tchell99 Member

But I bet they feel the burning at the other end...

Had an ex who fell off a roof onto his head in his late teens and lost his sense of smell and taste. But he still ate the same things. Used to drive me nuts when he would order stuff like surf and turf (we were poor college students at the time), but in retrospect I probably shoulda given him a break. I mean, crikey, the…

Indeed. However, that townie was less troublesome than the one who used to take out his glass eye, roll it down the bar counter, and then challenge people to fights when they asked him to stop. Ah, college. The good ole' days...

Here's a confession: bushy beards freak me out a bit. In my defense I think this stems from when I was a cocktail waitress in college and there was a regular with a massive beard who would periodically drink to the point of puking and then want to dispense bear hugs and big sloppy kisses with chunk remnants still hanging…

It doesn't much matter in the scheme of things, but they are different - that's why there's a section on MFP for people to "blog" and separate one for forum discussions. But whatever works! It's the internetz, after all.

I have a friend who just moved there with his family. He said things were expensive, but I didn't realize it was on this scale. Not sure which is worse for an American living abroad - not having some of your favorite foods at all or having them available for an exorbitant cost.

Me, too! Just looked up MMO. :)

True, and I am fine with people preferring other modes. It just turns out that text-reliant people are usually a sign of greater incompatibility in my [admittedly limited] experience. Like the folks who expect you to respond almost instantly on text - I am not at anyone's beck and call, even if technology makes this…

This may be generational thing, but I loathe texting and find it the least informative method of getting to know someone. Part of it is that I am just not attached to my phone 24/7 - I have it off during the day at work, don't take it to the gym, etc. I realize that makes me practically a luddite in this day and age. My…

More than once I was standing on a crowded Metro train and asked by someone seated in the handicapped/special needs seats if I wanted to sit (as they eyeballed my belly). Usually a "no, thanks" would suffice, but one guy was really insistent to the point where I said "I know you're trying to be kind, but I am not pregnant."

Did she leave him?

Seriously, wtf? It reminds me of that move in HIMYM where the guy stripped down naked when Robin stepped out the room. Because, hey if you make a woman feel awkward, they just might put out....And even if only works 1-2 times out of 10, you're still getting laid once in awhile, right? But your scenario is even worse b/c…

I am relieved to know I am not alone in creating intricate backstories and silly accents for my pets!

My ex and I used to have two cats who were brothers, Regent and Fagan. Regent had a poshy high-English accent and Fagan had a cockney one. (This really makes no sense, since we rescued them as feral kittens, so shouldn't both of them have been cockney?) We made up a whole scenario about how they ran a tobacco store in…

Confession: I talk to my dog like she's a person. And I sing songs to her all the time. Original songs about how awesome she is...

My friends and I used to call these "chicken" as in "are you wearing chicken tonight?" since they look like chicken breast cutlets (or at least they did 10 years ago - who knows, maybe they're different now).

Maybe she can be your buddy whenever there's a home improvement store run?

Hmm. A man in Reno? Was it just to watch him die?

I am LAUGHING! Not sure if it was to mark you purposely or not, but that is some funny shite!

Question: how many of you have trouble figuring out what to share when? One of the tough things for me in early communication is trying to avoid revealing too much too early while also not being purposely dodgy. It's a struggle to answer some of those ice-breaker questions early on ("Tell me about your family" and "Why…

You are braver than I, m'dear. My derriere is best left undocumented. :) ETA: Other than those pics in college of me wearing only a leather motorcycle jacket and Docs. Ah, my wayward youth.

I once had a guy show up in really dirty, tattered clothes. Not a dealbreaker in and of itself, but as he got closer I realized he also smelled like he hadn't showered in well over a week. I was a bit afraid the giant dandruff flakes in his oily, unkempt hair would fall into my beer. Luckily they didn't venture further…

Absolutely true. There is no gender bias in this tendency to be hypercritically judgey whilst wishing to not be negatively judged oneself in online dating (or in any other facet of life, really). Humans are really quite gifted at this.

To call him a pig would be insulting to pigs. Is it any wonder some of us have trust issues? Jeez.

After watching "Her" last night I came to the really depressing realization that a relationship with an OS is likely my best prospect at this point. I logged into an old OKC account today to gauge whether I was just being melodramatically pessimistic. Nope. It's rough out there, folks.

Classy! What a troll.

Spent at least a dozen in my adult single on VD, so no big deal. Pretty much every holiday only serves to highlight that I lack a SO and have no nuclear family to speak of anymore, so it's no more or less depressing than any of those. What's annoying is the over-the-top declarations of love and endless thread of pics of 2…

Oh, I almost forgot the guy who stated outright that he saw no reason to *ever* pick up the tab, particularly for online dates, since too many women "expect" it. I certainly don't expect it - I really don't like feeling I owe anyone anything, so I always pay for myself unless they are really insistent and I don't want to…

Didn't meet online (this was when I was in college in the ealry 90s), but started dating a guy I worked with at a restaurant over a school break while living back home. He seemed kinda obsessed with his ex gf and had other indications of instability, so I was happy to return to school 3 states away after a few weeks and…

I admire your ability to hold your tongue thus far. In a world where people have some introspection, she would be feeling a bit bad now about how she treated you before now that she knows how it feels to be overweight. Ideally, she'd come clean and apologize. If she's like some people, though, she is really annoyed that…