NationStates Jolt Archive


Love notes!

Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:10
Bas,
I love you more than I ever thought was possible. Thank you for everything you've done, and thank you for being part of my life. I wish I could get a HUGE megaphone and just yell to the world how much I care about you, but this forum will have to do... So I love you, and even after just over one year together, I know I want to be with you forever. I love you!
Love,
Lush


Now it's your turn! Everyone leave a little love note to someone you care about...a significant other, a friend, a parent, a pet, even yourself! Let's get the love back in this forum!
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 03:14
:D

Lush, you're the love of my life and the only one for me. You're my angel and I fall in love with you more and more every day. I thank God for blessing me with such a wonderful person as yourself. :D <3
BLARGistania
06-11-2004, 03:16
look at these two go at it :)

Live long and happy.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:17
Awww, thanks Blarg!

*Grin*
Unfree People
06-11-2004, 03:20
Awwwwwwwwww, it's Lush and Bas! You guys are so incredibly sweet that you renew my hope in humanity.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:24
UP!!! It's been, like, forever! Okay, my turn for another love note...

UP,
How I've missed you! I remember our wonderful times on IRC, and how...ahem...wonderful *or not* your roommate was last year. I hope for your sake you've found someone more fun! I LOVE YOU, GIRLY!

Love,
Lush

Who's next?! Come on everyone! I'm sure you've got some love in your hearts somewhere! ;)
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 03:26
Awwwwwwwwww, it's Lush and Bas! You guys are so incredibly sweet that you renew my hope in humanity.
Awww....thanks UP. How're you doing? :)
Katganistan
06-11-2004, 03:29
BAS! LUSH!!!!!!!


*hug hug hug hug hug hug hug!!!!*


Missed you guys! What is up? :) How are ya?
Ita
06-11-2004, 03:29
Kelsey you are the perfection i never thought i would find. I love you with all of my heart. You make my being here worth all of the trouble it has caused. You are my shelter in the storm,, my hope and my dreams. I love you. :fluffle:
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 03:30
Heyas Kat! *HUG!* :) Been ok, decided to check out NS. Not super involved. How are you? :)
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:33
KAT KAT KAT KAT KAT!!!!

Love note time!

Kat,
So close, yet so far away. Actually, I though I saw you on the metro once, but I was too scared to say hi to some random stranger...You and Carter always make me so happy! How's things with the boy...and why no love note to him on a love note thread? JEEZ!!! I LOVE YOU KAT!!!

Love,
Susan

There we are, Ita has the right idea. Keep it up kiddies :-D
Elanium
06-11-2004, 03:33
You guys are all awesome; I can only begin to wish that something as beautiful as your love for each other was somewhere in my life. Good luck in the future Lush and Bas.


Fierce
Katganistan
06-11-2004, 03:33
I know this will come as a shock to absolutely NOBODY in #nationstates_general or the Mods but I am crazy in love with Carterway. He's sexy, talented, funny, smart and even more adventurous than I am. :) I'm looking forward to discovering that amazing adventure called life, with him at my side.

:fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 03:36
Awww....everyone is so cute when they're in love. ^.^

Oh...and Lush...
>_>
<_<
>_>
:fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

;)
Unfree People
06-11-2004, 03:36
Heya Lush and Bas :D *big huggles*

I'm not in love with anyone, don't have any desire to be in a relationship, but there's a few guys out there I like and am thinking of... ;)
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:36
Thank you Elanium...and don't worry, I have no doubt in my mind that someday you'll find something wonderful, it's just a matter of being patient :)

Hold on Kat! You're in LOVE?! With...CARTERWAY?!?!?!?! Wowsa... ;)
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:38
Awww....everyone is so cute when they're in love. ^.^

Oh...and Lush...
>_>
<_<
>_>
:fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

;)

Ooo... *Blush*

Don't forget you guys, this isn't just for a significant other...Leave some love for your friends! Or for yourself! Just think love! <3
Katganistan
06-11-2004, 03:39
Actually, I though I saw you on the metro once, but I was too scared to say hi to some random stranger...

I'm rarely on the metro -- who can tell though, might have been when I was down. LOL generally I have a honking big black camera bag with me when I'm playing tourist.

Guess where I'm spending turkey-day weekend? ;)


*hugs Lush and Bas*
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 03:40
Heya Lush and Bas :D *big huggles*

I'm not in love with anyone, don't have any desire to be in a relationship, but there's a few guys out there I like and am thinking of... ;)
Good luck with that UP! :) Hey...weren't you sorta going out with someone on here? On IRC? My memorary fails me right now, heh.

And you and Kat are m0d0r0z now? :eek: *Hides!* Don't m0d0r0z me!!

;) :p

Belated, I'm sure, congrats on that you two. :)
Elanium
06-11-2004, 03:43
Thanks Lush, I genuinely hope for the same. I have a couple of gals in mind, but I'm somewhat afraid to address them.

Such is the life I suppose.

UP, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:44
Poooo! I'm going home to Chicago, then to Minnesota to see my dad for Thanksgiving...Kat, I'm going to end up missing you again! Let me know when you're in the area some other time and we'll HAVE to get together! And I'll get Bas' butt up here too so you and Carter and Bas and I can double date! Haha...That kinda makes me sound like a loser...but oh well! I am!

*OMG HUUUUUUUUGZ0RZ T3H KAT*
Ita
06-11-2004, 03:46
Thanks Lush, I genuinely hope for the same. I have a couple of gals in mind, but I'm somewhat afraid to address them.

Such is the life I suppose.

UP, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?

Man just go up to them and start talking to them. Chicks dig confedence. You'll knock'm dead.

You can do it.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:46
I have a couple of gals in mind, but I'm somewhat afraid to address them.


NEVER EVER BE AFRAID. Always tell someone how you feel, because if you don't, you'll just end up regretting it. If she likes you, then YAY! You'll be glad you did it. If she doesn't...there's something wrong with her. She probably is a zombie or something. So I wouldn't worry, no loss on your part. :)
Carterway
06-11-2004, 03:49
What can I say, except that before I met Kat, it was a scary thought to think I would spend my whole life with someone else.

Now it is scary to consider not spending my life with her.

So guess what? You're stuck with me, Kat me love, for a long, long time. :-D

Love you Kat!
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 03:50
Awww...that was sweet. :)
Ita
06-11-2004, 03:51
NEVER EVER BE AFRAID. Always tell someone how you feel, because if you don't, you'll just end up regretting it. If she likes you, then YAY! You'll be glad you did it. If she doesn't...there's something wrong with her. She probably is a zombie or something. So I wouldn't worry, no loss on your part. :)

Zombie where? /hids under pillow/
Elanium
06-11-2004, 03:51
My biggest fear is that she won't percieve me the way I percieve her.
Contrary to my image, I really enjoy fierce and passionate girls, not to be confused with the ones that always hang on you.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:52
Awww, Carter! You two remind me of Bas and I, only with a couple more years of being a couple. I hope down the road we're still mushy and sickeningly sweet like you guys are :)
Ita
06-11-2004, 03:53
To the peoples in this post

I love you guys. I've only known you for a couple of post but i already like you all. I love you guys....can i have a budwiser?
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 03:55
*Loves everyone too*

I love you too, Ita, despite knowing nothing about you. ;)
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:56
My biggest fear is that she won't percieve me the way I percieve her.
Contrary to my image, I really enjoy fierce and passionate girls, not to be confused with the ones that always hang on you.

Understood, and well said. But in all seriousness, you'll never know until you ask. Bas and I have talked about it before, and he's the one who made his feelings known first...and he said he was scared as *poop* to tell me, but obviously it turned out well. And if she doesn't reciprocate? It'll sting, but that just means that she isn't the right person, and there is someone far better out there. One of my favorite quotes of all time... "NO DAY BUT TODAY" Live it. Be it. And you'll find a world of difference.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 03:57
To the peoples in this post

I love you guys. I've only known you for a couple of post but i already like you all. I love you guys....can i have a budwiser?

I'll need to see some ID first ;)
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 03:58
Smart words from Lush. Looks like on top of being great looking, she's got smarts too. ;)
Ita
06-11-2004, 03:59
I'll need to see some ID first ;)
ahhh shut down. Well guess i'll just have to go play with the zombie. ;)
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:00
ahhh shut down. Well guess i'll just have to go play with the zombie. ;)

That's what I thought ;) Oh, and careful, it bites.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:01
Smart words from Lush. Looks like on top of being great looking, she's got smarts too. ;)

*Blush* Nuh-uh!
Seshoujin
06-11-2004, 04:01
Zoe.
I told you how I felt. I told you that from the moment I saw you that grey September evening, that I had fallen in love with you.
A permanent love, that is NEVER going to go away. I poured out my heart, right in front of you. I let my emotions loose, bared myself for your rejection.
How great would it have been if you had said yes?
You're the most perfect girl in the world, I don't deserve you, but I can still dream...

Still.... Would've been nice if you'd TOLD me you were a lesbian... :headbang:
SR
06-11-2004, 04:01
Awww, what a nice thread.
Almost makes me want to leave a note.
Almost.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:02
... :(

*Hugs Seshoujin*

And SR. That almost makes me think you're cool.
Almost.
Seshoujin
06-11-2004, 04:03
... :(

*Hugs Seshoujin*

And SR. That almost makes me think you're cool.
Almost.

Thanks Lush, I thought I'd mention that little bit at the end... lighten the mood y'know? lol
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:05
Nothing wrong with lightening the mood...though I didn't really know it was dark to begin with...

*Dims the lights*

There you go, give it another try ;)
Ita
06-11-2004, 04:06
I love you zombie. You may only want to munch on my brains but i know you care for me. I love the way your always following me around. It makes me feel so protected. Zombie Since i've met you i've known life in every step. I'll give you my heart zombie, if only for a snack.
Unfree People
06-11-2004, 04:07
Good luck with that UP! :) Hey...weren't you sorta going out with someone on here? On IRC? My memorary fails me right now, heh.

And you and Kat are m0d0r0z now? :eek: *Hides!* Don't m0d0r0z me!!

;) :p

Belated, I'm sure, congrats on that you two. :)Aww, thanks. It's more headache than it's worth, but thanks :p

Going out, no, definitely not. Do I like a few guys a bit? Maybe ;)

UP, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?Ack, it's true! I confess! I am a closet homosexual!

:p
Seshoujin
06-11-2004, 04:07
lol, thanks ;)

Katerina.
Two short months.
Two short months of bliss, I wish we'd had more time to be together, miles apart never served me well I guess...
I understand why you finished with me, and it was nice that you said we could still be friends...

So... Do you mind replying to me once in a while? :headbang:
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:08
I love zombie. You may only want to munch on my brains but i know you care for me. I love the way your always folling me around. It makes me feel so protected. Zombie Since i've met you i've known life in every step. I'll give you my heart zombie, if only for a snack.

Awwww, it's true love! This is what the world needs more of *sigh* <3
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:08
lol, thanks ;)

Katerina.
Two short months.
Two short months of bliss, I wish we'd had more time to be together, miles apart never served me well I guess...
I understand why you finished with me, and it was nice that you said we could still be friends...

So... Do you mind replying to me once in a while? :headbang:

...

*Claps?*

*Hugs?*
Ita
06-11-2004, 04:09
Ack, it's true! I confess! I am a closet homosexual!

:p

Me too Me too. /starts crying/
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:11
Me too Me too. /starts crying/

*Paints rainbows and throws glitter*
Actually, there's something I've been meaning to tell everyone.

UP and I are...well, together. I can't hide it any longer, I'm so ashamed to have hidden it so long! *tear*
Katganistan
06-11-2004, 04:13
If this thread isn't becoming silly.... I don't know what silly is! :)
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:14
You love it Kat, and you know it!
Unfree People
06-11-2004, 04:20
UP and I are...well, together. I can't hide it any longer, I'm so ashamed to have hidden it so long! *tear*You weren't supposed to say that in public! What will Bas think???
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:21
You weren't supposed to say that in public! What will Bas think???

I know UP, I'm sorry, I just couldn't hide it any longer. And in all honesty...He'll think it's cool. He's a boy, remember? Boys like girls with girls *Shrug*
Ita
06-11-2004, 04:21
You weren't supposed to say that in public! What will Bas think???

all of you dispicable people better stay away from my zombie. IT loves me and no one else. ;)
The Basenji
06-11-2004, 04:23
You weren't supposed to say that in public! What will Bas think???
Bas thinks it's GOOOOOOOOD :eek: ;) :fluffle: :p
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:23
*Pokes Ita's zombie*
Unfree People
06-11-2004, 04:24
all of you dispicable people better stay away from my zombie. IT loves me and no one else. ;)
I have a written declaration of love from said zombie. Better watch out...!
Ita
06-11-2004, 04:36
I have a written declaration of love from said zombie. Better watch out...!

Whyyyyyyy. Why zombie why. Why do this to me. I let you knaw on my arm. What were thinking... Ahhh i can't stay mad at you. Look at that face. I love you zombie.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 04:48
Awww, nothing can come between true love :)
Ita
06-11-2004, 05:01
I'm not feeling so good. I don't kn../collapse on the floor./.........../gets up/ yay i'm zombie. I'm kinda hungry. Come here lush. I won't bite. too hard.
Lusheria
06-11-2004, 21:03
A love tap! Otherwise known as....BUMP!
Myrth
06-11-2004, 21:40
I hate you all.
Lusheria
07-11-2004, 03:44
We love you too. Turd.
Myrth
07-11-2004, 03:47
Bah.

*stab*
Ulrichland
07-11-2004, 03:51
So much love and hugging in one thread...

Reminds me, I need to go to bed now.

Alone. Again :(

*sniff*

Noone loves me...
Sdaeriji
07-11-2004, 03:51
I hate you all.

Yeah, no one likes you. It must suck to be you.:)
Sdaeriji
07-11-2004, 03:52
I have a written declaration of love from said zombie. Better watch out...!

I heart Unfree!
Shaed
07-11-2004, 07:01
Yeah, no one likes you. It must suck to be you.:)

Man, what about all us naive, innocent girls who keep falling for evil guys? We like Myrth.

Well, I *say* 'we'... apparently I'm some sort of crazy minority of one.

...


Anyway, I shouldn't really be posting here, because love notes are bad, bad things in my world.

*flees before bad stuff happens*
Merridonia
07-11-2004, 07:18
I love more people than it is thought I do, and some of them I really oughtn't, but do anyway, despite the futility in doing so.

That'll do.

--CM
Sdaeriji
07-11-2004, 07:18
Man, what about all us naive, innocent girls who keep falling for evil guys? We like Myrth.

Well, I *say* 'we'... apparently I'm some sort of crazy minority of one.

...


Anyway, I shouldn't really be posting here, because love notes are bad, bad things in my world.

*flees before bad stuff happens*

I heart Shaed!
Shaed
07-11-2004, 07:31
I heart Shaed!

Awwwwwwwww

thanks :p

Butbutbut... love is pain! Ahhhhh! *flees again*
Sdaeriji
07-11-2004, 07:32
Awwwwwwwww

thanks :p

Butbutbut... love is pain! Ahhhhh! *flees again*


Ah, another girl running away from me.
Merridonia
07-11-2004, 07:35
*Runs TO sdaeriji*
*And...*





*...offers to share some toast?*
Sdaeriji
07-11-2004, 07:39
*Runs TO sdaeriji*
*And...*





*...offers to share some toast?*

Because you spelled my name correctly, which apparently is a difficult task here, I will accept your toast. Thank you kindly.
Merridonia
07-11-2004, 07:40
Quite welcome. :D

*Ambles on her way again*
Shaed
07-11-2004, 07:42
Ah, another girl running away from me.

Well, it's not away from you, per se. It's just away from love/pain in general. It wasn't meant to be personal :(
New Exodus
07-11-2004, 08:00
Here's some love for the Queen of Crystal Ireland:

Stefini, you came to me in my darkest hour, and showed me the light again.
You came to me as Winter's chill froze my heart, and made it beat again.
You came to me when all my hope was dying, and brought me back to life.
So this Winter, I'll show you how much I love you.
Happy One Year Anniversary! (I know its early, but still...)

All my heart,

-Commander Michael
New Roan
07-11-2004, 08:12
Heh. You know who you are.

Love ya, MC.

~Al

Well, that's enough mushiness. *pushes New Exodus in direction of thread*
Katganistan
07-11-2004, 08:24
*Katganistan hugs the thread*

Aw, I LOVE Nationstates....
Sdaeriji
07-11-2004, 08:30
*Katganistan hugs the thread*

Aw, I LOVE Nationstates....

I heart Katganistan!
Andaluciae
07-11-2004, 08:31
I am a heartless bastard who hates people.
Myrth
07-11-2004, 14:22
I am a heartless bastard who hates people.

That's the spirit!
Superpower07
07-11-2004, 14:25
I am a heartless bastard who hates people.
I am a heartless bastard too! I hate Valentine's Day!
Seshoujin
07-11-2004, 14:39
Dear Sarah.
We had some fun times together. Hell, we had some great times together.
The first girl I said I loved...
We could always see eye-to-eye... shame you're other boyfriend didn't take well to me! :headbang:

Lol, I have kinda a sucky record with girls lol
New Exodus
07-11-2004, 19:00
Don't feel too bad, Seshoujin.

I had a sucky record for years.

Heh, my last ex was an old friend that I hadn't heard from in years. All of a sudden, I get a letter from her, which turned into daily phone calls. I went across the country to visit her, everything is going great, and then, I got the chance to move back to our old town. When I get there, I find that she's got her eye on some guy she met two weeks before I had moved in.

So, stuck in a strange land, no friends within 1000 miles, and the knowledge that I tripped at the proverbial finish line. Life sucked.

Six months later, the girl of my dreams sits down next to me and strikes up a conversation. A full year later, she and I are together so often that we could probably qualify as common law spouses (j/k).

The moral of the story is, just keep going, and I'm sure "the One" will show up.
Crystal Ireland
08-11-2004, 03:21
New Exodus forced me to see this (not that I minded) and I want to post too!!

My Love is Forever

I once lost a love
Over two years ago
But now I have found
My one true love
He's kind and nice
He loves me for me
And he is my love forever

We found each other
In a high school class
He'd lost his girl
I'd lost my heart
I'd found the one
I wanted to love
And we've been together ever since
------

Michael has a point. Right after my ex broke up with me, I was devestated. (I ended up being REALLY close to needing medication). My mom told me that there were other fish in the sea (I know it sounds lame) and about a few days later I met Michael in our Myth and Legends class in high school. ^_^ So "just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
Zincite
08-11-2004, 03:54
To my best friend The Average Preppy Girl, Except You're A Boy:

You are the awesomeness of all awesomeness. We've only known each other for fourteen months, but it feels like way longer. We've had hostilities over me crushing on people you hated, or when both of us were grounded and in a bitchy mood at school, but all in all our friendship has held together wonderfully - even when we both liked the same guy. (I'm sure that will never happen again, with our totally opposite tastes.) I hope we never stop having so much in common. As much as I complain about your attitude problem and shopping obsession, you wouldn't be you without them, just as I'm sure you don't mind my hippieness and obsessing quite as much a stranger might think. I thought I was in love you once. I was wrong about that as I wasn't in love with you, but I do love you and your presence in my life. Here's to hoping for a lifetime of friendship!

- The Would-Be Hippie Girl, Except I Came Forty Years Too Late
Sdaeriji
08-11-2004, 03:56
To my best friend The Average Preppy Girl, Except You're A Boy:

You are the awesomeness of all awesomeness. We've only known each other for fourteen months, but it feels like way longer. We've had hostilities over me crushing on people you hated, or when both of us were grounded and in a bitchy mood at school, but all in all our friendship has held together wonderfully - even when we both liked the same guy. (I'm sure that will never happen again, with our totally opposite tastes.) I hope we never stop having so much in common. As much as I complain about your attitude problem and shopping obsession, you wouldn't be you without them, just as I'm sure you don't mind my hippieness and obsessing quite as much a stranger might think. I thought I was in love you once. I was wrong about that as I wasn't in love with you, but I do love you and your presence in my life. Here's to hoping for a lifetime of friendship!

- The Would-Be Hippie Girl, Except I Came Forty Years Too Late

I heart Zincite!
Lusheria
08-11-2004, 04:25
That's the spirit!

Go home Merfy, no one asked you...oh, and....I HEART TEH MERF

...But I heart Bas more ;)
Sdaeriji
08-11-2004, 04:29
Go home Merfy, no one asked you...oh, and....I HEART TEH MERF

...But I heart Bas more ;)

I heart Lusheria! I heart everyone! Free love from Sdaeriji, limited time only!
Erastide
08-11-2004, 04:34
I heart cheese. :p

:fluffle: Costco for having a specialty cheese day yesterday. :D

Portobello Jack. Yummy!
Surmic
08-11-2004, 04:43
perfect for each other...just perfect. ;) ;)
Zincite
08-11-2004, 05:54
I heart Zincite!

LOL that's sweet, why?
Boyfriendia
08-11-2004, 06:02
I love you Liz!! Oops, I mean Athenopolis!!
You're the most beautiful and best girlfriend ever and I love you more every day. :fluffle:
Myrth
08-11-2004, 09:38
Go home Merfy, no one asked you...oh, and....I HEART TEH MERF

*smack*
Gidetisms
08-11-2004, 09:46
I love everyone....but that's cuz I'm crazy....
Erastide
08-11-2004, 10:13
First off, hugs to Myrth. Eventually he'll accept them. Either that or a huge group will force hugs on him. :p

Then a hug to Steph's daughter Holly, who's picture makes me smile whenever I see it. :fluffle: *cute lil baby*

Hugs to Gide! :)


And finally... huge hugs to Thom, Scott, Paul, Cisco, Noel, Gina, John, and Brian for being my Lem buddies. We're all Lem'uns together. :D
Gidetisms
08-11-2004, 10:16
ay I get hugs! I'm actually loved!

**cries**
Syllo
08-11-2004, 11:34
Hi evry1... i luv all of u's already, ur so sweet... but what i really wanna say is 2 Extinguishers even tho i don think u'll come onto this... wait 4 it... i love u... original i kno but i mean it and thats wat counts :) im thinkin of u

Neways 2 ne of my friends from popcorn pimps if u shud happen to come across this then i luv u 2 but i dont think many of u come onto the forums...
Syllo
08-11-2004, 11:40
Hey guys... i jus wanna say sumthin 2 Extinguishers even tho i dont think that he comes on here... wait 4 it... i love u... original i kno but i mean it and thats wat counts... and also theres a hello and i love u to ne 1 from legion of popcorn pimps who comes on here even tho i kno most of u dont...

luv yas, Silly
Syllo
08-11-2004, 11:42
oops... i didn mean 2 do that but i my computer stuffd up and i didn think i d submitted the 1st post... oh well i meant wat i said
Shaed
08-11-2004, 12:01
*smack*

Yay! I think I'm (maybe) the only person who's (perhaps) got away without physical punishment (or verbal abuse :p) for mentioning Myrth in a love note! :D

*flees before her luck runs out*




Tsk, so much fleeing on my part.
Refused Party Program
08-11-2004, 12:34
I love pie. (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=357894)
Shaed
08-11-2004, 12:37
I love pie. (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=357894)

eee! I heart RPP! (he saved me from the horrors of... what was it again? Chocolate cake?)
Refused Party Program
08-11-2004, 12:38
eee! I heart RPP! (he saved me from the horrors of... what was it again? Chocolate cake?)

Yes. Yes it was.

Getting through to just one person makes my effort worthwhile. I thank you.
Sdaeriji
08-11-2004, 13:29
LOL that's sweet, why?

I didn't know I needed reasons to love people here.