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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Apr 17, 2014 - 09:06am PT
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No poetry to offer but I know from experience that you will survive and life will go on. We live a long time and this will be just one of many experiences that didn't turn out the way you had hoped. The main thing is to be able to look back and say you handled the situation the best you could with your understanding of the moment.
I grew up in a household of two parents who profoundly disliked each other and waged civil war on each other for 40 years. I am convinced it takes more courage to separate in many cases than to stay together. As long as your girls know you love them and you respect their mother, things will be alright.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Apr 17, 2014 - 09:12am PT
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As long as your girls know you love them and you respect their mother, things will be alright. True words
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2014 - 10:18am PT
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we decided to take the separation step
prior to the divorce.
baby steps, you know.
so i'll be living it up
in strawberry for the summer,
at our mountain cabin,
taking the liddle mountainettes
half time.
it already feels lonely.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2014 - 10:37am PT
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ward trotter i enjoy your word play
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Apr 17, 2014 - 10:59am PT
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Weeg, you have the best wordplay of all here at ST.
You'll get past this, and it's going to be better. Hard to see right now, no doubt, but just allow the process to happen, and start looking & building forward.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Apr 17, 2014 - 11:29am PT
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Sorry to know you are at this point, Norwegian. Never having been married or having children, I cannot imagine what you are going through. Wishing you the best as you continue.
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:11pm PT
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Anita, you are right, I meant polygamy.
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CalicoJack
climber
CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:32pm PT
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Sorry to hear it Chuck. Best wishes man.
-Andy
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO
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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:55pm PT
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Randisi said it so I can timidly raise my hand in agreement without getting all the blowback of righteous indignation? I earned my bones to chime in. I lived a total of 33 years with two spouses of alcoholic/addictive proclivities and all my efforts to provide them with love, support, understanding, compassion, tolerance, acceptance, etc. so they might "rise above" came to sweet fanny ann. I will never again allow another person of such character and/or proclivities become my significant other/partner, etc. Over and out. Maybe Wege's wife's has finally crossed the same Rubicon. Even Job had his limits; God just gave up on testing him too soon.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:57pm PT
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Weeg, you have the best wordplay of all here at ST.
This is true.
But we must be charitable
And share him with the great frozen tundra
As Siberia will one day hear those lofty sylvan curses.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Apr 17, 2014 - 01:14pm PT
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Largo is king wordsmith here, IMHO.
I have been frequently poorly dressed in my translations
of Largo's tailored threadbares
Weeg's excellent fabric
makes Largo
Wear like a cheap suit,
In a bad film noir.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Apr 17, 2014 - 01:15pm PT
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Randisi & TWP, who could know what it's like? Drawing conclusions about someone on ST is akin to saying you know how to climb from reading this forum. ST is just one of the Norwegian's many covers.
All I can say having gotten to know him, Chuck is an old soul who is wise beyond his years. I feel privileged to call him a friend. Seek to understand and in the mean time be nice the poor man is being beat up enough.
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MisterE
climber
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Apr 17, 2014 - 03:39pm PT
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Hey Weege. Man, so sorry to hear we won't be coming for the wedding at 3AM. Skip and I send out best wishes to you and the kids during a difficult time.
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Ham and Eggs
Mountain climber
Aoraki/Mt Cook Village
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Apr 17, 2014 - 03:55pm PT
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sorry to hear we won't be coming for the wedding at 3AM Might a rabble of strangers and strangeness rock-up anywhose, and offer the man his right to throw a mighty hoe-down anyways?
You should feel blessed she put up with you for as long as she did. I would too, believing the chance to share, likely, enriched her life too. Men with worked hands. Who strive to achieve considerable and considerate things.
I lived a total of 33 years with two spouses of alcoholic/addictive proclivities and all my efforts to provide them with love, support, understanding, compassion, tolerance, acceptance, etc. so they might "rise above" came to sweet fanny ann. I will never again allow another person of such character Sorry to read that. Bummer to also read of the 'need' to kick a guy in the guts when he is already down - you mentioned something about character?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Apr 17, 2014 - 06:25pm PT
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I sure hope this is another elaborate troll from Weeg.
If not, best of luck brother.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Apr 17, 2014 - 08:46pm PT
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When you put it out all out there, you invite all comers.
No. Assholes tend to show up uninvited.
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crankster
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 09:58pm PT
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I'd be interested in why the Norwegian finds himself single. Seems like a good dude.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2015 - 06:44am PT
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i just go on down to the locale bar
and post-up behind a pour-man's
beer and stew for a bit.
then i get up, as is my habit
and put on some tunes.
usually lou reed, or
if the mood strikes me,
dead. or even i've
been know to go
on a bob seger binge -
all music is good.
then i return to
my beer and purse
my lips and gently,
though with infinite
confidence hit it
for a sip.
eventfully,
the girls notice me.
i'm not vain,
nor special,
though i tend to draw
looks.
you see my innocence,
which by the way
is at odds with
my constant inclination
to f*#k every girl everywhere,
is my game.
i'm non-threatening.
and before too long,
some gal strikes her
match against me
and a exo-dream
ignites, and we
engage conversation.
now it gets interesting.
because my demeanor is
completely inconsistent
with my story.
my lies are on the surface,
and my truth is soul-deep.
and before i know it,
i'm entertaining
her inquiries unto
my marrital status.
and gosh i get
alot of flirty smiles.
and twinkly eyes.
and even an occasional
playful hand-slap on
the thigh.
i refuse to go
sub-mariner and
tease-the deep,
though.
i'm only playin.
outta the band.
really i'm looking
hard for the
nothing that shall
be my companion
at death.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Mar 29, 2015 - 06:55am PT
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really i'm looking
hard for the
nothing that shall
be my companion
at death.
Pretty much
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