If you like dragons:

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Burninator!

Well you probably need to learn to snuggle after-wards with them?

I'd stay away from recycling bins... they spend a lot of time in the streets for a reason. Might try looking for a more wholesome garbage can that at least has a garage to live in usually.

Well, sometimes you have to look within yourself for an answer to your problem. Ask yourself: is it the garbage cans that need to change OR do you need to change the types of garbage cans you are deciding to have relationships with that needs to change?

ajhagena - you just need to realize that not ALL garbage cans are so dismissive. Life will get better buddy. Hang in there and remember that someday you may just meet that special garbage can.

Bobzeaux - Are you generally this cynical about women all the time?

(I hope you don't take the question as a personal attack - it's a serious question.)

I know there are a lot of WoW players here, but how about LOTRO? Anyone representing that can give some feedback?

walking under stars.
rising dust meets falling sweat.
webbing, water, weapons, and wisdom.
everything that keeps you standing,
always pulling down.

pause.
silent to take a knee, quite. listening.
contact.
steady cat eyes staring back.

concussive noise of murder felt.
green flashes answer back.

quite.

contemplate who it meant something,
everything to and why.

rise back up, everything pulling down.
pacing it out. keeping it spread out.
always staring out.

cat eyes faint, moving around, all around.

we own the night under the stars.

It's probably just better to be there for her to talk to. There isn't really much you can do as a stranger outside of the situation.

Was there a question? Or just relating what happened?

This is going to sound really cynical but...

My opinion on 'nice' guys: they have to be, and try to be, overly nice for a reason... and that reason isn't usually a good one.

It goes along the same lines (but no where near as extreme) as an abusive person: if they didn't have a good/sincere side to draw a partner in close to them - none of them would stay after being abused. Most abusers have to be just as nice as they are violent.

I'm not saying ALL nice guys are bad or if someone treats you well that you need to question their motives constantly... but people that act too good to be true? Look for that other side to them as well.

huppuppy - too funny.

"REALLY? This has been the all time riddle that has plagued men from time immemorial. If you ask your girlfriends what do they want from men or what women look for in a man, I bet, most of them would say they want someone who can make them laugh. But how many of these guys who clown around women, and make them laugh do ever get the woman they want? Almost none of them, that is because they are only "friend material".

The "make-me-laugh" notion is just a metaphor that women often use. So, what do women want from men, really?

CONFIDENCE. This is ultimately the one and only thing you should have to draw women to you. Learn to project that sexy confidence and make a woman feel safe and secure around you. Eventually, that will lead her to drop her inhibitions, feel comfortable and just let go of herself. The sense of humor women talk about is only there to make them feel more comfortable in letting their guard down.

SOCIAL STATUS. A man with a high status is extremely important to women because women want to belong to the society that surrounds them. Each woman may define social status differently, and it depends on what kind of background they are from. A woman lawyer may define a man with a high status as someone who possess intelligence. A woman who comes from a background of athletes will be looking for a man with a status of physical dominance, strength and sport while a woman who comes from a wealthy family would define your status as to how much money you have in the bank. There will be a different definition for each woman but universally, they find a man with a high status as attractive and powerful.

WARMTH AND HONESTY. It would be a good thing to ask, "How real are you?". What are your intentions? Women will see through you so you better straighten this out from the beginning if you want her to see you again."


...sounds good to me.

I totally respect the 'not being addicted to a TV' and the commercial pop-culture that it represents.

BUT

I think it's difficult to argue that the internet is somehow better when it comes to getting information or news. I would say the internet is about the worst place one could ever go for factual, unbiased information. Even worse than CNN/Fox considering the complete and utter lack of ANY control or organization. There's a reason conspiracy theorists, extremists, fakes, scammers, etc. love it.

It's a trade-off: Mass/quick information with little to no reliability or oversight, to commercially/entertainment driven news and information.

I usually just watch the BBC news broadcasts - usually straight and to the point with no real attempt to make it 'shocking' and 'entertaining'. Just news.

Love is not an addiction.

It is not taking a hostage or being taken hostage.

The type of romantic love that I learned about growing is a form of toxic love.


The...

"I can't smile without out you,"
"Can't live without you."
"You are my everything,"
"You are not whole until you find your prince/princess"

...messages learned in relationships, to romantic love in childhood are not descriptions of love - they are descriptions of drug of choice, of someone who is a higher power/false god.


Additionally, love is not being a doormat. Love does not entail sacrificing yourself on the altar of martyrdom - because one cannot consciously choose to sacrifice self if they have never truly had a self that they felt was lovable and worthy. If we do not know how to love ourselves, how to show respect and honor for ourselves - then we have no self to sacrifice. We are then sacrificing in order to try to prove to ourselves that we are lovable and worthy - that is not giving from the heart, that is manipulative, controlling, and dishonest.

Unconditional love is not being a self-sacrificing doormat - Unconditional love begins with loving yourself enough to protect yourself from the people you love if that is necessary. Until we start loving, honoring, and respecting ourselves, we are not truly giving - we are attempting to take self-worth from others by being compliant in our behavior towards them.

Love is not about success, achievement, and recognition. If I do not love myself - believe at the core of my being that I am worthy and lovable - then any success, achievement, or recognition I get will only serve to distract me temporarily from the hole that I feel within. From the feeling of being defective while growing up because the love that I received did match the ideals I was shown about what love really is.

Trying to take self worth from being a 'nice guy' or a 'princess' or from becoming a 'success' is not a part of truly being loved.

I'm curious, why do people assume the 18 year old is going to be doing/acting any differently with someone older than her than she would be with someone her exact age?

Isn't it possible that one partner being more mature and experienced with relationships is a plus?



If it's not someone ten years older than her - and she's dating an 18 year old guy instead... how would that be better?

I know as a guy, at 18 I would have been more likely to get her (and myself) into more trouble than I am at 33...

The way I look at it: if the age difference is the only thing you are worried about... you are doing better than most people.

So go for it if you love her. There are a many, many married couples with even greater differences in age. It can work.

Other people pointed out the possible pit-falls already. Just be aware of them and take it slow when it comes to life-long commitment. Just like any relationship...


Just my .02 cents.

Sorry, couldn't help it. I'm a fan.

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America...
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Coming again, to save the mother ****ing day yeah,
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Freedom is the only way yeah,
Terrorist your game is through cause now you have to answer too,
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So lick my butt, and suck on my balls,
America, **** YEAH!
What you going to do when we come for you now,
it’s the dream that we all share; it’s the hope for tomorrow

**** YEAH!

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The Gap, **** YEAH!
Baseball, **** YEAH!
NFL, ****, YEAH!
Rock and roll, **** YEAH!
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Slavery, **** YEAH!

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Disney world, **** YEAH!
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Columbine, **** YEAH!
Democrats, **** YEAH!
Republicans (republicans)
(**** yeah, **** yeah)
Sportsmanship
Books