I guess he found his completeness; his account has been deactivated.

And therein lies the quandary; the suspicions of the opposite sex as to the underlying motives or intentions. Thankfully, the gal I share my romantic gestures with doesn't have these issues, but I know a lot of people do. It's quite sad, really.

The biggest stumbling block in a person's life is themselves. Sometimes we do things and we're not even aware we're doing them, then another person comes along and tells you something about yourself and you're like, "Really? I do that?"

Life is a learning experience, we either learn from it or get mowed under by it. I posted this thread because I felt I was doing something that may be excessive. I am a romantic guy and I love doing romantic things for the women I'm interested in, but I also wanted to find out what other people thought about that.

I have learned a great deal in the last year and a half and I'm finally starting to like the person I've become. For a while I thought perhaps being this way (romantic) was a turn-off to some women. Maybe it was me, or maybe it was them. I don't know.

There's no way you're ever going to learn about something unless you ask and that's why I'm here—to interact with others, ask questions, converse and see what happens. Naturally there's only so much you can do in a text-only environment, but nothing ventured is nothing gained.

The woman I was with prior to my ex skewered my hand with a meat fork right to the coffee table. I had to pry it out and go to the emergency room.

It's not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves my spirit...

Balmorhea - Bowsprit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3H6BMyg28k

Yep, that's me, and I'm not all that great looking, but I'll take the compliments :)

Aa' menealle nauva calen ar' malta...

Lindsey Stirling- Crystallize

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHjpOzsQ9YI

Sitting alone on a park bench, watching leaves dancing in an autumn breeze...

David Nevue - The Vigil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaMTGS8DH44

That's scary...you just described my ex.

My entire life played out with this song....

The Cinematic Orchestra Arrival of the Birds & Transformation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqoANESQ4cQ

I first saw a Dodge RAM in the parking lot of the grocery store I was working at. I was sixteen then and when I saw this truck with the galvanized toolbed in the back I fell in love. I remember asking God if I could have a truck like that. This was back in 1977.

Fast-forward to 2011 and I was with my ex when she found the truck on Craigslist. The guy was asking $3,900, but it had been on there for as few months so I offered him $2,300 and he took it. My brother gave me the money to buy the truck, then he passed away on Memorial Day (2012). It's another reason the truck is special.

First of all it's not a color I would have ever picked myself, but it seems to get a lot of attention (I have pics of it in my profile). It also has special amenities, like the rollbar and louvers over the grill and headlights. Plus the galvanized toolbed :)

The truck has come in handy for quite a few situations already—a couple of them wouldn't have even worked out for me if I didn't have the truck. So I know it was God who gave me the truck and it has been a blessing ever since.




Ha! That's cool.

I met and dated my first girlfriend when I was twenty-one (she was sixteen). This was back in the early '80s. We were together about two years, then she left me for a guy who owned a restaurant and they got married. I have been with many women since, but I always harbored a secret love just for her.

On July 4th weekend, in 2011, we reunited again, after thirty years. We have lived in this same small town all this time, but we never once saw each other—not in the store, not even driving around. Kind of extraordinary, if you think about it.

Anyway, we got together again and what began was like this storybook romance (she was, after all, the love of my life). We planned to get married and live out the rest of our lives together, but happy endings only happen in fairy tales. Reality set in after only a few months and what I had thought was going to be Paradise turned out to be just a trailer park. We split up on Christmas day, 2012.

It was the worst heartbreak I've ever experienced. I was devastated and it took me about eight months to get myself back together. Now I can look back on it all with a much clearer mind (and heart) and say yes—life IS a learning experience, and you can learn and grow from those experiences, as long as you can heal and move on passed them.

Next time I, too, will be more cautious and not jump into the pond so fast.

[sees David's reply....jumps up and does the Wave!]

Women are like Wi-Fi. They're everywhere and no one will tell me the password.

I'll second that.

Having a bad day, are we? :)

Thanks for the encouragement, Dutt :)

Cutie, try deleting your browser cache. You can also use CCleaner to clean up all your cookies, temporary files, and various other temp trash.

Just an earthbound misfit I....