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[kumanoki]

Okay, picture it. 1992. It was my sixteen birthday. I had invited several of my closest high school friends to a night out to celebrate; my best friend at the time, a couple of friends who were dating, and the girl with whom I was absolutely in love. She knew I liked her, and had ever since sixth grade. I was thrilled that she'd decided to come. We all ate dinner at Applebee's or somewhere like it and then went to see the new big Disney movie, Alladin.
During the movie, while my crush was sitting next to me, she and my best friend began making out. Naturally, I was destroyed. I couldn't finish the movie. I left the theater and waited outside until it was finished. The whole way home she kept asking me, "What's wrong?" For the next couple of years, I couldn't hear A Whole New World without getting physically ill. I still have no idea what happened at the end of Alladin. I assume a happy ending.
Heartbreak on my sixteen birthday. That's my most painful memory involving the opposite sex.

 

[Tritroid]

It sucks that such an awesome movie invokes such a shitty memory for you. And what a bitch to act like that right in front of you when she knew you liked her.

btw though, *Aladdin.

 

[Lathentar]

Knowing that my ex-girlfriend of two and a half years is moving to London and will live with a guy she met there last summer (while we were still together) for 6 months still TEARS ME UP INSIDE.

 

[kumanoki]

Knowing that my ex-girlfriend of two and a half years is moving to London and will live with a guy she met there last summer (while we were still together) for 6 months still TEARS ME UP INSIDE.

Jesus, dude. That's shitty.

 

[goodcow]

What a fucking bitch.

 

[hXc_thugg]

Okay, picture it. 1992. It was my sixteen birthday. I had invited several of my closest high school friends to a night out to celebrate; my best friend at the time, a couple of friends who were dating, and the girl with whom I was absolutely in love. She knew I liked her, and had ever since sixth grade. I was thrilled that she'd decided to come. We all ate dinner at Applebee's or somewhere like it and then went to see the new big Disney movie, Alladin.
During the movie, while my crush was sitting next to me, she and my best friend began making out. Naturally, I was destroyed. I couldn't finish the movie. I left the theater and waited outside until it was finished. The whole way home she kept asking me, "What's wrong?" For the next couple of years, I couldn't hear A Whole New World without getting physically ill. I still have no idea what happened at the end of Alladin. I assume a happy ending.
Heartbreak on my sixteen birthday. That's my most painful memory involving the opposite sex.

You should of just been like "What the hell, you bastard?! I thought we had something special, but apparently you just like to get your dick sucked!" Then you slap your best friend and storm off.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

If you'd admired her for years, and even she knew, then your best friend had to know. Hormones are hormones, but WTF kids?

 

[Azala]

During the movie, while my crush was sitting next to me, she and my best friend began making out. Naturally, I was destroyed. I couldn't finish the movie. I left the theater and waited outside until it was finished. The whole way home she kept asking me, "What's wrong?" For the next couple of years, I couldn't hear A Whole New World without getting physically ill. I still have no idea what happened at the end of Alladin. I assume a happy ending.

Pretty crappy of both the girl and the 'best friend.' She clearly wasn't worth it and I hope she ground his nuts into sand as karma.

 

[shuri]

When I got cheated on. The rage inside me was incredible. I didnt want to hurt the exgf. I just wanted to destroy that fucking dude. I believe this episode of my life was well documented on this board. Ah, but the revenge sex was certainly most pleasin as it would make the bangbus guys blush

Pain for pleasure :lol

 

[Desperado]

Okay, picture it. 1992. It was my sixteen birthday. I had invited several of my closest high school friends to a night out to celebrate; my best friend at the time, a couple of friends who were dating, and the girl with whom I was absolutely in love. She knew I liked her, and had ever since sixth grade. I was thrilled that she'd decided to come. We all ate dinner at Applebee's or somewhere like it and then went to see the new big Disney movie, Alladin.
During the movie, while my crush was sitting next to me, she and my best friend began making out. Naturally, I was destroyed. I couldn't finish the movie. I left the theater and waited outside until it was finished. The whole way home she kept asking me, "What's wrong?" For the next couple of years, I couldn't hear A Whole New World without getting physically ill. I still have no idea what happened at the end of Alladin. I assume a happy ending.
Heartbreak on my sixteen birthday. That's my most painful memory involving the opposite sex.

holy wow..

that makes me frickin depressed, man...wow

 

[kumanoki]

You should of just been like "What the hell, you bastard?! I thought we had something special, but apparently you just like to get your dick sucked!" Then you slap your best friend and storm off.

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.

I can look back on it now and laaaauuuugggghhhh.

It's not nearly as bad as my best friend from college. We'll call him Rick. Rick steadily dated the same girl, we'll call her Anne, the entire time we were at school. They were The Couple in our group. The fact that my girlfriend (now wife) and I were so close natually made our friendships closer. By the time school was over, both Rick and Anne, and Christy and I were talking marriage. Rick and Anne married (I was the best man, and Rick was one of my groomsmen) and everything was fine for a while. They start to get distant since they both have to work to keep up the household. Then Anne gets online, makes 'friends' with some guy in Australia, says the marriage is 'dead' and refuses to seek counseling to save her marriage. Rick is sitting there with a broken heart and a broken marriage. We come to find out that Anne just wanted to get married to escape her crazy-ass family, and then when she wasn't satisfied with Rick, she ran away from him, too.
That's all behind him, now...but my poor friend has to cope with a divorce he didn't want.

 

[MIMIC]

For the next couple of years, I couldn't hear A Whole New World without getting physically ill.

All because of some chick's tongue?




^^somebody better get that.

 

[JackFrost2012]

Honestly, I thought about this, and I'd have to say Halloween 2004. You were there. It's not just the temporal proximity ... that really, truly is my absolute worst memory.

On the positive side, I'm channeling those feelings into a killer-driller mix CD.

 

[JackFrost2012]

Ah, but the revenge sex was certainly most pleasin as it would make the bangbus guys blush

I seriously doubt the guy deserved that!

 

[kumanoki]

Honestly, I thought about this, and I'd have to say Halloween 2004. You were there. It's not just the temporal proximity ... that really, truly is my absolute worst memory.

On the positive side, I'm channeling those feelings into a killer-driller mix CD.

I hope you've worked through that a little.

BTW, I've been talking up a storm about you on the gaming thread.

 

[MIMIC]

Okay, picture it. 1992. It was my sixteen birthday. I had invited several of my closest high school friends to a night out to celebrate; my best friend at the time, a couple of friends who were dating, and the girl with whom I was absolutely in love. She knew I liked her, and had ever since sixth grade. I was thrilled that she'd decided to come. We all ate dinner at Applebee's or somewhere like it and then went to see the new big Disney movie, Alladin.
During the movie, while my crush was sitting next to me, she and my best friend began making out. Naturally, I was destroyed. I couldn't finish the movie. I left the theater and waited outside until it was finished. The whole way home she kept asking me, "What's wrong?" For the next couple of years, I couldn't hear A Whole New World without getting physically ill. I still have no idea what happened at the end of Alladin. I assume a happy ending.
Heartbreak on my sixteen birthday. That's my most painful memory involving the opposite sex.

Did your best friend know that you liked her?

 

[EviLore]

In second grade I gave these little candy hearts to some of the girls in my class on Valentine's. A bunch of them got upset that I gave these to them, so they threw the hearts back at me and made degrading comments.

 

[Lambtron]

I had a friend not once, but twice, move in on girls who I was rather infatuated with.

The first time was after my senior year of high school. We all hung out a whole bunch, and he confided in me that he had a crush on her, and wondered because, "it's obvious you're never going to make a move on her," if he could try his shot. I said whatever, because, see, I used to get walked on constantly. Anyway, he fucked that one up, she was wondering why I never wanted to hang out with them (watching them cuddle during Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was the last time I ever hung out with them), and shit got all fucked up. I didn't talk to either of them until she sent me an e-mail telilng me how I ruined her last relationship by taking her to prom (ProTip: She asked me to go, thanks), and how I was apparently not a real face. I basically laughed at her and told my friend "bros before hos, that bitch wasn't worth it."

Yeah, then last spring he pulled the same shit with this girl I worked with. I pretty much knew what was happening right away. He went over to her place after this party we all went to, and they played games until like 3am. Then he broke his ankle trying to climb a tree to impress her, and ditched me one night to go to a concert with her. It was all pretty great, and right before it happened promised me that he would "never pull a stunt like I did with that other girl again." Sigh. We fought a lot, they fucked a lot, they broke up, he wondered why I wasn't so quick to reconsile after they broke up, she still wonders why I don't want to hang out. It was kind of great, because he started listening to shitty punk music, and dressing like a mall punk to impress her.

In retrospect, neither girl was really worth my time, and it would've ended in bad because of my extremely fragile (at the time) self-confidence. He and I are still acquainted, but not nearly as close as we were. Though he wonders why I don't want to introduce him to my significant other...

Oh well, you live and you learn. He's miserable, working at a taco place, and broke currently. I'm going to school, working an easy job, and in an extremely fulfilling relationship. I guess I win this round.

 

[JackFrost2012]

I hope you've worked through that a little.

Oh, I'm much better, thank you.

 

[MIMIC]

OK. My turn!

During my "puppy love" stage, I had a girlfriend (who turned out to be one of the finest looking girls I have ever seen in my fucking life!--since the last time I saw her-- ). We'd been with eachother for about a few months. Then she started fucking around with this one guy who lived on my street.

I was really broken up about it. So I ended up "dumping" her ass.

The last time I saw her was a few years ago...I've moved to a different house since then and I'm not sure whether or not she lives on the same street.

 

[revivalist]

Junior Year in High School. 17 Years of age.
Shortly after 16 months, my girlfriend decides to call it quits on our relationship.
It bothers me inside. I become frustrated and very emotional over this whole ordeal. You know how puppy love is. She was my "one true love" and "my everything". So anyway... one week after she tells me that she doesn't want to be with me anymore, it so happens to be the weekend for her birthday. Her bestfriend throws a surprise party for her which I attend with all of my boys. Bitch goes and gets wasted. Bitch plays a kissing game. Bitch hooks up with... 6 of my "boys" in this game. Right infront of my face. No remorse for me or my feelings. My night ends with me being completely destroyed emotionally, crying to one of my boys that didn't play the game out of respect for me. I was in the shitter that whole year cuz of that bitch.

But I suspect that everyone needs a bitch like that in their life, so when the next chick comes around and is everything that she isn't, you won't appreciate her as much as you did the bitch who fucked with your head and did nothing for you. Hence, your not as heart broken when the relationship ends and the relationship is bound to be a longer one seeing as girls love dickheads.

 

[Soul4ger]

Junior Year in High School. 17 Years of age.
Shortly after 16 months, my girlfriend decides to call it quits on our relationship.
It bothers me inside. I become frustrated and very emotional over this whole ordeal. You know how puppy love is. She was my "one true love" and "my everything". So anyway... one week after she tells me that she doesn't want to be with me anymore, it so happens to be the weekend for her birthday. Her bestfriend throws a surprise party for her which I attend with all of my boys. Bitch goes and gets wasted. Bitch plays a kissing game. Bitch hooks up with... 6 of my "boys" in this game. Right infront of my face. No remorse for me or my feelings. My night ends with me being completely destroyed emotionally, crying to one of my boys that didn't play the game out of respect for me. I was in the shitter that whole year cuz of that bitch.

But I suspect that everyone needs a bitch like that in their life, so when the next chick comes around and is everything that she isn't, you won't appreciate her as much as you did the bitch who fucked with your head and did nothing for you. Hence, your not as heart broken when the relationship ends and the relationship is bound to be a longer one seeing as girls love dickheads.

I feel bad for you, because that situation does suck, but why would you subject yourself to the party? The week after you broke up no less? You live and you learn, I guess.

Thankfully, I don't have any terrible stories... Yet. I'm still young, right?

You all have my condolences, though. Seriously.

 

[Memles]

...who the fuck makes out during Aladdin? Like, seriously. Was it during the magic carpet scene? Or did the guy just get horny watching Jasmine? Because...16 or not, that's wrong.

I really don't have any painful memories about the opposite sex, but if a current situation continues, I may have one in the future. Stay tuned!

My condolences to all involved in these tragic encounters. Your pain is shared by all of us.

 

[APerfectCircle]

mines pretty pathetic, just a girl i had/have a crush on for a fair while, we knew each other, then we started talking a fair bit and she was friendly n all, then one day, she saw me, and did the whole pretend she didn't see me thing and ignored me. I haven't exactly had all the much experiance with girls

 

[bjork]

bjork's short story: met a girl that loaded me up with a bunch of good ideas about beign together, so we were together for awhile, then I learned she had a fiancee. I objected, she promised to leave him and never did, so we went our separate ways.

Now she's married with a kid (or kids by this point), and I'm "on the solo tip" as they rappers used to say.

 

[NLB2]

I was gonna be a smart ass and say "Getting kicked in the balls," but after reading all of these stories, I must be more respectful.

 

[Soul4ger]

bjork's short story: met a girl that loaded me up with a bunch of good ideas about beign together, so we were together for awhile, then I learned she had a fiancee. I objected, she promised to leave him and never did, so we went our separate ways.

Now she's married with a kid (or kids by this point), and I'm "on the solo tip" as they rappers used to say.

I thought it would be the "Getting Pee'd On" story.

 

[revivalist]

I feel bad for you, because that situation does suck, but why would you subject yourself to the party? The week after you broke up no less? You live and you learn, I guess.

She wanted to remain friends. She didn't want to lose me as a friend but I tried to explain to her that it wouldn't help me to get over her if I saw her as often or considered her a friend. I'm the type of guy that needs to get away from it all in order to get over something. At the time, I had thought that there was the slightest bit of a chance that she still had feelings for me and that I could go on a leap of faith to get her back. That night ended up being disastrous. Yeah, it's a shitty story. One of my newer boys that I had gotten close with within the past year tells me I should have beaten the shit out of all of them. I should have. I really should have. But then again, my boy is a violent person.

 

[Soul4ger]

From experience I've had with friends who had break-ups and whatnot, "staying friends" doesn't work all that often... Well, it seems like you're coping better now.

 

[Eminem]

after reading this shit....i can't respond. hurts me too much. no question. sorry.



good luck

 

[etiolate]

I think that would be the time she tried to stick her hand up my ass.

 

[Soul4ger]

I think that would be the time she tried to stick her hand up my ass.

I was waiting for a comment like that.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

my worst memory is one time i was banging this chick in the pooper hardcore. come to find out later that week it was a dude. i was pretty pissed but i got over it

 

[bjork]

I thought it would be the "Getting Pee'd On" story.

Which one? There's one involving a guy, and one involving a girl.

 

[demon]

my worst memory is one time i was banging this chick in the pooper hardcore. come to find out later that week it was a dude. i was pretty pissed but i got over it

Don't you mean you were pretty POOPED? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh i kill me.

 

[bjork]

my worst memory is one time i was banging this chick in the pooper hardcore. come to find out later that week it was a dude. i was pretty pissed but i got over it

Did you keep going out after that?

 

[Ironclad]

I have no such stories. The opposite sex scares me to the point that I carry pepper spray with me. :lol But, I do know how you guys feel. Each and everyone of you has my sympathy. People can be so cruel.

 

[BobbyRobby]

mines pretty pathetic, just a girl i had/have a crush on for a fair while, we knew each other, then we started talking a fair bit and she was friendly n all, then one day, she saw me, and did the whole pretend she didn't see me thing and ignored me. I haven't exactly had all the much experiance with girls

I feel you man. My situation is similar, except I was really good friends with the girl. We hung out all the time, and I was totally in her. She was into me as well. She'd say she loved me and wanted to get married, yet I was always too much of a pussy to make a move because I didn't want things to get awkward and ruin the friendship. I wasn't as experienced as her, so there's a good chance it would've gotten awkward, plus she was extremely gorgeous.

Needless to say, We started talking less and less, and one day I find out from someone else she had a boyfriend. Before I found out I saw her with the guy, and it was really awkward.

She got tired of waiting.

Since then I've hooked up with a fair amount of different girls, and while its fun, I can't invest emotionally in any of them, since I always remember the girl I let get away is about 100 times better.

 

[Jim Bowie]

My ex-girlfriend said that I slept around on my current (at the time) girlfriend with her. She then proceeded to tell everyone she knew, and they told everyone else they knew. Thankfully, my then girlfriend didn't believe it, and we were still together until the end o' high school.

 

[Gorey]

RANT: I dearly wish someone had told me, in my younger days, what horrific tortures the 'staying friends' line can mean. That concept is like some kind of encoded virus sent up from Heck itself, whose sole duty is entwining itself around the muddled, confused, lonely hearts of depressed schmoes...and obliterating them. Seriously, if you hear that, the best thing to do is cut off all contact until you are ready to deal on your own terms. Forget any idea of long-shot reunions or heartfelt change of mind- save yourself while you can. /RANT

At the moment, thanks to the wonderful preponderance of holiday get-togethers exposing me to masses of my friends at once (repeatedly) my biggest romantic regret is along the lines of "Oh fuck, I'm 33 and the only single/unmarried guy I know. Uh, pass the Jack Daniels, please. No, no...just give me the whole bottle".

 

[jett]

Some truly horrible stories in here. Mine's not too melodramatic. So, I meet up with this girl through a mutual friend of ours, and I start seeing her almost daily since then. Only problem was that she was involved with someone else at the time. Long story short, I become "really" good friends with her and her boyfriend and I manage to talk him into breaking up with her. I spend the next few days trying to console her and she falls for me. I become the happiest man on earth(you see, I was kind of obsessed with this chick). 3 weeks later she tells me that she's still in love with her ex, but would like to date the both of us. I'm left speechless and she tells me of how I could have her tuesday through friday, and the other guy would have her saturday through monday. I mean, what the fuck? I was pretty devastated. And no, I didn't agree with her plan.

Karma's a bitch, I guess. I haven't tried to pull a stunt similiar to that one since then.

RANT: I dearly wish someone had told me, in my younger days, what horrific tortures the 'staying friends' line can mean. That concept is like some kind of encoded virus sent up from Heck itself, whose sole duty is entwining itself around the muddled, confused, lonely hearts of depressed schmoes...and obliterating them. Seriously, if you hear that, the best thing to do is cut off all contact until you are ready to deal on your own terms. Forget any idea of long-shot reunions or heartfelt change of mind- save yourself while you can. /RANT

D00ds, this guy speaks the truth. Staying friends with an ex is bullshit.

 

[GG-Duo]

RANT: I dearly wish someone had told me, in my younger days, what horrific tortures the 'staying friends' line can mean. That concept is like some kind of encoded virus sent up from Heck itself, whose sole duty is entwining itself around the muddled, confused, lonely hearts of depressed schmoes...and obliterating them. Seriously, if you hear that, the best thing to do is cut off all contact until you are ready to deal on your own terms. Forget any idea of long-shot reunions or heartfelt change of mind- save yourself while you can. /RANT

indeed. there are some things that i will surely pass on when I have a son/daughter.

1.) Ladder theory
2.) You can't be friends
3.) Doing stuff by yourself is ok
4.) High school is dumb
etc etc etc

 

[Ironclad]

I have no such stories. The opposite sex scares me to the point that I carry pepper spray with me. :lol But, I do know how you guys feel. Each and everyone of you has my sympathy. People can be so cruel.

Actually, scratch that. I have a story, but it pales in comparison to your stories. I like the girl sitting next to me in my Physics class to the point that I wouldn't mind asking her out, but then again, I am as scared as shit to ask her out. That's not the worst part though, I try to talk to her in class every now and then, but she acts like a bitch, but she isn't really like that. Maybe it's just me?

 

[boredJonathan]

Question then on this 'You Can't Stay Friends' theory. How true does this run? My ex-girlfriend and I broke up under very misunderstood circumstances. In the aftermath we've tried to stay friends in an ambigious effort to work things out at some undertermined point in the future. It sucks in about one hundred different ways, because of course I am holding out hope that everything works out, but it seems similar in alot of ways to other 'soft' break up methods. Am I falling for a variation on the 'staying friends' idea?

 

[Celicar]

this one time this girl was blowing me and i jizzed in her eye. it was embarrassing. i really liked her, but she never spoke to me after that.

 

[Date of Lies]

Some of these stories are more brutal than atleast half of the fatalities in Mortal Kombat.

Oh and for those with girlfriends that cheated on them, you can't really be angry at the guy (unless he was a friend), I knew some girl that was immediately when I met her throught some friends, how was I supposed to know she had a boyfriend?

 

[Pochacco]

Your Most Painful Memory Involving The Opposite Sex

Too many - especially in my high school years. So many that I can't explicitly recall a particular instance, which is probably for the best

 

[Ironclad]

Some of these stories are more brutal than atleast half of the fatalities in Mortal Kombat.

I cannot begin to tell you how awesome what you just said is.

 

[demon]

Celicar-to-Reality Translator:

this one time I was jerkin off and i jizzed in my eye. it was embarrassing. i really liked it, but i never jerked off again.

 

[Celicar]

Celicar-to-Reality Translator:

:lol

you're funny. it really did happen though. nah, just kidding. but seriously, it happened.