Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Spike's Bitches 25 to Life  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


juliana - Jul 20, 2005 4:47:52 am PDT #1714 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

vw is a ROCKSTAR. I so decree it.


Steph L. - Jul 20, 2005 5:03:04 am PDT #1715 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I see that interesting conversation about pornography, well, petered out.

Okay, I'm all fuzzy-headed from muscle relaxers (fie upon thee, O back of mine), but -- where was the porn conversation? How did I read right past it?

Also, every time I read this thread title, I get earwormed with Lyle Lovett's "She's No Lady."


vw bug - Jul 20, 2005 5:09:25 am PDT #1716 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

vw is a ROCKSTAR. I so decree it.

If I was a ROCKSTAR before, what am I know? I just mopped the bathroom, hallway and kitchen. If I was drenched and dripping before, I'm entirely saturated now!

All I have left to do is the living room. Yay! I'm gonna do that tonight when I get home from work...when Emily's not in here, so I'm not constantly going, "Ok. Lift your feet. Now don't move for at least 10 minutes."


billytea - Jul 20, 2005 5:11:55 am PDT #1717 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Phew! Sent off more emails tonight. It's kind of an odd experience. When I'm writing to any given woman, I'm focused completely on her. I read her profile, try to tease out her personality, her interests, try to go deeper into it all. I try to picture how a date might go, try to work out where we're compatible, where we're not, all this sort of thing; then I call up another profile and become immersed in someone else. There's a real disconnect going on here between the numbers game of putting myself out there, and looking for what makes a woman unique.

This isn't necessarily profound, but I'm starting to find it somewhat disconcerting. I'm not really emotionally designed to play the field.


juliana - Jul 20, 2005 5:13:04 am PDT #1718 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

If I was a ROCKSTAR before, what am I now?

SUPER ROCKSTAR. Yup.


vw bug - Jul 20, 2005 5:13:35 am PDT #1719 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Bwah!


Nora Deirdre - Jul 20, 2005 5:13:56 am PDT #1720 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

or, SUPERSTAR


vw bug - Jul 20, 2005 5:15:16 am PDT #1721 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Either way, I'm gross. That's what I am right now. Just plain gross.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 20, 2005 5:23:36 am PDT #1722 of 10001
What is even happening?

billytea, what about non-dating focuses social opportunities? I'm not suggesting that instead of what you're doing, but just in addition. Do you do anything (or would you like to) that might put you in non-pressured social contact with women you'd find fun and with whom you'd share an interest?


billytea - Jul 20, 2005 5:28:51 am PDT #1723 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

billytea, what about non-dating focuses social opportunities? I'm not suggesting that instead of what you're doing, but just in addition. Do you do anything (or would you like to) that might put you in non-pressured social contact with women you'd find fun and with whom you'd share an interest?

Toastmasters is the most obvious possibility, though it doesn't pan out that way in practice. In theory, Pilates is done predominantly by women, so I could meet someone there; but let's say I don't feel it shows me at my best. Then there's D&D, but there aren't many women in the scene here.

Final option is Brendan's circle of friends, and I did in fact meet someone back in February whom I'd be very happy to run into again; but I think there's one too many degrees of separation to make it likely.

Plus, meeting someone anywhere else, I don't know how to navigate the whole question of if they're even looking for someone, and even if so, why would they want to field an advance from me? In the online settings, at least that's predetermined.