Whose Military Is It Anyway?
According to the New York Times, suicides in the U.S. Army this January alonecould total as many as 24. (For January 2008, the number was five.) If so, that would not only be the highest monthly total since the Army started keeping such figures in 1980, but more deaths than occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan combined that month. In 2008 as a whole, at least 128 soldiers killed themselves. As the Times noted, "Suicides??_ rose for the fourth year in a row, reaching the highest level in nearly three decades. Army officials say the stress of long deployments to war zones plays a role in the increase."
Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna, who have just completed a major multi-part examination of Army suicides at Salon.com, record this official reaction to the military health crisis: "'Why do the numbers keep going up?' Army Secretary Pete Geren said at a Pentagon news conference Jan. 29. 'We can't tell you.' The Army announced a $ 50 million study to figure it out." The two reporters find a wealth of evidence of military misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and plain, outright lack of desire to face a plague of suicides. ("At Fort Carson," the base they studied, "a mental problem from combat is still a scarlet letter.")
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Hey BA...I often avoid eye contact, usually only with men - because my experience has been that whenever I make eye contact with them, they try to make a move on me hahaha (and an unwanted one at that)!! I dunno why...Guys just start acting strange if I look em in the eye...Usually they get that "deer in the headlights" look happening haha...On the flip side, if I like a guy and want him to make a move on me then I will use eye contact to my benefit 
For the record, I don't have a problem maintaining eye contact with the people that are close friends / family etc...I only avoid eye contact if i'm trying to keep the intensity LOW in a situation, or if i'm feeling a bit shy around new ppl etc. I have since mastered the art of a look that says "don't even think about it!", that I will use to keep unwanted guys away haha...
For the record, I don't have a problem maintaining eye contact with the people that are close friends / family etc...I only avoid eye contact if i'm trying to keep the intensity LOW in a situation, or if i'm feeling a bit shy around new ppl etc. I have since mastered the art of a look that says "don't even think about it!", that I will use to keep unwanted guys away haha...
"leos are always down to go out"
I know, what's with that? I like it!
I know, what's with that? I like it!
"From past experience I know that the guy who is into you, seeks you up quite often"
I think anyone who has an interest in a cap should drop this philosophy altogether. Remember we are cautious. If you see a capricorn coming on too strong, no matter how wonderful it feels, you should be worried.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if you love your cap, get a hobby.
I think anyone who has an interest in a cap should drop this philosophy altogether. Remember we are cautious. If you see a capricorn coming on too strong, no matter how wonderful it feels, you should be worried.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if you love your cap, get a hobby.
I guess Libra men, cancer women , Capricon man and women and Leo man and women pretty well
Hey sunny, About 3 - 4 months ago I made friends with a gem / taurus cusp guy, and like you, we will chat for hours on end and it's usually loads of fun 
He seems to like having a bit of a harmless flirt, and whenever he gets a compliment he totally laps it up haha Sometimes I don't wonder if it's not all about the chase with these guys, he seems to go to great lengths trying to get me to be closer to him / where he wants me I guess, but i'm not sure - I just have this niggling feeling that once these guys feel like they could have you if they wanted you, they'll be gone in a flash. But that could be me being paranoid :p hahaha!
I have made jokes at him being a smooth talker, then he gets really serious on me haha and points out exactly why that was a ridiculous thing for me to say...Lol. In all he seems pretty decent though
How old if you don't mind me asking? I think maturity plays a big part when it comes to gems (my bro is one, but he settled down reasonably young and has never been a player).
He seems to like having a bit of a harmless flirt, and whenever he gets a compliment he totally laps it up haha
Sometimes I don't wonder if it's not all about the chase with these guys, he seems to go to great lengths trying to get me to be closer to him / where he wants me I guess, but i'm not sure - I just have this niggling feeling that once these guys feel like they could have you if they wanted you, they'll be gone in a flash. But that could be me being paranoid :p hahaha!I have made jokes at him being a smooth talker, then he gets really serious on me haha and points out exactly why that was a ridiculous thing for me to say...Lol. In all he seems pretty decent though
How old if you don't mind me asking? I think maturity plays a big part when it comes to gems (my bro is one, but he settled down reasonably young and has never been a player).
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AS: This thread sucks ass.
... and then it blows chunks.
Yup that's a good ont and another perspective he has to take into consideration too...
However, we're not sure of these options - that's why it is vital he invests as equally as she is so he is not left feeling cheated... maybe there will need to be more time it seems before he can get too decisive but that decisive talk has to be done later, rather than sooner.
Just trying to see through the air element viewpoint and avoid the fire too much - it's very different looking from both sides.
However, we're not sure of these options - that's why it is vital he invests as equally as she is so he is not left feeling cheated... maybe there will need to be more time it seems before he can get too decisive but that decisive talk has to be done later, rather than sooner.
Just trying to see through the air element viewpoint and avoid the fire too much - it's very different looking from both sides.
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