Men of valor
Like many of you, I have been extremely saddened to hear about the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado this weekend. It is heartbreaking to hear about the lives that were lost and the families that are left with the huge loss of loved ones. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those who were affected.
I read that there were three men who shielded their girlfriends and lost their lives protecting them. True men of valor. I am sure it was an instinctive move to do so because men innately want to protect. At least, that is what my Father always told me.
He said that any man that does not show you he wants to protect you is not the man for you. He would say, “Pay attention to that kind of thing because it is always about their character.”
A lot of women overlook the importance of a man’s character. It’s not until they are faced with a particular situation that shows them a man’s true character. I believe the same holds true for men. They think that looks are enough until they realize the severe lack of character.
How do you think people show their character in the early stages of dating? What do you pay attention to?
Have you ever dated someone and realized how great their character was? What were the circumstances?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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Mo (aka Moeisha)
July 23rd, 2012
3:20 pm
Hey there Leggs!!
Ive done the Amtrak thing too many times to count (had a grandfather and uncle retired from Amtrak). Im not keen on flying but I will do it (as long as Im hella sleepy or can get a drink).
I need a beach vacay so bad right now! Mo is TIRED!! LOL!
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:21 pm
Slim – I’ve always heard you can drown in a small amount of water as well as a body of water. I have a rule though, if I can’t drink it or bathe in it, I’m not tackling it too much.
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:21 pm
Flying wins hands down for me
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Celisea lets do a cruise to the Caribbean
Willie Dynamite
July 23rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Kimmie – My wife can’t drive across a long/tall bridge with water underneath. She doesn’t mind riding across it though. She never drives when we go to HH or anywhere in FLA.
Cel – That is one of my fav beaches in FLA. We went twice while we were in Orlando. The kids loved it. The wifey was scared to walk to the end of the pier. Built in excuse for me to steal a hour of me time on vacay. hahaha
Leggs
July 23rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Main reason why I prefer pools. No fish in there. Sure you can drown, but no man eating fish! Best of all, no darn seaweed. I’ll drown myself trying to get away from that which wraps itself around my legs.
disco
July 23rd, 2012
3:23 pm
if I lived in a city with a port I’d be all about the last minute cruise special. once upon a time I had a hook up on continental buddy passes. back then you couldn’t tell me nothing.
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
July 23rd, 2012
3:24 pm
Leggs the Bahama Mama’s would have calmed your nerves all the way to sleep…….LOL
Shoot I had a few too many and was glad as heck I wasn’t driving or operating nothing. To make matters worse I forgot they drive on the wrong side of the street and cars would whiff by I figured I’d be better off walking away from the street all together.
Exiled!
July 23rd, 2012
3:26 pm
no flying,no bridges,no cruise..just driving to the local grocer and back..dang!!!…so most of uall are just GA Kountry!
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:26 pm
Leggs if fish scare you imagine being surrounded by sharks, (what a rush)
Into the Light
July 23rd, 2012
3:28 pm
You know what makes me nervous? Chair lifts. Yup. Never used to bother me, I’d even be swinging it back and forth. But now? Un-uh. Just get me to the top of the mountain. Oh, and cable cars, too.
Mo (aka Moeisha)
July 23rd, 2012
3:31 pm
ITL – im with you on cable cars! I dont do heights well at all and those cable cars/chair lifts are not my cup of tea! No thanks!
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
July 23rd, 2012
3:32 pm
Light I loved the excitement, dangling my feet in the air. I got one oen time and it stopped right at the top of the summit for about five minutes now that was some pee in your pants kind of stuff.
Exiled!
July 23rd, 2012
3:32 pm
single..u were with sharks where?
Leggs
July 23rd, 2012
3:32 pm
When I say fish, I really mean the big fish…sharks, Orca, octopus, stingrays, and seaweed
disco
July 23rd, 2012
3:32 pm
ITL – my brother went skiing last year for the first time. he was all macho gung ho. all in “I got this man” mode. they told him before hand the lift would take him up but not bring him down. he got up there, bust his behind and raised cain about someone taking him down off that hill. I laughed so hard when he told me about it.
SlimUno
July 23rd, 2012
3:33 pm
I’ll drown myself trying to get away from that which wraps itself around my legs
Leggs – Reminds me of the time I got stung by a jellyfish. I’m not sure what was worse, the sting or me breaking my neck to get up out of the water. And every time something (seaweed) would brush up against me, it made my speed just that much faster.
kimmie
July 23rd, 2012
3:33 pm
Willie – Your wife and I are alike in that regards!LOL!!
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:33 pm
Single and Happy – Awwww, your 3:23 is sweet
If you notice, I’m trying to be super careful in how I’m playing on here. You know when I do that, somewhere, somehow not many days afterwards, I’m under attack.
Leggs
July 23rd, 2012
3:33 pm
I’m with you on cable cars. Unfortunately, I’m the type that if it’s man made, it’s going to break. Main reason why amusement parks with rides that go off the ground are not meant for me. Never, ever again.
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:34 pm
Exiled, Grand Bahama Island, place called shark alley
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:35 pm
Celisea don’t worry I’m not an internet stalker (hee hee hee)
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:36 pm
Leggs I would love to see a octopus or an orca, or any kind of whale will do
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:36 pm
WillieD – I feel in love with that spot. I went up before and after getting in the water.
Into the Light
July 23rd, 2012
3:37 pm
@Leggs: See! You get it. I don’t know what it is about those cable cars, but they make me a nervous wreck.
@BF: I used to be that way, but I guess I’m getting to be a fraidy cat in my old age. LOL
LOL@disco. Did he ski down, or did the snow patrol come get him?
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
July 23rd, 2012
3:38 pm
LOL……..@youLeggs
I do beleive what ever is man made can break, I still don’t get when folks on the street level drag race beleiving their brakes will never fail.
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:39 pm
Single and Happy – I’m sure other folks would say the same…lol Okay I said I’m open if someone offered a cruise
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:40 pm
Single and Happy – I saw whales at Sea World. Not the same huh? lol
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:40 pm
I used to be scared of boats, now I’ve been on boats where most are leaning over the side feeding the fish’s and i’m laid back like nothing is wrong. (just tell me where the life jackets are)
Misters Sweet Thang
July 23rd, 2012
3:40 pm
I know its late, but better late than never! Yes there are some men of valor and I happen to have one. Yes, he a bit of a momma’s boy, but it’s that same spirit keeps me covered.So today, I just want to salute my sweetie for being a man of valor that would lay it down for me, protect my honor as well as my heart! He is all the man that I will ever need!
Leggs
July 23rd, 2012
3:41 pm
I would love to see one two, but not while I’m in the water with it. I rented a condo down in Destin and saw the dolphins jumping out the water. That was pretty and far away enough for me.
Single ~ I’m sure it would be cool to see, but I’m scared, very scared. I might need to be hypnotized just to be in in a boat on such a vast body of water.
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:41 pm
Skiing is my next thing
Exiled!
July 23rd, 2012
3:42 pm
Single..in the Bhamas?
were those baby sharks or wild sharks in the open ocean…..tell me it aint so..I doubt u that brave..
I know u dont want to be near a great White…
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:42 pm
Celisea, no it’s not the same as being underwater and seeing these amazing creatures go by
I’ll keep that in mind if I ever take a cruise, I like going to the islands and spending time with the locals sometimes doing the not so touristy things .
disco
July 23rd, 2012
3:43 pm
ITL – they came and got him. he said his friends clowned him big time but he didn’t even care. he said he knows his limitations.
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:43 pm
Exiled it was out in the ocean about 40 ft deep, I would love to see a great white
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:44 pm
I bet it is cool as ever watching the sea animals up close but like I said, I can’t swim. I gotta learn to swim before I can even enjoy something like that. I don’t know about looking at sharks look at me…lol
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:44 pm
Exiled I think the biggest one was about 6 feet, these were reef sharks
Leggs
July 23rd, 2012
3:46 pm
Celisea ~ while in college, they always planned a ski trip around my bday. So, I’ve been skiing twice but must admit I’m much better at toboggan racing than skiing. Whew, what a rush!!!
kimmie
July 23rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Celisea – I used to be kind of scared to get on a ship, but an ex cured me of it. We went water skiing and I had my life jacket on. I don’t swim well in deep water, and he was doing most of the skiing, though I tried. He stopped the boat in the middle of the lake and threw me in. I was terrified I was going to drown until I calmed down and realized the life jacket had me floating on top of the water, just like it was supposed to!
Exiled!
July 23rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Single….okay..good luck with that…
Great white? ohhhh…ok
(taking a nap…)
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Celisea when underwater, they just think, dang that’s big ugly fish (LOL) they just swim around sometime not paying any attention to you at all. but sometimes the do get a little close. and it also depends on the the type of shark it is also.
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Leggs – I was just about to ask who on here knows how to ski. Awww man I bet that was cool as ever. I think I’m probably more so romanticizing about the ski lodge and all that other good stuff that comes with it…lol I’m more open to that than underwater activities.
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:49 pm
Exiled the worst kind of shark to be around is a bull shark, they are very territorial, also the fear is not being eating by a shark, but being bit and bleeding to death, Sharks don’t like the way humans taste.
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:49 pm
Kimmie – Toss in?!?! Oh no, no way…lol I guess though like you’re saying, if you just calm down and let the waters and life jacket work it’s not so bad. Like I said, if I’m offered (in real life…lol) to take a cruise, I would say 90% of the way, I’m doing.
Jake and his friend down under, Sweet Peeda
July 23rd, 2012
3:49 pm
Leggs…Afraid of Flipper, dayum shame…I was down at Tybee last summer and took a Dolphin tour, they come right up to the boat, might get some blowholee water on you if you on the edges…but I saw a chick in kayak out there too, Dolphins were swimming so close to her that I was trippin, don’t want to be that close, “if God wanted me to swim with the Dolphins, I would have been one”
Exiled!
July 23rd, 2012
3:50 pm
Cel.when Jonna was swallowed up by a whale(Big fish..obviously a whale in the bible) did it spit him out?
or im qouting the wrong verse….what was the moral of the story..if u dont mind closing on a biblical tip..
Into the Light
July 23rd, 2012
3:50 pm
A friend and her hubby just moved to Colorado. Maybe I need to plan a trip next winter.
In the meantime, i’m thinking about going up to Maine next month.
(ITL now singing “Rock Lobster”)
Single and Happy 3 shades darker :-)
July 23rd, 2012
3:51 pm
Celisea, you don’t hear of people breaking their necks and other thing , or running into trees, scuba diving, the biggest fear most of us have is getting left by the boat.
Celisea
July 23rd, 2012
3:51 pm
Single and Happy – LOLOLOLOL….I guess that’s one way to look at it. It sounds really really cool. See, I would probably panic though if one got too close.