Sorry, I was in a really bad mood when I wrote all that. I'm doing pretty well now, after having a change of attitude and rediscovering my faith. I'm done escaping myself...

I’m sorry, it’s just that I spent the last 3 years tearing myself up over things that where way outside of my control. This thread just kind of ties together with what I was thinking about for those last three year.

Didn’t mean to get all wishy-washy,
-JBC-

Nah it's all good, I'm glad your're honest and I can benifit form your experience. Thanks

I think you have enough advice to last you for two life-times.

Well, here is one more -- don't go looking for the ideal woman; a wife, as Dereck found out only after a knee operation, is much easier to find.

And for the girls, if you have trouble getting him to propose, go for a dinner at a Chinese restaurant and when he ask whether you prefer your rice fried or boiled, say THROWN!

And here's a story I like to share. I asked a friend of mine why he was home so early from a date. He said that they sat awhile and chatted and then suddenly she turned out the lights. So he took the hint and left.

And if you wonder why sometimes marriages failed, it's like the nudist couple who decided to part company because they have been seeing too much of each other.

And finally if you and that someone decides not to get married afterall, it's quite allright because it does seems silly to get a license when the hunting is over.

Ok, this is enough advice for me. If only I wasn't bald. Here it goes!!!

-Taison out

All very funny Butterfly but I dont get the chinese one.

A story to explain why love is so crazy!

Title:A Tale Of Love

A Tale of Love
A long time ago, before the world was created and humans set foot on it
for the first time, virtues and vices floated around and were bored, not
knowing what to do. One day, all the vices and virtues were gathered
together and were more bored than ever.
Suddenly, Ingenious came up with an idea:
"Let's play hide and seek!" All of them liked the idea and immediately
Madness shouted: "I want to count, I want to count!"
And since nobody was crazy enough to want to seek Madness, all the
others agreed. Madness leaned against a tree and started to count: "One,
two, three..."
As Madness counted, the vices and virtues went hiding. Tenderness hung
itself on the horn of the moon, Treason hid in a pile of garbage.
Fondness curled up between the clouds and Passion went to the centre of
the earth. Lie said that it would hide under a stone, but hid at the
bottom of the lake, whilst Avarice entered a sack that he ended up
breaking.
And Madness continued to count: "... seventy nine, eighty, eightyone..."
By this time, all the vices and virtues were already hidden - except Love.
For undecided as Love is, he could not decide where to hide. And this
should not surprise us, because we all know how difficult it is to hide
Love.
Madness: "...ninety five, ninety six, ninety seven..."
Just when Madness got to one hundred, Love jumped into a rose bush
where he hid. And Madness turned around and shouted: "I'm coming, I'm
coming!" As Madness turned around, Laziness was the first to be found,
because Laziness had no energy to hide. Then he spotted Tenderness in
the horn of the moon, Lie at the bottom of the lake and Passion at the
centre of the earth. One by one, Madness found them all -except Love.
Madness was getting desperate, unable to find Love.
Envious of Love, Envy whispered to Madness: "You only need to find
Love, and Love is hiding in the rose bush."
Madness grabbed a wooden pitch fork and stabbed wildly at the rose
bush. Madness stabbed and stabbed until a heartbreaking cry made him
stop. Love appeared from the rose bush, covering his face with his
hands.
Between his fingers ran two trickles of blood from his eyes.
Madness, so anxious to find Love, had stabbed out Love's eyes with a
pitch fork. "What have I done! What have I done!" Madness shouted. "I
have left you blind! How can I repair it?"
And Love answered: "You cannot repair my eyes. But if you want to do
something for me, you can be my guide."
And so it came about that from that day on, Love is blind and is always
accompanied by Madness.