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#F4thought - This meme has now moved to<a href="https://4thoughts.ifsexmatters.co.uk/history-of-meme/?" target="_blank"> this site address.</a><br />
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4Thoughts or Fiction look forward to welcoming you there ;-)4 Thoughts or Fictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469141430078550313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274951984192302051.post-8553816792104594652020-05-28T17:58:00.000+01:002020-05-31T11:25:42.427+01:00F4Thought Bumper #SoSS Edition<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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Food for Thought was
gifted to me and Floss by Kilted Wookie. I have a lot of admiration
for that man. You can find out why next week when this meme will be
moved on to a<a href="https://4thoughts.ifsexmatters.co.uk/" target="_blank"> sub domain of Sex Matters </a>and I have a page dedicated
to <a href="https://4thoughts.ifsexmatters.co.uk/history-of-meme/" target="_blank">its history</a>.</div>
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<a name='more'></a>The first prompt –
Forgive and Forget – will open on the 1<sup>st</sup> June. A few
changes will also be revealed. Writers who enter will be encouraged
to contribute fiction(a passion of mine) or personal musings. </div>
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Another passion of mine
is new bloggers – there will be plenty of scope in the format for
you to get to know some talented writers that have been blogging
within the last year. I am very excited about sharing it all with
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I read all the Food for
Thought links each week. When choosing these post I checked over the
entries since January and simply picked the ones that had remained in
my mind. Those I recognised straight away.
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Libido</h4>
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<li>In my opinion <a href="https://www.purplesgem.com/2020/05/17/use-me/" target="_blank">this is a perfect sex blogging post </a>from the very talented <b>Purplesgem.</b></li>
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Photography</h4>
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<li><b>Elliott Henry </b>always entertains me with his posts. These <a href="https://thelifeofelliottandallthatjizz.com/2020/05/09/bw-photography/" target="_blank">black and white images </a>are fun and creative.</li>
<li>When I looked <a href="https://books1799.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/the-joy-of-photography/" target="_blank">through these photos</a> from<b> Cousin Pons </b>I was quite over whelmed as they give us a little insight into his past life.</li>
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Celebrity</h4>
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<li>I have followed <b>Jae Lynn </b>since she first stated blogging. This post is, as usual, <a href="https://rantingsofanonsensicalmind.com/f4t-celebrating-the-alterations/" target="_blank">very insightful </a>and also celebrates a project we were involved in together.</li>
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Lockdown</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I love this post from the inspiring</span> Barefoot Sub.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> She has been <a href="https://aleapoffaith.uk/2020/04/all-things-being-equal/" target="_blank">pondering feminism</a> during the lockdown.</span></h4>
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<b>A Mental Switch</b> always pulls me in with his writing and I very much resonated with <a href="https://www.amentalswitch.com/2020/04/human-contact-too-much-and-too-little/" target="_blank">this post about human contact.</a> </li>
<li>Now I was not likely to forget this <a href="https://theawakenedgspot2.com/my-blog/i-woke-him-up-but-he-didnt-mind" target="_blank">incredibly sexy entry</a> from <b>Awakened GSpot</b></li>
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Dreams</h4>
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<li><b>MLSlave</b> writes very eloquently about <a href="https://mlslavepuppet.com/harmony-and-equality/" target="_blank">Harmony and Equality</a> in this must read post.</li>
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Inspiring Relatives</h4>
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<li>This is such a wonderful post where<b> Julie </b>tells us all about <a href="https://masterspleasingbitch.com/2020/04/11/inspiring/" target="_blank">her inspiring Nan</a>. And the photo is just magic.</li>
<li>I was quite astounded when I <a href="https://rebelsnotes.com/2020/04/love-life/" target="_blank">read this post </a>from <b>Marie</b> about all the creativity in her family. And you simply have to take a look to see some of Marie's own art.</li>
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Myth Busting</h4>
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<li><b>Scottish Lass</b> (Sex and Spanx) writes a <a href="https://sexandspanx.blogspot.com/2019/11/bdsm-vs-abuse_1.html" target="_blank">thought provoking article </a>about BDSM and consent.</li>
<li>A great post all about what it is <a href="https://becomingvioletgrey.com/2020/04/02/sex-blogger-vintage-lover-non-conformist/" target="_blank">like to be a non-conformist </a>from <b>Violet Grey.</b></li>
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Spirituality</h4>
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<li><b>Mr Sailor</b> (Askmefast) looks at <a href="https://askmefast19.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/do-i-believe/" target="_blank">what spirituality means </a>to him.</li>
<li>Fascinating article from <b>Sassy Cat </b>about <a href="https://www.sassycat3000.net/god-the-devil-and-cat/" target="_blank">her relationship with god </a>and faith.</li>
<li><b>Francesca</b> explains why <a href="https://francescademontslittlesecrets.com/2020/03/28/sex-is-no-ritual-its-spiritual/" target="_blank">the connection she feels </a>when entering some places of worship turns her on.</li>
<li>In this fab post <b>Liz Black</b> describes why spirituality is a <a href="https://www.lizblackx.nl/my-spirituality-from-meditation-to-tarot/" target="_blank">private and personal topic for her,</a> and yet very important. </li>
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Initiative</h4>
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<li><b>Luv Bunny</b> looks back on <a href="https://www.downthebunnyrabbithole.com/thoughts-and-perspectives/using-my-noodle-taking-initiative/" target="_blank">using her initiative </a>when she was a kid and found a way to earn some cash.</li>
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Sport</h4>
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<li>Sport covers many areas and<b> Eye </b>tells us about <a href="https://cleareyedgirl.net/f4tfriday-oops-we-did-it-again/" target="_blank">a very interesting one</a> she has become involved with in recent years. </li>
<li>Sometimes <a href="https://lifeofakinkywife.com/benefits-of-exercise-in-d-s/" target="_blank">exercise and creating a healthy </a>lifestyle requires determination. <b>Kinky Wife</b> tells us how she achieved just that.</li>
<li>I really loved learning that <a href="https://steeledsnake.com/2020/03/10/we-dont-do-sports-do-we/" target="_blank">Snake and Charmer dance</a>. They really do!</li>
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Dating</h4>
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<li><b>Posy Churchgate</b> takes a <a href="https://posychurchgate.com/2020/03/07/im-in-love-with-a-german-film-star/" target="_blank">memorable look at dating</a> and the different levels of feeling it can invoke.</li>
<li>In this charming post <b>Floss</b> looks ar how much she has <a href="https://flossdoeslife.com/2020/03/life-flossdoesdates-and-lots-of-them/" target="_blank">recently enjoyed dating </a>with a certain Mr F.</li>
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Time Slip</h4>
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<li>This is a wonderful post from <b>Carolyn Luna</b> about a what if - what if when you are just about to go through an horrendous time you are<a href="https://carolynaluna.com/dark-passenger/" target="_blank"> handed a letter from the future</a> saying all will be fine. </li>
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Hindsight</h4>
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<li><b>Lillith</b> looks back in hindsight <a href="https://lillithavir.com/2020/02/21/what-was-i-thinking/" target="_blank">at a period of her life </a>in this very honest and frank post.</li>
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Love Letter</h4>
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<li><a href="https://brigitdelaney.com/2020/02/love-letter-2/" target="_blank">This post</a> from <b>Brigit</b> is simply beautiful. A must read in my opinion. </li>
<li>I really <a href="https://submissy.com/2020/02/13/a-love-letter-to-hl/" target="_blank">like the framework </a>of this latter <b>Missy</b> sends to His Lordship. </li>
<li>I have a confession - I adore all <b>Modesty's</b> F4T posts. However, <a href="https://modestyablaze.com/2020/02/13/modest-letters-of-love-f4t/" target="_blank">this one stood out </a>for me.</li>
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Pride</h4>
<ul>
<li>Wonderful article from <b>Melody</b> about <a href="https://melodyinsights.com/f4thought-proud-smug-or-stubborn/" target="_blank">gaining confidence</a> and pride in Melody! </li>
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Friends</h4>
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<li>This is an <a href="https://bluesubmission.com/2020/01/25/girlfriends/" target="_blank">inspiring post </a>from <b>Blue</b> about the women in her life. </li>
<li><b>Ouizzi</b> writes with <a href="https://ouizzi.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/my-darling-a/" target="_blank">so much candor </a>about a friend of hers.</li>
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Home</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>Zoe</b> from Sex is my New Hobby <a href="https://sexismynewhobby.wordpress.com/2020/01/19/creating-a-home/" target="_blank">discusses the homes</a> she has had during her life </li>
<li><a href="https://mrsfever.com/2020/01/17/igloo-vagina/" target="_blank">This post</a> from <b>Mrs Fever</b> is just brilliant. I won't spoil it for you - so go and read...</li>
<li><b>Jupiter </b>discusses moving and <a href="https://jupiterslair.com/2020/01/16/home-alone-food-for-thought/" target="_blank">what home means </a>to her.</li>
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Intimacy</h4>
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<li><b>A Submissive Wife</b> writes about <a href="https://asubmissivewife.com/prioritising-intimacy/" target="_blank">the importance of prioritising intimacy</a> in a relationship. </li>
<li><a href="https://deviantsuccubus.com/2020/01/emotional-intimacy-i-need-a-deeper-connection-than-touch/" target="_blank">Emotional intimacy</a> can make you vulnerable but as <b>Devie </b>explains is can be well worth the risks. </li>
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So to finish I really hope to see all of you on the new style <i>4Thoughts or Fiction</i> and just in case you were unsure <b>- I welcome posts from
EVERYONE</b> – and look forward to reading your work...<br />
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<b>Thank you to all who
submitted to the topic of holidays last week. There isn't a prompt
this week as I have a rather special SoSS coming out on thursday. But until then enjoy The Barefoot Sub's Spotlight choices from
your fabulous posts...</b><br />
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I'm the barefoot sub,
and <a href="https://aleapoffaith.uk/" target="_blank">A leap of Faith</a> is the story of how I became the woman I am
today.
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When I first started my
blog it was a task for Sir, and as well as being a great way to feel
connected with him it quickly became a part of me. When wordpress
deleted my blog after 4 months due to its pornographic nature I
reached out and found that the sex blogging world is as wonderful a
place as my local kink community.
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After a hiatus I am
refreshed and have picked up the trail. I'm currently up to March
2017, and continue to make memories to add as and when I get there.
There is some erotica in amongst the autobiographical writing, as
well as many pictures of me as I gain confidence and explore my
exhibitionism.</div>
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As well as telling my
story I enjoy participating in the regular memes which are hosted by
talented sex and lifestyle bloggers, and sometimes I am lucky enough
to be invited to join in and share my favourite pieces, like I have
been today. As there were so many posts this week I was asked to pick
two spotlight posts, which was still a hard thing to do.</div>
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<b>My first choice is by
Melody. CW on this Post</b></div>
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She takes us on a trip
down memory lane to an unusual holiday which started weeks before the
train ride that took her to 24 hours of torture, and ended with a
cathartic pain scene and a fantastic moment that Houdini would be
amused by. The theme of [F4Thought] Holidays carries a content
warning for Kidnap, but this is a scenario which holds great interest
for me, and I really enjoyed reliving the experiences with her
through her words.</div>
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<i>"This is where the
safety of roleplay contrasts to real life terror. You know
you’re safe, you know that if the other person is skilled they will
make you have doubts and above all you know you only have a fixed
time for this to play out and you know that you can back out at any
time.</i></div>
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<i>Somewhat disoriented
from this takedown I was then chained to the seat and made to duck
down before she went haring off like a car chase scene in the movies
with just a curt explanation of it being a precaution in case we were
being followed.”<a href="https://melodyinsights.com/f4thought-holidays/" target="_blank"> READ MORE...</a></i></div>
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A holiday to Italy, with her large blended
family and an out of sync dynamic. What follows is a wonderful tale
of hope for us all, that life does not need to be perfect all of the
time in order for you to go to sleep with a smile on your face.
Rather than being disrespectful to HL, as she apologises for early
on, it is testament to their strength as a couple that she has been
able to share this story. Life is not always plain sailing and there
are times when submission and/or Dominance just aren't quite there
but what matters is how they move forward and grow together. Plus,
the bolognaise turned out to be pretty good after all.</div>
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<i>“I know, I know. My
opinion is his opinion, and he has the final word and all that, but I
am a strong and independent woman and I need to be be won and tamed!
I was on a roll and it had brought out something not very nice and
not very submissive in me. The sort of mood that in a vanilla
relationship would allow you to say.</i></div>
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<i>'Fuck off. You are
having a laugh.'</i><br />
<i>(Again, inside my head, as even vanilla me is not
that disrespectful and would rather use words and actions to
undermine and wriggle out of things instead.)” <a href="https://submissy.com/2019/07/26/bolognaise-and-a-butt-plug-challenges-of-a-d-s-marriage/" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></i></div>
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#F4Thought #150 - Holidays ~ When did you have your last holiday & where
did you go?</div>
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Do you think in the near future it will harder to travel abroad?</div>
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Some absolutely
fascinating posts this week about libido. I have been extremely impressed
with them. So much that I have picked two spotlight posts instead
of one.</div>
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Spotlight Post #149 by
May More</h3>
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The two posts I have
chosen are similar in one way but different in another. They both
shone through for me as they talk about having to evoke changes to
make things better. They were proactive in raising their
libido. I do like a bit of positive control being taken to alter things for the better rather than letting them slip further or
responding too late.</div>
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<b>Corrupting Mrs Jones
</b>talks about how depression and prescribed medication had a negative
effect on her libido. Rather than just sit back and accept this she
decided to find out about changing her medication.</div>
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<i><br /></i>
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<i>
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<i>“My goal of
increasing my sexual function was achieved. Sometimes I was able to
climax after two strokes of a vibrator or a dildo. It was unheard of.
On top of that I found that the grinding tiredness that had been a
feature of my life for so long was lessened. There were many pluses."</i> <a href="https://corruptingmrsjones.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/post-script-to-my-journey-through-orgasms/" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></div>
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<b>Life of a Kinky Wife</b>
also took her libido into hand, deciding after a breast cancer scare
that her life would need to change.</div>
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<i><br /></i>
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<i>
</i>
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<i>“The lack of intimacy
was harder than the testing. More emotionally draining. The stress
built and eventually, it resulted in an explosion. Now it was a big
deal, it was affecting more than just me...</i></div>
<i>
</i>
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<i>I needed to find a way out. A way to reawaken my
much-needed libido." </i> <a href="https://lifeofakinkywife.com/how-i-strengthened-my-sex-drive/" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Prompt #150 Holidays</span></h3>
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<span style="color: red;"><a name='more'></a></span></h3>
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A few weeks ago when I chose this prompt I was desperately wanting a holiday. I know in some way we are all on an odd kind of vacation at the moment - but circumstance differs widely from person to person. I
can tell you that after my lockdown is over I will need a holiday.
What about you?</div>
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Please write in anyway you wish on the topic of
holidays.Your thoughts or fiction. Perhaps some images or a poem.
Happy to accept older posts or more than one from your blog. If you
don't have a blog let me know and I will be glad to host on here or
<a href="https://ifsexmatters.co.uk/" target="_blank">my own site</a>.</div>
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Everyone is welcome. </div>
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Here are a few questions to get your thinking.</div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">When did you have your last holiday & where
did you go?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Do you think in the near future it will harder to travel abroad?</span></li>
</ul>
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Please take time to comment on other posts in the
meme and enjoy your writing ;-)</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">#F4Thought #149 - Libido ~ Has the lock down had a
negative effect on your libido? Do you think that
frequent sexy play has a positive effect on your libido?</span></div>
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Your posts about
photography were amazing. Great images and also fabulous narrative explaining your thoughts on the topic. It proved to be quite a popular
prompt too – thank you to everyone who linked up.<br />
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Because we have so many
entries the spotlight post will be awarded to two entries this week.
Not only that, the perfect person was given the task of reading all
your posts – the very talented <a href="https://www.purplesgem.com/" target="_blank">Purple Sole.</a> So over to him...</div>
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<b>Spotlight Post #148 by
Purple Sole
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<b>A Mental Switch
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<b>No sexy pictures, but
it was a really enjoyable read to be able to go through A Mental
Switch's life through the lens of their many cameras. Some great
images taken and there is a great narrative starting from taking up
something for enjoyment to learning more about photography as they
progressed.
</b></div>
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<i>My first camera was a
cheap Sony point and shoot. I knew nothing about shutter speeds,
aperture and focusing. That thing just worked on auto all the time.
The supplied memory stick held like 12 images and additional sticks
were insanely expensive. I also thought that burning a date into the
image would be a good idea. <a href="https://amentalswitch.com/2020/05/my-life-in-12-cameras/" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></i></div>
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<b>Blue Submission
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</b>
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<b>First of all an amazing
image, Blue is in her full beauty in front of a raging river. The sun
piercing through the trees completes a stunning image. I also enjoyed
hearing about the problems that surround having naughty photos on her
phone, something that I have also had to hide from prying eyes.
</b></div>
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<i>Since starting this
blog, one thing has changed about my photography. Now my camera roll
is filled with nudes. Photos of my boobs, my ass, my husband’s
lovely dick, photos of my partner V in all her glorious naked beauty
fill my phone. <a href="https://bluesubmission.com/2020/05/08/pho" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></i></div>
<i>
</i><span style="color: red;">
</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Prompt #149 Libido</span></h3>
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<span style="color: red;"><a name='more'></a> </span></h3>
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This weeks prompt has
once again been been inspired by the lockdown. So many people have
mentioned, on twitter, that their libido is low. Missy briefly mentions<a href="https://submissy.com/2020/04/30/loss-of-libido/" target="_blank"> in a post of hers</a> that perhaps it is because we are all concentrating on
survival. Nero says if you don't make time for sexy moments your
libido will just disappear.</div>
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What do you think?
Please write your thoughts or fiction about the prompt. Here are a
few questions to get your synapses firing.</div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Has the lock down had a
negative effect on your libido?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Do you think that
frequent sexy play has a positive effect on your libido?</span></li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#F4Thought #148 - Photography - We all love images and often there are reasons why we
take those that we do. Sometimes it is simply a hobby but for others
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There were some really
interesting Celebrity tales from last week. It does seem that now we
are living in un-usual times <a href="https://submissy.com/2020/05/03/some-thoughts-on-celebrity/" target="_blank"><i>celebrity </i></a>has indeed taken on a new
meaning. Very ordinary people are, at present, rightfully being
celebrated.</div>
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Spotlight Post #147 by
Nero Black.</h3>
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It was no mistake that
Nero was choosing the spotlight post this week. Having a slightly
celebrated past himself as a DJ. You can find him on his blog <a href="https://nerospeaks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">NeroSpeaks</a>.</div>
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Over to Nero for his
choice of spotlight post...</div>
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I loved Deviant
Succubus recounting how she first met her crush Marilyn Manson. It
was a while ago but clearly it remains seared into her memory:
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<i>“...Manson returned
and the bodyguard walked up to me and said: “You, just you, get in
the hotel!” I stood there like: “Whut? What is happening? Why?
Help? What?” My friend pushed me forward because I was very
confused about what was happening. So there I was, standing in the
lobby with Marilyn Manson...”</i><a href="https://deviantsuccubus.com/2020/05/celebrities-and-meeting-marilyn-manson/" target="_blank"> READ MORE ...</a></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Prompt #148 Photography <br /><a name='more'></a></span></h3>
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This is quite a wide
ranging prompt. We all love images and often there are reasons why we
take those that we do. Often it is simply a hobby but for others
photography is far more than that.</div>
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Please post images,
narrative or both. Feel free to link up more than once or to use
older posts. Everyone is welcome to join in and share their work as
long as it focuses on the prompt.</div>
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Here are a few guide
questions to get you thinking.</div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">How long have you been
taking photographs?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">What kind of images do
you prefer to take?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">If you don't take
photos, what type do you admire?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have a preferred camera or phone? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Has taking photos
helped with your self-esteem?</span></li>
</ul>
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Please take a moment to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#F4Thought #147 - Celebrity <br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">What does the word celebrity mean to you? Have you ever accidentally met a celebrity?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Are you friends with a celebrity? </span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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Last week so many wonderful bloggers linked up to tell Food for Thought all about their lockdown experiences.<br />
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Spotlight post #146 by Jupiter Grant.</h3>
<br />
Twenty one writers shared their work so a spotlight roundup of three posts was published. The lovely Jupiter Grant highlighted those that resonated with her. And you can<a href="https://f4tfriday.blogspot.com/2020/04/f4thought-146-round-up.html" target="_blank"> find her choices here</a>...<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Prompt #147 Celebrity</span></h3>
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<span style="color: red;"><a name='more'></a></span></h3>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">The word celebrity has changed in meaning over the years. It originated from the word <i>celebrated -</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><b>“The actress is celebrated throughout London for her wit and charm”<i>.</i></b> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">In Victorian times it evolved further and was used as an adjective - </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">“Oscar Wilde enjoys a degree of <i>celebrity</i> on account of his colourful personality and writing.”</span></span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Now a days it is used as a noun - the subject of the sentence - </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><b>"xx is a celebrity."</b></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Write in anyway you wish about the topic of Celebrity. Or include some images if they are your own. Perhaps a poem about your favourite celebrity.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Older posts are welcome if they are about the topic. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Here are a few questions to get you thinking...</b></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">What does the word celebrity mean to you? </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Have you ever accidentally met a celebrity?</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Are you friends with a celebrity? </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps you, yourself, have had your ten minutes in the celebrity spotlight?</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
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4 Thoughts or Fictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469141430078550313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274951984192302051.post-14821602298084056212020-04-27T17:06:00.000+01:002020-04-27T17:06:57.479+01:00F4Thought #146 - Round Up <div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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This weeks Lockdown topic for Food for Thought proved very popular. Twenty one bloggers linked to the meme. Which meant a roundup of three spotlight posts would need to be done.</div>
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I am a fan of <a href="https://jupiterslair.com/" target="_blank">Jupiter Grants work</a>. Not only that she is a wonderfully supportive blogger and author. If you are not aware of her blog check it out. In fact check it out anyway ;-)</div>
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So over to Jupiter for this weeks spotlight roundup...</div>
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<b>Food 4 Thought
Round Up #146 by Jupiter Grant</b><u><b><br /></b></u></h3>
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No matter who or where
we are, the coronavirus pandemic has a huge impact upon our lives,
and has forced us to adapt to these very strange and worrying
circumstances. With that comes uncertainty and anxiety, but what I
also discovered through reading all of the Food 4 Thought submissions
this week, is that lots of us are finding positive ways to combat the
fear, the upheaval, the loneliness and the frustration. Even if just
through articulating those thoughts and feelings through the written
word, it seems that a large number of bloggers are finding respite
and expression by sharing their own experiences of this unprecedented
global lockdown. So thank you to everyone who joined in with this
week's topic.<br />
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It's hard to pick <i>just
three</i> to highlight, but here are the posts that really resonated with
me this week:</div>
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"<u><b>Human
Contact: Too Much and Too Little" from A Mental Switch</b></u>
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<b>This post on human
contact by A Mental Switch really made me think about my experiences
of contact with others, and to consider my own threshold for
different types of human contact. We all have our own balance of the
amount and type of contact we need in order to feel that our
equilibrium is being maintained. It often doesn’t take very much to
knock it off kilter, and so something as momentous as the lockdown
can have big consequences to our feelings of well-being. </b>
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"...But lots of
small things changed or simply vanished. My meetups and support
groups stopped coming together, little pieces of human contact like
chatting with my favorite saleswoman went away, my wife and I spent
way more time cooped up together than before, museums, galleries and
yoga studios closed, even playgrounds were off limits. And after a
while I really felt that something was missing. Human contact. I did
not have less human contact, in fact whatever contact I lost outside
I made up with more time with my immediate family. But it is a funny
thing. Something was too much. Human contact." <a href="https://www.amentalswitch.com/2020/04/human-contact-too-much-and-too-little/" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></div>
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<u><b>"Lockdown"
from Alethea Hunt</b></u></div>
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<b>Maintaining the
lockdown has made new demands on us in terms of preparedness,
resilience, and managing our resources. These resources are both
physical, such as our stocks of food and household goods, and mental;
our energy levels, our coping strategies, and our ability to maintain
our self-care. In the current situation, it is easy to go into
hyper-drive in order to keep a sense of being in control even as life
swerves in all sorts of unanticipated directions. In this very honest
and insightful post, Alethea Hunt talks about recognising when that
hyper-resilience starts to become a locking down of the inner voice,
and when an "exit strategy" is required to bring us back to
the Self. </b>
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"...Lurking, I can
feel a desperate sense of exhaustion. A sort of rational panic
without the physical reactions. The warning signs that tanks are
coming closer to empty than is wise. I just need some emotional
recharging, but the super solider doesn’t acknowledge emotions. I
desperately want to cry, and I can’t remember how. Watch the
concerns of others across my social media and want to feel something.
Anything. A ghost of the real me is sick and tired of being cool and
in control. I don’t want to be stuck here where nothing feels
connected to humanity." <a href="https://whenimonmyown.twilightparadox.com/?p=573" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></div>
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<u><b>"Food 4
Thought #146 Lockdown" from Down the Bunny Rabbit Hole"</b></u></div>
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<b>LuvBunnysl82's post
encouraged me to think about the positive changes that lockdown has
brought with it for many people, with families more able to enjoy
time together, people discovering new and resourceful ways of living,
and communities coming together to support one another. No doubt
there are many things we're looking forward to getting back after
lockdown, but there are also some sides to the lockdown that we will
want to hold on to.</b></div>
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"...Some people
will realise that they have more autonomy to be able to work from
home if their field supports it. I think hopefully the majority of
people will find that they actually need far less ‘stuff’ than
they had thought previously. It’s more about the company they’re
with and living in the moment, to make special memories. I hope
people will have more empathy for others, particularly for the more
vulnerable in society. We’re all human, and we all need support at
various times in our lives. Even those that appear strong and
resilient need some help on occasions. How can we help anyone else,
if we are not being helped ourselves?" <a href="https://www.downthebunnyrabbithole.com/thoughts-and-perspectives/food-4-thought-146-lockdown/" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></div>
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<b>I would like to thank
May More very much for inviting me to participate in the Food 4
Thought Round Up this week. I really enjoyed and appreciated all of
the posts, and I wish all of you good health, safety and well-being
as we all navigate this odd new world in which we find ourselves.
Love, <a href="https://twitter.com/GrantJupiter" target="_blank">Jupiter</a> xx</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#F4Thought #146 - Lockdown - Currently we are
experiencing an unprecedented situation as most of the world is
involved in some kind of lock-down due to the outbreak of COVID-19. </td></tr>
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I thought the prompt
for last week – Hopes and Dreams – was very apt considering we are
living through uncertain times.</div>
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Spotlight post #145 by
Elliott Henry.</h3>
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I am a big fan and
friend of Elliott Henry. He has the ability to make me smile. Bringing
joy to the world is a gift. So over to Elliott for his choice of
spotlight post...</div>
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<b>I liked Barefoot's post
a lot, of course the photo, imagine the stories that would prompt,
but that she had not posted for a year and now is back. I like she
has emerged from a year of drought and has dreams. I loved the last
line, that is a dream come true indeed.
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<i>“... in the current
situation where hopes, dreams and goals are in limbo, then I shall
enjoy the opportunity to nurture relationships remotely with all of
the lovely folk who fill my world with sunshine. I am also excited to
have so much time to learn with my children, to have playtime when
they/we are not tired and cranky from a busy, busy day and to really
find the time to get to know the lovely boys they are growing into.”</i>
<a href="https://aleapoffaith.uk/2020/04/you-are-never-too-old-to-set-a-new-goal/" target="_blank">Read More...</a>
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<span style="color: red;">Prompt #146 Lockdown</span></h3>
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Currently we are
experiencing an unprecedented situation as most of the world is
involved in some kind of lock-down due to the outbreak of COVID-19. </div>
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Please share your
experiences for this week’s Food for Thought, and since this is
a special collaborative topic, you can also link your post to
<a href="http://wickedwednesday.rebelsnotes.com/" target="_blank">Wicked Wednesday</a> and <a href="https://tellmeabout.thesafewordsclub.com/2020/04/12/tell-me-about-lockdown/" target="_blank">Tell
Me About</a></div>
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Happy for images, poems, diaries or fiction as well as true life narrative... </div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">How has this affected
your life?
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Are you adapting well
or having problems?
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Has it allowed you to
be creative and try new things?
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">When this is all over
do you think the lockdown will have changed the world as we knew it?</span></li>
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4 Thoughts or Fictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469141430078550313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274951984192302051.post-90091683992537988712020-04-14T09:25:00.001+01:002020-04-20T20:04:06.280+01:00F4Thought #145 - Hopes & Dreams<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was heartwarming to read your posts about inspiring relatives, especially as it was a topic I (Floss) really couldn’t find any inspiration for. I think this week’s topic could also be one that gives us the warm and fuzzy feels as we as you all to share posts about your ‘Hopes & Dreams’. Before we move onto that though, it was my turn to choose to the spotlight post this week … </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week’s post from </span><a href="https://corruptingmrsjones.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Corrupting Mrs Jones</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is my spotlight choice for this week. Her post really made me consider all the relatives many of us have whose life stories may not be quite as we expected and how thankfully for many of us times have changed. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘It wasn’t until a month or so after her passing that we discovered Nana had other unconventional skeletons in her closet. It turns out that in 1936 in a large country town a 17 year old girl who would later become my grandmother gave birth to an illegitimate son. At the time being an unwed mother was not desirable. Nana was slightly fortunate in that her family supported her well at this time.’ </span><a href="https://corruptingmrsjones.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/skeletons-in-the-closet/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Read More</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I asked May ...</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Money is often a resource that holds people back from fulfilling their dreams in life. If you had an infinite supply of money would your hopes and dreams for the future change?</span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-0c18d00b-7fff-7366-36f1-bb9747f6a5f9"><br /><a href="https://ifsexmatters.co.uk/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May</span></a><span style="font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Says … </span><span style="background-color: #e6ecf0; color: #14171a; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ultimately my hopes and dreams are for my children to live in a world that is full of grace rather than horror. But if I think simply of myself then money would enable me to live "the way" I want to live. And I should say that is not extravagant by any means...</span></span><br />
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A little late but welcome - from Sassy Cat - <a href="https://www.sassycat3000.net/dream-a-little-dream/" target="_blank"> Dream a little Dream</a></div>
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<br />And Jae Lynn -<a href="https://rantingsofanonsensicalmind.com/a-z-challenge-2020-hope-hugs-and-i-love-you-to-the-moon/" target="_blank"> I love you to the Moon</a></div>
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<b>Write about inspiring
family members, or those you consider family, who are living or
dead.
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<b>What do you admire
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The world continues in
crazy mode and this is obviously having an impact on all of us. But
thankfully blogging gives me a bit of routine. And I enjoyed reading
your myth busting posts.</div>
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Spotlight Post #143 by
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There were some
excellent D's articles included in this weeks entries. I am a fan of
Purple Gem and was drawn to Purple Sole's post initially for two
reasons. The image attached to the narrative. PS looking very
flamboyant. And also the title - Always Seeking More - Me being A
“More” of course. It made me smile. But once I started reading I
knew immediately I would be featuring it here. I am always impressed
by PS's honesty and as usual he talks frankly and intelligently about
his life with Gem and their relationship
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<b><span style="color: purple;">This
isn’t just about D/s, social media is all about portraying an
image, a better more successful, more attractive you. And if
everybody else is then the only reason we’re doing it is to stay on
the same level as others. Trying to improve oneself isn’t
inherently bad. I strive to be a better Dom and a better human. To
help this I had clothes I wouldn’t usually wear ready to take to
Eroticon this year. So maybe it was a blessing in disguise that I
wasn’t seen in faux black snake leather trousers and patent shoes
(with purple soles). </span></b><a href="https://www.purplesgem.com/2020/04/05/always-seeking-more/" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></div>
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Well I disagree I would
love to see Purple Sole in this outfit.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">Prompt #144 Amazing
Relatives.</span></h3>
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I often hear or read
about people moaning about their relatives and it got me thinking
about my own. There were certainly some from my past that probably
should have been locked up! But there were others that possessed such
admirable qualities.
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So please share your
posts, old or new, fact or fiction, poem or prose about anyone you view as family and believe deserve recognition and a post
all about them.</div>
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Here are a few things
to think about.</div>
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<b>Write about inspiring
family members, or those you consider family, who are living or
dead.
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<b>What do you admire
about them?</b></div>
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<b>Do you strive to be
like them?</b></div>
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<b>What admirable
qualities do you feel you possess. And do you think you inspire others?</b></div>
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<b>I asked <a href="https://flossdoeslife.com/" target="_blank">Floss</a> - What
three things would you like your son to say about you...</b><br />
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<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> <i>I am blessed that my little boy says wonderful things about me all the time. Truly the way he sees me is quite possibly the most overwhelming feeling in the world. I hope thought that as he gets older he always sees that I tried to be positive, honest and kind, not only in relation to him but with regards to others too. If he says he sees those qualities in me when he’s big I’ll be a happy Mama. Currently though I’ll settle for him saying I cook the best curry and that I’m very pretty.</i></span><br />
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<b><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Please try and check out a few of the other posts in the meme ...</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Posy was late to the party but very welcome - here is<a href="https://posychurchgate.com/2020/04/13/mother-hen/" target="_blank"> her post</a>-</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spirituality is a word that can resonate with different people in different ways and lasts week’s posts definitely showed how true this can be. I thoroughly enjoyed all the approaches shared and both myself and May always appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us for #F4Thought, but particularly when times are trying, which they are right now, for all of us. We hope you are all staying safe and some support to reach out to. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The post I have chosen for this week’s spotlight post came from a blogger who actually gave us two entries, but it was their shorter piece that really made an impact on me. I personally believe that putting out positive thoughts into the world is a force for good and to my mind prayer is just that, putting out positive hopes and warm thoughts into the world regarding those close to you and often the wider population too. </span><a href="https://twitter.com/askmefast19" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Sailor</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> did just that with his post My prayer’s for you …</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On this Sunday morning as I begin my day, carnal desires seems like a distant hum. My thoughts are of you, with all of you. To you with a special special place in my heart and to those unknown.’ </span><a href="https://askmefast19.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/my-prayers-for-you/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Read More …</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May says … </span><span style="background-color: #e6ecf0; color: #14171a; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Excellent question. One of my passions, nutritionally, is oils and fats. The world seems obsessed with saturated fats and cholesterol. As in we must all steer clear. But if you eat lots of good fats as well – omega oils – then they literally help to offset the effect of the so called bad fats. But people became paranoid and started to restrict the good fats too, causing many other health-related problems. In my younger days, I wrote a few essays about oils and fats – now I write about sex! It is good to be adaptable ;-)</span><br />
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Last week the posts all
about initiative really made think. Certainly, in hard times it is so
important we use our initiative to be resourceful even if the way we
are living has changed.</div>
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The posts were quite
varied and I enjoyed reading them all. One that really stood out for
me was <b>- The initiatives of #noEroticon</b> - by Marie Rebel. The yearly
Erotic conference – Eroticon – was cancelled due to concerns
about the virus. However for those with long journeys the news came
too late and they arrived in Camden. What to do? They showed
initiative and put on a mini conference where a few of them delivered
their speeches/workshops as normal. Over to the post...</div>
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<i>“On Friday evening I
learned that we would have a mini conference — a #noEroticon of you
like — where Haiku and Anna Sky would deliver their sessions, and
Eye invited me to do mine too. I only had to think about it for a
minute, and said yes, I would be there. I loved this initiative of
Eye, and definitely wanted to be part of it, especially as I have
seen the disappointment around me of people who only heard on Friday
that the conference was cancelled.” </i><a href="https://rebelsnotes.com/2020/03/noeroticon/" target="_blank">READ MORE...</a></div>
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This weeks prompt was
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The meaning of the term Spirituality has changed
over time but i think this definition - I found <a href="https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/what-spirituality" target="_blank">on line</a> - works quite well.</div>
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<b>Spirituality is a broad concept with room for many
perspectives. In general, it includes a sense of connection to
something bigger than ourselves, and it typically involves a search
for meaning in life. As such, it is a universal human experience,
something that touches us all. </b></div>
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Personally, I think it is a very individual idea which can differ widely from person to person. So, we want to know
what spirituality means to <b>you</b>. Here are a few questions to get you
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spirituality changed over the years?</b><br /><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Is spirituality linked
to your mental & physical well being?</b><br /><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>In times of need do you
have faith? What does that entail?</b></span>
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I asked <a href="https://flossdoeslife.com/" target="_blank">Floss</a>... Do you
blaspheme or is that step too far for you?</div>
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Floss says … I do
blaspheme, but not with malicious intent and I don’t mean to cause
any disrespect. With that in mind I would be mindful of blaspheming
in front of people who I knew were actively involved in their
religion. I think religion can be a wonderful thing for some folks &
I myself have found comfort in bible verses before and I’m a big
fan of Jesus. Blaspheming is really just a bad habit, one that is
reinforced by not really knowing anyone in real life who finds it
offensive when they hear me do it.<br />
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<b>Extra Links </b><br />
This post - <a href="https://askmefast19.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/do-i-believe/" target="_blank">Do I Believe</a> - was late in from AskMeFast.<br />
Another from Sassy Cat -<a href="https://www.sassycat3000.net/god-the-devil-and-cat/" target="_blank"> God the Devil and Cat</a>. <br />
Both are well worth reading... </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F4Thought #140 - Sports Fun ~ this prompt is about sports, athletics and exercise in general. Sports you have been physically involved in now or in the past. Or sports you support. Perhaps you exercise as part of your weekly routine? </td></tr>
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We received a great
range of posts on the topic of dating. And both thoroughly enjoyed
reading them. Floss has been on a few dates of her own recently so was eager to
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Spotlight Post #139 by
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The conversation around
dates and dating has been happening in my life for a few months now,
so I was delighted to see so many links to this week’s F4Thought,
sharing your thoughts and stories on the topic.
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My pick for this week’s
spotlight post is ‘A date is what you make of it’ by Lillith
Avir. It seems what I want from dates is fairly traditional, but I
totally agree with the ethos of Lillith’s post and think we should
be enjoying all kinds of dates, regardless of whether or not they fit
the Hollywood criteria of ‘dating’.
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<i>“The few dates I had,
I mostly enjoyed because of the attention. Being picked up, go to a
nice place and so on. But it was rarely about the man I was with. It
makes me think that the kind of dating I always thought of is not for
me. Whatever the case is, things are very different now.”</i> <a href="https://lillithavir.com/2020/03/08/a-date-is-what-you-make-of-it/" target="_blank">Read More...
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<span style="color: red;">Prompt #140 Sporting
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Really this prompt is
about sports, athletics and exercise in general. Sports you have been physically
involved in now or in the past. Or sports you support. Perhaps you
exercise as part of your weekly routine?
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If you really want to
get down and dirty in your post then what do you think of sexy water
sports such as golden showers? I have already <a href="https://ifsexmatters.co.uk/taboo-golden-illegal/" target="_blank">written about that</a> on
my blog for the F4T<a href="https://f4tfriday.blogspot.com/2019/08/f4tfriday-110-taboo.html" target="_blank"> Taboo prompt</a>.</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Competitive sports : do
you, or have you, ever participated in this way?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have one
particular sport that you just can not miss on TV?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps you enjoy going
to the gym or exercise at home?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Do you agree exercise in general makes you feel better mentally &
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I asked<a href="https://flossdoeslife.com/" target="_blank"> Floss</a> … Did
you take part in any sports when you were at school? Or were in a
school team?<br />
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<i>Floss says ... <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Hahaha!!! Oh my goodness, absolutely not! There was nothing I hated more about school than sports. I enjoy exercise and being active, but I’m not good at competitive sports and I hated that taking part was never as celebrated as winning. The only sports I was ever naturally good at was the high jump and long jump, and only because my legs were a good few inches longer than all my classmates! I am grateful to have left team sports behind and now only ever play them for a bit of a giggle!</span></i> </div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You are definitely a creative bunch, last week’s prompt of Time Slip brought out some great posts from you all. May has done the spotlight post for this week, but I’ll tell you a secret she chose my favourite too. This week’s prompt is Dates & Dating, so plenty of room for variety and I’m very excited to hear your thoughts on this topic. Before then though, the Spotlight for #138 …</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The posts we received for the Time Slip prompt were a joy to read. Even those that tackled difficult issues were well thought out and absorbed the reader from start to finish. When the meme closed I sat back and thought about each one. In my mind, I kept returning to one particular story. The Loop from </span><a href="https://twitter.com/newsigns2" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The tale sparkled and lifted my spirits. I don't really want to say more than that or I'll give away the plot but here is a quote to whet your appetite and if I was you I would settle down with a cup of coffee and have read.</span></div>
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Regrets and Hindsight
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Before I move on to the
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F4T, I'm also involved in the admin side of Sex Bloggers For Mental
Health. There is a special collaboration going on this week between
<a href="http://sexbloggersformentalhealth.sassycat3000.net/codependency-interdependent/" target="_blank">SB4MH</a>, <a href="https://tellmeabout.thesafewordsclub.com/2020/02/16/tell-me-about-codependency-28/" target="_blank">TellMeAbout</a> and <a href="http://wickedwednesday.rebelsnotes.com/2020/02/prompt-404/" target="_blank">WickedWednesday</a>. They are discussing
Codependency as their topic. Check out those links if you want to
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The second mention is
Master's Pleasing Bitch <a href="https://foodandfitness.co/2020/02/23/for-the-health-of-it-1-physical-health/" target="_blank">health related site and meme</a>. The first
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Talking about Julie,
last weeks prompt was chosen by her so between us we decided she
should also pick the spotlight post. Julie has done this <a href="https://f4tfriday.blogspot.com/2019/11/f4thought-123-things-we-do-for-love.html" target="_blank">once before</a>.</div>
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<b>Julie Says</b> ~ This weeks F4T was
really thought provoking and I'm glad I suggested the topic.
The decision was a difficult one, there are so many strong contenders
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I've chosen submissy's post – Regrets.<br />
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The approach Missy has
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positive that currently the life that we have carved out for
ourselves leaves us both feeling fulfilled and not lacking or wistful
about things which are being missed.</i>" <a href="https://submissy.com/2020/02/23/regrets/" target="_blank">READ MORE</a>...</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><a name='more'></a></span>I choose this prompt -
Time Slip - as the concept really intrigues me. Let your imagination
run wild and tell us about a time in your own life you wish you could
return to and perhaps make a change. Or write a story with the title
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Is there a point, in your life, or the wider world, you wish to return to? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Or perhaps you would
like to travel forward in time?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Do you ever wonder what
it would have been like to live in the distant past?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Write some fiction
about slipping through a gap and finding yourself in a time.</span>
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<a href="https://submissy.com/2020/02/13/a-love-letter-to-hl/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Love Letter to HL</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by submissy - Love can be expressed in some many ways and I was absolutely swept in in Missy’s declarations. It’s always a joy to read about her experiences with HL, but she blew me away with this post, it was incredibly beautiful. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I have already mentioned this topic was suggested by </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MPBjulie" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@MPBjulie</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> who wrote </span><a href="https://masterspleasingbitch.com/2020/01/30/privacy/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Privacy</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for F4thought #134 and in doing so came across some of her old posts regarding how her ex behaved when he realised their marriage was on the way out. When suggesting the topic to us, Julie explained that she has regrets on not ending things there and then, but as many of us can surely relate to she had her reasons for not doing so. In hindsight maybe those reasons don’t always hold up under scrutiny, but I think we all do out best with what information we have at the time. </span></div>
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I felt proud of our
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Her post <a href="https://submissy.com/2020/02/09/mother-to-adults/" target="_blank">“Mother to Adults</a>” really resonated with me, having
older children like Missy. I was sure it was going to be my spotlight
post until Deviant Succubus added a last minute entry yesterday
afternoon. I felt DS discussed many important aspects of what Pride
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<i>See, for me, pride has
absolutely nothing to do with who I am, where I come from, who my
parents are or who I can fall in love with. Pride, for me, has only
to do with real accomplishments, with things that I can do, things
that I have done well or things that I have created. I personally
don’t relate to concepts of honour and pride, national pride or
being proud of one’s sexuality. I am not saying that this should be
the way everyone approaches the concept of pride. We all have our own
definitions and understandings of it. And that is okay because pride
is first and foremost a feeling, and we all identify and describe
feelings differently. But what pride feels like inside: the warm
fuzzies of feeling good about something? I think that is something
that most people experience similarly.</i> <a href="https://deviantsuccubus.com/2020/02/what-pride-and-being-proud-of-myself-means-to-me/" target="_blank">READ MORE ...</a></div>
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I know a little corny
but it is Valentines week. When ever I hear the phrase <b>Love Letters</b> I
start singing in my head -
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Love letters straight from your heart<br />
Keep
us so near<br />
while apart</div>
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I'm not alone in the night<br />
When I can have all
the love<br />
that you write<br />
I memorize every line<br />
And I kiss the
name<br />
that you sign<br />
And darling then<br />
I read again<br />
right
from the start<br />
Love letters straight<br />
from your heart.</div>
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And I am never sure why as I am not in the least
bit romantic. </div>
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What is your opinion about Love Letters? Please
write whatever you want about<i> Love Letters / Romance</i>. Or, indeed
write an actual Love Letter itself or copy in one you received (if
the writer agrees). Happy to accept poems, fiction or images too.</div>
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Here are some guidelines.</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Have you written or received a Love Letter and if
so did it have the desired effect?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever found someone else's Love Letters?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Are you a romantic at heart.</span></li>
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<b>I <a href="http://flossdoeslife.com/" target="_blank">asked Floss</a> what her favourite romantic movie
was and why?</b></div>
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<i>My all time favourite romantic movie and a movie I
have seen more time’s than I can remember is Pretty Woman. The
first time I watched it I suspect I was a bit young for it, but oh my
goodness I was so in love with Richard Gere! I’m convinced his
character in Pretty Woman is rocking all the hot Dom vibes and the
scene were they get start to sexy on the piano makes me squirm every
time. Julia Roberts is also totally adorable in it and I think I’ll
be 80 and still watching this as one of my feel good movies!
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the different directions in which our F4Thought contributors took their writings about Privacy. We had everything from erotica to pieces on cyber security, it was a good week and I (Floss) had the task of pickling the spotlight post which you can find below before we move onto our new topic of Pride and Feeling Proud. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spotlight Post #134 by Floss</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://brigitdelaney.com/2020/02/lacking-privacy-is-hard-on-a-sex-life/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lacking Privacy is Hard on a Sex Life</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Brigit Delaney </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just yesterday, though, during our marriage talk, we discussed that evenings just aren’t so<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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great for us. We both work full time, and by the time our son goes to bed (9 pm), neither of us is at the top of our game for sex. Normally, that’s the time I want to shoot for a quick release with a toy and go right to sleep. It’s not a great time for sex plans. But the one night we have without kids in the house is Friday night…and still, I’m pretty done and ready to get to sleep early. Saturday night would be better, but it’s not a night we have childcare most of the time. And besides…he’s really too old for “childcare.” If he spends the night at a friend’s, we get lucky, otherwise, we just have to be quiet, which is just not as fun as, well… not being quiet.’ <a href="https://brigitdelaney.com/2020/02/lacking-privacy-is-hard-on-a-sex-life/" target="_blank">Read More ...</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I enjoyed lots of things about Brigit’s post, mostly I chose it for the spotlight though because it was an incredibly honest account of how privacy affects her sex life and not only that there was a lot of introspection from herself and her husband regarding where they need to be at moving forwards. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prompt #135 - <span style="color: red;">Pride and Feeling Proud</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week my question for May which you can read below refers to the Seven Deadly Sins, pride, as we know, is one of those. That I suspect is the kind of pride that comes before a fall, but what about the flip side of pride. The pride we have in our achievement, in our kids, in our fellow bloggers. This week I would love to hear any writings you have in you about what you take pride in, or what makes you feel proud. That said if you have something to say about pride being a sin, well we’d love to read that too. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">What achievements are you most proud of in your life?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it important to you that other people be proud of you?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I asked </span><a href="https://ifsexmatters.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> … </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’re talking about Pride this week on F4T, and as sex bloggers, it’s safe to say we all indulge in a little bit of lust. Of the remaining seven deadly sins (greed, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth) which one do you tend to partake in the most? And why or in what way?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May says … </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They are a fine selection of sins. Almost by way of elimination it must be envy as the others don't really apply to me very often at all. However, even though I understand that money does not necessarily bring happiness, I do admit to sometimes feeling envious of those with money. If I was rich I'd make good use of the privilege.</span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SweetenDirty was a little late to the party but welcome with her post</span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - <a href="https://sweetendirty.com/2020/02/04/food-for-thoguht-privacy-an-evolution-of-sorts/" target="_blank">Privacy, an evolution of sorts.</a></span></div>
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The friendship posts were very heartwarming. It
was great to read about everyone's journey with friends. Going back to childhood and right up to date with online chums too.<br />
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asked the incredibly talented creator of <a href="http://sexbloggersformentalhealth.sassycat3000.net/" target="_blank">#SB4MH</a>, <a href="http://www.sassycat3000.net/" target="_blank">Sassy Cat</a> if she would like to pick an article to highlight for this
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Is privacy even
possible in the 21st century digital world?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">How much do you value
your personal privacy?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Have you one or more
aliases because you need to keep things hidden?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Do you respect your
lovers privacy? Have you ever checked their phone?</span></li>
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<i><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> Additional entry from @KurvyKinkster ... <a href="https://kurvykinkster.com/2020/02/03/privacy-and-inner-voices-we-live-with/" target="_blank">Privacy and Inner Voices We Live With</a></span></i></div>
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4 Thoughts or Fictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469141430078550313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274951984192302051.post-56077351137427159502020-01-21T07:34:00.000+00:002020-01-22T18:24:51.374+00:00F4Thought #133 - Friendship<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was another fabulous turnout last week and all your thoughts on Home were truly wonderful, I know I definitely had specific posts that spoke to me, but I didn’t do that roundup, that task feel to the wonderful </span><a href="https://steeledsnake.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steeled Snake Charmer and Steeled Snake</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Our next topic I’ll be introducing in a moment is Friendship but before we begin another awesome week on Food for Thought, let’s find out who our spotlight picks were. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The theme of home being a person or a place seemed to resonate with everyone. We loved reading all of the wonderful posts and learning just a bit more about so many people. It was really difficult to choose three because there were so many that we wanted to pick. We had one in common and then chose one from each of our separate lists and chose these three out of our original seven in no particular order:</span></div>
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<a href="https://cleareyedgirl.net/home-a-food-for-thought-friday-post/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Home – a Food for Thought Friday post</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Eye. This is such a heartbreaking story about the loss of her home, but coming back with a new and different sense of home … ‘</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I left it. My handcrafted home, filled with pictures of children, memories of tears and laughter, and the unpainted putty around the window he smashed when he attacked me in the kitchen not quite set even after a year had passed…’</span></div>
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<a href="https://rantingsofanonsensicalmind.com/hes-my-home/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He’s My Home</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Jae Lynn. This has two perfect quotes in it and so much love. We love the relationship and how he is the protector and keeper of her heart … ‘</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What we cannot replace is the feeling of home within the person you love- this is what I feel with pet. I found this quote and it was the perfect description of how pet feels about me, about us.’</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.lizblackx.nl/my-home-one-room-four-cats-and-a-man/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Home: One Room, Four Cats and a Man</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Liz Black. The word sanctuary just seemed to really resonate with what home should be, whether it be a person or place … ‘</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘That’s not where Liz lives’ our friends from Denmark had remarked when they passed by my house for the first time, only to ring our doorbell thirty minutes later, because, yes, that was where I lived.’</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The initial idea for discussing friendship came from </span><a href="https://twitter.com/sweetgirl_mrh" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@sweetgirl_mrh,</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> way back in July she posed the following question in our F4Thought DM’s … ‘</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #14171a; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They say a friend in need is a friend indeed, but there is debate surrounding the meaning. One idea suggests that it means when you are in need the friend who helps you is a true friend. The other idea is that when a person needs your help they become friendly to get it. In simple terms, one person will use you, another is a true friend. Do you have true friends or do you often feel used?’</span></div>
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We were really thrilled
to see so many of you linking up this week to Marie Rebel's prompt of
Intimacy. The writing was amazing.</div>
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Spotlight Post for #131
by <a href="https://rebelsnotes.com/" target="_blank">Marie Rebel</a></h3>
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As you can see Marie
also agreed to choose the spotlight post. But because we had so many
entries there is a <a href="https://f4tfriday.blogspot.com/2020/01/f4thought-131-roundup.html" target="_blank">spotlight three and you can find it here.</a></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Prompt #132 ~ Home.</span>
What does this word mean to you?</h3>
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Tell us all about your
actual home or what the word home means to you. This is quite a wide
topic so please write anything you want to about the prompt. Happy to
read poems or fiction and how about including some images?</div>
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Here are a few guide
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">What does home mean to
you?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Is home a Place or
Person?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Where would you most
like to live in the world?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">What makes a house a
home?</span><span style="font-size: large;">
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I asked<a href="https://flossdoeslife.com/" target="_blank"> Floss...</a></div>
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<b>What do you think it
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<i><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">We have a huge amount of homeless people in the area I live in, and it is a situation I cannot even begin to imagine being in. All the words I think of that might describe what it might feel like to be homeless seem either a massive understatement or stating the obvious. It is a vastly complex issue and I am grateful that my life is a world a way from having to face homelessness, though I am also sorry that it is indeed everyday living for many across the world.</span></i><b> </b><br />
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I think both Floss and I were very pleased when Marie agreed to do the spotlight three for her prompt suggestion of intimacy. It could not have been an easy task. We had 28 entries and all were particularly good. Here is Marie's RoundUp.<br />
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Intimacy #131 Spotlight 3 From <a href="https://rebelsnotes.com/" target="_blank">Marie Rebel</a></h3>
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I am sure when I suggested the Intimacy
prompt it's because I wanted to write about how intimacy is not only sex
(which I did) and because I wanted to see how others do intimacy,
whether it means only sex to them, or maybe share my point of view. I
really loved reading the posts, and it made me think that this is all
part of intimacy too, the way everyone who linked a post shared their
thoughts on the subject. Thank you for that, even though you have made
it difficult for me to choose three posts. I had eight posts on my
shortlist, and decided to highlight the following three posts:</div>
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<a href="https://becomingvioletgrey.com/2020/01/08/finding-new-ways-to-be-intimate-food-4-thought-intimacy-sex/" target="_blank">Finding new ways to be intimate </a>by Violet Grey</div>
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Sometimes
things happen in life that pushes you in a direction you never thought
you would be in. In Violet's case her boyfriend is currently healing,
which means they have been looking at other ways to be intimate, and I
love how honestly she writes about it, and how the two of them are
exploring these new ways.</div>
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<a href="https://deviantsuccubus.com/2020/01/emotional-intimacy-i-need-a-deeper-connection-than-touch/" target="_blank">Emotional Intimacy: I need a deeper connection than touch</a> by Deviant Succubus</div>
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Devie
is a wonderful writer, and in this post she draws us into her world,
and which kinds of intimacy works for her. She talks about emotional
intimacy, and how it can hurt when there's a misunderstanding, but also
what kinds of physical intimacy works for her. Her post resonated with
me on several levels, even though I in no way carries with me the trauma
she does.</div>
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<a href="https://melodyinsights.com/f4thought-intimacy/" target="_blank">Intimacy </a>by Melody</div>
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Melody
takes us on a journey from growing up without intimacy, to discovering
intimacy through BDSM, and how she discovered that sex and intimacy in
no way are the same. I love this post, how she went from no intimacy, to
now being far more intimate than she ever thought possible.</div>
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<a href="https://littleswitchbitch.com/2020/01/05/goodbye-2019-hello-2020-f4thought/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Little Switch Bitch - This is perhaps a tactical inclusion. I love reading posts from LSB that share her personal thoughts a little more and this one was no different and I know this is something she hopes to do more of in 2020, because it says so in her post, but a little extra encouragement never hurts, right? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This topic is brought to you by the wonderful<a href="https://rebelsnotes.com/" target="_blank"> Marie Rebelle</a> who slid into our DM’s way back in July with some suggestions and this was one of them. It’s such a good topic I’m not sure why we waited to use it, but it’s inclusion now is timely for my own personal reasons and I’m excited to see what your thoughts are on intimacy. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The general question is what does intimacy mean to you? Further questions that you might like to consider are …</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a wide range of relationship styles practised by our community, and many of us identifying with varying sexualities I think the different ways in which we explore intimacy is likely to be vast and I would love to see as many of you as possible share your thoughts with us. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I asked </span><a href="https://ifsexmatters.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> … Do you have a blog post, writing or picture, that you feel portrays a more intimate level of sharing with your readers?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May Says … </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #14171a; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I really can not just choose one post or area on my site. My blog is intensely intimate throughout. I write about <a href="https://ifsexmatters.co.uk/Phrases/date-night/" target="_blank">true life sex</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #14171a; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - plus delve into personal issues from my past. Not to mention all this is illustrated by sexy images of me!</span></div>
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