gdp's Comments

A Guiding Life : The Doorway to Porn

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 06:56:51 +0000

You forgot mainstream music videos. "You're a good girl (I know you want it)", cue bikini clad ladies fornicating over singers. It's so old and so boring it makes me want to yawn, after I've thrown my hands up in despair. What are we teaching our girls, as well as our boys. I do disagree that it's no new phenomena though. the internet has def brought into play much more aggressive, degrading, illegal even pornography. Stuff that was NEVER easilly accessible to the average joe. That makes a difference to those that held a minor curiosity before but can now indulge and grow that. ps but i guess these are two separate issues really aren't they. M2Mx

A Guiding Life : Marital Coercion

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:37:55 +0000

and yes i might want to learn to spell it, ha!

A Guiding Life : Marital Coercion

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:37:28 +0000

I dont' think coersion (as in your defintion) should be any part of a marriage. comprimising or making decisions based on the good of the collective unit (the family) a big fat YES! we all do it all the time, and I would take points for my husband if it meant him losing his job and our family income etc etc. But coersion through authority? def not. marriage is a partnership not a power struggle. very interesting post x

A Guiding Life : Leaving children alone in the holidays

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:24:31 +0000

My mum used to always say it was important for children to be bored, or they'd never learn to amuse themselves. Oaccasionally I wonder whether that was just convenient thinking, but no, I actually do believe that it's true. And doesn't a 14 yr old want to be on her own to daydream about boys? ps you still feel bad about telling your kids off for not putting their own shoes off. woah. i think i'm going to have an awful lot of guilty flashbacks in my future. x

A Guiding Life : I remembered why I blog

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:17:53 +0000

I love that your love for blogging is routed in something so different from mine. I despair of code, and tinkering - it is a nuisance and baggage i carry around for the sake of my love of writing. I will forever have that image of you as a motorcycle mechanic now! M2Mx

A Guiding Life : Avatar Time

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:32:34 +0000

sorry, but this really made me giggle, especially the legs in the air one. Great goin M2M

A Guiding Life : I\'m pretty browned off with living in South London

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:33:55 +0000

And there i was starting to read this thinking excitedly "You live in South London, I never knew, fancy coffee?!" only to be left disaoppointed. Not as disappointed as those poor souls cleaning their teeth with mineral water though. wretched things. M2M

A Guiding Life : Microdiscectomy Gristle (2 days post-op)

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:51:04 +0000

it's a scary time for you, get as much information as you can, and take care of yourself hun. M2Mx

A Guiding Life : Women Objectified

Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:35:49 +0000

Couldn't agree more. My philosophy isn't dissimilar to the berocca slogan "you, but on a really good day" (hate the fact that's it an adveritsing slogan, but it's a good one). Be the best YOU can NATURALLY be. M2Mx

A Guiding Life : Happy New Year?

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:17:20 +0000

The key to happiness is to notice the small things, in the moment. i know it's trite and cliched. but god is it true. The big picture is rarely filled with pure happiness, but a moment can be. M2Mx

A Guiding Life : I am not me

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:15:26 +0000

god how i hated to read this, to see how low you are. hun - know that i am here and reading and listening. M2Mx

Sticky Fingers : Nerd alert

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:08:54 +0000

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. he looks like a hollywood movie star in the making. M2M My recent post Three children and too much information

A Guiding Life : That\'ll Do Pig, That\'ll Do

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:13:45 +0000

Well done mum, but what's with the pig? M2m

A Guiding Life : It rocks my world (occasionally)

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:12:37 +0000

pure, unadulterated joy - a feeling so natural and yet so infrequent. I love that frog picture! M2M

Sticky Fingers : The first hour of the day

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:01:36 +0000

That's cool. M2M

A Guiding Life : Detention - let me just check my calendar

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 21:38:29 +0000

That is not a real maths paper? is it? M2M

Sticky Fingers : That's me. In Red Magazine. That's RED MAGAZINE!

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:08:22 +0000

Isn't that the MOST beautiful picture of you with your little ones. Against the autumn light. (hmm, sure no photoshopping went on there). M2m My recent post Divorce house

Sticky Fingers : The Photo Gallery: T is for 'tache. And Tara

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:01:09 +0000

ummm, i was about to say the same. weird. maybe i'll remove the ban on hubby growing one this month. M2M My recent post A teddy too far

The Martha Project : Happy Halloween!

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 14:08:08 +0000

i think we really only do it for xmas. santa sitting on the chimney, rudolph chewing on the grass. that sort of thing. My recent post pro choice AND pro life: is it okay to be both?

The Martha Project : Happy Halloween!

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:33:15 +0000

So it's the last one your kids are really afraid of? holy cow i'd never come near your house. i am totally dumbounded. is this "normal" for the US? you take it way more seriously than us! M2M