Looking back, who was the person who stood beside you...?

My "better half"; he's been there through all my trials & tribulations, my good days and my EXTREMELY BAD..but he's never made me feel like I was less of a person for it. He's stuck by me through every tough time I've ever been through (the death of my dad), my alcoholic drug-induced "haze" that I went through over the course of 4 years, nervous and emotional breakdowns, EVERYTHING..

If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here right now writing this.

I don't know what I'd do without him, I'm forever in his debt. He has helped me see what a great person I can be, and helped me find the confidence that I never knew I had.

I love him so much. :)

I would argue that we can't actually detect whether someone is looking at us or not solely based on the person's eyes. We base our notion on whether the person is looking at us on other clues from the environment, personal cues, and our expectations of the situation. For example, if you are in a classroom surrounded by students, and the teacher looks at you while he or she is lecturing, it is very difficult to determine if the person is actually looking at you. There are instances, such as when you raise your hand, and the teacher turns his head in your direction that you may assume he or she is looking at you. Nevertheless, I'm sure even then we've all been in situations where teacher is actually addressing a person with his hand raised behind you. You expect that the teacher would be looking at you, since your brain presumes you are the only one with a question. One may consider the almost ubiquitous scenario of a cocktail party with a person staring in your direction from across the room. If you look back in the person's direction, he or she will likely react from your attention in a different way if, in fact, the person was looking at you. The person may blush, smile, turn away slightly, wave, etc, etc. If he or she wasn't actually looking at you, his or her gestures will not coincide with any actions performed by you, offering a good indication the person was/isn't looking at you. My point is that we receive other clues based on whether or not someone is looking at us. The person will likely react to us; his or her face may follow our movements. If a person is standing in front of you, looking at you, and you make a movement to a direction, the person's face, rather than eyes alone, will follow your movements. If the only clue a person has is the other person's eyes, aside from close up, it would be difficult or impossible to accurately determine focus of attention. Even as infants we take pleasure from looking at human faces. We've learned to recognize even very subtle cues from our obsession with the species. One last point I would like to make is that if you are the object of someone else's staring, your brain makes certain calculations to determine whether it is likely the person is looking at you. Consider an attractive female who notices a male of similar age looking in her direction. Compare that instance with the same attractive female who notices an elderly female looking in her direction. Obviously, she would find it more likely that the male is staring versus the grandma. The way I see it, it's all about environment, personal cues, and expectations. It will be interesting to see what other people think about this.

I am fortunate enough to have TWO people like that still living..ONE call and they are there for me..if i asked for anything at all I would have it within a day...but the friendships are not about money or things.....I love the answers ..most of them i see here...great question, extremely thoughtful!

Blue

My wife when I was arrested for possession. She always told me I could tell her anything and I didn't when I should have. But she stuck by me and helped me out big time

The same one who hurts me the most!

My mother, she loves me unconditionally,

accepts me for the liberal free spirit I am,

backs me %100,

and is my number one fan.

She is my rock, my salvation, my inspiration....and I, I am so very fortunate.

My wife. She has an endless supply of forgiveness which I don't think I deserve.

My mom. I could cry just thinking about how much I love her.

My Wife, She was my best friend and my Partner in all we did.

my Grandpap, if I turn out to be half the man he is I'll be damn lucky