StrigoiViu

@StrigoiViu (15)

United States • Age 64

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Tis inescapable to be what one is ... so be the BEST!

StrigoiViu's Responses

Emotional aspects of divorce

butterfly10954 @butterfly10954 (55) • United States 1 Mar 07

I am currently going through a divorce which I initiated. While I was prepared for all the legal matters, I had no idea of the emotional ups and downs associated with the process. It is incredibly difficult living in the home w/my...

divorce

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StrigoiViu Well, I have been through this twice in my life. Here in my home state the courts require divorcing parents to attend a Parent Education Program (PEP) prior to finalizing the divore or "Dissolution of Marriage". I am a social worker and one of the providers of...

6 Mar 07

Online Dating

shanna80 @shanna80 (13) • United States 28 Feb 07

What does everyone think of online dating? Has anyone ever done this before? Do you think it's successful?

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StrigoiViu I have developed over a dozen online relationships in the last 4 years and each one of them has ended badly[most of them ending before even meeting in person]. Yet,I still hold out hope because I hear the stories of "happily ever after", from ppl that have met...

3 Mar 07

Are there still TRUE GENTLEMEN ?( where have all the manners gone)

weemam @weemam (13372) 3 Mar 07

my husband is a true gentleman in every sense , We have been married almost 46 years and he has such lovely manners , This was brought to mind when I saw him cross the road with a female friend of ours and I noticed him going to...

lovely to see

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StrigoiViu With manners and chivalry is how I was raised and how I am raising my son. I am thanked often for being a gentleman and well mannered. But, I must say, that it saddens me how many people seem to be starving for this. It bothers me that, those that speak to me...

3 Mar 07

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Am I Wrong To Go Out??

candygurl24 @candygurl24 (1880) • Canada 1 Mar 07

I know that I don't feel that the following is wrong in any way, shape or form, but someone in my family really ragged me out for it last night and I guess this is just my way to vent :) I am planning to go out for the weekend...

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StrigoiViu Here is my $.02. I am a father of an 18y.o. and a 4y.o. I am also a social worker that teaches parenting classes. What you have described, I find to be, well within appropriate boundaries. As far as I am concerned, a significant part of Parenting is taking...

1 Mar 07

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need some serious advice please..........

mbarryton @mbarryton (1872) • United States 28 Feb 07

ok heres my problem. i have a 7 year old son who is the sweetest little boy in the world. he has made this statement in the past and i didnt know how to answer him. he asked me again last night and hes statement was "mom your...

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StrigoiViu These are just my thoughts! I try and stay away from giving "ADVICE". ::Smiles:: As a parent and a Social Worker, I have come across this issues many times. As many have already suggested, be frank and honest. Make it a talkable subject. If you have any...

1 Mar 07

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have u ever been hurt so badly...

dreamingmyth @dreamingmyth (594) • United States 28 Feb 07

that you were affraid of having another relationship? ive been hurt alot from past relationships though its now more of a self inflicted hurt since i dont know how to trust my 'guy picking skills' anymore. i think ive picked a...

bad relationships

hurt

pain

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StrigoiViu Aye, I have been hurt, beaten[emotionally] and scarred in every relatiosnship I have been in. I was even engaged with a woman, in college, who went off and married someone else while we were still engaged. Since then, I have been married twice and have two...

1 Mar 07

Divorce, the best solution for the children?

twix @teison2 (5921) • Norway 19 Feb 07

I often hear how divorce is hardest on the children. Do you think a divorce could also be for the best of the children? Or is divorce always a bad thing?

benefits of divorce

children and divorce

divorce

divorce hardest on the children

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StrigoiViu Oops, I just started a similar dicussion question. I am a divorced/single father, twice. I educate divorcing parents on how to help their children along in the divorce process. I do not believe in staying in a failing marriage "for the sake of the...

28 Feb 07

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How many of you like magic tricks ? Do you perform yourself ?

firetube @firetube (9) • India 6 Dec 06

Many of us like magic tricks... I have even learnt a couple of them to entertain my friends... my personal favourite is the "Matchstick and Hankey" trick... i think many of you people know this.. to do this we need two...

kerchief

magic tricks

match

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StrigoiViu As a performing magician, I use the trick that you describe, as a standard one at a bars[plastic stirrers work better]. But, as my fellow prestodigitator pronounces above, I do not get into discussions of how they are done. I am VP of my local IBM and I have a...

28 Feb 07

Good

macca912 @macca912 (3) 24 Feb 07

What did you think of the film

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StrigoiViu As a performing magician, I thought that it was a good film despite the poor reviews that I had read about it in my professional journals and mags. I felt that the main charater truly thought like and Illusionist and I liked how his skills as a magician helps...

28 Feb 07

Parents: Do you help your children with homework?

rachelcaron @rachelcaron (1679) • United States 7 Feb 07

To all the parents out there... do you help you child with their homework? I know this is a controversial subject. I believe parents should be involved and provide some assistance to their children if they need it. But...

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StrigoiViu The help that I provide my children is to not enable their natural resistance and not buy into the manipulation of avoiding homework. I had horrid study habits as a child and my parents only served to enable me. The help I give is to review and provide...

28 Feb 07

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What if you find out your partner did drugs?

sechsey @sechsey (1831) • Canada 27 Feb 07

Drugs is a common problem nowadays. Some people dont even consider it a problem depending on what they use or what it is for. But drugs are drugs right no matter what kind or what purpose. Drugs range from cocaine, ecstasy,...

drugs

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StrigoiViu As I see this, there are two issues: The impact of lieing in a relationship, is a deal breaker for me. I cannot be in a relationship with a person I cannot trust. Lieing by omition is still lieing. Past history is important, in as much as it impacts plans...

28 Feb 07

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