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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

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What are your Memorial Day plans?

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I just wanted to make a fun discussion and see what all of you are doing on Memorial Day.Anyone attending a parade?Anyone honoring vets?Here is an event in Austin that looks very interesting to me.Austin, TXClose Assault 1944 is living history and…Continue

Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic

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Psychics are all BS.Here's an interesting news article.Amanda Berry, a…Continue

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing

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Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing and our bodies have all kinds of red flags it sends up to tell us something is wrong. Pay attention to those flags, they can save your health and your life. I talked to a lady yesterday who…Continue

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Oklahoma Tornado

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'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie on Sunday. 8 Replies 1 Like

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10 Things You Can't Do and Become President

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Comment by booklover on December 10, 2012 at 9:21am: Actually Chris your English is so good that I forget it's not your first language! Also the way I used the word girlfriend was sort-of slang I think. I think being able to speak or write more than one language is wonderful!~ Melinda

Comment by booklover on December 10, 2012 at 8:30am

Comment by Chris Breman on December 10, 2012 at 8:29am: Hi Booklover, don't be sorry! Apart from wanting to meet kind people without imaginary friends, like yourself, I come here to improve my English - I imagine that it's a bit stiff and perhaps just out of touch. But I don't worry about it: I can use it well enough. Is anyone learning Dutch?

Comment by booklover on December 10, 2012 at 7:05am: Oh! lol, sorry Chris! It just means what Carl said. Like "Hey there friend", but only from a female friend to another female friend. Carl is right, a guy would never say "Hey boyfriend!" to another guy just as a friend.

Steph, really cute lol cats! Great poster Felaine! Hope you got some sleep Carl.

Have a great week everyone~ Melinda

Comment by Chris Breman on December 10, 2012 at 5:18am: Thanks, Flying Atheist! It helps!

Comment by The Flying Atheist on December 10, 2012 at 2:59am: Good morning, Chris. I'm up late here suffering with a little bit of insomnia. Regarding your question: yes, it is true that the terms boyfriend and girlfriend are used in referencing a lover, as when two people are dating or are romantically involved.

However, for females, the term 'girlfriend(s)' is also commonly used to describe acquaintances that are friends only and not lovers. Example: "She spent a fun day out at the museum with her girlfriend(s)." In this instance, the term 'girlfriend' is commonly used in both the singular and the plural forms in describing two female friends or even a group of female friends.

For males, the term boyfriend is not commonly used in this manner, as your textbook states. You generally do not hear a male say that he is meeting his boyfriends after work for dinner and a movie. He is just meeting his friends, or his buddies, or his pals, etc. (I guess it's kind of a macho/sexist "guy" thing.) Of course, in the gay male community, the term 'girlfriend' is carelessly thrown about while speaking with, about, or describing other gay males.

I hope this helps explain our quirky language.

Comment by Chris Breman on December 10, 2012 at 2:12am: Question: I teach English to elderly people - nice to do, yes - but it's not as if I know so very much about English. One of the books I use says that ´boyfriend´ and ´girlfriend´ are strictly used for lovers, not for friends. So when I hear Booklover say girlfriend to Steph, I don't want to pry but I do want to know about your use of the language. Tell me more!

Comment by Steph S. on December 9, 2012 at 10:15pm: Oh hey Melinda - I noticed you asked about me. I've been busy getting the final grades entered and studying for finals. It's always so busy about this time. Thanks for asking about me. I appreciate it.