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Luigison

  • Old Person™
« Reply #30 on: February 12, 2007, 11:20:37 PM »
One of the reasons I am glad I don't have a significant other. They'd just be eating through my already empty wallet. :P
That depends on how significant the other is.  If you share things it could actually be cheaper for both of you.
“Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that allow us to survive. But part of that involves hiding from us the stuff we don’t need to know."

« Reply #31 on: February 12, 2007, 11:49:53 PM »
Wow...you guys posted almost 3 pages without me...in one day.

As far as commercials and sales and specials for V-Day...they make V-Day just another day to make big sells. V-Day is profitable to them.

Conversation Hearts are corny.

Plus I have no one to give them to.
"I don't know why they're called boyshorts! Boys don't wear shorts that short!" - Mitchie

Chupperson Weird

  • Not interested.
« Reply #32 on: February 12, 2007, 11:50:50 PM »
1. Idiots for thinking it's bad that you don't have a girlfriend (see: ssM)
2. Idiots for thinking that if you have a girlfriend she will automatically be shallow enough to hate you if you don't waste your money (though I guess a lot of girls in high school are like that ? )
3. Idiots for thinking societal "standards" matter at all
That was a joke.

Sapphira

  • Inquiring
« Reply #33 on: February 13, 2007, 12:54:43 AM »
I don't think anyone understands anything about relationships at all.

Not all people are shallow.
You don't need to be in a relationship to be happy.
Relationships aren't automatically time, money, and energy-wasting, and if you feel like they are, you have no perception of what love really is.

Why do people have such clashing views on them? You guys seem to either be desperate to be in relationship or  are appalled by it.

My advice? If you're in high school (or younger), you're likely not ready to be able to handle a mature relationship. And even if you are, which is unlikely (heck, many ADULTS aren't mature enough), almost none of your peers are--including potential girlfriends/boyfriends.

In general, until you grow into a person who is no longer selfish, thinking first and/or only about yourself, you're not capable of loving another person, and therefore shouldn't even worry about relationships. At all.
Not wanting to "waste your time" with relationships is a selfish attitude, resenting "having to give" something is selfish, wanting to be in one because everyone else is and/or you want to feel better about yourself is selfish, automatically doing or rebelling against something that society deems normal/right without forming your own personal outlook is selfish, loathing yourself is selfish.

How do you break selfishness? Start loving others, caring for them, regardless of who they are. Don't think of what they've done for/to you or have to offer you; it's irrelevant. This includes loving yourself.
When you stop focusing on yourself and what you want (that doesn't mean ignore or neglect yourself; notice I said focus), you can begin to love, and when you love, the selfishness melts away. Not to mention you grow as a person. And you know what? When you're unselfish and love others unconditionally, people notice. People are drawn to (attracted to) it, become drawn to you.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2007, 12:56:38 AM by Sapphira »
"The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself."

« Reply #34 on: February 13, 2007, 01:01:20 AM »
Sapphira is a very intelligent person.
"I don't know why they're called boyshorts! Boys don't wear shorts that short!" - Mitchie

« Reply #35 on: February 13, 2007, 01:22:42 AM »
Yes, I wonder how well her strats have worked for her personally. ;)

Sapphira

  • Inquiring
« Reply #36 on: February 13, 2007, 01:33:55 AM »
:)

I'm still working on growing, learning to love and not be selfish. I have a ways to go still. I'm also not worrying about (romantic) relationships, either, at least trying not to (V-day hype makes it more challenging). I guess I'm taking my own advice: "until you grow into a person who is no longer selfish . . . [you] shouldn't even worry about relationships." ;)
"The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself."

Glorb

  • Banned
« Reply #37 on: February 13, 2007, 01:09:35 PM »
I have yet to fall in love, 'cause that's not really my thing. I'm like a bachelor, sort of-ish kind of. Well, I would be, if girls weren't so icky. In fact, on Valentine's Day, I'm just going to make a big treehouse, and it'll have, like, the biggest-est tire swing EVER, and there won't be any girls allowed. That is, if it all goes according to plan...

Oh, plus it'll have rockets.
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« Reply #38 on: February 13, 2007, 01:53:00 PM »
Do you need any slingshot-wielding guards?  Because I totally can do that!

Chupperson Weird

  • Not interested.
« Reply #39 on: February 13, 2007, 01:54:43 PM »
(V-day hype makes it more challenging).

I fail to understand this sentence in the context of everything else you just said.
That was a joke.

Sapphira

  • Inquiring
« Reply #40 on: February 13, 2007, 03:30:11 PM »
... Um, wow.
"The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself."

The Chef

  • Super
« Reply #41 on: February 13, 2007, 04:18:10 PM »
I already knew how stupid the whole "I need a girl" thing was. I actually kept telling myself that a relationship was totally unnecessary at that point and would just weigh me down. Then suddenly I ran into this girl who had more in common with me than any other girl I've ever known, and I care lot about her. She isn't one of those other girls that were mentioned in this thread, she's.... different.

« Reply #42 on: February 13, 2007, 04:19:47 PM »
I like Valentine's Day! I like candy too!

Wario always likes candy!
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« Reply #43 on: February 13, 2007, 05:15:08 PM »
I strongly detest Valentine's Day. It's nothing but a "holiday" devoted to pure commercialism (I'm not buying my (metaphorical) girlfriend a lobster for Valentine's Day). Also, the teachers make us give "valentines" to everybody. Including people of the same gender. That's just gay.
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #44 on: February 13, 2007, 06:40:52 PM »
....Uh-oh! *runs off*
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

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