Not new to this
Single people can be a creative bunch. We come up with the most unique excuses reasons not to date someone. I’m talking about the “relationship resume” that some people prefer to be long, detailed, and has proof of commitment. You say you are a good candidate? We’re going to need references!
While some prefer not to date a previously married person, others would just like someone who is not new to the relationship thing. I can admit that dating someone with no real relationship experience can be challenging.
You may have to become a virtual relationship guide and exercise a little more patience. It’s not necessarily impossible to do but I am pretty sure the inexperienced person would have to put up with something too. That’s why it’s called a relationship.
Do you think those post high school and college relationships really make a big difference in our relationship resume? What do you think is important in a person’s dating history?
What was the relationship from your past that you think helped make you a better person?
Which one do you think actually created some emotional baggage for you?
Would it bother you if you were dating someone who has never had a long-term relationship before?
I want to remind you that the Misadventures in Atlanta blog will be closed on Friday.
Happy Monday!
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-W8©(thoroughbred...sleep is for the weak)
June 29th, 2009
4:32 pm
“I think they’re killing somebody back there. Chick is in the back of the office yelling her arse off and they still drilling. ”
@SexyCool- Where are you??
-W8©(thoroughbred...sleep is for the weak)
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
All the ladies who cook before giving up the puddy make some noise!!!!!
Beautiful
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
i get something out of cooking for him. it’s satisfying when someone tells me that the meal i just prepared was the best right after they have cleaned their plate.
AmazonRed™ - wearing Citi Trends and drinking Grey Goose, thanks BET!
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
Cemeeli – I don’t know what the heck you are talking about. Your questions are all over the place.
You asked how could you be taxed for a city you don’t live in. If you are talking about property taxes, you won’t.
I was talking about a sales tax. Why don’t you quit talking in circles and just get to your point or move on.
Jamoca
June 29th, 2009
4:35 pm
Main Lurker …Lol, aren’t you supposed to be back in the fields, missy…watch out derr naah for the over-seer Lmao
SCool May be they didn’t give ‘ol girl enough of that good-good aka novacaine. LOL
MyTwo …I just love how I’m able to slip through the cracks in these parts. No cover charge or naythin’! Got-dayum that girl guud! Teeheehee
-W8©(thoroughbred...sleep is for the weak)
June 29th, 2009
4:37 pm
stewardess
Jamoca
June 29th, 2009
4:37 pm
Jamoca now wailing out loud as if she’s at one of MJ’s concerts…AaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhRaaaaaaaaaahhhhh lol
Tazzee - countdown to August 1 when I can watch NFLN again
June 29th, 2009
4:37 pm
I agree with the increased sales tax for the city. I know I make a special effort to buy in Cobb County when I can. Hanging out with friends at Lenox and I see something I want at Macy’s – I’ll have the lady at the cash register search to see if it’s at Cumberland JIC – that 2% adds up
Leggs (Karyn)
June 29th, 2009
4:37 pm
I’d rather cook…no surprise there!
Melo
June 29th, 2009
4:39 pm
All the ladies who cook before giving up the puddy make some noise!!!!!
Cemeeli
June 29th, 2009
4:39 pm
ARed I think this is #3.
Cemeeli
June 29th, 2009
4:11 pm
Ared – How would i be taxed for a City i don’t live in. Consummer goods/services & shopping, MARTA is different.
Property devalue? How?
I don’t know, maybe it’s me…Sorry to throw you off.
Jamoca
June 29th, 2009
4:40 pm
oh….shaddup mayne! Lol You know that was a joke. One moment you’re in the know (read: “down”)…and the next you’re oh-so brand new (read: “so carlton banks”) Lmao
Cemeeli
June 29th, 2009
4:40 pm
Lol Melo No they are both WRONG if not for the right person.
Ask Moca about the egg sandwhiches.
lurker
June 29th, 2009
4:40 pm
Melo…don’t read more into it…we had a GREAT sex life and was together allll the time…no street running tolerated. Not tryna brag but seriously (and not that I’ve always come out on time in a relationship) but as mentioned before on here, that was the one that took me about 6 or 7 years to really shake…for good…seriously….member getting my skirt pulled before getting in the door…that was him.
My point though was in reference to the statement. It was funny to read because he’d say it from time to time. Like I said, in retrospect and just having lived and learned, I’m more than certain some of the times…”hanging with his boys” wasn’t always “beer and wings” or “shooting hoops”, given the state of a man’s mind at the tender age of about 22 or 23 when all you do is drink, sleep and eat…azz. No he was never lacking in the “getting his needs met” department, heck he saw to that. I washed, cooked, cleaned….and stayed sexed up. Better yet, he was a chef and most of my cooking was learned (from him). That was something he actually enjoyed doing. Now cleaning behind himself was another story but me being all domesticated and stuff (lol), I did my share.
You missed the point mayne.
Jamoca
June 29th, 2009
4:41 pm
Boaz – You have two @ 4:37…well, it’s a start! Lol
AmazonRed™ - wearing Citi Trends and drinking Grey Goose, thanks BET!
June 29th, 2009
4:42 pm
I don’t know, maybe it’s me…Sorry to throw you off.
Cemeeli – Yup…I still don’t know what the heck you’re asking me that hasn’t been answered in what I’ve already said.
AmazonRed™ - wearing Citi Trends and drinking Grey Goose, thanks BET!
June 29th, 2009
4:45 pm
I agree with the increased sales tax for the city. I know I make a special effort to buy in Cobb County when I can. Hanging out with friends at Lenox and I see something I want at Macy’s – I’ll have the lady at the cash register search to see if it’s at Cumberland JIC – that 2% adds up
You live in Cobb, right Tazzee? That’s right, support your county.
I just think raising property taxes hurts the folks who live in the city when there are way more folks than that using it’s amenities. In addition, raised property taxes will just discourage more folks from buying in the city in the first place.
A sales tax will hit the residents and the visitors from our neighboring suburbs!
Poppa Grande
June 29th, 2009
4:46 pm
Cee
Never forget that the state has its hand in your tax bill as well. They can add tax rate increase through the county (which is how it is usually done) for living in the state.
You never own the property on which you live. You own the structures, and a bundle of rights that come with that parcel. But never the physical land itself. That is what allows for eminent domain. It remains the government’s physical. Property taxes are really a charge for them letting you to live on the physical property.
Dan
June 29th, 2009
4:46 pm
@W8
Yeah, the ability to fry an egg or something is a prerequisite w/me.
A woman that can’t/won’t cook screams “debt”….(how else she eat?)
lurker
June 29th, 2009
4:47 pm
Oh, Melo by making that statement to me….he was making a point…not pin pointing anything with me…silly
lurker
June 29th, 2009
4:47 pm
Jamo I’z been given furlow from the fields…
Poppa Grande
June 29th, 2009
4:48 pm
A sales tax will hit the residents and the visitors from our neighboring suburbs!
And illegal immigrants, too.
-W8©(thoroughbred...sleep is for the weak)
June 29th, 2009
4:49 pm
What you know ’bout eggs?
LMAO
Dan
June 29th, 2009
4:50 pm
@PG
If you have the money, you can buy a parcel of land. I see that all the time.
Even with eminent domain, if you own the land (and not land value, but the actual plot of dirt) the government has to compensate you for any action taken under ED
Leggs (Karyn)
June 29th, 2009
4:50 pm
Who the heck started with the spelling of “mayne?” Oh, silly me, rappers! Am I right?
Melo
June 29th, 2009
4:50 pm
I gert u luker,COOL!
Cee, got u…u domesticated too, i know!
Jamoca
June 29th, 2009
4:50 pm
Ooops, there’s three! Lol Thanks, Main Lurker.
Cee – Lmao. Some of them have no clue bout them egg sammiches…
Melo – Seriously though…cooking for the man, before I smuck his brains out, will not keep him there. I’m realistic enough to know, that you cannot “keep” someone that doesn’t want to be kept. It doesn’t matter how much I toe the line (not to say that I’ll start slacking)…however, I’d rather the man make up his own mind outside of just gettin’ good pu$$y & eatin’ good. I’d hope that he can see that I have more to offer than just those two.
AmazonRed™ - wearing Citi Trends and drinking Grey Goose, thanks BET!
June 29th, 2009
4:51 pm
And illegal immigrants, too.
Another good point.
Tourists will also take that hit. I remember going to Miami or Vegas or somewhere and paying 10% sales tax! You accept it though because you want to visit that particular city.
Atlanta is no Vegas or Miami though, and I know convention organizers consider those things when chosing locales.
Cemeeli
June 29th, 2009
4:52 pm
PoppaG I see what you are saying and we all pay in those regards. But no other county resident can be access for property tax if the person doesn’t live in said county.
My taxes are raised all the time. I work with taxes.
I understand resonable increase on goods and services for every county.
Cemeeli
June 29th, 2009
4:53 pm
Jamoca I cain’t fix a egg sandwhich for err’body.
Select few.
Tazzee - countdown to August 1 when I can watch NFLN again
June 29th, 2009
4:54 pm
A woman that can’t/won’t cook screams “debt”….(how else she eat?)
Not true – I don’t cook and I’m not in debt….
Leggs (Karyn)
June 29th, 2009
4:55 pm
Here’s a stupid question: If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?”
Goodnight everyone!
Jamoca
June 29th, 2009
4:55 pm
Jamoca I cain’t fix a egg sandwhich for err’body. Select few.
Correction: Jamoca WON’T fix an egg sammich for err’body…hmph, why stop there…the thangs you can do with an egg…hmph, hmph, hmph…
Main Lurker – Gurl, you’re a trip! lol
AmazonRed™ - wearing Citi Trends and drinking Grey Goose, thanks BET!
June 29th, 2009
4:57 pm
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?”
Don’t give up your positive affirmations Leggs!
Dan
June 29th, 2009
4:57 pm
@Taz
Don’t try and equate the 1% with the 100%.
@Jamo
You right about not keeping someone that doesn’t wanna be kept. But some good food and good loving? Where else he gone wanna go? (Unless the other 50% of the time she insane)
Poppa Grande
June 29th, 2009
4:57 pm
Cee
I went above the county level to the state level.
Dan
The fifth amendment makes for the compensation claim.
It is speaks towards the bundle of rights not the physical land. Speaking towards property rights of the right to invite anyone that you’d like or exclude folks from property.
It also applies to intellectual property.
It is more about the rights than the physical property.
The legal definition of property is a bundle of rights.
Cemeeli
June 29th, 2009
4:57 pm
Jamoca I know you wont. But they sure are a sure fire way to…”shut cho’ mouth”…:)
Dan
June 29th, 2009
4:58 pm
Thanks for the break down PG
Now about some representation for parking tickets? j/k
Leggs (Karyn)
June 29th, 2009
4:59 pm
HAAAAAAAAAAAAA All for you ARed ~
“Even the smallest effort can have a huge ripple effect – all u need to do is throw the stone!”
Peace Out!
Dan
June 29th, 2009
4:59 pm
@Jamo
How does one get on that list? For at least a egg sammich
Jamoca
June 29th, 2009
4:59 pm
Well, Dan…let some folks tell it, there women handled herself pretty well in the relationship…including matters of the household and of course the man. But some still go elsewhere. Hmmm…..
-W8©(thoroughbred...sleep is for the weak)
June 29th, 2009
5:00 pm
We men are so simple feed us good eff us good..we will be home everynight…unless you are crazy or bipolar or always complaining
Tazzee - countdown to August 1 when I can watch NFLN again
June 29th, 2009
5:01 pm
And then there are the women that do cook and cook some real nice meals, but go into debt with their credit cards at the grocery store….
Have a great evening all!
Jamoca
June 29th, 2009
5:02 pm
For at least a egg sammich??? Huh? Mayne, the whole azz in me says “its all or naythin”.
G’nite ya’ll.
-W8©(thoroughbred...sleep is for the weak)
June 29th, 2009
5:02 pm
My 5:00 is the key to a good relationship..lol throw in good and a clean house and we are GOLDEN!!
Goodnight!!
mytwocents
June 29th, 2009
5:03 pm
That’s what sisters are for… my brother shunned my request for a lil brotherly luv this wknd so you don’t faze me!
Bye y’all
Cemeeli
June 29th, 2009
5:05 pm
PoppaG State vs. County…two different beast. And i have a State commercial case.
But then maybe i can hire you for “mouth piece”.
What’s your rate?
Cemeeli
June 29th, 2009
5:07 pm
btw- W8 How would you get all that wearing a “gumpy”.
Only ones signing up are the Charles Disco misfits. lol j/k.
~ Ya’ll be easy.
Foots
June 29th, 2009
5:09 pm
W8 Email me about that accounting job: footswalker77@yahoo.com
-W8©(thoroughbred...sleep is for the weak)
June 29th, 2009
5:10 pm
lol@ 2nd female response to the earlier comment
“Cuz you have to stand up to cook a meal”