Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Marrying the right Person
Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience.
You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love... Because it's happening TO YOU.
People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet." Think about the imagery of that __expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU.
Falling in love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience. But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria (excitement) of love fades. It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts.
The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.
At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, "Did I marry the right person?"
And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else.
This is when marriages or relationship breakdown. People blame their spouse/partner for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage/relationsh ip for fulfillment.
Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious.
But sometimes people turn to work, a hobby, excessive TV, or abusive substances.
But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.
I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else.
You could.
And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation a few years later. Because (listen carefully to this):
THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE/RELATIONSH IP IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.
SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find" LASTING love. You have to "make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the __expression "the labor of love." Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it takes WISDOM. You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage/relationsh ip work. Sure true love can only happen after you've fallen out of love. When you begin choosing to love, even if you don't feel like doing it ---- that's true love. And that's the foundation of a lasting and strong marriage.
Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage.
Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), there are also laws for relationships.
Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL make your marriage stronger.
It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable. .. you can "make"love.
Love is indeed a "decision".. . Not just a feeling. You'll not just go away with your relationship just because the feeling is gone. In the Bible, love is a command. You make it happen.
Remember this always:
"God determines who walks into your life. It is up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go."
FW: Ruth Beltran
"Marriage is more than saying I Do. Marriage, like a precious plant, needs constant tending for it to grow, flourish, and bear fruti to last a lifetime, and beyond."
-David and Evelyn Feliciano
Saturday, October 9, 2010
My alleged name supposed to be..
Nefertiti (c. 1370 BCE – c. 1330 BCE) was the Great Royal Wife (chief consort) of the Egyptian PharaohAkhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they started to worship one god only. This was Aten, or the sun disc.
Nefertiti had many titles; for example, at Karnak are inscriptions that read Heiress, Great of Favours, Possessed of Charm, Exuding Happiness, Mistress of Sweetness, Beloved One, Soothing the King's Heart in His House, Soft-spoken in All, Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt, Great King's Wife, Whom He Loves, Lady of the Two Lands, Nefertiti.
She was made famous by her bust, now in Berlin's Neues Museum, shown to the right. The bust is one of the most copied works of ancient Egypt. It was attributed to the sculptor Thutmose, and it was found in hisworkshop. The bust is notable for exemplifying the understanding Ancient Egyptians had regarding realistic facial proportions. Some scholars believe that Nefertiti ruled briefly after her husband's death and before the accession of Tutankhamun as Smenkhkare, although this identification is a matter of ongoing debate.
FAMILY
Nefertiti's parentage is not known with certainty, but it is now generally believed that she was the daughter of Ay, later to be pharaoh and the sister of Mutbenret.[1] Another theory that gained some support identified Nefertiti with the Mitanni princess Tadukhipa.
The exact dates of when Nefertiti was married to Amenhotep IV and later promoted to his Queen are uncertain. However, the couple had six known daughters. This is a list with suggested years of birth:
- Meritaten: Before year one or the very beginning of year one.(1356 BC).
- Meketaten: Year 1 or three (1349 BC).
- Ankhesenpaaten, also known as Ankhesenamen, later queen of Tutankhamun
- Neferneferuaten Tasherit: Year 6 (1344 BC)
- Neferneferure: Year 9 (1341 BC).
- Setepenre: Year 11 (1339 BC).
In the fourth year of his reign (1346 BC) Amenhotep IV started his worship of Aten. The king led this religious revolution, in which Nefertiti played a prominent role. It changed Egypt's religion from a polytheisticreligion to a henotheistic religion. This was not strictly monotheism, as they did not deny the existence of other gods.
This year is also believed to mark the beginning of his construction of a new capital, Akhetaten, at what is known today as Amarna. In his fifth year, Amenhotep IV officially changed his name to Akhenaten as evidence of his new worship. The date given for the event has been estimated to fall around January 2 of that year. In Year 7 of his reign (1343 BC), the capital was officially moved from Thebes to Amarna. Construction of the city seems to have continued for two more years (till 1341 BC). The new city was dedicated to the royal couple's new religion. Nefertiti's famous bust is also thought to have been created around this time.
In an inscription estimated to November 21 of year 12 of the reign (approx. 1338 BC)[citation needed], her daughter Meketaten is mentioned for the last time; she is thought to have died shortly after that date. Circumstantial evidence which shows that she predeceased her husband at Akhetaten include several shabti fragments of the Queen's burial, which are now located in the Louvre and Brooklyn Museums. A relief in Akhenaten's tomb in the Royal Wadi at Amarna appears to show her funeral.
About Year 14 of Akhenaten's reign (1336 BC), Nefertiti vanishes from the historical record. There is no word of her after that date. Theories include sudden death by a plague that was sweeping through the city or another natural death. A previous theory that she fell into disgrace is now discredited, since the deliberate erasures of monuments belonging to a queen of Akhenaten have been shown to refer to Kiya instead. Conclusions about the disappearance of Nefertiti seem likely to be lost to history.
The Coregency Stela may show her as a co-regent with her husband, who possibly ruled after his death. Some scholars think that Nefertiti changed her name, first to Ankhkheperure Neferneferuaten and later to Ankhkheperure Smenkhkare, and that she enjoyed a brief sole rule under the latter name. They also believe that, as her husband's co-regent and successor, she may have attempted to reconcile the Atenist and Traditional religions Nefertiti would have prepared for her death and for the succession of her daughter, now named Ankhsenamun, and her stepson, Tutankhamun. They would have been educated in the traditional way, worshiping the old gods. This theory has Neferneferuaten's dying after two years of kingship, to be succeeded byTutankhamun. (In February 2010, results of DNA tests were published which confirmed his being a son of Akhenaten.)
He married Nefertiti's daughter Ankhesenpaaten. The royal couple were young and inexperienced, by any estimation of their age. Ankhesenpaaten bore two premature, stillborn daughters whose mummies were found by Howard Carter in Tutankhamen's tomb. Some theories believe that Nefertiti was still alive and held influence on the younger royals. If this is the case, that influence and presumably Nefertiti's own life would have ended by year 3 of Tutankhaten's reign (1331 BC). In that year, Tutankhaten changed his name to Tutankhamun. This was evidence of his return to the official worship ofAmun, and his abandonment of Amarna to return the capital to Thebes.
As can be seen by the suggested identifications between Tadukhipa, Nefertiti, Smenkhkare and Kiya, the records of their time and their lives are largely incomplete. The findings of archaeologists and historians may develop new theories vis-à-vis Nefertiti and her precipitous exit from the public stage.
BURIAL
The "Younger Lady"
In the most recent research effort led by Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities, a mummy known as "The Younger Lady" was put through CT scan analysis. Researchers concluded that she may be Tutankhamun's biological mother, Queen Kiya, not Queen Nefertiti. Fragments of shattered bone were found in the sinus, and blood clots were found. The theory that the damage was inflicted post-mummification was rejected, and a murder scenario was deemed more likely. Scholars think Kiya's identification as KV35 is consistent with the fact that, after Tutankhamun returned Egypt to the traditional religion, he moved his closest relatives: father, grandmother, and biological mother, to the Valley of the Kings to be buried with him (according to the list of figurines and drawings in his tomb). Nefertiti may be in an undiscovered tomb.
On June 9, 2003, archaeologist Joann Fletcher, a specialist in ancient hair from the University of York in England, announced that Nefertiti's mummy may have been one of the anonymous mummies stored in tomb KV35 in the Valley of the Kings known as "the Younger Lady". The independent scholar Marianne Luban had published similar speculation in 1999 in an article posted on the Internet, entitled "Do We Have the Mummy of Nefertiti?"[6]
Luban's points upholding the identification are the same as those of Joann Fletcher. Furthermore, Fletcher suggested that Nefertiti was the Pharaoh Smenkhkare. Some Egyptologists hold to this view though the majority believe Smenkhkare to have been a separate person. Dr. Fletcher led an expedition funded by the Discovery Channel that examined what they believed to have been Nefertiti's mummy.
The team claimed that the mummy they examined was damaged in a way suggesting the body had been deliberately desecrated in antiquity. Mummification techniques, such as the use of embalming fluid and the presence of an intact brain, suggested an eighteenth-dynasty royal mummy. Other elements which the team used to support their theory were the age of the body, the presence of embedded nefer beads, and a wig of a rare style worn by Nefertiti. They further claimed that the mummy's arm was originally bent in the position reserved for pharaohs, but was later snapped off and replaced with another arm in a normal position.
Most Egyptologists, among them Kent Weeks and Peter Locavara, generally dismiss Fletcher's claims as unsubstantiated. They say that ancient mummies are almost impossible to identify as a particular person without DNA. As bodies of Nefertiti's parents or children have never been identified, her conclusive identification is impossible. Any circumstantial evidence, such as hairstyle and arm position, is not reliable enough to pinpoint a single, specific historical person. The cause of damage to the mummy can only be speculated upon, and the alleged revenge is an unsubstantiated theory. Bent arms, contrary to Fletcher's claims, were not reserved to pharaohs; this was also used for other members of the royal family. The wig found near to the mummy is of unknown origin, and cannot be conclusively linked to that specific body. Finally, the 18th dynasty was one of the largest and most prosperous dynasties of ancient Egypt. A female royal mummy could be any of a hundred royal wives or daughters from the 18th dynasty's more than 200 years on the throne.
In addition, there is controversy about both the age and gender of the mummy. On June 12, 2003, Hawass also dismissed the claim, citing insufficient evidence. On August 30, 2003, Reuters further quoted Hawass: "I'm sure that this mummy is not a female", and "Dr Fletcher has broken the rules and therefore, at least until we have reviewed the situation with her university, she must be banned from working in Egypt." On different occasions, Hawass has claimed that the mummy is female and male
The Elder Lady?
A KMT article called "Who is The Elder Lady mummy?" suggests that the elder lady mummy may be Nefertiti's body. This may be possible due to the fact that the mummy is around her mid-thirties or early forties, Nefertiti's guessed age of death. Also, unfinished busts of Nefertiti appear to resemble the mummy's face, though other suggestions include Ankhesenamun and, the favorite candidate, Tiye. More evidence to support this identification is that the mummy's teeth look like that of a 29-38 year old, Nefertiti's most likely age of death. Due to recent age tests on the mummy's teeth, it appears that the 'Elder Lady' is in fact Queen Tiye and also that the DNA of the mummy is a close, if not direct, match to the lock of hair found in Tutankhamun's tomb which bears the inscription of Queen Tiye is the hairs coffin. To date, the mummy of this famous and iconic queen has not been found
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ICONIC STATUS
Nefertiti's place as an icon in popular culture is secure as she has become somewhat of a celebrity. After Cleopatra she is the second most famous "Queen" of Ancient Egypt in the Western imagination and influenced through photographs that changed standards of feminine beauty of the 20th century, and is often referred to as "the most beautiful woman in the world".
The Origin of my name
the discoveries from her tomb of a knob inscribed with the cartouche of Pharaoh Ay has led people to speculate she was related to him. The time between the reign of Ay and Ramesses II means that Nefertari could not be a daughter of Ay and if any relation exists at all, she would be a grand-daughter. There is no conclusive evidence linking Nefertari to the royal family of the 18th dynasty however.
Nefertari married Ramesses II before he ascended the throne. Nefertari had at least four sons and two daughters. Amun-her-khepeshef, the eldest was Crown Prince and Commander of the Troops, andPareherwenemef would later serve in Ramesses II’s army. Prince Meryatum was elevated to the position ofHigh Priest of Re in Heliopolis. Inscriptions mention he was a son of Nefertari. Prince Meryre is a fourth son mentioned on the façade of the small temple at Abu Simbel and is thought to be another son of Nefertari.Meritamen and Henuttawy are two royal daughters depicted on the façade of the small temple at Abu Simbel and are thought to be daughters of Nefertari.
Princesses named Bak(et)mut, Nefertari , and Nebettawy are sometimes suggested as further daughters of Nefertari based on their presence in Abu Simbel, but there is no concrete evidence for this supposed family relation.
BIOGRAPHY
Nefertari first appears as the wife of Ramesses II in official scenes during the first year of Ramesses II. In the tomb of Nebwenenef, Nefertari is depicted behind her husband as he elevates Nebwenenef to the position ofHigh Priests of Amun during a visit to Abydos. [6] Nefertari also appears in a scene next to a year 1 stela. She is depicted shaking two sistra before Taweret, Thoth and Nut.
Nefertari is an important presence in the scenes from Luxor and Karnak. In a scene from Luxor Nefertari appears leading the royal children. Another scene shows Nefertari at the Festival of the Mast of Amun-Min-Kamephis. The king and the queen are said to worship in the new temple and are shown overseeing the Erection of the Mast before Amen-Re attended by standard bearers. Nefertari’s speech during this ceremony is recorded:
"Your beloved son, the Lord of Both Lands, Usermaatre Setepenre, has come to see you in your beautiful manifestation. He has erected for you the mast of the (pavilion)-framework. May you grant him eternity as King, and victory over those rebellious (against) His Majesty, L.P.H."’’
Nefertari appears as Ramesses II’s consort on many statues in both Luxor and Karnak. In Western Thebes Nefertari is mentioned on a statuary group from Deir el-BAhari, a stela and blocks from Deir el-Medina.
The greatest honor was bestowed on Nefertari however in Abu Simbel. Nefertari is depicted in statue form at the great temple, but the small temple is dedicated to Nefertari and the goddess Hathor. The building project was started earlier in the reign of Ramesses II, and seems to have been inaugurated by ca year 25 of his reign (but not completed until ten years later).
Nefertari’s prominence at court is further supported by cuneiform tablets from the Hittite city of Hattusas (today Boghazkoy, Turkey), containing Nefertari's correspondence with the king Hattusilis and his wife Pudukhepa. she is mentioned in the letters as Naptera. Nefertari is known to have sent gifts to Puduhepa:
The great Queen Naptera of the land of Egypt speaks thus: Speak to my sister Puduhepa, the Great Queen of the Hatti land. I, your sister, (also) be well!! May your country be well. Now, I have learned that you, my sister, have written to me asking after my health. ... You have written to me because of the good friendship and brotherly relationship between your brother, the king of Egypt, The Great and the Storm God will bring about peace, and he will make the brotherly relationship between the Egptian king, the Great King, and his brother, the Hatti King, the Great King, last for ever... See, I have sent you a gift, in order to greet you, my sister... for your neck (a necklace) of pure gold, composed of 12 bands and weighing 88 shekels, coloured linen maklalu-material, for one royal dress for the king... A total of 12 linen garments.
Nefertari is shown at the inaugural festivities at Abu Simbel in year 24. Her daughter Meritamen is depicted taking part in place of her mother in some of the scenes. Nefertari may well have been in failing health at this point. After her death she was buried in tomb QV66 in the Valley of the Queens.
MONUMENTS
Abu Simbel, great temple
Nefertari appears twice as one of the royal women represented beside the colossal statues of Ramesses II that stand before the temple. To the left of the doorway, Nefertari, Queen-Mother Tuya and the king's son Amun-her-khepeshef (still called Amunhirwenemef here) flank the colossal statue of the king. To the right of the doorway Nefertari, Baketmut and the king's sonRamesses are shown with the Pharaoh.
Inside the temple Nefertari is depicted on one of the pillars in the great pillared hall worshipping Hathor of Ibshek.
On the wall of the inner pillared hall Nefertari appears behind Ramesses II. They stand before the barque of Amun , and Nefertari is shown playing the sistra. Elsewhere Nefertari and Ramesses II are shown before a barque dedicated to a deified Ramesses II. Nefertari is shown twice accompanying her husband in Triumph scenes.
Abu Simbel, small temple
The small temple at Abu Simbel was dedicated to Nefertari and Hathor of Ibshek. The dedication text on one of the buttresses states:
- ‘’ A temple of great and Mighty monuments, for the Great Royal Wife Nefertari Meryetmut, for whose sake the (very) sun does shine, given life and beloved;’’ (Kitchen)
While on other buttresses it says:
- ‘’ King of South and North Egypt, Usermaatre Setepenre; - he has made a Temple by excavation in the mountain, of eternal work(manship) in Nubia, which the King of South and North Egypt, Usermaatre Setepenre has made for the Great Royal Wife Nefertari Meryetmut, in Nubia, like Re forever and ever.’’ (Kitchen)
The two colossal standing statues of Nefertari in front of the small temple are equal in size to those of Ramesses II. Nefertari is shown holding a sistrum. She wears a long sheet dress and she is depicted with a long wig, Hathoric cow horns, the solar disk and tall feathers mounted on a modius.
In the interior of the temple Nefertari appears in a variety of scenes. She is shown for instance offering to a cow (Hathor) in a papyrus thicket, offering before Khnum, Satis and Anuket, the triad of Elephantine, and offering to Mut and Hathor.
Tomb 66 in the Valley of the Queens
- Nefertari was portrayed in The Ten Commandments as Queen Nefertiri, and was played by Anne Baxter. In the film, Nefertiri is deeply, head-over-heels in love with Moses, and hates Ramesses (or Rameses, as he is called in the film). She turns against Moses after he returns from exile and tells her, "The Moses who loved you was another man", and begins to hate him after her (unnamed) firstborn child dies as a result of one of the Ten Plagues of Egypt; the death of Nefertiri's son occurs partly as a result of Rameses's desire to kill Moses's son, whom Nefertiri tries to save.
- She features prominently in the Ramses series of novels by Christian Jacq.
- She features in the 2001 film The Mummy Returns as the daughter of Seti I. (this is an inaccurate interpretation)
- In the novel The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran, Nefertari is the principal character, with the real lifeMutnodjmet portrayed as her mother.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Dear John...

Ever since I met you, I never meant to feel this way about you, it only took me a day to like you, and it took me a month to love you.
Life without you has no meaning, my entire soul is empty without you by my side, Being beside you has always been the very core and foundation of my strength. I know I have committed one mistake after the other and I bet you grew tired of it, you turned a deaf ear towards my apologies, I understand, I was too insensitive thinking that you never even bothered to care. I strongly apologize for what happened, I am lost without you that I have to act out or I will explode, being there with you but wasn't able to hold you was too much for me to bear.
For all these years that we have been together, making you smile was the greatest gift I could possibly imagine. Being with you was euphoric that I wish time would seize to exist, touching you was ecstatic that I wish that we could be like that forever. Our days and moments together was blissful.
I would do anything in my power just to go back in time and do this all over again, and this time no mistakes and i would never hurt your fragile and sensitive heart, I would do anything to keep that smile on your face, I would not exchange you for anything and anyone else. No amount of money in the world can ever replace you.
Honey.. We've been together for over a year and 5 months already.. we have successfully triumphed against all odds including 3rd parties on my part on which we saw how furious you can become. You were red in fury, you're hands and feet are shaking with anger your voice, stuttering in madness and your hands almost wanting to devour me alive.. I've seen you do that so many times especially when I'm running late on our meetings, when you think I'm not at home, when you know that I didn't ask permission to go out, when you have the gut feeling that I am with someone.. I enjoy making you mad, not because that is how much I hate you and that is because I'm fooling around with you.. No honey.. I enjoy making you mad, because after you get mad at me... before the end of the day.. you hug me so tight, kiss me tenderly and plead to me not to do it again... I run it over and over again into my mind.. why? I do such things to make you mad, to make you hate me.. indeed you will hate me, you forsake me.. but at the end of the day.. you forgive me.. ..
I remember the time.. when i spoke with you and asked you about Benneth Cabrera's Accusation that you are just after my money... You looked me in the eye and said " Ganun... naniniwala ka dun sa sinungaling na yun.. gusto mo bng bigyn kita ng 12k ngayon ding oras na ito tapos lumayas ka na sa harapan ko?" I immediately answered to you.. "that it was not the point.. I do not need that money... That money can't even buy me an entire outfit...a zara woman silk tank top costs Php 2800, a Zara Basic shorts costs another 2500, a wacoal swarovski push up bra costs 3900, a vintage silk twill scarf from hermes 13000, a messenger cap from Giordano is a thousand, a havaianas gold top is worth 1600.. do you think your 12k will suffice? I do not think so... the 12k cannot even buy a single piece of vintage scarf." Then you laughed and said "You amaze me with the way you talk your way out.. Kaya ako'y iyong iyo."
I cannot even remember how many times I confronted you with Benneth Cabrera's words.. but no matter how many times I insist you face me.. and explain every accusation I throw at you and insisted "Wala akong girlfriend ikaw lng..wala akong ibang gus2 kung hindi ikaw lng... matagal ko n syang hindi kinakausap simula nung gulong ginawa niya so please huwag kng maniwala sa mga pinagsasabi niya..kng kakausapin ko man siya dahil sa business I'll let you know before I talk to her."
It amazes me when you tell me.. "that no girl has ever dared to make a fool out of you except me.., wala png babaeng nakapagpagalit sa akin kapag nalalaman kong may iba syang kasama except ikaw. "
I wanted you to remember that these odds are making our bonds even stronger than ever.. It keeps the affection grow even stronger..
Our everyday conversation keeps me alive, your daily servings of "I love you, I miss you, when will you come home to me?" keeps me strong when were apart..
That is why no matter what happens, no matter how many cute guys, even the hotter ones are around there somewhere trust me when I tell you my heart solely belongs to you. I admit I have been with a lot of boys that entertain me.. but none of them can ever replace you... You Complete me.. The way you force me to do things that I do not want to do..keeps me at your side, because you never cease to amaze and interest me.
i love you.. and i trust you.. no matter what happens I will believe you... and I will always welcome you with open arms... just look back and you will always see me behind you watching your back...
For a year and a half we've struggled over people who were trying to break us a part, people who would do everything just to make us turn against each other, yet until now they haven't succeeded to tear us a part; from people who prevaricates your real statement just to make me hate you, from people who makes up a Facebook account and broadcasted that you're in a relationship with her and claims that you both made it just to make me abandon you, from people who would humiliate you in front of everybody and claims that I slept with him and that I wanted to be with him and I no longer wanted to be with you, from people who would rant me out to you and claims that they saw me with somebody else just for you to call me and make you hate me, from people who claims that you're cheating on me because you were with her one time whereas she barely has no idea that you let me know about it, from people who dibs that you said that you cannot bear to sleep with me considering that we have been sleeping together at home for such a long time already, from people who claims that you're merely after my money, from people who kept up with the pretense that you're the one who is lying and she's not.
You're incessant jealousy over a person who was once very dear to you is making me sad, I cannot bear the words you utter especially when you mention him, you keep insisting that were having an affair whilst we never did not even once, your immature reactions stating; "baka hindi ko siya matantsa kapag nakita ko sya, bakit hindi siya nagpapaalam sa akin kapag magpapasama siya sa iyo, lahat ng magpapasama sa iyo kailangan sa akin muna magpaalam bago sabihin sa iyo"
Yet your perpetual jealousy keeps me even more interested and that is exactly what's making me stay, the way you force me to do things I do not want, the way you affectionately manipulate me just to make me do what you want is utterly brilliant, although I realize what's happening the bad thing is, I'm letting you do it, the way you affectionately make me say yes when I insist that it is a NO, is amusing.
I love you.... and I will always do, just make sure you keep me interested all the time ok..