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27 Apr 2009, 4:33 pm

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I always said don't limit yourself to 1% but I never said you're only compatible with 1% , what did you eat this morning to be hallucinating like this?

Hmm... That might have been billsmith who said that... Someone kept saying that only 1 in 100 dates are going to develop into successful relationships, and 1 in 100 is 1%...

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In fact, with your actual weight you are compatible with way less than 1% , so if you want a gf that bad then focus on losing your weight before anything else. (Whispering: Don't ever listen to those who say :awww you're not fat and please don't tell me again about this fat friend who got a hot gf, he doesn't have social impairments..remember that.).

I've been trying to get rid of it for 7 years... and it's a bloody chinese finger trap... the more I work out, the hungrier I get. The more I cut my food, I feel weaker (and colder). Food is practically a drug for me... put me on too little for how much activity I do and I start getting withdrawal symptoms... In fact, I've found that by not trying to lose weight I've been the most successful at keeping weight off... and I feel less stressed out in the process...

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You are religious and that's a plus btw since most ppl of your American community are religious , don't limit yourself to your sect though .

Most religious people in the US either don't care and would be put off by my dedication to my church, or would be fundamentalists that scare even me...

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You can chant and sing and that's a plus too,

But I only do choir-related singing... the type of "singing" women go for are the justin timberlakes of the music world...



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04 May 2009, 3:48 am

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"I like you, want to go out some time?"

My brain could never produce this line on it's own. Go figure.


Don' let it get to ya...I don't even think it sounds good.

I remember when I officially asked my girlfriend out OFFICIALLY, I said to her:

"I'm going out on a limb here, and I'm hoping you're thinking the same thing I am; I could be wrong, but I really, really hope I'm not. Hopefully sometime soon, will you go out with me?"

Her exact response was a very excited, jumpy "OF COURSE!"

To which my response was "YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!! !! !! !! ! Thank you god!! !! !! !! !! !! !!"



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04 May 2009, 3:53 am

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All I can offer to women is care, reliability, honesty, stability, decency, a sense of social justice, support, a total lack of abuse, and giving them space.


I, the prince , grant you the Knight title. You can stand now.


No seriously now.... girls can hardly believe you when you list about your qualities like that because those qualities are unseen and can only be seen after spending some time with you. They won't take your words for granted now, one might claim that he's nice and decent and blabla but he might be in reality a coward and as*hole.

That's why looks ,social status and social skills are more important qualities for the first impressions, because those are instantly visible qualities.


I think if I hadn't found my true love, I'd probably be screwed in this area for about 10 years at least, cause I won't have the social status 'til my business is off the ground. As for looks...people tell me I look like Clark Kent; I take that as a complement, but I don't think most women want to be the Lois Lane. Social Skills...yeah, I don't think so....

In fact, recently being the spokesman/representative for my table in a meeting at work, one of the co-workers at my table said to me "good god, Russell...if I'd known you in school, I would've hated you!"

My response was "take a number, most people usually do; I'm just used to it". And no...I didn't say it in a nice way.



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04 May 2009, 3:55 am

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...you can now count me in your circle. And I'm a woman.

Yes, it does happen to women, too. It's happened to me every single time. Do I question myself? Of course. But for me, it's no real mystery what causes this to happen; if you don't have the look, the moves, and the ability to give a person everything they want, you're ousted.

In this case, it's seems to have been a constellation of problems. I can't help but feel bad about myself in some ways, especially now that I'm out in the cold, but in other ways, I realize this was a joint issue. The worst part is, after two years of being sexual together, he's more or less decided he's gay and always has been. Oof, if that doesn't hurt, what the f**k does?

I met this guy initially, I swear to you all, through dreams. I have each dream documented and even drew pictures him. Upon finding out it was him, it matched up. He has had a lot of family problems that have played a big role in this downfall. I still love him with intensity I have never felt for anyone else, and I always will. I basically felt, and still feel, he and I were 'soul mates,' in a manner of speaking. It feels like what stops us is problems that could be overcome, but that doesn't mean he wants to overcome them.

There is so little true love, sense of family, or deep, bonding caring in this species that this is a huge blow to me. I've always been quality over quantity, and I work all sorts of things out with my family and keep them close for life. It doesn't seem other people feel that way, and that is devastating.

Do I feel bitter toward him? Oddly, not quite. I do feel he's potentially making a big mistake, and has made many in the past, too, but I can't feel that resentment so many scorned people seem to for their exes. I almost wish I could feel it, but I love too intensely. Everyone seems to be telling me he's done some very bad things to me that make him a pretty foul person, but I don't know how to take that. I feel like I love everyone on some level, how am I supposed to feel anything but for someone who's felt like my other half?

It will likely end up that I'll never find another person, another match, and that seems to be a trend in my family -- once we lose who we feel is our other half, if we ever get them in the first place, we never do it again. So, here I go again on my own, going down the only road I've ever known.

But, I digress. This may lend some insight into how it goes with these sorts of things, and how many people suffer. You men are hardly alone, and everyone suffers in their own way from a combination of their own problems and the loveless, animal individualism that pervades our species, as it does so many others. It's a shame many of us have the brains to know what's going on; the pain from this knowledge has sent me into several existential crises over the course of my life.

Here's to hoping there can be self improvement and that we may all find someone with whom we can really share a true, deep bond and acceptance, and start a family. And for those forever loners, I'm right there with you. The man who brought me to this forum initially is now gone, but I don't know what of my time here now. We'll see.


I also hate to really sting you on this, but I'm also hoping your true love didn't just claim he was gay to get rid of you.



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04 May 2009, 2:55 pm

TheDoctor82 wrote:
Orbyss wrote:
...you can now count me in your circle. And I'm a woman.

Yes, it does happen to women, too. It's happened to me every single time. Do I question myself? Of course. But for me, it's no real mystery what causes this to happen; if you don't have the look, the moves, and the ability to give a person everything they want, you're ousted.

In this case, it's seems to have been a constellation of problems. I can't help but feel bad about myself in some ways, especially now that I'm out in the cold, but in other ways, I realize this was a joint issue. The worst part is, after two years of being sexual together, he's more or less decided he's gay and always has been. Oof, if that doesn't hurt, what the f**k does?

I met this guy initially, I swear to you all, through dreams. I have each dream documented and even drew pictures him. Upon finding out it was him, it matched up. He has had a lot of family problems that have played a big role in this downfall. I still love him with intensity I have never felt for anyone else, and I always will. I basically felt, and still feel, he and I were 'soul mates,' in a manner of speaking. It feels like what stops us is problems that could be overcome, but that doesn't mean he wants to overcome them.

There is so little true love, sense of family, or deep, bonding caring in this species that this is a huge blow to me. I've always been quality over quantity, and I work all sorts of things out with my family and keep them close for life. It doesn't seem other people feel that way, and that is devastating.

Do I feel bitter toward him? Oddly, not quite. I do feel he's potentially making a big mistake, and has made many in the past, too, but I can't feel that resentment so many scorned people seem to for their exes. I almost wish I could feel it, but I love too intensely. Everyone seems to be telling me he's done some very bad things to me that make him a pretty foul person, but I don't know how to take that. I feel like I love everyone on some level, how am I supposed to feel anything but for someone who's felt like my other half?

It will likely end up that I'll never find another person, another match, and that seems to be a trend in my family -- once we lose who we feel is our other half, if we ever get them in the first place, we never do it again. So, here I go again on my own, going down the only road I've ever known.

But, I digress. This may lend some insight into how it goes with these sorts of things, and how many people suffer. You men are hardly alone, and everyone suffers in their own way from a combination of their own problems and the loveless, animal individualism that pervades our species, as it does so many others. It's a shame many of us have the brains to know what's going on; the pain from this knowledge has sent me into several existential crises over the course of my life.

Here's to hoping there can be self improvement and that we may all find someone with whom we can really share a true, deep bond and acceptance, and start a family. And for those forever loners, I'm right there with you. The man who brought me to this forum initially is now gone, but I don't know what of my time here now. We'll see.


I also hate to really sting you on this, but I'm also hoping your true love didn't just claim he was gay to get rid of you.


No, he definitely didn't do that much. I think it's been an underlying problem the whole time, and I'm pretty sure it has valid reasons. With the way he grew up, being homosexual seems a pretty believable outcome.

I'm still ripped apart, though, because I swear to everything he has always, and still does, feel like my 'soul mate,' and he used to say that himself. It's a severe blow and I know it's hard on him as well in many ways, but I get the brunt of the suffering. We've had to completely stop talking.



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04 May 2009, 10:52 pm

soulmates are not necessily sex mates and there is not only one soulmate per person.


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04 May 2009, 10:56 pm

Depends on how you feel it out, I think. Ever since I can remember I started to 'feel' an archetype that, by ten years ago, was really becoming fleshed out. He fit it perfectly, every inch, down to the detail, like no one else has, and I get the distinct feeling no one else will. He and I were able to touch each others' minds in ways I can't explain or replicate with anyone else. Sex is just part of it, in order to consummate the deal and make a family--that's how even he seemed to feel. But, that ended rather abruptly, as I felt it would. Too many problems, too much fear, it had to end eventually.



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04 May 2009, 11:03 pm

sinsboldly wrote:
soulmates are not necessily sex mates and there is not only one soulmate per person.


Uhm...yeah there is; there's the right one, and there are "substitutes"; but with the substitutes, one has to work harder to make it last...most folks don't have the drive or patience, though.



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10 May 2009, 3:28 pm

TheDoctor82 wrote:
sinsboldly wrote:
soulmates are not necessily sex mates and there is not only one soulmate per person.


Uhm...yeah there is; there's the right one, and there are "substitutes"; but with the substitutes, one has to work harder to make it last...most folks don't have the drive or patience, though.


ummm. no theres not. The soul has no gender so gender of the soul mate doesn't matter. All of this 'one person out there for each of us' just disconnects us from nature and forces an unnatural expectation of how it all works.


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