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Send the guy our way and we'll kick his ass for ya!!! If you can't trace or filter them out, just get a new e-mail address and keep it private.

The monkeywrench in all of this is the most insecure women seem to be some of the most beautiful ones! Insecure people tend to be insecure regardless of how they look or what they have. I think everyone should try to look their best. Not really to impress someone else, but out of self-respect.

quote:Originally posted by DoC: * The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1982. Considering 1982 is when I started college, yes, I feel old. No grey hair yet though! Well...maybe one or two at the most.

quote:Originally posted by Artur: i mean it would funnier if they'd call it Armenian Dashnak mice. That's SO funny!

The new Nune CD finally arrived today! Wahoooo!!! Just starting to listen to it now. P.S. I think Narek.com hand-delivered it about 8am this morning--they rule! If you haven't tried them, DO IT! Cheap prices, too.

quote:Originally posted by edg: Gayane jan, I would say that the most I will trust a friend is about 70%. I am not paranoid, just too many lessons in life. There's a saying somewhere that if you loan a "friend" $20 and you never see them again, you should consider yourself lucky in that you got off cheaply. I trust my true friends 100%. Anyone less trustworthy is not worth my time on a long-term basis. They might be OK for having a beer with today, but in the long run I will jettison them. I can't be bothered.

No, that was me crapping in my pants during a bumpy approach into Burbank. Flying sucks!

Not again?! I thought we decided that if God is going to start striking people dead, he should start with the child killers/molesters, then the wife abusers, then the thieves, then the liars, etcetera, etcetera, and so on. THEN if by chance, there's anyone left on Earth, he can start in on the gays. I doubt what two consenting adults do together is at the top of God's "Dumb Things I Gotta Do Today List." Ignoring the broader human rights issue for a second, an Armenian is an Armenian. PERIOD. Any Armenian that harms another innocent Armenian might as well be an ottoman turk as far as I'm concerned. Enough of this nonsense already.

The DoC, You summed up the movie well! I loved it, but shortly after I saw the movie, my brother-in-law met a similar fate as the main character. I think in time, I'll be able to watch it again. BTW, the soundtrack is great, too. Not the one with the various pop/rock songs on it, but the score.

He's working on it.

It's an animated gif file. I didn't create it; I copied it from somewhere else.

quote:Originally posted by Boghos: Diaspora help is by itself a controversial topic. But given that resources are scarce, why can´t we have a coordinated effort to use them resources in the most effective way. I thought this was the point of the AGBU. What are they doing?

quote:Originally posted by Azat: St. Kevork Armenian Apostolic Church If I can get my heathen ass out of bed on a Sunday morning, I'd like to start going to this one with my son. Our family has belonged to the sister churches of this one forever. Enough reason for me to continue. quote:Originally posted by Azat: St. Gregory Armenian Catholic Church My son would prefer this one. We've pretty much watched it being built and he claim he's going to marry his mommy there someday. He's either cute or a future psychotic. [ April 27, 2001: Message edited by: Aghmug ]

Azat, Have you checked out their Armenian Arts magazine? If so, is it any good? Is it in English? Thanks, Mike

Good 'ol Jersey. My Armenian grandparents were born there (Union City/West Hoboken).

quote:Originally posted by Boghos: [QB]Our remote churches, small, beautiful, abandoned, protected by the setting, chilly inside. The amazing nature surrounding them. And music in the background, Gomidas.[QB] Now, this is the kind of heaven I believe in.

C'mon Rich, don't dis the D to the O to the C. http://mldebay.homestead.com/files/doc.jpg THE D.O.C. [ April 25, 2001: Message edited by: Aghmug ]

Na na na na na na na na. Get Tiggy wid it! Rich, when you marry that hot blonde that you're gonna meet in college, I wanna be in the first pew to hear every word of the vows! (BTW, I know an Armenian blonde girl--it's funny to go to restaurants and watch the waiters' faces when she starts ordering in Armenian!)

For some reason, I can't seem to find anything on this in my Holy Armenian Bible. Maybe if we ask a DerHayr, they'll know. http://mldebay.homestead.com/files/bouncingred.gif

This year's one is on Armenian Constantinople (i.e., Istanbul). I'll have more details soon if anyone is interested.

Also, I'm pretty sure Movses is out of town.

(Welcome! Finally someone from the East Coast of the U.S. ) True friends are ones that I can trust with anything: secrets, money, my house, etc. I also realized that having a crying baby around quickly separates the wheat from the chaff, too.

quote:Originally posted by ara baliozian: But until then, do yourself a favor: stop reading me. Because that’s exactly what I do when confronted with a writer I neither understand nor like. This applies to the second reader in your post, but what about the first? They apparently both understand and like you. For readers that are like-minded to yourself, what alternatives do they have?

quote:Originally posted by Artur: I respect an Armenian girl as none in this world. I can never say a bad word to an armenian girl. And for me nothing can or coulb be more respected than an armenian girl. Given that you feel this way, do you agree with your relatives that do not let women sit at the table during certain discussions? I'm like you in that I respect my wife to the point where I'm pretty traditional in this day and age (I open doors for her when we go places, open her car door, I try to provide for her so that she only has to work part time, etc.). But where we differ is, I see her as my equal in all aspects. I agree with you in that I believe men and women are different. However, one is not better than the other, we're just different. In a lot of our get togethers, the women and men are generally sitting apart not because of any rules, but because they're not interested in the other's conversations! Also, one's gender does not dictate any sort of rules for life. If women out there want to drink beer and smoke cigars, fine let 'em; I'm sure there are men out there who want that (not me, but there's a foot for every shoe). I agree with your goals (they're essentially the same as mine were/are): a happy, stable family with basically traditional husband/wife roles, but I think what you want/expect in a wife does not have to be how all women behave. Let the other 3,000,000,000 women out there run drunk in the streets for all I care. Careful....fate is going to have you falling head of heels for a woman that rules you with an iron fist! Mike P.S. When we first started dating, it took my wife some time to get used to me opening doors. Now she likes it, but earlier on I'd practically have to wrestle the door handle out of her hand. Well, it wasn't really that bad, but I DID have to train her to let me be a gentleman. [ April 19, 2001: Message edited by: Aghmug ]

quote:Originally posted by Gayane: Input from the great fathers we have on this forum is especially welcome Well, I'm far from a great father at this point but give me time--I'm still learning! quote:Originally posted by Gayancho: What are the areas that a father should be involved in? What are the spheres best left to the mother (if there are any)? Offhand, I can't think of any area that should be off-limits to one parent or the other. quote:Originally posted by Gayumisaki: Should there be such stringest separation of the respective parents' roles? No. The thing I've quickly learned is the best aspect of a two parent household is the more balanced, well-rounded and robust upbringing it provides. My wife's strengths make up for my weaknesses and vice-versa, and it's good for our son to see both the strengths and weaknesses in us. Some examples: my wife reads fiction novels, I read magazines and reference guides my wife is pretty much anti-drugs and I am much more liberal She comes from a background of literature and theatre, I had Mad Magazine and The Three Stooges I have a much more volatile disposition, whereas she is more even keeled I'm an only child from a single-parent household, she's the youngest of four from a two-parent household My wife goes to bed early and I'm a night owl I'm tall and dark, she's short and fair, etc. All of this provides a wide breadth of background and experience for our son. quote:Originally posted by Gayanella: Finally, what are some of the problems resultant from a father's underperformed role as a father (read lack of involvement--yes, I'm biased )? Perhaps most important: how do we address the issue or remedy the situation? As my above answer would imply, the child only gains from half of the life experiences that a two-parent child receives. While two parents aren't perfect, they're much more so than one. For boys, lack of a father probably means no immediate male role model. And for girls, no experience with how to relate to men. Of course, these are broad generalizations. And both get no understanding as to how dominant and submissive people relate and live together. They only see one of the two. I don't think there are any solutions. Men that aren't involved with their kids are worthless bums. The world has always and will always have 'em. The best way to handle it is to have major involvement from grandfathers and uncles. [ April 18, 2001: Message edited by: Aghmug ]