Mixed feelings is how it feels when you have to pee really really really bad. And there ain't a washroom in sight. And you just can NOT hold it any longer. Your urinary sphincter is cramping up from the effort it takes to hold back the raging flood. And suddenly, it just gives way. A warm feeling suffuses over your nether regions. That, my friends is a mixed feeling. On the one hand, it's sweet relief from all the tension. On the other hand...well, you've opened a whole new can of worms by pissing your pants, haven't you?

Speaking of worms. Have you guys ever had a tapeworm? Or any of those sorts of parasitic worms that live in your stomach? And had it taken out? Me neither. Here's hoping that me and you never have to experience it. But if we did....I imagine that it'd be very much a mixed feeling. Some revulsion, some relief, maybe a bit of queasiness thrown in. I do believe I'm spoiling my appetite. Let's move on to happier examples.

You're out with your friends, having a good ol' time. Living it up, you know? You're the life of the party. All this time, though, in the back of your mind, you're thinking, uh oh, I'm going to have to really crack down on my homework/housework/workwork tomorrow. This produces a mixed feeling. They call it guilt.

Wedding, graduation, birthday, these all produce mixed feelings.

Well, now that I've completed this little exercise of thinking up some examples of mixed feelings, I think I can explain it. Mixed feelings are all-encompassing. All feelings are mixed. Mix it up. Dance Mix 97. Sift and mix well. Stevie Mix. The word MIX is starting to look weird. I'm having mixed feelings about it. Time to quit.