{"id":2551,"date":"2002-06-06T06:17:30","date_gmt":"2002-06-06T11:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2002-06-06T06:17:30","modified_gmt":"2002-06-06T11:17:30","slug":"thursday_thursd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/06\/thursday_thursd.html","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, Thursday, Thursday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for the Thursday Thumb-Twiddler<\/a> …<\/p>\n

1. Would you remain in a marriage if you found out your mate had had an affair? What if it had happened more than once?<\/b><\/p>\n

I probably would, but it would be a pretty badly damaged marriage, with a lot of trust issues wrenched out of joint. Of course, clearly there would be a lot of problems already, if Margie decided she had to go outside the marriage to have an affair, without even discussing it with me.<\/p>\n

2. If you knew that if you devoted yourself to any single occupation — music, writing, acting, business, politics, medicine, etc. — and be among the best and most successful in the world, what would you choose?<\/b><\/p>\n

It would probably be writing. It’s something I’ve had a hankering to do, have enjoyed doing, and would like to do again some day. Well, beyond this blog.<\/p>\n

3. What word or short phrase should people say more often?<\/b><\/p>\n

“Please.” And\/or “Thank you.” “My mistake” would be a good one, too. And “After you.”<\/p>\n

Politeness: it’s the lubrication system in the engine which is life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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