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Ask me anything. I'm at home, bored, and will answer almost anything....

Go?!

Or not... :wah:



OK I'll get you started with a few vital statistics.

32

Female

Married. Though not the conventional kind.

I like lobster more than I like air. I just don't get it as much.

I hate arrogant people with a passion, though with not quite the same passion as I feel about Collingwood FC. Go Pies!! :wah:

I live in Qld, and I hate the beach.

I'm a MAC user.



Come on.... so so bored there has to be someone awake...

Hi Amy you still there???



What makes your marriage unconventional then

What do you do for a living?



Where do you see yourself in five years time?

Betty Boop wrote: Hi Amy you still there???



What makes your marriage unconventional then


Not a lot mostly we're pretty "normal" it's just an open marriage.

Betty Boop wrote: What do you do for a living?



Where do you see yourself in five years time?


I'm a GM for a large charity here in Queensland. I do boring sit at my desk stuff most days. I'm relatively new in the role, before that I was in marketing and business development and events at the same place.

Maybe with a child or two, adopted, probably from China. Hopefully not working full-time, and hopefully healthy!

Amie wrote: Ask me anything. I'm at home, bored, and will answer almost anything....



Go?! :oOkey dokey! :-6



Everybody keeps talking about global warming creating all our super hurricanes. I have a theory that Americans are so much fatter than everybody else, we've knocked the earth's rotation all wobbly, which is churning the oceans. What do you think? :yh_glasse

Amie wrote: Not a lot mostly we're pretty "normal" it's just an open marriage.


How does that work..... do you allow each other to sleep with other partners.

Accountable wrote: Okey dokey! :-6



Everybody keeps talking about global warming creating all our super hurricanes. I have a theory that Americans are so much fatter than everybody else, we've knocked the earth's rotation all wobbly, which is churning the oceans. What do you think? :yh_glasse


Lmao! Wouldn't that cause the "weeble" effect? :wah:

Where all those tubby yankees caused the whole world to spin around so that the USA actually fell to the 'bottom' of the globe and caused the planet to spin weeble-like around on its USA base?? :yh_rotfl

Betty Boop wrote: Hi Amy you still there???



What makes your marriage unconventional then


I'm pretty intrigued myself , enquiring minds would like to know what the deffinition of an open marriage is ?

Amie wrote:

I'm a MAC user.
Wahahahahahaha!! *points and makes fun*

Just kidding. Well, sort of.

Rapunzel wrote: Lmao! Wouldn't that cause the "weeble" effect? :wah:

Where all those tubby yankees caused the whole world to spin around so that the USA actually fell to the 'bottom' of the globe and caused the planet to spin weeble-like around on its USA base?? :yh_rotfl
Thus our motto: "E Pluribus Unum" which was first muttered by Ben Franklin at one of the Constitution Convention dinners. Rumor has it he was speaking with his mouth full, and had actually said "Please pass the sweet onions." :rolleyes:

Accountable wrote: Okey dokey!



Everybody keeps talking about global warming creating all our super hurricanes. I have a theory that Americans are so much fatter than everybody else, we've knocked the earth's rotation all wobbly, which is churning the oceans. What do you think?


oh my god :wah::wah:] You know, I never thought about it in quite that way before but.... I think you might just be right. :wah::wah:

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: How does that work..... do you allow each other to sleep with other partners.


In short yes. We have a bunch of "rules" to make it workable and it works, but in short yes, we can if we choose to, sleep with other people.

Blackjack wrote: Wahahahahahaha!! *points and makes fun*

Just kidding. Well, sort of.


*puts hands on hips and taps one foot*

Amie wrote: In short yes. We have a bunch of "rules" to make it workable and it works, but in short yes, we can if we choose to, sleep with other people.


Wow, not sure I could do that!

I'd be so jealous, and I guess I feel that if someone truly loved me then they wouldn't want anyone else??



I'm curious about these rules now!!

Far Rider wrote: Amie,

In all your 32 years which one was the best?...

And can you list your measurments, I'm only askin for my buddy Clipper who's not around today, but if he was here he'd be wonderin.

My question is simple... why don't ya like the beach?


Hmm... there have been so many good ones it's incredibly difficult to pinpoint just one. I guess if I had to it'd be this one because I'm getting so old it's becoming hard to remember the others. :wah:

To be totally honest I have no idea what my measurements are. :-2 I'm 168cms tall and I weigh 49kgs if that helps?

The beach is full of nasty things like.... seaweed, swimming critters, and worst of all... sand. I swear that stuff gets in places sand has absoloutely NO business being in!

Betty Boop wrote: Wow, not sure I could do that!

I'd be so jealous, and I guess I feel that if someone truly loved me then they wouldn't want anyone else??



I'm curious about these rules now!!


That's a common thought. I'm of the belief that monogamy just isn't natural. I think it's something we can strive for and make promises on, but ultimately, I think it's unnatural and somewhat unfair to expect one person to be able to meet your needs for a lifetime.

As humans, we change and we grow, and we're curious. I love my husband more than I thought it possible to love someone, and we have a wonderful relationship. I can't stand seeing married couples out together, say at dinner, and they're sitting at the table and they just have nothing left to say to each other. They grow apart in an effort to stay together and I think that has a lot to do with the expectation that you will be the sole provider of every need for the other person for the remainder of their days.

I don't believe it has anything to do with love but more to do with sex. Love and sex don't always go hand in hand, in fact in my experience pre open marriage, the two rarely go hand in hand.

It's not a situation for everyone I agree. For one, you have to be very secure in your relationship and what you have. That's not an easy thing to do unquestionably.

Amie wrote: That's a common thought. I'm of the belief that monogamy just isn't natural. I think it's something we can strive for and make promises on, but ultimately, I think it's unnatural and somewhat unfair to expect one person to be able to meet your needs for a lifetime.



As humans, we change and we grow, and we're curious. I love my husband more than I thought it possible to love someone, and we have a wonderful relationship. I can't stand seeing married couples out together, say at dinner, and they're sitting at the table and they just have nothing left to say to each other. They grow apart in an effort to stay together and I think that has a lot to do with the expectation that you will be the sole provider of every need for the other person for the remainder of their days.



I don't believe it has anything to do with love but more to do with sex. Love and sex don't always go hand in hand, in fact in my experience pre open marriage, the two rarely go hand in hand.



It's not a situation for everyone I agree. For one, you have to be very secure in your relationship and what you have. That's not an easy thing to do unquestionably.


I have to say that more recently I have been wondering if people can only love in the moment. I agree with you that people do grow and change, relationships change.

But what does confuse the issue for me is people who have met their soul mates, how do they manage to make it through all the changes?

I do know I could not have more than one partner at a time, I wouldn't get jealous if they were just chatting and flirting, but if I knew they'd had 'intamacy' I'd be geen with envy. I'd also be worried sick he preferred her to me!

Betty Boop wrote: I have to say that more recently I have been wondering if people can only love in the moment. I agree with you that people do grow and change, relationships change.

But what does confuse the issue for me is people who have met their soul mates, how do they manage to make it through all the changes?

I do know I could not have more than one partner at a time, I wouldn't get jealous if they were just chatting and flirting, but if I knew they'd had 'intamacy' I'd be geen with envy. I'd also be worried sick he preferred her to me!


I think the trick to loving for a long long long moment is working hard at it. Sustaining a relationship isn't like the movies. It doesnt just happen on it's own. As for soul mates, you got me there coz i think there's a lot more than one and they are on different levels as well. I think in my life I've met at least three who would fit into the soul mate category. Maybe I'm just lucky though! :wah:

As for jealousy, it's not an emotion I've actually ever experienced in my whole life even when I wasn't in an open marriage. I'm not sure why.

Hey I'm not even in this club, huh Far.



Hey Amie welcome. Who is your favorite author?

Amie wrote: I think the trick to loving for a long long long moment is working hard at it. Sustaining a relationship isn't like the movies. It doesnt just happen on it's own. As for soul mates, you got me there coz i think there's a lot more than one and they are on different levels as well. I think in my life I've met at least three who would fit into the soul mate category. Maybe I'm just lucky though! :wah:



As for jealousy, it's not an emotion I've actually ever experienced in my whole life even when I wasn't in an open marriage. I'm not sure why.


Did you get married in a church, civil ceremony?? I guess I'm just old fashioned but marriage to me means commitment to one person.

Each to their own though and if you're happy then thats fine, I wish you luck!:)

Amie wrote: Ask me anything. I'm at home, bored, and will answer almost anything....



Go?!




You sure about that ?

Far Rider wrote: Hang on now Betty...dont be so quick to judge... let me go check with the Mrs' and see if this open thing is a possibility.....





*Far returns all beat up... :yh_beatup ah well ah never mind....




:yh_rotfl That Clippers Missis is darn good huh!

Sheryl wrote: Hey I'm not even in this club, huh Far.



Hey Amie welcome. Who is your favorite author?


Thanks



Anne Tyler is my favourite author. She's penned such wonders as The Accidental Tourist, Breathing Lessons, The Amateur Marriage and the list just goes on....

Nomad wrote: You sure about that ?


Sure that I'm home or that I'm bored? I kid I kid... yep I'm sure.



Edit: wow I have to wait 30 seconds between posts. This is going to severely impede my post whoring abilities you know. :wah:

Betty Boop wrote: Did you get married in a church, civil ceremony?? I guess I'm just old fashioned but marriage to me means commitment to one person.

Each to their own though and if you're happy then thats fine, I wish you luck!:)


I got married on a beautiful grassy knoll BY the beach in Fiji actually.

Far Rider wrote: Hang on now Betty...dont be so quick to judge... let me go check with the Mrs' and see if this open thing is a possibility.....



*Far returns all beat up... :yh_beatup ah well ah never mind....


Ah well it was worth a shot. :wah:

Amie wrote: I got married on a beautiful grassy knoll BY the beach in Fiji actually.


Sigh........... beats my civil ceremony in the County of Sedgmoor!

Betty Boop wrote: Sigh........... beats my civil ceremony in the County of Sedgmoor!


I'm pretty sure wedding ceremonies are mostly overrated excuses to spend lots of money and be the centre of everyone's attention for a day. As long as it's special to you I don't think it matters if you do it in the street outside your local pub. :-4

Amie wrote: I got married on a beautiful grassy knoll BY the beach in Fiji actually.


Here in the "big country" that has a certain connotation.

Nomad wrote: Here in the "big country" that has a certain connotation.


do tell

Amie wrote: do tell




















Lee Harvey Oswald

Nomad wrote:













Lee Harvey Oswald




He didn't do it. :wah:

Amie wrote: He didn't do it. :wah:




LC !!!

Might want to corral this one !

Nomad wrote: LC !!!

Might want to corral this one !


Isn't that something you do to cows.

Amie wrote: Isn't that something you do to cows.




Its a "big country" term. I can see Im going to have to take you under my wing. Cmon. :rolleyes: :p

Nomad wrote: Its a "big country" term. I can see Im going to have to take you under my wing. Cmon. :rolleyes: :p


Grasshopper have much to learn!

Amie wrote: Grasshopper have much to learn!


Well you probably dont want to learn from me.

Hey ! I know lets go give lady cop the business :-6

Far Rider wrote: Hey leave her alone I saw her first!




Now now no need to fight over me! We've already discovered I'm quite open minded :wah:

Far Rider wrote: Hey leave her alone I saw her first!



:mad:




Ya cant have em all.

















Grinch :sneaky: See what Im sayin here ? :wah:

Far Rider wrote: Ok throw ya for her! *Far picks up Nomad and throws him over the balcony*:wah:



I win!:D


One problem bubs

Shes down here

Far Rider wrote: *Far looks over the balcony... * Damn! He did it again! :wah:




:wah:

Keep tryin