Hi, my name is _______, and I'm a/an ________ survivor.

[Jonathan]

Clark wrote: "I did, however, own a couple of horizontally-striped t-shirts."

I still do. Is that a bad sign?

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Jonathan wrote: "Clark wrote: "I did, however, own a couple of horizontally-striped t-shirts."

I still do. Is that a bad sign?"

Not if you can pair them up with white pants and Capezio's.

[Jonathan]

Hah!

[Susieville]

Hi, my name is Susan and I'm a marriage survivor (3x). Now I'm a single survivor and loving it!

[Félix]

Yay Susan!

[Michele]

I quit after 2. figured I just had poor judgment when it came to picking partners. sigh.

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Susieville wrote: "Hi, my name is Susan and I'm a marriage survivor (3x). Now I'm a single survivor and loving it!"


Sweet Jesus... I would've quit after one.

[Cynthia]

But you're still married, Clark! I'll be married to the same person for 29 years in November. Once is enough.

[Félix]

If you pick the wrong one the first time (as I did) then you really need to give it another try. My experience.

[Cynthia]

I feel like I'm too old to ever have to do it over. Lucky me, I found a good one the first try! Glad you got a do-over, Larry.

[Michele]

I'm Michele and I am a survivor of spousal abuse (including attempted murder by strangling and loaded guns held to my head), attempted rape by colleague, chronic pain and disease, blood clot, excessive post operation bleeding and ..well, you get the idea. I've had an interesting life. I yearn to be bored.

[Cynthia]

Michele, may you have many a calm, dull pain-free day ahead of you. Wow.

[Michele]

now I have to survive the proposed cuts to my social security benefits. I may end up sacrificing the buying of books in an effort to pay rent, buy meds and eat a little. sigh.

[Angela~twistedmind~]

I'm Angela, and like Michelle, I am a survivor of spousal abuse, rape and years of childhood sexual molestation. I have also survived three very very near death experiences and I've yet to figure out why someone as inconsequential (I know, sp) as me has been given chance after chance at going on. These accidents have left me severly disabled and in severe incurable pain. But, damn it, I AM a survivor and I abso-fucking-lutely refuse to let it all get the best of me.

My motto "You will not see me cry, cause I do not sing the blues" -Lynyrd Skynyrd

We are all survivors of something terrible. It is the picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off and moving past it in the best way we can that matters.

[Angela~twistedmind~]

Michele wrote: "now I have to survive the proposed cuts to my social security benefits. I may end up sacrificing the buying of books in an effort to pay rent, buy meds and eat a little. sigh."

When I got married two years ago, they cut so much of my disability it was ridiculous. I lost my secondary insurance and prescription coverage.........which averages $1000 plus/month (the cost of insilin is shameful. Even the cheap stuff is over $100/month).
Thank God my husband has a decent job. Thank God I'm allowed to work part time as long as I don't make too much money. We're living week to week, robbing peter to pay paul, but so far we've somehow been provided for each time we thought we were going to lose everything.
Why should we be forced to make the choice "either I die because I'm not taking the meds I need to live or I die because I'm not eating"?

[Karen K.]

Hi, my name is Karen, and I'm a sexually abused survivor. My step-grandfather (may he rot in hell) abused me, my sister and three of my cousins.
So many of us have tragedy in our past or in our current lives. Prayers to you all.

[Félix]

I'm sorry you and your sisters and cousins had to endure that, Karen. But I'm glad you survived it.

[Lee]

So sorry to hear this Karen. *hug*

[Karen K.]

Thanks. Time heals all things. Hugs help too!