Oh yea, and I DESPISE shopping.

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Guitars

Recording equipment

Amplifiers and speakers

Mowing the yard

Playing music

Washing my car

Reading

Lifting weights

Making people laugh

The outdoors

Riding horses

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I dig...

Clawfoot Tubs

Fiddle leaf fig trees (though, against the rules, these are living things )

Oriental rugs

Morrocan cuisine

Djellabas

Le Coq Sportif apparel

Gothic architecture

Bimmers

Provençal design (and books and mags that showcase it)

The combination of cardamom, cinnamon and clove -- as found in chai, for example

Quail eggs

Old maps and globes

Antique specs

Antique trench watches

Chukkas

Flat caps

Pipe organs

Double basses

J. Peterman's 1903 cologne

Bay rum

Classic wet shaving gear

I should probably stop now.

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tinaz said:

Tempest, I think you are taking the word "love" much to literally... In this case, love to me are things that bring me joy, make me happy, get me excited... just because I 'love" these things does not make me materialistic... it just means there are "things" in the world that make me happy... Say the boots... I love nothing more than when fall arrives and i can put on a pair of my boots, skinny jeans and a sweater on a chilly day when going out with my husband... I dont want to marry my boots, i just love them!! I get excited for them... Surely you have one thing that makes you excited to have, or use.. I also have a disgusting old ass ugly cardigan my husband bought wayyy back in 1988... I wore it when I was pregnant... everyone who sees it says "that is the ugliest sweater I have ever seen" but I LOVE IT! It brings me much happiness and joyful memories when I wear it.. Love is much bigger than feelings for just people..

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I didn't mean to infer that anyone here is materialistic for loving things. Not at all. Sorry if that's the way my comments came across or were misinterpreted. I didn't mean for that to happen. I just said that material things just don't excite me that much.

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I know that love is more than just feelings for people. I'm absolutely crazy about my pets for instance. However, they're still living creatures and they don't count for the purposes of this thread.

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I guess I'll have to give it some more thought. However, maybe I'm just a different kind of person that thinks differently than most others. I dunno. If I can think of anything non-living that rocks my world, I'll be sure to post.

Tempest said:

Yes, I'm a woman but I don't have a shoe fetish and no I don't "love" shoes. I have a few comfortable pairs that I own and don't really give a darn about shoes.

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I'm also not in love with handbags (like most women). I have only one (made of leather) that has lasted me for many years. It's totally utilitarian for me. I drag it along when I need to and leave it at home much of the time. I barely have anything in it (just necessities). I don't carry everything AND the kitchen sink in it like most women do (you know the 35 lb handbags).

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I guess I'm just an odd woman.

Same here. I wear my shoes until they break. One bag, but I do keep some mail in it, but it's not heavy. And I don't like shopping either.

But I do love to eat so I'll go with FOOD.

wildgoldenhoney said:

Tempest said:

Yes, I'm a woman but I don't have a shoe fetish and no I don't "love" shoes. I have a few comfortable pairs that I own and don't really give a darn about shoes.

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I'm also not in love with handbags (like most women). I have only one (made of leather) that has lasted me for many years. It's totally utilitarian for me. I drag it along when I need to and leave it at home much of the time. I barely have anything in it (just necessities). I don't carry everything AND the kitchen sink in it like most women do (you know the 35 lb handbags).

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I guess I'm just an odd woman.

Same here. I wear my shoes until they break. One bag, but I do keep some mail in it, but it's not heavy. And I don't like shopping either.

But I do love to eat so I'll go with FOOD.

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What are some of your favorite foods?

I have "a thing" for that foodnow guy. I'll put him on my love list.

In no particular order:

• chocolate
• live music
• the scent of vanilla
• Camaros and Corvettes
• shoes
• My family
• meeting new people
• my cat
• my career

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Tempest said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Same here. I wear my shoes until they break. One bag, but I do keep some mail in it, but it's not heavy. And I don't like shopping either.

But I do love to eat so I'll go with FOOD.

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What are some of your favorite foods?

I have "a thing" for that foodnow guy. I'll put him on my love list.

Let's see...
lemon meringue, pecan pie, lemon cheesecake ice cream with white cake, but I can't think of anything else more specific since I like to eat anything. Sometimes when I cook, I create a delicious dish with no name but I can never make it the same again so I don't know. NEVER mcdonalds though. But I love a good burger if freshly made from Chili's or something. The best of all is free food.

Stymie said:

I love guitars, too Bliss. I have two left handed bass ones that are works of art to me.

you were learning yeah?

have you checked out this site? http://playbassnow.com it's GREAT... there's a beginners section right through to really adavanced stuff

Animals

Shopping

chocolate

Thunder Storms

Rainbows

Smiles

My Garden

Sleeping

Purple

Fresh Flowers

Icy Poles

Slushies

Coke n Crushed Ice

Long hot showers

A clean House

Long Walks

French Tips

Big Earings

shorts

driving real fast

laughing

smell of petrol

hot chips n sauce

the sun

music

oh and yes i luv Freedom to luv all the things i luv

Good food

Funny people

Reading

Cannabis

Ice cold 2% cow's milk

Walking through old houses

Libraries

Living alone

Gardening

Being retired

Most animals

Walking through cemetaries and reading the headstones.

I would love to not have to sell a little building that I bought.
Break it down.

Redesign a new self sustainable house with an architect.

Have that house build by reliable folks.

Get my drivers license.

A new car, that is spacious and as environmentally friendly as possible.

Have somebody redo and finish my kitchen. I did a great job on designing it, but somebody else should really make it. It's showing that I'm not a handy girl and did not have any experience.
And a huge fridge and a huge freezer. And a massive stove. With all the sexy kitchen gear I love. And a big Kitchen Aid mixer. Actually, just everything from kitchen aid.

laptop, speakers, phone with subscription to unlimited minutes and internet access.

fancy sewing machine and the sewingcourse for beginners that my friend is starting, so we actually will know how to work the sewing machine and can go out for lunch after the lessons.

Unlimited credits, so I can go out for lunch and diner and invite friends, because I can pay the bill for all of us.

A staff that will make that cookbook that I want to make for years already.

A staff that will help me writing that series that I want to write.

A very luxureous holiday, including luxury safari's in Africa and South America whild I don't feel any guilt about spending my money on that kind of luxury.
And of course a dream holiday house at a beach or river, absolutely private so I can swim in it naked, delicious food served to the house, a pile of books to read and a lover whom I adore, who adores me and we enjoy eachothers presence and fiddling eachother endlessly.

Now and then having a break by going to a wonderfull museum, exhibition or festival.

And of course be able to bring my cat with me.

Not that long ago, on top of my list would be,

*Prince concert in Paradiso.


And yes, it feels pretty good to get a wish fulfilled.

Really, I can recommend it without hesitation.

Tempest said:

Oh yea, and I DESPISE shopping.

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Online ordering and get it deliverd at your door, is the answer to that.

It's a great gift of our time.

O yeah, I forgot the photo camera, video camera and the courses to get better at that.

And of course, edit and make silly video's myself.

Would love that.

dJJ said:

Tempest said:

Oh yea, and I DESPISE shopping.

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Online ordering and get it deliverd at your door, is the answer to that.

It's a great gift of our time.

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That's what I already do. Whenever I need something, I shop online.

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I do it for business supplies and also for the necessities of life (other than groceries).

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My comment that I made was more in reference to how it's generally assumed that women love shoes, love handbags and love to shop. Women like to go out with their friends just to roam around for hours window shopping and charging away. Not my cup of tea.

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Online shopping is GRAND when I need something. I've done it for years.

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Tempest said:

dJJ said:

Online ordering and get it deliverd at your door, is the answer to that.

It's a great gift of our time.

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That's what I already do. Whenever I need something, I shop online.

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I do it for business supplies and also for the necessities of life (other than groceries).

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My comment that I made was more in reference to how it's generally assumed that women love shoes, love handbags and love to shop. Women like to go out with their friends just to roam around for hours window shopping and charging away. Not my cup of tea.

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Online shopping is GRAND when I need something. I've done it for years.

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No, that is just what is suggested in advertisement, movies and series.

Unfortunately, young girls do perceive that stereotype as a standard of female behavior.

Teenage girls "love shopping" because they can go to the mall, and meet teenage boys there. And then all these boys and girls can be totally insecure and love all that excitement.

This hormonal induced ritual is presented as 'girls love shopping' in order to pretend we'r sophisticated. We'r not.

Women are falsely portrayed as if they all love to shop.

This silly stereotype has a historical background, because it were the females who had to shop.

Not so long ago, women were not allowed to work, have their own bank account, or decide over their independent integrity.
Women had to look sexy and act as if they adore men, in order to survive.

It was pivotal for a young teenage girl to succeed in the diner or shoppingcentre, to get married and thus secure her survival.

As a married wife, she got a little allowence of her husband to buy the things he wanted. And to buy his food so she could prepare it for him.

That's why women traditionally were the shopping people. Marketeers still don't realize, that women might have never liked it, or surpassed that stage of girly shopping, because they nowadays can obtain a job, a bank account, a house and can sustain themselves.

They don't depend on a man for their survivall anymore.

Somehow, girls are made to belief that they have to wear pink, giggle submissively when man says something and be sexy.

But that is just a leftover from the 1920's

No actually, there are A LOT of women that love to go out and shop. Maybe it's different in the Netherlands but not here in the good ole USA. I know of plenty of ladies that like to shop.

Tempest said:

No actually, there are A LOT of women that love to go out and shop. Maybe it's different in the Netherlands but not here in the good ole USA. I know of plenty of ladies that like to shop.

I don't know. I guess going out shopping now and then can be fun. If you have money and time.

Dutch ladies are generally just practical. So, they shop, but they know in advance what they need and will aim for that. They don't waste time with window shopping. Why would they do that?

And under the influence of the Christian party, the shops have very limited opening hours.

Dutch women choose internet shopping, because shops are only open during office hours,
you know, when everybody is at work. And on Saturday from 9 - 5.

They don't have time to go out on a shopping spree with girfriends while busy with job, children, 85% of the household and do all the DIY in the house (Dutch men are only emancipated when it comes to paying the bill and fixing things in the house, they think women should do that themselves).

dJJ said:

Tempest said:

No actually, there are A LOT of women that love to go out and shop. Maybe it's different in the Netherlands but not here in the good ole USA. I know of plenty of ladies that like to shop.

I don't know. I guess going out shopping now and then can be fun. If you have money and time.

Dutch ladies are generally just practical. So, they shop, but they know in advance what they need and will aim for that. They don't waste time with window shopping. Why would they do that?

And under the influence of the Christian party, the shops have very limited opening hours.

Dutch women choose internet shopping, because shops are only open during office hours,
you know, when everybody is at work. And on Saturday from 9 - 5.

They don't have time to go out on a shopping spree with girfriends while busy with job, children, 85% of the household and do all the DIY in the house (Dutch men are only emancipated when it comes to paying the bill and fixing things in the house, they think women should do that themselves).

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No, shopping is NEVER FUN!

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Now, going out to lunch with your friends once in awhile is fun. But never shopping sprees.

lamp

really? 57 replies and no love for Lamp?