Comments on: Girlfriend (and Debut author) Marilyn Brant http://www.bookendbabes.com/2009/10/05/girlfriend-and-debut-author-marilyn-brant/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:27:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Malena Lott http://www.bookendbabes.com/2009/10/05/girlfriend-and-debut-author-marilyn-brant/comment-page-1/#comment-5610 Malena Lott Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:04:34 +0000 http://www.bookendbabes.com/?p=1254#comment-5610 Susan Shay is our lucky winner! Susan, send me your physical address to bookendbabes at me dot com and I'll get it to Marilyn to mail you her book. Thanks for the cool advice, ladies! Susan Shay is our lucky winner! Susan, send me your physical address to bookendbabes at me dot com and I’ll get it to Marilyn to mail you her book.

Thanks for the cool advice, ladies!

]]> By: Marilyn Brant http://www.bookendbabes.com/2009/10/05/girlfriend-and-debut-author-marilyn-brant/comment-page-1/#comment-5606 Marilyn Brant Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:39:11 +0000 http://www.bookendbabes.com/?p=1254#comment-5606 Ladies, thanks so much for sharing your words of wisdom on love--I *really* enjoyed reading them!! Malena, thanks again for hosting me! It was a delight to be here today. :) Ladies, thanks so much for sharing your words of wisdom on love–I *really* enjoyed reading them!!

Malena, thanks again for hosting me! It was a delight to be here today. :)

]]> By: Susan Shay http://www.bookendbabes.com/2009/10/05/girlfriend-and-debut-author-marilyn-brant/comment-page-1/#comment-5605 Susan Shay Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:29:03 +0000 http://www.bookendbabes.com/?p=1254#comment-5605 Your book sounds wonderful! My best advice was, "Don't marry someone you can live with. Only marry someone you can't live without." Oh. And, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Kind of covers it all. ;) Susan http://the-twisted-sisters.com Your book sounds wonderful! My best advice was, “Don’t marry someone you can live with. Only marry someone you can’t live without.”
Oh. And, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Kind of covers it all. ;)
Susan
http://the-twisted-sisters.com

]]> By: Beth Hoffman http://www.bookendbabes.com/2009/10/05/girlfriend-and-debut-author-marilyn-brant/comment-page-1/#comment-5601 Beth Hoffman Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:53:50 +0000 http://www.bookendbabes.com/?p=1254#comment-5601 Best love advice I've ever received was from "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran. "...if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor..." I'm going to buy Marilyn's book. It's right up my alley. Congrats and applause and warm wishes for her success! Best love advice I’ve ever received was from “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran. “…if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor…”

I’m going to buy Marilyn’s book. It’s right up my alley. Congrats and applause and warm wishes for her success!

]]> By: Kari http://www.bookendbabes.com/2009/10/05/girlfriend-and-debut-author-marilyn-brant/comment-page-1/#comment-5600 Kari Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:54:13 +0000 http://www.bookendbabes.com/?p=1254#comment-5600 My mom sent me an Ann Landers clipping my sophmore year in college when I was dating a guy who wasn't treating me very well, but I had also captured the attention of another young man who seemed to be bending over backwards to be with me and make me happy. This article is what made me realize what I had with man #2 was so much better, and exactly what love was meant to be like. I decided to date him, and today, we've been married for 16 years! Love vs. infatuation: Infatuation is instant desire. It is one set of glands calling to another. Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time. Infatuation is marked by a feeling of insecurity. You are excited and eager, but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and places about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely. It might spoil the dream. Love is quiet understanding and the mature acceptance of imperfection. It is real. It gives you strength and grows beyond you to bolster your beloved. You are warmed by his/her presence even when he/she is away. Miles do not separate you. You want him/her nearer, but near or far, you know he/she is yours and you can wait. Infatuation says, "We must get married right away! I can't risk losing you!" Love says, "Be patient. Do not panic. Plan your future with confidence." Infatuation has an element of sexual excitement. Whenever you are together, you hope it will end in intimacy. Love is the maturation of friendship. You must be friends before you can be lovers. Infatuation lacks confidence. When he/she is away you wonder if he/she is cheating. Sometimes you check. Love means trust. You are calm, secure and unthreatened. Your beloved feels that also and that makes them even more trustworthy. Infatuation might lead you to do things you will regret later, but love never will. Love is elevating. It makes you look up. It makes you think up. It lifts you up. It makes you a better person. --Ann Landers My mom sent me an Ann Landers clipping my sophmore year in college when I was dating a guy who wasn’t treating me very well, but I had also captured the attention of another young man who seemed to be bending over backwards to be with me and make me happy. This article is what made me realize what I had with man #2 was so much better, and exactly what love was meant to be like. I decided to date him, and today, we’ve been married for 16 years!

Love vs. infatuation:
Infatuation is instant desire. It is one set of glands calling to another.
Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time.

Infatuation is marked by a feeling of insecurity. You are excited and eager, but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and places about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely.

It might spoil the dream.

Love is quiet understanding and the mature acceptance of imperfection. It is real. It gives you strength and grows beyond you to bolster your beloved. You are warmed by his/her presence even when he/she is away. Miles do not separate you. You want him/her nearer, but near or far, you know he/she is yours and you can wait.

Infatuation says, “We must get married right away! I can’t risk losing you!”
Love says, “Be patient. Do not panic. Plan your future with confidence.”

Infatuation has an element of sexual excitement. Whenever you are together, you hope it will end in intimacy.
Love is the maturation of friendship. You must be friends before you can be lovers.

Infatuation lacks confidence. When he/she is away you wonder if he/she is cheating. Sometimes you check.

Love means trust. You are calm, secure and unthreatened. Your beloved feels that also and that makes them even more trustworthy.

Infatuation might lead you to do things you will regret later, but love never will.

Love is elevating. It makes you look up. It makes you think up. It lifts you up.

It makes you a better person.

–Ann Landers

]]> By: Julie http://www.bookendbabes.com/2009/10/05/girlfriend-and-debut-author-marilyn-brant/comment-page-1/#comment-5599 Julie Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:37:39 +0000 http://www.bookendbabes.com/?p=1254#comment-5599 I want to read this book so much! The best advice I received is "to marry your best friend." I want to read this book so much! The best advice I received is “to marry your best friend.”

]]> By: Donna Shepard http://www.bookendbabes.com/2009/10/05/girlfriend-and-debut-author-marilyn-brant/comment-page-1/#comment-5597 Donna Shepard Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:49:21 +0000 http://www.bookendbabes.com/?p=1254#comment-5597 The best advice i've receive about love " No guy is worth crying over" The best advice i’ve receive about love ” No guy is worth crying over”

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