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The Place to Go for Emotional Support — Page 112

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If you think there’s a chance now,you should go for it. If you let the opportunity pass you’ll regret it.

TV’s Frink said:

I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

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let me add my first post about me in here in a while: long story short, the girl that had broken up with me a while back and i are back together, adding that incident to the list of times she’s broken up with me and come back a few days later.
anyway, she lent me her external hard drive and i’ve been looking at her pics with her ex, because i thouhgt it wouldn’t hurt, right? it’s in the past right? why would it hurt? right? well, guess what? fucking wrong. add that to the not-so-good spot we find ourselves in relationship-wise and i feel like i’m going to have a mental breakdown.
we’ve been together for roughly the same amount of time she was with her ex and they have close to 400 pics together. we have MAYBE 20. granted, i hate taking pictures, but the numbers still annoy me. plus it seems like they did a lot more interesting/fun stuff than we did (as in they went out to do something fun in the free time they had together while we’re inside studying or doing some other shit because that’s what she wants to do/has to do). also granted, she wasn’t in college at the time she was with her ex and therefore had a lot more free time, but this annoys me too because i have a lot of free time right now given that i’m a senior and she doesn’t because she’s in college, which also annoys me because our realities are so different that apparently she’s losing interest in the relationship. well, fuck.

i don’t even know what i’m even talking about anymore.

just a bit of teenage drama for you all.

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I’ve been doing somewhat better lately. I’m taking a lot of medicine for various health reasons and am working again. It still pisses me off all the time but I hated being unemployed, it was so boring so now I’m back at it.

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Don’t come on too strong. Seriously. Yes, talk to her, but don’t let your emotions or hormones or whatever run away with you.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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Handman said:

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I think I’ve said I’m in love with a friend of mine before. Well, it still lingers, dammit. Recently, this friend of mine has opened up to me, and we’re getting along very well. Moreso than we ever have in the five+ years I’ve known her. I recently had a nightmare about this… it doesn’t end well. I am not so sure what to do. I’ve been recommended to walk away from this friendship before, but 1. this person is my best friend now, 2. I don’t like very many people, and 3. I’m scared.

This is getting worse. Today I had a near emotional meltdown… I am going to have to talk to her next week.

I’m in a different but related boat. It’s tough.

TV’s Frink said:

I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

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Just say what’s on your mind in a straightforward, unemotional way.

The Person in Question

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Saying it emotionally probably wouldn’t win her over either. You don’t have to speak like Seven of Nine, but you should remain composed. Unemotional doesn’t necessarily mean apathetic.

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Handman said:

chyron8472 said:

Don’t come on too strong. Seriously. Yes, talk to her, but don’t let your emotions or hormones or whatever run away with you.

How do you recommend I approach this situation?

I suggest being gentle about it, and letting her have the chance to respond. Like, if you’ve ever seen the movie Hitch, you come 90% of the way and let her come the last 10%. Give her the chance to show you some of her cards before you show all of yours. Dumping all of your feelings in her lap all at once has the potential to be overwhelming and maybe creepy.

You can lead the conversation, but let her follow. And… and I’m really serious about this, don’t take the relationship too fast even if your hormones want you to, because leaving mystery for later makes it better and more memorable. Going fast can be exhilarating on its own, but that feeling can disappear like a flash in a pan. You want a slow burn, not an explosion.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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I got offered a new shitty job, so now I have two shitty jobs to deal with. No one’s fault but mine, but I’m hoping it won’t suck. I have a feeling it probably will though.

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Yeah, definitely don’t do it at the fair. I’d probably also avoid doing it before - if it doesn’t go well, it’ll either make for a very awkward weekend, or lead to one or both of you not going at all.

I should know. I ruined a concert for myself and another person a few years ago in a similar fashion.

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Don’t do it at the fair regardless of how she might react. That’s just a really awkward location for any kind of serious conversation.

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It wouldn’t even matter if you weren’t awkward, that location is just a really uncomfortable place to have serious news delivered to you.

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