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Because I am a Lady sheep, and the Lord is my Shepard. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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K stands for the letter in my first name, D stands for the letter in my second name and Heartbreak, well, it stands for just that. Also, btw, KDH used to be my maiden name intials. Also, all of my sisters have the same initials.


In the end, I have nothing to lose but everything to gain, by trying to save my marriage.

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28 years of marriage
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Well, mine was after what I thought was a Beatles song, but then someone here told me I had it wrong!

-MelodyLane

Man, the 60's really were good to you, eh Penny? Ahem, We mean Melody... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The Dubyas

well, I never claimed to be the brightest bulb on the tree, lol!


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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Self-explanatory, except I kan't spel tue gud.

And BTW it's not kurst! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

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Sadie is the name of my 20yr old pound kitty that my exH and I rescued when she was just a few weeks old. My exH was a musician and wrote a song called Sexy Sadie (not a version of the Beatles song by the same name) and voila...there you have my alias.


If you love something, set it free. If it comes back its yours. If it doesn't, it never was. You can't make sense of insanity...definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Lisa
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My name is the same name I use for anything. "Cinny" is a bizarre nickname that my H once gave me but rarely ever uses. "M" is my middle initial and "D" is my last initial.

My H's is a little more funny to me...mws1230 ... the "mws" is because he is beyond obsessed with Michael W. Smith. And the 1230 is his birthday .


Me, the WS, 25
My H, the BS, 25
Married Sept 2003
Served with D papers Aug 2005, but still hoping to make it work

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
--Maya Angelou

Proud of the woman that I have become, not the events that made me become that woman.
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Mine's very obvious to anyone from the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealanders call themselves Kiwis - after the bird, not the fruit - my first name's Jenny - so KiwiJ.

I now also have a . after my name from when the board was down and I couldn't log back in with my original name.

. has now become my nickname to some MBers.

Jen

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I saw a baby kiwi bird on animal planet the other day. Guess who it reminded me of?

mel, do bulbs grow on trees???


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me: FWW/BS 52 H: FWH/BS 49
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DD 21
DS 15
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ff, don't they have Christmas trees up in yankee land? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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LMAO, FF, that was funny.

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Bwaaahaaaahaaa, Mel, you're an inspiration to bumbling klutzes, I mean creative individuals, like myself.

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angels-I collect them
1966-the year I was born


married 13yrs-02/02/93
A(about2-3wks) ofSept. 03
almost 3yrs. of sucessful recovery, and getting strongger everyday
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Pepperband means I am the queen of everything and Gimble is my filet minon

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When I was a kid I tried out for loads of local bands. My guitar style was very much like Husker Du - melodic wall of sound punk.

The manager of a band I tried for called " last flight" said I sounded like " Pure Bob Mould " Husker Du's guitarist.

"Pureb0b" was born that day.

Changed on these boards to B0b Pure* so folks who know my strange handle wouldn't see me here if they searched.

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I was in my early 20's at a bar in downtown Chicago. I was slightly intoxicated, became agitated by the antics of some other drunk guy and nearly got into a fist fight with someone clearly beyond my abilities. An anonymous patron at the bar intervened, looked me eyes and told me to "Act, don't react". It stuck with me and has helped me tremendously. This simple philosophy has alleviated many a "bruising" I otherwise would have endured in life. It sure came in handy during Plan A and recovery.

As long as you are a decent person you are usually proud of your actions whereas who amongst us does not regret their reactions to the circumstances they have found themselves?

Affairs are reactive. They are arguably a basic human response to a bad or disfunctional marriage which could have been addressed with the ACT of addressing or confronting the real issues underlying such disfunction. For this reason affairs inevitable fail (or are eventually regretted) because the "reaction" almost always contradicts the character of the reactor. It is not true to themselves, hence the fog, as the dichotomy of their primal instincts and civilized integrity face off head to head.

I also suggest that a truly regretfull WS only becomes forgiveable when the "Reaction" of the affair is completely discarded and separated from the way they by nature/character/whatever, would have "Acted" in hindsight and with demonstrative clarity to the BS will knowingly "Act" from that moment on. They not only regret what they did to you...they truly lament the entire experience as an utter abomination of their integrity.

In addition, forgiveness, reconciliation, NON-JUDGEMENT (who am I to judge any WS), "No Contact" and the rebirth of trust are all Actions. Since I've been here I have seen it written a couple hundred times...judge or should I say evaluate your WS by what he does (his or her Actions) not by what WS says (his/her reactions).

OT - I think Abbey Lane, Sgt Salt or MelntheSkywdymonds would have been good names too. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Me-BH 42 WW - 37 EA/PA Jan-June 2005 Dday April 15, 2005 NC-June 5, 2005 Recovery -so far so good
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My H's is a little more funny to me...mws1230 ... the "mws" is because he is beyond obsessed with Michael W. Smith. And the 1230 is his birthday .

Well my name is really easy. Dani (my name is Danielle) and I lived in Virginia when I joined MB. I now live in Maine so I guess it should be DanigirlinME.

I have been to a lot of concerts, but MWS is AMAZING and the best concert I have ever been too. Sometimes I get in the mood and turn on a MWS CD and literally scream the songs...

Dani


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False Recovery- 9/18/04, 10/26/04, 5/11/05
H said he wants a DV and marry OW 11/7/04
Divorce final 10/27/05
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Well, mine was after what I thought was a Beatles song, but then someone here told me I had it wrong!

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> LOL LOL

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shaddup, alreadycrazy!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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Well, if Mel is named for the Beatles song, then I'm named for the Buckinghams!

Susan, looks like I am losin'
I'm losin' my mind (losin' my mind)
I'm wastin' my time

Susan do you have to be confusin'
I ask myself why you're sayin' goodbye

No other girl could ever take the place of you
Though you're hurtin' me
You know I'll always be thinkin' of you
Girl I always love you

Love love love love...
I love you, yes I do, I do

Susan I love you

Susan <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

P.S. Nerlycrazy, meet Susan, losin' her mind! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />


Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. ~ Kinky Friedman
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15,000 Beatle songs and you have to pick one you don't know the words to........LOL <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It's that Texas heat and dust and cow poo-- I'm tellin' ya!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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