I pit people that accuse me of being "negative."

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If that means “go back to therapy,” then fuck off. I’ve tried therapy countless times and it doesn’t work.

Well, women don’t give me the time of day regardless of what I do, so…

Staying on that subject, you’re a complete retard.

So? I bet she’s had an SO before. I’d gladly experience that at the end of my life if that meant finally someone will give a shit about me.

But see, no one ever will. So since there’s no upside, I’ll continue to be realistic and see “having no ass with brain cancer to boot” as the shitty thing that it is. I’d ask the nurse to strangle me with a pillow every day if I were her.

Of course you missed it! Implying otherwise word suggest you had some actual intelligence.

Practical answer: move to Thailand. not. only will the sun do you good, but Thai women are kind of professional when it comes to loving (to them) rich foreign farangs.

ETA: I don’t mean prostitutes. I mean relationships. I know firsthand three men who are in long term relationships with Thai women in Thailand. The women are clearly in it for the money, yet they also care about the men. Similar to how we might feel about our jobs, I suppose. The men I know don’t feel ripped off.

Nah, I’d probably find a way to screw that up as well.

Do you want to think about the basic layout of a crapper then try another analogy?:wink:

Considering this is me we’re talking about, I’d say the analogy is quite fitting.

Then buy a watch.

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Can you let us know when you do start being negative?

A little warning before a proton storm renders the Earth lifeless would be nice.

Okay, Jesse … I’m going to give this a shot even though I know that all I say is going got fall on deaf ears and that you’ll find a way to disregard everything I say, but just to say that we tried, here we go.

I used to be the same way that you are now. On this board. Boo hoo. Nobody loves me. My life sucks. Can’t get laid. Woe is me. Gonna go eat some worms.

Well, it got to the point that I’m sure nobody wanted to hear the whining anymore. Any whining you do is just self serving. It’s certainly not helping anybody else, and it may make you feel a little better for the moment, but in the long run it’s not helping. Because what I really wanted wasn’t help, but sympathy. I was a sympathy junkie. And it worked for a while. But eventually people’s available store of sympathy that they can give to any one person runs out and they can’t give it to you anymore. And then you can’t get your fix anymore.

But here’s the deal, and here’s what I learned.

You cannot expect anybody else to flip a switch on the back of your neck and make things better for you. No body can, and nobody will do it for you, especially for someone who they do not perceive as worthwhile. And this may be harsh, but if you don’t perceive yourself as worthwhile, chances are no one else will either.

You have to take ownership of your happiness and not depend on someone else to give it to you. And the toughest part of doing this is initially deciding that you want to do it. That you want to break out of the cycle. That you want something better. I don’t see you in that situation yet. I see you as someone in the whining/sympathy cycle and yes, that can be tough to break out of.

You want to trade stories? I’ve been through things that would have your hair turn phosphorus. Some I’ve shared on the board here, some I have not. But I learned that no matter what life threw at me, the only person who was responsible for how I dealt with it was me. I had to pull myself up, knowing that a crappy attitude was not going to ever make anything better for me, and press on.

But here’s the main point. Nobody can do that but you. No one. But once you decide to try to turn things around, you’ll find more support for trying to make positive changes in your life, and not whining when maybe they don’t pan out as well as you may have liked, then with just complaining about how crappy your life is. It takes time, yes. It won’t happen overnight. No worthwhile change ever does. But if you honestly decide to make those changes, the changes will come.

But no one can do this but you.

Wishing won’t make it so
Hoping won’t do it
Praying won’t do it
Religion won’t do it
Philosophy won’t do it
The supreme court won’t do it
The president and the congress won’t do it
The UN won’t do it
The h-bomb won’t do it
The sun and the moon won’t do it
And God won’t do it
And I certainly won’t do it
That leaves you
You’ll have to do it.

So, go do it.

(Italicized portion from “Fair Warning” by Todd Rundgren)

mookieblaylock? Is that you?

mookie got banned for posting nothing but self-pitying wankfests. Just sayin’.

You’re just trolling for a fight - because you’re response makes absolutely no sense - so - crawl back under your bridge.

Don’t you understand?! He’s tried watches. They don’t work.

Yeah, I have no idea why women you meet don’t want to be in a relationship with someone who is quite clearly viewing them as an item to tick off the List of Things to Accomplish.

Things aren’t gonna change for you until you somehow manage to realize how disgustingly self-absorbed and selfish you are. I mean, Jesus Christ, you just read a post about a terminal cancer patient in excruciating pain who will die with no family/loved ones around her … And your response was ‘big deal. I bet she’s had a boy/girlfriend before!’

Pretend that you just read that exchange between two strangers instead of you being a part of that exchange. If you can’t see how absolutely, absurdly, legitimately offensive and narcissistic your reply was… Well, I won’t be surprised, but I will roll my eyes in disgust.