Boo hoo. Poor me. Whatever.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Just got back from the grocery store. More beer. mmmmmmm
I really don’t have a confidence problem. I joke about it sometimes, but I really don’t. The inability for me to go up someone I don’t know in, say, a grocery store, is that it’s just wierd to me. In a bar is one thing, because that’s what a lot of those people are there for. Problem is, I don’t like the bar scene, and so avoid it. The situations I find myself in are the ones where I don’t feel it’s appropriate. I’m not sure if that made sense. Let me know if it doeasn’t and I’ll reword it.

I know have have plenty of time, but it is frustrating. When I consider that I was hardly ever without a g/f in highschool and college(women abound there), and now that I’m here in the real world, it’s different. I think a big part of it is that the people around here who are my age are still in college. I got lucky and ended up with this huge jump in life and a great career. That’ one of the reasons my last g/f left me. She wasnted to go on all these trips and wanted all these things just because ‘I had the money’. She couldn’t understand why I was throwing money into an IRA, 401k, a few stocks, and mutual funds. My reasoning was: I want to retire well. Her reasoning was: huh? She flat out didn’t get it.

Oh well. I typed a lot more than I intended to. Anyway, I appreciate all your help. I’ll be going out tonight and tomorrow night with some friends. Maybe I’ll meet somebody there. :slight_smile:

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Sorry if I’m adding insult to injury, Aglarond, but…how unlucky is that?

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Hi Ag, let me introduce myself before I start giving you my two cents.

You want pathetic dating possibilities? How’s this: I was 31, had a toddler, worked evenings at a correction center for women. Now, where/how in the world was ** I ** going to meet anyone?

Anyhow. Date#1 - actually, I’m a fan of “if we’re on our first date, god, why do you even have the radio on in the first place?” But from then out, you were screwed, dude. So, how did you manage to meet some one so perfectly wrong for you in the first place? Anyhow. Join things that interest you. You’d not likely meet some one wanting to give you a Gore sticker at the Replican headquarters. join clubs, organizations, etc. that have to do with things you’re interested in.

Date #2. Morons are among us. So, again, how in the world did you connect with her in the first place? she never opened her mouth before??? See suggestions in #1.

A friend of mine used to bemoan about the lousy quality of his dates/relationships, until I pointed out to him that he’d complain that the person was shallow, glib, opionated, rude, but when he’d first met her, the description he gave to me was “5/1, 110 lbs, green eyed brunette, Pisces” Spare me. You want some one to have a relationship, you look for the qualities that are important to you. You want Depth, best have some yourself first (which I don’t suspect is your problem, I’m just suggesting that perhaps your method of selection could use some help)

And, oh, by the way, what did I end up doing? I placed an ad in the personnel columns, (DWF, professional, born-again-hippie, non smoker, no drugs, looking for male unafraid of equal partnership and small child), met a lot of loosers and one (it only takes one) gem (who understood what I meant by born-again-hippie).

Best of luck to ya!

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Hey Aglarond, now’s your chance to adopt me and the rest of my family. Mom, Dad, and Grandma are in town visiting from Austin. Mom and the grandma have already cleaned my house. I bet if you play your cards right you could get them to clean your place AND cook you a meal. Your my younger brother’s age and I’m sure they’ll take you as a surrogate. :wink:

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Awwwww heck. You’re not your. If there are any other mistakes, feel free to correct them at your own discretion.

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I probably should have mentioned that all the dates in the OP were blind dates. The first two were set up by the same guy(now fired) and the one with my ex was by a different guy(who got fired immediately after that one) :D. Also, I always leave my radio on when I get out of the car without thinking about it. When my car came on, the first thing she heard was a Ticket promo. I would have just turned it off, but she requested a station and I obliged.

SBM, 35, lives with mother. Enjoys D&D, Star Trek and sniffing glue. Seeks female with similar interests.

Can’t remember where I read that, but it cracked me up.

I’d like to take you up on that, Grace, but my apartment stays pretty much spotless all the time. I’m probably the only single guy my age who picks up as I go along. I even dusted one time, but I can’t remember when. I could, however, use a home cooked meal. I do one hell of a microwave dinner, but my other cooking skills leave a lot to be desired. Tell your Grandma hi for me, cause grandmas are cool.

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Don’t worry Aglarond. One day you will wake up older and your hormones will be in decline and it won’t bother you so much to be sitting along on Friday.

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they were blind dates??? set up by friends???

geez. I remember another thread where some “friends” of a guy stripped him naked, handcuffed him and took him to Denny’s (yea, that’s what it would take to get ** me ** to Denny’s too), and I remember asking “was this a guy thing?”

Had your friends ** MET ** you? I think we have the source of the problem, then. No more blind dates set up by morons.

Try finding people your own self - like I suggested before, clubs that you belong to etc. Or try going to the laundrymat. grocery store. start talking to people. go jogging around the park or whatever.

and stay out of Denny’s…

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Go to the Starbucks at Preston & Royal. There are people there.
Wait, did I say that?

I mean, how sad! terrible!

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My grandma is especially cool because she looks exactly like Dr. Ruth.

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[Stereotype]
Are you sure you’re not gay?
[/Stereotype]

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Anybody seen that indie movie, “The Tao of Steve”? It was ok…

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The Tao of Steve was great. The guy was just like me except (a) he smoked pot and (b) he got laid. I bought Tao Te Ching that night.

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Wring: The first two girls, it turns out, were a couple of daughters of my friend’s wife’s friends or something like that. He had never met them, nor had his wife met me. It pretty much came down to, "What? You couldn’t find em yourself?, and he was fired. The last one, with my ex, was actually a pretty good pick from a fairly new friend. I didn’t meet him until about year after we broke up. Had we not have dated before, I would have given him a lot of credit.

Zoing: Saw some at the Starbucks in the Barnes and Noble at Preston, just south of Park. That’s closer to me than Royal. “Hey baby, want to check out my hardcover.” didn’t seem like a good thing to say, so I let it pass.

Joey: I’m sure I’m not gay. From what I hear, that’s been to the dismay of ChefTroy. :slight_smile: Sorry Chef.

Oh well. My grandparents and parents are going to be here in a little bit. It’s my Grandmother’s birthday and my parent’s anniversary, so I’m taking them all out to eat. I’m such a good son. I’m going to be at the West End tonight with some friends. Should I expect anyone there?