<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Did you hear about the suicidal twin that shot his brother by mistake?<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jul 19, 2012, at 8:30, Darrell Keim <<a href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com">keim153@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>There has got to be a good story here!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Joe Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">I forgot one other thing: don't marry a twin! Joe<br>
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On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com"><a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<br>
> You don't need to date someone that is like you, I'd just recommend dating<br>
> someone that you're compatible with and vice versa. You can be opposites in<br>
> many ways and yet still have compatible lifestyles.<br>
><br>
> -Scott<br>
><br>
> ________________________________<br>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:05:01 -0700<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a></a><br>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ques. For you: What is Most Important in a<br>
> Relationship?<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com"><a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a></a>; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br>
><br>
> Thanks Scott, that does help. I think that is a good litmus test, how long I<br>
> can spend in a room with someone and not want to kick them out, or them me.<br>
> I don't think however I am compatible with someone that is like me. I like<br>
> dating someone that is different and therefore more interesting. There are<br>
> few, is any people I like sharing most my time and space with. I know the<br>
> odds are slim of it lasting forever, but you never know unless you try, yes?<br>
> I just, honestly, don't want to wake up two decades from now, be alone, fat,<br>
> wrinkled, and missed out on sharing my old age and troubles with someone.<br>
><br>
> Donovan J. Arnold<br>
><br>
> From: Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com"><a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a></a>><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a></a>; viz <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a>><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:20 PM<br>
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Ques. For you: What is Most Important in a<br>
> Relationship?<br>
><br>
> The utmost importance is to find someone you're compatible with and who's<br>
> compatible with you. That answers all of your questions below. A good test<br>
> of compatibility is to spend a lotta, lotta, lotta, time with them. If you<br>
> spend 3 hours with them and then need 3 days away from them to recover from<br>
> being sick of being around them, then that's a good indication of<br>
> incompatibility. If you can travel in close quarters for a solid month<br>
> where you're pretty much together 24 hours a day and you don't get sick of<br>
> each other and in fact thoroughly enjoy each others company during that<br>
> time, that might be a good indication that you can hang together and might<br>
> have a lot in common. If you get married to this person, you have a 50/50<br>
> chance - at the absolute very best - at making it the distance (death).<br>
><br>
> I took a psychology class many years ago and the marriage statistics back<br>
> then were bleak. The prof categorized US marriages such that out of every<br>
> 10 marriages: 5 of them ended in divorce, 2 of them stuck together because<br>
> of convenience, 1 of them was a dead marriage, 1 stuck together for the sake<br>
> of their kids, and 1 was a happy marriage. The moral of the story was that<br>
> you had a 10% chance of being happily married - and I guess you just hope to<br>
> God that your spouse is equally happily married otherwise he/she can simply<br>
> just say 'bye-bye' and there's not a whole heck of a lot you can do to keep<br>
> your marriage from dissolving like so many of them do.<br>
><br>
> By the way, I've never bought into the idea that 'relationships are work' -<br>
> except for bad ones. Those can be a frustratingly pile of work. Why<br>
> bother? Life is too short to be stuck in a crappy relationship.<br>
><br>
> Best wishes in finding your soul mate!<br>
><br>
> -Scott<br>
><br>
><br>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:43:41 -0700<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a></a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Ques. For you: What is Most Important in a<br>
> Relationship?<br>
><br>
> I was wondering what people look for in a life partner, what standards do<br>
> they have.<br>
><br>
> What is most important in a relationship?<br>
><br>
> What character traits do you look for?<br>
><br>
> What are the deal breakers, in terms of looks, behavior, and attitude?<br>
><br>
> What about looks vs. personality? Would you be willing to have a partner you<br>
> know you would not find that attractive in the near future, but they had a<br>
> loving character and personality?<br>
><br>
> How about their health, would you continue to be with someone even if you<br>
> knew they would leave you old and alone? Would you stay with them and do<br>
> that to them?<br>
><br>
> What about financial success? Do they need to be at a certain level, or is<br>
> any financial situation OK with a partner you love?<br>
><br>
> People that got divorced, what do you suggest would make a relationship<br>
> last, not last?<br>
><br>
> How much are you allowed to demand from your partner, and how much should<br>
> you be willing to change for them?<br>
><br>
> How about fidelity? Would you marry if you thought you could not be<br>
> faithful, or you felt they would not be? How about infidelity after, should<br>
> it end, or accepted?<br>
><br>
> Does the idea of being faithful, and being 50/50 partners with person for<br>
> the rest of your life, for better or worse scare you?<br>
><br>
> I know these are kind of personal, and you can be vague, but I am kinda<br>
> wondering if other people think and feel about these issues the same as I<br>
> do. I've never seriously thought about this stuff before because I was<br>
> young, and marriage was illegal for me until recently. It wasn't really in<br>
> the cards until now. Now that I am getting older and marriage is an actual<br>
> choice, this is kind of new for me so I have not had the opportunity to<br>
> consider and experience these things like many of you have been<br>
> fortunate/unfortunate to have done for your entire life. Any insights you<br>
> can give me would be appreciated.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Donovan J. Arnold<br>
><br>
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