Attack of the *Official* Relationship Advice Thread

[Hound55]

Personally, I've always held the "less is more" attitude when it comes to make-up.

Too little is better than too much or a botched job.

 

[Snare]

I just have to focus this question to the predominantly male members of this forum. Is a woman's ability to apply makeup to her face all that important? I ask this because it's always been a distressing thought in that I have no skill in putting makeup on my face. My hands just aren't very steady and I can't keep them still enough to be effective at complicated things like eye liner or mascara. I will always pay for a beautician to do it for me if it's absolutely necessary that I need to have makeup put on my face. I feel like such a lost cause. I don't know what to do. It's far more attractive that I don't put on makeup as opposed to my applying it myself, trust me.

Honestly, it's never come into my mind. It's not important atall, and anyone who thinks it is is pretty shallow.

 

[Godzilla2000]

Personally, I've always held the "less is more" attitude when it comes to make-up.

Too little is better than too much or a botched job.

I have to agree with you. I like the smoky eyed look, but if I were to do it myself, I'd end up looking like a Raccoon and promptly sent straight to the zoo because of the misunderstanding.

Honestly, it's never come into my mind. It's not important atall, and anyone who thinks it is is pretty shallow.

I'm glad that there are some guys out there that like the au naturel look on a woman. People make me feel quite inadequate and that makes me angry, which accomplishes nothing. I just find it very discouraging and very alienating because of all the alleged "beauty" accoutrements women wear that I don't particularly like. I'm frightfully inept at taking care of not very important jewellery that I've purchased in the past or was given by exes, which I suppose considering they came from exes is understandable in my losing them. I never liked earrings at all and I know this is a weird thing but they practically gross me out. Can't get into fake nails because those gross me out too. I can't even touch those suckers without feeling queasy. My hands aren't steady enough to apply nail polish on my fingers.

I have no problem with wearing dresses and clothes I feel comfortable in that guys like to see me wearing, but I have to draw the line with excessive applications of other things aside from jewellery I like wearing, such as necklaces and that smoky eyed makeup I love so much but wish I could pull off. I want to look like a human being most of the time, not an airbrushed, plastic Barbie Doll. The only time I'd get really fancy (With a dress I hand pick or design myself mind you.) would be if I have to go to a fancy restaurant or the Oscars, which has not been the case. But I really can't stand dressing up in clothes that just aren't me. 95% of the time I really love to wear T-shirts and plaid skirts with my hair in pigtails. I'm into that whole Goth Punk thing and the smoky eyes. I'm classy when I have to be but I need all the help I can get because I just don't have a clue how to bring to life the looks and designs in my head of the very minute glamorous side of me. I get very nervous and stressed out with the long, drawn out preparations so this is why I let more capable hands do what I want done.

But if a guy really likes me, he'll be attracted to me without my having to really work at it, and that's the way it is. I'm not going to spend my life worrying about whether I measure up to other people's standards. That is so High Schoolish and immature. I have my own style, personality and comforts. They'll just have to accept me as I am and that I'm just like one of the guys, but I'm a girl.

 

[Anita18]

I'm glad that there are some guys out there that like the au naturel look on a woman. People make me feel quite inadequate and that makes me angry, which accomplishes nothing. I just find it very discouraging and very alienating because of all the alleged "beauty" accoutrements women wear that I don't particularly like. I'm frightfully inept at taking care of not very important jewellery that I've purchased in the past or was given by exes, which I suppose considering they came from exes is understandable in my losing them. I never liked earrings at all and I know this is a weird thing but they practically gross me out. Can't get into fake nails because those gross me out too. I can't even touch those suckers without feeling queasy. My hands aren't steady enough to apply nail polish on my fingers.

I have no problem with wearing dresses and clothes I feel comfortable in that guys like to see me wearing, but I have to draw the line with excessive applications of other things aside from jewellery I like wearing, such as necklaces and that smoky eyed makeup I love so much but wish I could pull off. I want to look like a human being most of the time, not an airbrushed, plastic Barbie Doll. The only time I'd get really fancy (With a dress I hand pick or design myself mind you.) would be if I have to go to a fancy restaurant or the Oscars, which has not been the case. But I really can't stand dressing up in clothes that just aren't me. 95% of the time I really love to wear T-shirts and plaid skirts with my hair in pigtails. I'm into that whole Goth Punk thing and the smoky eyes. I'm classy when I have to be but I need all the help I can get because I just don't have a clue how to bring to life the looks and designs in my head of the very minute glamorous side of me. I get very nervous and stressed out with the long, drawn out preparations so this is why I let more capable hands do what I want done.

But if a guy really likes me, he'll be attracted to me without my having to really work at it, and that's the way it is. I'm not going to spend my life worrying about whether I measure up to other people's standards. That is so High Schoolish and immature. I have my own style, personality and comforts. They'll just have to accept me as I am and that I'm just like one of the guys, but I'm a girl.

What's funny is, I think more guys hit on me when I'm running errands after the gym looking kind of ratty. They probably see how my legs look in my workout pants and then everything else goes out the window.

For me, I do look nice when I have a bit of makeup on, but it's just a bonus. I'm much too lazy for it to be the standard. And then when you actually DO get dressed up for a special occasion, there's not as much of the wow factor because you normally look like that all the time, you know?

I figure the way I go out all the time will attract the guys I actually want to attract. If some guy is attracted to the version of me who has makeup on all the time, that's not the real me and it's too much work to keep up just to keep him around. I'd rather much look how I usually am and then pull out the stops when it's a special occasion.

But most guys don't really notice the makeup anyway. My own bf responds more when I wear heels.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I've known a lot of 14 year olds with more maturity than most 60 year old men I've encountered at my job, like that potheaded weirdo that seems to waft around like the smell of a bad turd in the toilet.

See, those 14 yr olds know there is something to gain in acting like mature 60 yr olds, as they know women like that, and they are just about to start growing their first penis, whereas the 60 yr olds think there is nothing to lose in acting like they are 14 yr olds again, as their penis' are about to fall off. in actual fact, that is probably why he is carrying that pot on his head, old people will make soup out of anything.

eh, if you are having relationship troubles do what I did, try writing a novel about it. I'm sure lots of people will want to read it, haha.

 

[Erzengel]

Wtf.

 

[terry78]

Surely you're used to this by now.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

and in regards to putting make-up on, I think you would need to have pretty shakey hands to mess that up, you don't need to be a master surgeon or anything, if you can write your name legibly, you should be able to put on make up without looking all jackson bollocks.

There is an art to it, and it takes practice, I only used to wear eye make up when i played music onstage, so i never bothered practicing, or bothered to try to put on make-up correctly either, so I got women at gigs to put it on for me.
Practice.

 

[ComicChick]

Awww, there there CC. Relationships are overrated anyways.

*I'm lying to make her feel better*

(kidding)

What happened to your crush CC? Have you not made contact lately?

i haven't seen him

i've been on all mornings so i'm either getting off before he comes in now or he's out on deployment or something

haha maybe i should have my schedule for fridays swapped lol

 

[AndThePickles]

In regards to the makeup, watch YouTube tutorials if you don't know how to apply it. I learned through practice, but I guess I'm also lucky that I have a talent for it. I made more sales than anyone else when I worked at an Estée Lauder counter when I was 17, and I didn't even have their training because my manager said I didn't need it.

I'm a big fan of makeup as a simple and easy way to boost your self confidence. Heavy makeup should be for stage performance only, but light makeup can be used to enhance your natural beauty. Even something as little as "omg I have a red spot where I popped that zit, it looks awful!" can cause you to stress and not feel as good about yourself. A little concealer and bam, back to feeling confident.

 

[ComicChick]

I like to say I'm only getting married once, and if it doesn't work out, it has to be extraordinary circumstances for me to do it again. I believe in only getting married once.

Divorce has become somewhat of a passe and not even looked down upon but call me old fashioned.

im with you on this one

 

[ComicChick]

I just have to focus this question to the predominantly male members of this forum. Is a woman's ability to apply makeup to her face all that important? I ask this because it's always been a distressing thought in that I have no skill in putting makeup on my face. My hands just aren't very steady and I can't keep them still enough to be effective at complicated things like eye liner or mascara. I will always pay for a beautician to do it for me if it's absolutely necessary that I need to have makeup put on my face. I feel like such a lost cause. I don't know what to do. It's far more attractive that I don't put on makeup as opposed to my applying it myself, trust me.

it takes practice. i couldnt put on eyeliner to save my life before, now it's nothing

 

[Anubis]

It helps if you know how to put it on.

Also, some people need it.

But if you don't know how to put it on correctly, well, there is such a thing as a clown fetish.

 

[Mac_Hine]

Light make up is nice on a woman for me. Not too much though.

 

[Anita18]

I'm a big fan of makeup as a simple and easy way to boost your self confidence. Heavy makeup should be for stage performance only, but light makeup can be used to enhance your natural beauty. Even something as little as "omg I have a red spot where I popped that zit, it looks awful!" can cause you to stress and not feel as good about yourself. A little concealer and bam, back to feeling confident.

This is why I don't have mirrors around. If I can't see it, I literally forget about it.

 

[Polaris23]

This weekend. For sure.

 

[Godzilla2000]

You can all blame my mother for this one. She is an extremely religious person and we had a brief conversation about whether or not remarrying a person who has been legally divorced is a sin or not. Her stance is that all divorced men and women are off limits even after the divorce is final. It got me to thinking about it so I was doing some Biblical research on Marriage and Biblical grounds for Divorce according to the scriptures. This is what I came up with:

Matthew 5:32
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 19:9
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.

In layman's terms this means that if a spouse has been sexually unfaithful to you while you are married to them and you get a Divorce because of it, the man or woman you remarry is not considered an adulterer.

So the "Morality Police" can just lay off me for considering relationships with divorced men now can't they?

it takes practice. i couldnt put on eyeliner to save my life before, now it's nothing

I guess it also helps that they've got these Smoky Eye Eyeshadow kits too. I was thinking of investing in a few of those.

 

[Anubis]

It also states only the women are considered adulteress. The dude is only an adulterer if he bangs the woman, who was divorced.

So you know, the Bible's full of s**t.

 

[knowsbleed]

Who here has given up on relationships? Raise your hand. *raises hand*

 

[Polaris23]

If this next possible one fails, maybe I will. I'm way too picky and too good on my own.

 

[Godzilla2000]

It also states only the women are considered adulteress. The dude is only an adulterer if he bangs the woman, who was divorced.

So you know, the Bible's full of s**t.

As I like to read the Bible for knowledge a lot since my mother is super religious (And I don't begrudge her her beliefs.) I think most of it is quite lost in translation, hence the reason why the English language version ones sound so contradictory. But you know I think of the Bible like poetry, everyone will have their own interpretation of the words within it. And some will only see things like "Divorce is evil and anyone who is divorced should never have a relationship with another woman and marry again." when they read certain verses. But the ones I posted above pretty clearly state in the eyes of God any marriage where a spouse has extramarital relations with another person while married render that marriage pretty much null and void. You'll also get people that justify horrifying acts of hate and violence against other people, especially minorities and Jewish people, because they state the Bible gives them that right for whatever reasons.

 

[SpideyVille]

How can I give up on relationships when I never started one?

 

[Godzilla2000]

How can I give up on relationships when I never started one?

Well, you have to have a relationship with some even if it isn't of a Dating sort of a relationship that you could say you're through with just to make yourself feel included.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

How can I give up on relationships when I never started one?

Dude, I was flipping through the thread with photos of posters yesterday, y'know just to see what kind of faces I would be punching if I ever met up with you guys(ownley joawking! ), and I clocked a couple of pics with you(I liked that one with you and your nephew, i could relate to that one a lot)....Dude, you are a big good looking guy, wtf are you doing skulking around in bookstores like a weirdo?! haha, leave that kind of activity for us weirdos with the big noses and elbow chins and chin elbows and bum knees and knee bums....that is the domain of the elephant man club(of which I am chairman), what the hell are you doing with yourself? Ask some girls out ffs, don;t stand around at the Comic con taking pics of women, talk to women instead.
I'm telling ya man, you're getting no more advice out of me anymore, haha, because once you get over whatever the hell these mental hurdles are that you have in your head, and start asking girls out the old fashioned way, instead of farting about in bookstores like a mad farter, you will not be without dates.

frickin get it together, stop giving yourself all of these needless hurdles, like you don't want to date a woman who drinks, you don't want to go to bars, don't like tattoos or whatever...drop all of that crap and just ask out whatever woman you meet that you want to ask out.

Ok, that's me done, I'm saving all my sage advice for the ugly people of the world, no more sympathy from me laddie.

 

[WillardNation]

TheBum does make a point, SpideyVille. You're a good lookin' dude. And you live in New York, right? Where there's millions of people (ladies)? I really think the only thing you need is a boost of confidence. It's amazing how much better you do (at everything in life) once you just start doing it with confidence.