I don't wanna
 

(stomping feet) I don't wanna go outside, I don't wanna do the things on my list, I don't wanna take a shower, I don't wanna talk on the phone, I don't wanna answer the door, I don't wanna answer some of my emails (just some), I don't wanna be nice. So there.

OK, I'm done now.

I just wait till I wanna then. . . and not a moment sooner (those days come too).

Amazing how life goes on in spite of that. ;)

Cherie

YEAH! I DON'T WANNA EITHER!!!

Whew..You're right. I feel much better now. :o

Are you 50 yet? After you turn 50, you don't have to do ANYTHING that you don't wanna, until and unless you wanna.

That is a rule I discovered when I turned 50. It applies, by natural law, to everyone over 50.

If you are not yet 50, the rule can also apply to you by my special legal dispensation. I hereby grant that dispensation in perpetuity to anyone reading this message who places a proper request for it. The request consists of saying to yourself three times, "I don't wanna!"

There. Now, no one here has to do anything they don't wanna!

If anyone in your life doesn't like my law, tell them to sue me.

This natural law (for those over 50) and Nancy's special dispensation (for those under 50) are based on principles of personal and public health. Health is increased by not doing anything you don't wanna.

Nancy T.

:hug: Me neither!

Confession time: I've even skipped church since May because they are meeting in the old building while they update/renovate the "new" one. The old one has no...I repeat NO A/C or fans! Not good when heat gives the "MonSter" its power over me.

I don't wanna either sometimes. It happens. Sometimes you just need to take it easy, who knows why, but it does happen. I am in the over 50 crowd and a single mom. Sometimes days are nonstop, and sometimes you just have to stop.

Maybe tomorrow will be a better day for you. If not, then the next day!

It was a really crummy day down here in big apple country! Just so sad and somber!!! If you had this weather up there, I can't say I blame you!!

Me neither. But I thought I might have started to become lazy. But really it is because it all makes me so exhausted and in pain and sometimes I JUST DON'T WANNA.


whew thanks for lettting me get that out.

Missy

I don't wanna either and I'M NOT GONNA! So there, LOL. :D

Literally laughing out loud! :D

Haha! Blessings, why don't we make up some "Sorry, can't make it" cards using some of NancyT's legalese? That would really do the trick to help folks understand!

Maybe we could even simplify by adding possible reasons with a box next to each that we could just checkmark:

• Can't make it cause something has come up: my naptime!
  
• Can't make it cause I'm low on spoons that day.
  
• Can't make it cause I broke a nail and have a manicure appt.
  
• Can't make it because of a family illness: MINE!!!
  
• Can't make it CAUSE I DON'T WANNA!

I looove the checkbox-on-the-card, Rochelle! That would make it so easy and so official. Show firmness and (hopefully) get laughs at the same time.

I mean, that's SERIOUSLY a REALLY good idea.

I especially like the "something has come up: my naptime!"

Nancy T.

May I be a member of this club? I promise "I don't Wanna, Too".......and....I'm way over 50..;)

I move to accept SallyC as a member of the I Don't Wanna Club (even though I'm not the president, Lol!). Anyone wanna second that motion?

I'll second that motion, but I don't wanna!!

All in favor say "Aye." Those opposed are asked to go jump in the lake -- whether or not they Wanna! :D

The "I Don't Wanna" Club can have its official meetings at Camp Anawanna in Pennsylvania (a Boy Scout camp; they're always doing good deeds, so I'm sure they'll let us camp there for free).

(Anyone who had kids & cable in the 1990s probably remembers "Camp Anawanna" of the Nickelodeon sitcom "Salute Your Shorts.")

Anawanna go to bed!

[Thirty seconds pass...]

NOW awanna go to bed.

Goodnight. :grouphug:

Nancy T.

hush get up and get that carp done now lol

its weird, feel guilty if I dont do anything, even though deep inside i really didnt want to do anything

and when i fail and do something i always over do it and wonder what am i suppose to do

[quote=Nancy T;317482]The "I Don't Wanna" Club can have its official meetings at Camp Anawanna in Pennsylvania (a Boy Scout camp; they're always doing good deeds, so I'm sure they'll let us camp there for free).

(Anyone who had kids & cable in the 1990s probably remembers "Camp Anawanna" of the Nickelodeon sitcom "Salute Your Shorts.")

Anawanna go to bed!

[Thirty seconds pass...]

NOW awanna go to bed.

Goodnight. :grouphug:

I remember that show (thought "Anawanna" sounded familiar)~ My kids watched it often..It was funny! I'm so glad you said that, though..Otherwise I would've been up all night trying to remember where I heard that name before :rolleyes:..

As I got older (almost 53) realize I don't have to hold the universe together (except sometimes for my kids if needed) Whew, what a relief.

feeling good about being older and being in the "I DON'T WANNA CLUB.I received this today in an email, thought about this posting that I saw last night. Enjoy the read...


Old Age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. I would
never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, and my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter
belly. As I've aged, I've become most kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my
own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that
silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avant garde on my patio. I am entitled to a
treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and if I, wish I will walk the
beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with
abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I
eventually remember the important things…

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken…
But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is
pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful
laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have
died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't
question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become.
I am not going to live forever (in this system of things anyway), but while I am still here I will not
waste time lamenting about what could have been or worrying about what will be. I shall eat
dessert every single day (If I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER!

FRIENDS FOREVER!

Exactly right! I came to the same realization. The world will go on even if I spend the day on the couch, and it won't miss me, yay!!:D