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That. Is. Terrifying. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

Welcome to the forum! What a nice looking pair. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

Puppies!!!!!!! Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

Hello there and welcome to the forum. Rooney is a cutie. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

Hi and welcome to you and Boss. Hope you have a great time here on the forum. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

I absolutely love that! Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

I am gonna echo Al on this one. You never know, maybe she already intends on using earbuds. I can't imagine that she really expects two other people to listen to whatever music she likes while you're all trying to sleep. She probably just forgot to mention that was how she did it. It does sound pretty awesome that they are both animals lovers and seem so nice already. I'm still so excited for you. It's definitely a good sign that they're so eager to all interact and get to know each other. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

I am weird and think spiders are awesome looking, but even I wouldn't want to just randomly come across that thing running around. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

I've always had a difficult time with friends. It sounds like there might be some people here that can understand what I mean. I had the usual share in school, but I never really felt very close to anyone. I actually have more now then ever before. Since I have a bit of social anxiety and well, anxiety in general, it is hard for me to maintain a friendship the way that I should. This got a lot worse after my divorce because I felt very awkward around our usual circle of friends as well as embarrassed by what was happening in my own life. Coupling those factors with just being depressed in general and I was NOT a ball of fun to be around. My friends were amazing about everything. They let me hibernate quietly and forgave me when I would forget to call or cancel a lunch date. They checked in on me every so often while still being alright with me taking space and in all honesty I expected most of them to take offense to my retreat and no longer continue our friendship. Now that I am doing better and have gotten back to functioning in a normal social setting, I do try to balance the maintenance. I call every few days just to check in. I make sure they know I am always available if there is a crisis of any kind. I stop by just to chat. I think it's definitely not a one way street for who tried to keep things going. I will alway appreciate what my friends did for me when I needed that space, but I will also never again let them do all the work in keeping us close. I have a strange view on friends of the opposite sex. When I was in school, I had more friends that were guys then girls. We had more in common and just seemed to click better. It made things kind of terrible in school because kids that age can be pretty petty and cruel and obviously immature. I got a lot of flak for it. My ex-husband was one of my best friends in high school and we were together for ten years. So apparently I was not very good at keeping that one platonic, lol. During my marriage I did not have many guy friends (that's a whole different conversation). I have male friends now, but I don't think I have ever thought about the platonic vibe much. I have too much respect for any of my friends that are in a relationship that I usually consider their spouse also my friend and it's never been an issue. I just plain do not think about them in that manner. My male friends that are single will sometimes be flirty, so I don't know if that ruins the platonic thing, but considering that it's light hearted and in jest I really don't see it as an issue. I guess my opinion would be different depending on more exact circumstances. Is there a reason things should stay platonic? Because if so, I think people are fully capable of having a friendship without a romance. If not, don't use "I don't want to ruin our friendship" as an excuse to stay safe. I genuinely think friendship starts the best relationships and there is a very unique experience involved when you slowly start to realize as you laugh with that person that there is an attraction there. I could go on about this for a long time because I am currently crushing like a teenager on someone that started as a friend and it's silly and pathetic. So I'll move on to something else now. I think the subject of lying and betrayal is really touchy for most people. It is for me. I am quick to dissolve things with people that truly hurt me without remorse. But I will say this, I think that -what- was being lied about and why is a huge important factor. If someone lies to you about something because of their own insecurities or because telling the truth could have dire consequences or to protect you, you have every right to be mad. But don't just write someone off forever because they could not fully open to you. Betrayal is different. A friend doing something they know will hurt me on purpose, that I cannot deal with ever. Just make sure you give them enough time to explain their actions and then decide how you feel and what you can or cannot live. A lot of people feel obligated to give people a second chance. If whatever happened really means that much to you, do what makes you happy. Cut people out that cause you misery. But make sure you do it with a cool head and with all the facts. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

I don't have any advice for this, I just wanted to say that I am so sorry about your girl having health issues and that it's nice to meet you and hope you can find a little help and comfort here. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

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Sounds like it will be an awesome project. Can't wait to see. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

That's fab. I love how excited and happy she looks. How is her paw feeling? Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

Adorable. We have a super lot of wild turkeys around here and they are definitely cool to watch just wander around. And the reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Prancer, and Vixen. Oh, and oh course Rudolph. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!

That's great! I was hoping you posted something up soon about the race. Very cool. I hope it was tons of fun. It really looks like it was. Sent from my iPhone inbetween walking dogs!