"Happy Birthday" song, psychological torture, and a smarter and more attractive spouse
53, 54 & 55 from The Book Of Questions, by Gregory Stock, Ph.D.
Gregory Stock, Ph.D. The Book of Questions prompts - How do you react when people sing "Happy Birthday" to you in a restaurant?
To tell the truth that hasn't happened yet. I will usually go out to dinner with my husband only and I haven't been sung to and I won't be letting him read this prompt.
It has probably been 30 years since I began celebrating my birthday all month long. I do not mind being sung to any time during that month. Because I celebrate all month, I usually get a song a time or two. I have also sang "Happy Birthday" to others throughout the year and still do. Very rarely in a restaurant but it does happen.
Gregory Stock, Ph.D. The Book of Questions prompts - What is the worst psychological torture you can imagine suffering? Anything causing even minor physical injury should not be considered.
While experiencing a therapy called EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), the emotional torture that can come up from trauma is the worst. I know that by processing that trauma, you can come out the other side with a done feeling, and relaxed with the knowing that the psychological torture is over.
Gregory Stock, Ph.D. The Book of Questions prompts - Would you like your spouse to be both smarter and more attractive than you?
My husband is stronger than me
He is smarter about some things and he
is attractive to me and he will be
the first to say that beauty is skin deep and we
should focus on our love as we age, not our aging see
When thinking about this question now, I realize that I have never thought about that before. There was always an initial attraction. And I remember thinking how he was fit. I meant for us to just be friends only as we had so much in common. That is not what he had in mind though.
He won and it didn't take long, so as I said he is smarter about some things.
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Denise E Lindquist
I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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My wife (ex wife, I guess) experienced EMDR and ECT and has never been the same since. It is a horrible process, and I am not convinced of its effectiveness. As for your meeting with your husband, sometimes things are just meant to be, and he is right. It is the depth of love that makes a good relationship and marriage, not who is smarter, better, stronger, or better looking. 😊😊
The birthday thing would be a nightmare to me because getting attention from people gives me so much anxiety 😅😅
I think we are attracted to our spouses' body odor besides their looks and character. Seriously, if my husband smelt sour and rank, I wouldn't have dated him.
I think it's a question of accepting the person as they are...and no matter what, they are attractive!!
What great words you have written. I am also one that does not like to be sung at in a restaurant. I know that family cares for the one, but it is maybe a little embarrassing for the recipient. Keep on sharing. Good job.