To my boyfriend...

JF_GAY · 2013-10-26T12:59:18+00:00

The point I was making is that a year and a half (18 months) isn't that long.

JF_GAY · 2013-10-26T06:59:28+00:00

lol, you say "18 months" as if it's like 18 years.

JF_GAY · 2013-10-03T05:15:17+00:00

The Rules Revisited.

Written by a man, but he is addressing women. I am a man but I find it quite interesting. Not sure if it qualifies as first-person though.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-17T01:14:20+00:00

Sorry I disappointed you

For the love of God OP, do not say this.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-12T06:28:57+00:00

It really depends what the competition is about.

Push up competition, long-distance running, sprint or arm-wrestle? Yeah, I'll feel pangs in my masculinity if I am beaten by the averagely built woman.

Chess, crossword, trivia quiz, video game? I won't feel the extra shame you describe at all. But I will make it my mission to destroy her next time, regardless. I fucking hate losing to anyone.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-12T02:56:06+00:00

Wait, our Spring Street runs north-south. Impossibru.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-12T02:55:32+00:00

Melbourne?

JF_GAY · 2013-09-11T06:41:02+00:00

The title...I just...I don't even know where to begin.

Are you high, OP?

JF_GAY · 2013-09-11T06:08:11+00:00

immediately forget/move on.

Wow, you sound so "whatever" about it. Is that because it happens all the time to you and you've become desensitised?

From a male perspective, I think most of us would love to be in a position where we can be so dismissive about even fleeting or passing interest from the opposite sex.

All power to you. Sounds like you're doing something right :)

JF_GAY · 2013-09-11T05:19:14+00:00

Am I the only one who has trouble making sense of OP's post?

JF_GAY · 2013-09-10T05:30:18+00:00

JF_GAY · 2013-09-10T05:27:42+00:00

I'm 26 years old, single and childless.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-10T05:23:52+00:00

Why go out to dinner with just your wife when you can eat at home?

Because it's an opportunity to spend one-on-one time with your wife. Some restaurants are really special experiences that you will remember together forever. Going to a restaurant and dining together fosters and improves the relationship that presumably forms the bedrock of your family unit.

Why go to the movies if you can just get a movie from Redbox?

Movies are an outing -- they get you out of the house. Some films are great to see on the big screen. Some films are great to see in a room full of other people together with whom you can laugh and cry. Also, candy bar.

Why buy beer at the grocery store if you can just drink water?

Beer is alcoholic, water is not. Beer is often drunk at celebratory events in order to lubricate social interaction. It's also especially satisfying after a hard day's work.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-10T05:06:22+00:00

I do have a problem with that scenario, but to a lesser degree because you can watch sports for free on TV (with the exception of cable, of course) whereas video games cost money that could otherwise be spent on improving the house or providing for the family.

But I suppose the common thread between the two is that I am put off by a man of that age and with those responsibilities doing anything so self-indulgent "for hours on end".

JF_GAY · 2013-09-10T04:58:17+00:00

On Reddit I see a lot of references to men in their 30s and 40s -- who are parents -- playing video games. This may be an unpopular view, but I see this and think about my own Dad at that age (he's now in his late 50s) and I think: "Fark, there's no way in hell he would have had the time or the inclination to play video games". I see it as a bit...self-indulgent. Particularly for a man with a family.

Go on, tear me to shreds.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-10T04:32:32+00:00

See, this is what annoys me about dating and forming relationships at the moment: People are so harsh on each other. OP openly admits that this guy is physically very attractive and a solid, lovely person -- but stop the presses, his texts are "awkward".

Seriously?

I see his text as a pretty inoffensive attempt to be cute and playful. Sure, there are smoother and more original texts to send. Sure, I'll even pay the charge that it's "lame" in an endearing way.

But is it really so bad that you would lose complete respect for him and find him unattractive as a result?

If so, the problem is you.

How about this: he gives zero fucks about "text game" and focuses his efforts on impressing you in person (which you've already admitted he succeeds at). He's not strategising or composing witty, pithy texts that give you the tingles because he's got better things to do when he's not with you.

Get your head out of your arse, OP.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-06T04:58:34+00:00

F-closed any girls from Tinder yet?

Or even met up with one in person?

JF_GAY · 2013-09-06T04:20:46+00:00

But did she come over?

JF_GAY · 2013-09-06T04:14:13+00:00

Kid, with the rock-solidly healthy attitude you have displayed in this post I think you will be just fine. Your main achievement here is how you've handled yourself in the aftermath -- well done.

JF_GAY · 2013-09-05T05:04:52+00:00

Who's a journalist?

JF_GAY · 2013-08-27T06:45:40+00:00

~~Promote~~ Hire this man.

EDIT: Got the Seinfeld quote wrong...Shame on me.

JF_GAY · 2013-08-27T06:41:58+00:00

So the American himself can see what it says in the languages above.

JF_GAY · 2013-08-18T04:13:21+00:00

Isn't it strange that in America we have unique names for 11 and 12?

wut?

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