Where can I get my brains washed

[Captain Oates 911]

I am going to have to leave to go home to feed the family, though. You'll have to carry the torch....

Visions of Romulus and Remus

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images2/romulus_remus.gif

[JenT 0]

I am going to have to leave to go home to feed the family, though. You'll have to carry the torch....

Visions of Romulus and Remus

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images2/romulus_remus.gif

Very clever.

Ok, so it's definitely NOT love....

Edited just for you: I thought you were LEAVING?

Edited May 21, 2007 by JenT

[Captain Oates 911]

I am going to have to leave to go home to feed the family, though. You'll have to carry the torch....

Visions of Romulus and Remus

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images2/romulus_remus.gif

Very clever.

Ok, so it's definitely NOT love....

Edited just for you: I thought you were LEAVING?

Sorry Jen - the voices made me do it....I was saving that for someone else but you stepped on the trigger as you were leaving

edited just so we can bond

Edited May 21, 2007 by saywhat

[JenT 0]

Hmmm, yes, I'm sure that was your motive.

[Captain Oates 911]

Hmmm, yes, I'm sure that was your motive.

Viper was in my sights, I saw the shot, I took it, there was no danger- I was only below the hard deck for a few seconds

[Captain Oates 911]

Hmmm, yes, I'm sure that was your motive.

Jen won't be back for a while - she doesn't like to cut corners at meal times

http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/...ilpail-4905.jpg

[JenT 0]

Hmmm, yes, I'm sure that was your motive.

Jen won't be back for a while - she doesn't like to cut corners at meal times

http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/...ilpail-4905.jpg

You really should ask your fiancee's permission before posting her photo in a public forum.

[Captain Oates 911]

Hmmm, yes, I'm sure that was your motive.

Jen won't be back for a while - she doesn't like to cut corners at meal times

http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/...ilpail-4905.jpg

You really should ask your fiancee's permission before posting her photo in a public forum.

Your not my fiance yet

[Captain Oates 911]

Hmmm, yes, I'm sure that was your motive.

Jen won't be back for a while - she doesn't like to cut corners at meal times

http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/...ilpail-4905.jpg

You really should ask your fiancee's permission before posting her photo in a public forum.

I wonder how long it took her to train those snails to stand still ?

[Fandango 1,439]

Lol you all are killing me tonite

Especially Metta

[Captain Oates 911]

Hmmm, yes, I'm sure that was your motive.

Jen won't be back for a while - she doesn't like to cut corners at meal times

http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/...ilpail-4905.jpg

You really should ask your fiancee's permission before posting her photo in a public forum.

I wonder how long it took her to train those snails to stand still ?

They are a french watch actually - when they have all gone round once - its an hour

[arwensun1965 0]

Oh my, I read the whole bloody thread and all I can say is wow, people have taken this way way to seriously.

Alan to be honest you know how to splat the toes

I did not cope very well in America, Jon and I have had a lot to talk about and we have smoothed things over, I am not going back because I love America, I am going back because I LOVE MY HUSBAND very much, we have promised each other to be more tolerant to each other's way. The thing to remember is that you are kinda right, American's do not like constructive criticism, the best way to cope with this is to think really really hard before answering or just to not say anything at all. Yes I know this is hard to do, I find it hard to do and yes sometimes my mouth opens before I put the brain into gear. You have to remember that it is you who is moving country, not because you want to but because you love your Wife and want to be with her, do not worry what the outside world is thinking just what she thinks, you will be better off for it.

Janice

[msu17 0]

Wow, I missed lots yesterday! 13 pages in one day??? wow!

[Minya's wife 24]

Hmmm, yes, I'm sure that was your motive.

Jen won't be back for a while - she doesn't like to cut corners at meal times

http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/...ilpail-4905.jpg

You really should ask your fiancee's permission before posting her photo in a public forum.

Your You're not my fiance yet

After all the talk about apostrophes and their correct usage,...this is where you should have used one.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

-P

[Captain Oates 911]

Oh my, I read the whole bloody thread and all I can say is wow, people have taken this way way to seriously.

Alan to be honest you know how to splat the toes

I did not cope very well in America, Jon and I have had a lot to talk about and we have smoothed things over, I am not going back because I love America, I am going back because I LOVE MY HUSBAND very much, we have promised each other to be more tolerant to each other's way. The thing to remember is that you are kinda right, American's do not like constructive criticism, the best way to cope with this is to think really really hard before answering or just to not say anything at all. Yes I know this is hard to do, I find it hard to do and yes sometimes my mouth opens before I put the brain into gear. You have to remember that it is you who is moving country, not because you want to but because you love your Wife and want to be with her, do not worry what the outside world is thinking just what she thinks, you will be better off for it.

Janice

Janice - you are the first person i have put in my friends list this year. I actually posted in the in the UK section as I wanted some UK people perspective but I was deluged by yanquis who tried to combine to splat the invader - bit like ants when you disturb their nest.

Actually some of them are basically nice like you and me and many others are neutralish really. I found it a rewarding experience overall. I even ended up liking the bouncer guy - I don't think he should define himself 'just' as a 'bouncer' - unless his mother was standing up when she gave birth.

One in particular gave me nightmares last night - I reckon she is a one trick pony though and has no other form of attack other than telling a man he is not really a man and has small bits and bobs and is frightened and insecure and impotent and is ten a penny- we all know women who deploy that and devastate men with less self assurance than I. I am not saying it didn't hurt because I am not thick skinned - but I have seen some women deploy that over the years and once they have used it, they have nothing left in their armoury - and I am going to give her both barrels if she slithers in again. (so far I have only used my tickling stick)

As a UK person who is honest enough to say that your relationship wasn't always easy, I value your input on this. America is very foreign despite what the Americans say - a superficial person might not even see the difference - and my friend who has lived there 12 years and who is nominated to receive my green card told me that he is a very shallow person, and knows it, and thats why the US is perfect for him. Now don't get riled you Americans - it's my friend who is shallow - not America - what he is saying is that if you are a sensitive person who feels wobbly until they totally understand the environment they have dropped themselves into, then it's a difficult transition.

When I am in a muggy, flat Florida with American lager beer - I will dream of Ilkley moor and Western Scotland and ask myself why I am there. Then I will count my blessings - as you say - knowing my spouse is happier there- and also all the toys and wooden chicken sheds (houses) I can buy in the US with their half priced dollars. Then I will see the thing as a whole and be reassured that I have made the right decision...

I can't take on a continent of people and change their mindset on my own, but perhaps I can put a different perspective to a handful of thinking people there - and they might pass that on - christianity started like that and so did communism - and so did AIDS come to think of it.......oops I am wandering again

I am sure that a lot of the argy bargy that Carolyn and I had was culture based - she can be very loud - and Americans are - and we see that as aggression. She comes home from work and says she can't understand her co-workers because they 'speak so quietly'. So there is one difference and there are hundreds !

Sometimes she tells me to 'shut my yap' which apparently is not that offensive in Wisconsin but is fighting talk in the UK.. a bit like going to Tenerife and saying 'your mother' to a Canarian

So despite what our yanquis say on here, the cultural differences are many - they might not seem huge, but in the domestic setting they can be a problem and relationships are hard enough anyway - but, like Florida, we have to see it in the round and look to the other positives which other couples don't have.

alan

Edited May 22, 2007 by saywhat