Thread of Love 3.0

[pensfan1989]

[IrishEyes]

Long distance relationships absolutely suck. But those times you do actually get to see each other is what makes it either worth it or not.

Speaking from real life.

[Lt. Dish]

The fact that she is 23 means she only has a few good years left in her prime.

Woman prime is like 17-32

Nope. Older.

Wait. Upon further review, I now understand that the context here is looks-related.

All I can say is, damn you, Sir Isaac Newton!!!

[ExPatriatePen]

The fact that she is 23 means she only has a few good years left in her prime.

Woman prime is like 17-32

Nope. Older.

Wait. Upon further review, I now understand that the context here is looks-related.

All I can say is, damn you, Sir Isaac Newton!!!

If you weren't speaking looks... What were you speaking about?

Oh, and by the way, true beauty is ageless.

[Bioshock]

You know, sorry for complaining so much this past week. That normally isn't me. I'm normally an absurdly positive person in real life. I guess LGP's was my place to vent but it's just getting absurd. I'm going to go back to being positive. I really have no business complaining about my life or love life for that matter.

[Lt. Dish]

EPP,

I met this woman a couple of weeks ago who stopped me dead in my tracks. She had to be about 80--at least--and she was gorgeous. Yes, she was "well put together," as they say, and I could imagine her giving Ava Gardner a run for her money several decades ago. But her smile was the thing--radiating energy and confidence. Her eyes were bright and sparkling, having seen so much over the course of a life well-lived. She had snow-white hair and many laugh lines. I'm totally imagining a favorable narrative behind the observable description. But we chatted for awhile and and she exhibited such a fun, smart sense of humor and manner of speaking, so I'm working off of that. I thought of her when you mentioned ageless beauty, EPP. I left our conversation inspired. It was a very cool feeling.

[Cagsjr724]

Read last couple of pages. You know who has the easiest time dating? Guys who sleep around. It's the ones who just don't care who get most dates, most girls. Guys who are able to cut away from their emotions. One of my best friends slept with so many girls, he can't even remember. I see how he talks to girls. I know how he picks them up. He basically sees a good looking girl on the street, hops right over, says a few things, says something funny, smiles, and gets the girl's number. Much of it has to do with attitude. I've seen him strike out a lot too, but he just laughs it off and moves onto another target. It doesn't faze him whatsoever. He'll then date a girl for a while, until he gets bored, and without even thinking twice about her feelings, he's able to cut her loose. Thanks and bye. He was dating this great looking redhead for a while. She really liked him. So did her parents. I met them. Thing is that she had a young kid and I once asked him in private - half serious, half not - if he's going to marry her. Wow. The outrage in his eyes. NO! I asked why. "She has a kid.". So I asked why he's dating her if he knows right away he won't make a serious commitment. He just nonchalantly said why not.. he's having fun and she's having fun. But I know for a fact she really hoped it would be a serious relationship.

I'm telling the story because I see about 3 of you are over-thinking it. I'll be the first to tell you that I don't like how my friend treats women. Not that he ever mistreats them or is rude or anything of that nature. Just the opposite. Women cling to him because he's very cool, outgoing, laughs a whole lot. Just he isn't the relationship kind. But as I was saying, there is also such a thing as too much emotional involvement, especially at the start of a relationship. Maybe a phobia of being rejected is what keeps people single [and it's OK to be single; some people are great single]. That's all in the head. Over-thinking. Over-analyzing. It is as if some people become emotionally affected before they even start dating the person. There is a lesson to be learned from my buddy. Get that stuff out of your mind and throw yourself on the market. Even if it blows up in your face. If it does, laugh it off. It's sometimes not easy being sensitive, yet I feel people like that make the best partners when do they find that someone.

Sorry for quoting you from a few pages back. Most of my one night stands and girls who I have had "play dates" with have told me they just want fun and no strings attached. I would have dated these girls but they made it clear it was just a good time and nothing else.

I question myself all the time...Why do none of these women I meet want to date?? I honestly don't know. Sluts?? I hate too answer that question but I got to know most of them but after a few weeks I get the im to busy with work/school talk and its over.

[ExPatriatePen]

EPP,

I met this woman a couple of weeks ago who stopped me dead in my tracks. She had to be about 80--at least--and she was gorgeous. Yes, she was "well put together," as they say, and I could imagine her giving Ava Gardner a run for her money several decades ago. But her smile was the thing--radiating energy and confidence. Her eyes were bright and sparkling, having seen so much over the course of a life well-lived. She had snow-white hair and many laugh lines. I'm totally imagining a favorable narrative behind the observable description. But we chatted for awhile and and she exhibited such a fun, smart sense of humor and manner of speaking, so I'm working off of that. I thought of her when you mentioned ageless beauty, EPP. I left our conversation inspired. It was a very cool feeling.

Absolutely, great example LT. I'll paraphrase Justice Potter Stewart "I'm not sure that I can define beauty, but I know it when I see it".

For me, some of the most beautiful women I've known might not be gorgeous by Hollywood standards, they might have 'flaws' from a physical appearance standpoint, but they're beautiful people. Attractive, but attractive in some many ways that are intangible.

Those characteristics are timeless. The way someone connects with you, the confident way they seem to be so comfortable in their own skin, the way they make you feel so at ease, the way time flys when you're with them... That's beauty, and that beauty knows no age.

Of course it took me years and years to come to this understanding, and I made many mistakes in the process. But, I'm like someone who spent years and years refining their knowledge and appreciation of wine, only to find out they had allergies and couldn't touch the stuff. so at this point in my life, that knowledge doesn't do me much good.

[columbia]

Now that the season is back on, here is my recommendation for the lonely hearts club:

1. Buy some Penguins tickets
2. Find a date
3. ????
4. Talk to mac for advice on camo tuxedos

[Rylan]

Mac's fashion advice would be a faux pas for me. But Penguins tickets are easily the best places to take girls. They get to be nice and dressed up if they want to be and I get to watch hockey. Win win.

[ulf]

Mac's fashion advice would be a faux pas for me. But Penguins tickets are easily the best places to take girls. They get to be nice and dressed up if they want to be and I get to watch hockey. Win win.

Pens games and golf dates are gold.

[ExPatriatePen]

So, on Feb 1st it will be 4 years since I broke up with my ex. (Mostly her choice)

Today, I open my email, and I get my first contact from her in four years.

All it is, is an mp3 of this song.





You gotta be kidding me. This is the kind of drama that is what drove us apart. No thanks.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

Sorry to hear that EPP. That sort of stunt just angers the blood.

[columbia]

There's nothing cool about messing with someone's head.

[Sarcastic]

EPP, I read the lyrics to the song and I'm a bit confused. What's she trying to say, that she wants you back?

[Sarcastic]

Sorry for quoting you from a few pages back. Most of my one night stands and girls who I have had "play dates" with have told me they just want fun and no strings attached. I would have dated these girls but they made it clear it was just a good time and nothing else.

I question myself all the time...Why do none of these women I meet want to date?? I honestly don't know. Sluts?? I hate too answer that question but I got to know most of them but after a few weeks I get the im to busy with work/school talk and its over.

If you don't like one night stands, don't have them. Frankly, it's scary these days. 1 in 4 to 5 people has genital herpes. Or so they say on TV. It used to be that when I stepped into a bar and saw a girl in a little skirt standing around, I wondered what she has underneath. Now I can't help but wonder what kind of disease she may have or who she slept with the night before.

If you're not the sleeping around type, tell a girl you're looking for a relationship and that you want to go out for a while before you get to the physical stuff. I think you may be surprised by how well it would be received by a lot of girls.

If you pick a girl who has no problem going to bed just like that, then she's that kind of girl and, to be honest, I don't think you'll find a girlfriend this way.

[ExPatriatePen]

EPP, I read the lyrics to the song and I'm a bit confused. What's she trying to say, that she wants you back?

That's not real clear... I think the message is more that she thought she wouldn't miss me / that she'd solve her problems by getting rid of me, but that her life now isn't as good as it was when we were together.

At least that's my take.

There's a part of the lyrics that makes it sound like the man found someone new while the relationship was still going and that doesn't fit me and my ex.

I did start dating someone else from the same town a few months later, and I'm still dating them. So that part fits.

I know my ex didn't date much for a couple years at last after we broke up. I ran into her twice (No commnication) when we were both in at the same event (once at the beach, once at the local Irish Pub I frequent), she was with the same guy both times. I just assumed they were a couple. Who knows, she may have broke up with him... whatever.

You have NO IDEA how nasty this break up was. It was horrible. She actually had me arrested on false harrasment charges. (Long story but I had witnesses who were retired cops who gave witness that I was miles away once, and the other time I was on the CCTV security video cam at that same bar when I was supposivedly harrassing her - and it gets even worse from there). So she's completely nuts to begin with.

This MP3 just blew me away this morning. Thank God I leave for San Fran on Thursday for 10 days and then I relocate to Key West for 7 weeks starting Jan 26th. I'm not getting out of town a moment too soon.

[Sarcastic]

She actually had me arrested on false harrasment charges.

Haha.

Sounds like you better stay away from her. Or take her to bed, do what you will, then tell her she doesn't to it for you anymore. Revenge.

But yeah, it sounds like her life sucks and she regrets losing you.

[Rylan]

Frankly, it's scary these days. 1 in 4 to 5 people has genital herpes.

So you are saying just contract herpes and life is no longer scary? Solid plan.

[ExPatriatePen]

Frankly, it's scary these days. 1 in 4 to 5 people has genital herpes.

So you are saying just contract herpes and life is no longer scary? Solid plan.

Look at the two people on your left.... now look at the two people on your right, not them... guess what???

[Rylan]

If they are ladies, I asked both for their number for a potential 3 way conference call on potential dangers of modern society? If so then I see where you are going you sly dog

[ExPatriatePen]

If they are ladies, I asked both for their number for a potential 3 way conference call on potential dangers of modern society? If so then I see where you are going you sly dog

And if they're males... ????

[Rylan]

Pick up hockey game after this random gathering?

[Sarcastic]

Frankly, it's scary these days. 1 in 4 to 5 people has genital herpes.

So you are saying just contract herpes and life is no longer scary? Solid plan.

You could go that way, sure. And if those numbers are true, then I realize there are people on this board who have that problem, so I apologize. Just that looking at google images of the thing scares the crap out of me.

[Pavel Bure]

So, on Feb 1st it will be 4 years since I broke up with my ex. (Mostly her choice)

Today, I open my email, and I get my first contact from her in four years.

All it is, is an mp3 of this song.





You gotta be kidding me. This is the kind of drama that is what drove us apart. No thanks.

E-mail back with this.


LLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


then never respond again.