Zeste said:
Dear Eomer,
If she wasn"t a super hottie, would you put up with her being batshit insane?
Of course not.
So, maybe she"s *sorta* right in saying you date her for her looks.
That"s the thing though, up until last night and for a couple minutes last week I hadn"t seen any indication that she was an emotional trainwreck. She was always happy and joking around and seemed to be just an overall really fun, easy going girl. But that"s what happens as you get to know someone, you see past their facade in to their true nature.
Maybe after continuing to get to know her, I"ll realize that you know what, it"s just not worth it.
As far as why I"m dating her, yes absolutely looks have a lot to do with it. I never denied that. If she was an uggo, no, I wouldn"t have pursued her on the trip because there was half a dozen other good looking girls. Breaking news: physical attraction is a large component of the human mating cycling. No shit, really?
Also - dude she sounds like a fucking trainwreck and horrible pain in the ass, I hope her looks are good enough reward to ignore the rest of it.
Like I said, up until the past couple times we"ve hung out she"s been totally cool and didn"t seem overly high maintenance. If she does turn out to be a pain in the ass, I"m not the one to put up with that kind of shit for long.
Zeste said:
I"m not trying to criticize you, quite the opposite. Just be aware and vigilant.
I realize, and appreciate the advice. I"ve actually been surprised how few internet tough guys have been showing up in this thread. Like I said, I"m not a hopeless romantic, I"m a cynic and a realist and a guy who"s remained single for most of my adult life largely by choice, because I typically get sick of a girl"s shit pretty quickly and am also incredibly picky. Maybe I"m slipping on this one, I don"t know.
The thing to keep in mind is that there IS a bit of a perception bias as well, here: I"m only posting the juicy, silly drama that"s happening, not the other 95% of the time I"ve spent with her where it"s easy going and fun and feels right.
Moontayle said:
PS> Was she on BC before? If not, she"s taking it because of you and that"s pretty significant if you ask me.
She wasn"t, no, and yes she"s on it because I asked her to.
Grobbee said:
Yes they do. They may not for you, but they do. Why wouldn"t Eomer want to settle? It seems that he"s got every thing else he wants in life, why not go for the trifecta?
meh, I"m certainly not looking to get married immediately or crank out kids. Maybe in a couple years. Right now that shit would totally crimp my style. The flip side is, yeah, my life"s pretty much sorted and more or less awesome, with the only missing piece being a significant other. I"d like to have someone that I can take off for a weekend or a week somewhere, or go to concerts with when friends bitch out, or stay in with when there"s nothing better to do. As I said I"ve lived my life largely single by choice, but that"s starting to get old as I get old, especially as more and more friends couple off and I see them less and less.
Is she The One? There"s a very good chance that no, she isn"t. But that"s no reason to just jump ship before finding out for sure. And while I"m finding out, it could be a really great time, even if I find out that she isn"t.