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@voodoo get me I'm not even tipsy!
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@R-L said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA sorry if I've missed the ins and outs of it ...
Solid start there, laying it up for some insensitive prick to make a crack about "not as sorry as @NTA is missing the ins and outs of it"
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@R-L Great post. I re-read my stuff and shit I sound like such a curmudgeon!! I am sure half my problems are overblown in my own head. And what I read totally fails to take into account the fact that Mrs CF has been under stresses too. A nice relaxing holiday is long overdue, and I'm sure all will be good in the world after that
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@canefan said in Happiness Scale:
I sound like such a curmudgeon
Oy Hands off That's my role.
You don't sound curmudgeonly at all. You sound hurt, a little lost and searching for an answer(s) Plus a little concerned what my be down the rabbit hole.
Hopefully the answers will come to you (if you ignore everything posted here) andthings will improve for you soon.
2020 eh - what a shitter
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@Kruse oh shit I didn't mean it like that 🤦🏼♀️
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@R-L quick, post an irreverent gif as a distraction!!
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@Paekakboyz how dare you.... I gif appropriately!
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@R-L said in Happiness Scale:
@Kruse oh shit I didn't mean it like that 🤦🏼♀️
Don't play that game with us. Innuendo is our thing. See, I even did it there, (in your end o)
Not sure that the boys are looking for their wives to be "ladies" at the moment. There are other words that might be more what they are after, but I won't use them to describe anyone's wife.
Great post (the long one, and you must remember our attention spans) but some good stuff in there about intimacy, affection, contact and communication.
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@Snowy said in Happiness Scale:
I have given myself a pass, but "could do better" on the R.L report card.
You pass every time. You have a uniform.
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@R-L You like abattoir aprons? Not strictly speaking a uniform....
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@dogmeat said in Happiness Scale:
@canefan said in Happiness Scale:
I sound like such a curmudgeon
Oy Hands off That's my role.
You don't sound curmudgeonly at all. You sound hurt, a little lost and searching for an answer(s) Plus a little concerned what my be down the rabbit hole.
Hopefully the answers will come to you (if you ignore everything posted here) andthings will improve for you soon.
2020 eh - what a shitter
There is definitely a little truth in the sentiment mate. But no one has the perfect life, I reckon the biggest goal is to make more time this year, and listen to what the Stones say about life
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@R-L yea a little bit of attention goes a long way.
A kiss and cuddle before leaving for work (zero motivation for sex) a text just to say hi during the day, a kiss when arriving home from work, a touch here, a cuddle there.
Its great at the moment winding up the kids telling them about all the sex we have though, they hate it, but it has helped bring it out into the open.
Cant recall what TR Jnr said the other day (something about speed or depth of reps at the gym) but my response was your mum liked it last night, shoulda seen his face
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@dogmeat said in Happiness Scale:
@R-L You like abattoir aprons? Not strictly speaking a uniform....
I have a duck that wakes me up, and demands food very loudly, whilst shitting out side the door. He is a fluffybunny.
Turning that, into this, would make me happy:
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Mrs M has returned after a torrid 4 weeks with her terminally-ill mother and we didn't really have much of a family Christmas - it's been the longest we've been apart for 13 years. Arrived home looking tired and drawn and was just too knackered - even to be pampered.
We will chill out today (she'll be owning the TV) and do our traditional New Year's Eve meal tonight so that will mark a return to normality. Might go for a walk tomorrow if she's up for it.
Been really difficult, but the last month or two has also generated some great memories and intimate moments for us, which we'll keep, and there's a lot to look forward to in the coming months. So all, in all, I'd say we're both pretty content with the things in our lives.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
Mrs M has returned after a torrid 4 weeks with her terminally-ill mother and we didn't really have much of a family Christmas - it's been the longest we've been apart for 13 years. Arrived home looking tired and drawn and was just too knackered - even to be pampered.
We will chill out today (she'll be owning the TV) and do our traditional New Year's Eve meal tonight so that will mark a return to normality. Might go for a walk tomorrow if she's up for it.
Been really difficult, but the last month or two has also generated some great memories and intimate moments for us, which we'll keep, and there's a lot to look forward to in the coming months. So all, in all, I'd say we're both pretty content with the things in our lives.
The contentment in that post makes me smile.
Happy new year you filthy bastards (and loving husbands and fathers and mothers).
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
Mrs M has returned after a torrid 4 weeks with her terminally-ill mother and we didn't really have much of a family Christmas - it's been the longest we've been apart for 13 years. Arrived home looking tired and drawn and was just too knackered - even to be pampered.
We will chill out today (she'll be owning the TV) and do our traditional New Year's Eve meal tonight so that will mark a return to normality. Might go for a walk tomorrow if she's up for it.
Been really difficult, but the last month or two has also generated some great memories and intimate moments for us, which we'll keep, and there's a lot to look forward to in the coming months. So all, in all, I'd say we're both pretty content with the things in our lives.
High 10 to your high chin
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@MajorRage said in Happiness Scale:
@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@MajorRage said in Happiness Scale:
Great idea for a thread!
We did the lifestyle change 3.5 years ago. I had no regrets until this year, now I'm not so sure.
Love to hear you elaborate on that mate?
Basically, when we left Asia, we planned to come to the UK, and look to either buy or start a business. Both my wife and I had potential business partner & ideas. Anyway, my wife's idea was pretty much so beaten to by somebody up in Tooting which was going to make it difficult & mine was an automotive thing but after some research into the business I was looking at going partners in, I didn't get the feel that it was right. Or to be polite, the business was shit & my cash injection was really only going to cover some high interest short term debts (If anybody is seriously interested, happy to PM, but won't post (publicly).
So I went back into the rat race on a temporary measure, and then as a couple of things came up which we were looking into, Covid hit. And now it feels like we are treading water, with no easily visible way to get out of it.
I had to go internal at work (which provides stability, but a huge cash in hand cut from contracting) and now I'm spending my days stuck in political shit which I hate. Add to that, I don't get my dose of city life (London & Amsterdam) which I realise I needed to be happy.
Look, there's light at the end of the tunnel, and I've really no right to complain, but this simply isn't what I signed up for. Time will tell how 2021 will pan out. I love the UK and I love where we live. But not in Covid times. I happily signed up to the Brexit bullshit, but not this. Yeah, I know nobody did etc etc but we all have to deal with it in our own ways. It'll probably be 6 months till I see my folks again, but that will make it 18 months in total. Dad will have gone from 72 to 73.5 by then and his aging from 70-72 was pretty scary, so I've got to prepare myself for that as well.
I'm not far from content, but I'm not there.
Wife has launched her business!
Decent notch up the Happiness Scale!!!
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@MajorRage said in Happiness Scale:
@MajorRage said in Happiness Scale:
@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@MajorRage said in Happiness Scale:
Great idea for a thread!
We did the lifestyle change 3.5 years ago. I had no regrets until this year, now I'm not so sure.
Love to hear you elaborate on that mate?
Basically, when we left Asia, we planned to come to the UK, and look to either buy or start a business. Both my wife and I had potential business partner & ideas. Anyway, my wife's idea was pretty much so beaten to by somebody up in Tooting which was going to make it difficult & mine was an automotive thing but after some research into the business I was looking at going partners in, I didn't get the feel that it was right. Or to be polite, the business was shit & my cash injection was really only going to cover some high interest short term debts (If anybody is seriously interested, happy to PM, but won't post (publicly).
So I went back into the rat race on a temporary measure, and then as a couple of things came up which we were looking into, Covid hit. And now it feels like we are treading water, with no easily visible way to get out of it.
I had to go internal at work (which provides stability, but a huge cash in hand cut from contracting) and now I'm spending my days stuck in political shit which I hate. Add to that, I don't get my dose of city life (London & Amsterdam) which I realise I needed to be happy.
Look, there's light at the end of the tunnel, and I've really no right to complain, but this simply isn't what I signed up for. Time will tell how 2021 will pan out. I love the UK and I love where we live. But not in Covid times. I happily signed up to the Brexit bullshit, but not this. Yeah, I know nobody did etc etc but we all have to deal with it in our own ways. It'll probably be 6 months till I see my folks again, but that will make it 18 months in total. Dad will have gone from 72 to 73.5 by then and his aging from 70-72 was pretty scary, so I've got to prepare myself for that as well.
I'm not far from content, but I'm not there.
Wife has launched her business!
Decent notch up the Happiness Scale!!!
Good stuff! What is she doing?
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