life

How's your love life? Single or In Relationship?

beginner

Hi! I hope you'll also answer your own question.. In a relationship, full of trials and a very challenging one..

Karen

My love life continues to grow after 25 years of a committed relationship. Who says East and West can't tangle with harmony

Timo

Hi life and beginner, because no one has commented on this I'll just go ahead and say this. I have noticed that the both of you tend to make small mistakes that the forum doesn't catch (like "how's" as a contraction of "how is" in this thread). I also see fragmented sentences that, when written out in full, would contain a form of "to be" (like "in a relationship" that stands for either "are you in a relationship" or "I am in a relationship" in this thread). I suggest that to improve your writing, you try to expand your sentences so you can more clearly express what you mean, and more easily spot these errors at the same time.

I hope that this comment helps you.

Karen

Hi Timo.......Can I alter your perception a bit on the constructive feedback that you have given our two new members? You read, In a relationship as, "Are you in a relationship?"
You wrote, 'I also see fragmented sentences that, when written out in full, would contain a form of "to be" (like "in a relationship" that stands for either "are you in a relationship" or "I am in a relationship" in this thread).

I would like to see if you could read into that statement another way, (Do you presently see yourself in a relationship?) Coming from an e-prime mindset, I would have read Life's remark as an e-prime question.

I completely agree with part of your statement, ('expand your sentences so you can more clearly express what you mean'). Taking a bare - bone sentence and dressing it up will always give the reader a clearer message.

Timo

Karen, I fully agree with you and I apologize for not stating my message more clearly. I understand that you have learned not to read implicit forms of "to be" in fragmented sentences, which I have not mastered yet. First of all I must admit that I have a bit of paranoia when it comes to reading E-prime, so I immediately jump when my mind completes a fragmented sentence with a form of "to be". The same occurs when writing E-prime, which complicates things for me because it makes me attempt to expand every sentence that I could read with an implied "to be". In short, I meant not that these sentences necessarily expand to include a form of "to be", but rather that writing out the sentence in full could serve to remove such ambiguities. I believe this actually improves clarity as well, as I attach a slightly different meaning to "Are you in a relationship?" and "Do you presently see yourself in a relationship?".

life

My single life seems depressing for me as I always feeling down after my break up few months ago. I thought my relationship with my ex-girlfriend will go through but everything changes when an unexpected incident happened. But now, I always put on my mind that this everything that happen on life has reasons and these reasons has purposes.

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Oh yes noticed that also. After I posted this thread I noticed that I break e-prime rule without noticing that I made shortcut. Anyway I tried to change it but it seems impossible.

Marcio_Osorio

I have lead a heterosexual though single life for 55 straight years. I used to have this girlfriend with whom I broke up back in 1997. On my own design I haven't dated ever since.

life

So still panning to form your own family?

Karen

Marcio, that sounds like a lot of pain you have gone through and possibly still go though. Do you see yourself putting closure on this relationship anytime in the near future?

actor

I love this topic, it really interest me reading and knowing other's trials and how they move on, it inspires me going on with my life..

Marcio_Osorio

Karen, my former girlfriend and I no longer see each other, although we both work in the same place. Anyway, I chose to play it single (or solo) for a while at least. As soon as I meet a new woman, I'll endeavor to have her drop all her is'es, are's, was'es and were's. Or get back on here and let all the E-P posters know.

BTW I have a suggestion for the wording of the topic: "How's life treated you so far?" all for the love of E-P.

K & everyone else, see you later.

bigdeeper

im single because im happy without a relationship. and if i go to the relationship i prepare my self. because because relationship a full of trials and challege

Karen

Mario, do you find working with your ex difficult. Does your mind really shut down when you see her which allows you to put full concentration on your work? Does her body language remain completely neutral when you come face to face with her?

Ramiz,(my husband) and I have lived and worked together for the past 25 years. He has made his mark in my life. I could not imagine having a small tiff with him and not have it affect my day at work. Let me know how you have succeded at seperating the two.

life

For me working with my past relationship should not affect my present life. I know how difficult to work with someone you loved from the past specially when you didn't had the chance to have formal break up. We must to accept that life should go on and let each other happy.

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