mamaafrica9

@mamaafrica9 (108)

United States • Age 58

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What does poetry mean to you

galaxy999 @galaxy999 (57) • United States 8 Nov 08

Poetry is why the word is a better place. there is something about poetry that makes you want to be a beter person.i wan to write, live and, breath poetry i love how the words flow from a pen to papper. I like all types of poetry...

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mamaafrica9 well thank u for that you really made my day im happy other people feel the same way lets keep poetry alive

8 Mar 09

A Challenge to ponder on

rosdimy @rosdimy (3926) • Malaysia 13 Dec 08

Below is a task or challenge I usually give to my students. The purpose is to encourage students to think out of the box. [i]Write a letter to a friend describing a school trip/picnic (or whatever is suitable) without using...

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mamaafrica9 Hi Amanda, The trip we when on Thursday, was a blast. There were many colorful characters to see. Interesting though, there were not many people there to show its appreciation. Our group decided this is wonderful place to bring our families and friends....

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Do Breakups and HeartBreaks Make us a Better Lover/Person??

maverickwarrior @maverickwarrior (260) • India 13 Dec 08

Do failures in relationships make us good in our future relationships. do they make us a good person, a good lover ,a good husband/wife..what is the use if we dont learn from our mistakes and keep on repeating them again and...

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mamaafrica9 NO, It just hurts. I don't make you grow, change, or learn, its just hurt. Life lessons do teach us to know better, but some time un be knowing $hit happens out of our control.

14 Dec 08

Are women really that good at it?

rosdimy @rosdimy (3926) • Malaysia 11 Dec 08

I have heard people saying women are good at acting or pretending especially when they want something done for them or objects given to them. It seems they use tears to gain sympathy even though they are actually laughing...

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mamaafrica9 I have use that ability to get things I want but not in a very bad way. pretty much to get a man to do want he should do any way. But never to deceive to hurt or mislead into wrong doing. I have even cried when I felt words was not enough to get them to...

13 Dec 08

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I Don't Trust Men!!!

drknlvly6781 @drknlvly6781 (6246) • United States 12 Dec 08

Yep, I said it. I don't trust them as far as I can throw them; and that isn't too far given my slender, tall, willowy stature. Now that I have your attention, let me explain before I lose the male population from my list, I get...

counseling

distrust

trust issues

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mamaafrica9 Hey girl We all have some reason to feel distrust in men. My father has always been in my life. It was death do they part with my parents, but it does not goes to say that they did not have trust issues. When I came into the age of wanting to have relations...

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Do you think bailouts for big business is the answer to the economic crisis?

shamsta19 @shamsta19 (3224) • United States 11 Dec 08

It just doesn't seem to make sense to me. I mean there is no doubt industry is struggling right now. The bill on the table now is the bailout plan for the auto makers industry. Does it even make sense to invest millions into the...

auto industry

auto industry bailout

economic crisis

new car

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mamaafrica9 In the past when the automobile company decided to cut job to put in machinery, they then turn there back on the American people and the economy for more profits. Many other big industry even left this country to employee other country for cheap labor but...

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Back-seat parenting (I'm sick of it!)

drknlvly6781 @drknlvly6781 (6246) • United States 1 Dec 08

How many of you parents out there deal with back-seat parenting? You know, that relative that belittles everything you do with your child? I have a bad case of it and I just had to vent to you guys about it. For those that...

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mamaafrica9 I have been is a similar situation years ago living with my sister and my father after my mother past. It was the worst thing. I had other family members that would help and friends, but it was very hard. I have four children now but at that time it was only...

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Obama....something funny I have noticed

goldeneagle @goldeneagle (6745) • United States 2 Dec 08

Am I the only one here who thinks Obama looks like "The Grinch" on the popular Christmas cartoon/movie? Some of his facial expressions remind me of the Grinch. Has anyone else noticed this?? LOL

cartoon movie

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mamaafrica9 He looks nothing like the grinch. He look like a well polish man.

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what do you do if your girlfriend doesnt interest you intimately??

benicrakk @benicrakk (78) 2 Dec 08

i have problems with her because she has an attitude problem. so when she wants to make love am not in the mood because we just had a fight. i mean making love after a fight is good when it is not everyday. what should i do????

girlfriend issues

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mamaafrica9 If you are in a fighting relationship you should be a boxer or a wrestler, not your boy friend or girl friend. The problem is nobody lives by the rules of discipline. If you mean something stick to it. Set a way you want to live and what you will put up with...

2 Dec 08

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What would it take for you to be truly happy?

shamsta19 @shamsta19 (3224) • United States 1 Dec 08

I ask not for lack of a better discussion to post but because I find myself at a difficult crux in my life right now. I find myself asking what would it take for me to be happy? Is it money? I know money would solve a lot of...

the pursuit of happiness

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mamaafrica9 Well, for me I don't seek happiness anymore because I have reach inside of me, a place that can not be known a place where the deepest desires are. I would love to be rich and be able to travel the world and see all its wonderful beauty. But when people are...

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Smokers, Do You Quit Smoking Before It's Getting More and More Expensive?

wondericequeen @wondericequeen (7876) • Hong Kong 23 Nov 08

I am wondering since cigarettes are more expensive and in time of this economic situation, many of us are cutting down the expenses. So would you quit smoking in times like this?

quit

smoking

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mamaafrica9 It has been expensive too smoke and it was a reason I should have quit but it is not the reason I have quit. I quit about a week ago again and it hard but it is no good to keep doing price or not. I was coughing my head off and I know it is because of the...

23 Nov 08

So I am opening a new restaurant.....

shamsta19 @shamsta19 (3224) • United States 8 Nov 08

..and I need some ideas for the menu. Now first of all consider this. It is an after hours fast food joint. I am not trying to limit myself here to hamburgers and hot wings (but I will be serving those). I think to myself, what...

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mamaafrica9 I been reading all the comments and suggestion and the main reason most people open a restuarant is because people like how they cook. There something about what they cook and how they cook that people wants more. I come from a big family and every one had...

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What do you think about homosexual and lesbian live?

jackmcneil @jackmcneil (18) • Indonesia 22 Nov 08

It's little strange if we see the couple of man or girl kissing each other. That's you think disgusting? Or it just a normal view? What your comment for this case

homosexual and lesbian live

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mamaafrica9 I think it is wrong. There nothing right about it. I don't really concern myself about there way of life, every one has there choice and opinion. My opinion is that it is wrong and should be kept to themself and not try to make everyone accept there way of...

22 Nov 08

Does everyone flee when you start to clean?

highflyingxangel @highflyingxangel (9225) • United States 22 Nov 08

I'm not sure why but no one at my house seems to clean. This house is a pigstye most of the time and I think that's even putting it nicely. My mother is the worst one. She just refuses to do anything. One she thinks that because...

cleaning

family

messes

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mamaafrica9 I like a clean house and the people I am around does not. they may clean once a month to only last an hour and back to the filth. I am here shortly but it seem forever. If I say sometime can someone else wash the dishes they just look with an attitude and walk...

22 Nov 08

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