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Portia's avatar

You're one of a kind, Chen. I'm in awe of your talent.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

"Thank you" doesn't begin to cover it, Portia.

I wonder whether I have one at all.

Yet this story, I do happen to like it, somehow

Huge thank you for sharing it

❤️🪄

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Larisa Rimerman's avatar

I liked your description of the couple's relationship. But never thought that a human being would imagine or pretend to be a piece of furniture. Very interesting.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Thank you, dear Larisa ❤️

(all the furniture is alive to me, in a way, as are other things; arrested development. Especially if to look long enough.

But the best pieces are alive right away)

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Larisa Rimerman's avatar

Is it frightening to you? Your story is interesting to me personally. In your story, the Jewish mother accepts a non-Jewish girl. In my experience, they never do.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

-nope, it's rather cool. like everything has its own character. All sorts of machines, I'm less fond of, because they look like they're after me:)

- I know many interesting couples. In my extended family as well.

Some are very successful. Granted it's not like I interviewed everybody, as per how things developed.

Depends on a mother, and whatnot.

❤️

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

The Mother’s eternal need to hold on…I will be a chair. Like Brel’s Ne me quitte pas:

Let me become

The shadow of your shadow

The shadow of your hand

The shadow of your dog

But

Don’t leave me

Don’t leave me

Don’t leave me

Don’t leave me

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

yes 🩵

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

oh, and thank you so much for the restack dear Paul💫

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Jed Moffitt's avatar

All we want in the end is to be seen and included. Just to be present and to share a portion with our friends.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

🤍💫

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

big thank you for the restack, dear Fotini

❤️

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Mahdi Meshkatee's avatar

Is Aronofsky reading this?:)

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

I had to google who's Aronofsky....unbelievable how uneducate I am, in most spheres of human knowledge

but it appears I was wrongly worried about who's reading:)

Thank you for the smile, Mahdi, it came so timely🤍💫

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