Re: Re: Water, too much?

June 8, 2002

Actually, the expert is wrong. There is a point at

which you can be drinking too much water... but that

point is far beyond what any of us could reach in

natural behavior. However, I've actually seen it

happen in people with extreme psychiatric disorders.

The infection control specialist at my workplace

recommends 1/2 ounce for each pound of body weight.

Thus, a 200 lb. man would drink 10 10 oz. glasses.

However, she suggests adding an additional glass for

each caffeinated or alcoholic beverage.

Believe it or not, your urinary system adjusts after a

few days...

Suzi

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June 10, 2002

>Fortunately I guess I'm antisocial by nature

>

>And I'm lucky enough to have a beautiful girl who loves me no matter how

>red

>

>I get, but not everyone in my position is that fortunate.

but heaven's forfend you might have chosen her for her beauty.

of course not

it's what's inside that counts ...

i was an ugly fat kid with bad hair and glasses

was ridiculed

picked on

ostracized

everyday of my young life

even by my teachers

and in life

as you get older

you'll find that

no one

wants to date the ugly girls.

look at hollywood even

there are a lot of unattractive men

character actors

overweight

imperfect

whatever

but every woman has to be a goddess.

honestly, i think life as an ugly woman is

harder

than life as an ugly man is

and again i say:

look to your personality.

could it be

in part

your low self-esteem

that is crippling you?

no one wants to look twice

if you can't hold your head up high.

but regardless of whether you look good or not as a teenager

or a kid

other teenagers

or kids

will be merciless.

even if you're perfect, they will be mean

that's the nature of the beast.

i wouldn't say

get new friends

i'd just say

tell them that they really aren't as funny as they think they are.

yeah you're right

it's easier being old

but not really

loneliness hurts just as much.

you just don't care any more

what people think about you ...

which makes it easier to hold your head up high

and smile your dazzling smile

even if you're

fat

have bad skin

whatever.

stacey

June 10, 2002

,

Try to remember though.. the rules are very different when you are a kid

compared to when you are an adult. As a teenager, college student, and even

someone in their early to mid-twenties, you are judged by most people

primarily based on how you look rather than your personality. This isn't

the way it should be, but its the way that it is. In highschool, and to a

lesser extent in college, the good-looking jerk will win out over the homely

but sweet kid 9 times out of 10. I mean when was the last time you saw a

scrawny kid with cea and glasses get elected prom king? (and he very

well might have been the nicest, funniest guy in school) If you were the

girl who as a teenager dated guys based on their personality rather than

appearance, my hat is truly off to you, but truthfully, you would have been

in the minority.

I can't speak for 007, but I've experienced this one first-hand. When I was

younger I was overweight. I had the hardest time getting any girls to go

out with me..and I was teased by the guys almost every day in school. But

when I got in shape, changed my hair, etc the same girls who rejected me

before were all of a sudden interested. I remember spending years without a

single girl willing to go on a date with me, and all of a sudden I would

have 3 or 4 interested in me at once (and I was the same guy on the inside).

Then I developed cea and once again some of them wouldn't give me the

time of day. In fact, even some of my friends began to tease me about how I

look (because my face is red, or looks puffy, or because I can't style my

hair well because hairstyle products cause me to break out) I know you're

probably thinking " well then just don't be friends with anyone who would

treat you like that " Well thats what I did, and I can tell you, it gets

pretty lonely sometimes. Fortunately I guess I'm antisocial by nature

And I'm lucky enough to have a beautiful girl who loves me no matter how red

I get, but not everyone in my position is that fortunate.

It'd be great if we could say that it doesn't matter what you look like as

long as you're a decent person. And I know some truly cool people my age

who have no problem at all looking past appearances. But I can't say that

about alot of people:( Sorry if this sounded really confrontational.. I