FML Thread

[Spiderz]

I've done that before and it's bothered the snot out of me.

If you find yourself socially awkward you should do the Aspie Test dude.

Socially awkward is a way of life but break the ice and I don't shut up, it just takes a bit to get going. More than anything, I'm a typical clueless guy; definitely not got Asperger's though it did cross my mind since I do tick a couple of boxes. CPN dad would have spotted it a mile away too, that was his bread and butter.

Needless to say, I am gutted to high hell but Carlisle to Ipswich way would prove a rather difficult geographical barrier to get around anyway.

 

[Dicehunter]

Another entry to the "hopeless with the opposite gender" stories. Have just been on holiday on a cruise round the Med for a week. Rough couple days that the start with mental health deciding to give me grief.
Last couple of days were good, mind decided that actually talking to people was a good idea now and got chatting to a bunch of the younger crowd i.e under 40. Bumped into a few on the excursions too.
On the last night, ended up as usual at one of the bars listening to the music and singing along (poorly) most the of the night. One of the people I hadn't had a chance to kept giving me eyes whilst she was on the dance floor but with her parents next to her and mine not getting the damn hint to leave me be nowt came of it. Bollocks. Oh well win some, lose some. Hell of a loss when your last chance you screwed up big time 5 months back and she certainly wouldn't have been kicked outta bed in the morning.
Final morning, I'm out walking on the deck and guess who I run in to (not literally) about 15 mins before I have to get off the boat? Crap. Well, might as well make the best of it. Get chatting and we pretty much click right away, something that so far had been unusual this holiday, and in general. Getting on well, she's certainly easy on the eyes, seems pretty cool about life, same sort of age, single (win!) and lives about a hour out from London (boo!). Get a call to get off so have to leave but say I'll be in touch later when we both get home.
Walking off at port, just scanned out for the last time and what do I realise?

I DIDN'T REMEMBER ASKING WHAT HER NAME WAS!! Or even a number.

Much head shaking and laughing at myself for AGAIN sabotaging myself. Can't even make friends properly these days. Might be cursed. And this might also belong in the LOL thread

I did something similar a few months back, I was flying to Berlin for the weekend and when I got off the plane there was a huge line going through customs, A woman about my age struck up a conversation next to me, There was an immediate click between us which I didn't realise until the next day, She was gorgeous to boot, Flirted non stop, Kept touching my arm, Had her laughing, Good times.


She asked in a shy manner "So will you have any free time when you're here ?" waiting for me to say "sure let's go for a coffee" NOPE I say "I'm meeting my brother and his fiance for dinner, Anyway take care of yourself" she looked extremely puzzled and disappointed.


It only clicked the next morning when I thought "You £@#&%$ idiot" XD

 

[NeverBackDown]

I did something similar a few months back, I was flying to Berlin for the weekend and when I got off the plane there was a huge line going through customs, A woman about my age struck up a conversation next to me, There was an immediate click between us which I didn't realise until the next day, She was gorgeous to boot, Flirted non stop, Kept touching my arm, Had her laughing, Good times.


She asked in a shy manner "So will you have any free time when you're here ?" waiting for me to say "sure let's go for a coffee" NOPE I say "I'm meeting my brother and his fiance for dinner, Anyway take care of yourself" she looked extremely puzzled and disappointed.


It only clicked the next morning when I thought "You £@#&%$ idiot" XD

For someone who always has bad interactions with women. You'd figure when you finally meet a nice one, you'd jump all over that.
I'm just as puzzled as she is with you lol^_^

 

[Dicehunter]

For someone who always has bad interactions with women. You'd figure when you finally meet a nice one, you'd jump all over that.
I'm just as puzzled as she is with you lol^_^

True lol ^_^


Just one of those things, I was looking forward to meeting my little brother and uncle quite a bit so I really wasn't thinking of "find a nice woman"

 

[NeverBackDown]

True lol ^_^


Just one of those things, I was looking forward to meeting my little brother and uncle quite a bit so I really wasn't thinking of "find a nice woman"

You should keep your head on a swivel for a nice women every time you leave your home. It's a rare find these days.

 

[Spiderz]

For someone who always has bad interactions with women. You'd figure when you finally meet a nice one, you'd jump all over that.
I'm just as puzzled as she is with you lol^_^

You get so used to bad interactions that when the opportunity arises you have no clue what to do when said opportunity arises?

True lol ^_^


Just one of those things, I was looking forward to meeting my little brother and uncle quite a bit so I really wasn't thinking of "find a nice woman"

Can sympatise far too much with this line of thinking

 

[AlienALX]

Socially awkward is a way of life but break the ice and I don't shut up, it just takes a bit to get going.

Believe it or not that is exactly how having autism is. It is also why for about two years I did not go out anywhere or try and engage with any one because I knew I would run my mouth in social situs and usually say something inappropriate which can be embarrassing.

It was good when I was a kid because my mates loved me (I always told jokes, became very animated and etc) but as an adult it makes life hard.

My brother once said to me in the car "FFS don't you ever shut up?" so I pointed out to him that I go for three weeks without talking to any one and don't say a single word, it's only because I feel compelled to say *something* that it becomes awkward (and annoying for others).

 

[Greenback]

Believe it or not that is exactly how having autism is. It is also why for about two years I did not go out anywhere or try and engage with any one because I knew I would run my mouth in social situs and usually say something inappropriate which can be embarrassing.

It was good when I was a kid because my mates loved me (I always told jokes, became very animated and etc) but as an adult it makes life hard.

My brother once said to me in the car "FFS don't you ever shut up?" so I pointed out to him that I go for three weeks without talking to any one and don't say a single word, it's only because I feel compelled to say *something* that it becomes awkward (and annoying for others).

My MRS can be like that untill you sit down to watch something you've been waiting to see and then you miss 3/4 because of her talking

 

[AlienALX]

My MRS can be like that untill you sit down to watch something you've been waiting to see and then you miss 3/4 because of her talking

Oh all women are like that mate. Tell you to shut up when they are watching something and then as soon as you want to watch something they talk your bloody ears off !

 

[AlienALX]

I am so angry I am literally shaking. So I waste a whole week with some woman last week about cutting (laser) some small pieces of acrylic to finish off my front panel. I tell her the size, she bails. Greedy cow obviously couldn't be bothered to work for less than a set amount of money. Winds me up. Any way, so I email this other guy on Ebay and ask for a quote. This is for two small pieces. One 150mm x 50mm and the other 160mm x 60mm then cut out (so it fits around the other piece).

Which tbh for about £3 worth of acrylic I thought was steep. But I figured sod it, will look nice.

Then this happens.

I then reply and say "Eh? you said £15!". He says "Yeah, plus £3.50 postage".

At this point I was so angry I told him to shove it. He then relinquishes and tells me OK £15. I tell him to get his quoting sorted out.

This reminds me of that time I sent my cables to Shakmods. He quoted me £70. Once the cables got there, however (cost me £7 to send RMSD) he turns around and says "Yeah £85 plus whatever postage you want".

Never again. Crooked, that's what that is. Ransom.

God I am so EFFING ANGRY. Why can't people just be honest and straight?

 

[NeverBackDown]

You get so used to bad interactions that when the opportunity arises you have no clue what to do when said opportunity arises?

Maybe he does. I don't know I've never had trouble talking to girls tbh, hard for me to comment on that

 

[looz]

My AKG K702 started having issues with audio cutting out from one of the channels. So I thought no biggie, this is why I chose this specific model and ordered a new cable.

But the cable wasn't the issue, it was a bad solder joint which also wiggled when I wiggled the headphone cable.

Oh well, the old cable had become a bit stiff anyway so replacing it wasn't a complete waste. But as a cherry on the top a nearby shop had ran out of small solder spools and I didn't feel like buying 30e worth of solder so it's going to take a bit longer for me to get this fixed.

 

[Dicehunter]

So I've been on 3 dates with a woman I met at my gym, Into the same stuff, Love to train, Great personality and as a bonus quite pretty too, Was going to go on a 4th date today but a friend of hers let me know she's also been speaking to 3 other men and on top of that sending them half naked pics, She's knows this as she's friends with 2 of them.

I confronted her about this, She admitted it so I said "best we leave it there then" walked off and treated myself to a steak dinner which I actually got delivered, My day was nearly ruined but the steak turned out deeeeelish ! ^_^

 

[NeverBackDown]

Steam launched when I get on my computer, saw witcher 3 had an update. Got super excited. Google'd the update to see what was new.. got disappointed it's just adding support for Chinese language

 

[Warchild]

So I've been on 3 dates with a woman I met at my gym, Into the same stuff, Love to train, Great personality and as a bonus quite pretty too, Was going to go on a 4th date today but a friend of hers let me know she's also been speaking to 3 other men and on top of that sending them half naked pics, She's knows this as she's friends with 2 of them.

I confronted her about this, She admitted it so I said "best we leave it there then" walked off and treated myself to a steak dinner which I actually got delivered, My day was nearly ruined but the steak turned out deeeeelish ! ^_^

How the F**K do you find these? it seems time and time again you have the same thing happen. Almost sounds unbelievable.

I have never once had that happen to me. And no friend would open up to a stranger about that. Especially mention about pics. I mean theres nothing wrong with her dating others. 4 dates doesn't mean you are exclusive but still, I don't get it. Are you intentionally searching for shallow insecure women? To me it sounds like the opposite of a friend. It is something you do to hurt someone.

Stop looking for them in the gym! You find better people online in games than in a gym.

Good luck dude.

 

[AlienALX]

How the F**K do you find these? it seems time and time again you have the same thing happen. Almost sounds unbelievable.

I'm in a very philosophical mood today so I will answer that.

Some people attract/are attracted to certain types. And no matter what you do, or how hard you try, you will never escape that.

Like, both of my wives suffered from chronic personality issues and depression. Now you would think after round 1 of it (and being miserable for 5 years) you would think I would change that up and look for some one happier, brighter etc. Nope ! picked the absolute effing worst woman you could possibly dream of for black stuff. Like, she was fiddled with as a kid, had massive personality issues, was completely unstable and depressed and was nasty and spiteful. And I knew all of that before we even dated, and *STILL* went ahead.

Why? because I'm messed up too. So every time, for example, I would try and chat to a happy perky person they would just bloody annoy me with their over enthusiastic optimism. That really does get on my nerves (was the part of America I hated the most.. Let me explain why.. You walk into a convenience store and some chick says "Have a nice day" or whatever and you think man, she has two kids, works her ass to the bone for minimum wage and yet still she's lying to herself and being all happy and stuff". It's hilarious how Americans talk of "fake" things and people, yet their whole philosophy is based on a lie. Any way, apologies for digressing yeah, I just think Dice attracts/is attracted to crappy women.

And that won't change. It's like chicks who get into relationships with alpha males. They get abused, cheated on etc but keep going back. And then they get dumped and go look for a guy exactly the same

/philosophy off.

 

[Dicehunter]

How the F**K do you find these? it seems time and time again you have the same thing happen. Almost sounds unbelievable.

I have never once had that happen to me. And no friend would open up to a stranger about that. Especially mention about pics. I mean theres nothing wrong with her dating others. 4 dates doesn't mean you are exclusive but still, I don't get it. Are you intentionally searching for shallow insecure women? To me it sounds like the opposite of a friend. It is something you do to hurt someone.

Stop looking for them in the gym! You find better people online in games than in a gym.

Good luck dude.

I just attract the wrong type, I'd love to find a nice woman with morals, Good head on her shoulders and stays healthy and active but you'd be surprised as to how hard that combo is to find.


You either get pretty but a slut or ugly, Overweight and nice, At least from my experience ^_^

 

[AlienALX]

I just attract the wrong type, I'd love to find a nice woman with morals, Good head on her shoulders and stays healthy and active but you'd be surprised as to how hard that combo is to find.


You either get pretty but a slut or ugly, Overweight and nice, At least from my experience ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI02MYwwUzM

 

[Warchild]

I just attract the wrong type, I'd love to find a nice woman with morals, Good head on her shoulders and stays healthy and active but you'd be surprised as to how hard that combo is to find.


You either get pretty but a slut or ugly, Overweight and nice, At least from my experience ^_^

Come to Norway, they are a dime a dozen so to speak. My friend has just found his soul mate from Tinder of all places. And boy is she a great person to converse with. Very naturally pretty too.

I invited them both to my new place. Shes a crossfit enthusiast, and the moment she saw my Oculus Rift, she started talking about how much she loves Robo recall

Very down to earth person who seems to love life. So write off Tinder as much as you want.. but there are good ones there maybe not so much in UK but Norway for sure hehe. Funny thing is both were embarrassed at first to admit they met there and instead said they met through online gaming, like that was any better. But I plucked the truth out of them!

 

[Dicehunter]

Come to Norway, they are a dime a dozen so to speak. My friend has just found his soul mate from Tinder of all places. And boy is she a great person to converse with. Very naturally pretty too.

I invited them both to my new place. Shes a crossfit enthusiast, and the moment she saw my Oculus Rift, she started talking about how much she loves Robo recall

Very down to earth person who seems to love life. So write off Tinder as much as you want.. but there are good ones there maybe not so much in UK but Norway for sure hehe. Funny thing is both were embarrassed at first to admit they met there and instead said they met through online gaming, like that was any better. But I plucked the truth out of them!

Well my forefathers on the Irish side of my family are from Norway so maybe I'll trace my family roots ^_^