Left a good impression?
If you ever want to know if you had a significant impact on someone’s life, have a little chat with your ex. It could be a harrowing or enlightening experience – or both! We may never fully realize the impression we made on someone, but experiences are meant to teach us things.
What do you think you taught the people you have loved? It could be what they don’t want in their next partner, or what they absolutely would love to have in their future mate.
It is one of great things about dating, the chance to learn about who is ideal for us. Do you think you left a good impression on your dates and people you dated long-term?
Would you be surprised if they told you that you changed them?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
August 29th, 2012
2:30 pm
I though the same thing Leggs.
cba
August 29th, 2012
2:30 pm
Leggs~sorry to hear about your car troubles…..unexpected car problems and unexpected home repairs are definitely a kick in the stomach.
I was on ajc last night and at the top crawling was, breaking news we have changed our website. WHY??…..just because
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
2:31 pm
LOL@BF and Leggs. she can whack that mole in one whack.
Leggs, whack that mole!
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
2:32 pm
cba ~ you forgot another factor unexpected car problems, unexpected home repairs, and a freshman in college!
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
2:33 pm
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
2:33 pm
@BF: Man, I’m telling you….STAY OUT OF THE GARDEN! No good can come of it.
(ITL now holding an egg): BF, This is your brain
(ITL now breaking the egg into a hot pan): This is your brain when you do too much gardening. In the hot sun. Without a hat. Or sunscreen. Or one of those little beanies with an umbrella-shaped shade on top.
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
2:35 pm
Thanks, cba.
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
2:37 pm
DISCO!!!! DISCO!!!!!
Thinking disco must’ve nodded off, since she didn’t comment on the Baby Boy reference.
cba
August 29th, 2012
2:37 pm
To be honest Leggs, I was going to reference your college daughter but I didn’t want to pile on.
disco
August 29th, 2012
2:38 pm
leggs – you also have unexpected home repairs or are you just adding to a random list of financial situations?
gardening is a perfectly acceptable hobby. so is a chemistry set. lol.
disco
August 29th, 2012
2:42 pm
ITL – I let it slide because you know we can get caught up talking about ving rhames.
Comon Cents
August 29th, 2012
2:43 pm
ITl~ Can I get BF’s brain with a side of Bacon and some buttery grits?
Comon Cents
August 29th, 2012
2:44 pm
L’eggs~ Is your name a french play on BF’s brains? (While gardening no doubt… )
Sassy Me...PYT :-)
August 29th, 2012
2:46 pm
know we can get caught up talking about ving rhames.
Please lawd not right now…too easy to do..
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
August 29th, 2012
2:47 pm
Light now you tell me, remember the Lost Boys with Keifer Sutherland I was a pack member……….LOL
LOL…….@disco
disco likes gardening and alchemy, do that thang then.
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
2:47 pm
Can I get BF’s brain with a side of Bacon and some buttery grits
Only if Melvin is in the kitchen cookin’ it…..nekkid.
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
2:48 pm
It’s ok, cba. To top things off, today is her bday (18 yrs)! She did call telling me she’s coming home early Saturday morning and if I would buy her an ice cream cake (lol). Guess the little girl is still in there (lol).
Poppa Grande
August 29th, 2012
2:48 pm
Dreams…
Unfortunately, I first think of Kunta Kinte when I see LaVar, then Reading Rainbow, and finally Star Trek Next Generation.
I guess it tells my age more than anything else.
cba
August 29th, 2012
2:48 pm
There was a story last week of a lady in Texas who rented her house a couple of years ago. It was in a nice neighborhood and the only complaint we had received from neighbors was the GRASS hadn’t been mowed. Turned out, the inside of the house was overgrown with “WEEDS”. She’s totally shocked and authorities are making sure she didn’t know WEEDS were growing in her house.
disco
August 29th, 2012
2:50 pm
so… I was on the phone last night and the person I was talking to asked if I heard about so and so. i said yeah and that it was a shame that folks and their kids were being locked up together. I was just talking mess about no home training and bad A kids and the person I was talking to said that his 4 sons were all in prison. i laughed although there is nothing funny about it. as a parent I think I might be embarrassed to admit that. I didn’t even ask if they were all housed in the same facility or not. should have now that I think about it. oh well.
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
August 29th, 2012
2:50 pm
Hold up I always been a fan Ving UNTIL he made that movie where he got bucked. Bruce Willis was looking at Ving side eyed when they made that scene I did too.
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
2:51 pm
mmmmm……ice cream cake. I wish POC made ice cream cake.
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
2:52 pm
disco ~ was adding to cba’s list. My home repairs are not unexpected. I know I need a new door, I know I need a new fridge, I know I need a better garage opener, I know these things (lol)….
i'm swiss
August 29th, 2012
2:52 pm
Today’s Lil’ Leggs’ b-day? Happy B-day to your mini-me, Leggs
Today’s actually Mrs. Swiss’ and my anniversary. Which means as soon as I finish this last call at 3:00, I get some hot preggo puddy!
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
August 29th, 2012
2:53 pm
LOL……@cba
Poppa Grande
August 29th, 2012
2:53 pm
After the transvestite movie, I lost a little interesting in Ving Rhames movies.
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
2:53 pm
Poppa Grande
August 29th, 2012
2:54 pm
Congratulations, Suisse!
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
August 29th, 2012
2:54 pm
Happy Birthday lil Leggs, a grown woman now.
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
2:55 pm
Happy Birthday to Lil Leggs!!
Happy Anniversary to Swiss and Mrs. Swiss!!
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
2:55 pm
I loved Ving Rhimes but looked at him suspect when he played Holiday’s Heart. But, once I got into that movie, loved him even more!
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
2:56 pm
Awwww, Swissykins…..just think, this time next year you’ll be celebrating with SuisseMochette Noelle!
i'm swiss
August 29th, 2012
2:56 pm
Thanks, PG. Wait, is that congrats for the anniversary or for the fact that I’m actually getting some today?
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
2:56 pm
Thank you guys. Must admit, it made my day when she asked for an ice cream cake. Those little things in life bring you the most joy (most of the time).
Happy Anniversary mr. and mrs. swiss….I always miss 829 when it falls.
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
2:57 pm
Happy Birthday lil Leggs, a grown woman now.
NOT QUITE.
disco
August 29th, 2012
2:58 pm
PG – that’s my order of recognition for levar too. I did watch reading rainbow but it wasn’t that real to me. are you talking about holiday heart? that was a good movie. I think alfre Woodard plays the part of an addict pretty well. she’s done it a few times.
ITL – it’s sad but I don’t deny that I joked about it. I know dude’s oldest son hit the streets hard. he robbed someone at gunpoint a few years ago and the guy he robbed went to the father and was like man you better check your son. dude went to his son and son jumped bad and pulled a gun on his father. my friend told me back when it happened that he nearly beat the breath out of that boy. so, yeah, I knew that one was locked up but not the others.
kimmie
August 29th, 2012
2:58 pm
Leggs – She’s still your baby – that’s so sweet!
Disco – I saw this show the other night about “I’m pregnant and so is my teenage daughter”
You would have hated it because one of the teen baby daddy’s kept CRYING when his gf daddy would check him on things! He would be all up in his face yelling at him like they do on Scared Straight. Then next thing you know, HE would be crying too! I sat there in disbelief!
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
August 29th, 2012
2:59 pm
Poppa G.
Yeah that did for me when I saw Ving doing that.
Disclaimer: I was not at the scene when they made that movie. I should say Bruce Willis looked at Ving funny when he saw him getting bucked.
Leggs
August 29th, 2012
3:00 pm
disco ~ Holiday’s Heart is a very good movie. Alfre Woodward is one of my favorite female actors. Love her in just about everything she does.
disco
August 29th, 2012
3:00 pm
BF – what movie are you talking about? (with ving and bruce?)
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
3:01 pm
But it’s not like he was enjoying it. IJS…..
@kimmie: I saw about 2 minutes of that show, where the mom and the daughter were both getting ultrasounds and boo-hooing. I went all disco and was like, unh uh. None of that! and changed the channel.
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
3:01 pm
@disco: I’m pretty sure he’s referring to Pulp Fiction
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
August 29th, 2012
3:02 pm
Leggs uhn uhn girls grown at 18, boys 21 that’s why we are slower than girls……….LOL
Into the Light
August 29th, 2012
3:03 pm
2 hours and 13 minutes…..2 hours and 13 minutes…..2 hours and 13 minutes ITL and you’re off, off, o o o off off…..
disco
August 29th, 2012
3:04 pm
ITL – oh. I tried and tried and tried to watch that movie. never happened though. just couldn’t get into it.
oh. by the way, ITL – you said it. you are off. lol.
kimmie
August 29th, 2012
3:04 pm
Light – How about I thought about Disco when I was watching it?LOL!!
Bluzgirl...So ready for the beach!
August 29th, 2012
3:04 pm
kimmie…I watched some of that. I had to turn it off.
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
August 29th, 2012
3:05 pm
Was that the movie Light? I can’t recall it I just remember seeing Ving getting hammered.
Folks it’s time to roll, y’all enjoy the rest.
Bluzgirl...So ready for the beach!
August 29th, 2012
3:05 pm
I love me some Pulp Fiction!!!
kimmie
August 29th, 2012
3:06 pm
I was sorting laundry and doing other things while it was on. Don’t think I could have sat and watched the whole thing thru though!