Couch 58 A place to sit and......

Aug 15, 2013, 06:24 PM

Hi Purpledaze...

join in anytime... though this time is sometimes slow... it usually picks up a gain later...

Aug 15, 2013, 06:24 PM

Hi Purple Jump on in.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:25 PM

BiP my mother figure would be Olivia Walton... did you watch the show Waltons... you might be too young or it wasn't shown where you live... it was on late 70s early 80s...

stopdog · Aug 15, 2013, 06:30 PM

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SD lost my response I wrote to you... lets just say I'm not going to be the lady with the nail in the forehead sitting on the couch anymore... after seeing what that guy was going through it was painful to think ughh that's me.

!. It is always easier to see the nail in someone else's head. And everyone has had a nail at some point or another.
2. Sometimes it takes awhile before a person is ready to remove the nail - even where it is causing known difficulties.
3. The guy's pain was his own to deal with. I don't think you need to protect others from you.

stopdog · Aug 15, 2013, 06:32 PM

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Hello couch people *nervously perches on the edge* can I join in?

The thing is... I have my foot in plaster, and I can do very little. Most of my friends are on holiday or busy with their kids. I am going a little nutty obsessing about my therapy and my horrible childhood, and why i still let things I learned during said childhood to influence how i am now. Not sure if I want to talk about it or be distracted, but either way, it would be really good to have some folks to pass the time of day with...

If you hang out until later tonight - there will be videos posted of quite the diverse group of youtube clips.
Post some of your own favorite musicians if you are into that sort of thing.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:32 PM

I loved the waltons. You're right Olivia walton is an ideal mother. I also liked Little house on the prairie. I remember reading or trying to read Michael landon biography and I couldn't do it as his mum sounded similar to mine.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I don't think you need to protect others from you.

I'm not that selfless... I'm protecting myself from other's frustration, exasperation and indifference...

Aug 15, 2013, 06:34 PM

I think it was Michael Landon?

stopdog · Aug 15, 2013, 06:34 PM

I always thought June Lockhart (lockheart?) was the ideal mother.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:35 PM

Thanks for thinking I'm too young to remember the Waltons.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:35 PM

Whos June Lockhart?

Purpledaze · Aug 15, 2013, 06:36 PM

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Hi Purpledaze...

join in anytime... though this time is sometimes slow... it usually picks up a gain later...

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Originally Posted by Bipolarartist

Hi Purple Jump on in.

Thanks ladies! It is bedtime for me really, just can't sleep because my mind is all wired...

healed84 · Aug 15, 2013, 06:36 PM

All this mother talk makes me wonder.. If it were a competition my dad would lose all the way when it comes to parenting, but my mom wasn't really present either. But, for some reason when I think about the "figures" that I miss and want fulfilled in my life- it is always a male role model.. shh, don't tell my t that, lol! I am still spout I will trust no man ever train.

stopdog · Aug 15, 2013, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Readytostop

I'm not that selfless... I'm protecting me from other's frustration, exasperation and indifference...

For what it is worth, I am not frustrated or exasperated with you. I don't think I am indifferent either - but it is not my life and I assume you are getting something from doing what you are doing and will stop when for you the benefit of changing outweighs not changing.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:39 PM

I think self-protection is a neccessary thing. I wish I had learned it before now.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:42 PM

Yes Michael Landon was the actor for the father of Little House on Prarie...

Is June Lockhart the mother on leave it to beaver?

stopdog · Aug 15, 2013, 06:42 PM

June Lockhart was Timmy's mother on Lassie and was the mother in Lost in Space.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:45 PM

I don't particularly remember the mother on Lassie but I loved the mom in Lost in Space... a Saturday morning favorite show..

Aug 15, 2013, 06:46 PM

I do remember Lost in Space, vaguely remember the mother, but mostly i remember the robot. He would make a good mother, on par or better than mine. At least he warned of danger.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:46 PM

Healed... I think little girls need something from their fathers that we didn't get and it feels like it leaves a gaping hole that will never get filled... or atleast it does for me...

stopdog · Aug 15, 2013, 06:46 PM

Barbara Billingsley was the mother to Wally and the Beaver.

Aug 15, 2013, 06:47 PM

I couldn't stand her .... really who washed dishes in a dress with pearls....

healed84 · Aug 15, 2013, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Readytostop

Healed... I think little girls need something from their fathers that we didn't get and it feels like it leaves a gaping hole that will never get filled... or atleast it does for me...

I think you are right.. H may be a crappy h sometimes, but boy am I glad he is a great father to our little girl. I remember watching them dance together one day, she was wearing princess dress and a crown, and he was signing.. and I thought, wow.. I am so glad she is getting this. It makes me sad that I didn't get it growing up, but that is one thing we are changing in our generation.. fathers being there!

Aug 15, 2013, 06:50 PM

Is someone going to start a new couch?

Purpledaze · Aug 15, 2013, 06:50 PM

Thanks stopdog for the invite to the music fest! I will catch up in the morning if I fall asleep....

Healed... I am the opposite - my father wins no prizes in the parenting stakes, but it a mother figure I am looking for now, in my T and other unsuspecting candidates!

Eta omg, I posted the 1000th post. Will the couch explode?

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