Okay, what's with people? Can somebody answer me that? On my Yahoo profile, I specifically state that I am "happily married, so no flirt attempts, thankyouverymuch". Well, it seems that all I seem to get on my Yahoo Messenger is nothing but flirt attempts!

Let's see, I've had come ons from RogerInRome, someone called Married40Guy, some Thomassomethingorother, and various other sad pick up lines from sundry Yahoo messengers. Do these people not know how to read? I'm as much for conversation as the next person, but c'mon! If I wanted to flirt, I would have said "Happily married, and yes! please! flirting welcomed!"

It's not even as if my profile picture is even that sexy. As a matter of fact, it's pretty durn plain and straigtforward.

Behold the newly crowned Sweetheart of Yahoo IM:


Real hot, huh? Me in all my middle-aged glory, donning glasses, a sweatshirt, and holding our dear late cat. Yessiree, makes me think flirt material, how 'bout you?

One of my best friends swears it's *because* I'm so adament about being happily married that is bringing them out in droves, but I have my doubts. My husband, of course, thinks the picture of me is incredibly dishy, but he happens to be insanely in love with the woman in there, so that does not do much for his partiality. If it was a picture of Catherine Zeta-Jones or Liv Tyler, then perhaps I could see throwing caution to the wind and ignoring such "no flirting" signs, but I am not either of those women, nor anything near them, so I just don't get it.

Color me baffled. Perhaps this is one of life's little mysteries that will never be solved.

I had an entire post about depression, overly-sensitivity, blame laying, blah blah blah but I decided to nix it. I don't want to weigh down my day with depressing things.

I will say, however, that I've heard that depression is incurable. This may or may not be true, but I certainly do not have to entertain those things that make me depressed.

And neither should you. Only you have control over your emotions, and you can choose to be a hurt, miserable person or not. As for me? I choose freedom from hurt. Whether it is hurt caused by others or myself, I alone can give it the power to control me. I may slip back into unhealthy emotional habits from time to time, but I will continue to fight them. I will not succumb.

Don't live with grudges, folks. Don't allow yourself to live with pain and bitterness. Life is too short, and you are all too precious to live beneath joy and happiness.

Mah mood:determined
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