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ha ha, very true...

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Interesting...you supposed I allowed the apparition in - but that's why I isolated the last line for dramatic effect to show my surprise when she suddenly appeared. But you showed me another dimension

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...And again, in reference to your question about what attracts her to him, can I say that's a perennial question - What does she see in him? A question I wondered about myself when dating my wife and

Ha ha...I don't even know myself when I start a story how it's going to turn out - I don't plot out stories - never have - sometimes people suggest ideas if I serialize a novel and I honestly take their

BTW, I forgot to respond to your other part about relationships. I hear you re women, and my pet peeve is hearing someone refer to me as 'a good man'. I don't know why but it seems so patronizing and

I think honesty is so important to being authentic but I struggle with it. One of my friends was totally honest - he was an admirer of Albert Camus and identified with Mersault in The Outsider (L'Etranger).

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No, no, My friend, I was teasing you - you said nothing wrong -btw, I sympathize with your oral surgery - can be very painful and all those meds...Ugh!!! I often adopt the persona of the misunderstood,

Thanks, @giantbear - I'll give it a look

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Did anyone ever tell you, Arthur, that you rub the gilt off the gingerbread? Ha ha...you think you know me and all my limitations...Actually, my wife said something similar today...I always aspired to

I have never used the new downvote function - I listen occasionally - I think it's a good feature but it has bugs - AI still has a ways to go. Hey, I'm happy to get any response - I'm a writer, lol

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