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03-02-2018, 10:05 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Syracuse
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Widow
What a funny word. Widow. So round. So symmetrical.
Widowed. So passive.
Married. Divorced. He took an action leading to his state of being.
Widowed. God ripped the bones out of his back, but here's the funny part... He still stands.
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03-02-2018, 10:12 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Single. Self sufficient and proud of it!
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03-02-2018, 10:15 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2015
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You okay, GS?
Sounds like you're having a sad time today. I'm so sorry.
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03-02-2018, 10:48 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Syracuse
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Yeah. Woke up with these things in my head. Bad day, not a bad life.
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“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing"
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03-02-2018, 11:31 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
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 Sorry.
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03-02-2018, 11:49 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Tampa
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Monday will be here soon enough in the Retired world.
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TGIM
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03-02-2018, 11:58 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Syracuse
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Snow blowed the widow lady down the road out.
At least I'm doing better than her.
Felling a little better.
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“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing"
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03-02-2018, 12:28 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Oct 2015
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by GravitySucks
Snow blowed the widow lady down the road out.
At least I'm doing better than her.
Felling a little better.
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Nice haiku.
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03-02-2018, 12:59 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Syracuse
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joylesshusband
Nice haiku.
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“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing"
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03-02-2018, 03:53 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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GS, I found your original post to be pure poetry.
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Living well is the best revenge!
Retired @ 52 in 2005
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03-02-2018, 04:50 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Fifteen months after DH's death, I still have a hard time with the "W" word. It conjures up images of a barrel-shaped Queen Victoria, dressed perpetually in black with a hair covering after her beloved Albert died. I'm about to go on a trip and deposit some of DH's ashes in a country where sati (or suttee), the practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre, was practiced for centuries.
I've just decided that "widow" is only one of the things I am. I'm a retired actuary, a mother, a Grandma, a gym rat, a Church Lady... the list goes on.
GS, I hope you're felling better. I don't know about you, but this winter has been particularly hard to get through- just day after day of cold and grey. Spring will be here soon!
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03-02-2018, 05:57 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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"Widower" OTOH seems to be some sort of chick magnet. I could cite numerous examples personally known to me.
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03-02-2018, 06:01 PM
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Administrator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
"Widower" OTOH seems to be some sort of chick magnet. I could cite numerous examples personally known to me.
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I sincerely hope never to find out.
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03-02-2018, 06:12 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
"Widower" OTOH seems to be some sort of chick magnet. I could cite numerous examples personally known to me.
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My Grandpa sure got snapped up fast after Grandma died. It doesn't help that typically women live longer so widows outnumber widowers.
My Dad, OTOH, just recently assured me that he's met no potential replacements for my mother in his new retirement community.
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03-02-2018, 06:20 PM
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The winter after my late wife died, since I still had the 5th wheel, I went to Lake Havasu, AZ; old boy there, 90, great shape, full head of thick white hair.....just buried his 3rd wife...said he hadn't known the last one too long, but it was as if they'd known each other all their lives........I told him that, having had to lose one, I don't think I could handle losing three.
You do what you have to do.
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03-02-2018, 06:47 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
"Widower" OTOH seems to be some sort of chick magnet. I could cite numerous examples personally known to me.
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Originally Posted by athena53
My Grandpa sure got snapped up fast after Grandma died. It doesn't help that typically women live longer so widows outnumber widowers.
My Dad, OTOH, just recently assured me that he's met no potential replacements for my mother in his new retirement community.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nemo2
The winter after my late wife died, since I still had the 5th wheel, I went to Lake Havasu, AZ; old boy there, 90, great shape, full head of thick white hair.....just buried his 3rd wife...said he hadn't known the last one too long, but it was as if they'd known each other all their lives........I told him that, having had to lose one, I don't think I could handle losing three.
You do what you have to do.
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I'm with athena'a dad and Nemo. It would be pretty hard to find someone to replace DW and I don't think it would be fair for someone to have to try.
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03-02-2018, 06:57 PM
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When I first OP tread I wasn't sure what it all meant but I do now. I have thought about that if it ever happened.
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03-02-2018, 07:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
"Widower" OTOH seems to be some sort of chick magnet. I could cite numerous examples personally known to me.
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Hasn't really worked for me.
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03-02-2018, 07:34 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: northern Michigan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GravitySucks
Hasn't really worked for me.
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Hang in there, man. You will find someone eventually. After my divorce, I was pretty depressed, and figured there was probably no one out there that would ever want to be my life partner again. But eventually I started looking, and after almost 5 years (and a whole lot of bad dates), I found someone who is not only absolutely amazing, she actually wants to be with me! That was almost 17 years ago now, and we are happier than ever. So, don't give up, and don't be too pessimistic. It may take a little time, but you will find her at some point.
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03-02-2018, 07:47 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit
I'm with athena'a dad and Nemo. It would be pretty hard to find someone to replace DW and I don't think it would be fair for someone to have to try.
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You will never find anybody to replace your late wife but you may find another nice relationship .
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