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AWeber Email Marketing Tips
Exciting Changes to the AWeber Affiliate Program
Our affiliates responded to the recent survey about the affiliate program with a lot of helpful feedback.
Your input was very helpful, and will allow us to better serve your needs. Thank you very much for responding!
Based on your feedback, we are happy to announce the following changes to the AWeber affiliate program:
- All commissions will be raised to 30%. This includes existing 1st tier commissions of 20%.
- Affiliate cookies will last 1 year instead of the previous 10 years.
- All affiliates will be paid once a month, on the first of every month.
- The minimum check payout will be $30.00 for US affiliates and $50.00 for affiliates not based in the US.
All of these changes will be effective on April 8th, 2009.
How Your Input Helped Our Decisions
We feel that your input is always very important. So the information you provided us in our last survey was instrumental in our decisions.
36.1% of you voted for the 1 year cookie.
23.6% of you voted to keep using the 10 year "lifetime" cookie as we have up until now.
However, since the remaining 40.4% of you voted for a cookie duration less than 1 year, we thought a happy medium would be the 1 year cookie.
Now, as for your feedback on our commission proposal of 30%, a commission hike of 30%, plus the removal of the second tier affiliate commissions was met with very strong approval. It was apparent that this change would be welcome, so we certainly are going to implement it.
With the rest of the changes to our affiliate program, we followed the same guidelines. We took your feedback and came up with the best possible changes based on that feedback.
Moving Forward…
As the months go by, look forward to many other exciting changes that will benefit your AWeber affiliate campaign.
We hope you enjoy the new changes to our program thus far. As always, if you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact us.
This should be an exciting year for all of us!
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57 Comments
Those are great changes! For people living outside The U.S, it?s great that you have taken PayPal as a way to receive commissions.Banks charge quite a lot for cashing in a check, so this will save us a lot of money and we will get our commissions a lot faster.2/26/2009 8:47 am
These changes are really very exciting.
I hope we can make some more sales now.
I would also suggest one month free trial offer for new customers who signs up.2/26/2009 8:49 am
Well it's too bad about the cookie. IMO whoever sells it should get the commission, and with people cookie stuffing cloakers it's way easy to make sure your cookie is set and the page isn't even visible…
So I could write a really compelling blog post about why you should use Aweber, get a bunch of people convinced and signing up, only to find out they had some cookie already. And it's way lame to ask people to clear their cookies every time you refer them somewhere..2/26/2009 9:03 am
You guys rock! How often to the merchants I promote RAISE my commissions? Like never…. Looking forward to bigger checks in the future. Thanks again for an awesome service.2/26/2009 9:48 am
I'm with Tim Linden on this one, as I completely agree with the comment he made. Not everyone who visits AWeber for the first time is going to purchase, majority of the time they'll be checking out the service, before possibily thinking about investing in it.
Something happens, and they are maybe offline for 2-3 months before they are really back into the swing of things. It could happen, and I know people this has happened too!
Anyway, they decide it's time to head back over to AWeber.com and see what's been happening and signup, so they can now start building their list. (This was influenced by a blog post including my affiliate link!)
…This is when the problem kicks in, and I'm 99.9% sure you all know what I'm about to say.
The person that has been offline for a period of time, would like to invest in AWeber through the link in the blog post. Now I'm not going to tell him to go clear his/her cookies just so I can get the sale! – You're almost begging them at this stage!
Now I'm not sure how many people completed the survey, but would you not rather go for something that is fair for all your affiliates?… That's what I'd have done at least!
Looking at it from a different angle, if you'd oly offered 1 Year, 6 Months and 1 Month for people to pick, how different would the results have been?
Most affiliate programmes I know of, give the credit to the last person who referred them. Maybe I'm seeing something different to others, but I would have thought something like that would be more appealing?!
I'm just a customer/affiliate at the end of the day!2/26/2009 9:49 am
I agree with Tim.
Affiliates, me included, run a mile from first cookie systems. Ask Michael Cheney – he decided to run a first affiliate system last year for his "Golden Thread" and had to reverse his decision.
First cookie systems cause a "one time promotion" to take place for NEW products if you're lucky. Once people have been cookied, there's absolutely no incentive for other affiliates to promote knowing the competition involved.
For instance, all it takes is for the big guns in the IM industry to promote Aweber ONCE and it's game over for everybody else for 12 months.
First cookie systems are bad for affiliates and bad for product owners which is why we don't use them. First cookie might work if you had a short term cookie, say 2 weeks, but other than that there's no point in anyone promoting for you.
You'd be wise to seriously reconsider your decision despite what people may have told you in a survey.
Also, I'm in the process of switching all my own self-hosted affiliate programs to 10-year latest cookies. People change their PCs every couple of years anyway, or have to re-install in that time, so it's not really ever a 10-year cookie. But it certainly is as you've said "lifetime", and affiliates like the idea of that.2/26/2009 10:29 am
I also agree with Tim and Mark that the last affiliate to refer someone should be getting the sale. After all, it's this affiliate who finally convinced the person to buy, so he/she should be getting the reward.
Also, it's great that the commission has been raised to 30%, but it's too bad about the second tier commissions. IMO, that was a great element of this affiliate program.2/26/2009 10:55 am
Great Adjustments guys.
A quick comment: Many times it takes a person a few times before they sign up for anything even if it is Free. In my 7 Years Experience I have found that these types of things Break even in the long run. You may think someone got a commission that you are entitled to only to find that you received one later that you were not entitled too. This 1 Year Plan makes the playing ground level for everyone who wants to play.
As a side note, usually it is the person who makes the biggest noise whos does the least work anyway.2/26/2009 1:56 pm
I liked raising he affiliate commission and Paypal as payment option. Abolishing 2nd tier is a bit of let down especially for those who have huge number of sub affiliates.
One needs to concentrate on selling now rather than generating an army of subafffiliates.2/26/2009 2:25 pm
Love the changes, love this service.2/26/2009 2:30 pm
Darn! I was fired up on reading the changes, and mentally considering my promotion strategy to my Lists – until I realised the implications of the 1 Year First Cookie.
I suggest you give people time / means to consider this problem and then conduct another survey.2/26/2009 3:00 pm
I can reflect on others comments here.
My concern is the one year cookie on a first time basis. This can kill it for smaller affiliates who want to promote a good product.
With bigger list owners able to do a fire and forget campaign, this may push others into promoting Get Response and other Autoresponders.
Personally I think this is a negative thing as for me Aweber is still the superior product and would prefer to promote something that delivers for my readers and members. But by us doing the work, others may well be picking up the benefit…
Time will tell of course, but as Frank mentioned earlier, it has led to many people going back on this type of first time promoting.
Great to see the Paypal option coming in though, I certainly applaud faster payout and direct rather than cashing cheques every month2/26/2009 3:28 pm
Thank you for all of the comments!
A couple of you have commented on the affiliate cookie as if this
is something we did not have before and have now added.
In reality, we've always cookied referrals in this way, and up until
these changes had used the 10-year "lifetime" cookie that nearly
one-fourth of affiliates voted to keep.
We've updated the post above to reflect this more accurately.
All in all, a shortened affiliate cookie, more commissions and bigger
check payments mean a considerable boost in your overall compensation
from AWeber.
You are an exceptional group of affiliates and we are glad you
are a part of the team.
Let's make this a great year!2/26/2009 4:06 pm
Really positive changes guys! Great to see you take the time to think about these things rather than just set & forget. It's what makes AWeber such an exceptional company.2/26/2009 5:53 pm
A 1 year cookie means you may as well forget AWeber commissions because there will be a very long queue in front of you even if you are the site owner that really made the sale.
Ad copy, support and pitch will have little to do with it, just get them to click once a lot and wait a year!
I'm not convinced this was a good idea.2/26/2009 8:31 pm
I would have to throw in my opinion about the cookies. I have no incentive promote Aweber if I have any data saying a launch or big promotion was already done.
I do like the Paypal, thank you.
Smart affiliates always have choices of suppliers.2/27/2009 12:04 am
Both changes raising affiliate commissions and adding paypal option are very nice and useful. One year cookie will also help real promoters get real sales.
That is really of great boost2/27/2009 12:08 am
Excellent.. !!! Thanks for an awesome affiliate program2/27/2009 5:51 am
These changes are highly welcomed and will definitely mean I get a significant increase in my monthly affiliate commission from Aweber.
This is why I LOVE Aweber and the guys at Customer Support.
You did it once again Ron!
Way to go!2/27/2009 9:50 am
Referring back to what Ron said above!?
"In reality, we?ve always cookied referrals in this way, and up until these changes had used the 10-year 'lifetime' cookie that nearly one-fourth of affiliates voted to keep."
Unless AWeber has made any changes yet, I have NEVER read anywhere on the site that you had a 10-year ?lifetime? cookie setup before? In fact, how many other affiliates knew that?
When the question in the survey was asked about the cookie length, WHY wasn?t it made clear then? An extra couple of words could have been added so that everyone knew if they picked it, it?d be the ?same? as before apparently?!
As was said, 40.4% of your affiliates voted AGAINST the 10-year cookie along with the 1 year cookie! While it?s not quite 50%, it?s still a majority of your affiliates!
"All in all, a shortened affiliate cookie, more commissions and bigger check payments mean a considerable boost in your overall compensation from AWeber."
That statement isn?t strictly true for everyone!? Let me break it down! ? So you?ve (Aweber) shortened the affiliate cookie from what it used to be, and I never had any idea about that, but it?s still a year! (12 months, 365.24219 days, I?ll not bother searching Google for the number of minutes!)
A whole year that some affiliates will be referring new people, but not getting the credit they are meant to because someone pointed them towards AWeber 9 months ago?! That?s just crazy!
So more commissions, but you?ve removed the 2nd tier program. Are affiliates really getting the best deal here, although I will say that with the PayPal option, it might make up for this! You say about bigger check payments, that might not be directly the case! As I already said, the 2nd tier affiliate program has been removed!
If anything, it?s not giving me a boost in overall compensation, but turning me away from the service completely. And that doesn?t just mean the affiliate side of things. Look, I?m not here moaning about the fact I could have referred people here and not got any credit for it. I?m all for looking after my subscribers, the money is something extra on top!
"You are an exceptional group of affiliates and we are glad you are a part of the team."
The way things are going, this groups of affiliates might just decide to go elsewhere, and decide not to be part of the team. The sale SHOULD go to the last referred affiliate!… Period!
Before anyone thinks I?m have a go at Ron I?m not, it just so happens being in the position he is with AWeber, he responded to the comments!2/27/2009 11:45 am
Once an affiliate refers you a customer will they get paid for life?2/27/2009 5:21 pm
I fully agree with all who had voted against the 1st affiliate cookie.
As Frank has aptly put it – it's "game over" for average guy for the next 12mths.
Definitely not a good incentive motivate affiliates to actively promote aweber.2/27/2009 10:08 pm
Very nice changes.2/28/2009 8:17 am
Now this will be even more interesting and fun to promote.
Thanks guy's, keep up with the great work and support.
I for one am always THRILLED to hear that I've just gotten a commission increase. Needless to say I don't get thrilled too often in that regard as more often than not merchants lower the rate or kill recurring… so thanks guys!
I'm with Tim and the others on the cookie issue though as it favors arbitragers instead of publishers who in the end do the real work of endorsing products.
So, Arbitrage Affiliate sends traffic direct from Google Adwords to Aweber and gets credit for the referal, despite the fact that in most cases the prospective client will do more research on the product before buying and ends up on a site like mine where there's a full product endorsement … but I won't get credit for making the referal.
Would prefer to see credit where credit is due.2/28/2009 12:20 pm
Very good! Fantastic with the paypal option and also the increase of 30% instead of 20% commissions on the first tier.2/28/2009 2:23 pm
Thanks again for all the care and effort you put into your affiliate program. Not many do.2/28/2009 6:07 pm
I also agree with Tim.
The last affiliate is the person who makes the sale and therefore the last affiliate should always receive the credit. In fact this has put me off promoting Aweber as I know my efforts are wasted.
In fact I can't think of any other program what supports first cookie, it's always last cookie.
Come on Aweber, you can see the opinion of most, make it last cookie and see more affiliates promote you.3/2/2009 9:57 am
Was first/last cookie part of the survey? Even if it was, I don't think affiliates gave it much thought… until now.
I also strongly suggest you use "last cookie wins". Purchasing aweber is not a quick decision – the choice of email service provider is a mission critical part of an internet marketing strategy and so a fair bit of research is required before a customer buys.
So the first link they hit is most likely not the one that affects their decision the most. "Last cookie" would seem more fair to all of us and is typical for membership affiliate programs as well.
In taking a closer look at your site, I'm also wondering about your toll free number – if people can order by phone then that is a "leak" for affiliates unless you have a way for the call center to identify a caller who has been referred by an affiliate. To solve this you could remove the display of the tel. numbers for affiliate referred visits, or put in a different phone number and handle those affiliate-referred calls differently.
So pls make it "last cookie" and remove the phone leaks.
You'll make more affiliate sales this way.3/2/2009 12:00 pm
It's not surprising that Aweber.com comes through once again with some great improvements including their affiliate program.
They seem to always be on the cutting edge when it involves service and products for their customers.3/3/2009 9:09 am
I am considering becoming an affiliate. Your affiliate sign up page still links a TOS that lists a 20 percen commission. When will a new TOS be linked to the sign up page?
If any current affiliates have any testimonials or advice to share, I'd love to hear them!
Thanks!3/3/2009 12:38 pm
Thank you very much for all of your input.
One could easily state a case for a first or last visit
cookie and the opinions regarding such are certainly valid.
Since the creation of our affiliate program, AWeber
has always employed the use of a first time visit cookie.
Any information regarding the way AWeber cookies their
affiliate referrals has always been readily available to our
affiliates via our knowledge base.
Per the results of our survey, we were able to
shorten the length of our affiliate cookie as well
as add some great additions to our affiliate program
that will enable our affiliates to reap greater
benefits for their promotion of AWeber Communications.
Thank you once again for your feedback, and as always,
your input is always welcome.
Yes, you earn a recurring commission for the entire duration of the purchaser's account.
Phone orders are extremely rare (less than 0.2% of all orders) and those
customers are always asked how they heard about AWeber so appropriate
credit can be given to the referring affiliate. Anyone on our customer
solutions team can assist you or your referred client with this at any
point – either upon initial sign up or afterward.
AWeber is built on the foundation of excellent customer support and removing
a toll free number, live chat, or other communication methods is far from
representing those qualities.
The changes to the affiliate program, when they take place on April 8th
of this year, will be updated within the affiliate TOS.
http://www.aweber.com/affiliate-agreement.htm3/3/2009 1:08 pm
This is becoming better and better, love this one. Thanks.3/4/2009 2:37 am
Although I welcome the change for Paypal. But the reason I signed up for the affiliate program was the 2-tier commission. So if the 2-tier will be phased out, that means I have to work harder to get a decent commission.
I would prefer rather built my down line ….now I can't retire early…bummer!!3/4/2009 3:34 pm
At last…3/6/2009 1:10 am
Very happy to hear this and will try to promote more
I see both sides of the one year/last referrer. I had never thought about the difference. I was at Aweber several times before I bought. I do not know who got my commision.
I do not think the first cookie is the fairest. I just thought I would weigh in along with almost all the comments you have gotten. I belong to another affiliate program that just had a significant reduction in the payout.3/18/2009 10:08 pm
I'll chime in here as a new affiliate and after reading through the previous posts, I still don't understand the defense Aweber's position on the first-cookie issue – it sounds like – "used to be 10 years, but now its only 1 year, so deal with it.."
I think in the long run there's a lot less incentive for affiliates to promote aweber if they may not get the sale because of a pre-existing cookie.
Basic common sense:
If I can't make the sale from my site, then I shouldn't get the commission.3/26/2009 7:37 pm
If I CAN make the sale, I SHOULD get the commission
That is an awesome change. I think I am not only goign to affiliate Aweber but signup myself now after reading the Aweber unleashed guide4/2/2009 6:38 am
It?s wondeful that the commission has been raised to 30% for the 1st tier, but it?s too "BAD" and "NOT FAIR" for abolishing 2nd tier commission especially for those who have huge number of sub-affiliates.4/8/2009 1:34 pm
Well, I have to say that there is good & bad change & these that have been taken are a combination of both.
I like #1 above but #2 & 3 is a different matter.
Lost commissions on both on those issues. I wonder if people really thought about what they where voting on.4/9/2009 10:35 am
I find these changes very encouraging without a doubt. Having had a few commission checks lost in the mail I am looking forward to receiving the commissions via Paypal instead. Strong move Aweber!5/15/2009 12:43 pm
There is a simple way to get around the 1 year cookie issue. Any affiliate worth their salt would know.6/3/2009 1:33 am
As for the 2nd tier issue, can any of you seriously say you make more with 2nd tier payments than you do the now increased difference in payouts?
My understanding is most affiliates make very few sales, so even if you have a legion of sub-affiliates, its unlikely many will get alot of sales if any.
I have recommended AWeber since the first time I begin helping beginners. I have yet to receive any commissions. This is not why I recommend AWeber.
I recommend it because it is the best in my opinion. That is always my first concern for those that I am helping.6/8/2009 6:45 pm
If you contact firstname.lastname@example.com with your affiliate ID as well as the information about the account that you feel you should have credit for, I would be more than happy to assist you.
I just need a little more info, and I will make sure you get proper credit for any sales you have made for us.
I look forward to helping you.6/9/2009 12:19 pm
Sorry if im bringing up an old thread, but I am very close to starting a big website project around email marketing, and linking to aweber through it.
I just stumbled across this page, and reading the above I absolutely agree with everybody that has stated their disagreement about the 1-year 'first visit' cookie. I Think this policy is absolute rubbish!
.. to the extent that I am now reconsidering whether I will put the time and resources into going ahead with this project, because I will probably not get the credit where I deserve!
Aweber – you are driving affiliates away using this 'first visit' policy. Im not sure how many of the people in your survey actually understood the implications of it.
Plus I have not seen the first cookie rule anywhere else to be honest – there is a reason why!
Not very happy about it at all.11/15/2010 10:26 pm
Info from a blog (not mine) summarizing the issue:
http://www.gobalakrishnan.com/first-cookie-affiliate-programs/11/15/2010 10:30 pm
I've been shopping around for a good autoresponder service for awhile now, and Aweber looks like a winner. I love that you have so many advanced tracking features and custom opt-in templates. The fact that you can earn an affiliate commission with the service makes it all the better. I'll definetly have to check it out.1/23/2011 3:12 pm
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Jayne ~ Thanks for letting us know! We'll check into it. In the meantime, if you run into that problem again, copying and pasting into a word processing program may solve it.9/23/2011 8:43 am
We're a group of volunteers and starting a new scheme in our community. Your web site offered us with valuable information to work on. You've done a formidable job and our entire community will be thankful to you.10/1/2011 11:00 pm
Is it available the paypal option to receive commisions?7/10/2013 12:30 pm
Mary – Not yet, but I'll re-pass the suggestion along.7/11/2013 9:21 am
Why is the Paypal payout option still not available? It's been over 4 years since this post was published. It's a real pain for non US citizens to get their money as cashing/depositing a US check is extremely expensive. Please do sth. about this!!!8/12/2013 8:53 am
I second Mary's and Matt's suggestion above (which is also the suggestion of most of your international affiliates).
I've been a long time affiliate as well as a customer of yours. Your service and aff program has been one of my few favorites.
However, as an international affiliate, I too would strongly (and kindly) request addition of either or both of the following payout options: Paypal or Wire Transfer.
We go through a lot of trouble trying to cash out foreign checks here, that usually take around 40 to 60 days to clear (plus significant bank fees), in addition to the trouble of having to wait at least 6 months should a mail check goes missing by mistake for whatever reason, in order to re-cut and re-issue it again, as per the rules.
Paypal or Direct Bank Wire Transfer… either of them would solve our problem and be of great help!
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What's the best way a guy can please you, Catie? Give us some tips... "I still haven't had a whole lot of experience, honestly. I'm only starting to figure out what my hot buttons are. My clit is definitely one of them! I like when guys kiss me a lot and finger me really soft to start, rubbing my mound in circles til I get really wet. I also love to get eaten out. Boys tell me all the time how sweet my cunny tastes and that really gets me going. One guy would put his cock slowly in me and then take it out, and then back in and out, over and over until it drove me wild. It made me cum so hard!" Catie is only a little bit of an exhibitionist...Cute girl Catie showed off her perky tits and smooth, pink pussy in the great outdoors for our Sept. '12 issue. Now she's back and hotter than ever, publicly teasing her deliciously hairless cunny and asshole for your jack-off pleasure. Do you like going down on guys too, Catie? "At first, I wasn't so sure [Laughs]. The first guy I was with didn't have the nicest cock and I wasn't even sure what I was doing, but luckily I've seen some pretty nice, hard dicks since then. And I've been with guys who are good at letting me know how I'm doing so I'm now officially a fan of the blow job! I just love the glazed-over look on their faces when I put their dicks in my mouth, and I've even gotten pretty good at deepthroating, too!"
Catie Minx
Catie, it looks like you're enjoying your break! "Yeah, it's summer vacation and I'm trying to spend as much time outside as possible so I can soak up the sun before the fall and winter come and it gets cold."
Do you like to get naked when you're outdoors? "If I can get away with it, I do. Especially when it's so hot out and I'm getting sweaty in my clothes. It feels good to take it all off and feel the breeze on your bare tits and pussy. Sometimes I'll get naked in my backyard when no one is home. But what I'd really like to do is go camping so I can get naked in the woods and skinny dip in a river. I just need to find a partner!"
Have you ever had sex outside? "No, but I'm dying to try it! It'd be perfect if I could do it on the camping trip. Then I could relax and not worry about getting caught."
For some people, getting caught is part of the fun of having sex outside. "Yeah, I can see why. But I guess I'm a goodie-goodie, and I would feel embarrassed if someone saw me. Plus I don't want to get arrested for indecent exposure or something. My parents would kill me! Maybe when I'm older I'll get more into being watched and the public sex thing, but for now I just want to try having sex outside before I try anything else more kinky."


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Lentil Salad with Tomatoes and Watercress
Leigh Beisch
Rinse lentils well, and simmer them gently to reduce splitting. Check for doneness after about 18 minutes.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups salad)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 208
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated fat: 1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1g
- Protein: 11g
- Carbohydrate: 31g
- Fiber: 8g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 3mg
- Sodium: 210mg
- Calcium: 86mg
- Vinaigrette:
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon minced capers, drained
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Salad:
- 1 1/3 cups petite green or brown lentils
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 cup finely chopped celery, with some leaves
- 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives, divided
- 4 cups trimmed watercress
- To prepare vinaigrette, whisk together all ingredients. Add salt and black pepper to taste.
- To prepare salad, combine 4 cups water, lentils, and bay leaves in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 18 to 20 minutes. Drain; discard bay leaves. Gently stir together lentils, celery, onion, parsley, and salt. Add tomatoes and 2 tablespoons chives. Drizzle with vinaigrette; toss gently to coat. Divide watercress evenly among 6 plates; top with 3/4 cup lentil mixture. Top with remaining 2 tablespoons chives.
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Kissing in Blue-Gray, c. 1920 via National Library of Norway on Flickr
Kissing in Blue-Gray, c. 1920 via National Library of Norway on Flickr
Soldiers and Sweethearts: London, England c. 1940 (via vintage everyday)
"This is the True Alliance", French Wartime Postcard, 1915 (via Poppies Pressed | Remembering the Great War in the Digital Age)
"Poppies Pressed is a student created Division III project at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Poppies Pressed aims to encourage the interpretation and accessibility of photographic media of the First World War in the digital age through the application of twenty-first century technologies to previously undigitized wartime media."
Nightclub Interaction, Paris 1949 (via The Passion of Former Days)
Fox Lake, 1961 by Grey Villet (via LIFE)
"California, 1950 - A soldier leans out of a train to kiss a woman goodbye." (via Retronaut)
France: September, 1944 (via LIFE)
Coup de Foudre: French Postcards c. 1920s (via Vintage Boutique)
Embrace, 1920s
Photobooth Kiss, 1953 (via)
Bacall and Bogart (via NoirWHALE)
Bert Williams and George Walker, date unknown via The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Miss Gabrielle Ray and Miss Craske, London c. Early 1900s (via)
Yesterday I wandered over to Antiques Garage in attempt to find some nifty photographs and/or postcards from the fist World War for a project I'm beginning work on for this coming Fall. Although not exactly what I was initially seeking, this Wartime postcard immediately caught my eye. Planning on scanning a higher resolution version soon enough.
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Hopelessly In Love5 Reviews
Yugi knows that Yami loves Anzu, but he can't give up his foolish hope of something more. Is his hope in vain or does his patience pay off? R and R! One shot! Dedicated to my friend and beta, Realm...
Title: Hopelessly in Love
Authoress: AshenWolf
Rating: Pg-13
Warnings: Slash. Don't like? Turn back now. If you flame me for slash, you will be ignored, so I guess you're welcome to flame.
Pairings: Yami/Yugi (main) and Yami/Anzu (side)
A Thank You and a Dedication: I'd liked to thank my good friend RealmOfDarkness (Paz) for always being there for me and encouraging me to write and publish my story. She was my beta and I dedicate this story to her. Thank You. Hiya Paz!
On with the show...
"Hopeless in Love"
Yugi Pov
Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer to where I Started
Chasing after you
I watch as you talk with her. "Her", that's all I can get my mind to say, for it goes into complete agony whenever I think of the way that she hangs all over you as if you're already hers. You're not, youre' supposed to be mine.
My stomach clenches unpleasantly as I see your glittering smile directed at her. Usually I would pay or do anything for your charming smile, but right now it's tainted with the likes of her. That vile thing that I shudder to think you love.
I wish things could change. I know they never will, since you've known of her existence she is all you talk above. Her 'cool blue' eyes, her short 'wavy brown' hair, the way her nose 'scrunches' ever so slightly when she smiles at you. Its tearing me up inside to watch, but I have to know. I have to know if you truly love her or if it's all an act.
The truth...the sad truth is that I do not want to see the truth. The truth is you're not acting, I can see it in your shimmering crimson eyes. But I'm desperate and I know even if you truly are in love with the hideous creature, I will always chase after you, even if I chase silently. Even if we are strictly platonic, I will always long for your touch, your eyes, your smile, and oh yes that first kiss.
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
She bats her eyelashes at you and you respond with one of your own loving glances and put your hand upon her cheek gently. I bite my lip as you both lean in and kiss, a gentle first kiss. I almost scream in anguish as you make the tender contact. You pull away after awhile and just stare into each other's eyes, before pulling into another more passionate kiss.
I know I should leave, but I can't bring myself too. Tears that I've held onto for many months finally begin to fall as I can no longer hide behind the façade that my mind has made up. Deep down I knew you weren't acting, but my foolish hopes wouldn't leave me even when I knew it was only my heart holding onto them.
I stood there for awhile more until my silent tears began to turn into louder sobs. I stared at you as you broke the kiss and looked my way, obviously having heard me. There was concern in your eyes and something else that I couldn't recognize as you looked my way.
Even though I was totally heart broken I still loved you and the concern made that love increase ten-fold, but the hurt was still there and hope now completely shattered. You just stared at me a moment and all I could do was stare back. I finally couldn't take it anymore, when 'Her' looked my way also. I turned around and ran out the door into the cold night.
Forgetting all I'm lacking
Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
You take all of me
I hear the door open with a small bang as you try and come after me. I ignore you even as you call my name. I keep on running until I made it a few blocks down the street and I listen as your melodic voice diminishes from my range of hearing. I still can hear you, but it is all but faded. I feel so empty and unloved.
How could I ever have thought I had a chance with you, when you could have her? She's tall, fair, beautiful, smart, encouraging, everything a guy could dream of in a girlfriend. She has all that when I'm just too damn short, scrawny, dumb, ugly, and anything from encouraging; I can't even defend my self from anyone.
I guess I could give up on my dreams now. Those dreams were always so nice. I loved those dreams, though never as much as actually being with you in the flesh. You would ask to speak with me and tell me the three little words I would die to hear.
"I love you, Yugi..."
Then you would take me into your arms and kiss me and I would kiss you back and we would be together till the end of eternity. That would have truly been bliss. If only it could have been.
Now... I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I sit dejectedly on my favorite swing in my favorite park, right next to my house, our house. We live there together and I know I will have to face him tonight. Face his inevitable questions and stern gaze that I wish held love and not what I was sure to be scorn or resentment at my interruption of their first make out session.
I keep on hanging on to that moment where you slowly leaned in and kissed her. No matter how hard I try to erase it from my memory, to give myself some solace, I can't. It keeps replying in my mind like one of those silent films. Fresh tears begin to fall and I know longer care enough to hold them in...
Who cares who sees them? Let them see my pain, what do I care? I just lost the love of my life... my true love. The leaves on the ground swirl around me a moment as a gust of wind swept by. I stare up at the full moon for a moment and think about the love that should be mine, but isn't.
Yami Pov
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
I don't know what I'm diving into
Just hanging by a moment here with you
I look into her eyes and I know she wants to be kissed, but her lips just don't seem to be as enticing as they were just a few hours ago. My mind roams to Yugi for some unknown reason. I have been doing that a lot, lately. Especially since spending all that time with him talking about Anzu. Now that I truly think about it, he never really liked talking about Anzu. He always seemed pained and uncomfortable about it.
Her eyelashes flutter and I'm brought back from my thoughts and I decide to humor her. Maybe I just need to kiss her to find the lost love I had for her, right? I gently place my right hand on her cheek and smile as she leans into it. We both lean in and our lips touched.
It was...well...it was...it was ok. It was alright as far as kissing went, I guess.
Not at all as perfect as I had imagined it to be. No where near the sparks and fireworks, but hey maybe it was just a dud. I mean fireworks can be duds, right? I decide to try one more time and kiss her once more, this time with more passion.
Hmm...Nope... didn't work.
I continue to kiss her, if only to make her happy. I have kind of lost the 'overbearing need' by now, but I do not think she has. I hear a heart wrenching sob from the doorway. I brake apart from Anzu and look to find Yugi there, crying uncontrollably. My own heart clenches as I see the pain and utter distress clearly written on his fair face.
"Yugi..." I softly mumble as I continue to stare at him.
For some weird and unexplainable reason, I felt guilty, as if I had betrayed Yugi, my hikari. But, why? All I did was kiss Anzu...
Anzu looks at me confused then follows my eyes to him. He abruptly turned and ran out. I just sat there shocked and when the realization set in that my Yugi just ran away in grief, I got up and went after him. I ran out the door letting it give a bang as I ran down the steps.
"Yugi...Yugi...Come back! Yugi, please!" I holler on deaf ears.
I watch as he gets farther down the street and turns the corner towards our home. I look back at Anzu's house and see her also looking down the street in concern. I turn to her as I decided that I wanted to go after him, even though I knew he probably wanted to be left alone.
"I better go Anzu...I'll... I'll see you some other time...okay?" I say in a distracted voice as all my thoughts are presently on my angel.
Did I just think 'angel'? Man, it's been a long night. I've never even thought of another man in that way, let alone Yugi. She just looks at me with a sort of regret, disappointment and annoyance burning in her now dull blue eyes. I turn from her and follow after Yugi, as if I actually noticed or cared about her reaction.
Yugi's Pov
There's nothing else to lose
Nothing left to find
There's nothing in the world
That could change my mind
There is nothing else
There is nothing else...
I sighed as the last of my tear supply finally gave way. I was too depressed to wipe the tear tracks running down both my cheeks from sight. I just slowly pushed from the ground causing the swing to go slightly back and forth. Not much, but it was no longer motionless and boring...boring like him.
Now there truly was nothing left. No one would be there in the mornings when I woke up and needed someone just to hold me. No one would be there to comfort me when I had to deal with the constant bullying I go through everyday at school. I could no longer depend on you, not anymore.
You had Anzu to love and take care of now and I just was there... in the way. I should just die and let you live your life in happiness, without my ever constant presence as your object of aggravation.
That's it.
It wouldn't only release you, my love, but me as well. This pain, this anguish will not got away, it never will, but maybe in death I will be finally able to find peace... some sort of asylum. My love for you is just too deep to recover from.
I will be ending this tonight. My pain will diminish before the sun rises in the morning.
I contemplate on the various methods of suicide, looking for the fastest and less painless technique, as the wind picks up again and the nearby swing gives a small creak from its hinges, which I fail to discern.
Yami's POV
Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer where I Started
Chasing after you
I sit on a swing unnoticed near my love...yes my love. As I walked over here hoping to give Yugi some time I began to think of all the reasons why Yugi be so hurt over me kissing Anzu, why I felt guilty, and why I myself barely enjoyed what I supposedly been longing for.
At first I believed it to be that Yugi himself was in love with Anzu, but that couldn't be. I remember the mere mention of her name would cause him to scowl. I had never noticed the scowl, but now that I think about it, he did, quite often too. I began to realize that the reason I didn't love Anzu was because I loved Yugi. In fact, I've always love him and I wish to know why I only now figured out something that should have been so obvious.
The signs were there, they were everywhere really. The way he would look at me whenever he returned home from school or the sad look in his eyes every time I said I had a date. I had always wanted to stay home and be with him, but the urge to get my life going after spending 5 millennia in a puzzle was dominating all my senses.
Now I desperately wish I could take back that kiss with Anzu. I would happily never see her again if I meant I could change everything and be with my tenshi. I hesitantly place a slightly shaking hand on his shoulder, hoping not to startle him.
Yugi's POV
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I just have to come up with some lie as to why I was crying...something to throw Yami off if only a little bit. It's not like I can tell him the truth now. I wonder if he would notice if I wasn't there tonight. I wonder if...
"agh". I fell off the swing unceremoniously hitting the ground with a soft thud.
I turned around quickly wondering who touched me and in turn scared me half to death. Yami sat there on the swing next to mine with what seemed to be an apologetic look on his face. My eyes drifted to the hand still suspended in air. I gulp as I pick myself up slowly and wipe myself off. He just keeps staring at me and it's kind of unnerving. I lower my eyes to my feet.
Is he that mad at
me that he won't even talk to me? No that can't be it, if it were then why would he even be here. I slowly take a cautious look up from my old worn trainers and meet his blood red gaze. I'm surprised to find no disappointment or anger in the swirling depths, just... is that regret...? And...dare I even hope...love? No. Stop hoping Yugi.
It's not for you even if it was there in the first place. I quickly try my best to put an unreadable mask on my face, but I have no idea if I'm succeeding or not. I hold still determined not to be the one to run. Not this time. I would only leave if he asked me too. If he did then I truly would be crushed.
Oh why can't he love me back? A single tear escapes from my eye. Damn, I meant to hold that one in. Guess my reserves weren't as empty as I thought. I breathe in deeply, a bit apprehensive, as he slowly gets up from the swing and takes a step towards me.
Yami's PoV
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
I don't know what I'm diving into
Just hanging by a moment here with you
I walk up to him and to my delight he doesn't run away this time. I gently take his left hand into my right hand and rub my thumb over his knuckles. His cheeks are still tear stained and another lone tear has left from his beautiful amethyst eyes. I stare into those swirling depths and see a confused look mixed with a tinge of hope. It wasn't much hope, but it was something.
I'm still not completely sure what I was getting myself into, but I knew that I was more than willing to find out. Now, if I could only get Yugi to trust me again, perhaps love me. I could only hope I wasn't completely misreading things.
I gently place my left hand on his cheek and brush my thumb over his small, delicate lips. He trembled slightly and I hoped it wasn't from fear.
"Yami...?" he tentatively says questioningly. I smiled shyly at him and leaned down. I closed my eyes as our lips met and moaned. This was how it was supposed to be. This felt right, more loving, more passionate, more...oh I don't know. It was just...in simple terms...amazing.
I heard him gasp in shock and stiffen before melting into my embrace and responded with just as much fervor as I was displaying. He unclasped his hand from mine and slid it behind me, bringing me closer to him, before locking his arms around my neck. Body to body, perfectly aligned. I wanted this. I always had and I know knew beyond a doubt that we were meant for each other. I love this moment. The first and sweetest moment in our lives as 'Yami and Yugi'...as a couple, and I cherished nothing more.
Yugi's PoV
Just hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment...
Hanging by a moment...
Hanging by a moment here with you...
At first I didn't know what to think and my surprise got the better of me as I stiffened, but then it registered: Yami was kissing me. My Yami, my true love was kissing me.
What about Anzu? I thought he loved her, I thought...oh who cares about her? He's kissing me, not her.
I counter passionately and pulled him to me before I placed my arms around his neck. I gave a little squeal of delight when he placed his own around my waist. This moment was the best, the one I lived only in my dreams away from reality.
Maybe life is worth living. I have the reason I was going to leave for right in my arms. I'm glad he came after me. I really might not have been here in the morning. All I know is that I was going to hold onto this moment for the rest of my life and even in death.
R and R please! It would make me so happy. - AshenWolf


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