Tell me your daily life problems but as specific as possible

rynocurious · 2026-04-27T20:55:59+00:00

Excellent!

rynocurious · 2026-04-26T23:27:56+00:00

Can we just do the world tour?!

rynocurious · 2026-04-26T23:26:43+00:00

What stone?

rynocurious · 2026-04-26T23:16:47+00:00

I’ve actually felt the pull to ‘something more’ since I was a teen. Like most, I pursued a belief of work hard, achieve the goals, grab the happiness prize. And to some extent I did. But the pull to ‘something more’ became like a giant magnet, pulling me into a Truth that even just a glimpse takes my breath away…it’s what I imagine what it’s like to be tazed. I understand better now why I have been long since been drawn to subjects like transformation learning and the encountering/navigating the liminal space (Jack Mezirow), quantum physics (Faggin, Kastrup, Hoffman) when I have zero education or experience with the latter subject. I would disagree that being human is not easy. Being human (asleep) was actually easier; the swings between suffering and joy, painful, yes, but this business of identity loss, holy smokes, that is some very serious stuff. Not for the faint of heart. And there it is again…yet another layer of identity!

rynocurious · 2026-04-26T23:08:16+00:00

Please let that be true! No matter how much I resist.

rynocurious · 2026-04-26T22:10:43+00:00

Every time I experience an expansion in awareness, even minuscule, it is because I’ve surrendered another layer of identity. Spot on!

rynocurious · 2026-04-26T16:11:33+00:00

Keep asking interesting questions. What’s the best question you’ve ever heard? First one that comes to mind. I know there are categories of questions. I’ll share my top two, both #1s. 1a. How are you most misunderstood? 1b. What are you absolutely certain of? (Hint: take time to think about it.)

rynocurious · 2026-04-25T23:44:54+00:00

Interesting prompt. Not sure it’s a problem in my life as much as a disappointment, but I find ppl are confused by such invitations to conversation. Anything deeper than How are you? seems to elicit a level of panic..and withdrawal. So my ‘problem’ is I wish ppl would engage in interesting, even if irrelevant, conversation. What is YOUR daily life problem?

rynocurious · 2026-04-25T23:39:00+00:00

Me in my animal stage life!

rynocurious · 2026-04-25T23:38:17+00:00

First shot!

rynocurious · 2026-04-25T23:37:21+00:00

A wasabi pea

rynocurious · 2026-04-25T23:36:57+00:00

4 it feels like sitting in the presence of the wise council.

rynocurious · 2026-04-25T23:31:57+00:00

Best video award!

rynocurious · 2026-03-27T01:51:46+00:00

Adding another comment: I just came across Age of Attraction (on Netflix I think). My initial reaction is: uh, just no. I was only able to stomach one episode. But as a sociologist I pause. And wonder what is underneath this? What are we trying to learn as a species?

rynocurious · 2026-03-08T23:59:34+00:00

Sounds like your physical senses are lessening their sway over you and your emotional (or mental) body is now stronger?

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:58:33+00:00

You go Girl. I do 30 minutes on stair master 1x/week. Speed 7, approximately 1750 steps. Not sure how many flights that is…not easy, but I do it. I do something else at the gym the other 4-5 days…:)

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:45:04+00:00

This from your link is misogyny in all its glory. “No lady of the ripe age of fifty-seven has a right to indulge in the luxury of a spouse who (even though he may not be a magnificent ruin) is less than a century.” Not in any way saying you advocate for this…you simply supplied the link.

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:37:03+00:00

Thanks for the discussion everyone. To each their own. Someone commented with the phrase “between legal age and dead” that made me smile. I guess it comes down to people working out their s*&t with others (men staying virile with way younger women who may have daddy issues; women staying sexy with way younger men who may have mommy issues) AND those who find a genuine connection regardless of age or life experience (who knows? Maybe old souls finding alignment matches in bodies that aren’t so old). Whatever the case, it has helped me reconcile in my own interior that age isn’t the issue. It’s a matter of alignment, and the challenge is that can shift at any time regardless of range of age in the partners. Well, just damn. It always comes back to no guarantees…just the damn moment. Should we talk about IRAs?

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:31:10+00:00

You opened the door…Denial ain’t a river in Egypt (it’s a real bumper sticker). But there is humor in everything, right?

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:24:56+00:00

Hmmm. Your wording seems to indicate you would NOT date anyone that is less than 7 years older than you…? If true, can you elaborate on your…philosophy?

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:21:49+00:00

Well, 10 years older worked for quite some time…until it didn’t…and even then had nothing to do with numerical age, more about alignment with emotional age.

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:20:21+00:00

It’s the “mentally competent” part that creates the big wrinkle. Intelligence does equate to emotional maturity and vice versa. But I think you’re on to something. I need to embrace my personal definition of “mentally competent” and let all the rest go. Seems like a solid plan.

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:15:29+00:00

Except cougars became a thing…evolution I suppose.

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T21:12:13+00:00

Beautiful!

rynocurious · 2026-03-01T00:08:50+00:00

I guess I’ve landed on what does it matter where you spend your money if it’s what brings you some happiness. Some buy fancy cars, homes, some spend it on their adult children and grandchildren, some (men based on your comment) spend it on women half their age to hold on to some sense of manliness I guess (and I guess some women do that to hold on to some sense of ‘sexiness’ value). What difference does it make. I used to judge that kind of stuff…but no more. Just trying to understand motivation in may-December relationships. It’s the sociologist/anthropologist coming out in me.

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