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Dating in olden days dating was closely monitored by the hawk eyed parents of the girls. :suspicious:

The boys were instructed to carve love spoons out of pieces of wood
in order to keep both their hands busy and out of mischief!!!:rolleyes:

Naina_Marbus said:
The first line in my post says “…..these days….”
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A Lovespoon is a wooden spoon decoratively carved that was traditionally presented as a gift of romantic intent. The spoon is normally decorated with symbols of love, and was intended to reflect the skill of the carver. Due to the intricate designs, love spoons are no longer used as functioning spoons and are now decorative craft items

The love spoon is a traditional craft that dates back to the seventeenth century. Over generations, decorative carvings were added to the spoon and it lost its original practical use and became a treasured decorative item to be hung on a wall.

The love spoon was given to a young woman by her suitor. It was important for the girl's father to see that the young man was capable of providing for the family and woodworking.

Sailors would often carve love spoons during their long journeys, which is why anchors would often be incorporated into the carvings.

Certain symbols came to have specific meanings: a horseshoe for luck, a cross for faith, bells for marriage, hearts for love, a wheel supporting a loved one and a lock for security, among others. Caged balls indicated the number of children hoped for. Other difficult carvings, such as chains, were as much a demonstration of the carver's skill as a symbolic meaning.

Although the Welsh love spoon is the most famous there are also traditions of love spoons in Scandinavia and some parts of Eastern Europe, which have their own unique styles and techniques.

Today love spoons are given as wedding and anniversary gifts, as well as birthday, baby gifts, Christmas or Valentine's Day gifts. They are now mostly seen as a folk craft.

Courtesy Wikipedia.
 
Naina_Marbus said:
Rejection Lines given by women these days when they do not want to go out with you on a date:

1. I think of you as a brother.
2. I think we are in different age groups.
3. I am not attracted to you in ‘that’ way, you know what I mean?
4. Let us just be friends.
5. I have got a boyfriend ( meaning: I prefer my cat for company)
6. I don’t date men where I work (meaning: I wouldn’t date you if you were in the same ‘solar system’)
7. I am focusing on my career (meaning: even a boring job like mine is better than a date with you).
8. I am practicing celibacy ( meaning: I have sworn off only the men like you).
9. My life is too complicated right now.(meaning: I don’t want you spending the whole night with me lest you should hear the phone calls from all the other guys I am dating.)

Do you know of any more?
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I will help out:

When we do not like a man we can give 101 excuses.

Time tested lines:

1)My amma has found a guy for me to marry!

2)My appa has lots of spies around..if he finds out I went on a date he will kill me.

3)I am not too sure of my sexual orientation.(meaning I rather be a lesbian than to go out with you)

4)Don't ask me out..I bring bad luck..my horoscope says who ever I date might die.

5)I get bored of men fast..so very soon you will be ditched.(meaning..I am not eco friendly..I do not believe in recycling and using the same person over and over again..I like disposables)

6)You want to date me? Ok go take a number and line up.

7)My boyfriend is being released from prison today...you better run before he sees you.
 
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Visalakshi Ramani said:
A honest and genuine doubt...:confused:
How and why does a "dating" end in a "nighting"???
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Dear VR Ji,

Dating does not always need to end up with "nighting"
Many conservative races also do not have arranged marriage system and choose their own spouses by going on dates.
They do not believe in pre marital sex too.

Dating is just spending time together and letting love feelings grow.
Dates include watching movies, going swimming in the beach, going to temples too.

It all depends on the individuals what they want to do.

But when I was in India I noticed most people(lecturers) thought having a boyfriend/girlfriend means having sex.

I was wondering why they think that way?
May be they do not have self control and will succumb to anything!LOL
 
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But when I was in India I noticed most people(lecturers) thought having a boyfriend/girlfriend means having sex.

I was wondering why they think that way?
May be they do not have self control and will succumb to anything!LOL
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Indian Society has been highly repressed and thanks to the role of Media /Cinema which add fuel to this repressive feelings through their negative portrayal of women in General and Western women in particular that many Western women feel that when they come to India alone many men take it for granted that they are coming for sex and even if they have a casual conversation with any man ,he takes it as an invitation for sex . I am not saying that all western women are Sati /Savitris and all Indian men are rapists but there is a huge cultural shock for them when they come here and most of it is due to the wrong portrayal of women in General and Western /Independent Indian women in particular . The worst is many women who come for spiritual solace to places alone like Thiruvanamalai , Rishikesh etc have to encounter these problems .
 
mkrishna100 said:
Indian Society has been highly repressed and thanks to the role of Media /Cinema which add fuel to this repressive feelings through their negative portrayal of women in General and Western women in particular that many Western women feel that when they come to India alone many men take it for granted that they are coming for sex and even if they have a casual conversation with any man ,he takes it as an invitation for sex . I am not saying that all western women are Sati /Savitris and all Indian men are rapists but there is a huge cultural shock for them when they come here and most of it is due to the wrong portrayal of women in General and Western /Independent Indian women in particular . The worst is many women who come for spiritual solace to places alone like Thiruvanamalai , Rishikesh etc have to encounter these problems .
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Dear sir,

Once when I was a student and I was waiting for a my flight in Chennai airport I walked into a shop owned by a Non Hindu South Indian.
I was shocked to note that even though he had his holy book open in front of him he was talking very suggestively to us girls and he was telling us he wants to take us to town for a while and bring us back.

I think he must have thought any foreign born girl would be obliging to him!LOL
Some of my friend were scared but I told him off.."I told him..hey Bhaai..just read your holy book more..you surely need it and if you try any such stunts again I will break your head..go try this stunts with your community girls and don't mess with others..is there anything wrong with your wife or what that you are so desperate?"

He was shocked and kept quiet.

Can you imagine he actually thought we are stupid enough to follow him to god knows where he wanted to take us?
 
renuka said:
Dear sir,

Once when I was a student and I was waiting for a my flight in Chennai airport I walked into a shop owned by a Non Hindu South Indian.
I was shocked to note that even though he had his holy book open in front of him he was talking very suggestively to us girls and he was telling us he wants to take us to town for a while and bring us back.

I think he must have thought any foreign born girl would be obliging to him!LOL
Some of my friend were scared but I told him off.."I told him..hey Bhaai..just read your holy book more..you surely need it and if you try any such stunts again I will break your head..go try this stunts with your community girls and don't mess with others..is there anything wrong with your wife or what that you are so desperate?"

He was shocked and kept quiet.

Can you imagine he actually thought we are stupid enough to follow him to god knows where he wanted to take us?
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Renukaji

I can imagine how that Guy would have felt after ur warning . :boom:Poor Chap .He is not alone in this .
A couple of years back , an American friend of mine had visited Chennai and was staying in a Hotel in Chennai and I told her to wait in the Lobby and will meet her there and she told me one Middle aged Indian Guy who was staying in that Hotel ,claimed to be a senior executive of some firm and was boasting about his wealth , status etc etc and literally was talking with her as though she was a Call Girl and was forcing her to come to his room and see his big suite etc and she got a shock of his life and I later warned her that many Indian men if they see a single western women in a hotel they take it for granted that she is a slutty women .

The Media and Cinema have contributed a lot to this negative potrayal and it is high time they re-educate Indian people about these things . Indian Government last year or so came with many Advertisements in their "Incredible India " campaign about how not to Harass Western Tourists .
A lot of education is needed here at all levels .
 
We always make sure that when women executives visit India they are always accompanied by one of us (Indians) & they are not left alone.

There is a saying in Tamil 'Vamba vilai kothuthu vanguvanen' meaning why buy trouble...It is better we take adequate precautions.


Even in a place like San Fransisco where I was on a visit, I was told not to visit a particular area as there are lots of muggers...What are isolated spots of crime in USA becomes all pervasive in India
 
vgane said:
We always make sure that when women executives visit India they are always accompanied by one of us (Indians) & they are not left alone.

There is a saying in Tamil 'Vamba vilai kothuthu vanguvanen' meaning why buy trouble...It is better we take adequate precautions.


Even in a place like San Fransisco where I was on a visit, I was told not to visit a particular area as there are lots of muggers...What are isolated spots of crime in USA becomes all pervasive in India
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Agreed Sir

But not all women tourists from Abroad come on formal business visits that they have a luxury of some one taking care of them .In this case that I have pointed out above , my friend's visit was for cultural and spiritual reasons and she had come alone and I asked her to stay in Hotel that was highly reputed for hosting foreign visitors especially during Dec Music season . I told her that during her stay in Chennai , I will do my best to take her out or send some one whom I trust but this incident happened when she was just waiting for me in the Hotel Lobby for 30 mts .
On my part I do warn my western friends about these things and other precautions when they visit India and give a big list of dos and donts when they visit India .Inspite of that some incidents do happen .
 
I later warned her that many Indian men if they see a single western women in a hotel they take it for granted that she is a slutty women
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. Dear Mr.Krishna,
Thats not only for western women, even the local have such bad experiences here. We book hotel for our executives on travel on various Jobs, evaluating them thoroughly. Still we get complaints that her door was repeatedly knocked in the nights. We do lodge complaints with the management, and they express their inability to do anything.
Harrassment of women in all sections continue day in day out. Still our Women are reaching great heights in various fields.
Cheers.
 
Dear mkrishna100,

I cannot imagine this to happen in a hotel lobby in any Western nation...We still have a long way to go....
This is mainly on account of crime not being punished...We have a Chalta hai attitude...Eve teasers feel that they can get away scot free.

Under the current circumstances what do we do...Either we wait for law to take its own course..who knows may be another decade...Till then let us advice our foreign colleagues, friends to be on alert mode & to be always in groups
 
mkrishna100 said:
Agreed Sir

But not all women tourists from Abroad come on formal business visits that they have a luxury of some one taking care of them .In this case that I have pointed out above , my friend's visit was for cultural and spiritual reasons and she had come alone and I asked her to stay in Hotel that was highly reputed for hosting foreign visitors especially during Dec Music season . I told her that during her stay in Chennai , I will do my best to take her out or send some one whom I trust but this incident happened when she was just waiting for me in the Hotel Lobby for 30 mts .
On my part I do warn my western friends about these things and other precautions when they visit India and give a big list of dos and donts when they visit India .Inspite of that some incidents do happen .
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It is not that bad actually.
I travel alone frequently to India.
I stay at a well reputed hotel which I have known since I was a student.
So it is save and everyone in the hotel knows me by name even as I walk in they will say "Hi Dr Renuka..when did you arrive?"

I have been going there for years so they know me very well.
I only take auto guys whom I know well too.

It's not all that bad..occasionally we might come across some idiots who try to be funny but we just should know how to handle them thats all.

I prefer going to Hindu shops cos I find Hindu men better behaved.

Some Non Hindu shops owners who are originally from the crown of India(near himalayas)..we should be careful with them cos they tend to be very hands free.

They somehow try to touch you if they know you are not from India.
So I rarely enter their shops..it's not safe if you are going alone.
 
It is not that bad actually.
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Agreed , if taken proper guidance before hand most of these irritants can be avoided .Due to internet and forums like these many people write about their own experience and share the same and also give reference to good Hotels , Good Shop , Good Auto ,Cab Drivers etc so others get proper benefit of the same without going through the problem of discovering these good people in the first place .
It's not all that bad..occasionally we might come across some idiots who try to be funny but we just should know how to handle them thats all.
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True , it is these few idiots who bring a disrepute to all Indians .
I prefer going to Hindu shops cos I find Hindu men better behaved.
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I do not want to separate Hindu and Non Hindu shops but most of my western friends complained of more problems they faced in North India than South India as single women tourists .

All said and done it is the responsibility of each Indian to respect others who come to India and make them feel worthy of visiting here again and also when we go abroad we must behave respectably obeying their rules and regulations .
 
Why is psychoanalysis quicker for a man than for a woman?
When the analyst calls for regression to childhood, a man is already there.

P.S. No nationalities implied.
 

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MKrishna100,
well said.
All said and done it is the responsibility of each Indian to respect others who come to India and make them feel worthy of visiting here again and also when we go abroad we must behave respectably obeying their rules and regulations .
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Some Daffynitions, came to me...wanted to share with Mmebers. Cheers

Daffynitions

ADULT:
A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the
middle.

BEAUTY PARLOR:
A place where women curl up and dye.

CANNIBAL:
Someone who is fed up with people.

CHICKENS:
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

COMMITTEE:
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

DUST:
Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST:
Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

GOSSIP:
A person who will never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage.

HANDKERCHIEF:
Cold Storage.

INFLATION:
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

MYTH:
A female moth.

MOSQUITO:
An insect that makes you like flies better.

RAISIN:
Grape with a sunburn.

SECRET:
Something you tell to one person at a time.

SKELETON:
A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

TOOTHACHE:
The pain that drives you to extraction.

TOMORROW:
One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

YAWN:
An honest opinion openly expressed.

WRINKLES:
Something other people have. You have character lines.
 
Story : Stranger


A while ago, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on.

As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special niche. My parents were complementary instructors: Mom taught me good from evil, and Dad taught me to obey. But the stranger..................he was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies. If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn't seem to mind.

Sometimes, Mom would get up quietly while the rest of us were shushing each other to listen to what he had to say, and she would go to the kitchen for peace and quiet. (I wonder now if she ever prayed for the stranger to leave.)

Dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions, but the stranger never felt obligated to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home... ….Not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our longtime visitor, however, got away with four-letter words that burned my ears and made my dad squirm and my mother blush. My Dad didn't permit the liberal use of alcohol. But the stranger encouraged us to try it on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool, cigars manly and pipes distinguished.

He talked freely (much too freely!) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing. I now know that my early concepts about relationships were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked... And was NEVER asked to leave.

More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you could walk into my parents' den today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures.

Categorically, he destroyed all the moral values, ethics, love, time for each other and other good qualities we had in our family…..whilst adding some unnoticeable quantity of positive stuff also, which any way we would have had even without him……


His name?...............,




We just call him 'TV.'


He has a wife now....We call her “Computer”. Their first child is "Cell Phone". Second child "I Pod”
 
manoharkumar said:

His name?...............,




We just call him 'TV.'


He has a wife now....We call her “Computer”. Their first child is "Cell Phone". Second child "I Pod”
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Ha Ha Ha...nice story..but don't worry he is not all that immoral..he only has one wife!LOL
 
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