Hi, pretty DUers. Talk to me. Tell me about the person you love most,

[crim son]

or if that's not possible, tell me about the person you love who first comes to mind. It's near bedtime for me, and I'd like to listen for a while.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. I know it probably sounds selfish but, the person I love the most is

myself. Mainly because no body else does :D :hi:

[crim son]

2. I don't think it sounds selfish; it sounds like good, common sense.

Yet I doubt you are alone in your sentiments. :hug: :hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. I don't know...

I am pretty prickly sometimes :hug: :hi:

[crim son]

11. That's what makes you interesting.

Seriously: would you give it up? I KNOW you have good reason.

[BeachBaby]

4. Dang. I need to be more like you.

Just sayin'. :)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. stick with me, kid

;) :D :hug: :hi:

[crim son]

12. Oh no you don't.

If I wish anything for you, it's that you remain nothing like me. :hug: I think you're just about perfect, JerseyGirlDem.

[TZ]

70. She is wonderful.

And those that don't recognize it or appreciate it are total fucking MORONS!:grr:
:thumbsup:

[lildreamer316]

65. One must love one's self first ; so as to be able to love others competently.

It is very true.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

69. ~

:hug: :hi:

[lizziegrace]

3. You know my story

I just think that what some people endured as children cannot be overcome. Winter's coming and I'm more isolated than ever. x(

I've loved him since the day he stopped me in my tracks. I just try and keep it buried. Safer that way.

[crim son]

14. I think our most difficult task, and the most critical,

is to find a way to love ourselves and love... yes!... our lives. My STBE told me, when I was completely wilted with sadness and loneliness, that I must make a home for myself, and decorate it with lovely things. Only then should I look for a person with whom to share my nest. Of course he was numb to the fact that all new people totally desecrate the nest... Ahhh. Lizziegrace, I wish you were nearer. :hug:

[lizziegrace]

18. I know

deep down you're right. I have all kinds of "things" and my place is the way I want it. But as full of stuff as it is, it's empty. I didn't matter to my ex most of the 18 years I was married to him. (I drove myself to the ER once going into anaphylactic (sp?) shock. He was too busy...) I just want to matter to someone as much as they matter to me.

[crim son]

22. Wow. I know that so well.

Sometimes I look at my life and see that I never cared much for myself. I think I'm clever, cute-ish, sincere and occasionally charming, but I still fucking suck. Maybe my feelings have affected my relationships: the psychologist I just dumped seemed to think so.

It seems unfair that so much depends on our self-image, when it's the self-image that determines how life apprehends us...

[lizziegrace]

27. ...

:(

:hug:

[Danger Mouse]

5. Nobody.

[crim son]

15. I'm speechless.

What about relatives? My greatest loves are my wicked children (may they all get what's coming to them). I've gone through the dating thing and been married, then unmarried and dating again and nothing surpasses the love and comfort I get from my childran and my sisters. Nothing.

Hugs, dear man. :hug: :hug: :hug: I KNOW that your ornery self is exactly what somebody is longing for. It's a matter of time, and you can use that time to get ready. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Danger Mouse]

17. I'm relatively bitter at the moment...

and not particularly optimistic.

[crim son]

19. So you're in familiar territory.

Relationships do not fix anything, FWIW. They only add problems to an already tricky existence. It's strange but inevitable that we take our loved ones for granted... and in view of that, we should learn to thrive on our own.

I know. It isn't that simple.

[Danger Mouse]

21. People are boring.

[crim son]

24. Yes!

But there are a few people out there who are like you. They find people boring, but they are willing to give all they've got to one person, if it's right.

This requires more than a DU discussion. We may never have it, but I swear I know what you're feeling. I'm just a few years down the road and therefore less... idealistic. And as we lose our idealism, we lose our pride. You have no worries, my friend. (that's bitter sarcasm, in case you don't recognize it.)

I think you are a magnificent person. The fact that you are frequently angry means nothing.

[ghostsofgiants]

8. She has a nasty headache right now, so I'm trying to avoid typing too loudly.

:P

[crim son]

16. If you'd stop shouting "Oh Fuck!" she'd probably appreciate it, too.

:D :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

20. That's not me, that's the neoliberal economists who got cockpunched by the economic crisis.

:P

[crim son]

28. Ah, glad for you.

We who have little to lose, lose little!

[sniffa]

9. Speaking as a pretty DUer, after myself

I really love my wife, Bi-Baby.

:loveya:

[crim son]

29. I cannot say as I fault you for that.

She's pretty spectacular & you make a fine couple. :grouphug:

[sniffa]

46. Thank you

:hug:

[BeachBaby]

10. You can't make me!!!!

:P

So I'll just give ya one of these instead. :hug: :loveya:

[crim son]

31. Yabbut, I know.

:hug: :loveya: :pals:

[SPKrazy]

13. She's a wonderful person with the same name as you

and she has two wonderful daughters... and she is struggling with health problems... and it is making me sad too.

I just told her a made up bedtime story... got into a whole pioneer kind of mode on it, me the cowboy, her the girl living on a farm in the country (both of us much younger) and we ended up happily ever after with three kids... two wonderful daughters and a wonderful son.

The thought and the presence of her makes me warm inside. A glow that knows no end. Even listening to her snore (only a little) when I bore her to death at night, makes me warm inside.

I can barely stand to be away from her and have spent as much time as I could with her recently. Thought last week that we were even done, not sure what happened there. Her health problems are rather frightening for her and me at the moment.


Anyway, she has the same name as you, which makes her extra special because you are also a person I love and will always love and think of as a dear, dear friend.

:hug: :hug: :hug: :loveya:

[crim son]

32. Aw, pawpicker.

You know I want what's best for you. I will say a prayer for L.

[MilesColtrane]

23. I haven't met her yet.

Don't know if I ever will.

[crim son]

34. I believe you will.

She may be hard to recognize, though. Be open.

[MilesColtrane]

41. Good advice.

Next time I'll ask her to take off the crotchless, rubber penguin suit.

[crim son]

42. Crap. I told her to wear that... I thought it might interest you.

:rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

57. Oh, it got my attention alright.

But, when I wondered aloud whether she was "the one", she just looked at me and said, "You talkin' to me, or the midget?". At that point the Doberman lost interest and started barking out the window at the neighbor's cat.

Not my worst first date though....

[crim son]

60. I think we may share some common interests...

:rofl:

[Tom Kitten]

25. Crazy Jenny

(other than family of course)...Only woman who ever told me she loves me, even though she spent two weeks in jail after assaulting me...

[crim son]

35. Fuck that wench.

She t old me she loved me.

[SPKrazy]

26. check PM

:D

[lost-in-nj]

30. I'll have to get back to you on that....

:(


:hi:


lost

[crim son]

38. It doesn't have to be a lover.

I think I love my children more than anything in the world. It's not merely a maternal thing: they are witty, clever, thoughtful and all the rest. Any man in my life would have difficulty trying to compare. :hug:

[AlCzervik]

33. my daughter, husband and nieces and my Nana. Sorry i have more than 1.

[crim son]

40. I'm glad for you.

I have more than one, myself. We are lucky!

[Aristus]

36. Words fail me. Take a look for yourself.

This is why I have such an eye for female beauty:

[crim son]

39. I'm smiling because you two are smiling.

And because she has a lovely shoulder and elbow... :pals:

[Aristus]

37. Another dupe!

:wtf:

[crim son]

43. I blame you

cuz I can.

[TK421]

44. .......you?

no story to tell, sorry but I'm not the sentimental type.

You are asking who I "love" the most? I don't know if you mean in the relationship sense or...well, the "relationship" sense? I love my mom, and all of my brothers and sisters to death and would die for any one of them...

If you are talking about anyone other than that...nope....I don't have a heart

I don't believe in relationships....never really dated because I hate people in general and I just don't trust them for a minute.

Oh, this one goes back many, many years and lets just say that it is founded in wisdom of the first-hand experience kind.....I can't tell you here what happened to me but perhaps I'll send you a P.M or something..it's not very pleasant

[crim son]

47. I meant any kind of love.

I was thinking specifically of my children. But, TK421, I would feel privileged to know anything about you. Check you PM.

[TK421]

58. check yours n/t

[Lucian]

45. I love myself the most.

I don't have a significant other, and I'm convinced no one else loves me.

[crim son]

50. Mom? Dad?

Siblings? Friends? I thought nobody loved me until I made my family aware of my personal crisis. Now I know how they feel.

Although I thinks it's nearly impossible not to find a mate without making an effort to avoid it, some of us are supposed to spend time alone. I really believe that. The challenge is not to become bitter, nor too sad. I think we probably screwed up in a past life or something. :hug: :hug:

[Lucian]

53. We're not that type of family.

I don't think I've ever heard an "I love you" from any of my parents. I think it may be implied, but who knows. :shrug:

As far as SO's go, I'm not looking for anyone at the moment, but if someone right comes along, then I'll go for it.

[crim son]

59. That's all you can do.

Remain open to the possibilities. Not all love is romantic love and I'm not sure that the best love is romantic love. In the short term, sure.

There is much to love in life, and I'd tell you about it but pawpicker is IMing me relentlessly. :P

[Lucian]

61. I'm finally realizing that...

that there is much to love in life. I just got over my depression. It lasted eight years. One morning a few weeks ago, I woke up and I wasn't depressed anymore. I don't know how or why it happened, but it did. That was the best feeling in the world. :)

[crim son]

62. I'm just about to turn out the lights

but wanted to say, there was a circumstance in my life that overshadowed everything. I counted the years until I could recall the even without crying. Ten. It took ten years.

It's like a tragic movie, but nobody notices besides us. I imagine many of us carry the same burden, hidden. :hug:

[Writer]

48. Let me tell you about my Main Man, Master Thickness.

He's my Main Man Mr. Smooth. My can of spam. My toast and jam. My leg of lamb... and he's all man. :9

[crim son]

51. Damn you, Writer. I'm too buzzed to

come up with anything like a clever rhyme. :spank:

[Writer]

49. Let me tell you about my Main Man, Master Thickness.

He's my Main Man Mr. Smooth. My can of spam. My toast and jam. My leg of lamb... and he's all man. :9

[SPKrazy]

52. Damn you writer I'm buzzed too

:P

[crim son]

54. Not so buzzed as me, pawpicker!

I've closed out my thread. Can you take it from here? :hug:

[SPKrazy]

55. nope

I'm going to bed with you

:D

[Robeson]

56. Do cats count?

...Mrs Robeson and I would both agree that there is not enough love to go around for our Zoe, Sascha, Burr, Otter and Blondie...:-)

[crim son]

63. Last post before falling asleep. Yes, cats count!

To me, anyway. I know how dear, how thoughtfully attentive they can be. Also I know the smell of their fur, and their curious looks when one is in tears, and the way they covet the warmth of your lap, or your laptop. Waking nose-to-nose with one of the kittens is a great joy. I'm glad you and Mrs. Robeson have and love kittehs, Robeson. :hug:

And, goodnight.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

64. Never experienced true love

Of course I love and have loved my family dearly but never have experienced any romantic love other than unrequinted love and I doubt I ever will:cry:

[southlandshari]

66. I believe you will

I believe in you.

:hug:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

67. Oh thank you so much Southlandshari

You'll never kow how much your words and indeed your kindness throughout the time I have known you have meant to me:yourock:

[Guava Jelly]

68. What about us ugly DUers?

Don't we deserve to love someone too? :mad:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

71. You're not ugly

Far fom it. Although I still think you look like Cousin Larry from "Perfect Strangers" and I thought of him as being quite handsome

[Guava Jelly]

73. aw

sniff, sniff, thank you. :hi: :loveya:

[lightningandsnow]

72. Well, I really love my boyfriend.

He's maybe not the person I love "most" (I mean, there's family and such), but I'm not into really ranking people like that.

He's one of the most talented, intelligent, strong, and compassionate people I know. He's had to struggle for most of his life, yet still manages to be incredibly positive. I've been kind of having a hard time lately, and he's really been helping me through stuff. I don't know what I'd do without him.

[fizzgig]

74. truth be told, it's this little fuzzmonster

i love my family, i'm head over heels for my boyfriend, but this little girl owns my heart in so many ways. i got her ten years ago (just around this time of year). she was six months old and worked her way into my heart immediately. she slept with me every night when i lived at home and tried to have her kittens on my bed (i thought that was sweet but blech). i don't see her more than a handful of times a month, but, when i do, she is always making straight for my lap.

i miss having her around, but it wasn't an option for me to take her with me when i moved.

[BarenakedLady]

75. Love, love, love

I love my kids. There is nothing I wouldn't do for them. They come first, above myself.

The end.