Well, right now the person I'm with lives around 150 miles away. That's fine for me though- I really care about them and am not a very sexually driven person to begin with.
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So this girl and I had been going out for about six months when summer break rolled around. Being over two hours drive from each other, it put an understandable strain on the relationship. After a few phone arguments, she sent me a make up email - I repeat, a MAKEUP email - that began with her saying how she wanted to beat and mangle my spineless, cowardly, excuse-ridden body to a pulp and then bury me ten feet under. Then she asked if we could start over, using our eight-month anniversary as a fresh start.
Yeah. That wasn't gonna happen. I called her a day or two later and broke up with her. I'll keep it short, it was ugly. Real nasty phone call.
When we got back to college, I was hoping that we could at least remain friends. One night when I was watching TV with her roomies (also my friends), she came back, took one look at me, turned around, and stormed out. The next day, it turned out that she was trying to level a bogus harassment charge at me. I managed to prove that it was absolute bull, and the Dean slapped a restraining order against the two of us. Fine with me! I'm still friends with her old roomies (they had a falling out and she moved out in a rage), but MAN, that was a mess and a half.
At least I'm still good friends with my other ex.
Yeah. That wasn't gonna happen. I called her a day or two later and broke up with her. I'll keep it short, it was ugly. Real nasty phone call.
When we got back to college, I was hoping that we could at least remain friends. One night when I was watching TV with her roomies (also my friends), she came back, took one look at me, turned around, and stormed out. The next day, it turned out that she was trying to level a bogus harassment charge at me. I managed to prove that it was absolute bull, and the Dean slapped a restraining order against the two of us. Fine with me! I'm still friends with her old roomies (they had a falling out and she moved out in a rage), but MAN, that was a mess and a half.
At least I'm still good friends with my other ex.
i found out when i said i had plans one weekend and she screamed at me, they i told her it was over she came to my house with my name written all over her body.Brad Shepard said:
Well, I've never had a girlfriend, but I've had several offers.
Turned 'em down, mostly 'cause I just don't have time, between school and work and general laziness. On the other hand, I seem to have grasped a concept that escapes most of my friends: talk to the girl.
I seem to be the resident relationship guru, despite never having had a relationship (in that sense).
Yeah, my friends are pretty stupid.
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Turned 'em down, mostly 'cause I just don't have time, between school and work and general laziness. On the other hand, I seem to have grasped a concept that escapes most of my friends: talk to the girl.
I seem to be the resident relationship guru, despite never having had a relationship (in that sense).
Yeah, my friends are pretty stupid.
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*high-five* Nice! Now if you did this because of Robert Heinlein, you win even more points.Aerodyamic said:
please tell me you called the copsSkullkid4187 said:
OT again: i had this one ***** cheat on me with 8 guys in a month.
Went out with a sophomore girl I hooked up with on a bus ride. All was good, until out first "date". Comes to the movie late for the movie in some goth getup(only saw her prior in uniform). I was like "fuck this".
Sorry, I haven't had any particularly bad ones.
Sorry, I haven't had any particularly bad ones.
Ah I lived with my Ex after 5 months of dating. before moving in everything was awesome
we would have heaps of fun.
once we lived together everything fell apart.
she would win every aguement we had by locking herself in a closet for 30 minutes.
if I went out with the guys she would call up at 10pm from home drunk off her arse telling me she would kill herself.
get home from work and she would be sitting in the bath with clothes on just staring at the wall.
if i spent more them 15 minutes on the PC or Playstation she would come in naked crying that we never spend time together (we live together!)
I'm outta there now! she ended up dating my (ex)mate
she was really hot though......
we would have heaps of fun.
once we lived together everything fell apart.
she would win every aguement we had by locking herself in a closet for 30 minutes.
if I went out with the guys she would call up at 10pm from home drunk off her arse telling me she would kill herself.
get home from work and she would be sitting in the bath with clothes on just staring at the wall.
if i spent more them 15 minutes on the PC or Playstation she would come in naked crying that we never spend time together (we live together!)
I'm outta there now! she ended up dating my (ex)mate
she was really hot though......
Well I dated a girl for about a year and three months, then she broke up with me for a couple of vague reasons about two months ago. Until recently I had been having a hard time getting over her, but I just met another girl who I'm actually very attracted to (not the first time I've been out since the breakup, but the first time I've actually felt something for the other girl) and am seriously considering starting something with her. Well anyways my ex found out that this girl and myself went out over Valentine's weekend, and now she's pissed for some reason. But since she broke up with me and it's my prerogative to move on and date other girls, I just wanna tell her to buzz off, especially considering she handled herself very poorly when talking to me about this new relationship. So that's my relationship story for the day...
I was in a good relationship for 4 years until just a couple months ago. She broke up with me and within a week she was chatting up older guys online. She recently went on a date with a guy who is pretty much exactly like me only taller. I had been nothing but helpful and supportive of her. Still am too. She still asks me for advice with dating.
Does anyone else find any logic in this?
Does anyone else find any logic in this?
Not exactly on topic but bear with me as it is part of how I came late to a real relationship at 22 (snicker all you want but we'vve been together 2 years and she is a great cook, a gamer, fun, smart, determined and loves sex: advantage me).
I think when I was younger (maybe I stopped doing thing X or just changed in my social attitudes and practices) I always presented the "I am interested" set of signals. Even when I had zero interest and I was trying to be polite to an annoying girl who I had to put up with because I'm not fucking about a friendship through some kind of bad-blood argument over a person who I'll never remember beyond vague descriptive words (white, tall, ***** etc.).
I have no idea what these signals were. I still don't get most of the flirting stuff because it just all seems very "cosmo". Body language is simple I can pick up on that. Tone, eye contact and speech patterns are always clear. Flirting strays into idiot speak territory and I have no taste for speaking like a fuck wit. Anyway no matter what girl I was talking to I got that look, any guy who has tried to pick up a girl and failed to the point of disgust knows what I mean, but it was eternally confusing because I was trying to pick the girl up, I was talking in an attempt to wring something of value out of the social experience.
It wasn't paranoia because my friends would either encourage me to keep going, try again or do the "Ooo, I think you like her thing" which irritates me because I hate people not understanding me. Add in "I'm not interested" resulting in the old *wink, nudge* "Sure you aren't" or just the belief I was being pissy about being brushed off.
Just curious if anyone else ever got this, or knew someone who did because it plagued me and left me avoiding girls just to stop the cycle of confusion.
No i didn't chat her up at a bar or anything, we were friends, we've never been on a "date" though we do things together, I make her laugh and she flat out said I want you to be my boyfriend. I like upfront, I like clear, I like when people don't let that rules of dating/hollywood and TV relationship bullshit warp them from clarity. Flirting is fine for you if you like it but I just see it as another layer of bullshit between the genuine you and the genuine them.
I think when I was younger (maybe I stopped doing thing X or just changed in my social attitudes and practices) I always presented the "I am interested" set of signals. Even when I had zero interest and I was trying to be polite to an annoying girl who I had to put up with because I'm not fucking about a friendship through some kind of bad-blood argument over a person who I'll never remember beyond vague descriptive words (white, tall, ***** etc.).
I have no idea what these signals were. I still don't get most of the flirting stuff because it just all seems very "cosmo". Body language is simple I can pick up on that. Tone, eye contact and speech patterns are always clear. Flirting strays into idiot speak territory and I have no taste for speaking like a fuck wit. Anyway no matter what girl I was talking to I got that look, any guy who has tried to pick up a girl and failed to the point of disgust knows what I mean, but it was eternally confusing because I was trying to pick the girl up, I was talking in an attempt to wring something of value out of the social experience.
It wasn't paranoia because my friends would either encourage me to keep going, try again or do the "Ooo, I think you like her thing" which irritates me because I hate people not understanding me. Add in "I'm not interested" resulting in the old *wink, nudge* "Sure you aren't" or just the belief I was being pissy about being brushed off.
Just curious if anyone else ever got this, or knew someone who did because it plagued me and left me avoiding girls just to stop the cycle of confusion.
No i didn't chat her up at a bar or anything, we were friends, we've never been on a "date" though we do things together, I make her laugh and she flat out said I want you to be my boyfriend. I like upfront, I like clear, I like when people don't let that rules of dating/hollywood and TV relationship bullshit warp them from clarity. Flirting is fine for you if you like it but I just see it as another layer of bullshit between the genuine you and the genuine them.
I totally agree with this. There is a girl that I've recently become interested in, and we have hung out several times. She is definitely interested in me as well, but we've both made it clear that we don't want to rush into any relationship because we want to get to know each other better before we "date" or whatever. Don't get me wrong, we go out and have a good time and stuff, but I am a firm believer that most (not all though) meaningful relationships are built upon genuine friendships to begin with.manythings said:
Glad to hear I'm not wholly deranged. Good luck with your future, dispensing with all that initial nonsense removes the most insane kinds of drama you can encounter. Not all drama but two people together aren't going to always be on the same page.KdS_22 said:
Most of mine were fairly standard and happy, only breaking up because my parents really liked to play nomad when I was a kid, but my last relationship was my senior year of high school, which would be last year, actually.
I'm an 18 (now 19) year-old free-spirited artist type with a very relaxed view on tradition and religion and an affinity for talking animals, geeky things, and indie music.
She was an upstart 15 year-old christian girl with a love of sports and pop music (two things I despise) a terrible case of chronic depression, and some serious trust/commitment issues.
I still have no earthly clue what I was thinking. She was cute, I guess, and we did get along, but seriously, I don't know why I thought it would turn out well. And she turned out to be an almighty clingy ***** once I stopped it, too. Suppose you just have to learn from some things, eh?
I'm an 18 (now 19) year-old free-spirited artist type with a very relaxed view on tradition and religion and an affinity for talking animals, geeky things, and indie music.
She was an upstart 15 year-old christian girl with a love of sports and pop music (two things I despise) a terrible case of chronic depression, and some serious trust/commitment issues.
I still have no earthly clue what I was thinking. She was cute, I guess, and we did get along, but seriously, I don't know why I thought it would turn out well. And she turned out to be an almighty clingy ***** once I stopped it, too. Suppose you just have to learn from some things, eh?
My first one was with a dog. I forgot my girlfriend's birthday... it was yesterday. I didn't forget her birthday, per se, but I didn't know what the date was. I thought I was on a Monday.
I do not care at all about relationships. I just don't. I am perfectly fine with my friends, and honestly a relationship is almost always more trouble than it's worth. I'm fine just having great friends who I never get in fights with than a girlfriend who I'm constantly at odds with. Because that's what relationships are. I would like to maybe one day have a kid, but I don't know if that's going to happen due to my severe apathy towards all things romantic.
Well, last year there was an awkward moment with this girl that I like. We were at school working in a room alone, just casually and everything. Later that day I get a text from her saying something along the lines of "Earlier, I really wanted to make out with you". I was so confused. Since then I hold by this statement: A majority of girls have no idea what they want. I've proven this to be true. Every guy that I've asked has at least some kind of idea as to how he is going to live out his life. All the girls I asked had no clue whatsoever.
