"Like", it's such a funny old word isn't it?
I say “I like this” and at the same time I say “this is like something”. If I were to apply this to people I would say “I like that person” because “I am like that person”. Of course you could say I'm only messing about with words, but let’s look at something I think is interesting ...
When discussing the type of people we are attracted to, a member recently said in a blog comment, "like finds like". I couldn't agree more with this statement. It’s no secret that we often tend to like people who are like us, but I wonder why that is?
I know that when around people who are 'like me', there is no need for me to wear a mask (and I like my masks). I can lower my defenses, just be myself and therefore enjoy a more genuine friendship. I would hope that these 'like' people will value me more for who I am, for what I am and for what I stand for.
But what does it mean 'to be like someone'?
I think I'm a creative, caring, easygoing, reliable, sometimes confident, fun-loving person with an often naughty sense of humour and the values I consider most dear to me are honesty, integrity, loyalty and friendship. I think people 'like me' have similar personality traits, share similar interests and value the same things. If my major traits, interests and values are similar to somebody else’s then it’s likely that I will like (or I'm like) that person.
Are you keeping up or am I boring you ...?
I suppose what I'm trying to say is that people who relate to me are like gold and I value any friendship I have with them dearly. I’m not saying I can’t be happy with those who are my total opposite (opposites attract some may say). What I’m saying is that it is much more likely that I'll be happier around people who are like me.
Strong, genuine and vibrant friendships make me happy. In contrast, conflict-of-interests, superficial, phony, exhausting friendships can drain all my energy.
I don’t need to be friends with everybody, but I only have one life and I want to live it with those who see the world as I do and I hope my ride through this life will be smooth, enjoyable, rewarding and more exciting because of that.
Do I like you?
Are you imperfectly perfect?
Of course I like you; you're just like me.
10:48 pm Sunday, 16th March, 2014
I like this blog. |
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6:18 am Monday, 17th March, 2014
Time to butst into " Like " songs. |
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8:52 am Monday, 17th March, 2014
I break into a sweat like a paratrooper in a spelling contest when I am chatting away to someone on line and they say "what do you like?". I mean there is a very very very long list of things I like. I mean I like my plasma cutter but it's not everyone's cup of Bovril and even though I like it I don't see myself booking a room in a hotel for it and me anytime soon.... |
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2:33 pm Monday, 17th March, 2014
I Like to believe that Like are drawn to Like. |
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3:54 pm Monday, 17th March, 2014
birds of a feather flock together simples |
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7:56 pm Monday, 17th March, 2014
Ronald, I reeeeeelllllly like you! Is that even better? ;)
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9:28 pm Monday, 17th March, 2014
Ronald: what can i say, whats not to like your so likeable so i obviously like you ;-) |
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5:05 am Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
Ian, 'So why would I spend time with folk I don't like? Don't know,like. Is that it?' |
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6:32 am Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
I didn't know you worked at the same place as me Luv2???? |
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8:45 am Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
This is a first. As a result of a recent conversation I find myself motivated to add clarification to the "what do you like" thingy. There is not a problem with the question per se, its just my reaction to it which in some respects is one of slight panic (paraspelling remember?). |
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9:18 am Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
Brace yourselves ...
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5:55 pm Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
Woo, Famine and Pepe are we all witnessing a blossoming bromance? A tub of swarfega on the dance floor when you waltz could be interesting. |
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7:17 pm Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
Ooo blimey... |
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7:31 pm Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
Prismatic compass? Pwoarrrrrr ... |
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8:42 pm Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
Perhaps it's a typo or an auto correct. |
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10:06 pm Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
'I like it |
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10:54 pm Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
Dangerous cheese must be something to do with the laughing cow, she always looked dodgy to me! |
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5:50 am Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
For the record, foodstuffs will always be welcome in my blogs. The same goes for naughty steps, big willies, supermarkets and group hugs. |
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6:07 am Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
NEWS FLASH: |
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8:41 am Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
Cake in a bag... |
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7:07 pm Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
Steak pie and cream??
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7:19 pm Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
Real Action, where did you go?
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8:31 pm Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
Squirty canned cream? Shhhh, Joe could be listening. |
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8:48 pm Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
May still be in police custody. |
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9:18 pm Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
My ears are burning was someone talking about me?...... |
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5:09 am Thursday, 20th March, 2014
Sitting here quietly with my morning cuppa and reading my emails before I leave for work. Bad idea ... |
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5:42 am Thursday, 20th March, 2014
I would be devastated to think that you didn't like me. |
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9:09 am Thursday, 20th March, 2014
I should have said "with the exception of all those on this 'ere blog". |
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2:20 pm Thursday, 20th March, 2014
Just remember Luv2 "A pessimist is never disappointed!".... |
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6:29 pm Thursday, 20th March, 2014
"And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you."..... |
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8:20 pm Thursday, 20th March, 2014
Oo Wings I just remembered something relating to that squirty cream comment above... |
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5:35 am Friday, 21st March, 2014
Joe, "Expect the worse about hating everyone and those you end up liking appear even nicer." |
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6:46 am Friday, 21st March, 2014
Curvybird. I would never pull out on you but you can still talk dirty to me if you like !img src="imagesadultemoticons014.gif" |
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10:11 am Friday, 21st March, 2014
If there's one thing I don't like, it's someone who drops the word "Like" into each sentence they utter several times! |
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1:23 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Like is like and hate is hate, but some peoplE like hating other people.img src="imagesadultemoticons012.gif" |
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6:16 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
CurvyB and myself won't be happy if you forget the butterscotch angel delight Gilli.... |
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6:22 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Mwahahaha .... ;-) |
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6:22 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Mwahahaha .... ;-) |
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6:22 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Mwahahaha .... ;-) |
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6:23 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Yep ... I'm laughing (I think) so much that I said it twice. |
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6:29 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Oo heck. More clarification required. Good job Wings is such a hottie. |
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7:14 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
And the Chinook is where?? |
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8:23 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
is armed with Jelly Babie
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8:24 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Babies!! Jelly Babies |
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9:38 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Shhhhhh don't tell them about Waitrose Luv2... |
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10:16 pm Friday, 21st March, 2014
Whispering: ah ok. I'll not mention what you did with the butternut squash and kumquats either. |
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8:01 am Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
If it's Waitrose they'll be handpicked organic English Raspberries. A much better class of nipple rubbing Raspberry!. |
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8:26 am Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Wings it was a fine list - enigmatic and thoughtful.. |
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8:32 am Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Started posting mine earlier but will add a bit more substance. |
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8:43 am Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Oh heck, I only popped in for a couple of mins. I feel obliged to add mine now. In no particular order: |
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8:46 am Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Oo and dreaming of one day sharing a bacon buttie with Bear Grylls :-) |
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12:35 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Latecomer as always......... |
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12:54 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Skebbie, I'm just glad you dropped by ... |
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12:54 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Skebbie, I'm just glad you dropped by ... |
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1:27 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Luv2: Maybe some other time, over a G&T or five :-) Honestly, if I listed all my likes, I'd have to supply footnotes, and I'm afraid I don't have that much time to burn.............. |
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4:58 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Jeez people its quite worrying but we do seem to have an awful lot in common ! |
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5:21 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Mmmmm what lovely lists you have! |
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5:23 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Cumberland snorkers Riggs. Get it right............. |
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5:56 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
So for the next bloggers AGM all we need is a comfy room with an open fire, lots of booze, various foodstuffs, great views, good music, old films on TV, good company and a little imagination..... Who was the events organiser again? |
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7:28 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Wings it was a great list and said loads about you (all very cool!) |
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7:45 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Oh dear ... with the exception of my Fender and Valentino Rossi pic, my list was so NOT cool.
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8:05 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Mac, I'm having fun trying to decode your last comment with all the ***. I am up to version 3 where you are making out like Bruce Willis in Die Hard (blackmail, hijack).
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9:42 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
I have no patience!!!
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9:50 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Most of the things I like,I don't do now. |
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9:52 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
SAS: My secret lover ... Fender Electro Acoustic.
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9:56 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Oooer Fetch, I think I 'like' you.
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9:58 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Lov2s list is seriously dandy and Curvys is spiffing. Gilli's is smooth and scrummy. You have great lists girls... |
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10:28 pm Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
My Fender is so sexy ... black, shiny and feels so good to hold. It's a pity I'm so crap at playing it though. I just like to hug it close and give it the odd strum.
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12:03 am Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
Where to start as too many to mention.... |
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6:41 am Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
Indeed it is always nice to share Wingit. You play guitar? We could have got together and shared a tune or two.
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8:33 am Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
I'll borrow your Whisky please SunShine. A fine single Malt I'm assuming? |
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8:38 am Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
I am sitting here with the cyber equivalent of gaffer tape plastered over my typing fingers lest I stray into strumming innuendo.. |
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9:43 am Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
Bert Wheedon could've rephrased the title of his book slightly better Riggs... or could he? lol |
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10:10 am Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
is busy today ... |
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2:25 pm Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
Wingit: Share and share "alike", feel free to add from my list of "likes", i don't just "like", i love to share ;-) |
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8:49 pm Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
On a point of order I am not sure what to make of heavily qualified "likes". For instance, if I were to say "a blowjob from an old flame on a rainy afternoon when there's nothing on the telly" then that might be a bit too constrained. Contrived even. |
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9:21 pm Sunday, 23rd March, 2014
OOoo Rigger i like a masterful man,even when they are taking on a policing role. lol ;-) |
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5:53 am Monday, 24th March, 2014
Mac, "fairies my arse." There's something quite special about that statement. x |
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1:34 pm Monday, 24th March, 2014
Groan........... |
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3:50 pm Monday, 24th March, 2014
Must admit I need to add Yorkshire Gold.......I always return to Nippon with a suitcase full. OK I know it doesn't sound like tea :-) |
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4:19 pm Monday, 24th March, 2014
Hey Skebbie thanks for reminding me about number 2! |
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7:51 pm Monday, 24th March, 2014
My new T shirt ........... |
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8:03 pm Monday, 24th March, 2014
Oooh and giving serious consideration to any list is NOT firing from the hip! We need to be in first -thing-that-comes-into-your-head territory here. |
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8:13 pm Monday, 24th March, 2014
A well fitting gift ;-) |
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10:10 pm Monday, 24th March, 2014
Does it have a single simple neat bobble (as produced by yr nan using little more than two circles of cornflake packet) or a brace of those new fangled danglydownbobblybollox on string and flappy ear bits so you look like deputy dawg? |
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11:20 pm Monday, 24th March, 2014
Rigger:that gave me a blast from the past moment, the bobble making lol |
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5:39 am Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
Spongebob Squarepants |
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6:11 am Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
I suppose the things which one likes are the things that make one laugh a lot and feel happy. |
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8:43 am Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
Pink Panther films.......... |
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10:13 am Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
So, in no particular order, this week I mostly likes...
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10:15 am Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
And I've no idea where the girl after lard came from! |
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10:21 am Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
Mine was an unashamed "desert island discs" approach and I offer no apology. If you want to know the real me, rather than some sort of Rorschach knee-jerk twitch response that is about as useful as which toilet paper colour I prefer, then my list stands :-) |
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11:23 am Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
I can't help it!
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12:08 pm Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
Doctor, is she in witness protection?
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1:46 pm Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
Luv2, it's a possibility. ..like me she's not old enough to have been one of Hitler's homies, or one of the great train robbers. Maybe there's panpipes involved. .. |
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10:31 pm Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
Glad we cleared the hat thing up |
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10:31 pm Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
Glad we cleared the hat thing up |
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11:01 pm Tuesday, 25th March, 2014
Thanks Rigger, glad you like!
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6:01 am Thursday, 27th March, 2014
Gillibean, thanks for the concern!
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7:46 am Thursday, 27th March, 2014
Indeed Zook - especially as huge swathes of rainforest are lost each year in order to make way for - er - palm oil plantations. |
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4:25 pm Sunday, 30th March, 2014
Can't remember the last time I had home-made chips. |