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Anton Chigurh
Mar 18, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!
Fake gay goon, you should do all of the things your gal friend asks. The bachelorette party, be the man/maid of honor, and give the speech. Just power through it all.

However, when giving the speech, finish with, "Oh, and I'm not gay and never have been. Love you (bride's name)!!" It would be a Wedding Crashers type moment and much hilarity will ensue. Please send in another confession and tell us how it went.

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loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Anton Chigurh posted:

Fake gay goon, you should do all of the things your gal friend asks. The bachelorette party, be the man/maid of honor, and give the speech. Just power through it all.

However, when giving the speech, finish with, "Oh, and I'm not gay and never have been. Love you (bride's name)!!" It would be a Wedding Crashers type moment and much hilarity will ensue. Please send in another confession and tell us how it went.

this is a good plan

quote:

I'm super goddamn lonely but too scared to do anything to change it.

During the week it's okay. I go to work, come home and chill out, then sleep. But the weekends are bad.

I wake up Saturday morning and do all my errands for the week. Laundry, groceries, yard work, and clean the house. At this point it's somewhere between 2 and 3 pm and I have nothing to do. So I sit around, being lonely.

Before you say "go outside" or "get an online dating profile" - I'm 55 years old. Way too old to just start meeting people. I tried out online dating but all the girls have massive amounts of baggage at my age. Either kids or previously married or some combo of the 2. Not my cup of tea.

I never married and have no kids. I don't really have friends, just some guys I work with at the garage. These forums are really my only social outlet, and I mostly just post in GBS and Rowdy Ringsports, so it's not exactly stimulating conversation.

How about "get a hobby"

Those are a good way to meet people

quote:

I'm a relatively fit, intelligent guy in his mid 20s. I went to college and got a degree in Electrical Engineering. I take care of myself and look alright, and could have a good life. But I don't.

When I was finishing college I hit a major snag and effectively ran out of money. My parents are poor and couldn't afford college. I took out a loan myself, had a minor scholarship, and worked 2 jobs to pay for food and my apartment and to try and save up some money for after college. But I had a car accident that depleted my savings. So I did something I regret now - I whored myself out for money.

There was a frankly disgusting woman who worked at the bookstore and constantly hit on me. Middle aged, obese, and worse than that - she was hateful. She'd yell at people who spent too long in the bookstore, she'd use every racial slur you could think of. And she reduced me to a piece of meat, something rather than someone.

But I went up to her and explained my situation. I'd do what she kept barking at me, but she had to pay. And she did.

It was the most disgusting sex of my life. It was also how I lost my virginity. At the end she spit on me and then gave me $500, enough to pay my rent that month.

It's been 2 years since I graduated but I still do it. It took me a few months to find a job, and I had bills to pay in that time. So I continued loving her. 500 dollars every time, each time leaving feeling degraded and dirty. But I had to keep the lights on and food on my table.

I got a job but it doesn't pay as well as I thought. So I still keep doing it.

Things have gotten worse with her. She keeps pushing boundaries and I don't like it. But when I say "no" she calls me a human being and says she'll ruin my life by spreading this info. So I keep doing it.

I had a girlfriend for a few weeks but it fell apart. I got so nervous when we started getting intimate - I couldn't keep an erection, let alone actually perform. So I dumped her.

I hope to God I can break free one day but I think I'll keep having to go back to her until she dies.

yeah dude you of course realize there is no actual reason you have to keep doing this at this point

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

Solice Kirsk posted:

I no the problem. Totally forgot that therapy goon hasn't dated a ton and never had a ton of guy friends so wasn't aware of the crazy/hot scale. Thank goodness this scientician put together a video summing it up for the layman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwbKYcBdVyk

How did I miss this, this is amazing.

armchairyoda
Sep 17, 2008
Melman
Garage-bro goon, you'll never cure that loneliness unless you get around people more. Find an interest/club/place and go hang out for a while. It's easier to talk to (and be talked to) if there's a common interest. After a couple visits, randos will start to recognize you and strike up a dialogue with you.

Start small, but just be around some peeps. You'll end up meeting new ones through those casual peeps, then just keep riding that wave.

if this is you *the angriest goon-gamer I know*, I'll hang if I ever make it to your corner of hell/Florida.

Audax
Dec 1, 2005
"LOL U GOT OWNED"
It's hard man. I realized one night that I come home, and did nothing but enjoy my freedom for 2-3 hours a night unless my girlfriend was here. I joined/started doing one activity a week and noticed it's really helping. After about two months, I'm invited to stuff to do on the weekends, and have at least one or two things to do during the week at night. It takes time and effort, and doubly so if you are older. I know we shitpost a lot on this very alive and popular straight forum but adult friendships are hard and take work. I wish you the best of luck!

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747
Pick an outdoor hobby to try. Hiking, biking, surfing, even just basketball or something. The vitamin d will make you happier even if youre still alone

insularis
Sep 21, 2002

Donated $20. Get well, Lowtax.
Fun Shoe

loquacius posted:

Tbf if it was real I don't think anyone around would take him seriously enough to publish his fake name in the local paper or whatever, but he'd take himself seriously enough to brag about it

It fits


Drive around with speakers on your car repeating "CHAOS REIGNS. RIOT IN THE STREETS. YOU ARE VERY AFRAID. THIS IS CHAOS TOWN NOW." over and over

Nah, you grab the guy from behind with a taser, loosely zip tie a black bag over his head, handcuff him and dump him in your trunk. Then, drive to the geographic center of America, conveniently located in the Midwest. Pull him out, cut his clothes off, take his ID, and jam an extra large buttplug in his rear end. Fun times with the first few motorists and then the State Trooper that find him.

gently caress him for waking me or my kid up at night in his misguided adventure land.

Wait, this is anonymous, right?

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004
usually i just play "gently caress the police" on my car stereo

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat
"I'm going to put on the lingerie I know he likes: it hides the track marks"

Kim Jong ill
Jul 28, 2010

NORTH KOREA IS ONLY KOREA.
Did anyone notice that cheating wife goon says he was using his wife's Laptop and a message popping up on its screen, but then he starts talking about text messages and contacts list which is clearly referring to a phone? I'm calling bullshit, fake story that was going to be about emails but then the writer changed their mind and forgot to change the opening explanation.

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747
But her emails

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Kim Jong ill posted:

Did anyone notice that cheating wife goon says he was using his wife's Laptop and a message popping up on its screen, but then he starts talking about text messages and contacts list which is clearly referring to a phone? I'm calling bullshit, fake story that was going to be about emails but then the writer changed their mind and forgot to change the opening explanation.

All it would take for this to make sense is for her to be a Mac user. OSX/iOS have text message integration -- I think it only works with their dumb proprietary SMS clone, but I might be wrong on that.

There are also ways to get that integration using Windows/Android -- I use Pushbullet, for example -- but just her being a Mac user is the most likely explanation.

Theophany
Jul 22, 2014

SUCCHIAMI IL MIO CAZZO DA DIETRO, RANA RAGAZZO



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got any sevens posted:

But her emails

Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!


Wait, what?

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Theophany posted:

Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!


Wait, what?

Well she did talk about premeditated murder, so not out of the realm of possibility.

GOTTA STAY FAI
Mar 24, 2005

~no glitter in the gutter~
~no twilight galaxy~
College Slice

Kim Jong ill posted:

Did anyone notice that cheating wife goon says he was using his wife's Laptop and a message popping up on its screen, but then he starts talking about text messages and contacts list which is clearly referring to a phone? I'm calling bullshit, fake story that was going to be about emails but then the writer changed their mind and forgot to change the opening explanation.

Olds frequently confuse email, text messaging, facebook messages, etc. and end up referring to one as another. Not saying what was written is 100% true, but that might explain it.

Also it would be such a sad, boring story to fake. Why would anyone waste time on something like that

Tiberius Thyben
Feb 7, 2013

Gone Phishing


maskenfreiheit posted:

usually i just play "gently caress the police" on my car stereo

Same.

Police Automaton
Mar 17, 2009
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:

Also it would be such a sad, boring story to fake. Why would anyone waste time on something like that

Hey I take great pride in my stories

Space Camp fuckup
Aug 2, 2003

loquacius posted:

All it would take for this to make sense is for her to be a Mac user. OSX/iOS have text message integration -- I think it only works with their dumb proprietary SMS clone, but I might be wrong on that.

There are also ways to get that integration using Windows/Android -- I use Pushbullet, for example -- but just her being a Mac user is the most likely explanation.

Yeah, my friend found out his wife was cheating on him because of that

limp_cheese
Sep 10, 2007


Nothing to see here. Move along.

Vigilante goon: You do realize that when you fired those rounds into the air they have to come down eventually right? Contrary to movies and video games bullets just don't t disappear when they are fired in the air. Most guns also don't have the power to shoot a bullet into the atmosphere to burn up or anywhere even close to that. You may think you harmlessly fired a few warning shots but you may have killed someone when gravity works it's magic and the bullet terminal velocities back to Earth. This isn't a movie and your actions have consequences beyond what you assume.

I guess if you knew that you wouldn't be a vigilante in the first place.

RFC2324
Jun 7, 2012

http 418

maskenfreiheit posted:

usually i just play "gently caress the police" on my car stereo

ftfy

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

That guy who fessed about hookers laughing at him decided to answer a question I asked about how often he saw hookers

quote:

There was a period in my early 20s where I saw at least 2-3 hookers a month for about 4 years, then went on a many year hiatus once I started getting too fat and felt too ashamed for even that. All the stuff in the last paragraph was when I was like 22.

Anyway it's not as easy as just saying I should improve myself. Even if I did, who is going to date someone who has only ever hosed hookers? I could lie, but I have a feeling they'd be able to tell considering the habits that have been ingrained into me from how hookers like to have sex - making sure I finish as fast as possible, avoiding eye contact, and so on. I'm probably worse than a virgin at this point. I feel like if I ever have sex with a girl I'm not paying I'd let something slip like if they ask what I like, my natural response would be "what are your rates for (thing I like)?" and then it'd all be over.

this is all stuff you can self-improve too though; your entire second paragraph scans to me as "also I have very low self-esteem". You can gain confidence too if you just work on yourself.

Focus on other stuff like eating better and trying to be a little more active first; that will actually help a lot with your mental state. Then see the new thread title.

The people have spoken and what they have said is that they want to see more therapygoon (verified w codeword)

quote:

Therapy goon here. Having written my last confession was sort of therapeutic. Heh.

I think I need to explain a few things. First of all, I'm tall and rather robust and she's rather small (even for a woman) and petite. I can lift her without breaking a sweat. I do so sometimes. It's not really a question of her possibly assaulting me physically. There is just no way. I could end her with a flick of my wrist. I also don't think she would. She's not violent.

To the mug thing, she didn't smash it on purpose. That was maybe not clear from my explanation. She put it down very hard and it was one of those thin, fancy mugs with the useless handles. She must have hit exactly the right pressure point and it just shattered into several big parts. She was as surprised as I was. That's also how she cut herself. The problem was that she was completely hysterical and cutting herself in that moment made her even more hysterical.

I would leave if I could. I have nowhere to go. My one friend lives with his girlfriend, they already barely have room between them and he just started working at a new place. He would never say no but I can't do that to him. I can't go home. I moved in so quickly with her because things were really looking great and my parents more or less told me that they can't afford to have me anymore. The plan was that she'd support me to stand on my own feet for once in my life. I can't go back. They would take me in but I can't be such a failure anymore, also they love her and have very conservative views of the man-woman relationship. They'd just wonder out loud why I don't just control her better. I'm closing in on my mid-30s quickly. My current therapist told me work shouldn't be a priority right now, I first need to have a normal life. (That's quite funny actually if you look at the situation) So I didn't look for a job. I live in a socialist paradise and could apply for social housing but I would feel like such a failure, also that takes months. So yeah, I'm more or less financially dependant on her at this point, the few bucks that are my own wouldn't tide me over for long. I know this sounds like I went into this in an incredibly stupid way but I really did not see this coming. The good thing is that in all the ways she tries to "form" me, she doesn't even try to manipulate me with her money. I can just take whatever I want. She doesn't care. She's loaded. We don't have finance talks. If I don't like, get into the habit of buying cars it literally doesn't matter. We were in Rome over two weeks ago for half a week. Spontaneously. Business class. The hotel was one of the fanciest places I've ever seen. We're European so it wasn't exactly travelling around the world but I've never had such a lifestyle or could even imagine it.

I also love her. That wasn't a joke. Don't you think I don't know she's somewhat crazy? I can't talk to my current therapist about this. They know each other. I do trust him to not do anything shady like telling her but I have the feeling it might murder her reputation in those circles. I'm not willing to go that far at this point.

The best thing is- since that event with her getting hysterical, she was mostly on perfect behaviour. No crazy poo poo and random anger last week and this week so far. We haven't talked about what happened and I feel she wants to avoid it desperately. I think she knows herself that she went too far and is ashamed of her meltdown. Maybe it can be a turning point. I also want to make clear (since my mail sounded very frustrated) that it's not nonstop crazy poo poo with her. We have a good rapport and do have tons of good conversation and also do things together that aren't sex that I also actually enjoy etc.. for example she really tries hard to get into my hobbies and it's all very cute because I know she only does it for me. I'd just wish she'd back off some and also get this creepy random anger of hers in order. Also cut back on that manipulative psycho-babble for a bit. I can tolerate some things, let's face it - I'm not the best catch either and I am no spring chicken. In reality you sometimes have to make things work.

Tomorrow I'm going to confront her and set a few limits. First thing on the list will be that I'll establish contact to my female friend from back then again and she has to accept that. Also that I'll be doing things and going places without her and hang out with my friend again and that she really needs to back off and get her anger in check. Also no more query texting what I am doing for a week or two. I am going to tell her that she gets another chance and not to blow it. I can tell her anger coming by her avoiding eye contact and blinking rapidly, I'm gonna see what happens. I know there's a reasonable person in her. She has to understand that there's no point to this micro-controlling jealousy.

I'm also not going to have that talk while driving. Just to be safe. I hope confronting her is wise.

Alright, well, I hope that goes well but you have to know when to cut your losses, make sure you don't just keep putting up with poo poo forever because you're out of other ideas

"I'm not the best catch either" is a common line of thought in abuse victims fyi, that's what I've been talking about with inexperienced goons tolerating lovely relationships because they don't think they'll ever do any better. (also, "they're perfect all the time except for this one little thing", and the one little thing is actually horrifying, is basically a thread meme in the r/relationships thread)

Also please get a job

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
Lonely goon whatever you do do not make your first social outing to a videogame tournament or a videogame related thing. There are some things people were not meant to see.

e: youre 55 but my words still stand

Putty fucked around with this message at 18:55 on May 25, 2017

purple death ray
Jul 28, 2007

me omw 2 steal ur girl

That's a whole lot of words to say "I'm finally getting sex, so I'm going to do whatever I can to keep getting sex even if it literally kills me"

Doctor Malaver
May 23, 2007

Ce qui s'est passé t'a rendu plus fort

quote:

I'm 55 years old. Way too old to just start meeting people. I tried out online dating but all the girls have massive amounts of baggage at my age. Either kids or previously married or some combo of the 2. Not my cup of tea.

What the hell is the problem with a previously married woman (or a man, for that matter)? Is she tainted? Unworthy of a boring, lonely 55-year old bachelor? Even if she has kids, if you are dating close to your age those kids are grown up or at least old enough not to matter too much to your relationship. It's not like dating a mother of two toddlers.

Police Automaton
Mar 17, 2009
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HATE post
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Yeah with 55 you kind of have to scale back your expectations dude. Sorry to tell you that. Actually women in their 40s are a bit more relaxed about things and the kids usually aren't toddlers anymore and when you're just dating you don't need to play dad to anyone nor should you be expected to. The kids already have a father and when things aren't terrible, he is probably in their life somewhat. Or as has been said, the kids are already grown up so you have nothing to do with them anyways. Women in your age range also have usually realistic expectations and everything's a lot more relaxed. I think dating women in their late 20s/early 30s is the hardest, especially if they have no kids. Their biological clocks are usually ticking LOUDLY.

Thearpy goon, that might not be a good idea if she has anger issues as it seems she has. It might end badly for you. I'm actually a bit legit worried to be honest. You should consider leaving, even if it's inconvenient. I don't trust that woman. She sounds manipulative and like she doesn't have herself under control at all. You will regret this!

Anton Chigurh
Mar 18, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

loquacius posted:

All it would take for this to make sense is for her to be a Mac user. OSX/iOS have text message integration -- I think it only works with their dumb proprietary SMS clone, but I might be wrong on that.

There are also ways to get that integration using Windows/Android -- I use Pushbullet, for example -- but just her being a Mac user is the most likely explanation.

Macs have been able to send and receive standard SMS texts for at least a couple of years now with the latest versions of OS X. The Mac Messages app will even send as SMS if there was a problem sending through iCloud so it will make sure your message goes through, just like does on the iPhone.

Dawncloack
Nov 26, 2007
ECKS DEE!
Nap Ghost
Fwiw therapy goon, getting into my girlfriends' hobbies was what I did when I thought myself unworthy of love and had self esteem issues.

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


loquacius posted:

All it would take for this to make sense is for her to be a Mac user. OSX/iOS have text message integration -- I think it only works with their dumb proprietary SMS clone, but I might be wrong on that.

There are also ways to get that integration using Windows/Android -- I use Pushbullet, for example -- but just her being a Mac user is the most likely explanation.

Google Hangouts does that too.

a mysterious cloak
Apr 5, 2003

Leave me alone, dad, I'm with my friends!


Therapy goon is a big strong man who is going to get domed in his sleep by his batshit crazy waif therapist

GOTTA STAY FAI
Mar 24, 2005

~no glitter in the gutter~
~no twilight galaxy~
College Slice
A flaming MiG-21's engine catches fire and begins losing altitude. Both its wings snap off.

Now piloting a flaming metal tube screaming toward the ground at the speed of sound, the pilot hears "BLYAT! EJECT NOW YOU FOOL!" over his radio.

"Nah, I can fix this"

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

ReidRansom posted:

Google Hangouts does that too.

:eyepop: A reason to use Google Hangouts :wth:

Doctor Malaver
May 23, 2007

Ce qui s'est passé t'a rendu plus fort

Police Automaton posted:

Yeah with 55 you kind of have to scale back your expectations dude. Sorry to tell you that. Actually women in their 40s are a bit more relaxed about things and the kids usually aren't toddlers anymore and when you're just dating you don't need to play dad to anyone nor should you be expected to. The kids already have a father and when things aren't terrible, he is probably in their life somewhat. Or as has been said, the kids are already grown up so you have nothing to do with them anyways. Women in your age range also have usually realistic expectations and everything's a lot more relaxed. I think dating women in their late 20s/early 30s is the hardest, especially if they have no kids. Their biological clocks are usually ticking LOUDLY.

Also at that age, not being divorced or a widow is even somewhat of a red flag. Most people will get married or live in common-law marriage. If someone reaches 45+ years of age without that experience, they probably have much bigger baggage than Jane Divorcee.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Doctor Malaver posted:

Also at that age, not being divorced or a widow is even somewhat of a red flag. Most people will get married or live in common-law marriage. If someone reaches 45+ years of age without that experience, they probably have much bigger baggage than Jane Divorcee.

My father-in-law got remarried last year or so to a woman in her late 40s who had never been married or had kids, and I can confirm she is super weird

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS

loquacius posted:

:eyepop: A reason to use Google Hangouts :wth:

it was actually a good way to voice chat with people without installing an external program until discord came along

Docahedron
May 11, 2008

Im a special snowflake
Therapy goon you idiot, GET OUT OF THERE. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I know from experience.

You're getting mindfucked into believing you love her. Into believing you can't be a good person without her. Therapists pretty much get training on how to mindfuck people (this is not a poo poo on the therapy itself, it can be very helpful. Just some evil people use it to manipulate, control, and abuse others).

Police Automaton
Mar 17, 2009
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LOOK AT insightful post
"It's a pretty good post."
HATE post
"I don't understand"
SHIT ON post
"You shit on the post. Why."

a mysterious cloak posted:

Therapy goon is a big strong man who is going to get domed in his sleep by his batshit crazy waif therapist

He'll get his dick cut off

RCarr
Dec 24, 2007

Therapy goon, post a picture of this chick. If she's hot enough, then I understand putting up with all this poo poo.

purple death ray
Jul 28, 2007

me omw 2 steal ur girl

Well luckily for therapy goon you can live as many lives as you need to fulfill yourself, and when this one is ruined by either being murdered in his sleep or spending all of his years in the pussythrall of this psychotic virgburglar, he can just try again

RFC2324
Jun 7, 2012

http 418

RCarr posted:

Therapy goon, post a picture of this chick. If she's hot enough, then I understand putting up with all this poo poo.

Its the crazy/hot scale. If she is above the line, its worth it.

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purple death ray
Jul 28, 2007

me omw 2 steal ur girl

Robble robble were you talking to that WHORE again?! GIVE ME YOUR PHONE

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