Love stuff

[Lady Freedom]

It is widely believed that social
kissing was invented by medieval knights
as a way to determine whether their wives
had been hitting the bottle while
the knights were away on crusades.

[HEyHEY]

1. I thoughtit was moms chewing food for their babies

[trof]

8. yep

s'truth

[never cry wolf]

12. That was not "social" kissing....n/t

[Lady Freedom]

2. ...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than
to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each
other in all labour, to minister to each other in all
sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be
one with each other in the silent unspoken memories?
~ George Eliot

[Lady Freedom]

3. ~Lord Byron

Alas! the love of women! it is known
To be a lovely and fearful thing!
~Lord Byron

[Whitacre D_WI]

4. AW! ISN'T THAT SWEET? LADY FREEDOM IS IN LOVE!

:loveya:

Now I know why I haven't seen you around too much recently! ;)

[arcane1]

7. ahh, it all makes sense now..

:toast:

:hi:

:bounce:

[Lady Freedom]

19. ###

:loveya:

[Lady Freedom]

5. Through the years, it has been said ...

that a girl could dream of her future husband on St. Valentine's Eve by sleeping with four bay or laurel leaves pinned to the corners of her pillow. Some believed that lovers stayed faithful as long as each carried half of the same laurel twig. Today, the laurel leaf still represents thoughts of loved ones.

[Lady Freedom]

6. Roses

From the time of Solomon, the rose has been the flower most closely linked with love. The rose was sacred to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, and was connected to her messenger, Cupid. In one myth, Cupid was hurrying to the council of the gods, carrying a vase of nectar for them to drink. When he stumbled and spilled the nectar, it bubbled onto the earth and sprang up in the form of roses.


The rose has since been dedicated to all lovers and goddesses and is said to signify love and beauty. A red rose means "I love you." but a yellow rose stands for jealousy and infidelity. A white rose symbolizes purity, while the rosebud suggests young and innocent love.

[Whitacre D_WI]

9. Blue roses stand for Tennessee Williams heroines.

[populistmom]

17. I love pink roses

Wonder what that means?

[Lady Freedom]

10. Speaking of Frank Sinatra

Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra

Writer: Howard

Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars

In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you

[Lady Freedom]

11. Guidelines for Hugging

Be compassionate, not passionate --
communicate comfort and caring.

Ask for permission -- hugging requires a sender and receiver. Accepting that hugging isn't for everyone is simply another form of understanding and acceptance.

Ask permission when you need a hug. Hugging for wellness is a practice of sharing -- if you need a hug simply ask for one. And if you receive a hug, let the sender know you are appreciative.

Take responsibility for expressing what you need.

[Lady Freedom]

13. A little Love Trivia

Caesar was 54, Cleopatra 21 when they were romancing...

[Lady Freedom]

14. Love's Philosophy by Percy Shelley

The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix forever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by law divine
In one another's being mingle;--
Why not I with thine?

See the mountains kiss high heaven
And the waves clasp one another
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;
What are all these kissings worth
If thou kiss not me?

[Lady Freedom]

15. reunited

[Whitacre D_WI]

16. Here ya go, LF:

A Drinking Song

Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.

-- W. B. Yeats, 1916

[Don_G]

18. I Never Thought About It Much

And probably will never again.

I'd much rather kiss someone I care about rather than to tear out a beating heart and offer it as a sacrifice to the Gods.

The French were better than the Aztecs, but can anyone explain Fundies to my satisfaction?