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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (23104)	7/1/1998 10:33:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

George, in answer to your numbered concerns: 1. The character of any thread at SI is determined mostly by the people who participate in it. When you are around here I have someone to discuss poetry with, which I enjoy. Anyone can change a thread, and so when you say that there is a monotonous repetition of the messages being reiterated, I would just like to, um, reiterate that anyone can change the subject, any time. In fact, there are usually several discussions going on at once, one of which should be interesting to almost anyone. 2. I have not been guarded or defensive about the goings on here about a month ago. There were several people whose consistently and deliberately negative and insulting posts really ruined it for me. I said so, and so did several other people. It was a real conflict, but it is not happening right now. Since all we have is the present, it seems senseless to me to dwell on the past. 3. While logic is not in any way the goal of poems, beautiful words carry them only so far for me. If I do not understand what the poet is writing about, at least generally, it becomes a puzzle, which frustrates me. When I write a poem I would like people to have some idea of what I am writing about, so I assume that is usually also the intent of other writers. 3. I think you totally misunderstood what I was saying about your love life! Chinese mail order brides have as their motivation escaping from poverty and political oppression, and coming to the United States, which is a very wealthy country compared to their own. As I understand it, they only have to stay married to the U.S. citizen for two years to be able to stay permanently. As long as you understand the underlying contract--you want a younger, perhaps submissive wife, and she wants to further herself--I guess it might work out okay. If you want a relationship where someone essentially takes care of you but probably doesn't speak enough English to communicate on any deep level, great! But if you want a real love relationship with a woman who is there because she is attracted to you, and not just using you, certainly an American woman, someone like a teacher, might fulfill more of your needs. As a woman, I find it curious that a woman approaching your own age--weren't you 68 on your last birthday--is unacceptable to you. ElderHostel is simply an organization which offers reasonably priced vacation packages in the United States and all over the world to people who are at least 55 years old. What appeals to me about them is the academic focus by professors who give lectures and lead tours. They are definitely for curious older people who are in good health. A woman at my stained glass studio went to Peru and climbed a mountain on one of their vacations last year. She had to train to build up her stamina, since there isn't much oxygen that high up. Where on earth you could get "prunes and raisins seeking the softness of their ilk" from my suggestion is beyond me. But speaking of reality, I do think older men who are only attracted to much younger women are really scared to death of the aging process, and have some degree of self hatred about their aging selves. Plenty of malaise, and more than a minor malfunction!!!