Socialising for Beginners

Hello @Dimity. Hope all goes well with you, and that your health has improved.

Hello @Historylover nice to see you. I'm okay now thanks. Hope you're travelling well and things brighten for you. My road's a bit dark and bumpy atm. Families are complicated, family crises more so. Not sure how much social skills count during advocacy, but I'll need them for negotiation. Maybe @Appleblossom has some tips.

I hope things brighten for your soon too, @Dimity. There seems to be a lot of traffic on this bumpy road at the moment.🥺 Another week awaits us. Hope it's a good one for us all.

@Appleblossom I nearly missed this post appleblossom. . . . there is timbre in its voice.

Could this be the church where churches come to, for a realignment.

A place where academics and paupers truly, share one cup.

words without visuals, still a very big challenge for me. Have to give a bit to get a bit and gifts are often at the mercy of recipients, be it a dark corner on the street or a light corner here, exchange and interpretation are moving targets through old eyes. . .

My gifts are often very roughly wrapped, but I thank those who forgive, bend there minds a little and accept. acceptance at the extremes of diversity takes special minds. and the very best communities, are built from multi coloured bricks with generous humble hands.

I hope you all are well and had a great weekend. @Dimity @tyme and all

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@Dimity Thankyou for including me in that, and the benefit of you wisdom, and maturity,

Not sure I will ever attain the second Quality so I will just bathe in the light of yours.

I do hope things look a little more shiny tomorrow. Very best wishes, tonys mb 1

@Clawde just saying Hi 🙋‍♂️ 😸

Hey @Clawde You are welcome to chip in with tuppence or whatever...

This must be the low brow foodwise social thread. Still loved those moments high flying with you imagining all those tastes....

As I said to @Delicatessen I have already tried the music approach, book approach, booze approach and the food approach. Always tried to figure out was lacking or how to make it better. The delicatessen was the foundation of my food approach for a long time .... always love to hear any hiking stories.

Come to the conclusion, it was mostly out of my control re making happy families. Did my best.

Been asked to make cheesecake for an Easter bash (3 peep). I still have the special spirits for to give it that edge. Bottle sitting on shelf for couple of years...if people are kind enough to include me I will be there plus contribution.

But yeah Delicatessen ... socialising can be over-rated.

@tyme @Dimity @Historylover @tonys

I spent the rest of yesterday resting. Too much social fun and physical work, needed to have a nanna nap.

One advantage of having lots of fingers in different pies ... diversifying the investments, as they say, is that I stop obsessing over hurts, and have the next experience, and my mindset shifts a little, and yes there is the next little moment that is less than perfect, and I worry about that, but trying to let it all go... and go with that flow ...

Today, I have counsellor and important insights to share, that I cannot share on here. I do have some boundaries. lol

@tonys Many say that church is dying. This particular church is a weird combo, of the old and the new. I have only been visiting nearly 2 years. 2 different congregations plopped together under same stone building, cos of factors outside of their control, bad engineering in one church meant they needed a home. It is trying times for many.

as @Dimity @Historylover said bumpy roads.

@tyme I am glad you feel comfortable on sane forum.

I can say mostly I feel comfortable, there are always those awkward moments and I am accepting them without falling apart.

But my back is kil-ling me so gotta get up and move.

Don't get up to any mischief today, @Appleblossom.

@MDT @Appleblossom @Historylover @TAB @tonys ,

Yeah, defo about socialising being a muscle (for many of us anyway).

And geez, it's hard to get that muscle moving after having it dormant for a while, eh?