*Official* Relationship Advice Thread Strikes Back

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A maid? No. Escort? No.

yeah you do. you want a gf without having to do any work. so what do you think having a gf would entail then?

you keep saying this line about community college and film and blah blah but you've never done anything to try and achieve it
 
yeah you do. you want a gf without having to do any work. so what do you think having a gf would entail then?

you keep saying this line about community college and film and blah blah but you've never done anything to try and achieve it

I was in community college for two semesters and will go back sometime in 2011. As for Film...I admit I'm losing my desire to do it, but I will still like to get a degree in the Film area. I be fine just directing tv shows or Syfy Channel tv flicks, tv miniseries, soaps. I have little desire to do big budget films. In fact anything over 50 mil budget, I rather not work on in a high capacity. I be happy directing a 2 mil action movie in Bulgaria. I also believe in a salary cap in Hollywood. I see little excuse for any movie to have a budget over 200 million. Even 170 is pushing it.
 
I hate when parents and family put pressure on me to marry and reproduce, not to mention the dreaded get a woman. I don't like talking to women, I'm anti social, deal with it. Too many damn people on earth already.

Can you explain a bit more on this? Do you really not like it or just have trouble? If you just have trouble I'm not judging you because I've always had the same problem.
 
So a girl messaged me back online. She was kind and polite and answered the questions I asked. But she didn't really ask me anything or give me much to go forward with. I assume the door is open for me to send another message (or why would she reply?) but how should I proceed?
 
Can you explain a bit more on this? Do you really not like it or just have trouble? If you just have trouble I'm not judging you because I've always had the same problem.

More of trouble/shyness, thus don't enjoy it. Tired of older women going "so cute".

And I met a woman today who I think is attractive...but she is my brother speech teacher. So, off limits. She may be my speech teacher if I take speech lessons again on Jan. I dunno how I would feel about that.
 
More of trouble/shyness, thus don't enjoy it. Tired of older women going "so cute".

Yeah, I had the same problem most of my life, well I still do but not nearly as bad. I also got a little burnt out on "trying" but you don't want to give up.
 
Ok, so I've posted in here before, but normally giving than taking. Pay back.

I don't really care how I come across here, because I'll be the first to admit that this is a dumb problem that I should just stop worrying about.

Here's the thing: My missus works with her ex. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, I trust her and she has no interest in him. They're not friends and it wasn't a long relationship. They do have to work together and share the same area when going out for after work drinks, and that's when it bothers me. It's not that I think anything's going to happen because I wouldn't be with her if I did. I just feel weird when I think about it. It probably has a lot to do with me cutting exes out once they are... exes. It just makes my skin crawl that she's out with a guy who... remembers things about her. You get me?

It's not a massive deal. It's never caused problems. But I wish I could get rid of that weird feeling when she's out with work, having drinks with a guy who's penis used to be in her mouth.

It is a silly problem. It goes against everything I am. I'm a confident guy. She shows me she loves me in every way. I can see she's traded up. I just don't get it. Is this natural?

Any suggestions apart from 'Grow the fu** up'?
Oh Eggy. -patpat-

It sounds like a normal thing to worry about. Actually, it doesn't read like a trust issue with your girl - it reads like you're bothered because you don't know what the ex is thinking. You're assuming that he's imagining banging your gf whenever they're out together for work, stuff like that. The fact that he's tried to get back together with her in the past doesn't help things either.

Not sure how you could get over this completely until this guy finds another girl to bang, or until you meet him and make sure that he's cool.

I'm still friends with my ex, but of course getting past the awkwardness took a long time. I attended his wedding with my current bf, and that was actually pretty nice. It felt like we had all moved on, although communicating is still a little weird because honestly, we wouldn't have been friends if we hadn't dated. :funny: One thing for sure is that I have WAY less trust issues with my current bf than my first one, but I'm not sure if it's because of him or because I've matured. He works in a field where there aren't many women so I've never had to have my trust tested in that way. But he's dorky enough (and our relationship so slow-going at the beginning) that if he were to cheat on me, I'm thinking I'd laugh at him for taking all the trouble to give me the runaround. :lmao:

Possibly. But there is more to this than you are letting on, or she is bat**** crazy. There HAS to be rhyme or reason to her allegations. Furthermore, you may be asking one too many questions about 'Susie with the nice ass.'

Rack your brain and think through the event prior to her giving you a lashing. Did you laugh at jokes one girl made, more than the others? Did you mention they way anyone dressed to your girl later on? Etc? Little details to a woman can be overlooked by men greatly. Think through, hard.
Yes, but if it's not obvious to him even after wracking his brain, I think the girl is nuts. Period.

My bf talked a lot with the hairdresser when he got his hair cut. Therefore he wants to sleep with her. :whatever:

...This first love thing kinda sucks. I've had this girl as a romantic part of my life for 5 years. There's never been any getting over each other. Just lots of breaks and rebounds that resembled each other. It really is one of those things where I know what the logical things to do are and then logic gets it's ass kicked by emotion.
If it's a cycle and nothing ever changes, it's worth it to try and get a clean break. But it's easier said than done, especially when you still have close physical proximity.

I mean, what do you see yourself doing 5 years from now? The same cycle with the same girl?

Of course I want a GF, but don't want to deal with the work that comes with it. I'm 23 and keep changing my mind on things. Like...do I want to go back to community to continue my goal of being a film director? Yes, but I be happy just being the coffee boy on a film set at this point. However, I would only be ok with that for a 2 or 3 yr period.
Sounds like me, although I'm finally getting off my butt to take community college (hey, I'm cheap) classes for graphic design. My rule is, if I've considered it seriously for a week and the answer is still "yes" then I'm going for it for realz. :funny:

And I wouldn't considering being in a relationship "work." It's only work if you don't want to do it. :oldrazz: It takes effort yes, but it's stuff that you want to do. And once you're comfortable with the other person, it doesn't even really feel like effort.

Uh, guys. I GOTTA LADY PROBLEM.
Are you a lady with a problem or do you have a problem with a lady? :oldrazz:
 
Thanks, Anita. Yes, it's nothing to do with trust at all. You have it right. It's just a weird thing and isn't a big deal at all. It's just like there's a fly in the room and it keeps flying near my coffee. I'm not gonna use a bazooka to kill it.
 
You could be right...I also live at home and my social life and work life is pretty bad, so having a gf wouldn't be wise right now.

I'm assuming you living at home means living with a parent? I do the same thing, and I'm still in a healthy relationship :huh:
 
You could be right...I also live at home and my social life and work life is pretty bad, so having a gf wouldn't be wise right now.
How is your social life and work life pretty bad?

I was in community college for two semesters and will go back sometime in 2011. As for Film...I admit I'm losing my desire to do it, but I will still like to get a degree in the Film area. I be fine just directing tv shows or Syfy Channel tv flicks, tv miniseries, soaps. I have little desire to do big budget films. In fact anything over 50 mil budget, I rather not work on in a high capacity. I be happy directing a 2 mil action movie in Bulgaria. I also believe in a salary cap in Hollywood. I see little excuse for any movie to have a budget over 200 million. Even 170 is pushing it.
You also stated you want to live in NC? Sorry to tell you this but if you really want to work in the film industry you are going to have to go to California or NY.

More of trouble/shyness, thus don't enjoy it. Tired of older women going "so cute".
So you are going to wait until your social and work life is better and then you are going to turn on a switch and automatically be confident?

It's at this age now, where you are suppose to be honing your skills by trial and error by failing and succeeding. Thinking you are just going to turn off your shyness when you're ready just seems silly.

And I met a woman today who I think is attractive...but she is my brother speech teacher. So, off limits. She may be my speech teacher if I take speech lessons again on Jan. I dunno how I would feel about that.
This is the second time I noticed you doing this. You automatically think you have a chance with women just by meeting them. That "friends with benefits" girl and now this speech teacher. Do you even say more than 10 words to either? I think you should have a few conversations with a woman before you decide what can and can't work.

In the end ETM, practice, practice, practice.
 
So a girl messaged me back online. She was kind and polite and answered the questions I asked. But she didn't really ask me anything or give me much to go forward with. I assume the door is open for me to send another message (or why would she reply?) but how should I proceed?

I'm assuming you mean an online dating site? If so, those emails can be tricky.

I'd say reply with more questions. If she replies with answer and NO MORE questions, then you have you answer. At that point, she is being "polite" and saying 'no thanks' without saying 'no thanks.'

There could be another outcome, and it's up to you to take the chance. She may reply later if you sit still and not go through this a third time.

Look at it like a real date. If you were sitting across from a lady and YOU carried the conversation, as she just sipped her tea, what would you think then?
 
I'm assuming you mean an online dating site? If so, those emails can be tricky.

I'd say reply with more questions. If she replies with answer and NO MORE questions, then you have you answer. At that point, she is being "polite" and saying 'no thanks' without saying 'no thanks.'

There could be another outcome, and it's up to you to take the chance. She may reply later if you sit still and not go through this a third time.

Look at it like a real date. If you were sitting across from a lady and YOU carried the conversation, as she just sipped her tea, what would you think then?

Yeah, ok. This happens a lot and I usually drop it if they don't reply to a second message.
 
I never tried a dating site but I was on a pen-pal site back in the early days of AOL and usually when it felt like pulling teeth with people, I usually stopped making an effort.
 
This is the second time I noticed you doing this. You automatically think you have a chance with women just by meeting them. That "friends with benefits" girl and now this speech teacher. Do you even say more than 10 words to either? I think you should have a few conversations with a woman before you decide what can and can't work.

In the end ETM, practice, practice, practice.
It's the same thing with his work life too, just as you noted. ETM wants to work in film and he has plans to do so - he just chooses not to pursue it.

I wonder what his reaction would be if he actually did try for a film career/a relationship and it was harder than he expected? Would he quit and then say, "Good riddance, I never wanted it in the first place."? :o

ETM, you're extremely self-defensive and that just makes it much harder to communicate with you.

Yeah, ok. This happens a lot and I usually drop it if they don't reply to a second message.
Yeah, you're overthinking it. Online dating is just an opportunity to meet people. If it's like pulling teeth, don't force it.

OTOH, I'm pretty sure getting my bf to talk in our first messages/dates was like pulling teeth but for some reason he kept on wanting to see me. :o So you never know...

But don't force it! :funny: It's not worth the effort.
 
So I have this chick right. I am really not into her at all and I even give off that vibe whenever she talks to me. However, she will not stop messaging my ass on Facebook. At least 3 messages a day, all of which I do not reply back to. Any advice on how to lead this one away? I finally replied back to ONE of her messages with a "Hi." since she wouldn't get off my back.
 
It's best to be open and honest, mate. If you're not interested say so (make double sure she is interested first).
 
I'm not that happy to see her anymore, yesterday we got together and nothing.. I’m actually thinking of breaking up with her very soon. Today even…

and for anyone who doesn’t have a clue what the hell I’m talking about, here’s what happened:
My 1year - 11 months girlfriend, all of the sudden, told me over the phone in a very pissed way she thinks I really like a friends of hers which is absolutely wrong. I have no idea who she might be, she won’t say. When she told me I felt like it was betrayal to some point. I got really mad and sad at the same time you know. I don’t like anyone else but her.
She says I ask too many questions about this friend of her every time she gets together to have lunch or coffee with a bunch of girlfriends from school.
I don’t see all of her high school friends that often and I got really mad about this whole situation..


 
Have you told her how her assumptions have angered you? It's obvious that this has upset you but to the point of breaking up? You sure you're just not still pissed off and you have to put your cards on the table?
 
Have you told her how her assumptions have angered you? It's obvious that this has upset you but to the point of breaking up? You sure you're just not still pissed off and you have to put your cards on the table?

I told her why i was mad and she said how dare you? you are hurt or mad?? I'm the one who should be upset!! and I was like WTF?!?
Maybe I overreacted but still.. I dont know what to do, im confused. We've talked a few times over the phone today and it wasnt like it used to be, we were not all "sweat talk" like always, we were talking with short answers the whole timey.
We are going to see each other later today to have dinner or something so we will see who that goes.
 
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