tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post116079605370727877..comments2023-11-03T09:09:32.113-04:00Comments on Behind the Stove: "...talkin' in rhymes, Twistin' round to make me think..." - "Talk Talk", by Talk TalkBabelBabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160921972025466332006-10-15T10:19:00.000-04:002006-10-15T10:19:00.000-04:00I'll just say, "Ditto!" and leave it at that. (OK...I'll just say, "Ditto!" and leave it at that. <BR/><BR/>(OK, who am I kidding? I CAN'T leave it at that because I, too, am a yapper.)<BR/><BR/>(As if you couldn't tell.)Velmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425566563311066790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160912995740183182006-10-15T07:49:00.000-04:002006-10-15T07:49:00.000-04:00You had me at hello.You had me at hello.Bechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219854307291147169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160871302853824552006-10-14T20:15:00.000-04:002006-10-14T20:15:00.000-04:00You are smart. You are interesting. You *don't* ...You are smart. You are interesting. You *don't* talk too much. And you're much more grown-up than I am. <BR/><BR/>So there!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03753481035768736548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160845610578513032006-10-14T13:06:00.000-04:002006-10-14T13:06:00.000-04:00Growing up is overrated. I've decided not to. It d...Growing up is overrated. I've decided not to. It doesn't sound like much fun.<BR/><BR/>I also talk a lot in social situations AND I interrupt people and mimic their accents. Not on purpose, though. <I>Just shut up!</I> pretty much runs on a continuous loop in my head.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08612452005428621885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160843042526763872006-10-14T12:24:00.000-04:002006-10-14T12:24:00.000-04:00LC is right -- those of you who are chatty make fo...LC is right -- those of you who are chatty make for smooth social occasions. If it weren't for you everyone would just sit there looking at each other.<BR/><BR/>I loved my thirties -- my forties, not so much. Next year I will be fifty and I still don't feel like an adult.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12066257241391122732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160841308498877112006-10-14T11:55:00.000-04:002006-10-14T11:55:00.000-04:00I babble like a brook when I finally get another a...I babble like a brook when I finally get another adult within range. I sometimes annoy even myself with my chattiness, so I'm sure I annoy others.<BR/><BR/>As for being a grown up? Hasn't happened to me yet, either. I feel like a total fraud most days and I'm just waiting for someone to tap me on the shoulder and tell me there's been a mistake, that I'm not mature enough to have all this.Major Bedheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669161302510096751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160841230756834402006-10-14T11:53:00.000-04:002006-10-14T11:53:00.000-04:00I feel 23 most days. But I am SO looking forward t...I feel 23 most days. But I am SO looking forward to being 50. "Youth is a mortal wound." (from <I>Jacob Have I Loved by K. Paterson</I>)Sarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160839511872134432006-10-14T11:25:00.000-04:002006-10-14T11:25:00.000-04:00I felt this way in my 30's, too. And the reality? ...I felt this way in my 30's, too. <BR/>And the reality? Looking back at the photos? I was my most beautiful in my mid to late 30's - even 40's. I think the insecurity of that age makes women very dear and sweet. They really have it all - beauty, experience, knowledge. But like most things in life, they don't believe it while living it!<BR/><BR/>And the beauty of being 50? Is being very very happy with oneself. Not caring so much what people think anymore. Glad to share what knowledge you've gleaned from life, and not afraid to speak of it. Having good faith in your own opinions and abilities. I am the strongest I've ever been in my life, physically and emotionally. I feel very lucky and grateful, too, which creates a sense of peace and well being.<BR/><BR/>I just wish I wouldn't have waited 'til I was near 50 to embrace my gifts and be happy with myself.MsCellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399187248681818440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160837245848372632006-10-14T10:47:00.000-04:002006-10-14T10:47:00.000-04:00Oh! *I* want to look like Audrey Hepburn too! Now ...Oh! *I* want to look like Audrey Hepburn too! Now I really want to grow up!<BR/>I still feel as if I am sixteen most days. But fatter.BabelBabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160835632732298972006-10-14T10:20:00.000-04:002006-10-14T10:20:00.000-04:00Cut from the same cloth, we are. Anyways, women cr...Cut from the same cloth, we are. <BR/><BR/>Anyways, women create endorphins when they talk, so I figure that's something good...<BR/><BR/>Okay, stump speechless--but it's Ocober, so that's my excuse. <BR/><BR/>Keep talking and writing, that's all I gotta say, so there. And about that "grown-up" thing--it's overrated.Sarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160832735295147542006-10-14T09:32:00.000-04:002006-10-14T09:32:00.000-04:00Oh yes. When I am a grown up I will be able to co...Oh yes. When I am a grown up I will be able to converse freely and intelligently in every social situation without going red or stuttering or sounding stupid.<BR/><BR/>(I will also not have cellulite, won't need as much sleep, and will look like Audrey Hepburn. When does this grown up thingy kick in?)Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160827534221808402006-10-14T08:05:00.000-04:002006-10-14T08:05:00.000-04:00It's funny, that feeling of not being a grown-up w...It's funny, that feeling of not being a grown-up when by all objective measures you clearly are a grown-up. Do a lot of people feel that way? I know I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160824320737803292006-10-14T07:12:00.000-04:002006-10-14T07:12:00.000-04:00I recognize this I'm-a-talker feeling. I feel it t...I recognize this I'm-a-talker feeling. I feel it too. Yeah, it can be awkward, but it's got its upside, too. I think we're not usually talking just cos we love the sound of our own voice. We're talking because we have something to say, right? This is because we're sensitive, perceptive people, IMHO. Also, IMHO, this impulse to say what's on our minds tends to go along with the impulse to blog or sing or paint or write letters to the editor or just generally speak truth to power, KWIM? That's a good thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1160801396425072582006-10-14T00:49:00.000-04:002006-10-14T00:49:00.000-04:00Don't ever change. I'm a talker too (but most of i...Don't ever change. I'm a talker too (but most of it is drivel), and I've judged some of my quieter friends in the past for not being 'quick'. They have all surprised me. Just because they're not talking all the time, doesn't mean they're not thinking. I'd like to think a little more and talk a little less. But, people like us make for smooth social occasions and put other people at ease. I'm coming to see it as a gift not a curse:-)The ones I don't like are the people who use silence as a weapon. As in "i'm not saying anything, just letting you prattle on, filling in the quiet, and then I'll pounce when you say the wrong thing and skewer you". They are prize bitches. I'll stop now.lazy cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756448890246596503noreply@blogger.com