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From: MaryW
Date: 05-04-2006, 08:46 AM (1 of 12)
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I believe this totally. Many thanks to www.success.org for the newsletter. Listen to Your Instincts "I don't feel comfortable here. I don't like the sound of this. This doesn't look right to me." With regard to your body or surroundings, your instincts are your best early warning system. Listen to the inner voice. Listen to that gut feeling. Go to the doctor. Leave the party. Get away from these people. Quit this job. Don't open that door. Duck into that store. The world is an imperfect place. There are dangerous places and people. Every once in a while, your instincts may be off and you may feel foolish. Err on the side of safety and your instincts may save you from danger. Give yourself time or space to consider your options. It is foolhardy to do otherwise. Have you ever acted on your instincts and been glad you did? MaryW
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 05-04-2006, 03:30 PM (2 of 12)
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Yep...I keep posponing a Drs apt with a dermatologist. The man asked me questions and then told me he didn't want to hear the answers. Then when I told him the meds he gave me made me sick. He called me a liar. So I don't feel comfortable with him. (calling someone a liar is NOT a good way for a Dr to behave). So I'm holding out till I can see another one. I also told my husband NOT to fly this wk, that there was going to be a plane accident in TX. Well he went anyway. (he doesn't listen to me...) But luckily it was in Houston, blown tires on a Cont.AA. They're all Ok. Now he's an hour late and AA doesn't say why on their web site. I also don't go to Wally World much. I was followed in the store one time by this man...I was going all over the store, not up and down the same isles, just randomly. He'd be at the end of every isle I went down. I went to the store manager and told them. He was escorted out. But to this day (5 yrs later, I can't be in the store by myself very long.) I don't scare easily...never have, but something about that man scared me. I always listen to my 'little voice', it's saved me a lot I think... Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: swartzrn
Date: 05-04-2006, 04:31 PM (3 of 12)
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I was told in 1997 that I should have a hysterectomy..that "little voice" told me not to do it. I actually had told my doc at the time that I would have the surg and now I am SOOOO happy I didn't. I always think that had I done that, I would not have my little Sarah Grace. I had no idea at that time that I would someday want another baby so badly. Although we had a tough time getting pregnant, we did. Now I have not only one, but 2 beautiful daughters that I cannot imagine life without! When I finally made the decision and had my surgery last Oct, I felt 100 % sure I was doing the right thing. Life is complete. Julie
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User: swartzrn
Member since: 02-17-2006 Total posts: 436 
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 05-04-2006, 11:08 PM (4 of 12)
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Yes I listen to that little voice. When I haven't I have regretted it to some extent. Sometimes it has led to a painfull regret. but 9 out of 10 times I listen.
Summer
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User: SummersEchos
Member since: 09-29-2004 Total posts: 884 |
From: grandmasue
Date: 05-05-2006, 10:33 AM (5 of 12)
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One time when I DIDN'T listen to that little voice I ended up in a bad car accident. On Christmas Eve Day I had several sewing orders to deliver to my employer. I had called and said the roads were too bad and I couldn't make it. She guilted me into bringing the orders anyhow and I ended up totaling out my car, and in a neck brace for 3 months. I then listened to that little voice and I quit sewing for this person!
Grandma Sue
------------ At the end I am not showing up at my grave all pretty and well preserved...I am coming in sliding, yelling "What a ride!" |
User: grandmasue
Member since: 10-26-2004 Total posts: 138 
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From: Bama
Date: 05-05-2006, 11:03 AM (6 of 12)
When I was around 12 years old, I had a friend that I spent alot of time with. Almost every weekend she was at my house or I was at her house. She had an uncle that lived next door to her. There was just something about him that made me uncomfortable. It gave me the creeps just to see him in his yard and I wouldn't go near him. It turned out he was molesting her. I never saw him do anything inappropriate, but there was something weird about the way he looked at her and her female cousins. Another friend of ours had the same thoughts that I did because we had talked about it together. We got the girls together and asked them if something was going on. They all denied it until their 5 year old cousin blurted out that he was touching her and then it all came out. He had even previously molested their grown cousin when she was younger. I never understood why she never told it knowing he was probably doing the same thing to the younger ones. 
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User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: swartzrn
Date: 05-05-2006, 11:37 AM (7 of 12)
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Bama--I had a similar situation happen. There was a man in my hometown (had a respectable job, etc) and he had a couple of daughters who were around the same age as my oldest. There was absolutely nothing that had happened that made me feel creepy about him but I did. They would ask my daughter over to spend the night and something always told me to not let her go. I couldn't put my finger on it but there was something there. YEARS later it all came out and one of the girl's accused him of molesting her. I'm not sure of the whole story and the circumstances (and all this has happened since I've moved away) but supposedly he confessed and was convicted. I think it's usually wise to listen to those gut feelings.
Julie
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User: swartzrn
Member since: 02-17-2006 Total posts: 436
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From: Bama
Date: 05-05-2006, 12:03 PM (8 of 12)
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You are right. Go with the gut feeling. This is no where near as bad, but my 14yo daughter's best friend has recently started liking a 16yo boy. She can't date yet, but they spend as much time together at sports events and such as they can get away with. I told my daughter there's somehting about him that I don't like.  She said I just felt that way because I think he's too old for her friend. I said, yes he's too old for her, but there's something else about him I don't like. Well, yesterday I saw them together and he had his hands all over her. I guess he thought no one was watching him. All the kids made comments about it saying she better watch out because he would take advantage of her. They both got their butts chewed out by the coach and her mom. She was in tears at the end of the day. I KNEW he was trouble.
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User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116
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From: swartzrn
Date: 05-05-2006, 08:30 PM (9 of 12)
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That's your "MOMMA" instinct kicking in! My mom always had those and I wish I'd listened! I've noticed with Elizabeth's peer group that some of those boys have been bigger than most grown men for a couple of years ago and the girls are just looking more grown up than we ever did at that age. It is scary! That boy does sound like there is something just not right. You are wise to notice that and I hope that your daughter's friend is OK. That's such a young and innocent age.
Julie
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User: swartzrn
Member since: 02-17-2006 Total posts: 436
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From: Bama
Date: 05-05-2006, 10:51 PM (10 of 12)
I just hope her mom keeps her away from him now. She was not happy about it last night.  Poor girl. I think she was so flattered that he liked her that she didn't know what to do. My daughter keeps asking when she can start dating. Maybe when she's 30.  Too bad for her, but good for me that I work at her school and know of some that she'll NEVER be allowed to go out with.Did anyone see Oprah today? There was a segment about instinct and feeling when something is just not right. It's weird that we've been talking about that and it was on Oprah today. |
User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 05-05-2006, 11:53 PM (11 of 12)
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I did...and I wanted to slap that woman who re-married the man who abused her children....all for a pay check...now THAT makes me see RED !!! Adults who abuse children should be put away...far away and left there....(let the abusers abuse each other and see how THEY like it). Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414
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From: swartzrn
Date: 05-05-2006, 11:59 PM (12 of 12)
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Couldn't agree with you more, Chys!
Julie
"To see the future, look into a child's eyes." |
User: swartzrn
Member since: 02-17-2006 Total posts: 436
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