Ok I need to clear this up, I just want everyone to know…this situation is long over! The doubt, frustration and turmoil ended 10 years ago, when the relationship ended. Keep in mind also that I was 34 years old, and dumb! Would I stick with a guy long enough to get to this point now that I am 44? No! I think the past ten years have taught me a lot. Now I think I would be more assertive, and instead of resorting to message boards for answers, I would communicate with the person directly.
Wow! Excuse my wording, once again. What I meant by that, is I was younger and more naive then. Perhaps neither dumb or naive are the right word, but I do know I wasn’t assertive ten years ago, and didn’t speak up and state my needs about anything…sexual needs or any others for that matter! So, by posting this I was trying to clarify that this situation in the OP is a trivial, if not stupid, matter to me now! I am not still wondering what ails Joe, or what’s wrong with me! But apparently, at this point the entire community here thinks I am the village idiot. I didn’t come here to update it just so everyone could rip my character, and intellect apart. So perhaps I will just exit this whole thread now! What I found interesting about stumbling on this old thread, was I was seeing myself ten years ago. And the fact that I had long since forgotten I posted the thread so it was pretty cool to see it again…THAT is the only reason I revisited and reopened the whole thing!
Ya you know at first I was feeling pretty deflated, thinking ‘I can take a hint’ and I was about to not post here anymore…but the more I think about it, this is my OP, and MY thread…so, if it bores you to the point of ‘yawning’ and you’d prefer not to hear from me, then perhaps you have the choice not to read this thread?! I mean, I don’t know for sure…perhaps you are required to read it? If so, so sorry to be a bother to you! Like I said it is my thread, so I think I shall stay…and, ready for this? I will probably keep posting!
I find it kind of ironically comical, that the Mod. commented to me, reminding me to be nice! Haha, I haven’t been mean whatsoever! The only mistake I made was updating, and or even replying to this OP from 10 years ago. Everyone wanted an update, once I said something, yet I gave the updated info, and now I get ridiculed? Haha! Nice!
Am I an over-exclamation pointage, offender?
I know I over use -----> … <----those, what are they called, ellipses? I don’t think I even use them correctly at that! :smack:
Yes, it is 100%…And I feel sorry for him too. He really is a wonderful man, with a pure soul and a kind heart. Actually, he is not perfect…but he is the closest I know to an honest and just inherently good person.
Yes, they’re called ellipses and they generally have two usages. The first and more formal usage is to indicate that a portion of quoted text has been removed. For example, “I do much wonder that one man, seeing how much another man is a fool when he dedicates his behaviors to love, will, after he hath laughed at such follies in others, become the argument of his own scorn by falling in love: and such a man is Claudio.” can become “I do much wonder that one man. . . will. . . become the argument of his own scorn,” It’s useful for avoiding subordinate clauses and the like which may distract the reader from one’s point. It can also be used for evil. Say, I dislike Aclockworkmelon. Instead of “I’m an ass man myself,” I could use an ellipse to say “I’m an ass. . . myself.” This sort of thing is frowned upon in polite circles, however.
The other common use of the ellipse is to trail off in an intriguing manner. . . .
(My high school english teacher was very specific. An ellipse is three periods with a space between each. This…is not an ellipse. This. . . . .is not an ellipse. This. . . is an ellipse.)
What’s a shocker is the fact that it apparently bothers you to see my posts, yet you continue to enter this thread and read them! Shocker? Don’t read them and you wont see them!
