Ann L. Lowenstein

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  • in reply to: Teens obsessed with dating #26613

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    Kids your age are developing them, and along with them, are trying to work out their status in the pack, and trying to get a handle on urges and feelings none of you really had as recently as a year or two prior. Labeling outsiders is a defense mechanism, and while it’s awfully mean, it’s pretty common, even among older kids and adults. Just do your own thing and don’t worry what they think about you so much. And don’t be too surprised if eventually you, too, get interested in dating and socializing.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Older people staring at me #42478

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    If this is ‘always’ happening to you, take a look in the mirror. Do you blatantly and obviously advertise the fact you’re a lesbian? Are your ‘average’ looks augmented with 27 piercings and 12 tattoos? Do you dress, talk and act like a stevedore, despite being obviously female? If so, then you have your answer. If not, then maybe you need to get a little less over-sensitive (and narcissistic), and stop assuming ‘everybody’ is staring at and/or disapproving of you.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Mother sleeping with 10 yr old son #40281

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    She’s WAY over-attached, and it might not be overtly sexual, but there’s a serious ‘ick’ factor, nonetheless, which will only get ‘ickier’ as your son gets closer to puberty. Even in the absence of a sexual motive, she’s fostering an unhealthy attachment in him at an age when he should be developing his independence. She has to let him sleep in his own bed, and she in hers, PERIOD. If she won’t agree to this, it might be time to get the authorities involved, even though I’m usually against that sort of thing.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Rich people are rude #17128

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    Manners are a matter of training, not money, and an increasing number of people who have the latter disdain the former as ‘plebian’ or ‘beneath them’. All you have to do is look at the headlines in any tabloid magazine to understand that ‘upper class’ and ‘classy’ are pretty much a contradiction in terms any more. We can thank the Hippies for this. Most of them were from wealthy families, and figured by rejecting anything resembling civilized behavior they were rejecting ‘the man’. Once they (titularly) grew up and had lifestyle accessories -er, children- of their own, they raised little Miffy and Dunstan the same way, so now ‘upper class’ and ‘crude, narcissistic asshole’ are equivalent terms. Sad, really.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Massage therapists getting dissed #36043

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    Bear in mind that ‘massage’ still connotes ‘prostitution’ in the minds of a lot of people, so these OT/PT types and chiropractors probably still buy into the stereotype, in addition to being the sorts of ‘contamination snobs’ who themselves are so desperate for respect from anyone with an ‘M.D.’ after their name that they feel a need to find someone to crap on the way M.D.’s crap on them. That said, keep looking, and try among the younger chiropractors. My chiropractor finished his training and went into practice about 7 years ago, and he would dearly love to find a licensed massage therapist to come work with him.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: First Job for a girl #26620

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    It depends on what you like to do. If you like kids a lot, baby sitting is a good way to start. If you like reading, apply at bookstores. There’s always the old ‘fast food’ standby, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you like stinking of stale grease. Music stores are another option, and so are clothing stores like ‘Rave’ or ‘Deb’. If you are into that sort of cultish atmosphere, you could apply at a Starbucks, or if you want to work a coffee shop without the Amway mentality, there are probably other local venues you could check out.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Managers with no experience #37526

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    A lot of the time, the upper management has convinced themselves having someone with specific credentials is way more important than having someone with actual practical experience. This happens more and more these days, as college education is dumbed further and further down to ensure idiots who should never have been admitted in the first place still graduate, and the expectation is that anyone in a management position must, by definition, have at least a bachelor’s degree.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Why do black women hate hair-flipping? #26656

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    The word you’re looking for is ‘racist’, but we’re not allowed to call black people that, even when they patently are.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Politically correct use of “man”? #46749

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    It’s grammatically correct but highly un-PC. Go for it. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching a PC-Stasi’s head explode.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: How do blind people cross the street? #16004

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    A lot of cities now have crossing lights with audible cues, and even where these don’t exist, there are environmental cues, like a lot of cars stopping, or other people beginning to walk.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Hidden diseases, not faking it #18728

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    People have gotten jaded by the sheer number of cases of people faking disabilities to get some advantage or perk they don’t deserve. It seems not a week goes by that some local t.v. station’s investigative team does an expose’ on some person or group of people who are gaming the system by pretending to be disabled, and sadly, it all adds up.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: What are Brazilians? #32566

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    Ummmm… I’m going to take a wild stab here… People from Brazil? Could you POSSIBLY be more ignorant? (The sad part is your claim to have had more than four years of college…).

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Blind and racist? #34213

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    Of course they can. First off, all blind people were not born that way, and second, racism isn’t an issue of ‘seeing colors’, it’s an issue of internal attitudes and stereotypes, and those come from a combination of upbringing, life experience, with whom one associates, and personal beliefs.

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Why do some Queens hate lesbians? #31676

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that some Lesbians are humorless hags who view all males as ‘the enemy’, and especially hate trannies and ‘Queens’…

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Make Bible part of the classroom? #46563

    Ann L. Lowenstein
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    While we’re on the subject, why don’t we remake Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Mother Goose into ‘history’ books and force feed them to kids as ‘fact’ as well…

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    Name : Ann L. Lowenstein, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Animist, Age : 37, City : K.C., State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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