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I had lived through emotional abuse.  I was living with someone I thought was the love of my life and did not realize the my life was not normal.  She made demands on me that would change and I could never live up to her standards.  The bar was set higher each time I did reach her goals.  I would be yelled at an demoralized if the cup handles were not all facing the same direction when I did the dishes.  I was constantly reminded how I didn't live up to her standards.  All the way to the last day we were together I was accused of lying to her when I know I didn't.  This person would push my buttons over and over and over which would lead to me yelling at the top of my lungs "Leave me alone"!  And then she would acuse me of abusing her because I yelled.  This person left me with emotional scars that still are a part of me today, 11 years later and affects my ability for self worth.  I have been beaten down emotionally so much that I don't want to date because I feel I have nothing to offer. 

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
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I used the song " Falling in love at the coffee shop" by Landon Pigg.  My girlfriend melted.  It was a great segway for telling her for the first time that I was in love with her.  

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When Ben Westlund says he supports renewable energy he means it. I was involved in installing the solar system on the Oregon State capital and during the whole time it was going on there was only one person to come up to the roof to see what was going on, Ben Westlund. He has been a champ in supporting the solar industry in Oregon.

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I have to respectfully disagree with your commenter about why oil prices are going down. It has everything to do with lowering demand. Every month we have been driving less by billions of miles according to AAA. With reduced demand the price has been dropping. It is also foolish to not work on efficiency first. Every American car is available in a diesel model in Europe which get much better fuel mileage some cars like the Ford focus diesel get 50 mpg just like many VW's that have been sold here. Tax breaks helping people get into these new cars and dumping their gas guzzlers will give us a huge reduction in import oil. This can be done in less than two years and is immediate. Drilling for more with out efficiency is stupid.

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