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Ain't Talkin' 'Bout [Love]

Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
MY LOVE IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuyvT8nFMLY

Are you in love
Do you wanna be
Are you trying to purge all human emotions from your body and become a perfect, immortal machine

Talk about it all here!

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  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Heh, aw yeah? I got your fricken love right here

    *clutches chest*

  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    I appreciate you, Graham <3

  • knitdanknitdan Registered User regular
    Is this love that I'm feeling
    Or is it indigestion

    “I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
    -Indiana Solo, runner of blades
  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    knitdan wrote: »
    Is this love that I'm feeling
    Or is it indigestion

    Both, probably

  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    So, not to get too heavy on you guys... five posts into my new thread
    But the other day I was thinking about my past relationships. Now, there have traditionally been four women that I have counted as the ones I loved (and lost). the Big Four, as it were

    but some time ago I really examined my memories of those relationships and decided that 3 of the 4 I would now say were emotional states that I mistook for love - infatuation, or just a really hard crush, etc. - which means, odds are, the 4th one falls under that as well

    Which would mean I've never actually been in love! which is kind of a bummer thought after almost 30 years of life
    Also possibly indicates that I'm just a really easy mark

  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    So, not to get too heavy on you guys... five posts into my new thread
    But the other day I was thinking about my past relationships. Now, there have traditionally been four women that I have counted as the ones I loved (and lost). the Big Four, as it were

    but some time ago I really examined my memories of those relationships and decided that 3 of the 4 I would now say were emotional states that I mistook for love - infatuation, or just a really hard crush, etc. - which means, odds are, the 4th one falls under that as well

    Which would mean I've never actually been in love! which is kind of a bummer thought after almost 30 years of life
    Also possibly indicates that I'm just a really easy mark

    So what you're saying is I should make you fall in love with me and have you buy me stuff

  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    So, not to get too heavy on you guys... five posts into my new thread
    But the other day I was thinking about my past relationships. Now, there have traditionally been four women that I have counted as the ones I loved (and lost). the Big Four, as it were

    but some time ago I really examined my memories of those relationships and decided that 3 of the 4 I would now say were emotional states that I mistook for love - infatuation, or just a really hard crush, etc. - which means, odds are, the 4th one falls under that as well

    Which would mean I've never actually been in love! which is kind of a bummer thought after almost 30 years of life
    Also possibly indicates that I'm just a really easy mark

    So what you're saying is I should make you fall in love with me and have you buy me stuff

    Nice try, Steve! I'm not falling for that play a fifth time!

  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Fool me four times, shame on you

  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    So, not to get too heavy on you guys... five posts into my new thread
    But the other day I was thinking about my past relationships. Now, there have traditionally been four women that I have counted as the ones I loved (and lost). the Big Four, as it were

    but some time ago I really examined my memories of those relationships and decided that 3 of the 4 I would now say were emotional states that I mistook for love - infatuation, or just a really hard crush, etc. - which means, odds are, the 4th one falls under that as well

    Which would mean I've never actually been in love! which is kind of a bummer thought after almost 30 years of life
    Also possibly indicates that I'm just a really easy mark

    So what you're saying is I should make you fall in love with me and have you buy me stuff

    Nice try, Steve! I'm not falling for that play a fifth time!

    What if I convince you I'm a cute girl with purple hair who's into punk rock and has lots of tattoos

  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    So, not to get too heavy on you guys... five posts into my new thread
    But the other day I was thinking about my past relationships. Now, there have traditionally been four women that I have counted as the ones I loved (and lost). the Big Four, as it were

    but some time ago I really examined my memories of those relationships and decided that 3 of the 4 I would now say were emotional states that I mistook for love - infatuation, or just a really hard crush, etc. - which means, odds are, the 4th one falls under that as well

    Which would mean I've never actually been in love! which is kind of a bummer thought after almost 30 years of life
    Also possibly indicates that I'm just a really easy mark

    So what you're saying is I should make you fall in love with me and have you buy me stuff

    Nice try, Steve! I'm not falling for that play a fifth time!

    What if I convince you I'm a cute girl with purple hair who's into punk rock and has lots of tattoos

    Go on

  • useruser Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    So, not to get too heavy on you guys... five posts into my new thread
    But the other day I was thinking about my past relationships. Now, there have traditionally been four women that I have counted as the ones I loved (and lost). the Big Four, as it were

    but some time ago I really examined my memories of those relationships and decided that 3 of the 4 I would now say were emotional states that I mistook for love - infatuation, or just a really hard crush, etc. - which means, odds are, the 4th one falls under that as well

    Which would mean I've never actually been in love! which is kind of a bummer thought after almost 30 years of life
    Also possibly indicates that I'm just a really easy mark

    Limerence, huh? Fair play. I've had this pattern myself. I'm trying to figure out what it is exactly that has me stuck there -- falling in love a bit too soon and feeling like it's never really requited.

    In my case, near as I can tell, I have a lot of past life experience that's tied to living in depression, and though I have lived pretty much on the up and up for 6 years now.

    I still tend to gravitate toward people I feel would more easily 'get' that part of my life -- it's very easy for me to hit it off with people from similar life circumstances (dysfunctional family sitch) and who definitely have a history of dealing with a similar mental state -- or unfortunately, being stuck in that themselves in the moment.

    Well, I'm beginning to understand, I have enough coping skills and support in place, that I haven't been comfortable self-describing as depressed for nearly two years.

    Maybe I should start dating people who aren't in the thick of it. Which is no slight to people in those circumstances, I just recognize that at least for my case -- when I was depressed in my adolecence and young adult life I felt that I was totally unlovable; and dang isn't possible that the people I've fallen for, being so inflicted might not be there themselves.

    Well I'm thinking it's perfectly possible for someone who hasn't shared that sort of journey to understand it's place in my life. It's just a subtle difference in order of operations, I gotta win em over first, and then when they grow to value me, maybe they will make the effort to understand.

  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    I'm not sure I've ever been in love, but goodness the two times in my life where I've fallen for a girl have been thoroughly unpleasant. The last time it happened two years ago I didn't deal with the sheer tidal wave of emotions very well at all. I think this is probably overstating it a little, but it felt like an out-of-body experience. I kept doing things and they all feel like the wrong decision in retrospect. I mean, yeah, I wasn't successful, but it goes beyond that and I regret the whole thing intensely.

  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    knitdan wrote: »
    Is this love that I'm feeling
    Or is it indigestion

    A little explanation of the symptoms
    https://youtu.be/TH9TJj9Qj-Q

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    I am different than I was,
    Or is everyone else different?

  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    Yes

  • BillyIdleBillyIdle What does "katana" mean? It means "Japanese sword."Registered User regular
    I think therefore I am.

    PSN: BillyIdle_
  • ahavaahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    Just want to start the thread with this thought

    I love you guys.

    Best internet family ever.

    Also @Infidel I miss you and stuff.

    Also I'm past exhausted to the point of almost stink drunk.

    Also, baby is crawling now. Kinda sorta. Ahhhhhh.

  • CreaganCreagan Registered User regular
    See, now I feel bad because I decided I probably wasn't in love with the guy I dated because if I had to pick between saving my dog, and saving him, I'd pick my dog without thinking about it.

    (In my defense, I've had my dog for 12 years, only dated the guy for six months, and the dog got me through really tough family/school stuff.)

    He did rate higher than my guinea pig, though. So I did really like him. (I've had her for six years, and she kept me from being hopelessly lonely in college & grad school. I'd pick my guibea pig over my grandfather.)

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    I guess I'm worried that my friendships are different

    I miss having someone to share things, like a stupid song on the radio, or a good song on the radio, or sharing sunsets etc

  • ProlegomenaProlegomena Frictionless Spinning The VoidRegistered User regular
    Also, baby is crawling now. Kinda sorta. Ahhhhhh.

    Congratulations, you're about two weeks away from "climbing up everything" and about 2 years from "safely climbing down from anything".

  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    See like, if someone ever MADE me choose between them and my dog, they'd be out on their butts.

    But if I had to pick to save a people or my pupper... let's just say everyone but my dearest dear ones is in the At Risk category.
    I been super depressed lately and there have been days he's the only thing keeping me from stepping in front of a bus

    Well, him and not wanting to sentence some random driver to a life of knowing they hit a person, cause that ain't fair

    ...he's a pretty great dog, is my point

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    "Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    My plan for that is to make the person I'm hauling to safety hold onto my dog as I drag them out, as a condition of their rescue

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited October 2016
    Tolkien girl has three dogs and three cats.

    Wanna meet those dogs.

    sarukun on
  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    See like, if someone ever MADE me choose between them and my dog, they'd be out on their butts.

    But if I had to pick to save a people or my pupper... let's just say everyone but my dearest dear ones is in the At Risk category.
    I been super depressed lately and there have been days he's the only thing keeping me from stepping in front of a bus

    Well, him and not wanting to sentence some random driver to a life of knowing they hit a person, cause that ain't fair

    ...he's a pretty great dog, is my point

    Yeah, I have really latched on to my parents dogs. One of them is getting old for his breed and I am terrified

  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE

    I am thankful for the Love thread and all of its miseries and sometimes joys.

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Happy Thanksgiving, Chico and other Canadian friends. I am thankful y'all still tolerate us after all the crap we've been pulling lately.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Sandra feel better, and hug that dog of yours.

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    See like, if someone ever MADE me choose between them and my dog, they'd be out on their butts.

    But if I had to pick to save a people or my pupper... let's just say everyone but my dearest dear ones is in the At Risk category.
    I been super depressed lately and there have been days he's the only thing keeping me from stepping in front of a bus

    Well, him and not wanting to sentence some random driver to a life of knowing they hit a person, cause that ain't fair

    ...he's a pretty great dog, is my point

    Hope you're feeling a bit better soon, LS.

    Hugs to you and Haechi.

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Was gonna get mad at that dog for stepping on my turf, but, uh, turns out I'm the one who's not worthy.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I am, at tops, an amateur treat-catching enthusiast.

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    I would not make someone choose between me and their dog as I know
    But alas I know I will never have that conversation

  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    Crap. I have seemingly a date this week. First one I gone in years.

    We been talking back and forth through text quite a bit, and our texts have gotten really long. I'm sorta worried that we skipped a lot of the "get to know you " material that we could have talked about, but we'll see.

    She seems to enjoy active stuff, so I may suggest a bike ride or something followed by lunch or something.

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2016
    Brainleech wrote: »
    I would not make someone choose between me and their dog as I know
    But alas I know I will never have that conversation

    Bro button

    Chin up, buddy.

    I can't find the old comment. Is there a way you could talk to some one and get some help?

    I'm thinking of getting some therapy. I don't really know where to begin, and I'm already dreading the conversation with my parents.

    DouglasDanger on
  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    I've kinda been looking at my current plans and I realized that if I keep going on the route I'm on I realistically will not be in a position to actually date for probably another year or two. Which, honestly, it most likely wouldn't have happened anyway but just having an actual barrier there is kind of a bummer.

    On the plus side, I just realized there wouldn't be anything stopping me from getting a dog! Thats way more exciting at this point.

  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    Dogs rule

    Even when they insist on sitting on your butt and then attempting to stretch so that their paw is JABBING your butt THAT'S NOT COOL HAECHI

    BAD TOUCH

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    "Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Yeah or when they pace across the room, step on your feet, repeat

    To get a petting

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