I don't much talk to folks in real life...
afterburnt
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I just **** canned my fiance for real. It is over for real.
My real and only friends are spread pretty thin. Who do you talk to??? Not that I necessarily need to deal to toxic people... I have to stop now.
My real and only friends are spread pretty thin. Who do you talk to??? Not that I necessarily need to deal to toxic people... I have to stop now.
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Hang in there Bruce........love stinksPolitical Correctness'.........defined
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I keep a few close friends that have been there through all the ups and downs and share with them. I'm slow making new ones. Recently stopped dating a woman because it was going nowhere and was tired of the mounting drama.
I like easy. I'm for going through life with little stress and strain. I like to see the humor in things and would much prefer to laugh in a serious situation than be serious in a laughing one.
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Don't feel bad about not having many friends. I can say that my 7 month old dog has more friends than I. I'm about quality not quantity. As for the love side, I'm not in a position to comment been with my wife for 19 yrs.
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I've realized as I get older my circle of "friends" gets smaller. Many people that come into your life are more acquaintances than real friends. Be open to all of them, though, and the right one will come along that you can speak with honestly and openly, without judgment.Integrated Amp: Marantz PM-10
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If one were to go through my phone to try and measure my life by the amount of people listed as contacts, they would see the majority of my phone numbers are businesses/doctors followed by forum members (many of whom I’ve met once if ever), and lastly I family and friends made through normal life.
I don’t have a ton of friends outside here either and that’s ok. Like @kharp1 I keep it simple. My real friends are few but mighty, which is how I like it. The kind of folks you don’t have to tell whats up or how your feeling because they know you well enough to read you without a word being said."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
I think most men have only a handful of people who they call friends. That is someone who they trust enough to talk to or get advise about something they consider serious or very personal.
There may be many, or few, in their lives that they are friendly with, but not on the same level as a select few. may be a subtle difference between the two, but it is still well defined.
For instance a person you're friendly with, you may invite to stay in the spare bedroom for a weekend, because their on vacation or the HVAC went out. You wouldn't stay up all night and call in sick the next day because he or she needs to talk about some serious issue in his or her life. That would be the difference, at least in my mind, between being a person whom I was friendly with and a friend.
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People suck.The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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Hang tough.
Not a big fan of drama myself but sadly it rears it's ugly head from time to time.
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afterburnt wrote: »Who do you talk to???
My dog, and for good reason. He's loyal, he listens, and he never talks back or says anything stupid
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^^^ And they never ask you where you been
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^^^ And they never ask you where you been
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Love stinks...wasn't that a Nazareth song?
I'm sure this is not a great time in your life right now but you'll pull through and hopefully life will be better for you because of the split. When I enter a new chapter in my life I'm always "lost" for a bit but then things become clear and I feel normal again...hang in there.
If it makes sense...get a dog! Best people I know.Yep, my name really is Bob.
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Fleshlight, mans best friend other than a dog.The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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I hate to hear of anyone's sadness and breaking up with someone that was supposed to be your life partner can't be easy. Better at this stage than to have been married that's a fact!! You will be in my prayers brother as many of our fellow members prayers here, and please hang in there as someone is out there that you will be happy with. Good and bad in every relationship and it's just a matter of how much crap can either put up with as every relationship has some, If someone claims that's just not true, they are liars! Give and take, take and give. There's a thin line between love and hate. Wife and I have been together 34 years and married 23 of those years. Roller Coaster?? You Bet!! But making them vows was something we take and took very serious so we still are in love and it gets better. You say it's over.....is this the first time you said that? How many years were you together?? Maybe eat some crow and see a specialist and work through whatever it is or was to get ya to this place?? If she's worth it to you, you will do whatever it takes? Hopefully (if this is it) there are no children involved as they usually end up feeling that wrath more than the parents? I wish you all the best and like I said, in my prayers.
THJ"if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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As others have said, better now, than after the ring goes on. It hurts like h e l l, but a lot less than the other.
As for "friends", they're easy to acquire, true friends are hard to come by.
Two old saying come to mind:
A friend will help you move, a true friend will help you move........a body.
A friend will bail you out of jail, a true friend will be in the cell with you saying "d**n that was awesome!".
My true friends, I can count on one hand.
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afterburnt wrote: »Who do you talk to???
My dog, and for good reason. He's loyal, he listens, and he never talks back or says anything stupid
Amen to that. lol
I don't need a boat load of friends, just a handful of really good ones. Nobody measures your life's worth by the amount of FB friends you have either....though some may think otherwise.
Takes work to keep up good friendships, I don't have the time to spread it out over dozens of friends. Cheer up Bruce, we'll have Russ take ya under his wing and show ya how to get along without women. HT SYSTEM-
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Sorry to hear that Bruce.
You know your not alone and you know you got friends here and you know my number!
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afterburnt wrote: »Who do you talk to???
My dog, and for good reason. He's loyal, he listens, and he never talks back or says anything stupid
Not even a woof? Dogs are cool, does the dog share your music? Some do...
Some final words,
"If you keep banging your head against the wall,
you're going to have headaches."
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The thing where they scoot their b.u.t.t.z on the carpet, though, I can live without that.
...... I'm talking about some of my friends. My dogs have never done that.Sal Palooza -
afterburnt wrote: »Who do you talk to???
My dog, and for good reason. He's loyal, he listens, and he never talks back or says anything stupid
Not even a woof? Dogs are cool, does the dog share your music? Some do...
He's usually nestled in a couple blankets for those late night listening sessions. And yeah he woofs at me, I guess he talks back a little bit.2 channel:
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^my dog Fox loves to lay close to me when I jam out. The other two dogs like to cuddle more than listen to the music, but with Fox its different."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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My cats leave the room, and go to the back of the house, on Friday night when the rock volume level gets a bit high. LOL.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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Sorry to hear about a breakup, but glad to hear that it was by your choice......
My wife and I consider each other as best friends, going on 25 yrs. next May. This is partly due to us truly enjoying being around each other, but long ago, we realized that most couples have real issues with each other and my wife hates it when a "friend" only wants to discuss how miserable she is with her husband, as many of them tend to do. They seem to just tolerate each other at best and our relationship is too good to waste time with dysfunctional couples. We tend to keep to ourselves, to keep the drama low and just grow old together taking care of our 5 kids and 9 Gkids so far.
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I'm a fleabit peanut monkey
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I been bit and I been tossed around
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Well I hope we're not too messianic
Or a trifle too satanic
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Love stinks...wasn't that a Nazareth song?
I'm sure this is not a great time in your life right now but you'll pull through and hopefully life will be better for you because of the split. When I enter a new chapter in my life I'm always "lost" for a bit but then things become clear and I feel normal again...hang in there.
If it makes sense...get a dog! Best people I know.
Nope J-Geils Tune I mean it Stinks Bruce my suggestion to you is go chase some Strays!
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Yep, Nazareth was Love Hurts....same message I guess.Yep, my name really is Bob.
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