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justi
thankyou for your thoughts.. and yes there do seem a lot of those times when I am grateful for that kind of protection, which I never take for granted.
posted by
mneme
on January 8, 2007 at 4:26 AM
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memne
I am so glad you were alright after that. I just thank God for the times I missed death by a fraction. I wonder how many of us do now. Good post. Be blessed.
posted by
Justi
on January 7, 2007 at 1:58 PM
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Wiley,
thanks sweetie.. I'm glad I escaped unscathed too. Happy New Year to you too.
posted by
mneme
on January 1, 2007 at 2:19 AM
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Marie-Claire,
I think there are a lot more of us closet "naives" here than was previously known to social science...! I wouldn't want to lose it completely, would you?
posted by
mneme
on January 1, 2007 at 2:17 AM
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mneme
That was a bad experience for you luv, I'm happy it worked out to be nothing but a memory luv.
Happy New Year my friend.
posted by
WileyJohn
on December 31, 2006 at 8:48 PM
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Mneme, i am not the only naive creature in this world....
I have had a few close shaves myself, in fact worse, i came out alive, just. We often are blissfully unaware of danger, my mother will never know the things i have been up to, in fact no one knows but a few people, here in NZ i am free to talk, but in France, my lips are sealed. You can laugh at it now, but it could have been tragic.
posted by
marieclaire66
on December 30, 2006 at 9:27 PM
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presley
thanks for visiting. That's a tricky one... depends on the degree of seriousness I think. This was just a light-hearted reminiscence, and brought a lot more response than I expected. I think Symphony says it well - we were still carefree in those teenage years.
posted by
mneme
on December 30, 2006 at 6:14 PM
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mneme
I don't think there is anything wrong with keeping SOME things from loved ones! Especially in this case!
posted by
Presley
on December 30, 2006 at 12:54 PM
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Troosha,
thanks... I seem to be revisiting that age quite a bit in this blog.. perhaps because it was the last time I was unattached. hadn't though about that until now...hmmm. That's got me thinking.
posted by
mneme
on December 30, 2006 at 3:44 AM
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Whacky,
thanks for visiting.. no, my mother doesn't have the internet. - I may be naive (still) but I'm not
that daft LOL. Actually, she'd probably come clean with some war stories of her own, she's a fairly good sport.
posted by
mneme
on December 30, 2006 at 3:32 AM
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Tanga,
thanks for your comments.. I do 'thank goodness'.. maybe not often enough.
posted by
mneme
on December 30, 2006 at 3:29 AM
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Muser
I certainly agree with that.. I'm very glad my own daughter is in a stable relationship and well looked after. I would always insist on driving her and her friends, or have one of the other parents pick them up. At about age twelve, she and a friend missed a bus once and it was dark when they got home - we were all frantic. The friend's older sister was so indignant ' "You wouldn't have let me stay out that late when I was her age..!"
posted by
mneme
on December 30, 2006 at 3:27 AM
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Joe Love
don't I know it.. you guys are touchingly protective here...
posted by
mneme
on December 30, 2006 at 3:22 AM
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Taps,
it wasn't the talking about sex that was the problem, it was her protectiveness. I'd have been lectured to death, and would never have gone anywhere again. Bad enough she waited outside the gate, when I was a bit late home once - lost that boyfriend pretty quickly..!
posted by
mneme
on December 30, 2006 at 3:21 AM
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Talion,
Yes, I made sure I wasn't ever in that situation again. I was married only three years later. As for any other secrets I may have tucked away in there... I'm trying to remember..
posted by
mneme
on December 30, 2006 at 3:04 AM
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Mnene
Ahhh 17.... we probably all have a foolish story such as yours to tell. I'm glad you were unscathed.
posted by
Troosha
on December 29, 2006 at 2:49 PM
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Whew! were you lucky...I guess your mom knows now.
posted by
Whacky
on December 28, 2006 at 10:45 PM
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You were lucky
Thanks goodness for that angel looking over your shoulder.
posted by
Tanga
on December 28, 2006 at 10:25 PM
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You gave your Guardian Angel a workout that night! He/She probably put
put in for overtime!I shudder to think if that had happened in today's world.
posted by
muser
on December 28, 2006 at 9:46 PM
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You WERE lucky, because had he been a wicked man
you could have been in a lot of trouble!!
posted by
Joe_Love
on December 28, 2006 at 5:51 PM
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mneme
This is a really neat post because I remember that age in much the same way for me. I was not a bit sophistocated and very naive. I would never have told my mother any such thing either. In fact, she would not have wanted to hear it. She was one of those who never could talk to her six daughters about sex at all. She would turn beet red and stammer if we asked any questions.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 28, 2006 at 1:47 PM
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mneme
You were indeed very very lucky things didn't turn out differently. I'm assuming you learned your lesson and never placed yourself in such situations again.
There are many things I've done I haven't told anyone in my family about, especially Queen V. Of course those are the types of stories I rarely if ever tell anyone.
posted by
Talion
on December 28, 2006 at 11:25 AM
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Thanks afzal
nice to see you here.
posted by
mneme
on December 28, 2006 at 5:23 AM
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Maggie Mae,
I did learn something! - and I am English, but we have lived in Australia for the past sixteen years, and thereby hangs a tale and the source of most of what I'm trying to work through. Thanks for asking.
posted by
mneme
on December 28, 2006 at 5:22 AM
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Interesting post.
posted by
afzal50
on December 28, 2006 at 5:20 AM
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I'll be you learned a good lesson, didn't you, mneme?
mneme, do you live in England? Just curious.......
posted by
MaggieMae
on December 28, 2006 at 5:18 AM
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Symphony
the irony of it is, I really was that innocent of the ways of the world - and also very unwise, and very lucky.
posted by
mneme
on December 28, 2006 at 4:51 AM
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Very Naughty!!....hehehe.
I was once a wild child - damn I miss those days of care free.....it was very dangerous, but still care free.
posted by
_Symphony_
on December 28, 2006 at 4:42 AM
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