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Jen--- Yes, it is as choice, as your experience shows so well.
But realization of that is all too easy to forget for many of us.
posted by
Jazwolf
on August 25, 2006 at 4:55 PM
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loves conquers all...
Well, if guys can't love the whole of you, past present and future, they are not worth bothering with. I guess, they find it scary....You may be too strong for them, not bad, but too strong may be. I think you have a lot going for you, you are bright and upbeat and more, a talented writer too. I found the part where you stand feeling the sun on your face listening to music, very inspiring.... Somebody stole my joy somewhere along the line, and this kind of brings it back a bit. My aim is to claim it back. This last frontier, is this another challenge you set yourself, or is it something else? having to prove you are lovable... just wondering because in any case you are, but we never hear it too often.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 25, 2006 at 1:42 PM
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loves conquers all...
Well, if guys can't love the whole of you, past present and future, they are not worth bothering with. I guess, they find it scary....You may be too strong for them, not bad, but too strong may be. I think you have a lot going for you, you are bright and upbeat and more, a talented writer too. I found the part where you stand feeling the sun on your face listening to music, very inspiring.... Somebody stole my joy somewhere along the line, and this kind of brings it back a bit. My aim is to claim it back. This last frontier, is this another challenge you set yourself, or is it something else? having to prove you are lovable... just wondering because in any case you are, but we never hear it too often.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 25, 2006 at 1:42 PM
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marieclaire
Funny, but the only time I feel my past is working against me is on the dating front. I'm financially stable (though I don't own a credit card and never intend to), my employers and professors are very supportive (everyone loves a reformed criminal, especially if she is well-presented with all her teeth and an adequate grasp of the spoken word) and my clients think I rock. It's only guys with whom I feel a romantic interest who have a hard time with my past. Dating, the final frontier.......
posted by
jentoblues101
on August 25, 2006 at 3:51 AM
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wow, my oh my you have lived a lot.
surely many will benefit from your insights now, we can use our past always to reach out to others. Especially after overcoming the odds, like you have, I am sure you must be an inspiration to others. How do people react to your story? are they chocked? do they run away? how do you gauge what to say, what not to say? How does it affect the way employers treat you? Is there a stigma attached? what about your credit rating, bank loan. In other words does society wipe the slate clean? Just wondering. You don't have to answer if you feel uncomfortable about it. Each of us has a story to tell, yours needs to be bound up in a book, or something...even if it is just for therapeutic reasons or whatever. It does not seem fair being brought in such an environment, so sad but I am glad you are out of this predicament. A testimony to your strength of character and determination.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 24, 2006 at 11:46 PM
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