Your Personality
1. By Name
2. By Month
3. By Date
4. By Signing Style
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1. By Name
Does your name begin with: A?
U are not particularly romantic, but you are interested in action. You mean business. With you, what you see is what you get. You have no patience for flirting and can't be bothered with someone who is trying to be coy, cute, demure, and subtly enticing. You are an up-front person. You often don't get hints %26amp; you never pass any. Brains turn you on. You must feel that your partner is intellectually stimulating; otherwise you will find it difficult to sustain the relationship. You require loving, cuddling, wining, and dining to know that you're being appreciated. Your mate's physical attractiveness is important for you. You tend to be very practical, %26amp; not very emotional. Your choices are very good %26amp; can only lead to trouble. You are very self satisfied %26amp; egoistic.
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Does your name begin with: B?
You give off vibes of lazy sensuality. You enjoy being romanced, wined, and dined. You are very happy to receive gifts as an statement of the affection of your lover. You want to be pampered and know how to pamper your mate. You are private in your statement of endearments, and particular when it comes to love. You will hold off until everything meets with your approval. You can control your appetite %26amp; feelings. You require new sensations and experiences. You are willing to experiment.
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Does your name begin with: C?
You are a very social individual, and it is important to you to have a relationship. You require closeness and togetherness. You want the object of your affection to be socially acceptable and good-looking. You see your lover as a friend and companion. You are very sensual, needing someone to appreciate and almost worship you. When this cannot be achieved, you have the ability to hold out on affection until you receive this. You are an expert at controlling your desires and doing without.
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Does your name begin with: D?
Once you get it into your head that you want someone, you move full steam ahead in your suit. You do not give up your quest easily. You are nurturing and caring. If someone has a problem, this turns you on. You are highly passionate, loyal, and intense in your involvement' s, sometimes possessive and jealous. You are very sharp %26amp; talented often with sense of humor. When people bother to look deep inside they cannot resist what they see. You are stimulated by the eccentric and unusual, having a free and open attitude. You get jealous of other people and lose your temper.
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Does your name begin with: E?
Your greatest need is to talk. If your date is not a good listener, you have trouble relating. A person must be intellectually stimulating or you are not interested sexually. You need a friend for a lover and a companion. You hate disharmony and disruption, but you do enjoy a good argument once in a while-it seems to stir things up. You flirt a lot, for the challenge is more important. But once you give your heart away, you are uncompromisingly loyal. You will fall asleep with a good book. Sometimes, in fact, you prefer a good book to a lover.
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Does your name begin with: F?
You are idealistic and romantic, putting your lover on a pedestal. You look for the very best mate you can find. You are a flirt, yet once committed, you are very loyal. You are sensuous and privately passionate. Publicly, you can be showy, extravagant, and gallant. You are a born romantic. Dramatic love scenes are a favorite fantasy past time. You can be a very generous lover.
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Does your name begin with: G?
You are fastidious, seeking perfection within yourself and your lover. You respond to a lover who is your intellectual equal or superior, and one who can enhance your status. You are sensuous and know how to reach the peak of stimulation, because you work at it meticulously. You can be extremely active-never tiring out. Your duties and responsibilities take precedence over everything else. You may have difficulty getting emotionally close to people.
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Does your name begin with: H?
You seek a mate who can enhance your zest for life, fun %26amp; everything you seek for. You will be very generous to your lover once you have attained a commitment. You are very affectionate %26amp; very strong. Your gifts are actually an investment in your partner. Before the commitment, though, you tend to be very careful with your every move and equally cautious in your involvements often, as you believe that you have to look out for yourself. You are a sensual and patient lover. You will hold off till everything meets your full approval. You are a perfectionist, hard to satisfy and strong in your beliefs. Not influential, you always stand your ground. People can always count on you to stand by them in a crisis. You are a dreamer with a passion for life.
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Does your name begin with: I?
You have a great need to be loved, appreciated. ..even worshiped. You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh. You like necking spend hours just touching feeling %26amp; exploring. You look for lovers who know what they are doing. You are not interested in an amateur, unless that amateur wants a tutor. You are fussy and exacting about having your desires satisfied.. You are willing to experiment and try new modes of statement. You bore easily and thus require adventure and change. Your commitments don't last very long %26amp; you often tend to stray. Loyalty is not one of your strong points. You are more sensual than sexual, but you are sometimes downright lustful.
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Does your name begin with: J?
You are blessed with a great deal of physical energy. When used for a good cause there is nothing to stop you, except maybe that they aren't always used for the good. ( you could dance all night.) You respond to the thrill of the chase and the challenge of the mating game. You can carry on great romances in your head. At heart you are a roamer and need to set out on your own every so often. You will carry on long- distance relationships with ease. You are idealistic and need to believe in love. You have a need to be nurtured deep within.
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Does your name begin with: K?
You are secretive, self-contained, and shy. You are very sexy, sensual, and passionate, but you do not let on to this. Only in intimate privacy will this part of your nature reveal itself. When it gets down to the nitty-gritty, you are an expert. You know all the little tricks of the trade, can play any role or any game, and take your love life very seriously. You don't fool around. You have the patience to wait for the right person to come along. You are very generous %26amp; giving, often selfless. You are kind-natured %26amp; sweet, which is found to be
attractive by many. You are a good friend.
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Does your name begin with: L?
You can be very romantic, attached to the glamour of love. Having a partner is of paramount importance to you. You are free in your statement of love and are willing to take chances, try new sexual experiences and partners, provided it's all in good taste. Brains turn you on. You must feel that your partner is intellectually stimulating, otherwise you will find it difficult to sustain the relationship. You require loving, cuddling, wining, and dining to know that you're being appreciated.
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Does your name begin with: M?
You may appear innocent, unassuming and shy; but we know that appearances can lie. When it comes to sex, you are no novice but something of a skilled technician. You can easily go to extremes, though, running the gamut from insatiability to boredom with the whole idea of love. You can be highly critical of your mate, seeking perfection in both of you. It is not easy to find someone who can meet your standards. You have difficulty expressing emotions and drawing close to lovers. You are often selfish, thinking you are always right no matter what. You never give in. Winning is your prime desire- at any cost. You often forget friends and family and you live for the moment.
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Does your name begin with: N?
You are emotional and intense. When involved in a relationship, you throw your entire being into it. Nothing stops you; there are no holds barred. You are all consuming and crave someone who is equally passionate and intense. You believe in total freedom. You are willing to try anything and everything. Your supply of energy is inexhaustible. You want to be pampered and know how to pamper your mate. You also enjoy mothering your mate. You often have the greatest love affairs all by yourself, in your head. You are very imaginative.
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Does your name begin with: O?
You are very interested in fun activities yet secretive and shy about your desires. You can re-channel much of your energy into making money and/or seeking we. You can easily have extended periods of celibacy. You are a passionate, compassionate lover, requiring the same qualities from your mate. Love is serious business; thus you demand intensity, diversity and is willing to try anything or anyone. Sometimes your passions turn to possessiveness, which must be kept in check.
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Does your name begin with: P?
You are very conscious of social proprieties. You wouldn't think of doing anything that might harm your image or reputation. Appearances count. Therefore, you require a good-looking partner. You also require an intelligent partner. Oddly enough, you may view your partner as your enemy...a good fight stimulates those vibes. You are relatively free of hang-ups. You are willing to experiment and try new ways of doing things. You are very social and sensual; you enjoy flirting and need a good deal of physical gratification.
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Does your name begin with: Q?
You require constant activity and stimulation. You have tremendous physical energy. It is not easy for a partner to keep up with you. You are an enthusiastic lover and tend to be attracted to people because of their ethnic groups. You need romance, hearts and flowers, and conversation to turn you on and keep you going.
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Does your name begin with: R?
You are a no-nonsense, action-oriented individual. You need someone who can keep pace with you and who is your intellectual equal-the smarter the better. You are turned on more quickly by a great mind than by a great body. However, physical attractiveness is not very important to you. You have to be proved to be worthy for a partner. You have a need to prove yourself the best. You want feedback on your performance. You are open, stimulating %26amp; romantic.
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Does your name begin with: S?
For you, it is pleasure before business. You can be romantically idealistic to a fault and is capable of much sensuality. But you never loose control of your emotions. Once you make the commitment you stick like glue. You could get jealous and possessive. You tend to be very selfish often regarding yourself as the only human being on the planet. You like being
the center of attention. You are very caring, sensitive, private %26amp; sometimes very passive. Turned on by soft lights, romantic thoughts. When it gets down to the nitty-gritty, you are an expert. You know all the little tricks of the trade, can play any role, or any game, and take your love life very seriously. You don't fool around. You have the patience to wait for the right person to come along. You are very generous %26amp; giving, often selfless. You are kind nature %26amp; sweet, which is found to be attractive by many. You are a good friend.
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Does your name begin with: T?
You are very sensitive, private %26amp; sometimes very passive. You like someone who takes the lead. Music, soft lights %26amp; romantic thoughts turn you on. You fantasize %26amp; tend to fall in %26amp; out of love soon. When in love you are romantic, idealistic, mushy %26amp; extremely. You enjoy having your senses %26amp; your feelings stimulated, titillated %26amp; teased. You are a great flirt. You can make your relationships fit your dreams, all in your own head. Once you put your mind to something you manage to stand by it and see your dreams through. You aren't very good at expressing your feelings. You like things your own way. You do not like change; you like to hold on to things. This may not always be good because if given an opportunity things may develop into great things. You work your way to the top. Attention must be given to what others say because even though you don't want to hear it their advice may turn ! out to save your life.
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Does your name begin with: U?
You are enthusiastic %26amp; at you're happiest when in love. When not in love you're in love with love and always looking for someone to adore. You see romance as challenge. You are a roamer %26amp; needs adventure, excitement freedom. You enjoy giving gifts %26amp; looking good. You
are willing to put others feelings above yours.
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Does your name begin with: V?
You are individualistic %26amp; you need freedom, space %26amp; excitement. You wait till you know someone well before committing yourself. Knowing someone means psyching her/him out. You feel a need to get into his/her head to see hat makes him tick. You are attracted to eccentric types. You believe that age is no barrier. You are good at responding to danger, fear %26amp; suspense.
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Does your name begin with: W?
You are very proud, determined %26amp; refuses to take no for an answer when it come to love. Your ego is at stake all the time. You are romantic, idealistic, often in love with love itself, not seeing your partner for who she or he really is. You feel deeply about love %26amp; tends to throw all of your self into a relationship. Nothing is too good for your lover. You like laying love games.
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Does your name begin with: X?
You need constant stimulation because you get bored quickly. You can handle more than 1 relationship at a time with ease. You can't shut off your mind. You can do 2 things at once. You are very talented.
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Does your name begin with: Y?
You are sensual %26amp; very independent. If you can't have it your way, you will forget the whole thing. You want to control your relationships, which doesn't work out too well. You respond to physical stimulation. However if you can make money you will give up the pleasures of the flesh for the moment. You have a need to prove yourself the best. You want feedback on your performance. You are open, stimulating %26amp; romantic.
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Does your name begin with: Z?
You are very romantic but show feels that to love means to suffer. You wind up serving your mate %26amp; attracting people who have unusual trouble. You see yourself as a lover's savior.
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2. By Month
JANUARY
*Ambitious and serious *Loves to teach and be taught *Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses *Likes to criticize *Hardworking and productive *Smart, neat and organised *Sensitive and has deep thoughts *Knows how to make others happy *Quiet unless excited or tensed *Rather reserved *Highly attentive *Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds *Romantic but has difficulties expressing love *Loves children *Homely person *Loyal *Needs to improve social abilities *Easily jealous.
FEBRUARY
*Abstract thoughts *Loves reality and abstract *Intelligent and clever *Changing personality *Temperamental *Quiet, shy and humble *Low self esteem *Honest and loyal *Determined to reach goals *Loves freedom *Rebellious when restricted *Loves aggressiveness *Too sensitive and easily hurt *Showing anger easily *Dislike unnecessary things *Loves making friends but rarely shows it *Daring and stubborn *Ambitious *Realizing dreams and hopes *Sharp *Loves entertainment and leisure *Romantic on the inside not outside *Superstitious and ludicrous *Spendthrift *Learns to show emotions.
MARCH
*Attractive personality *Affectionate *Shy and reserved *Secretive *Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic *Loves peace and serenity *Sensitive to others *Loves to serve others *Not easily angered *Trustworthy *Appreciative and returns kindness *Observant and assess others *Revengeful *Loves to dream and fantasize *Loves traveling *Loves attention *Hasty decisions in choosing partners *Loves home decors *Musically talented *Loves special things *Moody.
APRIL
*Active and dynamic *Decisive and haste but tends to regret *Attractive and affectionate to oneself *Strong mentality *Loves attention *Diplomatic *Consoling *Friendly and solves people's problems *Brave and fearless *Adventurous *Loving and caring *Suave and generous *Emotional *Revengeful *Aggressive *Hasty *Good memory *Moving *Motivate oneself and the others *Sickness usually of the head and chest *Easily get too jealous.
MAY
*Stubborn and hard-hearted *Strong-willed and highly motivated *Sharp thoughts *Easily angered *Attracts others and loves attention *Deep feelings *Beautiful physically and mentally *Firm standpoint *Easily influenced *Needs no motivation *Easily consoled *Systematic (left brain) *Loves to dream *Strong clairvoyance *Understanding *Sickness usually in the ear and neck *Good imagination *Good debating skills *Good physical *Weak breathing *Loves literature and the arts *Loves traveling *Dislike being at home *Restless *Hardworking *High spirited *Spendthrift
JUNE
*Thinks far with vision *Easily influenced by kindness *Polite and soft-spoken *Having lots of ideas *Sensitive *Active mind *Hesitating *Tends to delay *Choosy and always wants the best *Temperamental *Funny and humorous *Loves to joke *Good debating skills *Talkative *Daydreamer *Friendly *Knows how to make friends *Abiding *Able to show character *Easily hurt *Prone to getting colds *Loves to dress up *Easily bored *Fussy *Seldom show emotions *Takes time to recover when hurt *Brand conscious *Executive *Stubborn *Those who loves me are enemies *Those who hates me are friends.
JULY
*Fun to be with *Secretive *Difficult to fathom and to be understood *Quiet unless excited or tensed *Takes pride in oneself *Has reputation *Easily consoled *Honest *Concern about people's feelings *Tactful *Friendly *Approachable *Very emotional *Temperamental and unpredictable *Moody and easily hurt *Witty and starkly *Sentimental *Not revengeful *Forgiving but never forgets *Dislike nonsensical and unnecessary things *Guides others physically and mentally *Sensitive and forms impressions carefully *Caring and loving *Treats others equally *Strong sense of sympathy *Wary and sharp *Judge people through observations *Hardworking *No difficulties in studying *Loves to be alone *Always broods about the past and the old friends *Likes to be quiet *Homely person *Waits for friends *Never looks for friends *Not aggressive unless provoked *Prone to having stomach and dieting problems *Loves to be loved *Easily hurt but takes long to recover *Overly concerned *Puts in effort in work.
AUGUST
*Loves to joke *Attractive *Suave and caring *Brave and fearless *Firm and has leadership qualities *Knows how to console others *Too generous and egoistic *Take high pride of oneself *Thirsty for praises *Extraordinary spirit *Easily angered *Angry when provoked *Easily jealous *Observant *Careful and cautious *Thinks quickly *Independent thoughts *Loves to lead and to be led *Loves to dream *Talented in the arts, music and defense *Sensitive but not petty *Poor resistance against illnesses *Learns to relax *Hasty and rusty *Romantic *Loving and caring *Loves to make friends.
SEPTEMBER
*Suave and compromising *Careful, cautious and organized *Likes to point out people's mistakes *Likes to criticize *Quiet but able to talk well *Calm and cool *Kind and sympathetic *Concerned and detailed *Trustworthy, loyal and honest *Does work well *Sensitive *Thinking *Good memory *Clever and knowledgeable *Loves to look for information *Must control oneself when criticizing *Able to motivate oneself *Understanding *Secretive *Loves sports, leisure and traveling *Hardly shows emotions *Tends to bottle up feelings *Choosy especially in relationships *Loves wide things *Systematic.
OCTOBER
*Loves to chat *Loves those who loves him *Loves to takes things at the center *Attractive and suave *Inner and physical beauty *Does not lie or pretend *Sympathetic *Treats friends importantly *Always making friends *Easily hurt but recovers easily *Bad tempered *Selfish *Seldom helps unless asked *Daydreamer *Very opinionated *Does not care of what others think *Emotional *Decisive *Strong clairvoyance *Loves to travel, the arts and literature *Soft-spoken, loving and caring *Romantic *Touchy and easily jealous *Concerned *Loves outdoors *Just and fair *Spendthrift and easily influenced *Easily lose confidence.
NOVEMBER
*Has a lot of ideas *Difficult to fathom *Thinks forward *Unique and brilliant *Extraordinary ideas *Sharp thinking *Fine and strong clairvoyance *Can become good doctors *Careful and cautious *Dynamic in personality *Secretive *Inquisitive *Knows how to dig secrets *Always thinking *Less talkative but amiable *Brave and generous *Patient *Stubborn and hard-hearted *If there is a will, there is a way *Determined *Never give up *Hardly become angry unless provoked *Loves to be alone *Thinks differently from others *Sharp-minded *Motivates oneself *Does not appreciate praises *High-spirited *Well-built and tough *Deep love and emotions *Romantic *Uncertain in relationships *Homely *Hardworking *High abilities *Trustworthy *Honest and keeps secrets *Not able to control emotions *Unpredictable.
DECEMBER
*Loyal and generous *Patriotic *Active in games and interactions *Impatient and hasty *Ambitious *Influential in organizations *Fun to be with *Loves to socialize *Loves praises *Loves attention *Loves to be loved *Honest and trustworthy *Not pretending *Short tempered *Changing personality *Not egoistic *Takes high pride in oneself *Hates restrictions *Loves to joke *Good sense of humor *Logical.
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1. By Name
Does your name begin with: A?
U are not particularly romantic, but you are interested in action. You mean business. With you, what you see is what you get. You have no patience for flirting and can't be bothered with someone who is trying to be coy, cute, demure, and subtly enticing. You are an up-front person. You often don't get hints %26amp; you never pass any. Brains turn you on. You must feel that your partner is intellectually stimulating; otherwise you will find it difficult to sustain the relationship. You require loving, cuddling, wining, and dining to know that you're being appreciated. Your mate's physical attractiveness is important for you. You tend to be very practical, %26amp; not very emotional. Your choices are very good %26amp; can only lead to trouble. You are very self satisfied %26amp; egoist
Yours Personality i tell you Friends..?
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Reply:The name thing TOTALLY describes me. Cool! Report It
Reply:you nailed me by way of name and month loved to see the signature and date
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Shop keeper ?
A man had just opened a new shop and had some flowers sent to him,upon reading the card he became confused,it read "with deapest sympathy."
At this point the phone rang and it was the florist to appologise,
"thats no problem "says the shopkeeper "i know that these things happen."
"Well "said the florist"i don't know what i am going to say to the people who recieved your flowers.",Who were they"the shopkeeper asks
"they went to a funeral,and the card said good luck in your new location."
star if funny
Shop keeper ?
That joke is so old it made me groan out loud so that my family started laughing and asked me what I was groaning about. When I read out the joke THEY all groaned and I started to laugh and then we were all rolling around, so your joke started a chain reaction and we all had a good laugh - thanks.
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That has got to be the funniest hahaha
You made my day hahahahaha!!!!!!
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thanks for the giggle.lol
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At this point the phone rang and it was the florist to appologise,
"thats no problem "says the shopkeeper "i know that these things happen."
"Well "said the florist"i don't know what i am going to say to the people who recieved your flowers.",Who were they"the shopkeeper asks
"they went to a funeral,and the card said good luck in your new location."
star if funny
Shop keeper ?
That joke is so old it made me groan out loud so that my family started laughing and asked me what I was groaning about. When I read out the joke THEY all groaned and I started to laugh and then we were all rolling around, so your joke started a chain reaction and we all had a good laugh - thanks.
Reply:Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
That has got to be the funniest hahaha
You made my day hahahahaha!!!!!!
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Reply:Lucky13 gives you 0 stars!!
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thanks for the giggle.lol
xxx
Do you think these would be ok?
these flowers for my bfs grandma and grandpa, his grandpa just lost his sister, and i was looking at the sympathy ones and first of all there two expensive and they are just plain white....
i like these b/c they are in my price range, and i think they would make someone happy are they appropriate?
http://products.proflowers.com/flowers/T...
Do you think these would be ok?
well hunn, its more the thought that matters when it comes to situations like this. as long as they know that u are there for them you will be fine. nice choice and its a great price. sybolic if you ask me. :) good luck hunn... dont let anyone talk you out of your choice
Reply:These flowers are appropriate for flowers sent to the home for them personally .. such as "I'm thinking of you".
If you want to sent the flowers to the service .. check-out a pot plant. Potted plants can go to the service -- then they are given back to the family -- which the family takes home and raises.
Reply:I think they're beautiful, and appropriate, but I would make sure you know what the card says before you send it. Make sure it doesn't say "Thanks Mom" - that could be an awkward explanation.
Reply:I think they are awesome, and it is so nice of you to show you care. That is the bottom line, to show you care!
Reply:i'm sorry to hear about his loss. i think these are fine. they'll probably really appreciate your thinking of them anyway.
i like these b/c they are in my price range, and i think they would make someone happy are they appropriate?
http://products.proflowers.com/flowers/T...
Do you think these would be ok?
well hunn, its more the thought that matters when it comes to situations like this. as long as they know that u are there for them you will be fine. nice choice and its a great price. sybolic if you ask me. :) good luck hunn... dont let anyone talk you out of your choice
Reply:These flowers are appropriate for flowers sent to the home for them personally .. such as "I'm thinking of you".
If you want to sent the flowers to the service .. check-out a pot plant. Potted plants can go to the service -- then they are given back to the family -- which the family takes home and raises.
Reply:I think they're beautiful, and appropriate, but I would make sure you know what the card says before you send it. Make sure it doesn't say "Thanks Mom" - that could be an awkward explanation.
Reply:I think they are awesome, and it is so nice of you to show you care. That is the bottom line, to show you care!
Reply:i'm sorry to hear about his loss. i think these are fine. they'll probably really appreciate your thinking of them anyway.
Jewish bereavement.?
I work for a fantastic jewish family (Father/wife and three sons). This week, the Fathers Mother died and she was burried on Friday. I wanted to send flowers but was advised against doing so. Similarly I was advised against sending a sympathy card. I want to show my care for the family. How do I do this with their religion in mind?
Jewish bereavement.?
As shalhevet said: Donate in the name of the deceased to a Jewish organization, or a secular one, to some cause, maybe that the deceased would have appreciated. Condolences can be offered, but usually giving to an organization as a means of doing so is better.
If you know the name of their synagogue, a donation to them could be used for any number of charitable causes.
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Reply:You are very kind. Yes, flowers are not sent to the funeral home of a Jewish man, woman or child who died.
Usually the family will sit 'shiva', actually a beautiful tradition once you know about it. I wasn't Jewish, but my husband is, and that's how I learned......
After the burial, the immediate mourners return to a home called the "shiva house," to begin a seven-day period of intense mourning.
This week is called "sitting shiva," and is an emotionally and spiritually healing time where the mourners sit low, dwell together, and friends and loved ones come to comfort them with short visits referred to as "shiva calls."
A person sits shiva after having lost a parent, spouse, sibling, or child.
When family, friends and neighbors help out during the week and provide for the needs of the mourners, an atmosphere of love, caring and kindness is created. This helps to soften the pain that the mourner so deeply feels.
People are confused as to how to sit shiva and how to properly pay a shiva call. Because people do not know, and because talking about death makes people nervous and awkward, the shiva house often turns into a festive gathering filled with nervous chatter, instead of the proper house of mourning.
The laws of mourning have the purpose of focusing a person on their own spirituality. We experience an overall feeling of physical discomfort as we totally focus on the soul of the one who has departed. We de-emphasize our own physicality by not pampering our bodies and mirrors are covered by some.
The overall focus throughout the week is: I am a soul, my loved one is a soul.
If you visit the family at their home during the week of shiva, some food, a desert etc. is an appropriate 'gift' to bring along.
Reply:as said, I think the biggest thing is just "being there"
it might seem weird in a way, but... Judaism has a relatively interesting tradition that allows for a short time of doing nearly nothing but greiving, then working out of that state back into normal life.
you might want to, in addition to just being there, see if you can find a good book about Jewish Mourning traditions. (as its definitely not the time to ask them about it now)
Reply:It's really sweet of you. You can of course send a card, and it will be appreciated. The traditional message for the man who has sadly lost his mother is: 'I wish you long life.'
So you can say this to him, and also write it in the card, along with any other message of sympathy/empathy that you would like to. Please don't feel nervous about the religious aspect - you're doing a truly human and kind thing, and it will be appreciated as such :)
Reply:You can do either of the following two things: Either go with the family to the cemetery and put a small rock on the tombstone. They must see that you did it.
Or you can make a donation to any institution of charity in the name of the dead woman. Then again, they must know that you did the good deed.
Reply:Sending a card is fine.
We all know people that are not Jewish do not understand "our ways" and do not get offended.
What I would do, is send a card and in that card show that you donated something to a Jewish charity in her name. Tzedakah is an important value in Judaism and they will appreciate it.
Here is a website of reliable Jewish charities in case you decide to go this route. I thought I would help you out.
http://www.just-tzedakah.org/
I am sure whatever you do will be appreciated.
Reply:The Jewish religion takes bereavement and respect for the family and the dead seriously.
First off, the first seven days after burial are strictly for mourning. This is called "sitting shivah." Your family might not observe this as much as others -- I don't know how traditional or not they are -- but generally bringing them (kosher if they observe kosher) food as they're not expected to cook in more traditional sects, telling them stories of the deceased that honor them or remind the family of them are considered acceptable. You don't really offer consolation; the grief is too strong - so just be with them (technically, you can offer consolation after the body is buried, but not beforehand, as they're supposed to be too shocked to really even know the person is dead). Watch their kids so they might attend to business that needs attending. Donate in the name of the deceased to a Jewish organization, or a secular one, to some cause, maybe that the deceased would have appreciated. Condolences can be offered, but usually giving to an organization as a means of doing so is better.
This is called tzedakah. Giving tzedakah (righteous justice -- often translated as "charity" though it's not nearly the same as it's requirement) is considered much better than flowers.
My Conservative synagogue sent sympathy cards to my rabbi a lot this year - both his parents who were Holocaust survivors died. However, many also donated to the cause of remembering Yom HaShoah (Holocaust remembrance day). Not a lot, but enough to show that they felt his pain.
Jewish bereavement.?
As shalhevet said: Donate in the name of the deceased to a Jewish organization, or a secular one, to some cause, maybe that the deceased would have appreciated. Condolences can be offered, but usually giving to an organization as a means of doing so is better.
If you know the name of their synagogue, a donation to them could be used for any number of charitable causes.
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Reply:You are very kind. Yes, flowers are not sent to the funeral home of a Jewish man, woman or child who died.
Usually the family will sit 'shiva', actually a beautiful tradition once you know about it. I wasn't Jewish, but my husband is, and that's how I learned......
After the burial, the immediate mourners return to a home called the "shiva house," to begin a seven-day period of intense mourning.
This week is called "sitting shiva," and is an emotionally and spiritually healing time where the mourners sit low, dwell together, and friends and loved ones come to comfort them with short visits referred to as "shiva calls."
A person sits shiva after having lost a parent, spouse, sibling, or child.
When family, friends and neighbors help out during the week and provide for the needs of the mourners, an atmosphere of love, caring and kindness is created. This helps to soften the pain that the mourner so deeply feels.
People are confused as to how to sit shiva and how to properly pay a shiva call. Because people do not know, and because talking about death makes people nervous and awkward, the shiva house often turns into a festive gathering filled with nervous chatter, instead of the proper house of mourning.
The laws of mourning have the purpose of focusing a person on their own spirituality. We experience an overall feeling of physical discomfort as we totally focus on the soul of the one who has departed. We de-emphasize our own physicality by not pampering our bodies and mirrors are covered by some.
The overall focus throughout the week is: I am a soul, my loved one is a soul.
If you visit the family at their home during the week of shiva, some food, a desert etc. is an appropriate 'gift' to bring along.
Reply:as said, I think the biggest thing is just "being there"
it might seem weird in a way, but... Judaism has a relatively interesting tradition that allows for a short time of doing nearly nothing but greiving, then working out of that state back into normal life.
you might want to, in addition to just being there, see if you can find a good book about Jewish Mourning traditions. (as its definitely not the time to ask them about it now)
Reply:It's really sweet of you. You can of course send a card, and it will be appreciated. The traditional message for the man who has sadly lost his mother is: 'I wish you long life.'
So you can say this to him, and also write it in the card, along with any other message of sympathy/empathy that you would like to. Please don't feel nervous about the religious aspect - you're doing a truly human and kind thing, and it will be appreciated as such :)
Reply:You can do either of the following two things: Either go with the family to the cemetery and put a small rock on the tombstone. They must see that you did it.
Or you can make a donation to any institution of charity in the name of the dead woman. Then again, they must know that you did the good deed.
Reply:Sending a card is fine.
We all know people that are not Jewish do not understand "our ways" and do not get offended.
What I would do, is send a card and in that card show that you donated something to a Jewish charity in her name. Tzedakah is an important value in Judaism and they will appreciate it.
Here is a website of reliable Jewish charities in case you decide to go this route. I thought I would help you out.
http://www.just-tzedakah.org/
I am sure whatever you do will be appreciated.
Reply:The Jewish religion takes bereavement and respect for the family and the dead seriously.
First off, the first seven days after burial are strictly for mourning. This is called "sitting shivah." Your family might not observe this as much as others -- I don't know how traditional or not they are -- but generally bringing them (kosher if they observe kosher) food as they're not expected to cook in more traditional sects, telling them stories of the deceased that honor them or remind the family of them are considered acceptable. You don't really offer consolation; the grief is too strong - so just be with them (technically, you can offer consolation after the body is buried, but not beforehand, as they're supposed to be too shocked to really even know the person is dead). Watch their kids so they might attend to business that needs attending. Donate in the name of the deceased to a Jewish organization, or a secular one, to some cause, maybe that the deceased would have appreciated. Condolences can be offered, but usually giving to an organization as a means of doing so is better.
This is called tzedakah. Giving tzedakah (righteous justice -- often translated as "charity" though it's not nearly the same as it's requirement) is considered much better than flowers.
My Conservative synagogue sent sympathy cards to my rabbi a lot this year - both his parents who were Holocaust survivors died. However, many also donated to the cause of remembering Yom HaShoah (Holocaust remembrance day). Not a lot, but enough to show that they felt his pain.
Have you ever made a serious faux paux?????
On opening his new store, a man received a bouquet of flowers. He became dismayed on reading the enclosed card, that it expressed "Deepest Sympathy". While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card.
Storekeeper: "Oh, it's alright. I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen."
Florist: "But, I accidentally sent your card to a funeral parlor."
Storekeeper: "Well, what did it say?"
Florist: “Congratulations on your new location."
Have you ever made a serious faux paux?????
I will always remember the Faux Paux my friend made. I come from a large family. She was meeting my family for the 1st time and having a conversation with my mother. we were about 13 or 14. They were talking about the Aquarium. My friend said I love to look at the octopuses (testicles) she obviously meant tentacles. Fortunately my mother just smiled to herself, ignored the verbal oops .. and went on as though she said the right word. My friend and I still laugh about it to this day.
Reply:ROFL! Good one.
Reply:That's a good one! Thanks for sharing! :)
Reply:How very cute. Thanks I needed that.
Reply:Love it! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
Reply:Hilarious! Keep 'em coming.
Reply:two in a row , wow !
Reply:Love it. Actually it seems to fit the situation, I think it does anyway. The person did move on to a new location.
Reply:OMG!! That is hysterical!! I love it!!
Reply:LOL. Thanks for starting my day off with a bang. I have had a serious faux paux, actually. It concerns this current reincarnation of mine: WASN'T I SUPPOSED TO BE WEALTHY BEYOND ALL REASON? I know I deserved it and please help if you can.
Reply:ROFLMAOPIMP!! Thanks, that is so cute
Reply:That`s terrific..I love it...I`ve made too many faux paux to even begin to count.
Reply:Oops! Thanks for starting my day off right -- with a smile!
Reply:Thanks for the laugh!
Back in high school I used to think it was a faux paux to wear Nike shoes and Adidas socks. shame on me, LOL!
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Storekeeper: "Oh, it's alright. I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen."
Florist: "But, I accidentally sent your card to a funeral parlor."
Storekeeper: "Well, what did it say?"
Florist: “Congratulations on your new location."
Have you ever made a serious faux paux?????
I will always remember the Faux Paux my friend made. I come from a large family. She was meeting my family for the 1st time and having a conversation with my mother. we were about 13 or 14. They were talking about the Aquarium. My friend said I love to look at the octopuses (testicles) she obviously meant tentacles. Fortunately my mother just smiled to herself, ignored the verbal oops .. and went on as though she said the right word. My friend and I still laugh about it to this day.
Reply:ROFL! Good one.
Reply:That's a good one! Thanks for sharing! :)
Reply:How very cute. Thanks I needed that.
Reply:Love it! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
Reply:Hilarious! Keep 'em coming.
Reply:two in a row , wow !
Reply:Love it. Actually it seems to fit the situation, I think it does anyway. The person did move on to a new location.
Reply:OMG!! That is hysterical!! I love it!!
Reply:LOL. Thanks for starting my day off with a bang. I have had a serious faux paux, actually. It concerns this current reincarnation of mine: WASN'T I SUPPOSED TO BE WEALTHY BEYOND ALL REASON? I know I deserved it and please help if you can.
Reply:ROFLMAOPIMP!! Thanks, that is so cute
Reply:That`s terrific..I love it...I`ve made too many faux paux to even begin to count.
Reply:Oops! Thanks for starting my day off right -- with a smile!
Reply:Thanks for the laugh!
Back in high school I used to think it was a faux paux to wear Nike shoes and Adidas socks. shame on me, LOL!
company
Funny or not?
On opening his new store, a man received a bouquet of flowers. He became dismayed on reading the enclosed card, that it expressed "Deepest Sympathy". While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card. "Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen." "But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party." "Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper. "'Congratulations on your new location'." was the reply.
Funny or not?
Ding Dong IRISH, you are ringing my bell today. 10/10+star. xx
Reply:It makes me smile not burst into a uncontroable laugfter.
Reply:LOL
9/10
Keep smilin'.
Reply:if you don't think about it too much, i guess
Reply:not HAHAHAA funny but its okay
Reply:Funny?
Funny?
Anyone got a clean pair of pants, please?
Reply:funny!
Reply:That's awful... ly funny!!!
Reply:Funny
Reply:not
Reply:lol...good jokes...hmm...i'm wondering..lol..star*:D
Reply:A bit but it dint make me smile or laugh soz!
Reply::)
Reply:Now thats funny.
Reply:not
Reply:not
Reply:not bad
Reply:yeah it's ok made me laugh
Reply:DANG! that's a great one!!!
Reply:tht made me smile a little bit.
Reply:THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!
I love stupid jokes!!
Reply:The old ones are always the best.
Reply:funny!yayaya!!!!
Reply:Mildly amusing.
Embarrassing for the florist!
Reply:LOL PMSL
extremly funny
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Reply:was funny 30 years ago...
Reply:Not bad. I've certainly heard worse ones on here!
Reply:No,Please try again.
Funny or not?
Ding Dong IRISH, you are ringing my bell today. 10/10+star. xx
Reply:It makes me smile not burst into a uncontroable laugfter.
Reply:LOL
9/10
Keep smilin'.
Reply:if you don't think about it too much, i guess
Reply:not HAHAHAA funny but its okay
Reply:Funny?
Funny?
Anyone got a clean pair of pants, please?
Reply:funny!
Reply:That's awful... ly funny!!!
Reply:Funny
Reply:not
Reply:lol...good jokes...hmm...i'm wondering..lol..star*:D
Reply:A bit but it dint make me smile or laugh soz!
Reply::)
Reply:Now thats funny.
Reply:not
Reply:not
Reply:not bad
Reply:yeah it's ok made me laugh
Reply:DANG! that's a great one!!!
Reply:tht made me smile a little bit.
Reply:THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!
I love stupid jokes!!
Reply:The old ones are always the best.
Reply:funny!yayaya!!!!
Reply:Mildly amusing.
Embarrassing for the florist!
Reply:LOL PMSL
extremly funny
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Reply:was funny 30 years ago...
Reply:Not bad. I've certainly heard worse ones on here!
Reply:No,Please try again.
Do i acknowledge her passing?
okay...my ex-husband and i went through a bitter nasty divorce 2 years ago. we are only still in contact because we have 2 kids. He hates me and is still extremely bitter. His mother passed away on friday, and I sent him a text msg offerring my sympathy (he wont accept my actual telephone calls. ) Anyway, my question is...is it okay for me to sendf flowers to the service, or since i am not part of the family anymore...just let it go...?
Do i acknowledge her passing?
It might be better for you to maybe take the to the burial site after everything is done. There is no sense in causing more heartache to the family if you guys have problems, but you definitly have a right to morn her. You can also get flowers sent to the grave after the fact. Were the kids close to the grandma? If so offer to let the husband or some other family memeber that you trust to take the kids to the funeral.
Reply:I DONT SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT...ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE VERY THOUGHTFUL OF YOU...
Reply:I think it would depend on your relationship with your ex-mother in law. It would show a lot of class if you did send flowers. Ask the florist for something small but not too small and tastefully done.
Reply:yes, i would. Just because you divorced the husband doesn't mean that you divorced the family
Reply:I think it'd be appropriate to send flowers to the service. If you think it would be disruptive, then don't sign your name to the card. I wouldn't recommend sending flowers to his house or directly to any family member.
Reply:You could send flowers. If you think it would upset him, just sign the kids names.
Reply:I would send flowers if I felt the need to. Don't do it to show that you are the "bigger person" Only send them if you are truly sympathetic to what he and his family is going through. The bottom line is, she is your childrens grandmother and you have the right to pay your respects, and that of your children as well. Good luck!
Reply:You do what your heart leads you to do.You did the right thing.Too bad hes not mature enough to be reseptive and let the past go.
Reply:Follow your heart and do what you feel is right.It's OK to send flowers it will show your respect and you will be the bigger person.
Reply:Given what you told us in the question, my gut reaction is to leave it as a text message only. Unless the kids were close to her, and old enough to understand.
Good luck.
Reply:Depends on your relationship with your ex mother inlaw, I would
out of respect for her and the fact that she has grand kids with you I would most definatley do it.
Make sure your kids if old enough understand what is going on and they have closure even if you just putt the kids names on the flowers that is better.
Reply:Hey, just because he's bitter doesn't mean you can't show your respects.
Reply:Did his mother like you? If she did, I would send flowers out of respect for her, if not, let it go.
Reply:What was your relationship with her like? What was you childre's relationship with her like? This should have nothing to do with you relationship to your ex. This is between you and her and your children and her! Forget he ever existed.
Sorry time to grow up and realize that the universe does not revolve around you and your ex!
Reply:He hates you? Then he doesn't want to hear from you, but is there anyone else in the family you were close to that DOESN"T hate you? If so, then send them the flowers but don't push it with him, he'll only be ugly about what is meant to be a nice gesture anyway.
Reply:Your kids are still part of the family, why not send flowers with all your names on it. Your kids didn't divorce their grandmother. By all means, send flowers.
Reply:You should send flowers and attend the funeral. She is the grandmother of your children. This is really about the children and showing respect and love for their grandmother.
Reply:I would send flowers and be the bigger person.
Reply:Your not part of the family anymore but ur kids are, so send them and sign their names to the card.. and if its about u recieving recognition.. everyone will know ur children didnt actually buy them so even with out ur name they all know they are from u
Reply:I would just let it go. There is a reason why he will not answer his phone when you call, he doesn't want to talk to you. It is not nice of you to even text him at this time in his life. He does not need anymore grief than hes got now. Do you really wants to think about his failed marriage when his mom just died?
Do i acknowledge her passing?
It might be better for you to maybe take the to the burial site after everything is done. There is no sense in causing more heartache to the family if you guys have problems, but you definitly have a right to morn her. You can also get flowers sent to the grave after the fact. Were the kids close to the grandma? If so offer to let the husband or some other family memeber that you trust to take the kids to the funeral.
Reply:I DONT SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT...ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE VERY THOUGHTFUL OF YOU...
Reply:I think it would depend on your relationship with your ex-mother in law. It would show a lot of class if you did send flowers. Ask the florist for something small but not too small and tastefully done.
Reply:yes, i would. Just because you divorced the husband doesn't mean that you divorced the family
Reply:I think it'd be appropriate to send flowers to the service. If you think it would be disruptive, then don't sign your name to the card. I wouldn't recommend sending flowers to his house or directly to any family member.
Reply:You could send flowers. If you think it would upset him, just sign the kids names.
Reply:I would send flowers if I felt the need to. Don't do it to show that you are the "bigger person" Only send them if you are truly sympathetic to what he and his family is going through. The bottom line is, she is your childrens grandmother and you have the right to pay your respects, and that of your children as well. Good luck!
Reply:You do what your heart leads you to do.You did the right thing.Too bad hes not mature enough to be reseptive and let the past go.
Reply:Follow your heart and do what you feel is right.It's OK to send flowers it will show your respect and you will be the bigger person.
Reply:Given what you told us in the question, my gut reaction is to leave it as a text message only. Unless the kids were close to her, and old enough to understand.
Good luck.
Reply:Depends on your relationship with your ex mother inlaw, I would
out of respect for her and the fact that she has grand kids with you I would most definatley do it.
Make sure your kids if old enough understand what is going on and they have closure even if you just putt the kids names on the flowers that is better.
Reply:Hey, just because he's bitter doesn't mean you can't show your respects.
Reply:Did his mother like you? If she did, I would send flowers out of respect for her, if not, let it go.
Reply:What was your relationship with her like? What was you childre's relationship with her like? This should have nothing to do with you relationship to your ex. This is between you and her and your children and her! Forget he ever existed.
Sorry time to grow up and realize that the universe does not revolve around you and your ex!
Reply:He hates you? Then he doesn't want to hear from you, but is there anyone else in the family you were close to that DOESN"T hate you? If so, then send them the flowers but don't push it with him, he'll only be ugly about what is meant to be a nice gesture anyway.
Reply:Your kids are still part of the family, why not send flowers with all your names on it. Your kids didn't divorce their grandmother. By all means, send flowers.
Reply:You should send flowers and attend the funeral. She is the grandmother of your children. This is really about the children and showing respect and love for their grandmother.
Reply:I would send flowers and be the bigger person.
Reply:Your not part of the family anymore but ur kids are, so send them and sign their names to the card.. and if its about u recieving recognition.. everyone will know ur children didnt actually buy them so even with out ur name they all know they are from u
Reply:I would just let it go. There is a reason why he will not answer his phone when you call, he doesn't want to talk to you. It is not nice of you to even text him at this time in his life. He does not need anymore grief than hes got now. Do you really wants to think about his failed marriage when his mom just died?
Funeral Eqiquette?
If your uncle (to whom you were not too close) passed away and you send flowers to the funeral to the tune of $129.00 would you also give a sympathy card with some cash?
Funeral Eqiquette?
Only if the person who is responsible for covering the burial did not collect on life insurance on the deceased. If they did, then no cash is necessary.
Reply:No way!! Who is going to get the cash? Certainly not your uncle. You could send a sympathy card separately to his immediate family if you're close to them, and want to do that. In with the flowers, I think it would be normal for the florist to put a card saying who they were from, and maybe a little message on that.
Reply:I think it depends on what your uncle's immediate family needs. It was kind of you to send flowers, but not truly necessary. If you think the family will need help paying for the funeral and other bills and you have some money to spare, go for it. Keep in mind what the family will use the cash for: Is it for a memorial fund or will it help them pay off bills? If it's for a memorial fund and you're short of money, you may be able to skip that or wait until you're a bit more flush before sending money.
Reply:very generous thought but i believe the flowers are expressing a sufficient amount of deepest sympathy
Reply:the flowers should be enough!
Reply:No, sounds like you did quite enough.
Reply:The answer is "no", when you go to the funeral home for the wake ,sign the guest book and that's it!
Reply:I'm not sure where you live, but $129 is a lot for flowers. I would also send a card, but would not include extra money. The card with the flowers is just a card listing who sent the flowers, but you should send a sympathy card that you include a personalized note.
Reply:Send card, and note to survivors, no money. If the family needed money, it would have been better before, or for future consideration, to send money and no flowers. Always send a card. (Note; for family members whom you are not close to, you could group together for flowers and still send money, but $129. is more than enough to show your respect to the family).
Reply:Nothing is necessary. Give what you feel is comfortable. It is the uncle's immediate family that you are there for. Think of them first not how close you were to the uncle.
Reply:No, the florist will include a sympathy card of your choice.
Usually cash would be a donation to a designated charity.
It's either/or not both; some families discourage flowers.
Reply:No the flowers should be enough.
Reply:No, the flowers and the card are sufficient. Actually, the flowers sound a little pricey if you were not close. I guess it depends on the price of flowers where you live. Here you can get a nice funeral arrangement for about $50.
Reply:You can give cash...but talk to the family first
and let them know that you want to give.
Give it to the person handling the details. That
way, they could use the money as they need to,
and they will know that you helped out.
Take care.
Reply:no, because you werent close to him. Sending flowers is a sign that you care , but you dont have to shower the family with money because he was a family member. I know that sounds rude, but I think you know what I mean.
Reply:No, the flowers should be enough. I also think a card would have been sufficient without the flowers (and no $$).
Reply:No-i would not give $
Funeral Eqiquette?
Only if the person who is responsible for covering the burial did not collect on life insurance on the deceased. If they did, then no cash is necessary.
Reply:No way!! Who is going to get the cash? Certainly not your uncle. You could send a sympathy card separately to his immediate family if you're close to them, and want to do that. In with the flowers, I think it would be normal for the florist to put a card saying who they were from, and maybe a little message on that.
Reply:I think it depends on what your uncle's immediate family needs. It was kind of you to send flowers, but not truly necessary. If you think the family will need help paying for the funeral and other bills and you have some money to spare, go for it. Keep in mind what the family will use the cash for: Is it for a memorial fund or will it help them pay off bills? If it's for a memorial fund and you're short of money, you may be able to skip that or wait until you're a bit more flush before sending money.
Reply:very generous thought but i believe the flowers are expressing a sufficient amount of deepest sympathy
Reply:the flowers should be enough!
Reply:No, sounds like you did quite enough.
Reply:The answer is "no", when you go to the funeral home for the wake ,sign the guest book and that's it!
Reply:I'm not sure where you live, but $129 is a lot for flowers. I would also send a card, but would not include extra money. The card with the flowers is just a card listing who sent the flowers, but you should send a sympathy card that you include a personalized note.
Reply:Send card, and note to survivors, no money. If the family needed money, it would have been better before, or for future consideration, to send money and no flowers. Always send a card. (Note; for family members whom you are not close to, you could group together for flowers and still send money, but $129. is more than enough to show your respect to the family).
Reply:Nothing is necessary. Give what you feel is comfortable. It is the uncle's immediate family that you are there for. Think of them first not how close you were to the uncle.
Reply:No, the florist will include a sympathy card of your choice.
Usually cash would be a donation to a designated charity.
It's either/or not both; some families discourage flowers.
Reply:No the flowers should be enough.
Reply:No, the flowers and the card are sufficient. Actually, the flowers sound a little pricey if you were not close. I guess it depends on the price of flowers where you live. Here you can get a nice funeral arrangement for about $50.
Reply:You can give cash...but talk to the family first
and let them know that you want to give.
Give it to the person handling the details. That
way, they could use the money as they need to,
and they will know that you helped out.
Take care.
Reply:no, because you werent close to him. Sending flowers is a sign that you care , but you dont have to shower the family with money because he was a family member. I know that sounds rude, but I think you know what I mean.
Reply:No, the flowers should be enough. I also think a card would have been sufficient without the flowers (and no $$).
Reply:No-i would not give $
What Are Your Favorite Songs From The Rolling Stones?
Here's My list...to get the ball rolling
1 Dead Flowers
2 Can't You Hear Me Knocking
3 Sympathy For The Devil (The Get Your Ya Ya's Out Version)
4 Loving Cup
5 Midnight Rambler
6 Monkey Man
7 2,000 Light Years from Home
8 You Better Move On
9 Sister Morphine
10 She's So Cold
Your Turn
What Are Your Favorite Songs From The Rolling Stones?
Whenever I surface, you're always worth checking out, Darth. The Stones, eh? First of all, for just mentioning 2,000 Light Years From Home, I'm awarding a star; MAN!! what a great example (for me) of Sixties rock n' roll! The backbeat and choral undercurrent in that song just takes you to a different place. Oh . . . well, now where was I? Ah yes, my faves and in no logical order:
2,000 Light Years From Home
Girl With The Far Away Eyes
She's A Rainbow
Ruby Tuesday
Street Fighting Man
Kingbee
19th Nervous Breakdown
Hot Stuff
Gimme Shelter
Live With Me
White Horses
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No)
How's that?
Reply:buenos dias Darth
in no specific order
GIMME SHELTER
ANGIE
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
SATISFACTION
FOOL TO CRY
MISS YOU
JUMPING JACK FLASH
ANYBODY SEEN MY BABY
HONKY TONK WOMAN
BROWN SUGAR
byeeeeeee
Reply:Sympathy for the Devil
Mother's Little Helper
Gimme Shelter
Emotional Rescue
Shattered
Not a huge Stones fan, but I like some of their songs.
Reply:Miss you
Brown sugar
Tumbling dice
You can't always get what you want
Waiting on a friend
Emotional rescue
She's so cold
Beast of burden
Angie
So much great music!
Reply:Beast Of Burden
Shattered
B*tch
Little T %26amp; A
Monkey Man
Some Girls
Memo From Turner (from the Performance soundtrack)
Under My Thumb
Stray Cat Blues
It's All Over Now
Slave
Sparks Will Fly
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
... some of my favorites, love many more... I often put the CD 'Tattoo You' on in my car and it plays 3 or 4 times in a row if I'm on a long trip... love me some Stones, man... I think Charlie Watts is highly underrated as a drummer.
When I was ten years old, Beast Of Burden was my favorite song of all-time... whenever it came on the radio I would tell everyone to shut up and listen... what a little brat!
Reply:Paint it Black
Gimmee Shelter
Sympathy for the Devil
Brown Sugar
Reply:Gimme Shelter
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Reply:I LOVE your selection of songs too.
Here's a few from my collection/I like the older tunes.
1 little red rooster
2 paint it black
3 moonlight mile
4 under my thumb
5 get off my cloud
Reply:Sympathy for the Devil
Monkey Man
Girl With Faraway Eyes
Not Fade Away
*****
Satisfaction
Brown Sugar
You Can't Always Get What You Want
She's so Cold
Shattered.
God they have so many great songs!! Those are my favorites.
Reply:- Can't You Hear Me Knocking
- Street Fightin' Man
- She's Like a Rainbow
- Ruby Tuesday
- Not Fade Away (great version!!)
- Wild Horses
- 2,000 Light Years from Home (Stones go Psych)
- Shattered
- Angie (I know it's played-out - but it's still a great song)
- Honky Tonk Woman
Reply:Satisfaction (of course)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Paint It Black
Those are my favorites, sorry if they're the best known ones!
Reply:She's a Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEpUYb1We...
Reply:almost hear you sigh
angie
tumbling dice
paint it black
under my thumb
Reply:my fave is paint it black
Reply:1. Satisfaction
2. Paint it Black
3. Brown Sugar
4. Start Me Up
5. Miss You
6. Waiting on a Friend
7. Beast of Burden
8. Jumpin Jack Flash
Reply:Pretty much anything of Beggars Banquet
Heart of Stone
Angie
Paint it Black
Under my Thumb
Satisfaction
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Satisfaction
Brown Sugar
Loving Cup
Gimmie Shelter
Sympathy for the Devil
Reply:Just a few...
Tumbling Dice
Torn %26amp; Frayed
Loving Cup
Hot Stuff
It's Only Rock %26amp; Roll
Heartbreaker
Sway
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
B*tch
Moonlight Mile
Brown Sugar
Gimme Shelter
Street Fighting Man
Salt of the Earth
Time Waits for No One
Hand of Fate
Hey Negrita
Crazy Mama
Angie
Reply:Evening Darth,
My favs from the 'Stones are:
Paint It, Black
Time On My Side
Mother's Little Helper
Wild Horses
Before They Make Me Run
Torn and Frayed
Waiting on A Friend
Angie
Hand Of Fate
Time Waits For No One
Tumbling Dice
Reply:Paint It Black
Gimme Shelter
Its All Over Now
West Coast Promotion Man
Miss You
The last Time
Jumpin Jack Flash
Get off My Cloud
Under My Thumb
Start me Up
Emotional Rescue
Not Fade Away
Reply:give me shelter
Reply:Heartbreaker(Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo)
Street Fighting Man
Reply:1. Sympathy for the Devil
2. Moonlight Mile
3. Under my Thumb
4. Honkey Tonk Woman
5. Tumbling Dice
6. Time is on My side
7. Heartbreaker
8. Paint it Black
9. She's the Boss
10. You Can't Always Get What You Want
Reply:Im not a big fan of the stones but i have a few songs that i do like.....
Wild Horses
Walking the Dog
Its Only Rock %26amp; Roll
Midnight Rambler
Beast of Burden
Brown Sugar.... sorry thats about all for me...
Reply:Beast of Burden
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Wild Horses
Angie
Brown Sugar
Honky Tonk Women
She's So Cold
Sympathy for the Devil
Reply:In no particular order :~
Paint It, Black
Gimme Shelter
Angie
It's Only Rock n' Roll
19th Nervous Breakdown
You Can't Always Get What You Want
The Last Time
Mother's Little Helper
Under My Thumb
She's A Rainbow
In case you can't tell, I prefer their 1960's output!
Reply:In no particular order:
Brown Sugar
Emotional Rescue
Fool To Cry
19th Nervous Breakdown
Get Off My Cloud
Beast Of Burden
It's All Over Now
Don't Stop
Gimme Shelter
Anybody Seen My Baby
Happy
The Last Time
Street Fighting Man
Only Rock 'N Roll
Heart Of Stone
Tumbling Dice
Losing My Touch
Start Me Up
Undercover Of The Night
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby
Satisfaction
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Stealing My Heart
Wild Horses
Shattered
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Angie
You Got Me Rocking
Mixed Emotions
Keys To Your Love
Sympathy For The Devil
She's A Rainbow
Mother's Little Helper
Ruby Tuesday
Paint It Black
Let's Spend The Night Together
Miss You
Honky Tonk Women
Those are my top favorites, hope that's enough.
Reply:1) She's a Rainbow - that song just makes me happy :)
2) Waiting on a Friend - Just has a groove I can get into
3) Mother's Little Helper - I hum it whenever I see my sister in law ;)
4) Paint it Black ( I also loved the Echo and the Bunnymen remake...)
5) Ruby Tuesday
Reply:"Sympathy for the Devil"
"Mother's Little Helper"
"2000 Light Years from Home"
"Heartbreaker"
"Time Is On My Side"
Reply:It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)
No Expectations
Sympathy For The Devil
Get Off Of My Cloud
Angie
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Factory Girl
Prodigal Son
Fool To Cry
If You Can't Rock Me
Ruby Tuesday
Beast Of Burden
Shattered
Mother's Little Helper
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Tumbling Dice
Reply:OK..Here's one..remember the album "Love You Live" double...Richards had just been told his newly borne son had died..and carried on till they played "You Can't Always Get What You Want"..fuc*ked up.. he plays a solo that weeps yet still in the Spirit of the song he carried it into another place...That's all I got to say about that..I dig the Stones..always have.
Reply:dat dat ..........de de de............................dededede dat dat ...........de de de
..........to the bloody fools who thumbed me down 5 times, i was humming satisfaction
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1 Dead Flowers
2 Can't You Hear Me Knocking
3 Sympathy For The Devil (The Get Your Ya Ya's Out Version)
4 Loving Cup
5 Midnight Rambler
6 Monkey Man
7 2,000 Light Years from Home
8 You Better Move On
9 Sister Morphine
10 She's So Cold
Your Turn
What Are Your Favorite Songs From The Rolling Stones?
Whenever I surface, you're always worth checking out, Darth. The Stones, eh? First of all, for just mentioning 2,000 Light Years From Home, I'm awarding a star; MAN!! what a great example (for me) of Sixties rock n' roll! The backbeat and choral undercurrent in that song just takes you to a different place. Oh . . . well, now where was I? Ah yes, my faves and in no logical order:
2,000 Light Years From Home
Girl With The Far Away Eyes
She's A Rainbow
Ruby Tuesday
Street Fighting Man
Kingbee
19th Nervous Breakdown
Hot Stuff
Gimme Shelter
Live With Me
White Horses
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No)
How's that?
Reply:buenos dias Darth
in no specific order
GIMME SHELTER
ANGIE
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
SATISFACTION
FOOL TO CRY
MISS YOU
JUMPING JACK FLASH
ANYBODY SEEN MY BABY
HONKY TONK WOMAN
BROWN SUGAR
byeeeeeee
Reply:Sympathy for the Devil
Mother's Little Helper
Gimme Shelter
Emotional Rescue
Shattered
Not a huge Stones fan, but I like some of their songs.
Reply:Miss you
Brown sugar
Tumbling dice
You can't always get what you want
Waiting on a friend
Emotional rescue
She's so cold
Beast of burden
Angie
So much great music!
Reply:Beast Of Burden
Shattered
B*tch
Little T %26amp; A
Monkey Man
Some Girls
Memo From Turner (from the Performance soundtrack)
Under My Thumb
Stray Cat Blues
It's All Over Now
Slave
Sparks Will Fly
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
... some of my favorites, love many more... I often put the CD 'Tattoo You' on in my car and it plays 3 or 4 times in a row if I'm on a long trip... love me some Stones, man... I think Charlie Watts is highly underrated as a drummer.
When I was ten years old, Beast Of Burden was my favorite song of all-time... whenever it came on the radio I would tell everyone to shut up and listen... what a little brat!
Reply:Paint it Black
Gimmee Shelter
Sympathy for the Devil
Brown Sugar
Reply:Gimme Shelter
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Reply:I LOVE your selection of songs too.
Here's a few from my collection/I like the older tunes.
1 little red rooster
2 paint it black
3 moonlight mile
4 under my thumb
5 get off my cloud
Reply:Sympathy for the Devil
Monkey Man
Girl With Faraway Eyes
Not Fade Away
*****
Satisfaction
Brown Sugar
You Can't Always Get What You Want
She's so Cold
Shattered.
God they have so many great songs!! Those are my favorites.
Reply:- Can't You Hear Me Knocking
- Street Fightin' Man
- She's Like a Rainbow
- Ruby Tuesday
- Not Fade Away (great version!!)
- Wild Horses
- 2,000 Light Years from Home (Stones go Psych)
- Shattered
- Angie (I know it's played-out - but it's still a great song)
- Honky Tonk Woman
Reply:Satisfaction (of course)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Paint It Black
Those are my favorites, sorry if they're the best known ones!
Reply:She's a Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEpUYb1We...
Reply:almost hear you sigh
angie
tumbling dice
paint it black
under my thumb
Reply:my fave is paint it black
Reply:1. Satisfaction
2. Paint it Black
3. Brown Sugar
4. Start Me Up
5. Miss You
6. Waiting on a Friend
7. Beast of Burden
8. Jumpin Jack Flash
Reply:Pretty much anything of Beggars Banquet
Heart of Stone
Angie
Paint it Black
Under my Thumb
Satisfaction
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Satisfaction
Brown Sugar
Loving Cup
Gimmie Shelter
Sympathy for the Devil
Reply:Just a few...
Tumbling Dice
Torn %26amp; Frayed
Loving Cup
Hot Stuff
It's Only Rock %26amp; Roll
Heartbreaker
Sway
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
B*tch
Moonlight Mile
Brown Sugar
Gimme Shelter
Street Fighting Man
Salt of the Earth
Time Waits for No One
Hand of Fate
Hey Negrita
Crazy Mama
Angie
Reply:Evening Darth,
My favs from the 'Stones are:
Paint It, Black
Time On My Side
Mother's Little Helper
Wild Horses
Before They Make Me Run
Torn and Frayed
Waiting on A Friend
Angie
Hand Of Fate
Time Waits For No One
Tumbling Dice
Reply:Paint It Black
Gimme Shelter
Its All Over Now
West Coast Promotion Man
Miss You
The last Time
Jumpin Jack Flash
Get off My Cloud
Under My Thumb
Start me Up
Emotional Rescue
Not Fade Away
Reply:give me shelter
Reply:Heartbreaker(Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo)
Street Fighting Man
Reply:1. Sympathy for the Devil
2. Moonlight Mile
3. Under my Thumb
4. Honkey Tonk Woman
5. Tumbling Dice
6. Time is on My side
7. Heartbreaker
8. Paint it Black
9. She's the Boss
10. You Can't Always Get What You Want
Reply:Im not a big fan of the stones but i have a few songs that i do like.....
Wild Horses
Walking the Dog
Its Only Rock %26amp; Roll
Midnight Rambler
Beast of Burden
Brown Sugar.... sorry thats about all for me...
Reply:Beast of Burden
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Wild Horses
Angie
Brown Sugar
Honky Tonk Women
She's So Cold
Sympathy for the Devil
Reply:In no particular order :~
Paint It, Black
Gimme Shelter
Angie
It's Only Rock n' Roll
19th Nervous Breakdown
You Can't Always Get What You Want
The Last Time
Mother's Little Helper
Under My Thumb
She's A Rainbow
In case you can't tell, I prefer their 1960's output!
Reply:In no particular order:
Brown Sugar
Emotional Rescue
Fool To Cry
19th Nervous Breakdown
Get Off My Cloud
Beast Of Burden
It's All Over Now
Don't Stop
Gimme Shelter
Anybody Seen My Baby
Happy
The Last Time
Street Fighting Man
Only Rock 'N Roll
Heart Of Stone
Tumbling Dice
Losing My Touch
Start Me Up
Undercover Of The Night
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby
Satisfaction
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Stealing My Heart
Wild Horses
Shattered
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Angie
You Got Me Rocking
Mixed Emotions
Keys To Your Love
Sympathy For The Devil
She's A Rainbow
Mother's Little Helper
Ruby Tuesday
Paint It Black
Let's Spend The Night Together
Miss You
Honky Tonk Women
Those are my top favorites, hope that's enough.
Reply:1) She's a Rainbow - that song just makes me happy :)
2) Waiting on a Friend - Just has a groove I can get into
3) Mother's Little Helper - I hum it whenever I see my sister in law ;)
4) Paint it Black ( I also loved the Echo and the Bunnymen remake...)
5) Ruby Tuesday
Reply:"Sympathy for the Devil"
"Mother's Little Helper"
"2000 Light Years from Home"
"Heartbreaker"
"Time Is On My Side"
Reply:It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)
No Expectations
Sympathy For The Devil
Get Off Of My Cloud
Angie
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Factory Girl
Prodigal Son
Fool To Cry
If You Can't Rock Me
Ruby Tuesday
Beast Of Burden
Shattered
Mother's Little Helper
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Tumbling Dice
Reply:OK..Here's one..remember the album "Love You Live" double...Richards had just been told his newly borne son had died..and carried on till they played "You Can't Always Get What You Want"..fuc*ked up.. he plays a solo that weeps yet still in the Spirit of the song he carried it into another place...That's all I got to say about that..I dig the Stones..always have.
Reply:dat dat ..........de de de............................dededede dat dat ...........de de de
..........to the bloody fools who thumbed me down 5 times, i was humming satisfaction
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Floral Mistake?
On opening his new store, a man received a bouquet of flowers. He became dismayed on reading the enclosed card, that it expressed "Deepest Sympathy".
While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card.
"Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen."
"But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party."
"Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper.
"'Congratulations on your new location'." was the reply.
Floral Mistake?
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Reply:To you: a floral thanks, but without any message cards.
Reply:nice one
Reply:hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahha...
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Reply:That was FUNNY!!!!
While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card.
"Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen."
"But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party."
"Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper.
"'Congratulations on your new location'." was the reply.
Floral Mistake?
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(FART)
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OH NO! IM DEAD.
Reply:To you: a floral thanks, but without any message cards.
Reply:nice one
Reply:hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahha...
Reply:for funny jokes visit
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Reply:That was FUNNY!!!!
Florist Mistake - funny or not?
On opening his new store, a man received a bouquet of flowers. He became dismayed on reading the enclosed card, that it expressed "Deepest Sympathy". While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card. "Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen." "But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party." "Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper. "'Congratulations on your new location'." was the reply.
Florist Mistake - funny or not?
PMSL!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:haha funny
Reply:lol very good thats terrific ill give you a star!!!
Reply:Ha Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha Ha … That’s terrific!!!
Reply:It is wry.....but not a belly laugh.
Reply:erm, not. sorry.
Reply:lol, yeah.
Reply:excellent
Reply:lol nice one
Reply:that's a good one
Reply:mistakes can be so embarrasing lol
Reply:Pretty good! lol.
Reply:ha!ha!
Reply:Excellent rose lol.
Reply:hehehe, excellent hun, think i'll get my wedding flowers from somewhere else though, pmsl
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Reply:not funni.. srry i say the truth☻
Reply:Funny but only if the mourners know the whole story
Reply:Sorry, but I DID find it funny..............LOL!!! Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
Florist Mistake - funny or not?
PMSL!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:haha funny
Reply:lol very good thats terrific ill give you a star!!!
Reply:Ha Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha Ha … That’s terrific!!!
Reply:It is wry.....but not a belly laugh.
Reply:erm, not. sorry.
Reply:lol, yeah.
Reply:excellent
Reply:lol nice one
Reply:that's a good one
Reply:mistakes can be so embarrasing lol
Reply:Pretty good! lol.
Reply:ha!ha!
Reply:Excellent rose lol.
Reply:hehehe, excellent hun, think i'll get my wedding flowers from somewhere else though, pmsl
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Reply:not funni.. srry i say the truth☻
Reply:Funny but only if the mourners know the whole story
Reply:Sorry, but I DID find it funny..............LOL!!! Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever made a mistake like this?
On opening his new store, a man received a bouquet of flowers. He became dismayed on reading the enclosed card, that it expressed "Deepest sympathy."
While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card.
"Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen."
"But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party."
"Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper.
The florist read the card, "Congratulations on your new location."
Have you ever made a mistake like this?
Very good wasn't expecting that.
Reply:What a twist to that one. It is brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
Reply:lol :) thats cute
Reply:Hilarious...
Good one!
Reply:lmao thats soo funny ;)
Reply:Lol I would hate to have been the people at the funeral
Reply:Oh dear. lol
Reply:lmfao...awesome joke lol.
Reply:oops, that was good hun, pmsl
Reply:Cute! I like it :-)
While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card.
"Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen."
"But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party."
"Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper.
The florist read the card, "Congratulations on your new location."
Have you ever made a mistake like this?
Very good wasn't expecting that.
Reply:What a twist to that one. It is brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
Reply:lol :) thats cute
Reply:Hilarious...
Good one!
Reply:lmao thats soo funny ;)
Reply:Lol I would hate to have been the people at the funeral
Reply:Oh dear. lol
Reply:lmfao...awesome joke lol.
Reply:oops, that was good hun, pmsl
Reply:Cute! I like it :-)
Florist Mistake?
On opening his new store, a man received a bouquet of flowers. He became dismayed on reading the enclosed card, that it expressed "Deepest Sympathy". While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card. "Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen." "But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party." "Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper. "'Congratulations on your new location'." was the reply.
Florist Mistake?
LOL.//
Reply:a bit crass, but funny nonetheless
haha...
Reply:good one
Reply:ROFL... omg! thats hilarious.. hahaha
good one.. thanx..
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Florist Mistake?
LOL.//
Reply:a bit crass, but funny nonetheless
haha...
Reply:good one
Reply:ROFL... omg! thats hilarious.. hahaha
good one.. thanx..
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Iam in love with a married man he is the ione i know it?
hello guys ia married too i have amajor problem i met up with a married man who like me we are both married married he is very handsome oin metting him he bought me flowers he kissed me but nothing went further we both agreed to wait we tect each toher continoulsy we agreed to meet we bth agot our selves ready then he said on the day we were supposed to meet up and he was waitng to see me he said he had an emergency one of his sons in jured hi mself and he couldnt see me that night we got ourselves ready.so in the end deeply sympathy and he thanked me for my support and sympathy i text him back in valentines day message but since wednesday he hasnt text me back i dont know what to do i miss him terriby now it doesnt matter that we nevr got to gether but i miss him still help me guys what do id do do i text him or just let it go.
Iam in love with a married man he is the ione i know it?
Remember this: what goes around, comes around!
Reply:He's married!! MOVE ON!!!
Reply:let it go, id rather not want you to get hurt,
and i know ur thinkin "well thats easy for you to say"
but for real dont get hurt and put urself in the mans wife shoes because i dont think you'd like it if your husband cheated on you.
remember what goes around comes around. when my dad left my mom for another woman, it became down hill for us, and the woman didnt care about her husband, please don't break another marrige, Me and my mom and brother are livin strong but we struggle in life. Because of the way i was raised as a christain, i have forgivin that woman but she does'nt like me,still i forgive.
luv ya bye...
Reply:your hurting your husband, either forget this guy and dedicate yourself to your husband, or leave your husband
Reply:How can you go after a married man??? At least wait till he's separated.
He's got kids as well! how stupid are you. his wife will find out. and if I was her I'd go and find YOU!
Reply:HE'S MARRIED BACK OFF.... WHORE
Reply:i would sugest trying to see what is wrong with your marriage. why are you looking outside of your relastionship. talk to your husband do activities together. he's not leaving his wife and all you will be is a late nite fix
Reply:First of all: learn to use punctuation, it's imopssible to read this stuff. secondly: he's married, leave him alone!!!
Reply:If he is married he might be struggling to text back if his wife is around...wait a bit longer...n it'll be cool. If he the one...destiny will have its way of working him back to you.
Reply:let it go one excuse will lead to more
Reply:He is married and you are married it is best all round not to persuit this man any further. Nothing has happened with him so maybe he just wanted a friend. It is best not to get involved with a married man it can only cause you heart ache.
Reply:perhaps you have a chance to re-assess the possible family damage of taking this further?
Reply:leave it well alone do you really believe his excuse you are both married you are committing yourself to someone that seems to not be 100%,Not answered your text not met has agreed.You really know what the out come would be you would finish up no husband and no fancy man
Reply:I think you are both in relationships that are not making you happy and cheating is not the answer. Men use other women for their own happiness but usually dont leave the wife - if he wants you, tell him to get out of the marriage FIRST, same for you. Get out the marriage if you are not happy.
Reply:Everybody will get hurt. Spare that hurt and forget him.
Reply:ill tell u what if u really want to know what to do it simple why dont u try asking ur husband this question and see what kind of results u get from him because hes the only one that will be able to tell u what u should do and oh yea dont forget to tell him how u were trying to talk to this man on what is supposed to be a wonderful day valentines and do talk about that little kiss u gave him its people like u who ruin others lifes think about the kids that are going to be involved in this mess i hope u wouldnt want to tear apart there minds because ill tell u what it might fill good to u but it will screw up the kids heads no prob ive seen it happen it happened to me and my girls my ex left me for her dream so u can say and now im watching her go through hell what a shame. good luck to u.
Reply:oh my hun ok so you arent a whore but what you are doing is so so wrong its really bad stop it marriage is very special and you never got together he isnt the one and even if he is then maybe you should wait and divorce your husband and then get with him but he doesnt want you and you are married
i asked a boyfriend once "what if we get married and one day you meet the one girl you know you were ment to be with?" and do you know what he said "well i will love you forever and ever and i will make you the one for me"
girl if you dont stop this right now you will regret it for the rest of your life so stop it
Reply:Don't take it further. You would be destroying two families if you continue this. Yours and his. Think of the consequences. If you don't care about your family, think of his and his children.
Reply:stay away from married men they are nothing but trouble
Reply:You just think he is the one because your love is hidden and forbidden. Thus, stop thinking he is "the one" because hes really not you just think so because you cant have him. Move on and stop wasting your time, and a good advice he will always put his wife above you. To him, you are of no value.
Reply:u ca nt miss what u never had and u only think he s the one as he s paying u alot of atteion he was doing this for one reason ....to get u into bed then u really would nt have heard from him again i think u should try with ur own marriage and forget about him i aslo think he had cold feet as he thought about that how bad he hurt his kids and wife count ur bleesing and get on with ur life
Reply:Spell check would've been REALLY helpful in your post...please use it in the future.
Not only should you let him go but you should block his # so you cannot get communication from him...you are both married, so he's not "the one" for you nor are you for him...you're both cheaters and need to think about what you are doing to your spouses.
Do you have no conscience? I guess you wouldn't care if your husband was chasing after another woman then, right? I mean, if it's okay for you then it's okay for him...so why even be married?
What goes around, comes around...you've built up some bad karma here...are you really willing to risk building up some more over a guy you might find COMPLETELY unsuitable if you really got to know?
Reply:You've never met him and he is the one, you know it.
I can't imagine what those texts...oops, I mean tects...look like.
I bet he chickened out and his son is fine.
Let it go.
Reply:if you are married then you obviously aren't happy if you are so attracted to this man. free yourself from your marriage then if you %26amp; this other guy are meant to be it will happen.
personally, i believe a relationship where 2 people have destroyed the lives of former partners by cheating at the start is doomed to fail. you could never trust each other due to the way in which you met, if he would leave his present wife for you then who is to say he wouldn't leave you in the future?
presumably when you got married, you thought your husband was the one too?
Reply:Let him go, or you will end up being more hurt than you are now.
Reply:Jeeze. Leave him alone. He's married for god's sake! What sort of s*ag are you??
Reply:The heart is a funny thing. Please take a moment and look at your current marriage and put yourself if your husbands shoes. Are you really read to tell him that you are leaving him for someone else? Willing to loose it all? Because ultimately that is the road you are choosing by doing this. Is your secret friend willing to leave his family? If not, then it's not going anywhere, why risk yourself, your family, and your reputation for someone who doesn't love you enough (and you don't love enough) to be exclusive with oneanother? Your feeling for comfort maybe derived from not receiving enough 'love' in your current marriage. If so, then work that out with your husband, not somone elses! What goes around does come around, I am a firm believer. I honestly hope you take what I have said into consideration. I know it will hurt at first, but with time, you will see that hiding about yalls spouses is/was not the way to do it.
Reply:get over it and learn how to spell
Reply:let him GO you will only get more instances like this one, YOU WILL get huurt. You won't like this answer but you know it is right.
Reply:your both married. if you have feelings like this towards another man then you need to be honest with your spouse. It's not fair to your husband or to his wife and family for you to begin an affair.
Reply:Sounds as if he got cold feet, or was not allowed out, do not get in this any further it will lead to misery you are both married what will you get out of it only being his bit on the side and when you get caught it will be your husband who has to pick the bits up. Good luck, you are not in love with him you just want something that you cannot have.
Iam in love with a married man he is the ione i know it?
Remember this: what goes around, comes around!
Reply:He's married!! MOVE ON!!!
Reply:let it go, id rather not want you to get hurt,
and i know ur thinkin "well thats easy for you to say"
but for real dont get hurt and put urself in the mans wife shoes because i dont think you'd like it if your husband cheated on you.
remember what goes around comes around. when my dad left my mom for another woman, it became down hill for us, and the woman didnt care about her husband, please don't break another marrige, Me and my mom and brother are livin strong but we struggle in life. Because of the way i was raised as a christain, i have forgivin that woman but she does'nt like me,still i forgive.
luv ya bye...
Reply:your hurting your husband, either forget this guy and dedicate yourself to your husband, or leave your husband
Reply:How can you go after a married man??? At least wait till he's separated.
He's got kids as well! how stupid are you. his wife will find out. and if I was her I'd go and find YOU!
Reply:HE'S MARRIED BACK OFF.... WHORE
Reply:i would sugest trying to see what is wrong with your marriage. why are you looking outside of your relastionship. talk to your husband do activities together. he's not leaving his wife and all you will be is a late nite fix
Reply:First of all: learn to use punctuation, it's imopssible to read this stuff. secondly: he's married, leave him alone!!!
Reply:If he is married he might be struggling to text back if his wife is around...wait a bit longer...n it'll be cool. If he the one...destiny will have its way of working him back to you.
Reply:let it go one excuse will lead to more
Reply:He is married and you are married it is best all round not to persuit this man any further. Nothing has happened with him so maybe he just wanted a friend. It is best not to get involved with a married man it can only cause you heart ache.
Reply:perhaps you have a chance to re-assess the possible family damage of taking this further?
Reply:leave it well alone do you really believe his excuse you are both married you are committing yourself to someone that seems to not be 100%,Not answered your text not met has agreed.You really know what the out come would be you would finish up no husband and no fancy man
Reply:I think you are both in relationships that are not making you happy and cheating is not the answer. Men use other women for their own happiness but usually dont leave the wife - if he wants you, tell him to get out of the marriage FIRST, same for you. Get out the marriage if you are not happy.
Reply:Everybody will get hurt. Spare that hurt and forget him.
Reply:ill tell u what if u really want to know what to do it simple why dont u try asking ur husband this question and see what kind of results u get from him because hes the only one that will be able to tell u what u should do and oh yea dont forget to tell him how u were trying to talk to this man on what is supposed to be a wonderful day valentines and do talk about that little kiss u gave him its people like u who ruin others lifes think about the kids that are going to be involved in this mess i hope u wouldnt want to tear apart there minds because ill tell u what it might fill good to u but it will screw up the kids heads no prob ive seen it happen it happened to me and my girls my ex left me for her dream so u can say and now im watching her go through hell what a shame. good luck to u.
Reply:oh my hun ok so you arent a whore but what you are doing is so so wrong its really bad stop it marriage is very special and you never got together he isnt the one and even if he is then maybe you should wait and divorce your husband and then get with him but he doesnt want you and you are married
i asked a boyfriend once "what if we get married and one day you meet the one girl you know you were ment to be with?" and do you know what he said "well i will love you forever and ever and i will make you the one for me"
girl if you dont stop this right now you will regret it for the rest of your life so stop it
Reply:Don't take it further. You would be destroying two families if you continue this. Yours and his. Think of the consequences. If you don't care about your family, think of his and his children.
Reply:stay away from married men they are nothing but trouble
Reply:You just think he is the one because your love is hidden and forbidden. Thus, stop thinking he is "the one" because hes really not you just think so because you cant have him. Move on and stop wasting your time, and a good advice he will always put his wife above you. To him, you are of no value.
Reply:u ca nt miss what u never had and u only think he s the one as he s paying u alot of atteion he was doing this for one reason ....to get u into bed then u really would nt have heard from him again i think u should try with ur own marriage and forget about him i aslo think he had cold feet as he thought about that how bad he hurt his kids and wife count ur bleesing and get on with ur life
Reply:Spell check would've been REALLY helpful in your post...please use it in the future.
Not only should you let him go but you should block his # so you cannot get communication from him...you are both married, so he's not "the one" for you nor are you for him...you're both cheaters and need to think about what you are doing to your spouses.
Do you have no conscience? I guess you wouldn't care if your husband was chasing after another woman then, right? I mean, if it's okay for you then it's okay for him...so why even be married?
What goes around, comes around...you've built up some bad karma here...are you really willing to risk building up some more over a guy you might find COMPLETELY unsuitable if you really got to know?
Reply:You've never met him and he is the one, you know it.
I can't imagine what those texts...oops, I mean tects...look like.
I bet he chickened out and his son is fine.
Let it go.
Reply:if you are married then you obviously aren't happy if you are so attracted to this man. free yourself from your marriage then if you %26amp; this other guy are meant to be it will happen.
personally, i believe a relationship where 2 people have destroyed the lives of former partners by cheating at the start is doomed to fail. you could never trust each other due to the way in which you met, if he would leave his present wife for you then who is to say he wouldn't leave you in the future?
presumably when you got married, you thought your husband was the one too?
Reply:Let him go, or you will end up being more hurt than you are now.
Reply:Jeeze. Leave him alone. He's married for god's sake! What sort of s*ag are you??
Reply:The heart is a funny thing. Please take a moment and look at your current marriage and put yourself if your husbands shoes. Are you really read to tell him that you are leaving him for someone else? Willing to loose it all? Because ultimately that is the road you are choosing by doing this. Is your secret friend willing to leave his family? If not, then it's not going anywhere, why risk yourself, your family, and your reputation for someone who doesn't love you enough (and you don't love enough) to be exclusive with oneanother? Your feeling for comfort maybe derived from not receiving enough 'love' in your current marriage. If so, then work that out with your husband, not somone elses! What goes around does come around, I am a firm believer. I honestly hope you take what I have said into consideration. I know it will hurt at first, but with time, you will see that hiding about yalls spouses is/was not the way to do it.
Reply:get over it and learn how to spell
Reply:let him GO you will only get more instances like this one, YOU WILL get huurt. You won't like this answer but you know it is right.
Reply:your both married. if you have feelings like this towards another man then you need to be honest with your spouse. It's not fair to your husband or to his wife and family for you to begin an affair.
Reply:Sounds as if he got cold feet, or was not allowed out, do not get in this any further it will lead to misery you are both married what will you get out of it only being his bit on the side and when you get caught it will be your husband who has to pick the bits up. Good luck, you are not in love with him you just want something that you cannot have.
How do I write this in a card?
My friend has recently had 2 miscarriages and plus I am 7.5 months pregnant.
I really want to show her I care and understand, what is the most tactful way to write in a card to her and would it be rude to send a sympathy card or a blank type of card with flowers on it?
I am trying to be very sensitive to her feelings and are assuming this is what shes going through because of the way she has been of late. I want to acknowledge what has happened, also do I put her boyfriends name in the card? I really dont know how he is coping with it but I do know that he wasnt supportive of her pregnancy the first time then she miscarried, is a little awkward. Any ideas?
How do I write this in a card?
I'd probably go with a "Thinking of You" or "Just Because" type of card. A blank card would also be good, although you might have more trouble writing to her in that way. I'd shy away from mentioning anything about the miscarriages, especially a Sympathy card. You don't want to bring too much attention to it. She'll probably know why you sent a card at all, but I'd focus on just telling her how much you mean to her, that you were thinking of her, and maybe bring up some moment (preferably a funny one) which reminded you of her. No doubt it will make her cry, but hopefully it will be for positive reasons.
Reply:I don't know if a card is the best way. A hug and some heartfelt words of sympathy or, if you don't live close to her, a phone call. Many people are devestated when they miscarry, but don't tell others how bad they feel, so you might want to give her an opening to talk about it. Don't bring up your pregnancy and please don't say "I know how you feel" unless you've had a miscarriage of your own.
Reply:Keep it simple. Let her know that some people are just too good for this earth and that you love her and are there for her. Include the boyfriend too. After all, he is the father. I do not suggest telling her you understand what she is going through if you have never lost a child. I didnt like when people told my sister that. I wish you both all the best-
Reply:buy a friend card... one that says how much she means to you. when you write in it tell her your thinking of her at this sad time, your always there for her if she needs to talk x
Reply:Send HER a "Thinking of You" or "Because We're Friends" type card that has a mild pre-printed message within or one that allows you to freely write inside. You DO NOT need to specifically address the issue. Once your card states that you're concerned about and care for the person, give her some words that help her to understand that she's got GOOD friends like yourself. Then, be done with it. If she wants to be open about things with you, she will. However, you must let her determine when/where/how she will address the situation.
Do well!! Be blessed!!!
Reply:Thinking of you card! That way they will know that you care about them and you are thinking about them!
Reply:if i were you i would buy a nice card and just sign it and bring it to her personally with flowers. She needs a friend right now, more than anything else.
Reply:Probably better to get a 'thinking of you' card ^as mentioned above^ or a blank pretty card.
Definitely address it to both of them as it has happened to both of them - however he is coping.
Keep it simple with the words as sometimes when you are trying to express your sympathies it can come across as 'too much'.
Be a good friend and support her - you cant help that you are pregnant and Im sure she is happy for you (Maybe if she is really close then ask her to be a godparent to your baby - it will make her feel special and needed at a time in her life where she is probably feeling quite low and useless)
Reply:i think i would give a blank card and just write inside "thinking of you, i am here when you are ready to talk" then she knows u are there for her
i do feel for you both
all the best xxx
I really want to show her I care and understand, what is the most tactful way to write in a card to her and would it be rude to send a sympathy card or a blank type of card with flowers on it?
I am trying to be very sensitive to her feelings and are assuming this is what shes going through because of the way she has been of late. I want to acknowledge what has happened, also do I put her boyfriends name in the card? I really dont know how he is coping with it but I do know that he wasnt supportive of her pregnancy the first time then she miscarried, is a little awkward. Any ideas?
How do I write this in a card?
I'd probably go with a "Thinking of You" or "Just Because" type of card. A blank card would also be good, although you might have more trouble writing to her in that way. I'd shy away from mentioning anything about the miscarriages, especially a Sympathy card. You don't want to bring too much attention to it. She'll probably know why you sent a card at all, but I'd focus on just telling her how much you mean to her, that you were thinking of her, and maybe bring up some moment (preferably a funny one) which reminded you of her. No doubt it will make her cry, but hopefully it will be for positive reasons.
Reply:I don't know if a card is the best way. A hug and some heartfelt words of sympathy or, if you don't live close to her, a phone call. Many people are devestated when they miscarry, but don't tell others how bad they feel, so you might want to give her an opening to talk about it. Don't bring up your pregnancy and please don't say "I know how you feel" unless you've had a miscarriage of your own.
Reply:Keep it simple. Let her know that some people are just too good for this earth and that you love her and are there for her. Include the boyfriend too. After all, he is the father. I do not suggest telling her you understand what she is going through if you have never lost a child. I didnt like when people told my sister that. I wish you both all the best-
Reply:buy a friend card... one that says how much she means to you. when you write in it tell her your thinking of her at this sad time, your always there for her if she needs to talk x
Reply:Send HER a "Thinking of You" or "Because We're Friends" type card that has a mild pre-printed message within or one that allows you to freely write inside. You DO NOT need to specifically address the issue. Once your card states that you're concerned about and care for the person, give her some words that help her to understand that she's got GOOD friends like yourself. Then, be done with it. If she wants to be open about things with you, she will. However, you must let her determine when/where/how she will address the situation.
Do well!! Be blessed!!!
Reply:Thinking of you card! That way they will know that you care about them and you are thinking about them!
Reply:if i were you i would buy a nice card and just sign it and bring it to her personally with flowers. She needs a friend right now, more than anything else.
Reply:Probably better to get a 'thinking of you' card ^as mentioned above^ or a blank pretty card.
Definitely address it to both of them as it has happened to both of them - however he is coping.
Keep it simple with the words as sometimes when you are trying to express your sympathies it can come across as 'too much'.
Be a good friend and support her - you cant help that you are pregnant and Im sure she is happy for you (Maybe if she is really close then ask her to be a godparent to your baby - it will make her feel special and needed at a time in her life where she is probably feeling quite low and useless)
Reply:i think i would give a blank card and just write inside "thinking of you, i am here when you are ready to talk" then she knows u are there for her
i do feel for you both
all the best xxx
How did you like this?
On opening his new store, a man received a bouquet of flowers. He became dismayed on reading the enclosed card, that it expressed "Deepest Sympathy".
While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card.
"Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen."
"But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party."
"Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper.
"'Congratulations on your new location'." was the reply.
How did you like this?
LMAO .. ohh can you imagine the widow's reaction on that one! thanks for the laff on this friday morning! = ) have a good one!
Reply:LmAo..that's pretty funny!
Reply::)
Reply:lol, thats funny!!!!!!
Reply:funny, I would loved to have been at the funeral to see their faces
Reply:Ha! LMAO!!
Thanks for the laugh.
Reply:that is the best one ive seen for the day. i love it!
lmao.
Reply:hahaha !! good one :)
Reply:nice 1
Reply:Thats is funny
Reply:haha
he built a grave yard! so that doesnt make a shopkeeper anymore.i think hes a dread ripper!!lol
Reply:cool!!fantastic!!!really humourous!!!thanks for givin me dis joke i m gonna tell it to ma friends and if u don mind take da credit!
Reply:they probably wouldn't have read the flowers 2 sad 2
but if they would have -- hilarious!!
Reply:omg.. thats kinda sad.. (well for the ppl at the funeral)
While puzzling over the message, his telephone rang. It was the florist, apologizing for having sent the wrong card.
"Oh, it's alright." said the storekeeper. "I'm a businessman and I understand how these things can happen."
"But," added the florist, "I accidentally sent your card to a funeral party."
"Well, what did it say?" ask the storekeeper.
"'Congratulations on your new location'." was the reply.
How did you like this?
LMAO .. ohh can you imagine the widow's reaction on that one! thanks for the laff on this friday morning! = ) have a good one!
Reply:LmAo..that's pretty funny!
Reply::)
Reply:lol, thats funny!!!!!!
Reply:funny, I would loved to have been at the funeral to see their faces
Reply:Ha! LMAO!!
Thanks for the laugh.
Reply:that is the best one ive seen for the day. i love it!
lmao.
Reply:hahaha !! good one :)
Reply:nice 1
Reply:Thats is funny
Reply:haha
he built a grave yard! so that doesnt make a shopkeeper anymore.i think hes a dread ripper!!lol
Reply:cool!!fantastic!!!really humourous!!!thanks for givin me dis joke i m gonna tell it to ma friends and if u don mind take da credit!
Reply:they probably wouldn't have read the flowers 2 sad 2
but if they would have -- hilarious!!
Reply:omg.. thats kinda sad.. (well for the ppl at the funeral)
Funeral Condolence Gifts?
So my friends grandma passed away on the same day that her great grandmother (her grandmothers mother was being buried) So what do i get her a sympathy card and what else i want to her get flowers but i dont know which one
Please Help
Thanks
Funeral Condolence Gifts?
get her some flowers dont buy roses though just find some pretty ones that catch you eyes, yeah sure she prolly is getting alot but they work wonders and a card sounds nice too ...maybe a hug and just letting them know that if they need anything that you are there for them ...i think thats the best ^^
Reply:a card offering your condolences %26amp; either a homemade meal that can easily be frozen or a flower arrangement would be good.
If you go with the meal, lasagna, chicken salad, and pies are good.
If you go with flowers just tell the florist you go with that it is for a funerla and she will pick out appropriate flowers.
Reply:While getting her flowers is a sweet gesture, she will likely be getting a lot right now and they can be alot to care for. What I did when my friend's mother passed was make a charitable donation in her mother's name. She had died from diabetes so I donated to diabetes research.
Maybe do something like that - especially if there is a charity the family regularly supports andhave them send her a card saying the donation was made in memory of her family members.
I"m sure she will appreciate whatever you do and having your support during this time.
Reply:Call a florist %26amp; have something sent to the Funeral home. Tell them your budget %26amp; what you want the flower card to read as. They will work w/ you.
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Please Help
Thanks
Funeral Condolence Gifts?
get her some flowers dont buy roses though just find some pretty ones that catch you eyes, yeah sure she prolly is getting alot but they work wonders and a card sounds nice too ...maybe a hug and just letting them know that if they need anything that you are there for them ...i think thats the best ^^
Reply:a card offering your condolences %26amp; either a homemade meal that can easily be frozen or a flower arrangement would be good.
If you go with the meal, lasagna, chicken salad, and pies are good.
If you go with flowers just tell the florist you go with that it is for a funerla and she will pick out appropriate flowers.
Reply:While getting her flowers is a sweet gesture, she will likely be getting a lot right now and they can be alot to care for. What I did when my friend's mother passed was make a charitable donation in her mother's name. She had died from diabetes so I donated to diabetes research.
Maybe do something like that - especially if there is a charity the family regularly supports andhave them send her a card saying the donation was made in memory of her family members.
I"m sure she will appreciate whatever you do and having your support during this time.
Reply:Call a florist %26amp; have something sent to the Funeral home. Tell them your budget %26amp; what you want the flower card to read as. They will work w/ you.
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What Are Your Favorite Song From The World's Greatest Rock And Roll Band?
The Rolling Stones?
Your Top 10, 5 or 3 will be fine
My List
1 Dead Flowers
2 Take It Or Leave It
3 Sympathy For The Devil (Live from Get Yer Ya Ya's Out)
4 Can't You Hear Me Knockin
5 Loving Cup
6 You Better Move On
7 Monkey Man
8 Till The Next Goodbye
9 Midnight Rambler
10 2,000 Light Years From Home
Your Turn
What Are Your Favorite Song From The World's Greatest Rock And Roll Band?
Afternoon Darth :-)
The Rolling Stones have such a huge catalogue they are one of the few bands where my favorites are never set but tend to change from time to time..
As of right now:
Paint It, Black
Under My Thumb
Angie
Tumbling Dice
Dead Flowers
Miss You
Mixed Emotions
Little T %26amp; A
Sister Morphine
Torn and Frayed
Reply:#1 LOVING CUP
(most of the rest also come off Exile on main st)
in no particular order...........
sweet black angel
shine a light
you can't always get what you want
honky tonk woman (though it always seemed strange to me that a brittish group was singing about a honky tonk)
brown sugar
harlem shuffle
And many many more
Reply:1. shattered
2. Aint to proud to beg
3. beast of burden
4. b*tch
5. emotional rescue
6. play with fire
7. she's so cold
8. Sympathy for the Devil
9. she was hot
10. mixed emotions
11. dirty work
12. doo doo doo doo doo (heartbreaker)
13. down in the hole
14. let's spend the night together
15. undercover of the night
16. Midnight Rambler
17. Dead Flowers (this should be #1)
18. the last time
19. Suck on the Jugular
20. (between a) rock and a hard place
*king bee
Reply:1. Time Waits for No One (one of the greatest songs.. ever!)
2. 'Til the next Goodbye
3. Winter
4. Child Of The Moon
5. Loving Cup
6. All Down The Line
7. Rocks Off
8. Rip This Joint
9. All About You
10. Sister Morphine
11. Hand Of Fate
12. 100 Years Ago
13. Memory Motel
14. Coming Down Again
15. Torn and Frayed
Reply:Well Mr. Maul, having grown up in the Stones genre, these would be my faves
Satisfaction
Gimme Shelter
It's Just A Shout Away
Of course Sympathy for The Devil
You Can't Always Get
She's Like a Rainbow
Shattered
Undercover of the Night
Hang Fire
and, props to, Midnight Rambler
Reply:Equal absolute favourites :~
Paint It, Black
Gimme Shelter
No particular order :~
Mother's Little Helper
The Last Time
Under My Thumb
You Can't Always Get What You Want
She's A Rainbow
It's Only Rock n' Roll
Angie
19th Nervous Breakdown
Get Off of My Cloud
Sympathy for the Devil
Wild Horses
Reply:Worried About You
If You Can't Rock Me
When The Whip Comes Down
Too Much Blood
Jumping Jack Flash
Sweet Virginia
Let It Bleed
Cook Cook Blues
All Down The Line
Brown Sugar
Ask me again in an hour, and I might give you ten completely different songs. I freakin' love the Rolling Stones.
Reply:1.) Jumpin' Jack Flash
2.) Sweet Virginia
3.) Gimme Shelter
4.) Honky Tonk Women
5.) Tumblin' Dice
6.) Heartbreaker
7.) Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
8.) Faraway Eyes
9.) Dead Flowers
10.) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
11.) Torn and Frayed
Reply:1. Gimme Shelter (Live..any rendition)
2. Sister Morphine
3. Dead Flowers
4. Hang Fire
5. Loving Cup
6. Ain't Too Proud to beg
7. Beast of Burden
8. Fingerprint File
9. Send it to Me
10. She's so Cold
Reply:paint it black
street fightin' man
can't you hear me knockin
2,000 light years from home
ruby tuesday
wild horses
shattered
she's like a rainbow
lady jane
not fade away (great cover)
most underated album - Aftermath (UK release)
.
Reply:1)Sympathy for the devil
2) Heartbreaker
3) Jumping Jack Flash
4) Angie
5) Satisfaction
6) Mother's Little Helper
7) 19th Nervous Breakdown
8) Shattered
9) Emotional rescue
10) Miss You
Reply:Can't you hear me knockin
Gimmee Shelter
Sympathy for the Devil
Paint it Black
Shattered
Jumpin Jack Flash
Little T%26amp;A
(I Can't Ge No) Satisfaction
Brown Sugar
Angie
Reply:1.Cant get no satisfaction
2.Jumpin jack flash
3.because I used to love her
4.Ruby tuesday
5.This could be the last time
Reply:1.Start Me Up
2.Satisfaction
3.Honky Tonk Woman
4 Brown Sugar
5.Jumpin Jack Flash
Reply:19th Nervous Breakdown
Under My Thumb
Gimme Shelter
Mothers Little Helper
Get off of my cloud
Reply:Brown Sugar
Mommas Little Helper
I Cant Get No Satisfaction
Reply:Start me up #1
Its only RocknRoll....... but I like it
Beast Of Burden
Reply:Yes, they are the best.
My latest rotation of Stones faves is:
1.) Sittin' on a Fence
2.) Outta Time
3.) Mothers Little Helper
Reply:beast of burden
sympathy for the devil
paint it black
Reply:paint it black
Reply:Harlem shuffle
Fool to cry
tumbling dice
Reply:This isn't the order of my favorites!
I'll start from the 60's and work my way up for my top 20.
1) Time is on my Side.
2) The Last Time
3) Play with Fire
4) Get Off My Cloud
5) Satisfaction
6) Paint it Black
7) Mother's Little Helper
8) Ruby Tuesday
9) Dandelion
10) She's a Rainbow
11) 2000 Light Years from Home
12) Sympathy for the Devil
13) Jumpin' Jack Flash
14) You Can't Always Get What You Want
15) Happy
16) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
17) Out of Time
18) Beast of Burden
19) She's So Cold
20) You Got Me Rockin'
Reply:i think i can get all the way to 20 on this one darth
1. paint it, black
2. gimme shelter
3. (i can't get no)satisfaction
4. start me up
5. sympathy for the devil
6. under my thumb
7. get off my cloud...why do people forget this song?
8. you can't always get what you want
9. jumpin' jack flash
10. let it loose
11. time is on my side
12. ruby tuesday
13. honky tonk women
14. brown sugar
15. mother's little helper
16. let it bleed...and they forget this one too!
17. angie
18. 19th nervous breakdown
19. beast of burden
20. i'm free
Reply:gimme shelter
time waits for no one (album version)
emotional rescue
memory motel
waitin' on a friend
cook cook blues
i think i'm goin' crazy
when the whip comes down
she's a rainbow
not fade away
under the boardwalk
rock and a hard place
i wanna be yer man
mixed emotions
harlem shuffle
goin' to a go-go
i can almost hear you sigh
midnight rambler (live version)
twenty flight rock
like a rollin' stone
sexdrive
star star
oh carol
rip this joint
every song on the third side of 'love you live'
*cops and robbers
*roll over beethoven
*fannie mae
*bo diddley
(*SHHH!...those last 4 are on a limited edition promo that i ain't supposed to have)
can i stop now?...
Your Top 10, 5 or 3 will be fine
My List
1 Dead Flowers
2 Take It Or Leave It
3 Sympathy For The Devil (Live from Get Yer Ya Ya's Out)
4 Can't You Hear Me Knockin
5 Loving Cup
6 You Better Move On
7 Monkey Man
8 Till The Next Goodbye
9 Midnight Rambler
10 2,000 Light Years From Home
Your Turn
What Are Your Favorite Song From The World's Greatest Rock And Roll Band?
Afternoon Darth :-)
The Rolling Stones have such a huge catalogue they are one of the few bands where my favorites are never set but tend to change from time to time..
As of right now:
Paint It, Black
Under My Thumb
Angie
Tumbling Dice
Dead Flowers
Miss You
Mixed Emotions
Little T %26amp; A
Sister Morphine
Torn and Frayed
Reply:#1 LOVING CUP
(most of the rest also come off Exile on main st)
in no particular order...........
sweet black angel
shine a light
you can't always get what you want
honky tonk woman (though it always seemed strange to me that a brittish group was singing about a honky tonk)
brown sugar
harlem shuffle
And many many more
Reply:1. shattered
2. Aint to proud to beg
3. beast of burden
4. b*tch
5. emotional rescue
6. play with fire
7. she's so cold
8. Sympathy for the Devil
9. she was hot
10. mixed emotions
11. dirty work
12. doo doo doo doo doo (heartbreaker)
13. down in the hole
14. let's spend the night together
15. undercover of the night
16. Midnight Rambler
17. Dead Flowers (this should be #1)
18. the last time
19. Suck on the Jugular
20. (between a) rock and a hard place
*king bee
Reply:1. Time Waits for No One (one of the greatest songs.. ever!)
2. 'Til the next Goodbye
3. Winter
4. Child Of The Moon
5. Loving Cup
6. All Down The Line
7. Rocks Off
8. Rip This Joint
9. All About You
10. Sister Morphine
11. Hand Of Fate
12. 100 Years Ago
13. Memory Motel
14. Coming Down Again
15. Torn and Frayed
Reply:Well Mr. Maul, having grown up in the Stones genre, these would be my faves
Satisfaction
Gimme Shelter
It's Just A Shout Away
Of course Sympathy for The Devil
You Can't Always Get
She's Like a Rainbow
Shattered
Undercover of the Night
Hang Fire
and, props to, Midnight Rambler
Reply:Equal absolute favourites :~
Paint It, Black
Gimme Shelter
No particular order :~
Mother's Little Helper
The Last Time
Under My Thumb
You Can't Always Get What You Want
She's A Rainbow
It's Only Rock n' Roll
Angie
19th Nervous Breakdown
Get Off of My Cloud
Sympathy for the Devil
Wild Horses
Reply:Worried About You
If You Can't Rock Me
When The Whip Comes Down
Too Much Blood
Jumping Jack Flash
Sweet Virginia
Let It Bleed
Cook Cook Blues
All Down The Line
Brown Sugar
Ask me again in an hour, and I might give you ten completely different songs. I freakin' love the Rolling Stones.
Reply:1.) Jumpin' Jack Flash
2.) Sweet Virginia
3.) Gimme Shelter
4.) Honky Tonk Women
5.) Tumblin' Dice
6.) Heartbreaker
7.) Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
8.) Faraway Eyes
9.) Dead Flowers
10.) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
11.) Torn and Frayed
Reply:1. Gimme Shelter (Live..any rendition)
2. Sister Morphine
3. Dead Flowers
4. Hang Fire
5. Loving Cup
6. Ain't Too Proud to beg
7. Beast of Burden
8. Fingerprint File
9. Send it to Me
10. She's so Cold
Reply:paint it black
street fightin' man
can't you hear me knockin
2,000 light years from home
ruby tuesday
wild horses
shattered
she's like a rainbow
lady jane
not fade away (great cover)
most underated album - Aftermath (UK release)
.
Reply:1)Sympathy for the devil
2) Heartbreaker
3) Jumping Jack Flash
4) Angie
5) Satisfaction
6) Mother's Little Helper
7) 19th Nervous Breakdown
8) Shattered
9) Emotional rescue
10) Miss You
Reply:Can't you hear me knockin
Gimmee Shelter
Sympathy for the Devil
Paint it Black
Shattered
Jumpin Jack Flash
Little T%26amp;A
(I Can't Ge No) Satisfaction
Brown Sugar
Angie
Reply:1.Cant get no satisfaction
2.Jumpin jack flash
3.because I used to love her
4.Ruby tuesday
5.This could be the last time
Reply:1.Start Me Up
2.Satisfaction
3.Honky Tonk Woman
4 Brown Sugar
5.Jumpin Jack Flash
Reply:19th Nervous Breakdown
Under My Thumb
Gimme Shelter
Mothers Little Helper
Get off of my cloud
Reply:Brown Sugar
Mommas Little Helper
I Cant Get No Satisfaction
Reply:Start me up #1
Its only RocknRoll....... but I like it
Beast Of Burden
Reply:Yes, they are the best.
My latest rotation of Stones faves is:
1.) Sittin' on a Fence
2.) Outta Time
3.) Mothers Little Helper
Reply:beast of burden
sympathy for the devil
paint it black
Reply:paint it black
Reply:Harlem shuffle
Fool to cry
tumbling dice
Reply:This isn't the order of my favorites!
I'll start from the 60's and work my way up for my top 20.
1) Time is on my Side.
2) The Last Time
3) Play with Fire
4) Get Off My Cloud
5) Satisfaction
6) Paint it Black
7) Mother's Little Helper
8) Ruby Tuesday
9) Dandelion
10) She's a Rainbow
11) 2000 Light Years from Home
12) Sympathy for the Devil
13) Jumpin' Jack Flash
14) You Can't Always Get What You Want
15) Happy
16) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
17) Out of Time
18) Beast of Burden
19) She's So Cold
20) You Got Me Rockin'
Reply:i think i can get all the way to 20 on this one darth
1. paint it, black
2. gimme shelter
3. (i can't get no)satisfaction
4. start me up
5. sympathy for the devil
6. under my thumb
7. get off my cloud...why do people forget this song?
8. you can't always get what you want
9. jumpin' jack flash
10. let it loose
11. time is on my side
12. ruby tuesday
13. honky tonk women
14. brown sugar
15. mother's little helper
16. let it bleed...and they forget this one too!
17. angie
18. 19th nervous breakdown
19. beast of burden
20. i'm free
Reply:gimme shelter
time waits for no one (album version)
emotional rescue
memory motel
waitin' on a friend
cook cook blues
i think i'm goin' crazy
when the whip comes down
she's a rainbow
not fade away
under the boardwalk
rock and a hard place
i wanna be yer man
mixed emotions
harlem shuffle
goin' to a go-go
i can almost hear you sigh
midnight rambler (live version)
twenty flight rock
like a rollin' stone
sexdrive
star star
oh carol
rip this joint
every song on the third side of 'love you live'
*cops and robbers
*roll over beethoven
*fannie mae
*bo diddley
(*SHHH!...those last 4 are on a limited edition promo that i ain't supposed to have)
can i stop now?...
How do u like it?
-Prologue-
-Dreams-
“For in dreams we enter a world that’s entirely our own, let them swim in the deepest ocean, or glide over the highest cloud”
-Dumledore-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
What are dreams? Are they a reminisce from a previous life, or simply De ja vu. They can have us enter into the unimaginable and impossible. Yet it all seems so real. We do the most amazing things in dreams, but cannot remember any bit of it when you wake up. That is why the dream world is so amazing; it is where we can achieve our most desired whim. Still, very few dreams come true, yet those spare few are able to paint our lives with the colors of adventure, or tragedy. Dare to step into the Dream World?
Chapter 1
It was a glorious day like no other, and 14-year-old Caity Craft was enjoying every bit of it.
In a couple of minutes David West, the handsome and charming young man that Caity has had a crush on for years, would be picking her up for their date that afternoon. She had been getting ready for hours, choosing her outfit carefully, taking care not to look too over the top, and yet to make an everlasting impression on him. Just as she finished she heard the doorbell ring, she put one last streak of lip gloss on her already over-shined lips, and went to go answer it. Of course, it was David, he held his arm out, she responded with a smile and grabbed his hand. Together they made their way down the road towards the local coffee shop and settled in a table near a beautiful picture window and ordered their choice of drinks. They sat and chatted politely, and eventually came into a very intensive conversation about nothing in particular, and yet meant everything that mattered in the world. They went for a very long walk, around the town, in the park, everywhere. It became very late though, and their parents would be concerned, so they decided to go their separate ways after agreeing to a second date sometime.
When Caity said goodbye, she looked up, he was looking away, she blushed and looked down again, he lifted her chin and stared at her with the most penetrating stare that she could not pry her eyes away, they both smiled, the space between their faces was shrinking rapidly, she could smell the cologne that lost its original strength long ago, their lips were only centimeters away from each other…
“CAITY, WAKE UP!!!”
“Mom, just five more minutes, please!” why must she awake her at such an invigorating part of her glorious dream?
“But honey you have to wake up or you’ll be late for school, it’s already 7:30!”
“WHAT?!?!?! Make me some breakfast while I get dressed, please and thank you.”
Caity grabbed the first thing she could find, groaning at the big stain on the front of her favorite sweater. She took a look in the mirror, fixed her hair, and ran downstairs, not bothering to try and impress David, for she had given it up and was in a hurry. Gulping down breakfast she ran outside into the car, hoping her mom would write a tardy admit for her.
When Mrs. Craft pulled into the parking lot of the school, Caity asked her to write an admit but she had no time.
“Love you honey!”
“Bye mom” she said hopelessly as she entered school, dreading what Mr. Jerrald, her terribly strict geometry teacher, would say…
Chapter 2
“DETENTION CRAFT!” Mr. Jerrald hissed,
“This Wednesday after school, be there!” he handed her a detention slip.
“That’s your ninth tardy, one more and there will be suspension! What is it you do instead of being in class?”
Honestly, Caity and her friends had skipped the first half hour of class a couple times. Eight times actually, but Caity never thought she would, God forbid, get suspended! Not really, its just that she never really thought of consequences while having fun, playing hookie at the drugstore or in the school bathrooms.
“Nothing” she said with the most innocent voice she could muster
But she knew now that it was time to pay.
She took her seat in the back of the class with her friends; they gave her grave looks of sympathy and said they would totally serve detention with her, if it weren’t for “soccer practice” or some other lame excuse. When school was finally over, Caity showed her mom the detention slip and said she was going to have to miss her dance lesson that week.
The next morning she ran into David on her way to class, he looked anxious for some reason, and he kept looking over his shoulder.
“Hi Caity, hey, have you seen Mr. Smith anywhere?” he asked
“Um, no I haven’t” she said nervously.
“Ok, but will you tell me if you do? That would be great, see ya”
“Bye”
What was that all about?
“Oh my gosh!” Caity thought as she went down the stairs to her English class
“I can’t believe I actually talked to David West! I hope I didn’t act too excited, or, oh no! Did I sound nervous?!?!?! I HAVE to know!”
But what was also on her mind - why was he in such a hurry and why was he so nervous? Was he in trouble or something? Was David West – THE David West – the boy that shy Caity Crest had a crush on, a criminal?
No, in fact he was not in trouble with the law or anything scandalous, he just needed to tell Mr. Smith something, but is that the message that got him in so much trouble? Who knows, only him.
Chapter 3
Wednesday’s detention, as Caity had dreaded, had finally come. She made her way down to the detention room, and froze…
Much to her delight, David West was in the detention room, but it also added to the anxiety of it all. What’s even worse is that the teacher leading the detention that day put them in groups of two, and guess who got put together.
Caity just sat there avoiding eye contact, when the awkward silence was too much.
“So, what are you in for?” she asked, trying to smile
“Remember when you saw me yesterday? Well, I had to tell Mr. Smith something and he got all angry about it for some reason, then he gave me a detention, you?” It sounded innocent enough, but still a little fishy, however, Caity decided not to delve deeper in case of offending him.
“That’s weird, yeah, I was tardy… for the ninth time.”
They went on talking, Caity getting more confident with every word, when suddenly, David asked a question that stopped the confidence boost altogether.
“Hey Caity, are you doing anything this Saturday?” he sounded anxious when he said it.
“Uh, let me check my calendar” she looked at the paper they were supposed to be working on.
“No, I’m not doing anything, what did you have in mind?” she laughed nervously
“Well, I was just wondering if—‘’
“NO TALKING!” snapped the teacher, so David wrote it down on a piece of paper—
Caity- since you’re free on Saturday, I was just wondering if you would like to go to a movie with me, I’ll pay for you, and we could go to dinner before it
Sounds great! When can you pick me up? Or can you pick me up? That would be awesome because my mom has somewhere else to go to.
Yeah, I can pick you up around six. We’ll be back around ten, is that ok?
Yeah, see you then.
Chapter 4
Caity was so excited about her date on Saturday that she couldn’t concentrate on her world history homework.
“David West, a Spanish Conquistador, took over the whole cinema to go on a date with his new girlfriend, Caity Craft. Charming Craft and handsome West together set out to conquer the world, but died from a cruel gunshot from Lisa Smith, West’s former companion, and their world history teacher, Mr. Smith’s daughter…”
Caity couldn’t stand it; she called up David, not knowing how she got his number stuck in the pocket of her jacket, when a thought came to her mind — what did David say to Mr. Smith that made him so angry—
“Hello, this is David speaking”
“Hey David, just wondering, what was it you said to Mr. Smith that made him so angry?
“I just asked him about his daughter, Lisa, because she, uh, left her jacket at my house, she’s my ex.” He said, though not with much confidence.
“Oh. Hmm, I wonder why he got so mad about it.”
“Yeah, he was all red in the face and yelled ‘Detention! And don’t ever speak to me about my daughter ever again!!!’”
“Seems like he overreacted a little… but maybe it was just problems between them.”
“Yeah, I guess. But he sounded really angry, with a crazed look in his eye. Well, I godda go, my mom’s calling me for dinner, see you tomorrow!” He said, sounding troubled
“Bye” She said as she hung up the phone, deciding that she would think about it more tomorrow, besides, she had homework, and tomorrow was Friday.
Chapter 5
By the end of the day, Caity had found out nothing on the subject of, well, all her subjects; and still nothing on the subject of Lisa Smith. Which is what she had been concentrating on instead of her studies.
But she was still very excited for Saturday, when they (David and Caity) could discuss it more. She felt like Nancy Drew, though it was not much of a mystery (so far). When all of a sudden, she heard her name being called.
“Wha— she had been daydreaming.
“I think I asked you a question.” Mrs. Tap said firmly “what is the theory of relativity, very easy, and what does it have to do with how energy is made?
“Oh, yeah. E=mc2, which is pretty much energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. So energy is made from, uh, mass times the speed of light to the second?”
“Correct, but for your homework tonight, everybody must write at least a paragraph about the speed of light, to touch further on the subject. It will be due on Monday.”
Great, Caity might have time to write up a short paragraph on Sunday night, but it will be difficult so she started it that night.
It was a lot harder than she thought, and she was up almost all night working on it. Caity just couldn’t explain it in one paragraph, so at 11:30, she had already had two pages on it. By the time it was 1:00, and she had four pages, Caity figured it was enough (perhaps a bit more than enough), so she finished it up and tried to get some sleep, she knew it would be good, but she was too excited. When she finally did get some shut-eye, it was 4:30, and she would have to sleep in, very late, she set her alarm for 3:00 p.m., hopefully it would wake her up in time to get ready.
Chapter 6
Saturday had come at last, and Caity had woken up, refreshed exactly at… what? 5:30?!?!?!? This couldn’t be happening, surely her mom would have woken her up by now.
She went into the bathroom; she couldn’t believe what she saw…
There she was, drenched in blood, Caity couldn’t even scream. Her own mother, but why? From the looks of it, she was tortured to death. The crude details are too sickening explain. Her body was twisted in an unnatural way, with many bruises and burns, Caity didn’t hear the horrific, blood curdling screams, that escaped from her tender motherly lips, that fixed all her “boo-boos” when she was a young child, because she was gagged. What a terrible fate for such a caring person. What callous, sick person would do this? But Caity noticed another thing, a tag, no, a note, written in blood-
Your next, Caity Craft.
Chapter 7
Suddenly she blacked out, she was so afraid. Wait no, she didn’t black out, something, a pillow, was covering her face, she was getting lightheaded, she couldn’t scream, couldn’t feel sweet air filling her lungs. A bag was put over her head. Caity started to panic, she couldn’t breathe, her mother was dead. How could this all be happening? Who was the person behind this terrible act? She was being kicked, urged to get up and walk, she got up, having no choice. She was getting beaten around like a soccer ball in an intense game. Caity tried to calm down but it was too much. She was thrown into a vehicle and driven somewhere. Unexpectedly she felt icy cold, she was drowning! Unable to untie her hands, she gave up hope, destroyed. Why must it end like this?
When she thought all hope was lost, she gave what would have been her last, shuddering breath, when all of a sudden…
A pair of muscular arms, far from the ones that had damaged her, were holding her around the waist while strong legs pumped underneath them. They were strong yet comforting, then she thought—
“DAVID!” and she fell to sleep, adrenaline rushing away, what kept her alive was leaving her, and a more reliable source was taking over, her true hero.
Chapter 8
She woke up but a moment later it seemed. She was in a hospital bed with balloons, flowers and get-well cards all around her. The nurse said she had been out for two days. Caity looked down, there were bruises all down her arms and IV in her wrist. She was more relieved than she had ever been in her life, when panic came over her again. She now had no parents (her father died in a war), not enough money to live, and she almost died for God’s sake. A nurse came up to her to give her some medicine, Caity refused it and started to get nervous and uncomfortable, why was everyone bothering her, she was terrified, nurses were starting to surround her, she started having a nervous breakdown, her breaths became short and quick, they were all trying to stick needles in her, she didn’t want them to do that, they would hurt her, put her in more pain than she already was. She was screaming her head off and nobody was paying her any attention. She wanted her mother, her mom was dead, she started screaming more, crying out for help. Then she saw it, a faint glowing at first, it started to get brighter and everything else was blocked out. Now the only thing that she wanted was to reach that light. She knew that it would end her suffering and pain. She would see her mom and dad again, and be able to be with them forever, she knew it. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her arm and the light disappeared. She was coming back, no, she didn’t want to come back; she didn’t want to live her life in misery. But when she came back, all the nurses had disappeared, she was in a different room, she saw David there, standing, her hero, come back to see how she was. Caity could see that his eyes were bloodshot, he had obviously been crying… for her. He did care about her.
Chapter 9
“How did you find me?” was the first thing that came from her.
“I came to pick you up a little early, and something didn’t feel right. I was going to go check on you, but I saw the door opening, so I hid. I saw a person whose face was masked kicking and hitting you to walk, then the person threw you into the back of the van. I followed it, staying behind so the person wouldn’t suspect anything, but not far enough to lose you. I stopped when it pulled over at the end of a bridge, then it just, well” his voice faltered, tears started streaming down his face.
“I know you probably don’t want to see me like this, I’m sorry, but, well, it, that, thing, threw you into the lake, I knew I had to do something, when it drove away I went and dived in, I just couldn’t let you die. And, well, you know what happened next. I thought you died, I was so scared it’s not even funny. I’m just glad to see your ok now.”
“And I thank you, you are my hero mister David West. I owe you my life.” She said, mesmerized and truthfully.
“I just wonder who did this, kind of scary y’know? Like a demented serial stalker. What do they want from me?”
“Yeah, what do they have against you, and your mom I guess…” he said
She started to cry.
“Oh, I am so sorry, this is probably really hard for you and I just made it worse.”
“No, its ok. I’m probably acting like a baby, crying all the time and having nervous breakdowns”
“I don’t blame you, you almost died, anyone would act like that. I just wonder why she wants to kill you.” He said
“She? How do you know it’s a girl?” She said, sudden accusation in her tone
“What? Did I say she? I mean, it’s just so awkward calling it a, well, “it” I g—”
“Are you not telling me something that could very well save my life some day?”
“No, I’m telling you everything I know” he said defensively.
“Are you sure? Is there anything you’ve been hiding from me for a while?” she gave him a threatening look
“ok FINE! I, might kinda, like know who possibly tried to kill you, I may not be right though. Her name is Lisa Smith, I’m sure I might have mentioned her once. Anyway, she was the one that killed my mom. That’s what I was talking to Mr. Smith about, I told him that his daughter was a murderer, but he didn’t believe me, obviously.”
“Oh really, so she wasn’t your ex. But why did she kill your mom?”
“Yes, actually, she was my ex, and my mom didn’t like her. So she made me break with her. She was using me to get drugs or something, so she got really angry, and killed her.” He said with a sigh.
“That’s so sad, sorry for snapping at you, it must be hard enough, talking freely about your mom’s death.”
“I guess so…” he said uncertainly, there was an awkward silence for a while, broken eagerly by David.
“Hey, we never really did have that date, how about tomorrow night at six?”
“But the nurses probably won’t let me out of the hospital.” Caity said
“Well then I guess we’ll just have to have it in your room, with romantic music, reading the cafeteria menus by candlelight, whaddaya say?”
“Sure” she said laughing.
Chapter 10
Caity was recovering quickly, and would be going back to school soon, on crutches because she had broken her leg. She and David had been having “dates” together in her hospital room, now decorated with posters of her favorite bands, and gifts from her visitors. She was still devastated about what happened, but she had company almost all day. David came and visited every day after school. He even missed football practice to just hang out with Caity.
He loved her and she loved him, they hadn’t had anything tragic happen lately. They both went on with their daily lives, hanging out. Caity joined her school track team after she got her crutches off.
All was well till one day when Caity was walking home from school; she was walking alone because David was sick that day. Even though the street around her was empty, Caity was aware of a presence behind her. She turned around and was immediately knocked out of consciousness.
When she awoke, she realized that she was wet with sweat. Caity found she was tied up to a wooden pole, she looked down and saw a fire beneath her, she was being burned alive!
She heard malicious laughing in the distance, and none other than Lisa Smith emerged from the shadows.
“So…” she laughed
“Little Caity is scared without her ‘boyfriend’ to come and save her… like last time.” She finished the sentence quite bitterly.
“But this time he WON’T come, this time I will KILL YOU!” her voice much resembling the burning flames reflected in her crazed eyes.
“It was you.”
“No it wasn’t, it was my dear father.
“And he covered for you, when David talked to him.” Caity said with realization, while attempting to loosen her bindings.
“Yes, and he cut it mighty close if you ask me, had to knock him out, then make him swear not to tell anyone about it, or he would lose his life.”
“But David will come and save me, I know that.”
Lisa laughed again
“Ha! He’s tied up with my father, waiting for my signal.” She held up her walkie-talkie
“Once you are screaming your poor wittle head off when you catch fire…” she said in a mock babying voice.
“I will tell him to blast the little traitor’s head to smithereens. The two of you will die together, how romantic.” She said with a smile.
“You sick person, what did you do to my mother?”
“Oh, I had fun with her. First I gagged her, to keep her unworthy mouth from screeching. Then I thoroughly enjoyed peeling the skin clean off her face, played around with a lighter—
“STOP IT!” Caity screamed, blood and tears streaming down her face.
“STOP! I meant, why did you do it, why you crazed madman, why?” she wailed.
“To get to you.” Lisa said simply.
“You see, with her out of the way, I had a clear shot to you.”
“But what about David?”
“No, he was working for me, but I did get a little worried about him when he fell in love with you and ruined my first plan. But I encouraged him to join me back with a little, shall we say, ‘persuasion’, I took him back to lure you closer.”
“WHAT?!?!?! YOU MEAN HE LIED TO MY FACE?!?!?!? So, all those times he said he would love me forever, were lies?”
“That’s right sweetie, all lies… welcome to the real world, where you can’t just trust everyone. Even people you love, and dream about.”
How she knew about her dream, she didn’t know, all she was thinking about was how David betrayed her, and the growing fire, licking her burnt ankles.
“Then why did you tie him up?” Caity spat, tears still running down her face.
“Because, he’s a traitor, that’s that, and he still loves you.”
Caity thought about what Lisa said for a while, when she finally realized the burning pain, well, all over her. She started screaming out all the air her lungs held; she screamed in agony, the pain was unbelievable.
She started seeing the light again, but she also saw through it, into the real world. Her mother and father were running up to her, going to give her a hug, but she then realized, it was the dream world, then, breaking through the unreal barrier. She saw a Lisa Smith, talking on her walkie-talkie. She had to stop her! Somehow, anyhow. She was helpless, then she thought of something she did with her parents when she was little… she prayed.
“God, please, just help me out of this.”
Chapter 11
It all happened so fast, a flash that lighted the night sky, a loud crack, and a chilling scream, not from Caity’s own lips, but from another’s. Then a miracle happened, I started to rain, and rain, and rain. When the last flames of the fire below Caity had vanished in a wisp of smoke, she saw the dead body of Lisa lying in the pouring rain. Then, through the mist, Caity saw something limping her way.
“Oh no” she thought
“It’s Mr. Smith come to see my remains” But she was wrong.
Through the thick black smoke came the voice of a hero, her hero. David West.
“Are you ok Caity?”
Caity felt more relieved then ever in her whole life. But how was David still alive? Hadn’t Mr. Smith finished him off?
“Come on, we have to get you down from there.”
“David, I love you. I love you so much, more than the stars in the sky. You have saved my life twice and I’ve never repaid you”
“Well, I thi—
Then, without warning, Caity kissed him, right in the rain, under the stars. She kissed him, her burned body being soothed by the droplets from heaven.
Chapter 12
The two fell in love, true love. Not just an act he put on to kill her.
“How did you escape?” she whispered in his ear.
“I had untied, and when he turned away I knocked him out. I followed the smoke, and the screaming to you. When I was almost there, it started to rain. I prayed you were still alive, and you were, thank goodness.”
“You betrayed me.” She yelled
“But you betrayed them, for me.” She said in a much more gentle tone.
He started blushing
“Well, you must think I’m just about the most terrible guy in the world, so I would understand if you left me.”
“I wouldn’t leave you for the world.” She said gratefully.
So, as time went on, Caity Craft became Caity West. They had 3 beautiful daughters, and a son on the way, that they loved more than love itself.
But during their time together in that fateful 9th grade year, they found that even through the toughest of times, when you think you are all alone, there is a person that will always love you.
When you feel the most alone, where everyone in your life is gone… you can always go back to the dream world.
How do u like it?
You really need to watch your tenses. You switch back and forth from present to past and back again. You should also avoid superfluous "that"'s and the passive tense "had broken" etc. Both weaken your story and get really annoying to read over and over again. Why say "had broken her leg" when you can say "broke her leg"? JK could have cut 25 or more pages out of that book if she stuck to past tense and left out the "that's". You have occasional syntax errors and awkwardly worded sentences and you use quite a few fragments. Also, if you are writing in the past tense, you are writing a narrative about an event that occurred some time in the past - in this case long before the end of the story when someone sat down and recorded it. We know this because at the end, she is married and has 3 children, so it is some years later. Therefore you cannot use "she would have to think about it tomorrow" because tomorrow is the day after the story is being told to the audience - years after when she was in school. Lastly, the contraction of you are is you're not your. With some editing, it could be OK. Pax - C
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Reply:I liked it BUT i disagree that we cannot remember one bit of our dreams, and that few dreams come true, I think that if u focus on your dreams and if u trust in them they can show you more then just Fictional Fantasy.
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-Dreams-
“For in dreams we enter a world that’s entirely our own, let them swim in the deepest ocean, or glide over the highest cloud”
-Dumledore-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
What are dreams? Are they a reminisce from a previous life, or simply De ja vu. They can have us enter into the unimaginable and impossible. Yet it all seems so real. We do the most amazing things in dreams, but cannot remember any bit of it when you wake up. That is why the dream world is so amazing; it is where we can achieve our most desired whim. Still, very few dreams come true, yet those spare few are able to paint our lives with the colors of adventure, or tragedy. Dare to step into the Dream World?
Chapter 1
It was a glorious day like no other, and 14-year-old Caity Craft was enjoying every bit of it.
In a couple of minutes David West, the handsome and charming young man that Caity has had a crush on for years, would be picking her up for their date that afternoon. She had been getting ready for hours, choosing her outfit carefully, taking care not to look too over the top, and yet to make an everlasting impression on him. Just as she finished she heard the doorbell ring, she put one last streak of lip gloss on her already over-shined lips, and went to go answer it. Of course, it was David, he held his arm out, she responded with a smile and grabbed his hand. Together they made their way down the road towards the local coffee shop and settled in a table near a beautiful picture window and ordered their choice of drinks. They sat and chatted politely, and eventually came into a very intensive conversation about nothing in particular, and yet meant everything that mattered in the world. They went for a very long walk, around the town, in the park, everywhere. It became very late though, and their parents would be concerned, so they decided to go their separate ways after agreeing to a second date sometime.
When Caity said goodbye, she looked up, he was looking away, she blushed and looked down again, he lifted her chin and stared at her with the most penetrating stare that she could not pry her eyes away, they both smiled, the space between their faces was shrinking rapidly, she could smell the cologne that lost its original strength long ago, their lips were only centimeters away from each other…
“CAITY, WAKE UP!!!”
“Mom, just five more minutes, please!” why must she awake her at such an invigorating part of her glorious dream?
“But honey you have to wake up or you’ll be late for school, it’s already 7:30!”
“WHAT?!?!?! Make me some breakfast while I get dressed, please and thank you.”
Caity grabbed the first thing she could find, groaning at the big stain on the front of her favorite sweater. She took a look in the mirror, fixed her hair, and ran downstairs, not bothering to try and impress David, for she had given it up and was in a hurry. Gulping down breakfast she ran outside into the car, hoping her mom would write a tardy admit for her.
When Mrs. Craft pulled into the parking lot of the school, Caity asked her to write an admit but she had no time.
“Love you honey!”
“Bye mom” she said hopelessly as she entered school, dreading what Mr. Jerrald, her terribly strict geometry teacher, would say…
Chapter 2
“DETENTION CRAFT!” Mr. Jerrald hissed,
“This Wednesday after school, be there!” he handed her a detention slip.
“That’s your ninth tardy, one more and there will be suspension! What is it you do instead of being in class?”
Honestly, Caity and her friends had skipped the first half hour of class a couple times. Eight times actually, but Caity never thought she would, God forbid, get suspended! Not really, its just that she never really thought of consequences while having fun, playing hookie at the drugstore or in the school bathrooms.
“Nothing” she said with the most innocent voice she could muster
But she knew now that it was time to pay.
She took her seat in the back of the class with her friends; they gave her grave looks of sympathy and said they would totally serve detention with her, if it weren’t for “soccer practice” or some other lame excuse. When school was finally over, Caity showed her mom the detention slip and said she was going to have to miss her dance lesson that week.
The next morning she ran into David on her way to class, he looked anxious for some reason, and he kept looking over his shoulder.
“Hi Caity, hey, have you seen Mr. Smith anywhere?” he asked
“Um, no I haven’t” she said nervously.
“Ok, but will you tell me if you do? That would be great, see ya”
“Bye”
What was that all about?
“Oh my gosh!” Caity thought as she went down the stairs to her English class
“I can’t believe I actually talked to David West! I hope I didn’t act too excited, or, oh no! Did I sound nervous?!?!?! I HAVE to know!”
But what was also on her mind - why was he in such a hurry and why was he so nervous? Was he in trouble or something? Was David West – THE David West – the boy that shy Caity Crest had a crush on, a criminal?
No, in fact he was not in trouble with the law or anything scandalous, he just needed to tell Mr. Smith something, but is that the message that got him in so much trouble? Who knows, only him.
Chapter 3
Wednesday’s detention, as Caity had dreaded, had finally come. She made her way down to the detention room, and froze…
Much to her delight, David West was in the detention room, but it also added to the anxiety of it all. What’s even worse is that the teacher leading the detention that day put them in groups of two, and guess who got put together.
Caity just sat there avoiding eye contact, when the awkward silence was too much.
“So, what are you in for?” she asked, trying to smile
“Remember when you saw me yesterday? Well, I had to tell Mr. Smith something and he got all angry about it for some reason, then he gave me a detention, you?” It sounded innocent enough, but still a little fishy, however, Caity decided not to delve deeper in case of offending him.
“That’s weird, yeah, I was tardy… for the ninth time.”
They went on talking, Caity getting more confident with every word, when suddenly, David asked a question that stopped the confidence boost altogether.
“Hey Caity, are you doing anything this Saturday?” he sounded anxious when he said it.
“Uh, let me check my calendar” she looked at the paper they were supposed to be working on.
“No, I’m not doing anything, what did you have in mind?” she laughed nervously
“Well, I was just wondering if—‘’
“NO TALKING!” snapped the teacher, so David wrote it down on a piece of paper—
Caity- since you’re free on Saturday, I was just wondering if you would like to go to a movie with me, I’ll pay for you, and we could go to dinner before it
Sounds great! When can you pick me up? Or can you pick me up? That would be awesome because my mom has somewhere else to go to.
Yeah, I can pick you up around six. We’ll be back around ten, is that ok?
Yeah, see you then.
Chapter 4
Caity was so excited about her date on Saturday that she couldn’t concentrate on her world history homework.
“David West, a Spanish Conquistador, took over the whole cinema to go on a date with his new girlfriend, Caity Craft. Charming Craft and handsome West together set out to conquer the world, but died from a cruel gunshot from Lisa Smith, West’s former companion, and their world history teacher, Mr. Smith’s daughter…”
Caity couldn’t stand it; she called up David, not knowing how she got his number stuck in the pocket of her jacket, when a thought came to her mind — what did David say to Mr. Smith that made him so angry—
“Hello, this is David speaking”
“Hey David, just wondering, what was it you said to Mr. Smith that made him so angry?
“I just asked him about his daughter, Lisa, because she, uh, left her jacket at my house, she’s my ex.” He said, though not with much confidence.
“Oh. Hmm, I wonder why he got so mad about it.”
“Yeah, he was all red in the face and yelled ‘Detention! And don’t ever speak to me about my daughter ever again!!!’”
“Seems like he overreacted a little… but maybe it was just problems between them.”
“Yeah, I guess. But he sounded really angry, with a crazed look in his eye. Well, I godda go, my mom’s calling me for dinner, see you tomorrow!” He said, sounding troubled
“Bye” She said as she hung up the phone, deciding that she would think about it more tomorrow, besides, she had homework, and tomorrow was Friday.
Chapter 5
By the end of the day, Caity had found out nothing on the subject of, well, all her subjects; and still nothing on the subject of Lisa Smith. Which is what she had been concentrating on instead of her studies.
But she was still very excited for Saturday, when they (David and Caity) could discuss it more. She felt like Nancy Drew, though it was not much of a mystery (so far). When all of a sudden, she heard her name being called.
“Wha— she had been daydreaming.
“I think I asked you a question.” Mrs. Tap said firmly “what is the theory of relativity, very easy, and what does it have to do with how energy is made?
“Oh, yeah. E=mc2, which is pretty much energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. So energy is made from, uh, mass times the speed of light to the second?”
“Correct, but for your homework tonight, everybody must write at least a paragraph about the speed of light, to touch further on the subject. It will be due on Monday.”
Great, Caity might have time to write up a short paragraph on Sunday night, but it will be difficult so she started it that night.
It was a lot harder than she thought, and she was up almost all night working on it. Caity just couldn’t explain it in one paragraph, so at 11:30, she had already had two pages on it. By the time it was 1:00, and she had four pages, Caity figured it was enough (perhaps a bit more than enough), so she finished it up and tried to get some sleep, she knew it would be good, but she was too excited. When she finally did get some shut-eye, it was 4:30, and she would have to sleep in, very late, she set her alarm for 3:00 p.m., hopefully it would wake her up in time to get ready.
Chapter 6
Saturday had come at last, and Caity had woken up, refreshed exactly at… what? 5:30?!?!?!? This couldn’t be happening, surely her mom would have woken her up by now.
She went into the bathroom; she couldn’t believe what she saw…
There she was, drenched in blood, Caity couldn’t even scream. Her own mother, but why? From the looks of it, she was tortured to death. The crude details are too sickening explain. Her body was twisted in an unnatural way, with many bruises and burns, Caity didn’t hear the horrific, blood curdling screams, that escaped from her tender motherly lips, that fixed all her “boo-boos” when she was a young child, because she was gagged. What a terrible fate for such a caring person. What callous, sick person would do this? But Caity noticed another thing, a tag, no, a note, written in blood-
Your next, Caity Craft.
Chapter 7
Suddenly she blacked out, she was so afraid. Wait no, she didn’t black out, something, a pillow, was covering her face, she was getting lightheaded, she couldn’t scream, couldn’t feel sweet air filling her lungs. A bag was put over her head. Caity started to panic, she couldn’t breathe, her mother was dead. How could this all be happening? Who was the person behind this terrible act? She was being kicked, urged to get up and walk, she got up, having no choice. She was getting beaten around like a soccer ball in an intense game. Caity tried to calm down but it was too much. She was thrown into a vehicle and driven somewhere. Unexpectedly she felt icy cold, she was drowning! Unable to untie her hands, she gave up hope, destroyed. Why must it end like this?
When she thought all hope was lost, she gave what would have been her last, shuddering breath, when all of a sudden…
A pair of muscular arms, far from the ones that had damaged her, were holding her around the waist while strong legs pumped underneath them. They were strong yet comforting, then she thought—
“DAVID!” and she fell to sleep, adrenaline rushing away, what kept her alive was leaving her, and a more reliable source was taking over, her true hero.
Chapter 8
She woke up but a moment later it seemed. She was in a hospital bed with balloons, flowers and get-well cards all around her. The nurse said she had been out for two days. Caity looked down, there were bruises all down her arms and IV in her wrist. She was more relieved than she had ever been in her life, when panic came over her again. She now had no parents (her father died in a war), not enough money to live, and she almost died for God’s sake. A nurse came up to her to give her some medicine, Caity refused it and started to get nervous and uncomfortable, why was everyone bothering her, she was terrified, nurses were starting to surround her, she started having a nervous breakdown, her breaths became short and quick, they were all trying to stick needles in her, she didn’t want them to do that, they would hurt her, put her in more pain than she already was. She was screaming her head off and nobody was paying her any attention. She wanted her mother, her mom was dead, she started screaming more, crying out for help. Then she saw it, a faint glowing at first, it started to get brighter and everything else was blocked out. Now the only thing that she wanted was to reach that light. She knew that it would end her suffering and pain. She would see her mom and dad again, and be able to be with them forever, she knew it. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her arm and the light disappeared. She was coming back, no, she didn’t want to come back; she didn’t want to live her life in misery. But when she came back, all the nurses had disappeared, she was in a different room, she saw David there, standing, her hero, come back to see how she was. Caity could see that his eyes were bloodshot, he had obviously been crying… for her. He did care about her.
Chapter 9
“How did you find me?” was the first thing that came from her.
“I came to pick you up a little early, and something didn’t feel right. I was going to go check on you, but I saw the door opening, so I hid. I saw a person whose face was masked kicking and hitting you to walk, then the person threw you into the back of the van. I followed it, staying behind so the person wouldn’t suspect anything, but not far enough to lose you. I stopped when it pulled over at the end of a bridge, then it just, well” his voice faltered, tears started streaming down his face.
“I know you probably don’t want to see me like this, I’m sorry, but, well, it, that, thing, threw you into the lake, I knew I had to do something, when it drove away I went and dived in, I just couldn’t let you die. And, well, you know what happened next. I thought you died, I was so scared it’s not even funny. I’m just glad to see your ok now.”
“And I thank you, you are my hero mister David West. I owe you my life.” She said, mesmerized and truthfully.
“I just wonder who did this, kind of scary y’know? Like a demented serial stalker. What do they want from me?”
“Yeah, what do they have against you, and your mom I guess…” he said
She started to cry.
“Oh, I am so sorry, this is probably really hard for you and I just made it worse.”
“No, its ok. I’m probably acting like a baby, crying all the time and having nervous breakdowns”
“I don’t blame you, you almost died, anyone would act like that. I just wonder why she wants to kill you.” He said
“She? How do you know it’s a girl?” She said, sudden accusation in her tone
“What? Did I say she? I mean, it’s just so awkward calling it a, well, “it” I g—”
“Are you not telling me something that could very well save my life some day?”
“No, I’m telling you everything I know” he said defensively.
“Are you sure? Is there anything you’ve been hiding from me for a while?” she gave him a threatening look
“ok FINE! I, might kinda, like know who possibly tried to kill you, I may not be right though. Her name is Lisa Smith, I’m sure I might have mentioned her once. Anyway, she was the one that killed my mom. That’s what I was talking to Mr. Smith about, I told him that his daughter was a murderer, but he didn’t believe me, obviously.”
“Oh really, so she wasn’t your ex. But why did she kill your mom?”
“Yes, actually, she was my ex, and my mom didn’t like her. So she made me break with her. She was using me to get drugs or something, so she got really angry, and killed her.” He said with a sigh.
“That’s so sad, sorry for snapping at you, it must be hard enough, talking freely about your mom’s death.”
“I guess so…” he said uncertainly, there was an awkward silence for a while, broken eagerly by David.
“Hey, we never really did have that date, how about tomorrow night at six?”
“But the nurses probably won’t let me out of the hospital.” Caity said
“Well then I guess we’ll just have to have it in your room, with romantic music, reading the cafeteria menus by candlelight, whaddaya say?”
“Sure” she said laughing.
Chapter 10
Caity was recovering quickly, and would be going back to school soon, on crutches because she had broken her leg. She and David had been having “dates” together in her hospital room, now decorated with posters of her favorite bands, and gifts from her visitors. She was still devastated about what happened, but she had company almost all day. David came and visited every day after school. He even missed football practice to just hang out with Caity.
He loved her and she loved him, they hadn’t had anything tragic happen lately. They both went on with their daily lives, hanging out. Caity joined her school track team after she got her crutches off.
All was well till one day when Caity was walking home from school; she was walking alone because David was sick that day. Even though the street around her was empty, Caity was aware of a presence behind her. She turned around and was immediately knocked out of consciousness.
When she awoke, she realized that she was wet with sweat. Caity found she was tied up to a wooden pole, she looked down and saw a fire beneath her, she was being burned alive!
She heard malicious laughing in the distance, and none other than Lisa Smith emerged from the shadows.
“So…” she laughed
“Little Caity is scared without her ‘boyfriend’ to come and save her… like last time.” She finished the sentence quite bitterly.
“But this time he WON’T come, this time I will KILL YOU!” her voice much resembling the burning flames reflected in her crazed eyes.
“It was you.”
“No it wasn’t, it was my dear father.
“And he covered for you, when David talked to him.” Caity said with realization, while attempting to loosen her bindings.
“Yes, and he cut it mighty close if you ask me, had to knock him out, then make him swear not to tell anyone about it, or he would lose his life.”
“But David will come and save me, I know that.”
Lisa laughed again
“Ha! He’s tied up with my father, waiting for my signal.” She held up her walkie-talkie
“Once you are screaming your poor wittle head off when you catch fire…” she said in a mock babying voice.
“I will tell him to blast the little traitor’s head to smithereens. The two of you will die together, how romantic.” She said with a smile.
“You sick person, what did you do to my mother?”
“Oh, I had fun with her. First I gagged her, to keep her unworthy mouth from screeching. Then I thoroughly enjoyed peeling the skin clean off her face, played around with a lighter—
“STOP IT!” Caity screamed, blood and tears streaming down her face.
“STOP! I meant, why did you do it, why you crazed madman, why?” she wailed.
“To get to you.” Lisa said simply.
“You see, with her out of the way, I had a clear shot to you.”
“But what about David?”
“No, he was working for me, but I did get a little worried about him when he fell in love with you and ruined my first plan. But I encouraged him to join me back with a little, shall we say, ‘persuasion’, I took him back to lure you closer.”
“WHAT?!?!?! YOU MEAN HE LIED TO MY FACE?!?!?!? So, all those times he said he would love me forever, were lies?”
“That’s right sweetie, all lies… welcome to the real world, where you can’t just trust everyone. Even people you love, and dream about.”
How she knew about her dream, she didn’t know, all she was thinking about was how David betrayed her, and the growing fire, licking her burnt ankles.
“Then why did you tie him up?” Caity spat, tears still running down her face.
“Because, he’s a traitor, that’s that, and he still loves you.”
Caity thought about what Lisa said for a while, when she finally realized the burning pain, well, all over her. She started screaming out all the air her lungs held; she screamed in agony, the pain was unbelievable.
She started seeing the light again, but she also saw through it, into the real world. Her mother and father were running up to her, going to give her a hug, but she then realized, it was the dream world, then, breaking through the unreal barrier. She saw a Lisa Smith, talking on her walkie-talkie. She had to stop her! Somehow, anyhow. She was helpless, then she thought of something she did with her parents when she was little… she prayed.
“God, please, just help me out of this.”
Chapter 11
It all happened so fast, a flash that lighted the night sky, a loud crack, and a chilling scream, not from Caity’s own lips, but from another’s. Then a miracle happened, I started to rain, and rain, and rain. When the last flames of the fire below Caity had vanished in a wisp of smoke, she saw the dead body of Lisa lying in the pouring rain. Then, through the mist, Caity saw something limping her way.
“Oh no” she thought
“It’s Mr. Smith come to see my remains” But she was wrong.
Through the thick black smoke came the voice of a hero, her hero. David West.
“Are you ok Caity?”
Caity felt more relieved then ever in her whole life. But how was David still alive? Hadn’t Mr. Smith finished him off?
“Come on, we have to get you down from there.”
“David, I love you. I love you so much, more than the stars in the sky. You have saved my life twice and I’ve never repaid you”
“Well, I thi—
Then, without warning, Caity kissed him, right in the rain, under the stars. She kissed him, her burned body being soothed by the droplets from heaven.
Chapter 12
The two fell in love, true love. Not just an act he put on to kill her.
“How did you escape?” she whispered in his ear.
“I had untied, and when he turned away I knocked him out. I followed the smoke, and the screaming to you. When I was almost there, it started to rain. I prayed you were still alive, and you were, thank goodness.”
“You betrayed me.” She yelled
“But you betrayed them, for me.” She said in a much more gentle tone.
He started blushing
“Well, you must think I’m just about the most terrible guy in the world, so I would understand if you left me.”
“I wouldn’t leave you for the world.” She said gratefully.
So, as time went on, Caity Craft became Caity West. They had 3 beautiful daughters, and a son on the way, that they loved more than love itself.
But during their time together in that fateful 9th grade year, they found that even through the toughest of times, when you think you are all alone, there is a person that will always love you.
When you feel the most alone, where everyone in your life is gone… you can always go back to the dream world.
How do u like it?
You really need to watch your tenses. You switch back and forth from present to past and back again. You should also avoid superfluous "that"'s and the passive tense "had broken" etc. Both weaken your story and get really annoying to read over and over again. Why say "had broken her leg" when you can say "broke her leg"? JK could have cut 25 or more pages out of that book if she stuck to past tense and left out the "that's". You have occasional syntax errors and awkwardly worded sentences and you use quite a few fragments. Also, if you are writing in the past tense, you are writing a narrative about an event that occurred some time in the past - in this case long before the end of the story when someone sat down and recorded it. We know this because at the end, she is married and has 3 children, so it is some years later. Therefore you cannot use "she would have to think about it tomorrow" because tomorrow is the day after the story is being told to the audience - years after when she was in school. Lastly, the contraction of you are is you're not your. With some editing, it could be OK. Pax - C
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