. Looking for the middle undermines that choice, defeats real change.

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Dec 4, 2016 04:18:50   #
mcmlx
 
Maggie Sullivan wrote:
Curious you mention him. This point has bothered me and perhaps you can help. Entrenched and unassailable views are not taking usually on any possible merit but rather scorned for their adamancy. "Here is the extreme preposterous outlook and let's get real and look for something reasonable." But maybe it isn't. Not a lot of luck by Congress looking to compromise, but the whole idea of compromise may be flawed. There may be no middle or approximate middle. The extreme may not be the extreme but simply what is right. Looking for the middle undermines that choice, defeats real change.
Curious you mention him. This point has bothered m... (show quote)


You'll learn about him.
I like looking at both sides, and I agree - in congress, compromise is flawed because it's not true compromise. Always adding a few pork bills to sneak through, and it always works.
I believe that you will enjoy it here.

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Dec 4, 2016 04:54:29   #
Maggie Sullivan
 
mcmlx wrote:
You'll learn about him.
I like looking at both sides, and I agree - in congress, compromise is flawed because it's not true compromise. Always adding a few pork bills to sneak through, and it always works.
I believe that you will enjoy it here.


Thank you. But I have been looking at responses to "being reasonable" here and they are always--always!--nasty. To be fair, must watch a few days longer.

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Dec 4, 2016 05:04:16   #
America Only Loc: From the right hand of God
 
Maggie Sullivan wrote:
Thank you. But I have been looking at responses to "being reasonable" here and they are always--always!--nasty. To be fair, must watch a few days longer.


You will see the loons are active at times, but just let them know you are NOT responsible for informing them to change their diapers..if they start getting "poopy" with you!

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Dec 4, 2016 05:08:57   #
America Only Loc: From the right hand of God
 
Raylan Wolfe wrote:


Why in hell are you even still alive? Your Old HAG lost, you have no line back to Obamaland....you are done. That pea sized brain is toast...all two brain cells worth. Thought you said you'd go ahead and hang yourself if the "Butcher of Benghazi" lost the election? You need a rope???? We will send you one for FREE....yep!

You could do so much better by logging off this website and find your hamster and see if you can marry it. I am sure you could find some homo that can marry you and your hamster. Start a new life, have some hamster babies...maybe if you are nice the hamster will not be too "ruff" when tossing you around and bending you over to ravish you?

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Dec 4, 2016 06:29:04   #
rubyslippers
 
my suggestion if you are confused is to just follow your heart, and good old common sense. does something seem morally wrong, like having tax payers pay for abortion. if someone wants an abortion fine, let them live with that choice, but do not ask me as a tax payer to pay for it. common sense is ..if you need an ID for just about everything in life, why would you not need one to vote..so just follow what makes sense and your heart

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Dec 5, 2016 09:16:50   #
payne1000
 
Maggie Sullivan wrote:
Thank you. But I have been looking at responses to "being reasonable" here and they are always--always!--nasty. To be fair, must watch a few days longer.


This is a right-wing Zionist dominated forum. You will be confronted by nastiness and ignorance every time you post political views which don't conform to the Zeitgeist here.
If you desire an intelligent discourse, join one of these forums:

http://www.opednews.com/index.php

http://whowhatwhy.org/

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Dec 5, 2016 16:13:47   #
Louie27 Loc: Peoria, AZ
 
payne1000 wrote:
This is a right-wing Zionist dominated forum. You will be confronted by nastiness and ignorance every time you post political views which don't conform to the Zeitgeist here.
If you desire an intelligent discourse, join one of these forums:

http://www.opednews.com/index.php

http://whowhatwhy.org/


As one can tell from Payne's he is prone to be against what ever anyone says good about Jews and is a conspiracy theorist extraordinaire. Hope you enjoy the chit chat on here. Some people are obnoxious but you will find them soon enough. Just saying.

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Dec 5, 2016 16:52:44   #
payne1000
 
Louie27 wrote:
As one can tell from Payne's he is prone to be against what ever anyone says good about Jews and is a conspiracy theorist extraordinaire. Hope you enjoy the chit chat on here. Some people are obnoxious but you will find them soon enough. Just saying.


I voted for Jill Stein as president.
That should be an indication I don't hate Jews.
As for conspiracy theories, here's the one you believe.
It's the most unbelievable conspiracy theory ever concocted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuC_4mGTs98

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Dec 6, 2016 00:43:07   #
Maggie Sullivan
 
Raylan Wolfe wrote:


Thank you, no.

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Dec 6, 2016 00:44:20   #
Maggie Sullivan
 
mcmlx wrote:
Welcome. So good to have you here.
I don't see the "pick a side or shut up" at all. In fact, I enjoy the discourse and learn.
I take what I can use, and discard the rest.
The majority of us succeed in a polite and civil manner.
Then you have Raylon Wolfe. 'Nuff said".


Ok, thank you for the, er, tour.

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