Incoherent Ramblings of a Hopeless Romantic (1202 hits)
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Submitted by Dude, thats BOSH! (View user info) at 2007-09-14 13:30:06 EDT
We drank white russians til the bar ran out of milk last night. It was Thursday night and I hadn't been sober since the previous Saturday.
It all started with the girl.
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We had known eachother in high school and were friendly enough, but after her senior year we lost touch. We both went away to school and I forgot all about her. Just six or seven weeks ago, she popped back into my life. We started talking to eachother every night, which led to hanging out together more often.
Without getting into it too much (because I could sit here for hours talking about her), we went out one night to a local dive bar. There were five other people at the place but it didn't matter to me. I was with her and all her attention was mine. We stayed for a couple hours, had our drinks and played some darts before heading back to my place.
We sat out on the boat for a while sipping bourban and otherwise just talking. I was trying to muster the courage to tell her how I felt, but was having a hard time finding the words. Sure there were lulls in the conversation, but the silence was anything but awkward and almost as enjoyable as hearing her speak. Booming thunder and blinding flashes of lightning gave an unsuspected sense of serenity to the whole situation. It was the perfect scene and I was with the perfect girl, I decided that I wasn't going to say anything that might ruin what was by far the most romantic night i've ever shared with a lady.
She has a boyfriend. She lives with him in the city, an hour away form me. I knew all this, but I chose to ignore it. When i'm not with her I have this overwhelming sense of urgency to talk to her, and I have to imagine that counts for something. I've never been in love, but maybe that's what its like? We continued to talk on a semi-daily basis, and we still have plans to see eachother, but she doesn't know how I feel.. and it is impossible for me to tell her without jeopardizing our friendship.
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I decided I was going to drink this week. I hadn't talked to her since the night on the boat and it was eating me up. I'm not big on keeping score, but I would imagine i've spent around $500 on beer, whiskey, and white russians in the last 6 days. I've been drunk every night and hungover every day. Pretty soon I will have to put an end to this madness. I don't blame the girl for it, I think I was just enjoying being miserable.
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I stood outside and smoked my cigarette, thinking about my booze-fueled disaster week and how I was going to handle it in the future. I extinguished my cigarette and was turning around to come inside when my phone rang. It was the girl. She asked what i'd been up to and I had to lie. I hate lieing, especially to her, but I didn't see any other way around it. We talked for a few minutes about nothing inparticular and made plans to catch up this weekend. We said our goodbyes and I waited on the line until she hung up, I never hang up first.
After a few seconds, I took a deep breath and put my phone back in my pocket, ready to get back to work for the rest of this hellish Friday.
I stood there leaned up against the wall and found myself putting a smile on my face for the first time all week.
A strong breeze rolled through just as I reached for the door. I turned around to see a tree falling over and landing on my truck.
I came inside and through the reflection of my monitor I could see that I was still smiling.
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Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-10-02 06:32:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-10-02 01:42:37 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
this doesn't apply to me, being immortal and all.
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Now that's Bosh.
Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-09-21 15:29:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I was only kidding. The ratings mean nothing to me. I felt bad for about 2 minutes than laughed. I guess I'm going to hell?
Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-09-21 15:13:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
No one -2's me, pal. I'm a an uber legend. By the way, I didn't read this.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-09-17 17:18:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-09-17 16:51:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
She lives with Scruggs - fuck dat
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-09-17 01:21:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-16 16:35:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hahahahaha.
I still love Zebra.
Submitted by Zebra (user info) at 2007-09-15 13:39:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
While I agree with ForensicGirl's implication that women should receive more flowers than they do, from what you've written it's probably not a good idea to send them to her job.
Her boyfriend could work with her, or next door, he could take her to lunch every day, or that day, his friend could be a co-worker, etc.
She LIVES WITH him, which indicates a certain level of commitment which could put her in a possibly uncomfortable situation even if none of the above occurs. If she receives flowers, does she tell her boyfriend, WITH WHOM SHE LIVES? Or hide it from him? If you care for her don't selfishly put her in that situation. Plus, she might not even like you that way, which would really be fucked if her boyfriend finds out.
Stop acting like you're in the third grade and just tell her how you feel. She can't read your mind.
And don't be a dick if she doesn't reciprocate.
Whether she has feelings for you or not, she's still the same great person you discovered, it just means another man's cutting her rhubarb.
So be nice. It's like an insurance policy.
Might pay off later.
I like to have affairs with attached women whose husbands are dickheads or can't perform, but I don't think you're ready for that.
(sorry Lungfish)
Submitted by lechuza (user info) at 2007-09-15 10:55:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Go all in, even if it fails and you feel like shit for the next weeks, you'll know you did what you could.
No one has died from love, mate.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-09-15 09:19:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Do you know where she works?
Have some flowers delivered to her at work. We ladies tend to love that. Even those of us who don't like receiving flowers as a general rule, like me.
Giving her flowers in person when you meet up with her doesn't have the same effect.
See, because it isn't so much the flowers themselves but it's the declaration that you like her so much that you're willing to formally announce your affection.
Her coworkers will ooh and ahh and sniff and carry on like they're the ones who received the flowers. They'll look at her like she's some minor celebrity. After all, you MUST be someone special to get flowers at work! She'll smile and position the flowers prominently on her desk. Everytime she sees them, she'll think of the guy who sent them, you.
This will also allow her to leave the flowers at work to prevent a shit storm at home. It would be a buzz kill to have an incredulous boyfriend spazzing out over why his girlfriend received flowers from some other guy.
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2007-09-15 06:59:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Good luck, dude.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-15 04:56:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Thank you. It's bed-time.
ps, she wants you
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-15 04:42:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
happy birthday, as well.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-15 04:42:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i asked and you delivered.
sounds like a good day.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-15 04:38:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've had a very nice day, what with my 40th fucking birthday and all. The wife and kid brought me presents and sang happy birthday to me shortly after my waking up. At this point, I decided to stay home from work and have sex with the old lady after we dropped the kid of at school. That being done, I took a nap, but not as long as she did. Then, I went out and bought a black blazer, as I am a groomsman in a wedding tomorrow in Flagstaff. No tuxes, thank god. Then, I played with the dogs, or just one dog as my other dog is too old to play. Then, we picked up the kid and, after some more playing with the dogs, we went out for seafood. I had fish, clams, shrimp, calimari, clam chowder, and a couple french fries. Then, I took another nap. Then, I started drinking beer. Then, I watched the ballgame, whilst drinking lots of beer. Then, I decided to see what was happening on Uber. Not much...so I watched part of a Vincent Price movie and got a little bored. Then, I checked back on Uber and you had replied to Kaelic. Then, I'm writing to you now...and still drinking beer.
Long story short: It's my birthday; I got laid and drunk. Life is good.
It's only 1:38 here.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-15 04:31:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
its 4:30am lungfish, why aren't you sleeping.
me? I have my reasons.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-15 04:28:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-09-14 14:13:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:40:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My god, you're adorable.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-15 04:22:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
while i'm at it, thanks for the amazing comments, everybody.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-15 04:17:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2007-09-14 22:15:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I hope you can understand I'm not -2ing you, or even -2ing your post, I'm -2ing the sentiment. It's garbage. We're all just bags of skin and flesh with tiny chemicals pumping through our bodies telling us to run around and fuck and make babies. There is no such thing as love, and there never will be. All actions center around how we make ourselves feel. She makes ME feel great. He makes ME feel special. We're the self absorbed center of our own little universes, a black hole that swallows emotion into the void and returns nothingness, a starless mire of grotesque vanity reflected in the eyes of the people we claim to adore. It's like some sort of TOOL video except somehow worse.
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I had all intentions of not responding to any replies on this post. I wanted to get it off my chest, let it set, and be done with it.
Please don't get me wrong, I respect your opinion as much as a random internet stranger can.. but I really and truly with all my heart feel like you are missing out on a lot of what life has to offer if you can really sit there and believe what you just said.
Claiming to know the meaning of life is a ridiculous thought, one that I won't even bother humoring, HOWEVER.. it truly makes me upset to think there are human beings out there (such as yourself) that can be comfortable in the 'fact' that we are all just skin and bones.
To simply 'exist' as an individual entity in this world is such a stretch in my mind. A life without emotion isn't a life at all as far as I can tell.
People come and go, but not just for the hell of it. If you don't agree, that's fine.. and as I said, no offense to you personally.. but to consider human emotion as 'garbage' (as you put it) seems incredibly ignorant to me, and for that I offer you my pity.
I feel like if we were to continue this argument no one would win, so I'm going to leave it as it is.. I just hope you will some day find a reason to understand everything you just said was, to use your word, garbage.
PS - Tool sucks.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-09-14 23:33:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
In the Bar of Life, it's Drink or Be Drunk. You know this. Embrace it.
Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2007-09-14 22:15:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I hope you can understand I'm not -2ing you, or even -2ing your post, I'm -2ing the sentiment. It's garbage. We're all just bags of skin and flesh with tiny chemicals pumping through our bodies telling us to run around and fuck and make babies. There is no such thing as love, and there never will be. All actions center around how we make ourselves feel. She makes ME feel great. He makes ME feel special. We're the self absorbed center of our own little universes, a black hole that swallows emotion into the void and returns nothingness, a starless mire of grotesque vanity reflected in the eyes of the people we claim to adore. It's like some sort of TOOL video except somehow worse.
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2007-09-14 21:38:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This was sweet. So, is she happy with her boyfriend? He's probably a dick. Or, is sure to start looking like a dick next to you. USE THAT! ;)
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2007-09-14 20:58:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Impressive.
"It was Thursday night and I hadn't been sober since the previous Saturday"
Most impressive.
The BOSH is strong with you young BOSHMAN, but you are not a jedi yet.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-09-14 18:54:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
HEY BOSH, YOUR CHEATING FAGTRIOTS ARE GONNA GET ELECTROMACUTED THIS WEEKEND BY MY CHARGERS, MUHAHAHAHAHA
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-09-14 17:24:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-14 17:18:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:43:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I am drinking in honor of YOU tonight...
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-09-14 16:38:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'M THAT TRANSPARENT???
This character is doomed.
Submitted by Constitution (user info) at 2007-09-14 16:33:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Don't hide it, Shlongy. We can all feel the love through your posts.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-09-14 15:52:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't.
Unless "constantly assed up" is an emotion.
Submitted by Constitution (user info) at 2007-09-14 15:41:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I guess everyone has emotions after all.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-09-14 15:06:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
awww
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-09-14 14:36:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Man up you Scruggs-loving shoe...it's a Sox/Yankees weekend.
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2007-09-14 14:31:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Real men wear Brut.
Submitted by TechnoRatty (user info) at 2007-09-14 14:17:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
you sweet, sweet lovely guy
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-09-14 14:15:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
What Fallen and KK said.
Use the Bosh, young Skywalker. Use the Bosh.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-09-14 14:14:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-09-14 14:13:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:40:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My god, you're adorable.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-09-14 14:09:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I like this side of Bosh.
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:53:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You should have titled it
The BOSH Man! Talks About HIS FEELINGS AND GETS ALL EMOTIONAL!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:52:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Here you go....liven up your afternoon...Hopeless Romantic - Totally safe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHOstHmFPE
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:50:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
ANOTHER one?! http://www.ubersite.com/m/89716
Dude-did you piss off some tree king?
Wait! I got it. Scruggs is a Druid!
'Splains everything.
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:50:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This is the second time this week I've had to pull that post out of storage.
whats going on with people?
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:43:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
mitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:37:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
unless you are both single it can only end in tears.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/82068
tread lightly bosh one, you are on ice.
truf
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:43:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I am drinking in honor of YOU tonight...
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:41:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This is about Scruggs, isn't it?
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:40:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Her boyfriend's Name is...
DUN DUN DUUNNNNNNN
...Earl Scruggs.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:40:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My god, you're adorable.
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:38:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Dude it's just good to get it off your chest sometimes
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:37:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
unless you are both single it can only end in tears.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/82068
tread lightly bosh one, you are on ice.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:36:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-14 13:31:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
yea, sorry.
i don't have anyone to talk to about this stuff.. at least the worst you guys can do is -2.
PS.. a tree really did fall on my truck.. but it was a baby tree that wasn't even planted. The breeze just kind of made it roll on its root ball.. there was no damage :)