Bad experences with love

Yes, don't get sucked into the realms of lies, deceit, abuse, and all-around "douchebaggery" that comes with many of these relationships. And yeah, these stories would make for a great book. One of us should collect all our stories and publish them. It would probably be a huge seller among our fellow otaku (maybe even some normal people too).

Shinji: First of all, how do you make line breaks here? Anyway, if not for [ex non-fiancee], I would have barricaded myself in my room and refused to deal with anything, although for philosophical, non-religious reasons I've only tried to/really wanted to kill myself once (if that was what you meant), and that was just because of a temporary medical issue and everyone in my life suddenly being apathetic, cruel, selfish, and/or stupid. I really have no idea what it would feel like to be cheated on (remember, only [ex non-fiancee] felt that she cheated, I didn't), and your Ex#2 sounds absolutely horrible. I can't even imagine what Ex#3 must have been like to be the infamous one. I'm glad you have Ex#4, though I feel sympathetic that she's an ex at all._____ _____ _____ _____ ______ _____ Crobi: Wow. I just... He really deserves a number of names that are too rude for me to be willing to type. I don't even know how to express that much sympathy, and if that had happened to me... I don't even know what would have happened._____ _____ _____ _____ ______ _____ Wallace: Congratulations. I mean that sincerely, not sardonically, just without much enthusiasm. This thread gets depressing.

@jet: In no way am I trying to say this like a total jerkoff, but the 'Enter' key comes in handy for line breaks. Be thankful this isn't one of those sites or forums that makes you do line breaks in HTML code. I've been on some RP sites like that and if you don't know basic HTML, you're at a minor loss. Anyway, yeah...my first two exes weren't into anime at all. The infamous #3 wasn't a total psycho like #2 was, but the way things ended between us measured up to or possibly went beyond what I went through with the other. #4 will always be a good friend of mine, even though I hardly see her nowadays since she lives on the opposite side of the state. I might actually get to see her in Boston next month for a cosplay picnic!

@jet73l I don't need any sympathy, I've always said that, I just want to be treated as you would normally without the sensitivity to that. You know?

I don't think that i've ever had a GF that actually cared about me. They would just use me up until they found someone that they did like and then i'd be tossed aside with little explanation. I eventually just gave up completely for a while, about 10 years I guess. That was a mistake because now i'm out of my 20's. So, no matter how many times you get hurt.. don't give up. Just keep on trying until you run out of cake. Trading pain for loneliness just doesn't work and eventually it won't even be a choice anymore.

Same, but ya know, I try to not let myself or others get to that point. If you see the opportunity, obviously don't jump at the opportunity, but definitely wedge yourself in a little at a time. :)

Haha. I think I considered 31 year olds to be "old people" when I was a teen, too. It's not that old, it's just a rougher age group to find single people in. The younger a person is the easier it is to find romance. So the less time wasted being bitter or gloomy about bad experiences the better. I quit being bitter when I realized that people who are nasty enough to treat others that badly were never worth my time anyway. I'm glad that I wasn't stuck with any of them.

I was about to tell you all about the horrors of my love life, but then I decided against it because, well...I'm over them. I think that's the important thing to take away from bad experiences in love. So they weren't the one...so is pretty much everybody on the planet. Don't you think that a few bad memories or even a bad break-up shouldn't be able to eradicate the good memories? I mean, you LOVED someone. That's one of the most intense feelings a human is capable of. Why let something as common as a bad memory taint something so rare?