Please note this is not one of my usual maudlin depressed posts, I just genuinely don't understand and am genuinely bemused. I'm also open to (genuine) offers! :hihi:

I've just watched Frida, the biopic of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Even allowing for the fact that it was a Hollywood film, I felt drab and lifeless, sanding down my woodwork with blue paint dust in my hair, no Friday night chums to paint the town red, excluded and rejected from the friendships and social groups I thought I'd made due to prejudice against mental illness and a conformist group-mentality where passion and original thinking are not welcome.

Why I can't meet anyone that wants exciting times, with an open mind and a sense of adventure, who likes a strong woman with a wealth of wisdom and experience. I get rejected for the most vanilla reasons, and it would be easy to find superficial excuses, but Frida Kahlo was an intense and disturbed cripple with a monobrow and a moustache, and she managed to draw the most noteworthy men of her day. If she could do it why can't I?

I'm an artist, with a strong will, a fascinating soul and a fiery curiosity, but when I try to find kindred spirits people treat me like some sort of uberfreak and I always seem to turn into the misfit scapegoat. I want to have a grand love affair with an amazing spirit! Where can I meet people of the same species? :love:

Down South

Try Hebden Bridge,
There are more artists, vegans, Reki Healers, and Holistic therapists there than you can shake a stick at. :hihi:

Where do you go socially, what kind of things do you do with your spare time? Maybe you're not meeting the right like-minded poeple for you cos you're in the wrong places. I guess I'm lucky at uni because there are so many different ways to meet people but I joined a kind of art group and have met some fantastic interesting people that way. You can do the same elsewhere in Sheffield I'm sure (if you haven't already...)

I have found as I've got a bit older and moved on from home/college etc, certain friends drop off the radar but I see that as a blessing in disguise cos you find out who is really worth spending time and effort wth! You may not have been excluded for the reasons you've given though... It may just be that you've naturally drifted form each other. They could just be shallow people though, in which case it's worth making new friends and forgetting them.

Was it a good film though, I've always fancied watching it but never got round to it!

Try Hebden Bridge,
There are more artists, vegans, Reki Healers, and Holistic therapists there than you can shake a stick at. :hihi:

I agree with artisan, you need the right circle of friends so you have something in common, perhaps an advanced art class might help, fingers in as many pies as you can

Try Hebden Bridge,
There are more artists, vegans, Reki Healers, and Holistic therapists there than you can shake a stick at. :hihi:

http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/

Lookee here

Try Hebden Bridge,
There are more artists, vegans, Reki Healers, and Holistic therapists there than you can shake a stick at. :hihi:
An organic stick I hope!

Purdy already has the artistic ability, but I feel she may need to practice the starving anaemia look.

I'm surprised Jabbers hasn't yet responded to that title.:D :D

Where can I meet people of the same species?


How about Mexico? Or failing that probably California.

Does it have to be Bohemian ?

Does it have to be Bohemian ?

Sex, chocolate and vodka could be quite bohemian...:P

Who would like a mad passionate bohemian love affair?
:clap: ME! ME! ME! :clap:

Edit: Ah. Just read the OP :suspect:

Hang in there Purdy - I'm weird too, and it's what makes us special ;)
As you go through life you'll find out that people on the whole aren't worth bothering with - unless you're shallow

As you're not shallow, you'll meet alot of people who don't meet your expectations or who merely drop off along the way. It's them not you ;)

One day you'll find a bloke who can cope with it all (here's me making the assumption that it's a bloke you're hoping to fill the gap :rolleyes: ) and he'll be absolutely perfect forever :thumbsup:

Sex, chocolate and vodka could be quite bohemian...:P

Not alf ! :cool:

You have to look in the right place. No-one can tell you where that is.

I'm surprised Jabbers hasn't yet responded to that title.:D :D

Im resisting the urge.

Plus Im trying to remember how many Bohemians Ive shagged, if any.


Plus Im trying to work out exactly what a Bohemian is. Are they inflatable?


Ok I`ll stop and go away now.

Im resisting the urge.

Plus Im trying to remember how many Bohemians Ive shagged, if any.


Plus Im trying to work out exactly what a Bohemian is. Are they inflatable?


Ok I`ll stop and go away now.

Well its not everyday you come across a Bohemian is it ? What country do they come from ? :D

Ned Flanders parents are good examples of the Bohemian lifestyle.
Which explains his hang ups in life today.

Plus Im trying to work out exactly what a Bohemian is. Are they inflatable?I did a google images search....

... apparently it's either a font style, or it's a buxom woman with big earings and a bodice suitable for ripping :hihi:

I did a google images search....

... apparently it's either a font style, or it's a buxom woman with big earings and a bodice suitable for ripping :hihi:

Id attempt to make love to either.

Yes, even a font style.

the basic problem is few people are truly exceptional and lucky enough to lead fascinating interesting lives.

cinema have you believe that you too should lead a fascinating interesting life. sadly very few of us are either motivated or lucky enough to manage it

the basic problem is few people are truly exceptional and lucky enough to lead fascinating interesting lives.

cinema have you believe that you too should lead a fascinating interesting life. sadly very few of us are either motivated or lucky enough to manage it

Well, Jabbers seems to !! ;)

The term Bohemian was first used in the nineteenth century to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities. The bohemian lifestyle is often associated with cafés, coffeehouses, drug use (particularly opium), alcoholism, and absinthe. Bohemians were associated with unorthodox or antiestablishment political or social viewpoints, which were expressed through extramarital sexual relations and voluntary poverty.
What was it you were after Purdy? :shocked:

Well, Jabbers seems to !! ;)Gnnnyaaahhhh, there's a difference between flowering up life sat at your PC and going out and actually doing stuff :P

Gnnnyaaahhhh, there's a difference between flowering up life sat at your PC and going out and actually doing stuff :P

But I DO stuff all the time! For example, I had to decide on what colour socks to put on this morning. It was a choice between a black pair and a slightly older less black pair.

Bohemian or what!

But I DO stuff all the time! For example, I had to decide on what colour socks to put on this morning. It was a choice between a black pair and a slightly older less black pair.

Bohemian or what!

Told you Strix, a proper Bohemian ! ;)

But I DO stuff all the time! For example, I had to decide on what colour socks to put on this morning. It was a choice between a black pair and a slightly older less black pair.

Bohemian or what!
See Purdy? ;)

It's all about your own perception of who you are :hihi:

I once had to brush my teeth with a toothbrush that was slightly older than six months old.

Poverty, another Bohemian quality!

I pulled didnt I...? Im Purdys perfect Bohemian!

What was it you were after Purdy? :shocked:

How do I sign up?
:)

Well its not everyday you come across a Bohemian is it ? What country do they come from ?
according to wikipedia they are origanally from chezlovakia ( excuse spelling got no spell checker and still drunk from last night )


by the way pattricia like the new pic

Well its not everyday you come across a Bohemian is it ? What country do they come from ?
according to wikipedia they are origanally from chezlovakia ( excuse spelling got no spell checker and still drunk from last night )

by the way pattricia like the new pic

Kryten sounds quite exciting and bohemian - still drunk at 9.15 in the morning :cool: .

Yes pattricia, who IS that? She looks sort of familiar but I can't quite place her?

Kryten sounds quite exciting and bohemian - still drunk at 9.15 in the morning :cool: .

Yes pattricia, who IS that? She looks sort of familiar but I can't quite place her?

I's Nigela of course ;)

I's Nigela of course ;)

Yes, a change is as good as a rest !!! May be Marilyn Monroe next week, who knows. :cool:

Yes, a change is as good as a rest !!! May be Marilyn Monroe next week, who knows. :cool:

You've not been blonde before, have you? You know what they say about gentlemen and blondes, but how much more popular could you get? :love:

according to Salome it's Demi Moore

It looks like a painting I once saw of Lucretia Borgia. Surely not, Pat?

I'm assuming Purdy had an offer she just couldn't refuse, and is currently away on a passionate bohemian break - though we don't know who invited her on it yet ;)

Perhaps the new flat decor included a fantastic four poster, resplendent with drapes, in a boudoir fit for a bohemian princess (can you have one of those? :confused: ) ?

See you when you get back Purdy :wave:

according to Salome it's Demi Moore

No ,it's Nigela just been watching her on tv.

Texas. That's where it all is. I was watching this TV programme about individuals swapping lives and was soooo fascinated at the girl who led an interesting musical lifestyle in Texas. She lives, breathes art, music and sensations. :love: She swapped life with a chef who is that bit cynical, business focused and all the rest of it.

I think it's great, when life is like that. :)

Go down South! Or abroad. Aren't there like holidays retreats for artists and such likes? You may meet like-minded people that way? At least, it'll broaden your social circle and have interesting chats.

[Added] With no disrespect for the SF, but sometimes passionate posts on issues are just going to be swept up as feministic posts, and anti-men cos we don't follow the masses in our way of thinking, cos it ain't "normal". Well sod that for a rich tea biccie. :D

Lateral thinking and food for thoughts ALL the way! :love:

if by that you mean who would i give one, it would have to be natalie imbruglia.....:love: :love:

[Added] With no disrespect for the SF, but sometimes passionate posts on issues are just going to be swept up as feministic posts, and anti-men cos we don't follow the masses in our way of thinking, cos it ain't "normal". Well sod that for a rich tea biccie. :D Lateral thinking and food for thoughts ALL the way! :love:

Don't give up Bago, there are men out there who don't follow the herd and aren't pedestrian and everyday. The interesting ones are in great demand, hard to catch and keep and almost certainly aren't sitting at a PC telling strangers what they consider to be 'normal' behaviour :D

but surely the Bohemian approach as with Frida - does involve social interludes with people already in a relationship. by the very nature of most portrayed artists their lives inevitably were not confined to the social norm.

so why not try a fling with a "married" or "unavailable" person - then we'll see how Bohemian and artistic you really are.

you know where i am..........:D

but surely the Bohemian approach as with Frida - does involve social interludes with people already in a relationship. by the very nature of most portrayed artists their lives inevitably were not confined to the social norm. so why not try a fling with a "married" or "unavailable" person - then we'll see how Bohemian and artistic you really are. you know where i am..........:D

But are you passionate, wild and unconventional enough to appeal?

But are you passionate, wild and unconventional enough to appeal?

pm me and we'll see.!!!!!!!!!!!
is it unconventional to be involved with Bohemaians or is that getting too mainstream? - i forget what it said in Cosmo.

pm me and we'll see.!!!!!!!!!!!
is it unconventional to be involved with Bohemaians or is that getting too mainstream? - i forget what it said in Cosmo.

That's not still around is it? Are they still recycling the same old stories every few years? :)

Citing an old mag like Cosmo, won't prove your wild, passionate, unconventional and interesting credentials, I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you :rolleyes:

I think possibly the Bloomsbury Set are the epitome of the sort of people purdyamos is yearning to be amongst? Yes??

Well fancy discussing this at 8:15a.m. How Bohemian is that ruby.;)

I think possibly the Bloomsbury Set are the epitome of the sort of people purdyamos is yearning to be amongst? Yes??
Or maybe not. She'd need to be one of the idle rich, and get on with finding a wealthy gay man to marry. If he had artistic pretensions (a writer maybe?) that would help. As would a considerable age differential. And maybe a brother who was married to a lesbian. They'd all be so depressed that she'd not be able to compete.

I'm an artist. I'm wildly eccentric. I'm unattached. I'm hetero. Like I said before, just head south.

Well fancy discussing this at 8:15a.m. How Bohemian is that ruby.;)

If only ... I'm far too conventional and luxury loving to be a Bohemian, unfortunately :( Although the idea is appealing on grey days like this, I admit. Leaving your boring life and running away to somewhere warm and hectic with a gorgeous bit of rough .... if I was richer, I could be a sugar mommy.*goes off into a daydream* :hihi:

But Work is beckoning with an increasingly urgent finger ... :mad:

If only ... I'm far too conventional and luxury loving to be a Bohemian, unfortunately :( Although the idea is appealing on grey days like this, I admit. Leaving your boring life and running away to somewhere warm and hectic with a gorgeous bit of rough .... if I was richer, I could be a sugar mommy.*goes off into a daydream* :hihi:

But Work is beckoning with an increasingly urgent finger ... :mad:

Do you mean Daniel Craig ? :D

Do you mean Daniel Craig ? :D

You could hardly call him rough, he's just acting it ... you'd have to be able to look into my mind so see what I'm dreaming about ... ;)

But you don't need to worry, I'm not involving George .... :hihi:

You could hardly call him rough, he's just acting it ... you'd have to be able to look into my mind so see what I'm dreaming about ... ;)

But you don't need to worry, I'm not involving George .... :hihi:

Tell us then, before you go to work.Who is your bit of dream rough, ruby ?

Tell us then, before you go to work.Who is your bit of dream rough, ruby ?

He's a real person, although far from ordinary, and not really rough, so my telling you would serve no purpose.

He's a real person, although far from ordinary, and not really rough, so my telling you would serve no purpose.

O.k. Dont let me keep you from your work.(Wonder if its that electrician who came round to inspect her house ) :suspect:

It doesn't surprise me that you two girls have 12,585 posts between you, even as I write this it jumps to 12,586.

It doesn't surprise me that you two girls have 12,585 posts between you, even as I write this it jumps to 12,586.

Lol, SteveC - don't be misled by the banter between pattricia and myself ... we're just actors on the world stage ;) Most of it is just done for a laugh :cool:

For a while, I'm worried. My tin hat has been on for a bit now. :suspect:

Lol, SteveC - don't be misled by the banter between pattricia and myself ... we're just actors on the world stage ;) Most of it is just done for a laugh :cool:

Not misled Ruby, just have difficulty keeping up Lol. I can hardly keep my inbox clear, let alone respond to the posts.

Not misled Ruby, just have difficulty keeping up Lol. I can hardly keep my inbox clear, let alone respond to the posts.

lol I didn't think purdyamos would even be up yet, let alone having her eyes wide enough open to pm anyone ...:hihi:

Kryten sounds quite exciting and bohemian - still drunk at 9.15 in the morning .

Thanks ruby cheered me no end, Was still a little drunk at that time of morning cause sat in hot tub looking at stars drinking till 3.30 then had to get up at 6 to go to work.

sorry post late but been out for couple of days

Thanks ruby cheered me no end, Was still a little drunk at that time of morning cause sat in hot tub looking at stars drinking till 3.30 then had to get up at 6 to go to work.

sorry post late but been out for couple of days

Where on earth do you live? Sat in a hot tub looking at the stars? pah! why weren't we invited ...:P

Try Hebden Bridge,
There are more artists, vegans, Reki Healers, and Holistic therapists there than you can shake a stick at. :hihi:
Oi you! What's wrong with reiki healers? I come very highly commended you know :thumbsup: :hihi:

Oi you! What's wrong with reiki healers? I come very highly commended you know :thumbsup: :hihi:

The next time my reiki needs healing, you will be top of the list :thumbsup:

sorry ruby I sent you an invite it must have been lost into the ethernet

as for the tub its killing me am sat out till all hours but as the song says I`ll sleep when i`m dead lol

The next time my reiki needs healing, you will be top of the list :thumbsup:
I only treat the very privileged you know, so don't count your chickens :P

I only treat the very privileged you know, so don't count your chickens :P

Well, as underprivileged, downtrodden wretch, that rules me out. :cry:

Well, as underprivileged, downtrodden wretch, that rules me out. :cry:

Laughing at the vision of artisan as a downtrodden wretch ... yah! very believable :rolleyes:

So, has anyone had one yet? A Bohemian love affair that is?

I made love to a dead fox in a shed once, does that count?

Laughing at the vision of artisan as a downtrodden wretch ... yah! very believable :rolleyes:

I have been downtrodden a few times in my time.:(

Then I spend months plotting revenge.:cool:

Which I never take :hihi: , one day though they are all in for it. :thumbsup:

Bohemia? Intit called the Czech Republic now?

Laughing at the vision of artisan as a downtrodden wretch ... yah! very believable :rolleyes:

Trust me ruby, I've told him often enough. :) It was Maggie wot did it. I've offered to show him my manifesto on a number of occasions but I guess I'm not liberal enough for him.............gutted ! :hihi:

Where on earth do you live? Sat in a hot tub looking at the stars? pah! why weren't we invited ...:P

Who's "we" ? The whole of SF ? :shocked:

Originally Posted by rubydazzler
Where on earth do you live? Sat in a hot tub looking at the stars? pah! why weren't we invited ...

Who's "we" ? The whole of SF ?

bloomin heck the cues gonna stretch for miles, be quiet at the back you`ll wake the neighbours

Who's "we" ? The whole of SF ? :shocked:

Well ok then - I really meant just ME! The rest of you can angle for your own invites ... :hihi:

Ok, as we say online on forums..."please get a room" ! :hihi:
There, can I be more direct for you? ;)

Ok, as we say online on forums..."please get a room" !
There, can I be more direct for you?

steady on bago ruby and I are being platonic in another thread
we`re only dancing

I only meant the chatroom. :blush:

Gaaaawd, that went down like a lead balloon. lol...
It used to be quite funny on the Net... :help:

Bohemia? Intit called the Czech Republic now?
Bohemia forms the western part of the Czech Republic (around Prague); there is also Moravia to the east.

Well I must seem very rude to all the considerate people who posted on my thread only to be abandoned by the instigator! :blush:

I had a last minute forum Easter holiday to Bohemia (at least I think that's what the B in B & Q stands for...) catching up with friends, etc etc.

I've had a right giggle at the thread, I didn't want it to be deadly serious, just a flight of fancy. I had very bohemian flings when I was young, roaming about in alternative worlds. But as you get older and root yourself to the spot by buying white goods, it's more difficult to meet genuine free spirited people who aren't already joined up with their own kind. And fewer men look in the direction of females over 30.

The trouble is there are a lot of people who look alternative or unconventional, but they are just rigid and narrow minded in a different way. Someone the other day put it very well when he said that there are many "who talk a good cappuccino" but don't walk the walk, which I thought was a great way of putting it. My single biggest disappointment of recent years is the reality of life as a (mature) art student. I thought I'd meet kindred spirits. Instead I got closed-off conservative housewives with no interest in the world.

My tutor said to meet like minds I would have to go to one of the great art schools (yes, down south). But I'm settled in my groovy little pad now so I have to make the best of it. And even people who feel that they're 'out there' turn out to have bog standard normal family lives and I just don't speak that language. I'm not sure I'll ever meet someone from my own planet. It would be nice to meet a man that doesn't resent or fear strong intelligent women. But after last night I'm feeling ridiculously, smugly happy about not being tied down.

Bless ! :cool:

But after last night I'm feeling ridiculously, smugly happy about not being tied down.

Why? What happened last night? Interested minds wish to know ... *she says in the absence of redrobbo ...*

Why? What happened last night? Interested minds wish to know ... *she says in the absence of redrobbo ...*

I couldn't possibly say in public...

Ooh that'll get the gossips going. :hihi:

I couldn't possibly say in public...

Ooh that'll get the gossips going. :hihi:

Pm me then, and tell me . :cool: