I Hate Myself
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Well, it would make a funny sitcom plot. 
She's doing okay. The doctor's say it wasn't as bad as they thought at first. It was probably a very mild stroke.
^^ I'm glad to hear it. I hope she gets to go home quickly.
^^^ Hope she gets better soon, too.
And don't listen to people telling you to "speed up a bit." You're doing really well compared to two weeks or so ago, right? Just keep on taking small steps, and you'll be amazed at how far you've come.
And don't listen to people telling you to "speed up a bit." You're doing really well compared to two weeks or so ago, right? Just keep on taking small steps, and you'll be amazed at how far you've come.
Cheapjack, if you put the Seagal line in your SIGNATURE, you don't have to put it into your posts every time by hand...
All right, I've got to say this.
So instead of casually chatting up people he meets in the course of his day and wading into the social scene, our dear Admiral should go around securing "acknowledgments of friendship" from women he's talked to once?
I can't even imagine what that would look like in the real world:
Yeah, I think that starting low-key and seeing where it heads naturally is a better plan. But hey, what do I know?
Do any of THE WOMEN have anything to say about this?
So instead of casually chatting up people he meets in the course of his day and wading into the social scene, our dear Admiral should go around securing "acknowledgments of friendship" from women he's talked to once?
I can't even imagine what that would look like in the real world:
Yeah, I think that starting low-key and seeing where it heads naturally is a better plan. But hey, what do I know?
Do any of THE WOMEN have anything to say about this?
I don't think any of us are really taking that sort of "advice" seriously.
Of course not. It's not how it works. That's way these things are complicated. You can't know how someone feels unless you ask and if you do ask it gets creepy. So you take small steps until you get close to someone (not literally
) to consider him a friend. It's the process of learning how to trust someone enough to feel that you can express yourself as you really are. I think that's the most diffucult part.
Of course not. It's not how it works. That's way these things are complicated. You can't know how someone feels unless you ask and if you do ask it gets creepy. So you take small steps until you get close to someone (not literally
It's the process of learning how to trust someone enough to feel that you can express yourself as you really are. I think that's the most diffucult part.
Why, always express yourself as you really are and you don't have that problem.
Well, I don't know what's changed, but judging by what I see on US sitcoms, Americans are glad to acknowledge friendship. It's the Brits who are supposed to be reserved.
Obviously, not after one greeting, but after a dozen coffees, yes, surely? And I've never had difficulty making friends, though I have never asked for, or got, a legal guarantee.
I would say that an acknowledgement of a complement on earrings is good, but it's a bit wispy, but better than a verbal spit in the face.
Where I come from, you can get into trouble if you don't make a move after a certain time, the whole thing can get called off, rejection, usually cruel, is the norm and the whole thing gets nulled. And, you can suffer the same fate if you ask and you ask wrong. But, it's a hidden subculture of a culture and not the norm. And, I've formed the hypothesis what sort of a culture it is, too.
But I hope Admiral can get something from what I have learned and I have no doubt he will get somewhere, if he wants too. I would add that a lot of men get a girlfriend, not long after talking to me!
As everyone has said, take it slowly, but go up 0.05% every encounter. And, even if Admiral doesn't go up, stay at the same level and/or talk to someone else.
Obviously, not after one greeting, but after a dozen coffees, yes, surely? And I've never had difficulty making friends, though I have never asked for, or got, a legal guarantee.
I would say that an acknowledgement of a complement on earrings is good, but it's a bit wispy, but better than a verbal spit in the face.
Where I come from, you can get into trouble if you don't make a move after a certain time, the whole thing can get called off, rejection, usually cruel, is the norm and the whole thing gets nulled. And, you can suffer the same fate if you ask and you ask wrong. But, it's a hidden subculture of a culture and not the norm. And, I've formed the hypothesis what sort of a culture it is, too.
But I hope Admiral can get something from what I have learned and I have no doubt he will get somewhere, if he wants too. I would add that a lot of men get a girlfriend, not long after talking to me!
As everyone has said, take it slowly, but go up 0.05% every encounter. And, even if Admiral doesn't go up, stay at the same level and/or talk to someone else.
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I think we have a new Mad Baggins.
I dub thee Madder Baggins.
More like Madder Bollocks.
^^^Oh boy. Did a little bit of searching and found out who that Mad Baggins character is. Those posts were real?
And the posts here are getting harder and harder to understand...all that's getting through is some underlying hostility (said in a Counselor Troi over-enunciated way) about rejection.
The social dynamics on here are amazing.
And the posts here are getting harder and harder to understand...all that's getting through is some underlying hostility (said in a Counselor Troi over-enunciated way) about rejection.
The social dynamics on here are amazing.
You want to try living where I live. You'd find it hard to understand, too. There was a Canadian at my school once. Didn't stay very long and always looked like he was going to burst into tears, when told, if he fought, he would have to fight five.
I'm sure Admiral will work things out.
I'm sure Admiral will work things out.
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I agree. There is certainly a wealth of questionable/subpar advice (usually social and romantic in nature) that often gets passed between the males on this site.
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