Love or Opportunity? Coffee Social

[amikety]

Hahahah, that joke is awesome Thanks for the laugh!

 

[lunas]

8)
A Polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl. Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well until one day he rushed into a lawyer's office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him. The lawyer said that getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances, and asked him the following questions:

Have you any grounds?
Yes, an acre and half and nice little home.

No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?
It made of concrete.

I don't think you understand. Does either of you have a real grudge?
No, we have carport, and not need one.

I mean. What are your relations like?
All my relations still in Poland.

Is there any infidelity in your marriage?
We have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player.

Does your wife beat you up?
No, I always up before her.

Is your wife a nagger?
No, she white.

Why do you want this divorce?
She going to kill me.

What makes you think that?
I got proof.

What kind of proof?
She going to poison me. She buy a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom. I can read, and it say: "Polish Remover"

omg my husband and I just burst into laughter

 

[blueboom]

Now I agree there are negatives to Canada Post.. but there are some positives!!! I think there should be!!

But I am on a mission and need some help.. for those who have been apart from your partners how do you keep the excitement and interest in your relationship through communication? Lately its been that 4 month itch where me and Mr. M get on each other about the silly stuff and I usually blame distance for this. But a comment was made that we don't have anything interesting to talk about and a lot of it is repetetive. And when hubby thinks that he goes to google and finds the outrageous ideas on "How to survive a long distance relationship" or "How to spice up a long distance relationship" or "the top 10 things to do to keep love alive while apart". I credit him for looking into ideas, but trust me.. none of these quite fit our situation. I can't imagine what my phone bill would be if we fell asleep together. (Granted some ideas would be fun if only we actually has reliable internet access and not the 5 minute skype calls we get.)

Suggestions or Ideas???

That sounds rough. Not having reliable Internet access makes it so much worse. Do you use phone cards? How often do you speak to one another? It's possible you might be talking to each other on the phone too much (yes, I know that sounds terrible). If my husband and I had to do only phone conversations (which we will be in about four months when he leaves the UK), we'd run out of things to talk about fast, especially because we're used to having Skype on while we do our own things. I'm already preparing myself mentally for it. We aren't going to speak as much as we do now, and sometimes, we're only going to talk when we actually have something to say. Our lives are incredibly routine, so our day-to-day stuff gets repetitive. Sometimes talking about ourselves gets really boring because we know everything about each other's routine.

Do you two send mail to each other? Actual mail. Letters, postcards, packages, etc? I would love it if I unexpectedly received something in the mail from my husband, even if it's just a photograph of something he saw and it reminded him of me. Or photographs of himself (not the naughty type, but I wouldn't complain!!!). That would be nice, especially if you don't get to "see" each other as much!

The last time I visited my husband, I left a letter hidden in his room. Small things make a big difference sometimes.

I don't know if either of you like reading, but what if you read things to one another? I've read from books to my guy, we share news stories, etc. Sometimes it prompts a long discussion and the time flies, but we feel like we've had a conversation of substance.

And if all else fails... knit together on the phone. :-X

 

[amikety]

*singsong* I made a signature! It will confuse people!

You can blame Sweden (who is a girl) for my signature. The idea popped into my head while replying to her womanness.

I also have the esteemed -13 for my negatives. If I believed in luck, I'd so have the willies.

Formal apology to all: this is what happens when I get severe neck pain and can't sleep for days on end. Yay for being slap happy!

 

[bo12]

Long distance relationship sucks. Sometimes I feel that I need him but he's not here. Sometimes our topics are boring, but in order to survive from this long distance we try to find fun out of it. Our communication is mostly done through video chat. I play a movie with my PC. Then I use a tool that can share what is showing on my screen with my husband (something like screenshot,but not still images). So we can watch movies together. Whlie watching movies, we always like to comment. We also like to listen to music together. My husband plays music and let me guess the singers and the names of the music. Sometimes when hearing a romantic line from a song, he would say "honey, this is what I want to say to you." He is not a romantic guy, but this is very sweet. I don't know if what we did sounds boring to you guys, but we do have fun together and it makes time fly somehow.

 

[Darrppy78]

I agree with bo12. Long distance relationships suck!!!!!! My husband and I got married in August 2012 and after a quickie honeymoon we had a hurried period of taking care of his family who were also in my country (Kenya) and then we were rushing trying to ensure he had all our documents in order before going back to Canada and before we knew it our 6 weeks had flown away. And since then it is phone calls everyday, video chats every weekend (Saturday and Sunday) plus emails and surprise letters and cards in the mail. All of them fun and at least giving us some sort of contact but nothing beats being together physically. This process has turned me into one very envious lady. At the beginning of December 2012 a friend who got married a month after us posted a photo (on facebook) of her and her hubby standing next to their first Christmas tree as a couple and that alone made me cry. Not knowing when we would ever get to experience such a simple joy. Then friends who got married late November just had to move into a house right behind where I live and when I see them walking to the bus stop together and or going out over the weekend it makes my husband's absence all the more acute. I now realize that it is that every day normalcy and routine that I long to share with him. To actually be able start a home and be able to make concrete plans together. Right now all our plans start with "If you will have gotten your visa by.... then we can.... if not we have to....."

At the end of the day CIC and any other person can't really tell if a couple is in love or not. Even the people in relationships sometimes don't know for sure just how much their feelings are returned. Of course the people who see getting married for easier immigration as an opportunity will be at their best behaviour. It is only sad that if you are truly in love you get to suffer someone (whose love life you don't even know if it is successful enough) trying to decide if the two of you are for real. Give me my husband for a few minutes right now and I will guarantee you will be forcing me to join him in Canada coz I will show you what it is all about- for us anyway!!!! Some of the things that make love so real are not asked in their application forms. We can only keep our fingers crossed and pray every single minute that the wait will not be as bad. Considering how hard it is to fall in love/ find true love nowadays..............................

And again, LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS SUCK!!!! Better than nothing but can't beat falling asleep next to each other after a day spent in a life woven together!!! (sigh sigh sigh)

 

[parker24]

I've been in two long distance relationships, one in the same province, I in southern and he in northern (waaaaaaaaaaaay northern) and then me and my husband, Ontario and TN! While internet did play a huge part, we did send things to each other often. A letter along with a little photo (erm, sometimes the photo was for our eyes only!!! :-[) and a little gift. It was fun and it was a good way of saying I love you from afar!

 

[rjoyce]

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[parker24]

*singsong* I made a signature! It will confuse people!

You can blame Sweden (who is a girl) for my signature. The idea popped into my head while replying to her womanness.

I also have the esteemed -13 for my negatives. If I believed in luck, I'd so have the willies.

Formal apology to all: this is what happens when I get severe neck pain and can't sleep for days on end. Yay for being slap happy!

BAHAHAHA! I have -20, at one point I had more - than + so I think you're good

 

[tuyen]

BAHAHAHA! I have -20, at one point I had more - than + so I think you're good

Oh please.
I own you all.

 

[Ms Malawi]

Oh please.
I own you all.

Wow... Not sure if I could ever compete with you!! Now is that just because most people cant handle your honesty?

 

[tuyen]

Wow... Not sure if I could ever compete with you!! Now is that just because most people cant handle your honesty?

For most of them, it's because they hate (or fear) what I represent: common sense, telling it like it is, and not bowing to political correctness. And others simply fail to recognize my lovable nature.

 

[Shiny88]

theres some haterz out there, -9 , how did that happen lol i feel loved though

 

[amikety]

For most of them, it's because they hate (or fear) what I represent: common sense, telling it like it is, and not bowing to political correctness. And others simply fail to recognize my lovable nature.

Telling people the truth will make you well hated. It's the sickness behind our media and political systems. Well, that and greed....... hahaha! I'd live under a rock if I could..... except for my internet wire so I could bother you guys

I just thought -13 was a fun number to mention since so many people are superstitous about it either as a lucky or unlucky number. I had a friend who was big on 13 back in high school, probably why I bring it up.

 

[tuyen]

theres some haterz out there, -9 , how did that happen lol i feel loved though

Some people's lives are, in fact, so sad that they actually feel a sense of accomplishment when they repeatedly click on the minus sign beside someone's name.

I actually get a good laugh out of it, because every day when I see two or three new negatives, it makes me try and imagine how pathetic these people's personal lives must really be if they honestly think that clicking the minus sign beside my name in a web forum is in some way going to have even the slightest impact on my existence.