I like mutual respect, and a healthy degree of autonomy.
I like whatever the opposite of co-dependency is, but that is not an emotionless state.
Itβs heartfelt affection that belongs in that space.
I like complexity. Layers. But not wild goose chases. I like a spirit of boss-less cooperation.
I like (the idea of) proactively building emotional, intellectual, and practical, functionality into a relationship. That is to say, a mutual, ongoing investment in a shared project. A spirit of unity.
I like working and playing together often but not always. I like having time to think and tinker. I like a balance that leans more toward being at home than being on the road, but many daytrips and the occasional journey are necessities.
I like shared outdoorsiness. I like not having to sail and camp alone. I like being around active, contented people.
I like to know and be known.
What do you like?
I like;
@Donotbelieve I can ALWAYS use the help. I'll go through at least 6 cords this year!
Hmmm... Unless you are using "stacking wood" as a metaphor! In which case I am even more interested!
@Donotbelieve Hey, I have some wood that needs stacking.
It also needs to be cut and split.
Power tools! Lots of em!
YES!!!!
I like laughter. I like differences without drama. I like respectful dialog. I like affection without neediness. I like being tolerant of his quirks because I know he will be tolerant of mine. I like shared adventures, even lame ones. I like feeling protective of someone while also feeling protected. I like to be challenged and encouraged. I like being so comfortable that I feel safe. I like being with people I can admire.
As I wrote in my profile:
I find the wonder and joy in life. The infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand, the joy of tasting a juicy, ripe peach. Intense, playful, passionate and determined, I have fun every day.
I love hiking to alpine lakes surrounded by white glaciers and jagged mountain peaks. After dark, I look up and feel awed by the glowing Milky Way and billions of sparkling stars. We all need more low-level ecstasy in our lives.
Finishing something. .
Or, fishing for something?
@PondartIncbendog Nope definitely finishing.
I like it best when the friggin" world leaves me alone so I can think & write. I've had a career of helping solve other people's problems, in in my codependency, I often get pulled into OPPs (Other People's Problems) in my personal life.
Because of all this activity, I have missed the heights of philosophy I really want to scale. Real thinking takes stimulation, but it also takes intense concentration & quiet.I've learned a bit too much for my taste about humanity, both its good & ill. I now want to distill the knowledge, clarifying it for myself & maybe a few others
good craft beer, good whiskey, good pizza & the occasional good golf shot of which i had a few today.. i could think of other likes but those are the main ones.
i suppose good weather has to be in there which is why we're heading south in 2 weeks.
I like looking back at my wonderful career of midwifery, remembering the Mommas and the honor of my hands being the first to touch a wet, slick, squirming, fresh newborn baby, over 1,000 times. I like being retired, riding my horse, going places with my dogs, and playing with my cat. I like being free from religion, and reveling in the beauty of the great mother earth. I like being able to forget that I had breast cancer around 32 years ago. I like living on the farm, seeing my horses and donkeys in the pasture, the goats, chickens, geese and ducks on the hill, and sitting on my deck at night, and seeing the Moon, Milky Way and meteor showers. I like feeling strong, independent, happy and content. I like learning, reading, writing, thinking and listening. I like knowing that I have had 73 years of joy, sadness, pain, battles, wins, losses, and have learned the lessons that they taught me. I like knowing that if I die tomorrow, I have lived my authentic, honest, wonderful life, and have no regrets.
lox. i like lox.
oh in a relationship? a relationship isn't a thing. it's a relationship. it's different with every person. in the relationship i am in now, which is permanent until one of us dies, what i like is for my guy suddenly not to have alzheimer's anymore.
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Yes, alzheimers is a relationship disaster. My mother had it. Very hard. Peace.
Sorry about your situation. Alzheimers, when it is advanced, is like being together alone. The body is there, but the self is gone
I am not happy or unhappy!
At times which have become shorter and shorter over time via my aging!
I feel some what unhappy, others overly happy!
Not a mental condition, but a state of mind which does not rule my life, anymore as it once did!!!
I like your beautiful photograph.
Thanks. All credit goes to the beautiful Monte Sano State Park.