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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-10 12:52 AM
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36. For starters, she's had to get used to the fact I have female friends
Which was hard for her at first. But, I think anywhere when a member of the opposite sex asks a waiter to invite someone to their table from across the room there's a general opinion it's not strictly for academic reasons.
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  -Am I being overly loyal to my SO? HEyHEY  Sep-01-10 11:33 AM   #0 
  - Hong is going to kick your ass.  rug   Sep-01-10 11:47 AM   #1 
  - One time when we were on vacation  HEyHEY   Sep-01-10 11:53 AM   #3 
     - "kill me as if I were a chicken in her village"  tigereye   Sep-02-10 04:04 PM   #28 
  - Couldn't you have gone over with a friend?  GCP   Sep-01-10 11:48 AM   #2 
  - I suppose, but all I was thinking was "Not a good idea to talk to this girl"  HEyHEY   Sep-01-10 11:54 AM   #4 
     - You were correct. The young woman was flirting. Listen to Gene Pitney's "24 Hours from Tulsa"!  WinkyDink   Sep-02-10 06:42 PM   #32 
  - I think, that for all sorts of justifiable and reasonable reasons...  MiddleFingerMom   Sep-01-10 12:00 PM   #5 
  - Oh, I remind her all the time about that last one  HEyHEY   Sep-01-10 12:03 PM   #6 
     - "Barfly" was about Charles Bukowski -- one of my favorite poets.  MiddleFingerMom   Sep-01-10 12:27 PM   #7 
  - Couldn't you have just disabled her?  Old Troop   Sep-01-10 04:16 PM   #8 
  - No, not overly loyal at all  kimi   Sep-01-10 04:38 PM   #9 
  - You went with your gut and I think you did right.  crim son   Sep-01-10 07:07 PM   #10 
  - there are things i reframe from, or do cause they are important to hubby. and they are not  seabeyond   Sep-01-10 07:10 PM   #11 
  - I do not believe in loyalty  RandomThoughts   Sep-01-10 07:13 PM   #12 
  - People  Moondog   Sep-01-10 07:13 PM   #13 
  - You did a good thing.  applegrove   Sep-01-10 07:30 PM   #14 
  - lemmee see  SwampG8r   Sep-02-10 12:06 AM   #15 
  - you know what they say....  Tuesday Afternoon   Sep-02-10 12:13 AM   # 
  - Did you have anything to gain by talking to her?  JVS   Sep-02-10 12:13 AM   #16 
  - A free and fast vasectomy courtesy of Hong's foot?  HEyHEY   Sep-02-10 06:04 AM   #23 
  - Okay, I'm not going to kiss your ass like everyone else here is doing.  jobycom   Sep-02-10 12:27 AM   #17 
  - I'm actually not the jealous type  HEyHEY   Sep-02-10 06:11 AM   #24 
     - is it a different cultural thing in China to sit down in a bar with someone?  tigereye   Sep-02-10 04:09 PM   #29 
        - For starters, she's had to get used to the fact I have female friends  HEyHEY   Sep-03-10 12:52 AM   #36 
           - hmm, that sounds more cultural!  tigereye   Sep-03-10 02:50 PM   #39 
  - I think you did the right thing  XemaSab   Sep-02-10 12:33 AM   #18 
  - No offense  lillypaddle   Sep-02-10 01:30 AM   #19 
  - I'm not worried, it's just a matter of protocol.  HEyHEY   Sep-02-10 06:13 AM   #25 
     - what's the cultural basis? Is that true of most Chinese women?  tigereye   Sep-02-10 04:10 PM   #30 
        - Yes, they get jealous and protective. A Chinese friend of mine thinks it's actually genetic  HEyHEY   Sep-03-10 12:50 AM   #35 
           - interestingly, more partners for women might benefit them genetically..  tigereye   Sep-03-10 02:48 PM   #38 
  - I think you did the right thing.  Rhiannon12866   Sep-02-10 02:10 AM   #20 
  - I would have talked to her  soleiri   Sep-02-10 02:18 AM   #21 
  - Why? Do you always accede to the requests of strangers?  WinkyDink   Sep-02-10 06:43 PM   #33 
     - If they are innocuous requests  soleiri   Sep-02-10 08:30 PM   #34 
  - I think you did fine.  Kaleva   Sep-02-10 02:58 AM   #22 
  - Way too loyal!  WillParkinson   Sep-02-10 08:45 AM   #26 
  - yeah, maybe a little- are you getting more "domesticated" in your old age?  tigereye   Sep-02-10 04:02 PM   #27 
  - Good point.  RandomThoughts   Sep-02-10 04:18 PM   #31 
  - No. But maybe too self-absorbed.  Lil Missy   Sep-03-10 10:16 AM   #37 
 

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