(November 22, 2015 at 6:37 pm)Thena323 Wrote: You dismiss the notion of soulmates as a flight of fancy, for obvious reasons. You also believe that emotion and sentiment have a tendency to hamper proper decision-making. 

Personally, I don't believe any such thing. I'm not a Vulcan, I'm a human being, and I'm every bit as subject to emotional flights of fancy as the next guy, and personally - I wouldn't have it any other way.

It helps that you have things in common also.

We have plenty in common! Some of them are even good things too! Hehe

You cannot leap a chasm in two jumps.

Better to take the long way around, I say. Charter a plane if you must.
Whatever you do, don't jump! It's a fucking chasm!

I love a lot of people, so I know that's a thing, but it's relationships I don't understand. I've been separated from my ex for 7 or 8 years now, and all I can remember is her knowing me well enough to be mad at me most of the time. And I'm a pretty nice guy when you look at it. Now, any potential lady interests just look like eventual anger machines to me. I've turned down a few ladies in the past years because all I hear is "Would you like to live with someone who will eventually be mad at you and cause stress for no apparent reason?" That's insane to me! Do you know how many people are angry at me right now? Zero. Do you know how many people are annoyed by my hobbies? Zero. Do you know how many people I'm obligated to let in? Zero. It's kinda lonely, I guess, but it beats not being lonely.

Loneliness is brutal. Truly, it's pure unadulterated ass.
Yet, I still feel it's preferable to inevitable bullshit and/or heartache.

Btw, I recognize that this is not necessarily a "healthy" stance to take. I just can't help it.

I don't know which is healthier.

Well. Probably the latter. At least from a physiological standpoint.
And psychological.

Yeesh.

Yeesh, indeed.

(November 23, 2015 at 12:42 am)Exian Wrote: I love a lot of people, so I know that's a thing, but it's relationships I don't understand. I've been separated from my ex for 7 or 8 years now, and all I can remember is her knowing me well enough to be mad at me most of the time. And I'm a pretty nice guy when you look at it. Now, any potential lady interests just look like eventual anger machines to me. I've turned down a few ladies in the past years because all I hear is "Would you like to live with someone who will eventually be mad at you and cause stress for no apparent reason?" That's insane to me! Do you know how many people are angry at me right now? Zero. Do you know how many people are annoyed by my hobbies? Zero. Do you know how many people I'm obligated to let in? Zero. It's kinda lonely, I guess, but it beats not being lonely.

Once they get those sex robots perfected it will solve a lot of such problems.  

There are hundreds of millions single women in the world.  You can find a compatible one if you want to.