Y'know, I think it would be terrible to date an actual sex goddess. I mean, think about it - nothing is new to them. Everything you can think to do? They invented it and perfected it already. You know how you think you're good in bed? Nope, she invented being good in bed.
I'm pretty sure a sex goddess would be 100% unimpressed with mere mortals
You say that now, but wait until she uses her black hole vagina to eat you alive.
(Seriously, I'm still going WTF with that part in American Gods.)
Okay, I need help. There's a girl I like and I've finally worked up the nerve to ask her out (I've tried twice, but she's very busy.) I want to try to do something really special for her on Valentines day, but I'm creatively bankrupt when it comes to these sorts of things. I have 45$, no car, and 5 days to prepare. What does the forum advise?
Y'know, I think it would be terrible to date an actual sex goddess. I mean, think about it - nothing is new to them. Everything you can think to do? They invented it and perfected it already. You know how you think you're good in bed? Nope, she invented being good in bed.
I'm pretty sure a sex goddess would be 100% unimpressed with mere mortals
You say that now, but wait until she uses her black hole vagina to eat you alive.
(Seriously, I'm still going WTF with that part in American Gods.)
Seriously? I thought it was an interesting scene. Maybe I'm jaded, but I was in no way taken aback by that scene, nor did it particularly stand out among other things I've seen or read.
Y'know, I think it would be terrible to date an actual sex goddess. I mean, think about it - nothing is new to them. Everything you can think to do? They invented it and perfected it already. You know how you think you're good in bed? Nope, she invented being good in bed.
I'm pretty sure a sex goddess would be 100% unimpressed with mere mortals.
If martial arts has taught me anything it's that there is no better way to learn than getting your ass kicked.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY MUST BE DEPRESSED AT BEING ALONE AS I AM!
Eh, I'm mostly just messing around, I'm not as depressed as I'm making myself out to be. As to why, it's primarily that today gets nicely commercialized as a great day for couples, and I'm just being jealous.
Oh, I forgot to post the remainder of my recipe instructions: 1. Place ice in highball glass. 2. Pour in tonic until mostly full. 3. Dump out glass. 4. Fill glass with gin. 5. Serve chilled alongside ice cream.
I've had someone on Valentine's ONCE, and really it was just as disappointing as not having anyone. My most memorable Valentine's wasn't the one that I was in a couple... it was memorable because it represented love in a way that didn't HAVE to be romantic.
Some people would rather be with someone just for the sake of having someone than be alone. The constant pursuit of have JUST SOMEONE confuses me. I think Valentine's makes people feel ashamed of being alone. But come on, guys. Do you REALLY want to deal with big Mylar pink heart shaped monstrosities?
Hey, you know what you should do, if you feel sadder than usual because an arbitrary holiday for couples is pressuring you? There's this Korean thing called Black Day where you should find a single female friend who is strictly platonic and go out for black bean noodles. Hit up Ktown on April 14 (or you could do it today or tomorrow). The whole point is that you look silly and messy with jajangmyeon on your face, and you prove that not everyone has to be dating to have a good date.
I think Valentine's makes people feel ashamed of being alone.
The real fallacy here is in thinking that no girlfriend/boyfriend = alone. Don't these people have friends? Yes, they do. And their friends should find it insulting to hear them whining about being alone.
I've pulled off some memorable valentines, but that's a combination of a)being a bit soft sometimes, and b)a safe and legal(mostly) way of pulling off capers.
The real fallacy here is in thinking that no girlfriend/boyfriend = alone. Don't these people have friends? Yes, they do. And their friends should find it insulting to hear them whining about being alone.
You're right. As a friend of people like that, I do in fact feel insulted. Also the idea that you can't be "complete" without a significant other. REALLY? SERIOUSLY?! How are you expecting to function in a healthy relationship if you can't be happy with yourself single? It's not really fair to use another human being as an emotional crutch.
Also, Churba... Sail... had I known this ahead of time, I would have sent BOTH of you the most sickeningly sparkly heart covered cards I could possibly find.
Also, Churba... Sail... had I known this ahead of time, I would have sent BOTH of you the most sickeningly sparkly heart covered cards I could possibly find.
Haha, that would have been awesome. I'm sure it would have taken a full week after opening it to get rid of all the glitter :P
Also, Churba... Sail... had I known this ahead of time, I would have sent BOTH of you the most sickeningly sparkly heart covered cards I could possibly find.
That's terribly sweet of you. If I'm around in February some time, I'd organize a caper around you.
Hey, you know what you should do, if you feel sadder than usual because an arbitrary holiday for couples is pressuring you? There's this Korean thing called Black Day where you should find a single female friend who is strictly platonic and go out for black bean noodles. Hit up Ktown on April 14 (or you could do it today or tomorrow). The whole point is that you look silly and messy with jajangmyeon on your face, and you prove that not everyone has to be dating to have a good date.
That's... absolutely adorable. I do, in fact, have a strictly platonic also single female friend who has been helping me out through this messy breakup, despite being one of my exes best friends. I think next time she goes on a forever-alone talk (and I'm sure it will come tomorrow), I may ask her to go to K-town.
I've never really cared about Valentines Day. The idea that you have to have a date on a certain day, or that there are things that single people can't do by themselves (concerts! movies! going to restaurants!) is a really fucking tired social construct.
Today, I'm going to do my labwork, and then make a nightmarishly hot curry with a mate of mine (gotta buy some Thai Bird's-Eyes!). After everyone who's interested suffers through that, I'll probably go upstairs and try to cheer up my friend (she just had a pretty nasty break-up with her boyfriend of three or four months three days before Valentines Day), and then a group of us will probably head down to the pub, single but together. We'll have a cool time with all of the other drunk single people, and then we'll go home in a huge group (we're all in the same building) and it'll be great.
The idea that you need another person to be happy is such profound bullshit, when you get right down to it.
I think Valentine's makes people feel ashamed of being alone.
The real fallacy here is in thinking that no girlfriend/boyfriend = alone. Don't these people have friends? Yes, they do. And their friends should find it insulting to hear them whining about being alone.
The problem comes when all your friends are paired off and you're the only single one.
Some of this shit is dangerously close to sour grapes, doods. Just sayin'.
Girlfriend went away for a week today, so that's sad. Instead: went out last night. Restaurant was nearly empty! Got waited on hand an foot. Ate a duck steak. Didn't even know ducks had steak on them!
Feelin' pretty good about Valentine's Day. Social rituals are nice; they serve a purpose. You don't need to "beat the system, man" just because you're single. Just be cool about it. Examine how much of this is in your head. I doubt any single person has a line of frenemies coming up to them being all like "oh, you're single on Valetine's day? That's so Sadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd," because we don't live in a fucking Sex in the City movie.
Heh, I hate on Valentine's day for completely different reasons. (considering I'm Married) I just don't like holidays in general (though I do like the food) and would be more then happy to just grind away my life without any official mandated special days of the year.
1) Not really trying to beat the system. I am a bit fed up with the open stigma against people who go to movies or nice places for dinner alone, though that hasn't been a big deal recently. It seems to exist a lot more in the US than around here. 2) Social rituals can be nice, but what I was getting at is that there's no reason to fret if you can't participate in them, which is why I've always been rather indifferent to Valentine's day. 3) Had some killer duck filet mignon in Paris a while back. Shit had a Coca-Cola sauce and was served over a saffron potato puree. Blew my MIND; I've been thinking non-stop about how to cook with soda ever since.
I don't do fake holidays. A real holiday commemorates a real thing that happened that is worth celebrating. Not something invented by companies to make money. Not something based on a fictional story. Not some arbitrary arrangement of celestial bodies.
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(Seriously, I'm still going WTF with that part in American Gods.)
So happy Valentine's Day, and congrats to those of you with a super-special-somebody.
As for me, I've prepared with:
One (1) bottle gin
One (1) bottle tonic
One (1) pint Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream
What are you guys doing for today?
Eh, I'm mostly just messing around, I'm not as depressed as I'm making myself out to be.
As to why, it's primarily that today gets nicely commercialized as a great day for couples, and I'm just being jealous.
Oh, I forgot to post the remainder of my recipe instructions:
1. Place ice in highball glass.
2. Pour in tonic until mostly full.
3. Dump out glass.
4. Fill glass with gin.
5. Serve chilled alongside ice cream.
Some people would rather be with someone just for the sake of having someone than be alone. The constant pursuit of have JUST SOMEONE confuses me. I think Valentine's makes people feel ashamed of being alone.
But come on, guys. Do you REALLY want to deal with big Mylar pink heart shaped monstrosities?
Never had so much as a card, myself.
Also the idea that you can't be "complete" without a significant other. REALLY? SERIOUSLY?! How are you expecting to function in a healthy relationship if you can't be happy with yourself single? It's not really fair to use another human being as an emotional crutch.
Also, Churba... Sail... had I known this ahead of time, I would have sent BOTH of you the most sickeningly sparkly heart covered cards I could possibly find.
Also yes. Sweet! That sounds incredibly exciting. Maybe I DON'T know what I'm doing next Valentines after all, ahaha.
Today, I'm going to do my labwork, and then make a nightmarishly hot curry with a mate of mine (gotta buy some Thai Bird's-Eyes!). After everyone who's interested suffers through that, I'll probably go upstairs and try to cheer up my friend (she just had a pretty nasty break-up with her boyfriend of three or four months three days before Valentines Day), and then a group of us will probably head down to the pub, single but together. We'll have a cool time with all of the other drunk single people, and then we'll go home in a huge group (we're all in the same building) and it'll be great.
The idea that you need another person to be happy is such profound bullshit, when you get right down to it.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6425874/valentines-day-sucks
Girlfriend went away for a week today, so that's sad. Instead: went out last night. Restaurant was nearly empty! Got waited on hand an foot. Ate a duck steak. Didn't even know ducks had steak on them!
Feelin' pretty good about Valentine's Day. Social rituals are nice; they serve a purpose. You don't need to "beat the system, man" just because you're single. Just be cool about it. Examine how much of this is in your head. I doubt any single person has a line of frenemies coming up to them being all like "oh, you're single on Valetine's day? That's so Sadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd," because we don't live in a fucking Sex in the City movie.
2) Social rituals can be nice, but what I was getting at is that there's no reason to fret if you can't participate in them, which is why I've always been rather indifferent to Valentine's day.
3) Had some killer duck filet mignon in Paris a while back. Shit had a Coca-Cola sauce and was served over a saffron potato puree. Blew my MIND; I've been thinking non-stop about how to cook with soda ever since.