Can the Adults Please Smoke? Part 24, Drunk on Guinness — Page 137

Deet, I'm from Melbourne.

Shira, does he take honey on his oatmeal?

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My sister's been to Melbourne, and she LOVED it! She went to Brisbane and Melbourne on a business trip with my brother-in-law. She thought they were both just wonderful places.

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*gets silver platter out for Shira*

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Girly has the right idea!

D2 - Or, find someone to pay for it. Research, right?

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Evenin' Peeps!

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Hey, Shamey!

Shira, you could write a book about your struggles and successes, and then do a lecture tour.

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No word from Singer or Addict yet.

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Have you been to a bookstore lately, Shira?

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I wish Harris would check in, too. Hope he made the trip safely.

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I have never had anyone pay for me to do anything. I got scholarships and loans for college and grad school and have worked my whole life. I've bought 3 houses and traveled and bought cars and paid taxes and blah, blah, blah. I have never been dependent on anyone, well, not since I was 18, anyway. Being able to support and take care of yourself is the key to independence, happiness, sound mental health, good relationships and true love.

Any time I have known someone who "couldn't leave" their spouse for "financial" reasons, they have been miserable and unstable. They had bad relationships with everyone and they also hated themselves for living a lie.

You NEVER know what's going to happen. A couple in our neighborhood got divorced and moved away. Their house has been on the market for about 2 years. Turns out the husband had a serious drinking problem. He just died last month (and a relatively young guy, too. In his 50s.) Well, when he died, his ex-wife discovered that he had a secret second mortgage on the house, so instead of being able to sell it, take her half and get on with her life, she is now facing foreclosure and debt she cannot manage. So the only bit of "security" she had is gone. That's just ONE story among thousands and thousands.

YOU MUST BE SELF-SUFFICIENT!

End of lecture...delivered from a place of love.

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I'm on the phone with Harris right now.

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hey...let's watch the blonde cracks.


I'm pretty self sufficient right now, but I am also more than willing to find someone to take care of me. I'll never stop bringing in what I am and growing my career....but a little bit more plushness along the way is never a bad thing.

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Supply your own "plushness." That's what I say!!! (And I'm blonde too, remember!)

Harris is such a sweetheart! He started his new job today and he's getting well-initiated to the DC area: he's already gotten himself majorly lost! (SO easy to do around here.)

He said as soon as he has the chance to "connect," he will. He sounds very happy.

YAY! GO, HARRIS!!!!

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