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I was thinking about the MB names that people choose for themselves and what they mean.

For example, Mortarman....does it mean mortar as in muzzle loading cannon, since he was military?

Is it mortar like a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle? Which would work too because he's good at advising us on how to *crush* the affair.

Is it mortar as in the stuff that binds bricks together? This name would also work, because he definitely holds GQII together.

My name is just my real first name and the first 2 letters of my last name. I know most people don't go this route for fear their WS's or OP's might happen on the site...but that never bothered me.

Soooooooooooo What's in YOUR name???

God Bless,

-Caren

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Always Look For Grace Given, Even in the midst of Grace Denied.

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WH-37
Together 15 years
Married 12 years
7 kids total, His: SD20, SS18, Twin SS's 16.
Mine: DD22, DD15
Ours: DD12
Affair began Fall 04, Separated Fall 04,2 Failed Plan B attempts, False recovery of sorts Spring 05.......Still pluggin' away.
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Jennifer is my middle name! 68 is the year I was born.

(That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />)

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Mine's just a normal name that popped in my head while I was registering. No real meaning behind it.....So, my story is boring but would love to hear about how others chose their names.

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Married 16 Years
DS age 8
6 months Plan A
Plan B 10-11-05, H moved back in June 2007, Very False Recovery.
2nd Day-Day 7/7/08 Kicked WH Out.
Plan B for my sanity
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." Robert Brault
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Stop boring us Kim...LOL Just kidding, like I could accuse anyone else of having a boring name! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

God Bless,

-Caren


Always Look For Grace Given, Even in the midst of Grace Denied.

BS-Me 39
WH-37
Together 15 years
Married 12 years
7 kids total, His: SD20, SS18, Twin SS's 16.
Mine: DD22, DD15
Ours: DD12
Affair began Fall 04, Separated Fall 04,2 Failed Plan B attempts, False recovery of sorts Spring 05.......Still pluggin' away.
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Yeah! How boring is that? Using your real name????? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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D-Day May 14th, 2005
Married 16 Years
DS age 8
6 months Plan A
Plan B 10-11-05, H moved back in June 2007, Very False Recovery.
2nd Day-Day 7/7/08 Kicked WH Out.
Plan B for my sanity
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." Robert Brault
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Confused 42 was my state of mind and my age at the time this all started I didn't know who I was then. I'm no longer confused and I'm no longer 42! LOL! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I'm thinking of changing it to something more personal like the nickname I had as a kid....Cha Cha...my dad still calls me Cha. Thats what I use to call my "Chatty Kathy" doll...she and I had a special bond...I was always chatty and my real name is Kathy. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


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DS-14 & DD-12
together 21 yrs, married 18.5yrs
"I love you but not IN love with you" speech 6/3/04
D-Day 2/25/05; WH moved out 3/15/05 & back too soon 3/22/05...He left again 5/8/06
5/25/06 Plan B.....NC letter 6/18/06
Recovery finally began Jan 2007
We are IN love again!!!Sept 2007
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This was my husband's favorite phrase
"we need to Move Forward"

"You ned to move forward"

"Let this go and Move Forward"

just heard it so much is stuck

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Well I don't think I need to explain my name it pretty much says it all....

I am thinking of chnging it now..... Hurting does not seem to fit much anymore.....


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3 children 15,19,22
2 grandsons
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Well, silly me! I thought MelodyLane was the name of that Beatles song that my son loved, and it turns out it was PENNY Lane, not ML! DUH! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


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LOL Mel!!! I wondered about that.

God Bless,

-Caren


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Together 15 years
Married 12 years
7 kids total, His: SD20, SS18, Twin SS's 16.
Mine: DD22, DD15
Ours: DD12
Affair began Fall 04, Separated Fall 04,2 Failed Plan B attempts, False recovery of sorts Spring 05.......Still pluggin' away.
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Well mine is a nickname I have had all my life on one side of the family, Katie and 34 was the age when I made the name on yahoo...so I just shortened to kg3. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> dull huh?


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mmmmmmmmm, I wonder...



---Actually, my wife was the first to post on MB. I had only lurked (a lot) up till then. She first registered as WWWondering, as in, Wayward Wife Wondering as she posed her initial questions.

Then we dropped the "WW" and shared the name for a time and would sign Mr. or Mrs. Wondering depending on whose post it was (that is still why she has more posts than I to her credit as she assumed our joint name and I started a new one). I'm glad we kinda share a name now as I believe it makes it easier for newbies to "match us up" as spouses more efficiently and obviously.

Mr. Wondering


FBH(me)-51 FWW-49 (MrsWondering)
DD19 DS 22 Dday-2005-Recovered

"agree to disagree" = Used when one wants to reject the objective reality of the situation and hopefully replace it with their own.
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Cute thread, Caren. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

No real big story here.. Carnations are one of my favorite flowers and I liked the sound of it..

My best friend in RL calls me little carnation now all the time..

My very best to everyone, carnation


Me - BS 55 WH/FWH 50 OW 30 Much evidence says that my H was/is deeply involved in a very long term PA Prolly will never know much more than that
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peach blossoms are the symobol for a blessed marriage in "flower language"

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I'm a sheep Caren, and the Lord is my Shepard. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Put lady in front of that and that makes Ladysheep.

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Thanks <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I think it's really interesting to see where people got the idea's for their names, and there's some that I wonder about....so I guess it boils down to me being nosey <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

God Bless,

-Caren


Always Look For Grace Given, Even in the midst of Grace Denied.

BS-Me 39
WH-37
Together 15 years
Married 12 years
7 kids total, His: SD20, SS18, Twin SS's 16.
Mine: DD22, DD15
Ours: DD12
Affair began Fall 04, Separated Fall 04,2 Failed Plan B attempts, False recovery of sorts Spring 05.......Still pluggin' away.
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"traicionado" is Spanish for "betrayed". Somehow seemed appropriate. My real name is "legion" for I am many.

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traicionado your name is one of the ones that is very unusual and I've always wondered what it meant.

God Bless,

-Caren


Always Look For Grace Given, Even in the midst of Grace Denied.

BS-Me 39
WH-37
Together 15 years
Married 12 years
7 kids total, His: SD20, SS18, Twin SS's 16.
Mine: DD22, DD15
Ours: DD12
Affair began Fall 04, Separated Fall 04,2 Failed Plan B attempts, False recovery of sorts Spring 05.......Still pluggin' away.
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Mine comes from my favorite Bible verse: Isaiah 40:31

"but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."


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Cool Eagle <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

God Bless,

-Caren


Always Look For Grace Given, Even in the midst of Grace Denied.

BS-Me 39
WH-37
Together 15 years
Married 12 years
7 kids total, His: SD20, SS18, Twin SS's 16.
Mine: DD22, DD15
Ours: DD12
Affair began Fall 04, Separated Fall 04,2 Failed Plan B attempts, False recovery of sorts Spring 05.......Still pluggin' away.
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