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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 17, 2016 17:50:47 GMT -5
Talked to GG today and he promised me that we are gonna have a good time this weekend. I think he feels a little bad about the canceling. We'll see. I thought that would have cured some of the tummy issues, but sadly no. I'm starting to think the heat has something to do with it along with stress. I did have a small dinner with toast.
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Post by honeysalt on Aug 17, 2016 18:44:53 GMT -5
If you got into the program, chances are incredibly high that you have the ability to complete it. There will be people in the program less talented and qualified than you who will complete it. It is just about the will to do the work, which I believe you possess.
Good news about GG. I wouldn't give a second thought to the cancellation given his work load. I work similar hours indoors and often cancel my own plans, even when they are as fun and simple as watching a TV show. Also, assuming he isn't in his early twenties, the hot and heavy stage of a relationship has a lot less intensity (and more enjoyment) later in life.
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Post by tloonya on Aug 17, 2016 21:26:02 GMT -5
I know people hate this word but I say XANAX! And good luck.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 18, 2016 2:20:50 GMT -5
At least he canceled. One time I drove over an hour to meet a girl for dinner who ended up not showing up nor calling me. Getting canceled is better than being stood up. But yeah, he's probably not that into you... Sorry, dating sucks I know
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 18, 2016 11:17:19 GMT -5
I would hope that he wouldn't be stringing me along for 2 months if he isn't that into me, lol!
Woke up early with tummy upset. Ate a bagel this morning instead of the oatmeal I planned. I did work out this morning. I'm feeling a LITTLE better.
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Post by justme on Aug 18, 2016 12:22:47 GMT -5
You'd hope, but they do! Or I have bad luck. Had one guy I was dating for about three months. Wasn't super serious but we hung out a couple times a week usually (he literally lived a five min walk from me). One day I got a text telling me he was moving eight hours away. In like a week or so.
Figured out then that he didn't like me as much as I liked him.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 18, 2016 13:15:26 GMT -5
I do know that GG is looking for a superintendent job... like everywhere on the Atlantic coast. Specifically two openings in CT and MD. He told me about that Sunday when we were hanging out. I kinda told him what's the point of me wasting time with you if you're looking to move? He said nothing was a guarantee, blah blah blah. He was still pretty adamant that he likes me and wanted to still date me. I'm not really happy about all that, but he's a great guy, we have fun, and I like him. But I'm mentally preparing myself for having a LDR or losing him in a few months. I'm trying to just enjoy this while it's happening and cross that bridge when we come to it. Can't protect myself from everything...
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Post by Happy prose on Aug 18, 2016 15:55:06 GMT -5
Do you think GG could be married? I'm just thinking because he's not available too often. Good luck with school!
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 18, 2016 16:53:32 GMT -5
Do you think GG could be married? I'm just thinking because he's not available too often. Good luck with school! LMAO!!!! He does love his pet rabbit, but I don't think they can be legally married. I've also been to his place - he is currently living on the property with about 5-6 other employees in one house, but maybe he has a wife hiding under the bed or in the closet somewhere. And I can't imagine being okay with my husband working all week and going out every weekend without me, sometimes overnight...
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Post by swasat on Aug 18, 2016 17:00:59 GMT -5
This thread reminds me of the movie He's just not that into you. Pretty fun movie, deals with all the various aspects we have discussed in this thread.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 18, 2016 17:27:35 GMT -5
This thread reminds me of the movie He's just not that into you. Pretty fun movie, deals with all the various aspects we have discussed in this thread. I need a nap after reading that movie synopsis!
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Post by Happy prose on Aug 18, 2016 19:19:30 GMT -5
Do you think GG could be married? I'm just thinking because he's not available too often. Good luck with school! LMAO!!!! He does love his pet rabbit, but I don't think they can be legally married. I've also been to his place - he is currently living on the property with about 5-6 other employees in one house, but maybe he has a wife hiding under the bed or in the closet somewhere. And I can't imagine being okay with my husband working all week and going out every weekend without me, sometimes overnight... Haha..okay, I didn't have the whole story! You're safe with the rabbit.
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Post by naughtybear on Aug 18, 2016 19:28:48 GMT -5
Actually not to be a buzzkill but around two months IS the make it or break it time and the assertation that a good time will be had this weekend seems to me an overkill to make you feel better about the cancellation.
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Post by naughtybear on Aug 18, 2016 19:30:51 GMT -5
Is there a current thread on this subject of dating, because I am just now thinking I am ready and have lots of questions lol
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Post by honeysalt on Aug 18, 2016 19:36:16 GMT -5
I do know that GG is looking for a superintendent job... like everywhere on the Atlantic coast. Specifically two openings in CT and MD. He told me about that Sunday when we were hanging out. I kinda told him what's the point of me wasting time with you if you're looking to move? He said nothing was a guarantee, blah blah blah. He was still pretty adamant that he likes me and wanted to still date me. I'm not really happy about all that, but he's a great guy, we have fun, and I like him. But I'm mentally preparing myself for having a LDR or losing him in a few months. I'm trying to just enjoy this while it's happening and cross that bridge when we come to it. Can't protect myself from everything... Look at it from the other angle. If you had only been dating for two months and he told you, I was looking for superintendent jobs in other staRtes before I met you, but I am so into you, I decided not to pursue that, would you be happy? Sure it would be flattering, but it would also seem desperate. Where is this going shouldn't come into play until you both actually know each other (for me that takes at least 8 months). Right now you know the versions of each other that you want the other to see. The I stayed in my pajamas all day, get overly frustrated in traffic, and am really crabby in the morning, so don't talk to me until I get my coffee versions of yourselves haven't come out yet.
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Post by justme on Aug 18, 2016 19:51:00 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder if my dating woes stem from not wanting to put on a show in the beginning. There's not a lot of surprise I just did that till you were hooked in me.
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Post by honeysalt on Aug 18, 2016 20:09:06 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder if my dating woes stem from not wanting to put on a show in the beginning. There's not a lot of surprise I just did that till you were hooked in me. I never put on a show. At the same time, I don't think most people behave the same way with their bff of ten years as they do with a recent friend. If a new friend pulled the practical jokes on me that my old friends have, I wouldn't continue the friendship, because that trust hasn't been established. It takes a long time to get to know someone, romantically or otherwise, even if they are completely genuine.
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Post by naughtybear on Aug 18, 2016 20:13:08 GMT -5
My dating woes stem from I don't want to date.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 18, 2016 20:23:27 GMT -5
I don't think I put on a show. I don't think GG is either. He is smart and motivated, but he is relatively simple and somewhat rough around the edges. He is honest... like too honest at times (which he admitted he is)...and does not beat around the bush. I wasn't sure how I felt about that when we met because I never met someone like that. I'm still feeling him out in that regard. But it has allowed us to have real and honest conversations. Watch, all this talking and I've probably jinxed myself, lol! Any time I seem to talk about something going well in my life it gets ruined or goes away.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2016 21:17:49 GMT -5
My dating woes stem from I don't want to date. Then don't? I've been divorced for 3 years and 6 months (holy sh*t time flies) and I have ZERO interest in dating. eta: Oh wait. It's only 2.5 years. Phew. It's not quite as bad as I thought.
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Post by honeysalt on Aug 18, 2016 22:11:40 GMT -5
My dating woes stem from I don't want to date. Then don't? I've been divorced for 3 years and 6 months (holy sh*t time flies) and I have ZERO interest in dating. eta: Oh wait. It's only 2.5 years. Phew. It's not quite as bad as I thought. Exactly. I can't picture lamenting the fact that I didn't want to date. Single life, done correctly (all financial, personal, and interpersonal needs met), is pretty amazing. Dating should only happen when you are thinking that the dating prospect can bring more to your life than you are giving up, because your single life is so great that you are actually giving something substantial up by dating.
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Post by naughtybear on Aug 19, 2016 7:27:28 GMT -5
It was a joke, I forgot jokes don't go down well here.
I hope MJ has a lovely weekend and I mean that truly, I have a lot of friends dating and I hear and see the stories. I really hope I am wrong, this is a time when I want to be wrong about something.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 19, 2016 7:30:21 GMT -5
Some of you are too funny. It's like a barrel of crabs here sometimes, I swear....
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 19, 2016 7:38:49 GMT -5
It was a joke, I forgot jokes don't go down well here. I hope MJ has a lovely weekend and I mean that truly, I have a lot of friends dating and I hear and see the stories. I really hope I am wrong, this is a time when I want to be wrong about something. I am glad you posted first. I was going to comment on the dating done right. I personally preferred one night Stans!!!!!! Figure that would start someone foaming at the mouth
OH, and MJ I hope all goes well with the relationship!!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Aug 19, 2016 7:47:06 GMT -5
It was a joke, I forgot jokes don't go down well here. I hope MJ has a lovely weekend and I mean that truly, I have a lot of friends dating and I hear and see the stories. I really hope I am wrong, this is a time when I want to be wrong about something. I am glad you posted first. I was going to comment on the dating done right. I personally preferred one night Stans!!!!!! Figure that would start someone foaming at the mouth
OH, and MJ I hope all goes well with the relationship!!
I don't know too many Stans, wouldn't that get lonely?
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Post by naughtybear on Aug 19, 2016 7:49:39 GMT -5
LMAO, you beat me to it Sroo !!
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 19, 2016 7:53:06 GMT -5
You'd be surprised how many men out there say their name is Stan!! And since it's only one night who is to know the difference. My name was Standette.
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Post by movingforward on Aug 19, 2016 13:49:25 GMT -5
MJ, all you need to do is the bend and snap
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