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Ouhei
Oct 23, 2008

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

loquacius posted:

I legit don't understand people who need their vacations to be a solid week and a half of paying a lot to do nothing

Like, you wanna get in a little R&R time, sure, but that should be one activity of many. If you wanna just sit by a pool and read for a week, go to your local YMCA or whatever.

Have you ever spent a week at an all inclusive? That poo poo is dope.

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Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Boyfriend(42M) of 4 years and I(39F) went on a beach vacation. He forgot to pack my skin so I was unable to swim or visit my family while we were there.

mojo1701a
Oct 9, 2008

Oh, yeah. Loud and clear. Emphasis on LOUD!
~ David Lee Roth

Bored posted:

Boyfriend(42M) of 4 years and I(39F) went on a beach vacation. He forgot to pack my skin so I was unable to swim or visit my family while we were there.

https://twitter.com/dracomallfoys/status/1010922140290420736

hackbunny
Jul 22, 2007

I haven't been on SA for years but the person who gave me my previous av as a joke felt guilty for doing so and decided to get me a non-shitty av

:hmbol:

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


A Wizard of Goatse posted:

My [27/F] girlfriend is a human lie detector [33/M]


she can smell your fear OP

someone repost the story of the guy who can't believe his girlfriend always sees through his clever ruses such as putting a vcr in his backpack and claiming its a new laptop

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 18 minutes!

chitoryu12 posted:

I thought it was really cute and quirky until I noticed that after only 3 weeks of dating (and 6 months total of knowing him) she's already got wedding bells in her head.

I don't think she's actually obsessed with him or anything, she's just really feelin it after boning down for the first time, it's a thing

I dunno my wife was drunk-dialing me to propose marriage while on girls' nights within like two months of dating and I just laughed it off

Ouhei posted:

Have you ever spent a week at an all inclusive? That poo poo is dope.

I've spent a day at one and it's fun but I wanna spend at least part of my vacation doing stuff

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

she has a golden opportunity to goad some moron into getting expelled during senior year, it's like bullfighting

if she lives in the kind of community that is so backwards and sensitive that they collectively freak out if she put a drawing of anime jesus on the internet then she will definitely be held responsible when some broken god warrior has an episode and pees in her locker or whatever

Leon Einstein
Feb 6, 2012
I must win every thread in GBS. I don't care how much banal semantic quibbling and shitty posts it takes.

loquacius posted:

I've spent a day at one and it's fun but I wanna spend at least part of my vacation doing stuff
I don't want to sound spoiled, but my dad took my family to a really fancy all inclusive place a couple of times (we're talking about 600 bucks a day per person), and while it is really awesome getting top shelf booze and gourmet food delivered to you all day every day, it gets old. I have just as much fun camping and hiking at 20 bucks a day.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS
The last time I went to one I put up the privacy sign and left it there and when I returned to my room the cleaning staff was milling around outside and told me they had been waiting for me forever, as they were not allowed to knock with that sign up. They were annoyed because they wanted to go home....as if the privacy sign might mean something other than "leave me alone". They told me that next time I should leave the room and tell them each day I don't need my bed made and have plenty of toilet paper but wtf I just want to be left alone I'm on vacation!!

So I guess my question is who the hell wants a stranger to make your bed and rearrange your stuff every day?

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

boner confessor posted:

if she lives in the kind of community that is so backwards and sensitive that they collectively freak out if she put a drawing of anime jesus on the internet then she will definitely be held responsible when some broken god warrior has an episode and pees in her locker or whatever
Also yeah this might get tricky...anime jesus on a bedsheet in front of an open window and a few shouts of ándale ought to be enough for anyone...you know, the other kind of expulsion.

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

The last time I went to one I put up the privacy sign and left it there and when I returned to my room the cleaning staff was milling around outside and told me they had been waiting for me forever, as they were not allowed to knock with that sign up. They were annoyed because they wanted to go home....as if the privacy sign might mean something other than "leave me alone". They told me that next time I should leave the room and tell them each day I don't need my bed made and have plenty of toilet paper but wtf I just want to be left alone I'm on vacation!!

So I guess my question is who the hell wants a stranger to make your bed and rearrange your stuff every day?

yeah the pathfinding bugs are why I canceled my vacation to Westworld

Ouhei
Oct 23, 2008

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

loquacius posted:

I've spent a day at one and it's fun but I wanna spend at least part of my vacation doing stuff

Leon Einstein posted:

I don't want to sound spoiled, but my dad took my family to a really fancy all inclusive place a couple of times (we're talking about 600 bucks a day per person), and while it is really awesome getting top shelf booze and gourmet food delivered to you all day every day, it gets old. I have just as much fun camping and hiking at 20 bucks a day.

Different strokes, different folks. It does get "old" after a while, but my wife and I spent 7 days at one and it was great. We did an excursion one day but spent most of the days just lounging and it felt great to just not worry about anything other than which place we wanted to eat at for a while. I don't think I'd ever do much longer than 7 days, unless I did way more excursions to pad out the time.

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

yeah I mean cruise ships are a whole multibillion dollar industry cause people voluntarily choose to go on them despite weeks trapped on a floating hotel with a thousand assistant VPs of accounting and a Jimmy Buffet cover band being basically the worst fate imaginable

Leon Einstein
Feb 6, 2012
I must win every thread in GBS. I don't care how much banal semantic quibbling and shitty posts it takes.

Ouhei posted:

Different strokes, different folks. It does get "old" after a while, but my wife and I spent 7 days at one and it was great. We did an excursion one day but spent most of the days just lounging and it felt great to just not worry about anything other than which place we wanted to eat at for a while. I don't think I'd ever do much longer than 7 days, unless I did way more excursions to pad out the time.
Don't get me wrong, it was great, but if I had my way, I'd go off the beaten path a little. The best trip I ever took was with my dad where we rented a little truck and drove all over Belize doing whatever we wanted. We ended up staying at some local's farm in a little shed one night while he brought us about a pound of weed and set up a little TV with Monday Night Football on. It was great. The guy charged us 30 bucks for the room AND the pound of weed. He greeted us in the morning with a gigantic blunt and started talking about how the Pope can time travel and controls the world.

Darkrenown
Jul 18, 2012
please give me anything to talk about besides the fact that democrats are allowing millions of americans to be evicted from their homes

HazCat posted:

It wasn't originally a free trip, she saved up and also used her (limited) time off work for it.

Generally in Sweden you get five weeks paid vacation, and it's very common for people to take a 3-4 chunk in the summer. Lots of workplaces shut down for July. So she shouldn't be struggling for vacation time, which could also be used for swimming or talking to her SO.

I think the time was more limited by her baby daddy taking the kids for two weeks, which is apprently super uncommon and not likely to happen again. Which raises other questions, too.

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

I (25F) only crave intimacy with anime characters

quote:

I have never been in a relationship, and never felt the need for one. There were guys who courted me, but I have only felt fearful, avoidant, and repulsed by such attempts. I have no problems being friends with males, but once they express a desire to move beyond a platonic relationship, I break off all ties.

I do find some males attractive, and I had several crushes in high school, but never once have I felt the need to date, sleep with, or have any form of romantic relationship with anyone. I never accept invites by male friends, single or not, to any kind of engagement outside of school or work.

Despite my resistance to rl guys, I have fantasies of being with fictional characters from anime, and I indulge in virtual games, manga, and anime to fulfil my need for intimacy. I have only ever imagined myself together with an anime character in romantic and sexual contexts, and real people just put me off.

Now that I'm 25 and fast approaching an age when I should be looking towards a committed relationship and marriage, I'm frequently questioned by curious family, relatives, friends, acquaintances, and pure strangers about my single status. Do I share with them what I said here, or will I be judged harshly for being unconventional (if that's the word)? Plus I am wondering how common my situation is. Anyone else experiences the same thing?

the OP can also be found in the sub dispensing dating advice to other lovelorn 20somethings

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

I (25F) only crave intimacy with anime characters


the OP can also be found in the sub dispensing dating advice to other lovelorn 20somethings
I think this was the very story I read on /r/relationships that led me to conclude I should make a thread about them.

La Brea Carpet
Nov 22, 2007

I have no mouth and I must post
BF (28 M) gives me (28 F) underwhelming bday gift. I swear I'm not shallow, pls believe me.

quote:

Buckle up kids, I'm long-winded.

Let's set the scene: I (F28) am not exactly what you'd call emotionally open (grew up in a stern Eastern European 'keep it to yourself and suck it up' family) so I've long-relied on gift-giving as a kind of 'just FYI this is how I feel about you. Cool? Cool.' crutch. My guy (M28) and I have been together for about a year and a half during which we broke up for a bit about a year or so ago. Our history's a bit... tumultuous and we're wildly different people, but I really love his stupid face and I'm pretty sure he loves me too, except lately it feels like to him everything relating to me is a chore he just has to get through. Every request, no matter how small, is met with an eyeroll, he often backs out of stuff, and generally doesn't seem to care much about any of the things I've asked for (as in hanging out with my friends or sleeping over at my place - we spend the majority of our time at his/with his friends). To be fair, I'm also a pain in the rear end to be with and well aware of it - but I'm working through it in therapy and doing my best to compensate for it/ talk things out. Plus, he's also got some personal stuff going on/ we're maybe not quite on the same emotional maturity level, so I've been writing most of this off.

My Hero's Journey: the Ordeal: My most recent birthday kind of felt like the last straw though. His previous gifts to me have been pretty thoughtful (we've celebrated 2 birthdays each + a Christmas and Valentine's Day together) and then this time, dude showed up with a beautiful bouquet of my favorite flowers (awesome, I definitely swooned) and... a paperback. A random paperback. Not a book he's ever mentioned, not one I've ever expressed an interest in, nothing pertaining to anything we have in common. Just something that came across as a last-minute $15 'I just can't show up empty-handed' afterthought that he didn't say much beyond "it looked interesting".

On *his* last birthday, I wracked my brain for weeks over what to get him and then spent a pretty long time scouring the city for an item that I knew he loved but hasn't been able to set money aside for, spending about $200 (he seemed incredibly happy), so this feels a bit... I'm at a loss for words. lovely, I guess.

I don't ever need someone to spend a lot of money on me but we're both adults and I really would've much preferred a heartfelt card (nada on this front by the way and he's a writer, so like... gently caress me, I guess) or a home-cooked meal to this. Or if you're going to give me a book - give me your favorite book. Give me a book you talk about all the time. A book that changed your life, that made you laugh, that taught you something. And then loving tell me why you picked it.

TLDR: boyfriend has a history of being kind of self-centered, but gives pretty thoughtful gifts until one day he doesn't. See below for the short quiz following this essay.

Epilogue and a Cry for Help: Should I say something? How do I do that without coming across as a high-maintenance 'why didn't you spend your entire paycheck on me?' girlfriend? *Am* I behaving like a high-maintenance girlfriend? What loving *gives*? He's the one who wanted to get back together, we're really trying to make this work and now voila. Maybe I just don't get men.

Idk, riddle me this, wise reddit oracles.

He sounds like an rear end, but she sounds insufferable, so I rule they stay together to prevent inflicting themselves on others.

Break-up denied

La Brea Carpet fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Jun 27, 2018

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

death to all who announce their personality defects as quirky characterization

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 18 minutes!

La Brea Carpet posted:

BF (28 M) gives me (28 F) underwhelming bday gift. I swear I'm not shallow, pls believe me.


He sounds like an rear end, but she sounds insufferable, so I rule they stay together to prevent further inflicting themselves on other.

Break-up denied

Did I miss the part where she asked him why he picked up that random-rear end book? It would have unquestionably been better if he'd given her only the bouquet, but she could, y'know, talk to him about it instead of the Internet

It's a bonehead move on his part, but not worth having all of these existential doubts over considering he usually does better and also got the bouquet, so in closing I agree with your "they both suck" ruling here

Caganer
Feb 15, 2018

MarcusSA posted:

I have no idea but how can you be with someone for so long and not know them? I'm still blown away at that.

Women often stay in relationships that they claim to dislike when the partner is a high earner. Scientists struggle to explain the phenomenon. :shrug:

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

The last time I went to one I put up the privacy sign and left it there and when I returned to my room the cleaning staff was milling around outside and told me they had been waiting for me forever, as they were not allowed to knock with that sign up. They were annoyed because they wanted to go home....as if the privacy sign might mean something other than "leave me alone". They told me that next time I should leave the room and tell them each day I don't need my bed made and have plenty of toilet paper but wtf I just want to be left alone I'm on vacation!!

So I guess my question is who the hell wants a stranger to make your bed and rearrange your stuff every day?

Most casinos in Vegas now have a rule now they HAVE to enter your room once every 48hrs no matter what. Thanks a lot Steven Paddock :mad:

loquacius posted:

I legit don't understand people who need their vacations to be a solid week and a half of paying a lot to do nothing

Like, you wanna get in a little R&R time, sure, but that should be one activity of many. If you wanna just sit by a pool and read for a week, go to your local YMCA or whatever.

This is one reason I like Vegas. If I want to be lazy and read by the pool I can but there’s also shows and restaurants and stuff.

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

Disagree strongly. The heart and soul of the megathread is not the Takes, nor the Misery, but rather the Freaks

I [18 F] am being harassed, alienated, and vilified in school by peers and several teachers because I drew a picture of Jesus [2018 M] as an anime character

Anime is haram

Caganer
Feb 15, 2018

MarcusSA posted:

I have no idea but how can you be with someone for so long and not know them? I'm still blown away at that.

Women often stay in relationships that they claim to dislike when the partner is a high earner. Scientists struggle to explain the phenomenon. :shrug:

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

The last time I went to one I put up the privacy sign and left it there and when I returned to my room the cleaning staff was milling around outside and told me they had been waiting for me forever, as they were not allowed to knock with that sign up. They were annoyed because they wanted to go home....as if the privacy sign might mean something other than "leave me alone". They told me that next time I should leave the room and tell them each day I don't need my bed made and have plenty of toilet paper but wtf I just want to be left alone I'm on vacation!!

So I guess my question is who the hell wants a stranger to make your bed and rearrange your stuff every day?

Most casinos in Vegas now have a rule now they HAVE to enter your room once every 48hrs no matter what. Thanks a lot Steven Paddock :mad:

loquacius posted:

I legit don't understand people who need their vacations to be a solid week and a half of paying a lot to do nothing

Like, you wanna get in a little R&R time, sure, but that should be one activity of many. If you wanna just sit by a pool and read for a week, go to your local YMCA or whatever.

This is one reason I like Vegas. If I want to be lazy and read by the pool I can but there’s also shows and restaurants and stuff.

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

Disagree strongly. The heart and soul of the megathread is not the Takes, nor the Misery, but rather the Freaks

I [18 F] am being harassed, alienated, and vilified in school by peers and several teachers because I drew a picture of Jesus [2018 M] as an anime character

Anime is haram

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

La Brea Carpet posted:

BF (28 M) gives me (28 F) underwhelming bday gift. I swear I'm not shallow, pls believe me.


He sounds like an rear end, but she sounds insufferable, so I rule they stay together to prevent inflicting themselves on others.

Break-up denied

God she sounds terrible.

pls pls pls

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
Wow here comes the hot take machine

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
WhAT IF women are life stealing robots from planet hell rear end. Makes u think

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

she has a golden opportunity to goad some moron into getting expelled during senior year, it's like bullfighting

For the second time this week I get to advocate throwing up the horns and hailing Satan. Nice.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

I (25F) only crave intimacy with anime characters


the OP can also be found in the sub dispensing dating advice to other lovelorn 20somethings

I only crave intimacy with gul dukat. in fact I’m using a crinkle fry cutter on my nose as we speak

Captain Yossarian
Feb 24, 2011

All new" Rings of Fire"

Pick posted:

WhAT IF women are life stealing robots from planet hell rear end. Makes u think

Pick, we all know this already come on

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

Pick posted:

WhAT IF women are life stealing robots from planet hell rear end. Makes u think

If it walks like a life stealing robot from planet he'll rear end, quacks like a life stealing robot from planet hell rear end...

dudeness
Mar 5, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
Fallen Rib
Earth IS planet hell rear end so it's at least 50% true.

BOOTY-ADE
Aug 30, 2006

BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

Milotic posted:

Shower head concerns


I mean he’s probably wanking off in the shower anyway, detachable head just makes it easier to wash down.

Also, how does that even work? Blasting your parts with hot and pressurised water for fun?

I'll never understand people who need to try to "control" what their partners do sexually. Naturally she's getting ripped in the comments about it but I noticed an inconsistency:

quote:

[–]CrushedLaCroixCan 4 points 1 day ago
"Sure babe, let's get that showerhead. It will give me some good action down there for once."

No time for selfish lovers!

quote:

[–]Mollyanne19[S] 1 point 1 day ago
Thanks for the advice but that doesn’t work on him... his response would be “If that’s what you want, go ahead.”

But then...

quote:

[–]Mollyanne19[S] 1 point 1 day ago
We have done counseling, multiple times with multiple different counselors. We had one counselor tell us to read a book about sexual pleasure... we didn’t finish it because he got bored with it apparently. I definitely have my own issues that contribute to the problem but I do worry that we will never have a great sexual relationship because he doesn’t really care to do foreplay and sometimes there are things he says or does that make me think he is almost insulted that I would need satisfaction from something other than his penis. I have explained to him how I feel about it but he doesn’t get it.

...which sounds like most the frustration is her own doing. I'm betting her husband is picking up on her not enjoying herself and wondering why he should bother and/or why she asks if she doesn't like it.

Darkrenown
Jul 18, 2012
please give me anything to talk about besides the fact that democrats are allowing millions of americans to be evicted from their homes

Ducks do this.

Ligament
Jun 12, 2018
Biscuit Hider

Jin Wicked posted:

BTW, thanks thread, reading the stories and various derails here has helped me to recognize red flags, grow a backbone, and have healthier relationships in real life. And uh, thanks cautionary trainwrecks of Reddit.

also i want to personally thank the thread for imparting teh foresight to know to turn down not one but two friend requests from ppl i went to high school with 20 years ago who deffffff had crushes on me at the time ty threadd :can:

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 18 minutes!

Caganer posted:

This is one reason I like Vegas. If I want to be lazy and read by the pool I can but there’s also shows and restaurants and stuff.

Most places people take vacations to are like this. If you venture outside your little white-people-paradise bubble, there's tons of stuff worth seeing.

The view from your resort is pretty, but it turns out there are even better places to see things from!

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

Caganer posted:


This is one reason I like Vegas. If I want to be lazy and read by the pool I can but there’s also shows and restaurants and stuff.

We loved the Golden Nugget pool. It has sharks.

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
I (28M) am a groomsman in my friends (28M) wedding. He wants a 7+ day bachelor party. My fiancé is pissed. Thoughts?

quote:

Hey reddit, just need advice. My fiancée and I are getting married in a few months, so we've been busy saving money and planning the wedding. My friend just got engaged to his girlfriend of 3 months and they are having their wedding before ours. He's a groomsman in my wedding. He asked me to be a groomsman in his and I said yes. All was well. Then he dropped the bomb on me that he wants a 7-day bachelor party!! I told him I'd think about it, but my fiancé is adamantly against the idea. He and the other groomsmen will be doing surfing/extreme sports and he wants me (the owner of a big SUV) to drive them around to different beaches across the country.

My fiancée thinks he's just using me and asked me to be a groomsman so that he could use me for my vehicle. She also thinks a week long bachelor party is insane and irresponsible to attend, especially since we are so close to our own wedding. She told me to decline his offer and tell him I can't be in the wedding. Is a week long bachelor party too much? Does my fiancée have a point?

Tldr: asked to be a groomsman in my friends wedding. He is going on a week long bachelor party and wants me to drive him and the other groomsmen around.

Edit before people start criticizing: my fiancée does not like this guy, he has screwed me over before but I always give him chances since we go way back . She thinks this should be my wakeup call to see what kind of guy he really is.
:thunk:

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

idk why he's still bothering at this point that dude is clearly not going to marry him

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich

Haifisch posted:

I (28M) am a groomsman in my friends (28M) wedding. He wants a 7+ day bachelor party. My fiancé is pissed. Thoughts?

:thunk:

that guy (not the OP) to his fiancee: "honey, before we get married, i'm going to take a week long surfing trip with the boys"

fiancee: "nope"

that guy: "technically there is no rule stating a bachelor party has to be an actual party per se, and furthermore"

datajugend
Jan 15, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
the guy who wants a detachable shower head wants it so its easier to clean his rear end.

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loquacius
Oct 21, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 18 minutes!

Haifisch posted:

I (28M) am a groomsman in my friends (28M) wedding. He wants a 7+ day bachelor party. My fiancé is pissed. Thoughts?

:thunk:

OP is absolutely getting taken for a loving ride here (ironically enough) but it is going to be very difficult for him to back out of this no matter what Reddit tells him

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