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Can y'all help me out?

Blog Posted by Nancy Jones: 6/23/2012 10:17:00 PM
So, I'm in the middle of a spat with my lover.  I won't get into the gory details, but it has to do with communication.  Like... I said something TWO WHOLE FREAKIN' days ago and he didn't respond. So tonight I was gonna repeat what I said, but I felt like justifying it with the phrase...

"This bears repeating"

And then I realized that I don't know if it's bears or bares.

Anyone got any insight on this?  Would def preesh muchly :)

Namaste
~N


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Date: 6/26/2012 6:01:00 PM
hope this is all well now? ;)
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Date: 6/24/2012 11:24:00 PM
nans,perhaps all we need is to clarify and communicate with the heart...sometimes , we perceive words as hurtful when, maybe, the other person meant something else.. hugggs!
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Date: 6/24/2012 7:50:00 PM
Pears, pairs... they're all swell :)
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Date: 6/24/2012 5:00:00 PM
Depends on if you BARE it or just grin and bear it. You probably can't get arrested for bearing it, but you might get arrested for baring it. In an orchard you might say "Nice pear" and at a swim suit contest you might say "Nice pair", same sentence, different meaning. Oh well, life could be worse. Gotta love it!
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Date: 6/24/2012 11:09:00 AM
aahh, well I am a mere male...
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Date: 6/24/2012 9:11:00 AM
Great comments, thanks y'all. Was writing pretty tongue in cheek while feeling sorry for myself and all the bears out there that are born to the bare burden of bearing such a heavy name... lol@ the "All in the Family" allusion, Debbie, and no, David, it's not that important that I'm right or wrong. What IS important is that he concede my rightness whether it exists or not... but only on my highly hormonal days ;) Have a beautiful day :)
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Date: 6/24/2012 8:53:00 AM
I will echo comments 1 & 2 and add perhaps the kindest thing he can say is nothing? [Doesn't mean you need or want to be with someone like this..I was for 30 years..never an unkind word out of his mouth..but oh he was SO passive agressive] and I lived through 30 years of "chill Edith" [see Archie Bunker!]
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Date: 6/24/2012 8:51:00 AM
I agree with Andrea and David. To ber, as in weight, also means have responsibility for. Only you can decide that point.
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Date: 6/24/2012 2:23:00 AM
yep Andrea's right, but is it really worth repeating if it upset him so much in the first place? does it really matter whether you are right or wrong? just my male opinion..David
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Date: 6/24/2012 1:09:00 AM
It's "bears" Nancy. The other one has to do with nakedness, "bare naked" or "bare" one's soul, revealing things. Also, bears means "supports" He bears a heavy burden/ also bear a testimony.
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