Don't shoot me Santa Claus, I've been a clean living boy, I promise you, did every little thing you asked me to, I can't believe the things I'm going through...
- Otto
It's all part of the Santa reboot. Hollywood should now do a Santa Origins story, directed by Michael Bay of course.
- Jerry Perez
gittii giittii giitttii giiitti santa gitti :D
- ELyaz
Saaantaa!!! Did it smell like cookies? lol
- John Tastad
makes getting down the chimney a lot easier.
- Morgan Haley
On Dasher! On Donner! On Cupi.....Oh SHIT! On Fire!!! On Fire!!!!
- Morgan Haley
'The Jewish world has lost a spiritual giant, the Bostoner Rebbe, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, who passed away on Shabbos at the age of 88.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
from Bookmarklet
An ambulance reportedly raced to Tiger Woods' house in Windermere, FL overnight -- and transported someone to the hospital ... but there are conflicting reports. Orange County Fire officials confirm that a rescue call came in at 2:36 AM from the home on Deacon Circle, according to the Orlando Sentinal. The Sentinal claims the patient refused to be taken to the hospital. Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009...
- Caroline
from Bookmarklet
few people can pull off that look, i agree. hottopic always has hot models tho
- Caroline
not to be a hater, but be careful if you do get one "On December 3, 2009 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in association with NTD Apparel issued a nationwide recall of Hello Kitty Zip Up Hoodie Sweatshirts" http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub...
- chaz2b
LMAO because the vixy will do this: The sweatshirts have a drawstring through the hood which can pose a strangulation hazard to children hottopic is for teenagers.. DEATH BY DRAWSTRING
- Caroline
they will have to recall every godamn sweater maker
- Caroline
yep, i was wondering what made them different from any draw-string hoodie, :(
- chaz2b
ps, i have a collection of hoodies, and i knotted my strings together to never loose them, so i'm easy to strangle if need be,;)
- chaz2b
what makes them different? someone probably really fucking stupid decided to sue hello kitty, cuz they are worldwide, for their infant chocking.. because somone wasn't watching thier kid
- Caroline
After Irvine, Calif.-based New Century said in February 2007 that it would have to restate its 2006 financial statements, its shares fell 36 percent. They fell to less than $1 when the company went to Bankruptcy Court. “New Century shareholders took a double hit: The company’s mortgage assets and business performance became increasingly impaired, and management manipulated its numbers and concealed its deteriorating performance,’’ said Robert Khuzami, the SEC’s director of enforcement.
- Caroline
from Bookmarklet
Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Internet's Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark Jepsen
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason Huebel
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark Jepsen
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
They're ok. I actually prefer a bit of a tummy over abs.
- Derrick
I'm with Derrick. They're alright, I wouldn't kick them out of bed, but I've seen better. They're a little too overly muscular and generic beefcake. Give me a little more character please. Although, I have to state for the record, I'm an absolute sucker for firemen's pants. Something about those wide utility suspenders and brown turnout pants. mmm.
- veo
Derrick is the worst gay. I can't believe he hadn't already liked this. God.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Yeah. I know people fawn over Brad Pitt and the likes, but you know who I'm crushing on? Steve Carrell. Make me laugh, and you'll have breakfast in bed for life.
- Derrick
I know I have some matches around here somewhere. Let's see...put all my computers and clothes in the car and park it down the street...move the motorcycles from the side of the house...what about my books and games...oh, nm, too much work, I'll just look at the pictures.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Hey, I've heard from co-worker who tried to wrestle a moving limo that the firefighters in our town are hot, too! (or virtually shameless bump)
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
though on the same pg w/ D for the most part ~ I feel a boing! boing! nonetheless
- sofarsoShawn
I don't see what the big deal is. All of these guys are obviously photoshopped and are on steroids and are child molesters and tax cheats and used car salesmen.....ok, ok, FINE! I admit it. I'm a little bit (just a little) less attractive than these kitten-kicking lowlife bastards.
- Morgan Haley
my history teacher re-added Andrew Jackson, on our Final, (he was on the most recent mid-term) i dont like Andrew Jackson ugh. -.- ||||| Andrew Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. A polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s, his political ambition combined with widening political participation, shaping the modern Democratic Party.[1]
- Caroline
from Bookmarklet
"The Bookseller of Kabul is a non-fiction book written by Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad, about a bookseller, Shah Muhammad Rais (whose name was changed to Sultan Khan), and his family in Kabul, Afghanistan. It takes a novelistic approach, focusing on characters and the daily issues that they face."
- Caroline
from Bookmarklet
i have this book, if you wanna read it let me know, i'll send it to you i had to write about the book in one of my english classes
- Caroline
I only listen to the radio. I killed my tv five years ago.
- Joe
I abandoned regular TV watching about a decade ago and regular radio listening about 5-yrs. ago (at the time it was news radio only). Not much lost because of podcasting options and I also watch some TV via Hulu now. It's really just shifting technologies with the same content.
- Kenley Neufeld
from iPhone
Radio... TV is actually improving, oddly enough.
- Adrian
Radio, of course. You could listen to podcasts, Pandora, Last.fm, Slacker, Live365 - why on earth would you need radio?
- Nathan Chase
I don't watch tv now. We haven't had cable in 6 months. I use the internet. But if it was a choice between traditional, probably radio. All things being equal, of course.
- Sheryl
TV. Radio is a much better source for in-depth information and artistic coverage, when you choose the right sources. Television has the potential to be more informative, but that has mostly been squandered, IMHO.
- Mark Jepsen
It's a done deal: TV and radio. Like Sheryl, I rely on the Internet entirely.
- Melanie Reed
TV is flourishing these days. A LOT of the content is VASTLY superior to movies, and has been that way for at least 5 years now. TOP 40 Radio is a fucking disgrace to music, business, popular culture, Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the human race, and Earth in general. If you happen to be someone that listens to top 40 radio on a daily basis, please do yourself a favor and AT LEAST get satellite.
- LarchOye
Radio. The stations are so homogeneous at this point that I feel like I rarely get anything from it.
- Jennifer Dittrich
both, unless you are grouping personal music collections in with the radio, then TV only. Otherwise I already don't watch TV and when not in a contract with a service provider don't even subscribe to anything. And as for radio, I don't listen to anything broadcasted, I listen to my iphone
- Kamala Whitaker
I am shocked that in todays world this is even a question/debate. Sure I listen to the morning radio show occasionally on my way in to the office but if I had to give it up all together I really don't think I would even notice. In short, radio.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I did abandon radio years ago. I love TV, but for music I've found much better ways to listen to music and be exposed to new music than radio.
- Andrew C
Radio. Besides much of what's said before, I also can't give up my video games (while I'm usually PC gaming, there's lots of games I have on my console). Also, my car radio is broken and I don't want to pay to get it fixed (gg iPod!).
- Arlan Koizumi
All you people that said radio, what do you listen to in the car?
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
For me, I mentioned iPod. :) Either a Genius selection of a favorite genre or on rare occasions a podcast.
- Arlan Koizumi
I don't drive. And I listen to my iPod. But your question reminds me of Liz Lemon. "Steven: Sorry, I don't own a TV. Liz: Really, what do you sit and look at?"
- Andrew C
I don't own a tv and I have a Sirius/XM subscription, so I guess tv.
- Katy S
TV. The radio I would preserve is not traditional radio. I'm talking about only NPR and satellite.
- Kamilah Gill
I have already abandoned both, TV was first, back in 2003, then a strange dialup modem quirk required me to play music constantly to stay connected (stupid combo modem/soundcard), which lead to me playing mp3's in winamp 24/7.
- April Russo (app103)
I've bailed on both for the most part.
- Steven Perez
TV .. ++++++++++++ MUST HAVE NPR +++++++++++++
- HollywoodDigital
Do you think that if a person has to start all over again later in life (relationship-wise) that it would be more difficult to establish true intimacy? Easier? The same? And by intimacy, I don't mean sex.
Depends on how much baggage they're bringing from the failed relationship and whether they actually learned anything.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I think it would be about the same, if not easier in some respects. One of the best things about being older (if you're lucky) is that you are more comfortable in your own skin.
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I think it might depend on how they look at their past experiences, with a positive eye and say they learned from them or with a negative eye and say they were burned by them.
- Katie: Whelmed Overly
I'm with Rasheen - I think a lot depends on how/why the person is starting over. If things were positive, it might be easier. If they were terrible, and overwhelmingly negative, I can see it being very hard to let someone in.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I think it would depend how much each of the people have been hurt, burned, betrayed in the past. And how good each of them are at forgiving and trusting again. Without trust, relationships are doomed to fail, mostly.
- Morgan Haley
It really depends on the person's past experience and what he/she has taken away from it.
- pea
I'm thinking it would be harder for a number of reasons as you get older : fewer available/interested partners, more set in your ways, maybe being a little more wary of people.
- cecily
I'm stuck between it actually being harder for the reasons you stated, C., and what Bruce said. I'll bet it's somewhere in between. And if the person is lucky, they'll find someone who is ready to meet them half-way, something we're not always keen on doing when we're young and (fill in the blank).
- Ayşe E.
All over again? I've yet to get started. :(
- Derrick
I'm 55 and haven't been in a relationship for over 20 years. The idea of entering one now spooks me. I'm not sure if I could adjust to the situation like I could when I was younger.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
I agree with pea, there are too many factors for each individual. And it changes for each individual over time. One can believe themselves as unable as possible only to have the world turn on its head and themselves and their fears as well when someone turns it.
- Michael W. May
#1You Get Off: He’s confident in bed. He knows what he’s doing ... and if he doesn’t by then, well, then he’s hopeless and you don’t have to waste your time trying to teach him.
- Caroline
from Bookmarklet
#2 He Knows Cool Stuff You Never Heard Of: Generation gaps can be a good thing culture-wise. He can introduce you to music and movies that are totally awesome classics.
- Caroline
#3He’s Super Supportive: He’s got a career and is secure in his work life, so he’s totally supportive of your ambitions. And probs full of good advice! Not to mention the quarter-life crisis is kinda like the mid-life one.
- Caroline
#4 Someone Has Already “Fixed Him Up”: That relationship didn’t work out. And now you can reap the benefits of nice shoes and hand towels in the bathroom.
- Caroline
#5He Doesn’t Stay Out Late: He might be a ladies’ man, but after a certain age, he’s not out on the prowl every night in da club lookin’ for a fresh piece. He just wants to hang with you.
- Caroline
#6 He Knows Himself: Nobody’s perfect, and by now, he understands his main foibles. So, he can even communicate them to you to prevent friction.
- Caroline
#7You’re The Pretty One: It’s shallow, but it’s always nice to feel extra sexy.
- Caroline
hehehe, not necessarily, Mona. Besides, we're all going to be Grandpa and Grandma at some point, so might as well get used to it early. :D But Bonnie's onto something I think... at least for me, that's how it worked. Older when I was younger, now that I'm older, younger is working for me. Besides, with Grandpa Rahsheen flexing his muscles, how can being old be gross?
- Bette Cooper
Older is not gross - the context of the article is gross to me. Look at the author's reasoning of why "we"... "you" rather, should date older men. It's all for disgusting, selfish reasons ;)
- Mona Nomura
So shall we have a post stating 11 reasons dating a younger woman are awesome.
- Richard A.
How can I take Tom Colicchio seriously after seeing him hawk Diet Coke? It's not that I begrudge him doing an ad, but Diet Coke tastes awful. (The poster says "Good taste is knowing that sensible can be delectable.")
Yeah, you got me there, Andrew - their tastebuds are now suspect in my book despite their overall smarts.
- Laura Norvig
I'm addicted to diet coke. I figure that even those with good taste are allowed to have a junk food weakness and/or guilty pleasure, so I guess this doesn't bother me.
- Katy S
I like diet too . I like it with a shot of grape soda too .. I like drinking a shit load and nor worry that I just drank 500 calories .just sayin
- Caroline
from iPhone
Haha! Don't let the pretty skin and dandy accessories fool ya... underneath lurks the cold silicon heart of a merciless mechanical monster. With laser eyes. :D
- Adrian
been at school all day sorry i haven't updated! but after my classes my sister SENT ME a wonder GIFT ..she used my idea for her kids (my sister works at an after school program for inner city children) I CALL IT THE GLITTER BOX!! [i did it in my kindergarten class and i told her over thanksgiving]