Man, I don't know what the fuck it is, but I'm getting a lot of responses to my messages this time around on OKC. I still have quite a few girls I'm waiting for responses from, so it could be even more. I did change the structure of my first messages, so that might have something to do with it. Either way, winning.
Remember when we were only supposed to talk about metal?
Remember when we were only supposed to talk about metal?
I think there's no point in telling her any of that because I'm sure she already knows all of it. I guess what I'm really wondering is if the way I described things sound like they are actually the way they are, or if they sound like something I've convinced myself of in a kind of heat-of-the-moment thing.
It's 2012, brah, get with the times. Goop swabbing and pre-cum is where it's at.
Urgh. Women are god's punishment to men.
I realized that if I'm not careful, I will fall for this friend of mine who has a boyfriend. She's got all of the traits I like in myself, and I never want conversations with her to end and I think about her a lot. It gets to the point where I almost wish there was no chance I could have any luck with anyone else because then it could mean I'd forget about her.
Everyone else I've had feelings for was for something vapid and fleeting, be it similar problems, or similar opinions, but this girl is different. Every other girl I looked at I never wanted to look further than the here and now because I knew that after that it was probably blank; I'd get tired of them. But what scares me about this girl is I never get tired of hearing her thoughts. It's been a couple years and I still want to hear more of them. I look into the future, and whether or not we stay friends or become more, I just can't imagine getting tired of her. And I'm the kind of person who can find faults in everything.
It's the fact that I don't jump to specific traits to describe what I like about her that mesmerizes me. It's just simply her being her. Everything about her makes me happy. I never want her to suffer and I don't feel like I've ever connected with anyone like I've connected with her. She has problems, but I don't care. I don't care how painful the process of helping her would be if I were totally invested in her emotionally. I never not cared about that. I always hid myself from being affected by problems of people I care about, but for her I just had the compulsion to jump in and give it my all to help her.
What does the UM hivemind think I should do?
Platonic girl friends are nice and all, but strong feelings shouldn't be thrown out to compromise for a friendship. Compromises should be saved for the insignificant things. It's not a good thing if it makes you want to walk off a building.
I just changed around my pictures and updated my profile a little bit. What did you change about the structure of your first message?
Think of her feelings about you. If they were similar, she wouldn't be with that boyfriend and with you instead. She sees you as an ideal Platonic friend and you should do as well. Deep, lasting friendships with those of the opposite sex are invaluable. Don't risk ruining a good thing.
And I know it's hard, but cut out the "she's the only one in the world" attitude. That and don't have these selfish expectation that the only woman you could ever be with is a mirror image of yourself.