What's your pet peeve in RL?

[Fliegar]

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That's understandable. Trust me, I'm hurting a lot from losing someone and the desire to do anything at all some days is severely lacking. There are days when I just want to call him and see if I can get him to come over because the only thing I want to actually do is be around him. And when he's there it doesn't matter what we actually do. So yeah, I know what you mean.

She only dumped me yesterday, and it was on the grounds that her parents hated me. For some reason I have bad luck with parents. I don't DO anything to them, nor give them reason to suspect that I'm a bad person. I basically told them that I was dating their daughter, because I didn't want to sneak around behind their backs. When you're young, or at least when they still live at home, the relationship is going to include their parents on some level, somewhere along the line.

Anyway, she flipped out on me, told me she wished she hadn't met me, and deleted me from all forms of contact.

And about what you said, I'm feeling that same thing right now. Since yesterday morning I've sat here doing nothing, wishing I could talk to her again. XD

[Ketaru]

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Walking down the DVD aisle at your local store is such an intolerable experience of ugly. I just don't get it. Poster designers put work into making movie posters that catch your eye, that make you curious about what the movie is about, or that are just plain pleasant to look at as opposed to appearing as if they're designed by a 13-year-old who has just figured out how to use PhotoShop.

One such example is the DVD box for The Matrix Revolution. When I first saw this cover, my mind was spinning and I kept thinking, "What the fuck!"



I know that times are different. Now, you generally going into a store knowing what you want to buy, so they are less reliant on DVD covers to try and sell a product. But I'm the kind of person who sometimes admires nice covers, the way people who listen to music on vinyl like to admire the nice cover art of LPs. And I especially love nice posters.

Still, whenever I walk down the video section, this cover always catches my eye...in a bad way. The kind of way that doesn't make think, "That movie looks interesting", but "Christ, what a fugly cover!"

[Fliegar]

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People who cheat.

My breakup, though it only happened yesterday, has got me extremely pissed off. She cheated on me 4 times, the latest being in december, and then went out for dinner with the same guy last night. Aside from telling me that she regrets meeting me and all that, one thing stuck out to me.

"It's not cheating, it's getting bored and looking for entertainment"

What did I do to deserve that? Why in the fuck does she think that's fine to do when I did everything I could to make her happy? I'm at a loss for words, and what's retarded is that I keep thinking about her and getting sad that I can't talk to her anymore.

[Armando]

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It doesn't really take the pain away, but she doesn't sound like a very good person, and cheating on people will probably bite her in the ass sooner or later.

I don't know much about her but my advice is not to dwell on it too much. A person like that isn't worth the trouble. It always stings when it happens, but don't let it eat at you for too long.

[DakAttack]

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If she doesn't know it's called cheating than she'll never find a relationship she'll feel satisfied in. I'm sure what she really needs to keep her in line is a man that will hug her, caress her hair, and threaten to kill her if she ever leaves.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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What did I do to deserve that? Why in the fuck does she think that's fine to do when I did everything I could to make her happy? I'm at a loss for words, and what's retarded is that I keep thinking about her and getting sad that I can't talk to her anymore.

I'm just saying this to warn you as I've been down this road:

She's going to come back to reconcile before leaving again. If this happens (and I'm betting it will ) don't give her the benefit. You've seen how sincere her apologies were before, it seems. She's really just coming to seek your silence on her offenses, she's going to worry about what you might tell other people. That's because the people currently in her life define her.

Its time for the cold shoulder. Giving her the benefit of the doubt is only justifying her actions at this point, so don't give her the closure she's likely to come seeking. It will drive her nuts and with any luck, the other guy will she her for what she is.

Aside from that, now's the time to really get out and hang out with some friends. You're not going to get it off your mind that easily, but getting out there socially or getting into a new routine can help a great deal.

/Dr. Phil

[Fliegar]

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I'm trying to forget, or at least get her out of my head, but it's hard. I WAS happy, before I knew all of this. It's for the best that we're not together anymore, but the fact that someone who was so close to me stabbing me in the back then seeming to walk away with no guilt, that's bullshit. I can't imagine treating someone that badly. I'm trying to get some motivation to do really anything, but at the moment all I seem to accomplish is sulking like an idiot.

Bleh.

Looking back, I signed up on these forums when I was 15, I never imagined that I'd ever feel as crappy as I do now. I think younger me would be kicking my ass to stop being emo at this point.

[Armando]

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I second what BBQ wrote. Go hang out, it sure helped me get over heartbreak. Bros before hoes and all that.

[NightShayde]

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Dear UK Office.

We are doing a global launch of our 2012-2013 product in a couple of weeks. Since we are all supposed to do the launch on the same time, it would be ever-so-nifty if someone could have proofread your brochures (which you apparently finished early instead of taking the time to make sure they were correct). "Oh - we were in a rush" isn't really an acceptable reason for screwing up -- nor is it a good reason for not fixing the problem(s). Now you apparently want us to match our brochures to yours even though yours are wrong.

Bastards.

[cidbahamut]

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I think I have the beginnings of an ingrown fingernail. Totally not cool and it probably means a trip to the doctor's office in the near future.

Update: it's only an infection, yay anti-biotics!

[Cheezeman3000]

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Building off what BBQ said, in my experience the single best thing you can do after a breakup is go on a trip with some friends. I don't know what area you live in but from where I am I can hit up Vegas, San Diego, etc. to get away from it all. Heck, splurge on a cruise to the Bahamas... you're gonna be saving a lot of money by not being in a relationship anyways.

Just know that when you get back, you'll still remember what happened, but at least at that point you'll be able to cope a little better.

[Aksannyi]

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Get home from my trip at 1AM, I'm fucking tired as balls, everything would have been fine and dandy for a good long night of fucking sleep.

Oh wait, what's this? My truck is gone. As in not where I left it a week ago. You've gotta be shitting me. I hope for my sake it was towed, although I have no earthly idea why it would be seeing as we don't have assigned spots or require any sort of tags to park here, and my truck is registered at the front office so they could easily look me up and see that I fucking live here.

What.
The.
Fuck.

This is the last thing I wanted to deal with at 1AM when I'm this goddamn tired. All I want to do is fucking sleep and now I'm freaking out so no sleep for me for yet another motherfucking night.

I hate my fucking life.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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I think I'm going to start keeping a dream journal.

There's just so much weird shit in my dreams. I never lucid dream, but I do have considerable recall these days. Its all just so incoherent. One second I'm in a recognizable part of my local mall and the next second, I'm there charming snakes. I'll be at an outdoor mall in San Diego, California with a friend, suddenly the Zombie Apocalypse happens. She hands me a gun and we start mowing down zombies.

So my dreams seem to flow:

- Place I know
- Normal activity transpiring
- Friend or fictional character is present
- After a period of normalcy - really weird shit happens.

Some of this stuff should qualify as nightmare material, but I'm not phased by it.

So let's break it down:

- I was recently in that part of the mall
- One of my friends was there at the mall in my dream... dressed as her Mithra RDM.
- I have been playing Pokemon.

Come to think of it, that snake did look like Snivy.

[Aksannyi]

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So yeah, totally can't sleep. I'm in full-on freak out mode.

Called the sheriff's office to see if there was any record of anything that happened under my tag number, as far as the cops are aware, there hasn't been anything done that would involve them, such as impound or an accident, and they advised me to call the apartment complex in the morning when they open. That's still five hours and seventeen minutes away, though, and I have a feeling I won't be able to sleep until I figure out what's happened to my truck.

On another note though, if it was towed, I have proof that I was out of town and I absolutely will not pay more than one day of towing lot storage fees. How was I supposed to take care of it from 1000ish miles away, teleport?

I'm just irritated. All I wanted to do was come home and take a hot shower and climb in bed for like a month and here I am, nearly 3 AM and stuck on the computer because all I do in bed is lie there with my eyes wide open worrying about where my only mode of transportation is.

And I actually prayed, too, which is not something I do often. Maybe it will help, maybe not, but I had hoped it would make me feel better and it sort of did but not enough to help me get to sleep.

[Murphie]

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I'm sorry to hear that, Aks. Especially at this hour of night where there is basically jack you can do about it. Not exactly conducive to easing your mind. Always the worst time for everything.

Me, I'm up because I'm an insomniac. Even though my BF who is sleeping upstairs thinks there's something wrong with me or whatever because I can't sleep. Ugh.