Floberta

@Floberta (17)

United States • Age 75

Joined myLot 14 years ago

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Nosy friends

western_valleygirl @western_valleygirl (1363) • United States 18 Dec 10

How do you deal with nosy friends. I am having this problem recently for with two friends. One not as much as the other. There first friend contacts me once a year to get the "scoop" on my life, to share with all the people that...

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Floberta Neither of these people sound like real friends. You sound like a very nice person, but sometimes nice people are TOO nice. I would simply tell them that you are not interested in sharing details of your life. If they persist, just refuse to tell them what...

19 Dec 10

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How many names do you have?

johnpillai @johnpillai (2082) • Germany 16 Dec 10

I am a Tamil Catholic. Those days our parents or Tamil Catholic sociaty was very perticular about the catholic name and the Tamil name. So we have two names one shows the religion and the other shows the race. In Sri Lanka we...

name

race

religion

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Floberta When I was a kid, I was upset because I only had 2 names: a first name and my last name. Everyone else I knew had a middle name too. I now use my maiden name as my middle name. It didn't occur to me to think about it from a different point of view until I read...

17 Dec 10

In your opinion is G.W.Bush owed an apology?

Yestheypayme2dothis @Yestheypayme2dothis (7874) • United States 10 Dec 10

Released WikiLeaks documents has shined a spot light on some very dark secrets to the embarrassment to the United States government.After you read this article in your opinion is G.W.Bush owed an apology from his long time...

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Floberta I do think Bush was trashed unjustly, but he made mistakes as well. The left trashed his name and continue to do so to the detriment of the American people.

11 Dec 10

What a smile can do.

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 20 Nov 10

Even though it may seem like it is all too easy, a smile is a universal signal that shows we are willing to take the first step toward connecting with others. When we approach people in such a friendly manner, externally we look...

love

smile

trust

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Floberta Eons ago when I was a waitress at a coffee shop, there was a guy who came in every day and had one cup of coffee. He always left a dollar tip, which was more than the cost of the coffee back in the day. The owner knew him, so one day she asked him why he did...

20 Nov 10

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Is US ready for a Female President? What do you think?

Pisces54 @Pisces54 (49) • United States 12 Nov 10

Since the nomination of Sarah Palin as a vice-presidential candidate, theories, rumors, speculation about a female president has been circulating around. Some people didn't vote GOP because they are afraid Palin will become the...

female president

politics

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Floberta I do think we are ready for a female president, but I'm not sure we have a female who is ready for the office. We'll see as the time gets closer.

13 Nov 10

Happiness

Polang @tkonlinevn (6438) • Vietnam 8 Nov 10

My neighbor spouse has just had a little kid. Unlucky, the little boy have heart disease. So he must spend a surgery before he has reached to first month old. The surgery is finished successful. The spouse is very happy. They...

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Floberta This is wonderful! How great that they turned to God in prayer rather than just rely on the doctors. Modern medicine is a very good thing, but with God it is even better!

9 Nov 10

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If u have 1 million, I`ll buy...do... what??

annemellanie @annemellanie (74) • Philippines 9 Oct 10

Hehehe.. speaking of money, what if in a snap, u just have a million bucks, what would you do to it? Buy signature clothes, perfumes, shopping, party...?? How will you spend that money? ^.^

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Floberta 1. Give at least 10% to charity 2. Pay all my bills, including paying off my mortgage. 3. Pay off my kids' student loans 4. Buy really nice gifts for my kids, grandkids & siblings. 5. Budget the rest to help me through retirement.

10 Oct 10

Are you live always happy?

nitishanigam @nitishanigam (319) • India 28 Sep 10

i am not always happy. because life is very difficult sometimes situation being very bad and i am not feel good. than i am not happy. what' your views please share.

difficuly

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Floberta Anyone who thinks it is possible to always be happy is not being realistic. Life is about many things and not all of them are pleasant; some are terrifying or sad or extremely painful. Happiness is somewhat dependant on circumstances. One can be optimistic and...

30 Sep 10

Does everyone want to be famous? Did you want it?

koAebryant @koAebryant (358) • China 25 Sep 10

For most people,being famous is a dream which they have.But only few of them perhaps come true. I think that not all person will be famous.We can find that famous people have their own qualities .Such as Kobe who has a special...

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Floberta I do not recall wanting to be famous. I did want to act when I was a teenager, but not to be famous. I had done some acting in high school and thought it would be a fun way to make a living. I never pursued it though. Mostly I think being famous is a big...

26 Sep 10