| couch potatoes
Posted: 6/20/2009 7:08:18 AM | | hehe the nick is to say the least intresting. but the fact is if you have men folk neighbors around you and you are cutting your own grass and cleaning out your own garage then you have no gentelmen in your life. but the only time i get to be a computer potateoe is early in the moring. i take care of my aling mother ( 24/7) dont get days off and she is demanding. I also work 40 hours a week and dont get a break when i am at work. on top of that i am always working on someones car or my own or mowing the lawn. yes men are couch potatoes but most of us do earn our right to do so on sunday afternoon, unlike me. | |
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| couch potatoes
Posted: 6/20/2009 7:17:00 AM | rawfish40, that is sooo true!! LOL
Definition of a couch potato varies from person to person. I know men (and women) who can't sit still for a minute and some that consider getting off the couch to get another beer an olympic event!
I have high energy days where the last thing I want to turn on is the tv and other days when I look forward to curling up with a good book or movie. | |
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| couch potatoes
Posted: 6/20/2009 8:22:24 AM | I'm of the opinion that everyone over time builds a certain amount of energy to comfortably be released on occasion. How much energy a person has depends on their metabolism, their age, and the physical state of their body. Someone young who has a perfect skeleton and muscular system, a good appetite and is free of any ailments such as arthritis will be able to go pretty much non stop.
Older folks, on the other hand, tend to have an accumulation of old injuries to various parts of their bodies. They may also begin to feel arthritic or bursitis pains; these all causing them to be more inclined to sit things out.
After he turned 80 a media interviewer asked Cary Grant what the secret was to his longevity. "Don't do anything you don't want to do" he replied. | |
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| couch potatoes
Posted: 6/20/2009 9:01:35 AM | Everyone is different. And while our society right now is way more sedentary than is good for many of us, I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that most no longer do hard physical work as their main means of support.
We all like different things, too, and need different things. I like being outdoors, but I also have quite a few hobbies that are sedentary in nature. I love to read, play classical piano, write, sip coffee while people-watching, or just sit and think. I'm not a big TV-watcher, but I do love movies. And now that I think about it, my favorite outdoor activities are somewhat solitary as well. I love digging in the flowerbeds, hiking in the woods, or paddling around in a canoe, alone, or maybe with one other quiet person or a dog. Bliss!
Though my life has been constantly-on-the-go more than not, that's not the way I prefer it. It's actually mentally unhealthy for me to not have the quiet time.
However, I have friends and family members who literally have trouble sitting still, and I can see that someone like me bores them. I look at them and think they are depriving themselves of the life of the mind. 
I guess the key is finding someone different enough to challenge us a bit, while not so different they drive us crazy! | |
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| couch potatoes
Posted: 6/20/2009 9:38:07 AM | | I agree with op, but maybe I am more of a "computer" potato, with the couch and TV on the side. I work 10 hours shifts, doing a run/walk the whole 10 hours. That's enough exercise for me. Throw in the house, yard, kids, grocery shopping. Where would I have the time or energy or money these days, to go sailing? | |
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| saggy potatoes
Posted: 6/20/2009 7:48:00 PM | Some people actually are constantly doing something but I think you're right to smell a rat.
A highly active person says it as an up-front screen-out for less energtic types. Others might be putting in their profiles qualities they wish they had.
I'm curious (but not enough to research it), how many of these profiles also list the many interesting interests they're out busy doing. | |
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| couch potatoes
Posted: 6/20/2009 8:48:32 PM | Wonder how many people are doing sit ups and playing volleyball while they are on POF!! Seems POF Spells couch potato!!
Sherry | |
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| couch potatoes
Posted: 6/20/2009 9:01:01 PM | Well, I do what you do and when I come home I am happy to be reading or painting or meditating or doing something indoors... and lately and hopefully not for long hanging around in the forums...
Anyway, I was talking to some guys who said the same and when I went out on dates on dates with them I found out that they would like to be all that they say they want to be but they are not......................................................   | |
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| couch potatoes
Posted: 6/21/2009 11:44:48 AM | What's the point of relaxing if you can't be a couch potato sometimes? I'm tired when I get home from work, so I like to veg out in front of the TV or computer sometimes. There's nothing wrong with "sitting around". Not all of us have to be active every single minute of the day.
Besides, if I'm dating someone, sometimes I like to lounge around in bed all day with them, or watch movies all day, etc, just be lazy with each other. I can't stand dating someone who doesn't now how to relax. That just stresses me out. | |
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