The Syndicate

S~V~S wrote:My laptop came packed with Edge and I tried it for a day, then I gave up and d/l FF and Chrome.

And one of my relatives did something similar several years ago except their kids were older than yours, maybe high school or junior high. They still went on family vacations together, even last year they all went on a huge cruise together with their new spouses, the (now grown) kids, etc. I did not think something like that was possible. But their mutual respect and friendship (and their mad parenting skills) made it happen. My cousin once told me that no matter what else ever happened, she was always family as the mother of his children.

Handling a rough situation with Grace is the best case scenario. Good Luck

Thanks for all of the comments, guys, I appreciate them all

And SVS, I think you will see more of such post-married family units in the future, it's a sort of natural thing. This may sound like I'm saying things to make myself feel better, but I'm really being honest here about this; I don't think it is logical for couples to expect to continue to engage with each other and truly GROW over an entire lifetime. Maybe some couples are just so eprfectly built for each other that they can, but I think most couples have a natural algorithm they follow where their lives become better and better and they grow and grow thanks to the input of the other, but after awhile the pace of positive changes just naturally ebbs off. This is where in the past you ended up with grandmothers who sat in their living room watching the Price is Right and just being outwardly content with daily routine, etc. But these days, that's unraveling fast, just as ideas about gender, sexuality etc are evolving rapidly.

So yeah it seems weird, and yet to us it seems perfectly natural. We are now more than anything friends, we like being around each other, we laugh and smile around each other as much as ever, but that sense of I wonder what the next few years will bring together is absent.

If we can end up like your friends, I'll consider this new plan a resounding success

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

timmer wrote:Other random note... is there anything good about Microsoft Edge? This stupid program always gives me the cached version of The Syndicate. I cannot see the current state of the website without hitting refresh first, even if hours have gone by. WTF? I can't find a way to fix this.

I'm pretty sure it's just a rebranding of Internet Explorer, but I could be wrong there.

I prefer Firefox or Chrome instead.

Yeah I gave up with the cached bs, apparently this is an issue for that program, so I just brought in good ol'd Chrome and I'm good to go.

Other random note... is there anything good about Microsoft Edge? This stupid program always gives me the cached version of The Syndicate. I cannot see the current state of the website without hitting refresh first, even if hours have gone by. WTF? I can't find a way to fix this.

Thanks, G

Not sure where else to put this, but I need to share this with someone, so here we are.

My wife and I have decided to separate.

That sounds like a really bad thing, but neither of us actually thinks it is. We've been together for 20 years, since I was 20 years old, and been married for 15. It\s been almost all good, and we remain the best of friends, but it dawned on us recently that neither of us really offers the other any kind of growth, anymore. We've sort of flatlined the way that lots of long-time couples do, but unlike a lot of people who just sort of settle into an acceptance of routine as rest of life, we both want to continue to grow on the world. So here we are!

We won't technically separate until next year, as we want to spend this year getting our house perked up to sell next spring, and it gives us time to handle telling our kids and friends in the right time. I must stress again that we are both entirely and equally on board with this, and it's not really bad. But it is a bit of a shock!

(For those who are fb friends with me, no mention can be made there, please, though of course, why would you go and post there, but still had to say it)

Any of you have amicable separations? Any advice? Warnings to give? Feel free to PM me, I'd appreciate any and all feedback

Epignosis wrote:Happy New Year everyone. I hope nothing bad happens to any of you, but if it does, I hope I profit somehow.

^ this. Peace, love, happiness, bliss to you all in 2016

fingersplints wrote:

I just wanted in on the hugs

Hugs are good.