domenica 7 gennaio 2018

50 IDEAS TO MAKE RELATIONS LAST

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 Relationships are tough. Marriage is a tough bitch. And it’s certainly not for everyone. As a lawyer, I have handled a few divorces. Thank goodness there is such an alternative for people trapped in horrible circumstances. But if you’re inclined to weather sickness and health, richer and poorer — and even if you’ve just met the person with whom you want to be in a longterm romance — bring a short memory and a long sense of humor. You’re gonna need it.

1. Burn your blueprint.

Rid yourself of whatever fantasies you harbor about the bliss of coupled life. They’re not helping. There is no script, so don’t be disappointed when your fairytale gets hijacked.








 

 

 

 

 

2. Forgive.

Didn’t Jesus say something about forgiving someone not just seven times but seventy times seven? That would be 490 times….which should last you through your first 6 months. Jesus underestimated because, remember, he wasn’t married.






3. And forget.

If you forgive but don’t forget, did you really forgive? I know people who claim to have forgiven but still use every available opportunity to bring it up. And if you don’t want to forgive, forgetting works just as well.








4. Be a good teammate.

Life can come at you hard. One of the nice things about marriage and relationships is being able to have someone else in the bunker when you’re getting shelled.

5. Grow.

If you still have the same desires, opinions and beliefs at age 50 that you did at age 25, that’s your own damn fault. You will not, and should not, be the same person you were then.

6. And adapt.

Even if you stagnate, the person you’re in a relationship with will change. Don’t fight it. Embrace it, learn from it, be thankful for it.

7. Find your faith.

There is great comfort in believing in something or someone beyond our crude human existence. Explore this belief. Take this journey together.

8. Travel together.

Travel forces couples to rely on one another in unpredictable ways. It will also broaden your worldview and the way you value your relationship.

9. Travel separately.

I want to go to Australia and you want to go to Maine? Cool. Take lots of pictures. See you in a week.

10. Develop your own interests.

It seems counter-intuitive, but you will enhance your relationship when you pursue your separate interests.

11. Cultivate a wide, diverse circle of friends.

One of the greatest joys of living is meeting new people. And many of the people you meet will likely make you appreciate your mate even more.

12. Don’t keep score.

I know a couple who keeps track of the number of times each partner completes a household chore. Don’t do this. It’s exhausting. And childish.

13. Exercise.

You owe it to each other to be in the best physical health possible. The mental side effects from exercise will also be beneficial.

14. Practice self-awareness.

Take frequent looks in the mirror. Reflect on who you are and the contributions you are making to your relationship. Are you being judgmental? Unfair? Harsh? Hypercritical? Defensive?

15. Admit that you’re wrong (even, on occasion, when you aren’t).

This is both the easiest and hardest thing to do on this list. But this simple gesture will pay immeasurable dividends; it will help you grow and it’s just the right thing to do.

16. Celebrate accomplishments big and small.

Whether it’s a promotion at work or the police officer let you off with just a warning, find every occasion possible to toast your good fortune.

17. Surprise one another.

Fill up her car. Let him sleep alone in the bed once in a while. Buy some bacon.

18. It’s the good little things.

Holding the door, suggesting a movie night, paying attention. The reward for these is greater than the sum of the parts.

19. And it’s the bad little things.

Cracking your knuckles, spitting, clearing your throat, picking your nose, chewing ice. These are death by a thousand cuts to your relationship.

20. Cultivate your finer qualities.

When do you ever have an opportunity to really work on qualities that make you a better person? In a strong relationship, you can do it every single day. Qualities like patience, loyalty, compassion, trust.

21. The bathroom is private.

If you think it’s quaint to brush your teeth while I use the toilet, you’ll change your mind about that eventually. Trust me.

22. Talk about sex (but not just right before, during, or right after).

Sex is an important part of any relationship. But for some reason couples don’t want to discuss it unless they are in the throes of passion. Don’t make sex a taboo subject.

23. Encourage each other.

We all have insecurities. Your relationship is one place where you should be completely free to reveal these and your spouse should help you overcome them.

24. It’s okay to have secrets.

Even George Bailey slipped Violet Bick a $20 bill every now and then.

25. Avoid subtext.

This is a cowardly way to communicate. If you have something to say, say it. Don’t hint about it.

26. Put it down.

The toilet seat. Her cell phone. The beat.

27. Pick it up.

Your dirty sock. Your used tissue. The pace.

28. Don’t over-romanticize past (or future) relationships.

You weren’t that great and your ex isn’t that hot.

29. Never use the “s” word.

Don’t call each other “stupid.” That’s just stu…. not wise.

30. Offer solutions, not criticism.

Anyone can criticize. A good teammate (See Rule 4) will offer a way out.

31. Read.

To escape or to expand. Either way, it helps.

32. You are equals.

It doesn’t matter which one of you makes the most money. It doesn’t matter which one of you has the better REO Speedwagon vinyl collection. It doesn’t matter which one of you has the best nickname. It doesn’t even matter which one of you has the coolest food allergy.

33. Compliment each other.

Sincerely and often.

34. Respect each other’s friends.

You know your wife’s loud mouthed, insane friend Cathy who thinks you have weak bullshit and can’t believe you married her BFF? See below.

35. Know when to keep your mouth shut.

No list would be complete without the “Do these jeans make my butt look big?” lesson.

36. Indulge each other’s passions.

Scrapbooking doesn’t count.

37. Lose your arbitrary moral code.

This list alone proves that I am the king of the double standard. When I want to spend money on a new set of golf clubs, it’s a good investment. When my wife wants to spend money on new kitchen countertops, she’s a profligate. It’s not exactly fair.

38. Respect space and time.

Have we not evolved as a species or watched enough Dr. Phil to realize our mate does not want to answer the question “How was your day?” the minute he/she walks in the door?

39. Take pride in your appearance.

Your marriage license doesn’t give you a free pass to always wear sweat pants and T-shirts.

40. Maintain good hygiene.

Could your big toenail puncture a snow tire? Could your breath peel wallpaper? Take care of that, please. I don’t want to have to tell you again.

41. Ask before you throw it away.

Don’t touch that broken, ceramic, animated cactus tequila shot glass holder. I’m serious.

42. Invite his/her family to special gatherings.

At least once. Thankfully, this may be all you need.

43. Speaking of family, everyone gets a holiday card and a birth announcement.

Even your creepy Uncle Steve and their psycho cousin Lisa.

44. Don’t be petty.

So I forgot to stop at the store to get your prescription. Did you have to throw away my ceramic cactus shot glass holder?

45. Be self-sufficient.

Learn to do your own laundry. Know how to cook a meal; how to navigate the grocery store; how to make an online purchase; how to turn off the water to the house; how to erect a Nerf basketball hoop; how to unclog a toilet.

46. Everything is fair game for a joke.

This should be at the heart of everything you do. I have not found a single thing that I have been unable to eventually laugh about. If you know this from the beginning, it makes things a lot more fun.

47. Have good manners.

Don’t yell. Open the door. Help carry the groceries. Cover your cough. Hold your gas.

48. Be responsible with money.

No one lives on love. You need money. If you earned it, you will almost certainly respect it. If you didn’t earn it, you must respect it even more.

49. Remember to say thank you.

Even and especially when things don’t seem like they need to be acknowledged.

50. Adapting beats abandoning.

There will be moments when you want to quit, walk out, give up. You can do that. But you will probably be doing so without giving due consideration to the new life that awaits you. Will you be better off in six months? 10 years?

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venerdì 8 agosto 2014

TRUE MEANING OF MALE STATEMENTS


Statement: "I'm a Romantic."
True Meaning: "I'm poor."

Statement: "You're the only girl I've ever cared about."
True Meaning: "You are the only girl who hasn't rejected me."

Statement: "I really want to get to know you better."
True Meaning: "So I can tell my friends about it."

Statement: "She's kinda cute."
True Meaning: "I wouldn't kick her out of bed but a pillow over the
head might be necessary."

Statement: "I don't know if I like her."
True Meaning: "She won't sleep with me."

Statement: "Was it good for you?"
True Meaning: "I'm insecure about my manhood."


Statement: "I had a wonderful time last night."
True Meaning: "Who are you?"

Statement: "Do you love me?"
True Meaning: "I've done something stupid and you might find out."

Statement: "Do you 'really' love me?"
True Meaning: "I've done something stupid and you're going to find
out sooner or later."

Statement: "How much do you love me?"

True Meaning: "I've done something really stupid and someone's on
their way to tell you by now."

Statement: "I have something to tell you."
True Meaning: "Get tested."


Statement: "I've been thinking a lot."
True Meaning: "You're not as attractive as when I was drunk."

Statement: "I think we should just be friends."

 True Meaning: "You're ugly."

Statement: "I've learned a lot from you."

 True Meaning: "Next!!!!"

Statement: "I'm on a long distance call, can you call me later?" True Meaning: "I gotta turn on my answering machine.

 

domenica 6 luglio 2014

WHAT LOVE IS ?

The definition of love has challenged and perplexed thinkers and lovers since the beginning of time. Cogent explanations follow below.
 One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
 Attention is the most basic form of love; through it we bless and are blessed.
We love because it's the only true adventure.
  Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.
 Love is friendship set on fire.
 Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
 To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia.
 Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...It really is worth fighting for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more.
 Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
 Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it.
Love stretches your heart and makes you big inside.
 Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale... Love loves; this is its nature.
Love is like war: Easy to begin but hard to end.
 Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
 Where love is, no room is too small.
Loves makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
 True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.
 To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
A love song is just a caress set to music.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
In the final analysis, love is the only reflection of man's worth.
Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
We're all a little weird, and life's a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.
 To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down.







sabato 5 luglio 2014

IS GOOD TO BE A MAN








. 1 - You keep your good mood all month.
. 2 - Drivers do not make you stupid.
. 3 - Do not carry around a bag full of shit.
. 4 - You're not stealing from hairdresser.
. 5 - You're perpendicular if nobody notice your new haircut.
. 6 - When interviewing for a job your body does not matter.
. 7 - If you criticize the work, not think everyone secretly hate you.
. 8 - No-one of the colleagues he has the ability to make you cry.

. 9 - lingerie cost you 50,000 instead of 500,000.
10. - Three pairs of shoes are enough.
. 11 - Arrangements for the wedding resolve themselves.
12. - Wedding Apparel: 3,000,000 instead of 9,000,000

13. - I keep surnames life.
14. - Honeymoon or vacation you need one bag.
15. - You're bathing and you're ready IN10 minutes.
16. - You walked in white shirt with places where you can wet.
17. - Everything on your face stays the same color
18. - Do not have to shave below the throat.
19. - You can leave the hotel bed spread good conscience.
20. - Gray hair and wrinkles you are good.
21. - Can participate in a burping contest without Shame.
22. - You can say anything without caring about what the world thinks.
23. - Can be Referee, Popa, President.
24. - You can walk in the evening with the car.
25. - You can forget a birthday or make other mistakes, flowers will arrange everything.
26. - Can you sit with your legs apart, so what!
27. - Go to the bathroom alone, not in pairs or in groups
28. - Toilet queues are 80% more rare
29. - No need to stop at the next gas station because "it's too dirty toilet"
30. - Can you admire Bruce Willis without starving to look like him.
31. - Luis Miguel, Ricky Martin, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and others are not part of your universe; there are only a handful of fagots.
32. - No need to clean the apartment every time someone comes.
. 32 - You know at least 20 options to open a beer.
33. - You can rationalize any phrase with a simple "yes-a in p .. m .."
34. - No need to monitor your friends sex lives.
35. - You go to visit a friend without them going a gift.
36. - Phone calls with friends takes less than 60 seconds.

37. - If you call a friend when you said you do, it will not comment other that you've changed.

38. - You can watch TV for hours with a friend, quietly, without thinking: "Does it upset me?"
39. - If someone forgets to invite you to an event, continue to be your friend

40. - If someone goes to a party with a sweater like yours, do not mind.
41. - If you're 34 and you're not married, your friends do not care, on the contrary, I congratulate you.
42. - Your friends do not care if you're weak or you gained.
43. - Do not care if some people talk behind you.
44. - No need to thank your kids eating only debris.
45. - You can scratch my crotch at any time of day.
46. - If it's hot you can open your shirt without problems.
47. - With 400 million sperm every "game", you could double the earth's population ... at least in theory.
48. - Can be a father day if you want, without having to wait nine months.
49. - No offense as the best friend of yours has other friends
50. - BUT .... compared to a woman .... you sexualmente WEAK!

 

WHAT A MAN IS

A real man is an epitome of strength, valor, and courage. Man is supposed to be the physically stronger gender. But a real man is emotionally and psychologically strong too. A real man never lets emotions get the better of him and responsibly carries out his duties as the family’s caretaker and breadwinner.
Frailty is the word linked with a woman while mental and physical toughness is linked with men. A real man is powerful and internally and keeps a lid on his emotions. A real man never gives in or succumbs when the tides are down. He fights all his life’s battles valiantly and never loses sight of his goal.
Strength of character is what characterizes a real man and eventually, success does dance at his feet some day. A real man goes a long way to achieve his goals and ends up being an achiever and performer.

 The Man becomes a part of your every day life the very minute you leave college, and lets be honest, as opposed to smiling and shaking hands with the dean while accepting your diploma on graduation day, you should have simply been kicked in the balls.  

But he did begin to emerge even during those blessed college days, with words like internship, resume and the "real world."  "This will look great on my resume!" Don't fool yourself, the resume is a creation of The Man. I mean what is a resume?  Your name and a list of your achievements ranging from school to job experience, or is it a list of failures considering your still looking for something new.  How much can you tell about a person by one single sheet paper and a cover letter talking about you and your five-year plan.

He is also responsible for the cubicle, a confined space with no windows, a jail cell where the time you serve is between the hours of 9 and 5.  Let's not forget the time you have to spend in traffic, or mentally winding down from your day at "work."

Perhaps I am getting a little too ahead of myself, before we attempt to define The Man's many creations, it is important to establish how he functions.  You must understand that the man is behind most everything in life with the sole goal of holding you back and bringing you down.  In today's fast paced and money driven society it is becoming more and more challenging to defy The Man.  You see The Man needs you more than you think, in order for The Man to continue to function he needs you to work, to vacation, to date, to eat, to watch T.V., to drive, etc. (the list continues forever).  I know what your saying, these are things everyone does... that is the catch, you do all of these things on The Mans watch.  He decides when you do just about everything.  You work from 9 - 5, you sit in traffic or metro lines before and after, you vacation 2 out of 52 possible weeks, you eat during your lunch break, you date and go out after work. 

The few who have successfully defied the Man do many of the same things as everyone else, but they do it whenever and wherever they want.  Who are these people you ask? People who chose an alternative lifestyle free of rush hour, cubicles, conference calls, and performance reviews.  People who decided that life is too short to compete in the rat race for essentially a life of climbing up the corporate food chain in order to improve on ones lifestyle through title and material possession.  Those who have successfully defied the man live their lives in many different ways, some chase a dream that wouldn't be possible to achieve while working a normal job, others risk everything to build something great, and others simply explore some of the amazing places and things life has to offer that one cant see behind a computer screen.

I hope the above information hasn't discouraged you; it is not intended to do so.  We simply realize that for the majority of us The Man will continue to play a major role in each and every one of our lives.  This website is intended to provide all of us with a sanctuary free of The Mans day to day efforts to hold us back.  A forum designed to post, present, and discuss anything of funny and valuable substance to help us understand the many ways The Man works.  So please feel free to contribute to Ftheman.com, after all it is a website dedicated to you, the common working man.
 











MAN

Man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed
 Man is the measure of all things
Man is heaven's masterpiece
 The more I see of men, the better I like dogs
 There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave
Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions
 Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live
 The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence
 Man is a useless passion
 Glory to Man in the highest! for Man is the master of things
 I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability
 What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!
Man is nature's sole mistake
Man is something to be surpassed
 The human race, to which so many of my readers belong
Man was formed for society
 Man: an animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be
Men are but children of a larger growth
Man, became man through work, who stepped out of the animal kingdom as transformer of the natural into the artificial, who became therefore the magician
Men play the game, women know the score
The best of men are but men at best