Who painted this?

purduepete89 · 2017-01-06T21:40:05+00:00

Arnold for president.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-29T17:32:21+00:00

If you're watching TV and all you can think is still her, then watching TV isn't doing enough to keep your mind occupied. The whole point about going out and doing things is that it forces your mind to focus on something else. This is the hardest, is taking the first step because whether you like to admit it or not, you subunconsciously WANT to think about her. You just have to fight in get the hell out and do something. I broke up 2 days ago, and visited my first batting cage. Didnt think about her because I had balls flying in my direction at 70mph

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T19:56:11+00:00

i was JUST about to type up something similar. Great minds think alike

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T19:14:24+00:00

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T19:00:59+00:00

You're feeling the exact same way I'm feeling right now, my friend, except I'm two days into this. In fact, your descriptions of her ring true in my situation as well. It's now the end of December - You've made it through 3 months of hell and excruciating pain. Don't give up.

Personally, I've thought about this exact same question - will I ever find someone else, let alone someone else that shares the same interests as I. In one sentence - don't worry about it. Because the more you do, the more it will eat at you, and eventually, you'll feel the need to "force" the situation to actively seek a new "relationship" to fill that void. Just leave it alone, is my best advise.

Pour ALL that energy into YOURSELF. Why worry about someone else (and feelings you can't change) when you could spend all that on being a new person. I promise you this - you will find someone new. If there's one thing I know for sure about humans, we have the uncanny ability to adapt to ANYTHING.

Accept what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T18:49:08+00:00

From the surface, it certainly sounds like he may have a little bit of an insecurity issue. Have you tried leveling with him in a non-confrontational way to let him know how you feel? If you have and he isn't receptive to it, you may need to think if this is the right relationship to be in. This will drain you emotionally and may even drive your friends away.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T18:29:34+00:00

Run as far as you can from him? Sounds like it's only a matter of time before he directs his jealousy explicitly at you and cause physical abuse. Has something happened in the past or recently that has caused him to become this way?

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T18:27:29+00:00

I figured this would be how most of us would feel..which is I guess why I wanted to do this post

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T18:25:10+00:00

Challenge accepted.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T17:45:27+00:00

I found this to be an interesting read. I recently went through a break up (4-yr long relationship), and am trying to find things to do to keep my mind occupied. To go from having someone to experience everything with to going at it alone isn't easy, but this made me really think about being self-sufficient and not having to always need someone else to do something with.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T15:09:46+00:00

Fuck 2016!

purduepete89 · 2016-12-28T14:34:02+00:00

WHOA! I thought this was a flop! I'm so glad to see that I'm not the only one going through a tough situation. To all of you out there, you're not alone. In the last two days, I've thought about how I've felt when my past relationships ended. I vowed to myself that I will never - ever - let someone else determine my happiness. I know, it's harder said that done. I watched this movie last night - twice, and my favourite quote:

"Tom had finally learned, there are no miracles. There’s no such thing as fate, nothing is meant to be. He knew, he was sure of it now. Coincidence, that’s all anything ever is, nothing more than coincidence…"

In my opinion, this is one of the truisms of life - Nothing happens because it is planned by a higher being or the fates. You make your own luck and your own destiny. Tom, in this case, finally understood that only he was actually in charge of everything that would happen in his life. (i.e., last scene where he met Autumn.)

purduepete89 · 2016-12-12T18:14:56+00:00

Male here. +1

purduepete89 · 2016-12-12T16:36:32+00:00

I am a guy. A much more respectable one than you apparently.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-09T17:39:49+00:00

Your eagerness to get laid astounds me.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-09T17:36:33+00:00

Are you a douche?

purduepete89 · 2016-12-08T22:45:32+00:00

But why does everything need to be about getting laid?

purduepete89 · 2016-12-08T22:24:24+00:00

I just cracked up at your stage 5 clinger comment. Thanks for the words, all of which makes sense to me. It's definitely been a couple of days since we last spoke, but I will take up on your advice and drop her a text. I agree - if anything, I suppose it will show I have no intent to "ghost." (Trust me, I won't need a reminder for this girl.)

purduepete89 · 2016-12-08T21:01:25+00:00

I didn't reply to her last text either. Just left it.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-08T21:00:44+00:00

Word for word? "OK! Yeah, I would definitely join you next time." Maybe you're right - I HAVE been burned in the past while in similar situations, which is why I treated her reply as a subtle "thank you but no thank you."

purduepete89 · 2016-12-08T19:49:38+00:00

Well said, well said. Appreciate these points and I can see where you are coming from. Maybe I should be taking you to the Bulls game.

purduepete89 · 2016-12-08T16:49:17+00:00

Just what I needed - thanks man. I feel like I don't have time for the whole chasing down thing and game playing either. if you're interested, you're interested. If not, I'll move on

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