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post #1 of 24
5/17/07 at 8:06pm
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which course of action would you choose?

a) engage in a deeply moving, satisfying and genuinely loving sexual relationship with one person for your remaining time on earth? you would have to remain utterly monogamous and faithful to your chosen partner for the duration of this time.

b) engage in a deeply moving, satisfying and genuinely loving sexual relationship with a new partner each month, for the remaining 24 months of your life? you would have to "change partners" at the end of each month.

c) engage in a deeply moving, satisfying and genuinely loving, (possibly sexual) relationship with your self and remain alone for your remaining time on earth? while you could have any number of platonic friendships, you would essentially be "celibate" or single, not attaching your affections to any conjugal relationship.
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post #2 of 24
5/17/07 at 8:35pm
A..
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post #3 of 24
5/17/07 at 9:22pm
A for me
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post #4 of 24
5/17/07 at 9:25pm
so long as any one of them promises to be deeply moving, satisfying and genuinely loving, I'll agree to die in two years.
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post #5 of 24
5/18/07 at 12:58am
A. without question.
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post #6 of 24
5/18/07 at 2:40am
Well I see no reason to leave my fella, so a). On the other hand, I'd leave my job and do a lot of travelling and fun things!
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post #7 of 24
5/18/07 at 8:50am
(A) here too.
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post #8 of 24
5/18/07 at 9:11am
A. without hesitation
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post #9 of 24
5/18/07 at 9:12am
A -- unless she said "Love never means having to say you're sorry",
in which case I might gag and give serious consideration to C.
Renato
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post #10 of 24
5/18/07 at 9:20am
I've been single for the last very long time so I'm all for A. I enjoy the company of another and there is no sense passing up like that. Why not be happy for the last two years of life? Besides the frist two years with one person are also the last two years so they will not really get boring.
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post #11 of 24
5/18/07 at 9:20am
I would want to spend it with my two grandchildren both boys 4 and 2
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post #12 of 24
5/18/07 at 9:21am
A for me too
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post #13 of 24
5/18/07 at 11:37am
I'd continue doing what I've been doing for 17 years, which is A. Also, I would get myself miraculously cured, 'cos I sure as hell want to see my daughter graduate (as well as consistently tell her that her boyfriends are stupid twits not good enough for MY DAUGHTER)
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post #14 of 24
5/18/07 at 11:45am
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Originally Posted by the_good_life View Post

I'd continue doing what I've been doing for 17 years, which is A. Also, I would get myself miraculously cured, 'cos I sure as hell want to see my daughter graduate (as well as consistently tell her that her boyfriends are stupid twits not good enough for MY DAUGHTER)

That is half the fun of having a daughter
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post #15 of 24
5/18/07 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by the_good_life View Post

I'd continue doing what I've been doing for 17 years, which is A. Also, I would get myself miraculously cured, 'cos I sure as hell want to see my daughter graduate (as well as consistently tell her that her boyfriends are stupid twits not good enough for MY DAUGHTER)

I hope the cure is only days away.

The worst will be when your daughter leaves the house in a car with a child her own age as a teen to go shopping or whatever. I watched mine from the door and stayed there till she retuned.
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post #16 of 24
5/18/07 at 9:18pm
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Put me on the A Train also
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post #17 of 24
5/19/07 at 9:00pm
B.

Why?

* It's the plot of 'Sweet November' a bit of a dumb movie which is saved by having it star the great Charlize Theron.

* I'd feel moumentally selfish inflicting grief on the woman I'd leave behind if I chose A.

' nuff said.

Mario
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post #18 of 24
5/19/07 at 9:28pm
B and C could mean walking away from someone you deeply care about without giving them a reason. If I was left like that, it would be a cause of immense grief.

This topic has all the makings of a hot potato

so... I chose none of the above a, b, or c

I wouldnt mention it to anyone, tell my doctor to dummy up spend time with loved ones and that doen't include any of my wives, and let the chips fall where they may.

if there's been one dumb movie about the idea of having a certain time to live there have been dozens of good ones.

Meet Joe Black for instance, I and my friends liked a lot. Most of them don't know that the female lead appeared in Mallrats since she's a friend of the writer/director Kevin Smith aka Silent Bob who comes from ..... ::::drumroll please::::: NJ

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post #19 of 24
5/19/07 at 9:28pm
I've thought about this a lot before posting a response.

Although I want to choose A, like Mario, I couldn't do that to another person.

I would choose C.
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post #20 of 24
5/22/07 at 9:05pm
A for me, too, as I've been doing for the past nine years. I also have two toddlers with looming futures to think about.
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post #21 of 24
5/22/07 at 11:08pm
If it wasn't for my current "ame soeur" A would be out. But whether I leave now or in 2 years, I will cause hurt. I'm not sure I could go into a new relationship with that knowledge. Assuming I was single, or at least not in the type of relationship described in A, I think I would go with C.

Actually, C is kind of tempting anyway, even without knowing when my mortality is pending for. I would love the self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, I find that I can go happily along my life, single, but relationships happen whether one wants them to or not. At least being single doesn't cause me stress as a result, I suppose.
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post #22 of 24
5/22/07 at 11:09pm
A, and I know just the person... However, knowing my lifestyle, I'd die in two months, not two years.
- Rich
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post #23 of 24
5/24/07 at 7:08pm
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Preliminary findings seem to suggest that fragrance promiscuity notwithstanding, basenoters are a remarkably faithful as well as compassionate lot.
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post #24 of 24
6/7/07 at 12:02am
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