epsjoice

@epsjoice (57)

United States • Age 64

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what kind of person you are??

umit_umit @umit_umit (1984) • India 24 Mar 10

friends what kind of overall person you are?are you extrovert or introvert?you are quiet or loudshout,you want silene or you need messy situations all the time?can you speak slow and can make the other person hear your words?or...

kind of person

person

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epsjoice I'm not what you would call the quiet type, my husband would say you can't get me to shut-up. However, I am an introvert. I don't mingle well with groups of people and in my work, I've had to push myself to be more interactive with people. It was not a...

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Mixed race or "pure bred"?

asja1388 @asja1388 (131) 24 Mar 10

If you would have the choice what would you choose to be: mixed race (any) or just "pure bred"? Me, myself, I am quite a mix as is my daughter (even more than me). My mum is german and my biological father is half kazakh, half...

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epsjoice Hi asja1388, Living in America, we are all mixed. My family background is Irish and Cherokee Indian, but when I looked up the coat of arms for our name, it was Scottish. People that don't accept you aren't worth your time of day. Ignorance/predujicism comes...

24 Mar 10

how to the best sister?

marniea @marniea (14) • Philippines 24 Mar 10

i am the only girl and the one daughter in our family. my mom died 6 years ago, when my mom died i was the one who play her rule as a mother and a sister in our family. and i have two brother's i did my best to be a good sister....

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epsjoice Hi Marniea, I'm so sorry to hear you lost your Mother. I lost mine about that time also. I think just being there for them when they need to talk to someone and trying to help teach them right from wrong is all that you need to do. If you do this, when they...

24 Mar 10

ALL Dogs can be Dangerous! Don't blame a specific breed!

kainalu55 @kainalu55 (364) • United States 23 Mar 10

I am a proud owner of a pit bull. He is a wonderful dog. I am always so sad to hear people putting doen these dogs and talking about how mean and dangerous they are, when half of these people have never even seen a pit bull in...

dogs

pit bulls

sttacks

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epsjoice I've never owned a Pit Bull but I do believe that the way they are treated is the primary factor in how they will respond in any given situation. However, I think a lot of it has to do with the individual dog's temperment. Some dogs are as said previously, one...

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What An Eccentric Family I Belong To!

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 23 Mar 10

I swear (on my cat's life) that what I am about to tell you is true. One thing we don't do in our family is tell lies. Anyway, I had the obligatory telephone call to my Mum earlier and she went on about the usual things; work,...

eccentric parents

mature content

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epsjoice Hi Janey, I had tried to post a response to this and I got bumped out of mylot somehow after I typed it up. It happened to me twice yesterday. At any rate, I had said that this wasn't so uncommon. My Grandparents (both deceased now) had owned a small farm...

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The Man that screwed my life.

jrocas05 @jrocas05 (114) • Philippines 23 Mar 10

not long ago I was adored by my father and I adored him. He was like a hero to me after I found out that he was planning to runaway with someone, took all our money while my mother was working far away from home. He left s...

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epsjoice I do not agree. I do not think you owe him anything. He obviously is a user that uses up everything that he takes from someone and then moves on to the next victim. Just because he is your biological father doesn't mean he was ever a father to you. He chose to...

23 Mar 10

Protests in California over budget cuts to colleges

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 4 Mar 10

They are showing on the news that students are protesting budgets cuts and price hikes at San Francisco State University. The state I might add is in dire straights and almost completely bankrupt. So they have cut state funding to...

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epsjoice I work for one of the public universities and I can tell you this. We have taken cut after cut after cut. There is no fat left on the bone to cut. The state wants the public universities to admit everyone, but they don't want to help pay for it. This is what...

23 Mar 10

Getting Married

JazelNovo @JazelNovo (15) • Philippines 23 Mar 10

Getting Married is not what i expected. I am getting married this May 2010 and there are a lot of things that is going in and out of my mind. I am having a baby boy. I am 3 months pregnant. My love story was complicated but...

loving

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epsjoice Wow, getting married and having a baby boy, Congratulations! I've been married 18 years, and we've been together for 20 years. The first years are wonderful and terrible at the same time. They are wonderful because you have this excited to see you everyday and...

23 Mar 10

Am I the crazy cat lady?

rosegardens @rosegardens (3032) • United States 21 Feb 10

Hello fellow pet owners. I have 5 of the cutest, most adorablist little varmints ever, at least I think so. :D I talk to them all the time, I tell them how pretty their belly is when I am petting them and I mew back at them when...

cats

pets

playtime

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epsjoice Hi Rosegardens, I currently have 2 indoor semi-feral cats (that's a discussion in and of itself), 1 puppy, and 6 outdoor strays that live in the vicinity of my yard. I have had cats since I can remember. I had "Fluffy" for 15 years. The vets couldn't...

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In the Easter Basket

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 23 Mar 10

Easter is less than two weeks away, have you started getting things for your child's Easter basket? This year we've decided to go easy on the candy and more heavy on the things like toys and trinkets that our children are more...

candy

easter basket

toys

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epsjoice I bought the traditional stuff, a couple of chocolate bunnies, some chocolate eggs, some jelly beans, etc. I figure that I only buy chocolate a few times a year so I let my daughter enjoy it.

23 Mar 10

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Are you the owner of the dog or is the dog the owner of you?

wolfspaw85 @wolfspaw85 (10) • United States 23 Mar 10

While growing up, my family had cats...not dogs. Now that I have my own family, we got my first dog (but not my husbands) a year ago and I am still learning. Not only did we buy her from a breeder, but we had to bring her home a...

dog ownership

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epsjoice You really need to get the dog into some training classes. Once they learn really bad habits it is tough to break them. If you area has any type of kennel clubs they will usually provide classes for a very low fee. Also, places such as Pet Smart and Petco, or...

23 Mar 10

If They Were Not Family I Would Not Have Anything To Do With Them

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 22 Mar 10

I have a cousin that does not get along with his parents (my uncle and his wife so that makes her my aunt), they are like oil and water. Every time he go to their house it turns into a fight. I have asked him before why he...

family

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epsjoice Hi gewcew23, All of my husband's family lives in the area we live in. All of my family are in other states. None of these family members have ever helped us out, or even offered. My mother-in-law rarely (maybe 3 times a year) see's our daughter, her...

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How much do you actually like your work colleagues?

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 22 Mar 10

Are they just people you feel you have to tolerate because you have to work with them or do you care about them as people? Is yours a friendly workplace? I am very lucky as there is no-one that I dislike working with in my...

colleagues

friendly

good team

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epsjoice I've worked at a major university for 14 years. I've had 4 different positions here. In every position but my current one, I had coworkers that would stab you in the back quicker than you could wink your eye. I finally landed in a position that is about as...

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Hate my mother.

artsyfartsygypsy @artsyfartsygypsy (755) • Canada 21 Mar 10

Thismay be a bad thing to say but its true in the most general form. I just dislike my mother very much and in every way. She screams at me all the time and I am obviosuly outted from the rest of my family from her. I think being...

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epsjoice Hi Artsyfartsygypsy, A mother should never call you names such as you described above. She will regret this when she gets older. I think it would be best for you to move out when you can. It doesn't appear this is a healthy environment for you to live in....

22 Mar 10

Question about Before and After Care

Bytemi @Bytemi (1553) • United States 22 Mar 10

So I got a call around 6:00 on Friday night from my ex-husband asking if the school had contacted me. I told him no and asked what happened. Apparently Little Bytemi was hanging upside down the monkey bars when her legs gave...

before and after care

parenting advise

school

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epsjoice Hi Bytemi, I agree with all the responses. You should setup a meeting with the principal immediately and find out why this situation wasn't handled appropriately. Anybody with any common sense would not have sent little Bytemi out to play again. I also...

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Have you ever been in a bad accident?

celticeagle @celticeagle (168478) • Boise, Idaho 21 Mar 10

I was in a car accident about twenty five years ago that was fatal for my boyfriend. The car went out of control in a cloud burst and left the road. I was thrown from the car and he got a brain stem injury from the chrom trim on a...

car accidents

fatal for my boyfriend

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epsjoice Hi Celticeagle, I have not been in a super serious accident, but when I was 17 my friend and I were driving on icy roads in Michigan when she got a blow-out on a rear tire. The car started swerving and we ran off the road and hit a telephone poll. Luckily,...

22 Mar 10

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