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Quickie

Posted on August 18, 2005

Briar said, “Bye” this morning. Granted she was crawling toward the dog dish as she said it, but I was also leaving, so even though it might not have been intentional, I’m giving her credit for saying, “Bye.” Had a kind of rough night. Well, ok, maybe you don’t consider waking up to repeated head butts and kicks to the face a rough night, but this gal does. And no, Sean and I weren’t having a wrestling match. Briar was having some “issues” and being the brilliant child that she is, she figured if she was up and restless, why shouldn’t everyone else be up and restless. That being said, Sean said I fell asleep first. I never fall asleep first. I fantasize, as…

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The Roles We Play

Posted on August 17, 2005

In my experience, relationships inevitably catapult people into roles. One person ends up being the passive player, the other the dominant. One person the worrier, the other the cool as a cucumber, calm one. You don’t necessarily choose your role, it just sort of happens since it is impossible for both people to play the same role…actually it’s probably possible, two passive aggressive worriers could be together, but would any of us really know? I think we’d all stay miles away. And the pairings of two dominant, mouthy, doers, again, I think any sane person would keep their distance. So, we go through our lives, with our many different relationships, playing the roles that we have been given and for the most part accepted.…

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