Why you should avoid Hawai'i...
Jan 5, 2004 | 4:33 am
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Why you should avoid Hawai'i...
I was sitting next to a man on a MEM-BNA flight (don't ask why I was in the middle of nowhere) when after noticing I was from Hawai'i (it's a good conversation starter) he proceeded to tell me about a prior marriage he had... to a Hawaiian girl. For that one reason, he has never returned to the islands before...
Ironically, there's an article in the HNL Advertiser today about that exact point:
So rule number one... if you piss someone off in the islands... make sure to either, a) don't come back or b) plastic surgery helps... or c) go to a different island
It's just a slow news day, alright?
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Ironically, there's an article in the HNL Advertiser today about that exact point:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">As much as you might want to avoid your ex after a divorce, remember this is an island.
Those places where you used to go, those friends you used to see at your favorite restaurants, well, you may have to decide who gets custody of your hangouts. Or just accept that running into your ex and old friends who might feel awkward about your divorce is just another price of paradise.
"It's challenging here," said Mitzi Gold, a psychologist and director of the Mars & Venus Counseling Center of Hawaii. "It's more incestuous here. It forces people to have to kind of deal with all these other people. You can't just run away and go to another city 20 miles away. You are going to run into them." </font>
Those places where you used to go, those friends you used to see at your favorite restaurants, well, you may have to decide who gets custody of your hangouts. Or just accept that running into your ex and old friends who might feel awkward about your divorce is just another price of paradise.
"It's challenging here," said Mitzi Gold, a psychologist and director of the Mars & Venus Counseling Center of Hawaii. "It's more incestuous here. It forces people to have to kind of deal with all these other people. You can't just run away and go to another city 20 miles away. You are going to run into them." </font>
It's just a slow news day, alright?
aloha
Jan 7, 2004 | 6:45 am
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my reason is slightly differnt as to "Why you should avoid Hawai'i..."
IMO, there are too many other places to travel to and experience in this world but once you've been to HI it is tough to pull yourself away and go someplace else!
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IMO, there are too many other places to travel to and experience in this world but once you've been to HI it is tough to pull yourself away and go someplace else!
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Jan 7, 2004 | 3:35 pm
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In a way, I have been avoiding Hawaii for the last 21 years for just that reason. There ARE so many places in this world to visit and I have seen alot of them over the last 21 years, but Hawaii is on my list of places that deserve to be repeated so I'll be there 2 weeks from tomorrow. My experience should prove to be very different from the last. Then I was a 20-something party girl interested in laying on the beach, getting tan and partying. Now my tastes are somewhat different, with interests in art, nature, different cultures, good food, etc. So, even though I've physically been to Hawaii before, the person that I've become has never been there. I would like to thank both of you for all of your help in this forum and the dining forum and in the NW forum. Without knowing it, you're really helping me make the most out of this trip. Thanks!
Jan 12, 2004 | 1:15 am
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Waal, it'd seem that Oahu could theoretically be big enough (from population), and certainly one spouse could live in Hilo and one in Kona on the big island. Maui is almost to the point where it's big enough, which would leave Kauai, Molokai and Lanai. Those are probably too small to share comfortably with an ex.