I've been messaging another cool girl here recently (she messaged me first actually). Admittedly, I feel a bit of what ZombieFred described (think I sort of expressed similar fears earlier), but I'm just going forward with it and seeing what happens. Shared a pumpkin cookie recipe with her, and she described a pretty good banana, dark chocolate oatmeal raisin cookie. Didn't have talks like that with my ex. Also cute, atheist, doesn't drink at all, etc. Lives way too far from me unfortunately, but don't really care about that (like the other girl, I think she'd rather start off as friends anyway, and if something develops, we can look into that).
Seems like I'm little more popular on OKCupid now for whatever reason (girls can really sense when a guy is hurting I guess?), but I still plan on doing some other things. I'll probably join a gym this weekend. That seems a bit cliche, but might be a nice way to meet new people (along with some of the other things I want to try). Plus I can get more swole, and have all the ladies ogling over me (just kidding...I think?).
Not cliche at all, and highly recommended. In addition to the physical benefits you'll be feeling better about yourself for making progress, which in turn also makes you more attractive.
Let me guess; Did she hug you?
I don't remember who it was exactly, but to the one who got the number of a minor, I kinda know how you feel now xD While not the same situation at all, I just found out that a surprisingly cute/hot rock singer in a friend's band recently turned 16. Legal but no. Just no. I feel dirty just thinking about it. Back in my day (!), children that age looked like children. This one will turn into a goddess soon enough at this rate.
On the other hand, there's this very dubious achievement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlN3oEjMpUQ
I can't very well have two tags, can I?Minamu
Touched by a Goddess
(Today, 12:54 PM)
Minamu
Touched by a Goddess
(Today, 12:54 PM)
Make one last suggestion, something specific, and let her decide. Then either go with it or back off if she doesn't get it. It should never feel like work.Hahahaha, love it.
So I went back on what I said in my last post and texted her earlier today. I told her my schedule had filled up and that we could shoot for meeting up next week instead.
She just texted me back, "Yes please!"
Oi, I feel like this is turning into work, and it ideally shouldn't feel that way.
Make one last suggestion, something specific, and let her decide. Then either go with it or back off if she doesn't get it. It should never feel like work.
quick advice.
me and my girl had a mutual breakup. we both live far apart and have a pretty busy life. we really like each other but figured that we were just wasting each others time.
she proposed that we still remain friends and i said i would think about it.
you think its a good idea? i mean i really like her but i think it would be highly doubtful that we can make anything serious out of it.
Oh I see. Well if you haven't, specify a day and see what happens. Maybe one or two options.Oh, I should have noted that I already did that in the message; the idea was to watch the movie we were originally going to watch earlier this week. That's what she specifically responded to.
I assume this is a serious breakup and new people will enter each other's lives? Would you be handle seeing her with a new boyfriend? Down the road you might, though a week from now maybe not. It'll be difficult to handle if there are lingering feelings of course. Remaining friends straight after the breakup rarely works unless all feelings are dead and you know something platonic could work. I'd wait a while and see what happens. Don't fool yourself though, this is a tough spot.quick advice.
me and my girl had a mutual breakup. we both live far apart and have a pretty busy life. we really like each other but figured that we were just wasting each others time.
she proposed that we still remain friends and i said i would think about it.
you think its a good idea? i mean i really like her but i think it would be highly doubtful that we can make anything serious out of it.
Takes time and distance. It is possible, but its on a case by case basis.
Oh I see. Well if you haven't, specify a day and see what happens. Maybe one or two options.
I assume this is a serious breakup and new people will enter each other's lives? Would you be handle seeing her with a new boyfriend? Down the road you might, though a week from now maybe not. It'll be difficult to handle if there are lingering feelings of course. Remaining friends straight after the breakup rarely works unless all feelings are dead and you know something platonic could work. I'd wait a while and see what happens. Don't fool yourself though, this is a tough spot.
sigh....
i can't even say i'm getting outta the game 'cos technically i never got into it. i've neglected dating because, after work, i've got a plethora of hobbies to distract me from it. during the daytime it works great: internet n' everything else keeps my mind occupied. but in the moments before i fall asleep, my anxiety takes over. "wouldn't it be nice if i had someone here with me? even just occasionally?" but then how do i get that person? what do i really see that person as? what will they see me? what will they see in me?
.................
i just need to vomit all this out, somewhere. it was either here or the depression thread. but i'm pretty good in all other aspects of my life. and this isn't quite crippling yet. maybe i should see a shrink. or a prostitute. neither seems like a clear better option. but maybe my benefits plan covers the shrink, so that.
Oh I see. Well if you haven't, specify a day and see what happens. Maybe one or two options.
Hi gaf, I need a little advice!
Tomorrow a friend is coming into town to visit for a while, she's moving further down the state and I'm on the way. We've been friends for a while, met in high school, she moved, we chatted on aim for years so I feel like I know her well enough to play my cards right, just looking for a bit of outside opinion.
We met up last year for spring break of college, went to a few parties, had really good sex for a few nights in a row, then classes started and we went to our different colleges. To be honest I havent had sex since those last few times with her, its been over a year, and I feel like gettin laid.
We're gonna go get thai food tomorrow and then come back to my place and smoke a little bit. Thing is I'm getting super mixed signals from her. She broke up with her boyfriend of a year a few weeks ago and he was an asshole. Beat her up, she went to a domestic violence house and stuff for it. Bruised her up pretty good. We message a bit on facebook and its semi flirty. But then she says stuff like "I want to want to be celibate for like... a year lol" to which I ask if the double 'want to' was a typo or intentional. She says it wasn't a mistake, leaves me a bit confused.
We chat one time about some girl hitting her up on facebook that she hadn't seen in four or five years and I jokingly tell her the girl probably wants to bang. She responds "is that why we're talking, because you want to smash! Is that what life is all about!" I respond she's gone full crazy, I wouldn't spend my time chatting for just something so base, but I do think sex makes the world go round. I sent her a text a few weeks ago and got no reply but she messaged me on FB later that night. A couple days later she said "can you text me I lost my phone" which was an obvious ploy to get me to text her. She has a smartphone that pings with facebook messages.
TLDR:
Is there any advice you guys would have for meeting up with a friend that you've had chemistry/great sex before that has recently broken up with a shitty boyfriend and is visiting for a day? I'm gonna make sure to try to engage physically in convo but nothing too forward. I'm thinking about playing it cool especially because of the previous history with her ex though.
Same deal somewhat. My parents aren't pushing me but my friends and colleges around me all have had relations or have a girlfriend/friend. It's not like I need one but lately I'm asking myself the same questions. I've been a single my entire life so far.
As to being anti social somewhat, I hardly go out much. I even neglected my real life friends lately so my living pattern have been the same for the last 2 months. My way of meeting girls is through work I guess...
I do however like a certain girl at my work. She is older then me (I'm 23, she is 27). We chat from time to time during breaks but I try to keep it to a certain degree because in the end I'm still working at my work and for some reason I'm afraid of her figuring it out that I like her.
However, I tend to guess she knows it somewhat and has had some kind of interest in me too based how she acts to me. Maybe just as friendship, I don't know? I've had this before and asked the girl (also someone from work) out for a date (biggest accomplishment ever for me as I've never dated nor had a girlfriend before) but sadly she eventually said a no to the date and didn't liked me as in love but more as of friends. Sad moment for me and I felt shit.
So lately I've been trying to see this new girl a lot more. She doesn't go out much either but we have had some interests in common. She is more of a creative person and I'm more of a computer/tech guy. She even asked me to come along to learn drawing as she is active at a drawing meeting every Monday evening (wanted to learn drawing for 2D/3D modeling for games and told her, she then asked if I wanted to come with her). Also for some reason biking from work to home together. I got car but I try to go with my bike so I can cycle home with her.
Might be stupid ways to see her more but I'm indirectly afraid of being declined again (I guess?) and I've had not much success in this haha. At the same I could just ask her out but something is just preventing this arghh...
Well, she recently broke up. Sounds like she's looking for a distraction and some attention, but she's not entirely sure what she wants. Given her background I wouldn't push it too hard myself, but if she wants sex when she's over there, it probably won't hurt to play along.
The bolded is really counterproductive. So you might want to go out with her, for which you have to like her, but you don't want her to find out you like her? Do you know why you feel like this? Is it fear of rejection? Something else?
I used to feel the same way a while back. That it was a weird thing to ask someone out. That I should be ashamed of liking someone. Must have had something to do with a bunch of friends of mine who'd act very immature when I was just talking normally to a girl, let alone flirting.
But if you look at it logically, all the generations before us have asked someone out on a date, started liking someone. There's zilch about it to be ashamed of. Such a weird thing when you think about it.
If it's about fear of rejection: just make sure to get rejected at least ten more times, then the eleventh won't feel like such a big dealAnd the twelfth might say yes, and end up being the love of your life. So if this is the second girl who might reject you, you're well on your way to the twelfth. Or perhaps she won't reject you, and is pretty cool. I'd just take her up on her offer to go to the drawing night. Enjoy
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Dude, who cares if you aren't a great artist? Just draw whatever is in front of you. That's what drawing nights are about having been to a few myself. You're not trying to impress anyone. It's more for yourself. She can give you pointers if anything. If she doesn't like you beyond a professional/platonic relationship, then so be it. You can always make conversation with other folks.Only problem with the drawing night is that due it being holiday here, those meetings aren't guided by a teacher at the moment so you have to do your own drawing, fill in the time et cetera. As I'm not a great artist I might just get stuck there not knowing what to do apart from looking at her as she uses those meetings really efficiency for her drawings / paintings.
I guess it's that I still have to face her if she rejects as me we both work at the same company. Somewhere it's the fear of getting rejected again. The drawing night thing isn't a big thing; I have no fear of doing that with her and coming along. I even saw it as chance to see her more and to know her better.
It's more like confronting her with the words "I like you more as a colleague so far" followed by a date request to know her better and see if she is the one. Overall it's rejection fear.
I had to work today and she was there too. Some of my other colleagues found out I liked her. She has been my crush since I started working at the company and one of my colleagues just knew it somehow and told the others. I've slipped my tongue before on that I liked someone. Colleagues were pretty cool about it and pretty much said the same thing. Just ask her out! Age difference is weird as she is older then me though. I think I'll message her over Facebook (don't got her number yet) to see of I could come along for the drawing night this Monday or next Monday and maybe tell her afterwards and ask her.
Only problem with the drawing night is that due it being holiday here, those meetings aren't guided by a teacher at the moment so you have to do your own drawing, fill in the time et cetera. As I'm not a great artist I might just get stuck there not knowing what to do apart from looking at her as she uses those meetings really efficiency for her drawings / paintings.
Asking her out: Yes. Telling her you like her: Nope. Nope nope nope. In writing there's an old saying: Show, don't tell. The same goes for dating. Asking her to go out with you is already saying: "I might see you as more than a colleageu." If she agrees, that's her indication she might feel the same way. And that way you can avoid the whole awkward: "I like you." part.
Both planned dates cancelled this weekend. First girl forgot and left me waiting before I got bored, second girl sent me a long, emotional text saying she wasnt ready for a relationship and needed to focus on work - fair enough but it was a surprising amount of investment on her part given I only spoke to her for 3-4 minutes. Giving up on the first girl, Ill put the second girl on the back-burner and switch my focus to others. Texted two girls but they didnt respond so Im guessing they are dead/cold leads for now.
Back to square one lol
General question:
Anyone else have days where you just wake up feeling like a badass for no reason at all? Super confident, dress well, go through the day feeling awesome, zero anxiety or nervousness, very social and easygoing, get lots of looks and smiles from strangers (as a result of you projecting so much energy) and then the next day completely lose all of that feeling entirely and go back to just feeling normal?
This happens to me sporadically every couple of days or so and I have no fucking idea why. Just curious if anyone else has these mysterious surges of positive energy that just vanish overnight.....
Keep on keepin' on man.
I've definitely experienced this before.....it's like when I get up all of a sudden my veil of anxiety and insecurities has been lifted and I get that, "just don't give a fuck" attitude towards petty/unimportant things... *snip* Aka use that time to work on yourself in as many ways as possible!
So I went out to coffee yesterday with a girl I met online. It went well and she expressed interest in getting together again, but this is the first time I've gone out with a girl that wasn't already a friend of mine so I'm not sure about what to do next. Is there any particular activity that's good for a second date? I don't know if dinner is a good idea or if I should stick to something more casual like mini-golf and save dinner for another time. I know this has probably been discussed a hundred times over the course of 4 dating-age threads but these threads are so massive.
General question:
Anyone else have days where you just wake up feeling like a badass for no reason at all? Super confident, dress well, go through the day feeling awesome, zero anxiety or nervousness, very social and easygoing, get lots of looks and smiles from strangers (as a result of you projecting so much energy) and then the next day completely lose all of that feeling entirely and go back to just feeling normal?
This happens to me sporadically every couple of days or so and I have no fucking idea why. Just curious if anyone else has these mysterious surges of positive energy that just vanish overnight.....
yup, smart.
'don't give a fuck' has become my mantra. i'm trying to enjoy the process of meeting new people but the ups and downs of some of the girls I've dated is mind boggling.
Talked to her briefly and she is extremely upset that I called her friend. She says she won't be able to trust me again for a long time. I thought I was doing the right thing![]()
Talked to her briefly and she is extremely upset that I called her friend. She says she won't be able to trust me again for a long time. I thought I was doing the right thing![]()
General question:
Anyone else have days where you just wake up feeling like a badass for no reason at all? Super confident, dress well, go through the day feeling awesome, zero anxiety or nervousness, very social and easygoing, get lots of looks and smiles from strangers (as a result of you projecting so much energy) and then the next day completely lose all of that feeling entirely and go back to just feeling normal?
This happens to me sporadically every couple of days or so and I have no fucking idea why. Just curious if anyone else has these mysterious surges of positive energy that just vanish overnight.....
Alright, me and my ex-gf who I broke up with last week I think (?) actually came back together yesterday, where I made pancakes, had some redwine, roses and candles but apparently she forgets quickly and gets moody again this night over NOTHING.
On the spot (10 minutes ago), I decided that this is it, she's crazy and will never stop creating drama. I told her straight out, to get out of my house, bring your stuff with you and never come back. I also said that I know that I deserve better and I am 100% definitely done with this shit she brings to me.
Now it is time to concentrate on my education a 100%.
I DESERVE BETTER and I DO feel better. I feel good, because I have made that choice of never seeing her again because I am more than convinced it won't work out.
General question:
Anyone else have days where you just wake up feeling like a badass for no reason at all? Super confident, dress well, go through the day feeling awesome, zero anxiety or nervousness, very social and easygoing, get lots of looks and smiles from strangers (as a result of you projecting so much energy) and then the next day completely lose all of that feeling entirely and go back to just feeling normal?
This happens to me sporadically every couple of days or so and I have no fucking idea why. Just curious if anyone else has these mysterious surges of positive energy that just vanish overnight.....
This is really hard to say because its over the internet and all but is it possible that she is suffering from depression? Sounds like she has some pretty strange swings in behaviour.
Also try to have some more certainty and confidence in yourself. I think in that situation calling up a friend to help is the right thing. If a friend ever said to me "There is nothing I want more in the world than to be dead" and then ran away Id contact all her friends and family asap.
Yes, she is has been very depressed lately. Especially since the guy at the bar kissed her and she found out that he had a gf, and his friends had just put him up to it.
she needed an out to end the relationship (something you should have fucking done forever ago, all the warning signs were there) and this stupid bullshit about you involving the friend and how that specifically broke the trust between you is the decoy. That's it. it's a waste of time and emotional energy to stew over.Talked to her briefly and she is extremely upset that I called her friend. She says she won't be able to trust me again for a long time. I thought I was doing the right thing![]()
And boom goes the dynamiteDamn, well I guess she'll have to look elsewhere for love.
Damn, well I guess she'll have to look elsewhere for love.
Damn, well I guess she'll have to look elsewhere for love.