interesting
--hp
10/30 |
Dear Genevieve and Colleagues
Gary Null & Associates will be filming several self empowerment documentaries in the next coming months, including, "How to be Happy in an Unhappy World", and "Overcoming the Dark Side."
We will be filming possibly as early as December, if you he would have the time in your schedule. Our tentative filming dates are December 2-6th in New York City, but if we were to come to your offices in minneapolis, we'd like to organize an entire panel on the topic. Would you or any of your colleagues be interested in this type of film project, or even an additional radio interviews on the Pacifica network of radio stations?
Please contact me at the information below if you would like to discuss this further. I've included the outline of topics that we'd like to cover below:
How to Change Your Life
Enhancing Self Esteem
How to Manifest a Beautiful Life
Embracing Passion
I'm Not Finished Yet
Choosing Your Essential Needs
How to Rebalance Your Life
What Women Need, What Women Want
Thank you for Your consideration.
Also, here is a link to some of Gary's podcasts, if you are interested:
www.prncomm.net/PRNhostbio.php?thishost=gary
Sincerely,
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--RS
11/03 |
I don't know why anyone would be proud that they had an adulterous affair with a married man, do you? Geneve, did your dad have affairs with women other than your mom? Is that why you are so angry?
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07/07 |
My girlfriend of almost 3 years has cheated on me/broken up with me in order to sleep with someone else several times. Why am I still with her? Because I love her. And I'm completely IN love with her. I know that makes me sound like a chump, but i also believe that part of love is forgiveness. Thank you for this essay, because it gives me hope that my girlfriend feels the same way you do. In fact, she used the same words that are in your last sentence the last time we made up.
--gm
08/23 |
I'm married and probably soon to be divorced. Trust is a huge issue with me...especially after what my wife has done to our relationship. I wonder if we can ever get it back.
--DPF
04/30 |
the blessings of a thousand angels as your light manifested in your beautiful and simplistically passionate words, shines upon this humble reader.
a small silver pegasus
lush life
kinda blue
nevermind
billie holliday
jahva house and pacific coast rainstorms
under an ink dark moon
thank u
--als
02/10 |
Yes! I just read this article and it really spoke to me. I think that there are many of us out here who have felt that marriage was an outdated fantasy, until we became engaged. I too have a cheating past, and now that I am married I really can trust myself. And I am worthy of the trust that he puts in me.
Thank you for the honesty that is evident in many of your featured pieces.
--jh
02/07 |
After reading this, I felt like I was reading stolen exepts from my old diary, So true, so familiar. I am married now. At times I wonder and play with the word fidelity. So far it's been an amazing journey. Fidelity is really more about faith. Having faith in your relationship and not throwing in the towel-even momentarily- for a tryst. I read once that a "liar's a greatest fear is not not being trusted, rather losing the ability to trust". That used to scare the shit out of me. Good luck..
--DZ
02/05 |
Uhmm, you don't HAVE to have sexual fidelity = marriage. You can have other lovers. It takes trust, and, if you aren't going to feel like a crumb, limiting to other partners who buy into the limits.
- A married lady with lovely, limited, lovers who know exactly what they get- including being dumped in a heart-beat for a spouse/kid crisis.
--AJ
02/01 |
I guess I made it sound like beautiful men flocked around me all those years and I had to fend them off. Ha! That certainly wasn't the problem. I'd fallen for a Macy's model who went to my high school and he'd stomped all over my heart with his cleats, never giving me the time of day, really. So I swore off at sixteen, knowing I'd _never_ get the time of day from one of these prettier-than-a-girl straight guys. I hope that makes me seem less horrible, not that I'm supposed to care, but hey, I do.
--GF
01/31 |
Every now and then I encounter one of these essays in which the beautiful young woman who had lots of partners, finds true love, and gives us a navel gazing about how rotten she used to be. And all I can think is : Oh stop congratulating yourself. I know I'm not supposed to say this. I should probably recongize the personal struggles we all face on our different paths. And we do. But sheesh. Your demons with the sensitive guy drove you "straight into the arms of the beautiful biker"? Rough life. I'd love to be in any kind of situation where "Swearing off beautiful partners" was even an option. Most of us might as well swear off flapping our arms and flying to the moon for all the meaningful difference that would make in our lives. Probably not a popular opinion, but that essay is so far removed from so many people's lives that I just had a hard time sitting still for it a second time around.
--p42
01/27 |
I just want you to know that this story is me. I'm so glad that someone had the courage to write it. And I no longer feel alone. I know now that I can trust myself. And the feelings I feel towards my husband. People who have cheated before can become monogamous, and don't ever have to feel again what you feel like after you have cheated... Thank You so much.
--MD
01/25 |
hi I really like the storie
I love it
next time send more romatic love storie
love it
love it
--rm
01/19 |
Watch out, Ted. Seriously.
--csa
01/09 |
Yawn yawn yawn. Best argument for keeping girls in chastity belts or convents during adolescence that I've ever read. You swore off beautiful men at, what, 20? This quasi-nausi-sophistication of the American middle class young adult is exactly why this country is so boring and so %^&%^ unerotic.
--KB
12/06 |
Hmm. Don't seem to be many true serial monogamists thus far among the backfeeders.... I don't think "lust for the new" drives the transistions that (women) serial monogamists make. There's an underlying and somewhat mysterious (and very personal) order to those choices. That is, the need awakened by spending years with a guy one likes to go hiking with and eat mushrooms with is maybe a need for a bad biker boy.
I'm happy for you, GF. I'm sure Zepha can be a one-horse woman and still throw a wild ride.
--TKT
11/30 |
What you wrote is interesting but I think you Americans take your life very seriously. Donīt be so ambitious, donīt complicate it. Iīm married,32,male,from Spain and Iīm happy.
--g.j.
11/29 |
Loved your response to SEF. To gracefully say that your writing could be tightened up (whose couldn't) before your response about hubristically was a revelation in these pages. The style of an organization comes from the top. How come Lisa Carver has been skipping the meetings? She has never had the mature intelligence to take responsibility for any of her critics' charges. Congratulations and all of the very best of everything in your life.
--rae
11/23 |
congratulations!!
I want to agree with the people here who said basically that marriage is NOT automatically synonymous with 'lifelong sexual exclusivity.' Marriage means giving your heart, not your genitals, and they are NOT connected in simple, straightforward ways. I know lots of people who have made polyamorous or non-monogamous arrangements work for decades and I hope someday to be one of them.
But congratulations on sorting out what in your past arises from healthy impulses (natural attraction) and what from unhealthy ones (lack of guts to end relationships honestly, need to always be with SOMEONE no matter what)--that's the trick!
"female prattling," my ass--the genre is "personal essay." If it was a male writer's piece, it'd be male prattling, which is just as boring to a nonsympathetic reader.
--MK
11/23 |
To the guy who said my writing could be tighter, probably true. But "hubristically" is a word, look it up. And all take the "female prattle" comment with as much salt.
--GF
11/13 |
Good for you It's called growing up and it sounds like you are on your way
All the best
amigobob
--RSS
11/12 |
Really nice. Thank you. My tears are from admiration for many things you wrote and didn't , and made me think about. You are right to be hopeful, And it's nice.
--jf
11/10 |
Very good essay. Buttresses my unpopular theory that men and women are simply equivalent, we just ascribe certain morality to some actions and not to others (e.g., she had to follow her heart--definition: she cheated; all men are dogs--definition: he cheated; she's a pushy bitch--definition: she is trying to advance in the office; he's a real go-getter--definition: of course, the same). One small point: the writing could be tightened; 'hubristically' is not a word, for instance. And there is a bit of that stereotypical prattle that women authors get skewered for, sometimes appropriately. Still, all in all, pretty nervy.
--SEF
11/10 |
Congratulations on your engagement!
I just wanted to say thank you for your vote of confidence in the institution of monogomy. Mine has certainly waivered over the years, and its nice to hear a story from the hopeful side of the camp once in a while. Maybe someday I'll know that joy, the one greater than the first kiss.
Best wishes to you both,
--AJ
11/09 |
Lou Andreas-Salomé comes to mind, although the thought doesn't directly reach a conclusion.___In the abstract, does marriage make sense? It seems that a promise of sexual exclusivity has to be psychologically, philosophically, or religiously motivated if you accept the availabilty of reliable contraception. It's easier to understand a promise of perseverance. Moods change more quickly than attitudes, housing arrangements, and children. I can see the value in stability from a prior commitment, an impulse damper.
--jdw
11/09 |
I think you are trying to convince yourself that your past is behind you. It may be. But consider if it isn't - then what? You should prepare for both possibilities until it's obvious. Be honest with yourself and with your partner. I am about to marry a wonderful woman who is more than I thought was possible in a woman (this will be my second marriage; first was over 12 years). One of the defining points in our relationship was admitting to each other that as much as we're attracted to each other, we each want more. So yeah, we're now "lifestylers." I won't justify/rationalize it here, but just wanted to say that being open with ourselves and each other was the way to go. Being a total hedonist is OK as long as you're up front with everyone about it. It's the deception that you need to avoid. Best of luck in the marriage, and in life.
--hx
11/07 |
Thank you for the wisdom, CS. I will keep it with me. And I hope you do, too.
--GF
11/07 |
I was once engaged to someone just like you. I was the nice, innocent guy who loved her selflessly. Our relationship was the challenge to fight off the evil impulses, and focus on "true love." When she strayed, it probably was like a former smoker turning to cigarets as a crutch in a stressful moment. Instead of just easing into the effortlessness of real love, she put so much pressure on herself to be the perfect girl-friend that she had to run somewhere to relieve the stress; unfortunately, running to me didn't help.
I'm married now to a gorgeous woman who is not affraid to commit, nor out of her element in marriage. We've been together 8 years - each one happier than the last. Ironically, I am now the one finding myself attracted to other women, in one case almost enough to cheat. But I draw strength from knowing that my wife will always love me, where as a fling is finite.
It's a cheap analogy, but the way I resist the urge to have a milk-shake is to acknowledge that there is no shortage of milk-shakes in this world; if the craving endures, I will always be able to find one. By the same token, there will always be people to whom I am attracted - the option is always there, so the urgency in desire does not have to be overwhelming.
It comes down to priorities... is your husband more important than the sources of your desire to cheat? Or are those desires more important than your husband?
Good luck, and may you have a long happy marriage.
--CS
11/07 |
this powerful piece of writing, in the words of jack nicholson, makes me want to be a better person. Or at least have a better love life.
--xx
11/07 |
I totally identifed with "Trust Me" as I was never able to be faithful to my boyfriends. It was not a matter of looking for the "bigger, better deal" but rather a desire for sex with someone new. This did not go away once I found my life partner.
My husband and I are not swingers, but we are open with each other about sexual feelings that we have for other people. This sometimes generates lengthy and emotional discussions but ultimately, it takes the "badness" away from what is totally natural - sexual attraction.
--EL
11/07 |
wow, I know *exactly* what you mean. excellent piece of writing. I too am engaged to be married. The prospect of a fullfilling lifelong union is foreign to the person that I am. Having said that, this beginning is exactly where I've been heading. thanks for reaffirming that for me.
--lp
11/07 |
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