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nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

0 posted 2005-10-10 11:37 AM




I am teased by a cuddler's thoughts,
Though he is more aged than I.
Catches me on the walk towards my home,
Not wanting a word of good bye.

He's dreaming of what it could be
If I took him up on his whim.
But I can't be like that, not for gifts or the like
Though a friend I can be to him.

Wondering why I get these requests
"Non-sexual", he specified.
I thanked him said call if in need for my help
On Otherwise, with a wink as I sighed.


M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

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ecrivan
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1 posted 2005-10-10 01:53 PM


on the aging...it's interesting to see how others view us at times and the age categories that ensue...but then every moment should have a certain splendour


Larry C
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2 posted 2005-10-10 02:00 PM


M,
Hmmmm. Must confess I am a spooner and find this write intriguing.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
3 posted 2005-10-10 02:15 PM


Well, it's like this Larry I don't get many offers,
but this elderly gentleman (in his upper 80's maybe 90)
stops me when I walk  a block from my home either buying a snowball in warm seasons or when returning from the car repair shop without my car (I go there because I know if I have car trouble I can drift downhill to get it there)

anyway he keeps tempting me to make my life easier...and I just smile and let it pass...
a vacation to Florida sounds good sometimes and he shall be needing a nurse soon when he has his knee replacement (a Union man who says he knows the true value of a nurse and/or a woman)He makes me laugh...

thanks for the read...

M

Martie
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4 posted 2005-10-10 02:27 PM


Maureen

It's a sweet feeling to have the attention of someone, and age doesn't matter, neither yours nor his.  Enjoyed seeing this piece of your life.  

Larry C
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5 posted 2005-10-10 04:20 PM


M,
My wife is a companion to senior citizens. And they travel in that capacity(well, no spooning). Maybe you should rethink this.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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6 posted 2005-10-10 07:04 PM


This made me smile Maureen.
Also made me a tad jealous. I wouldn't mind turning a few heads like I used to. Ah well, so be it....aging. Well done me friend. hugs, Chris

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
~Carl Sandburg

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7 posted 2005-10-10 07:09 PM


This is delightful Maureen!
Gave me a smile...how sweet it is.
Hugs~Nancy

~Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.~

miscellanea
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8 posted 2005-10-10 08:29 PM


Seems like this is the first time in months, I've been able to sit down and read.  I really like this, Maureen!  Sure wish I could budget my time more to read such wonderful poetry.  Take care.

           miscellanea

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9 posted 2005-10-12 08:48 AM


There is something special for each of you in your chance encounters!

A sweet write that brought a smile to my face ~ and my heart.


Linda

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10 posted 2005-10-12 04:27 PM


This is lovely Maureen and your lil friend? sweet i'm sure  

Enjoyed.

m xx


~i want for myself your trembling~

Honeybunch
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11 posted 2005-10-12 05:22 PM


This made me smile because I can attest to the fact that ... some things never die but my advice, walk a mile - away!     
jwesley
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12 posted 2005-10-13 06:45 PM


Hmmm.

My mother's in her 80's.  She lives alone since my Dad died 6 months or so back (maybe more - I don't keep track of "gone time" just the memories I have).

She talks about having a companion live with her (even though family is in and out daily)- not a young, vivacious thing like you - but more an older person, and she certainly has many offers.  She's totally independent and healthy so doesn't need nursing, but I can understand the companionship aspect.

Dated several older women when I was young (guess vivacious would be a stretch here), from 20 to 40 years older and had a couple really wonderful offers that made me think long and hard.  Still think long and hard sometimes wondering why I didn't. . . you know, take one of the offers. And still can't answer it.

Where am I going with this?  Well, I guess nothing matters but what makes you happy...if not happy, comfortable and enjoyable, whether it be as a companion - nurse/companion or whatever, and certainly age is relative to your own ideas, beliefs and needs.

So, do I recommend one way or the other...
certainly not - I mean, I am still pondering the question myself after all these years!

(now that I'm out of breath with all THAT. . . I really did enjoy the read!)

jimmy

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