Thread: Broken Heart, PRR-style

Thank you, Sven --I wish you the best, too, but am pretty sure that such an attractive, charming, adventurous woman like you needs very little luck. I just know you'll meet the right guy for you soon if not today. You're just too good not to find someone who's good for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber She claims she wants to protect my tender feelings, but I'm all "I ain't got none. Let ME worry about my tender feelings, okay? If I am able to keep my emotions and my feelings to myself, and deal, why are you so concerned?" You sound just like a guy who I used to date who said the almost same thing to me when I turned down a FWB arrangement with him. It pissed...

Thanks. I'm glad this last one is gone for good. He's clearly lacking something essential as a person, and it's better that I got some small heartbreak instead of whatever truly evil stuff he'd be dishing out later in the game. But yeah, I remain hopeful that once I am ready- once I am in a stable place and open to it- I'll find what I need. We all deserve love, yeah? God willing we will find what we are looking for!

Quote: Originally Posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber All we lost was pride, dignity, self-respect, the respect of our exes, the esteem of the Teeming Millions, and a whole lot of hours of sleep. Big deal, right? On the plus side, you didn't loose the esteem of anyone here who is self aware enough to recognize that at some point, they've made, or been tempted to make, similarly spectacularly unwise compromises to hold onto something...

Many years ago I broke someone's heart, and she agreed to FWB. I said "look, this has no emotional component" and she concurred verbally - but her heart didn't. I ended up breaking her heart all over again, only much worse.

Quote: Originally Posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber Do you guys just disapprove of FWB generally? I think this might be why FWB was invented--I get to gradually work on recognizing the reality that she just ain't THAT into me, meanwhile I get laid rather sublimely, until she takes up with a new guy, and I go, "Okay, I can deal with that at this point" instead of staying up all night thinking about her with a new guy...

Quote: Originally Posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber ...at 8:35 PM last night, I thought I had a great GF and a pretty sweet life; at 8:36 I felt like I'd had a train hit me. I'm still trying to get my mind around that sudden change, and I'm a little better now, but only a little. I'm hoping next week, I'll be a little more philosophical, and next month I'll start to recover, but it's going to take time. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber All we lost was pride, dignity, self-respect, the respect of our exes, the esteem of the Teeming Millions, and a whole lot of hours of sleep. Big deal, right? It is so frustrating* to have absolutely no control over a situation when the impact on you is so enormous. (Realizing that "frustrating" doesn't even begin to express the emotions involved.) Nothing useful to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Surly Chick I think it's for the best that she turned down your FWB request, PRR. You would have just ended up getting hurt more in the end. It's going to be a tough month or so for you but you'll bounce back. We all do. Slee -I followed the K saga from the beginning and was skeptical about her from the get go. She sounded like a head case and you're better off without her. I know that's...

Quote: Originally Posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber Still seems a little extreme to me to go from the Monogamous LT Model to nothing at all, without trying "Dude, can you dial your freaking expectations down a bit? Else I'm outta here" first, but maybe that's going to remain a mystery to me. Honestly, I agree with you on this. Really, it seems quite reasonable that a gradual weaning off would be better -- but...