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GoatOnFire
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27 Jun 2010, 7:28 pm

Both parties are somewhat in the wrong here. It is wrong to blame the guy for hoping, because it ultimately comes down to the woman's choice as to whether he can ever get any. The guy is not in the wrong to hit on her the first time, however, if she shoots him down then he is in the wrong if he knows her intentions and harasses further. You can check, but no means no.

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I wouldn't say being sure one doesn't want kids is cowardly

That would be ridiculous. With the future problems the the world overpopulation will cause anyone who doesn't have kids should be considered a hero.
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I'd say it's just making a decision. I have seriously considered whether I should get a vasectomy (once I start becoming sexually active) for this very reason, though the thought that sometime way in the future I might want kids discourages me from that option.

You know, vasectomies can be reversed these days. Just saying.


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28 Jun 2010, 1:26 pm

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I wish you knew me in real life... I feel so emotionally stunted as of late because everyone here sees something like a hug as something so intimate that you better be related to someone or going out with them to hug them... and yet hugs are what i need to get through the day. If I could have that, I wouldn't be so desperate for a gf either...


Wow man. That is sad. Sad and self-inflicted.
You remind me so much of my younger self. Needy and desperate to be loved. It was only when I began to work on myself and care about myself that I began to enjoy my life. What you are doing now isn't working. Don't you think it is time to change?


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28 Jun 2010, 2:30 pm

I used to check out books at a university library and I'd make small talk with students about the books they were checking out (if they weren't sensitive topics) like if someone had a stack of books on Greece I'd smile and ask if they were going to Greece etc. because I was in customer service and I enjoyed the social contact from behind the safety of my big checkout desk.

I didn't realize that there are some incredibly lonely people out there. I might have represented the only person being nice to them and talking to them that whole day (or even longer). I didn't touch them at all but now I can see how that kind of banter might get a lonely guy's hopes up.

I got asked out quit a bit which I wasn't interested in at the time...and after awhile I had a few actual stalkers...one got pretty scary, especially after I confronted him. He got really angry, made me feel like it was all my fault for "leading him on" even though I quite honestly had no idea who he was. Needless to say, I quit making small talk with patrons or showing any interest in them or what they were reading.

I'm sure this same exact thing happens to baristas, waiters, and bar tenders.