Momo

9 minutes ago, Untamed Heart said:

I'm on the fence over the money part - I agree it can make things easier in practical terms, but I'm not sure it should be a deciding factor in whether or not to date someone. What if they lose their job or their hours get cut? Will you (general you) dump them even if you still really like them?

Usually it's about how much they can earn, not how much they are earning at any given point. But how much they are earning right now is a simple proxy for how much they can earn when you're first trying to get to know someone.

But I also feel like how much you earn is often used as a proxy for how 'successful' someone is. People want to be in a relationship with someone at least as well of as they are. Which feels strange to me personally.

Mmm, lest we forget. 

I'm offended you don't care if you have anyone who cares to reply to you.

5 hours ago, James said:

The USA requires ramps and elevators everywhere due to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Does Australia have a similar law?

Yes. 

Any pie can be split up into multiple pieces of 'mmm'.

Weirdly, I call them parenthesis and square brackets, while { } are braces.

On 23/02/2017 at 9:06 PM, DeltaV said:

Another random stupidity:

FORTH LOVE? IF HONK THEN

Wonder who understands this (googling for it is cheating)...

Forth really is a stupidity.

On 27/05/2017 at 10:37 AM, sarcastic kitten said:

And when you are a cat's magnet like I am

You're a kitten, all those cats just want to love you and look after you.

Not a fan of them on their own but they can be delicious as part of something else.

Sushi (yes, raw fish)?

Also eww. Too much sugar.

Cotton candy? 

8 hours ago, Coby Asola said:

I'd also tell myself not to sweat the little things.

And also that ultimately there are no big things, only bigger things. 

@Apathetic Echidna I feel like if I had to grade papers then I would need something stronger than wine.

5 hours ago, Apathetic Echidna said:

You appear to socialize in a androgynous manner.

What does this even mean?

5 hours ago, Apathetic Echidna said:

btw I can never remember road names but I am good at visualising. 

ditto. I build up a mental map.

6 hours ago, Untamed Heart said:

I agree. I've seen some of my colleagues moving from flat to flat and complaining about high rent (we all work in a nursing home) and just think... I couldn't keep moving and I'd probably always be suspicious the landlord was fleecing me somehow. I need to live somewhere knowing it's at least semi-permanent and where I don't have to deal with a landlord. Some of them are genuinely nice but if I get someone shitty, or who suddenly turns on me (as happened to one of my friends), there's no way I'd be able to deal with that.

I suppose that's another fear - Having To Deal With People ^TM. For everything else, there's Google!

It depends a bit where you end up. I managed to rent the same place for 6 years.

But they are consistent - consistently awesome.

I'm gonna get hate for this but that does sound good.

Plain peanut butter sandwiches.

Never be alone again. I could work with modesty issues (it's mostly something we teach ourselves anyway), but I don't think I could survive without ever seeing another human again.

WYR eat another human being or be eaten by someone else?

3 hours ago, SamwiseLovesLife said:

I want to know if any more of you have thoughts on the kind of feeling that can improve the experience of sex, beyond a simple lust-based experience.

I don't know that I have any words to this point specifically, but I wanted to share my experiences as a relationship-positive, highly sensual, sex-neutral ace for comparison with some of the more allosexual members of the forum.

I've only ever had sex with people I've had very strong feelings for - to me it's a very intimate act. That said, my actual feelings during the act are... strange. The lead-up, cuddling, kissing, messing around are all enjoyable. I'll also end up with an erection as often as not along with a generalised, but not strong, urge to have sex. If I do follow through with that, then it... happens.

4 hours ago, SamwiseLovesLife said:

the strong bond you have strengthens the pleasure experienced.

And this is the bit that's always stumped me, listening to other people. I've never felt pleasure from sex. Not physical pleasure, nor emotional pleasure. I've done it because it's expected and it's not bad, but I've not really had a good experience during the act. Before and after are often lovely though.

It's alive for now

It's alive here

It'd take a while for me to get to the UK, but I'd love to come, I want to go travelling around Europe some day which is just next door.

39 minutes ago, anzu2snow said:

I think truly the last time was when I was about 23. (I'm 32 now.) I couldn't sleep and had horrible withdrawal symptoms from a med. My mom suggested I have a huge glass of vodka quickly. That was...an experience I didn't want on top of everything else. It didn't really help me. I don't understand the obsession with it.

That is terrible advice at any time, much less when you're going through withdrawals. 

11 minutes ago, Eklinaar said:

I didn't find nearly as much that I personally could relate to on those boards as I do here.  Making ace/aro friends is pretty much why I'm here.

I relate to this a lot. I identify much more strongly as aro than as ace. And the few ace communities I stumbled on while trying to find an aro one to join were... Less than acceptable in their behaviour to aros. 

1 minute ago, Blackscarlet666 said:

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Copy and paste is a poor substitute for quality facerolling.

I may not be able to mute the thread, but I can mute users.