Allow me to introduce myself
Welcome to the maiden voyage of my blog. Hopefully its future will be more substantive than the Titanic on ITS maiden voyage. One must wonder how many blog surfers want to hear anything I have to say.
I am a middle aged man. Hence the title of my blog. At this stage of life, I notice that my viewpoint has changed. I used to think blogging was a bit narcissistic. However, I have to enjoy the beauty a technology that allows obscure people such as me to have even a small voice. Whatever the reason, I have changed my attitude.
Maybe it is because I'm going through a life transition. My household is getting smaller. I have three children who have flown the coop and two boys at home. Maybe it is because I'm on vacation and have things running through my mind that demand an outlet. Maybe because it is my birthday. I am 52.
I have probably lost you with those last two sentences. I've probably already lost many who saw the title of my blog and were hoping for quotes from Chaucer. Not going to happen. However, I hope to offer the perspective of my years in a non-authoritarian manner. That might or might not be an improvement for many of you forced to hear the bloviation of us old geezers who think they are the oracle of God.
That's the long and short of it. I'll try to keep this posted from time to time. I would enjoy your comments. If you need free advice, I'll be glad to offer some. Just remember it is probably worth no more than what you paid for it. At least with this advice, you won't have me harassing you to see if you followed it unconditionally. My Dad used to do that. Got to be a bit much.
Keep in touch
I am a middle aged man. Hence the title of my blog. At this stage of life, I notice that my viewpoint has changed. I used to think blogging was a bit narcissistic. However, I have to enjoy the beauty a technology that allows obscure people such as me to have even a small voice. Whatever the reason, I have changed my attitude.
Maybe it is because I'm going through a life transition. My household is getting smaller. I have three children who have flown the coop and two boys at home. Maybe it is because I'm on vacation and have things running through my mind that demand an outlet. Maybe because it is my birthday. I am 52.
I have probably lost you with those last two sentences. I've probably already lost many who saw the title of my blog and were hoping for quotes from Chaucer. Not going to happen. However, I hope to offer the perspective of my years in a non-authoritarian manner. That might or might not be an improvement for many of you forced to hear the bloviation of us old geezers who think they are the oracle of God.
That's the long and short of it. I'll try to keep this posted from time to time. I would enjoy your comments. If you need free advice, I'll be glad to offer some. Just remember it is probably worth no more than what you paid for it. At least with this advice, you won't have me harassing you to see if you followed it unconditionally. My Dad used to do that. Got to be a bit much.
Keep in touch
posted by themomwhite | 3:36 PM
4 Comments:
happy last 6 minutes of your birthday
I work with a dude and he is diggin on this woman lets call her "Nagem Notlimah" and she is not returning fire what should he do?
O by the way his name is "Nahtan Kralc"
You did not mention the ages of the two people. I'll assume (using your cryptic convention)that they are between the ages of "81" and "42" give or take a minute.
The following are random points:
1. While I appreciate your concern for "Nahtan," I encourage you to keep a respectable distance from this situation. If it turns out badly, they may blame you and if it turns out well, they'll assume all credit belongs to them.
2. Having been in "Nahtan's" situation (the woman I recently celebrated 28 years of marriage to didn't want much to do with me--go figure), I can only extol the virtues of patience as we have no way of knowing what God intends for this relationship.
3. Focus on core principles--above all else, just be this person's friend. Someone they can talk to without fearing any excessively sappy emotions. This may not win her heart, but she will still be a friend for life. Case-in-point, when my then-reticent-but-now-my-spouse lady was hassled by another young man (although I couldn't fault his taste in women), I quietly "intervened" by always showing up when she need me to be there. I am large--he is not--it all worked out well. Then when all the ruckus had subsided (i.e., he left), I quietly went away without demanding anything from her vis-a-vis the undying affection of the damsel in distress now rescued. The rest, as they say, is history.
4. I'm too old to type this much at one time. Hope this helps.
"the Dad"
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