in 5th grade there was a kid who no one really liked. i was one of them.
one day i show up and school and our teacher is crying. i asked her what was wrong. she said "I think Tom died". i thought she was kidding. so i say the brilliant thing of "good, and here i thought i was going to have a bad day.
turns out he was actually dead. oops. i felt like a bit of an asshole.
i've probably done worse, but that's one of the few things i actually felt bad about. usually i don't care.
My girlfriend and I were going on vacation over Spring Break, and one of her female friends went along with us. My girlfriend and I were very heavily romantically involved - talking about marriage and all that. Well, it turns out her friend was really hitting on me. I should have resisted, but she was coming on awfully strong. We were out of the country, on the beach, I was drunk, what could I do?
So we went back to her van. After 15 minutes or so, my girlfriend comes up to the van and looks in and catches us in the act. The thing is, I didn't even know she had caught us. The girl I was with apparently just closed her eyes and went on with the business at hand without saying anything. My girlfriend told me later that she had seen us. She broke up with me, and I was devastated.
My girlfriend ended up committing suicide. I also shot myself in the head in a suicide attempt, and I've been blind, unable to speak without a slur, and on anti-depressants since then.
I've never found out what happened to that girl, but she really ruined our lives.
Oh my god, BRussell. I am so terribly sorry about what happened. How devastating. My heart really goes out to you. I just wish there were something I could do to help in some way.
And your story is almost identical to mine. Except I was the other girl. OMG. How dreadful.
Are you getting along okay? How long ago did this all happen, if you don't mind my asking?
Why prospone it? Afraid to look "cheap"? Why does it matter?
[token internet comment]By the way. I have a couple of fine Chablis just waiting for the right occation. Care to join me C? [/token internet comment]
No, I didn't feel what I did was 'cheap' at all.
My problem is that when I see something I want, I go for it!
I don't like the regrets of 'missed opportunities', and do what I can to seize the 'moment' at hand. However, I'm afraid this 'self-assertion' isn't always the most 'polite' way to be. A really 'nice' person would be more polite. (They would also probably miss the opportunity!)
So, I opt for being 'crass' and going after what I want. As I said, I don't like 'regrets' - and even though I feel guilty about the beach thing, I don't regret it. Does that make sense?
And yes, I'd love a glass of Chablis. ('not' a token internet reply!)
I've gotten into more fist fights than I can count. Most of the people involved are now good friends. But I really haven't done anything terribly awful: just the normal pile of daily sins.
BRussell's story is so heavily dramatic that I don't know if it's a sick joke or the truth.
I wasn't the married one. During a long friendship it happend when she was having problems in her marriage. Her husband never knew for sure but I know he suspected.
The icing on the cake of shame is that it destroyed a wonderful friendship...
I went out to the local Olive Garden a few days ago. The parking lot was literally full and I had circled around twice. Then, a car started to pull out, some guy in an SUV that just entered the lot positioned himself to take it, but I quickly pulled out in front of him and grabbed it first.
I kinda felt bad about that. \ I'm not typically a proponent of road rage. I could tell the guy was pissed by the shaking of fist and loud swearing coming from the window.
I hit a kid when I was in first grade.
*whew*
Wow, it really feels better getting all that off my chest.
Well, Brad, if these are the worst things you've ever done, you must be a real sweetie-pie.
I know you won't answer this. But that's okay. I can deal with it.
Well I have two equally bad and both relate to the same ex-girlfriend.
On one I got my proper karma return and on the other I didn't.
The first one was that this woman I was dating and I hate broken up for the final time. About a week later I remember that she had my entertainment center. Just the piece of furniture, no electronics. She was using it because I had no use for it where I was living at the time, and she actually had a good use for it.
Anyway I drive over to her house and demand the entertainment center. She declares she isn't going to part with it then and I will have to come back and get it later, after she has had time to replace it.
I decide to be a world class jerk and demand it then. She doesn't want to give it up, and declares she doesn't want to talk about it any more. She goes to close the door and I stick my foot in so she can't close it. She asks me to get my foot out, but I say I won't until I have my entertainment center.
She says she will call the police, I tell her to go ahead.
The police arrive and are a little bewildered. They question her and learn that I haven't entered her apartment, I haven't threatened her, called her any names, nor even raised my voice. I just won't take my foot out of the door. They tell me my foot is trespassing, which of course it is. I'm given the choice of removing it, or being arrested. I tell them I'll be happy to remove it after I get my entertainment center back. They tell me that is a civil matter and I can sue her. I tell them and her I won't leave until I have the entertainment center. Right as they are ready to arrest me and take out their cuffs to do so. She relents in a fit of crying and cursing.
She clears her stuff off it, and I get my first lesson in karma. The lesson is that if you are stupid enough to risk being arrested over a stupid entertainment center, at least be smart enough to bring someone to help you move it. That thing was about 6 ft tall, 6 ft wide and easily 200+ lbs. I had to move it by myself all the way out to my truck and load it. The cops enjoyed the show. I could probably squat about 285 back then, but this thing was unwieldy and I had to move it about 40 ft to where I was parked. I'm lucky I didn't break my back.
The second incident involved the same woman. This is what you call a very bad break-up. It was about a month later and it turned out this woman was now having roomate troubles. There were three bedrooms in this apartment shared by three women. My ex had actually rented the place first and brought in the other two later. They were on the rental agreement now and about a year later, in typical catty fashion, they decided she was the odd woman out, and as a result, they wanted her out.
I was with the typical rebound girl at the time, and these two invited me and my new rebound girlfriend over for dinner. My ex comes home, sees us all there having fun and goes upstairs, probably to cry.
I felt like crap. I felt a bit used, but knew I had gone along with it. She didn't deserve either incident, but when you are young stupid, and trying to hate the one you formerly loved, you don't always think so clearly. She was and probably is a very nice woman who didn't deserve either incident.
I was going to post what I did to my ex - best friend/girl friend but BRussell's story is a little to close to home (and I am still recovering from my indiscretions)...
No, she's not. We've been over this before. Precession. Sorry, astrology is all wrong.
Yeah, I was born in early July so I'm supposedly a Cancer, but I looked it up with some old astronomy software and on the day I was born, the sun was in Gemini. Screw astrology.
Anyway, trumptman... that bit with the entertainment center sounds pretty funny. Now at least. I'm sure you didn't think it was that funny at the time, but it doesn't seem as "bad" as it is "stupid." We all do dumb things, glad you could share one of them.
i had an older brother who was three years older than me, we made each others life a living hell. he always picked on me, broke my toys, ect. - but there were times when i could beat him in a fight. looking back, i can't seem to remember anytime that we were civil towards each other.
one time, after a big fight that our mom was breaking up, i pointed at my bro and said ' i wish you were dead!'. a couple of days later, he was in a head-on collision that left him in a coma. we went to the hospital, and he had bad head injuries, he survived a couple of days before passing away.
though i didn't want him to die and i felt responsible because of what i said earlier, i couldn't take his hand as my mom asked while he was lying in the bed. he seemed to know i was by his side as he seemed very angry at me. i think he blamed me and hated me until he died.
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one day i show up and school and our teacher is crying. i asked her what was wrong. she said "I think Tom died". i thought she was kidding. so i say the brilliant thing of "good, and here i thought i was going to have a bad day.
turns out he was actually dead. oops. i felt like a bit of an asshole.
i've probably done worse, but that's one of the few things i actually felt bad about. usually i don't care.
Originally posted by BRussell
My girlfriend and I were going on vacation over Spring Break, and one of her female friends went along with us. My girlfriend and I were very heavily romantically involved - talking about marriage and all that. Well, it turns out her friend was really hitting on me. I should have resisted, but she was coming on awfully strong. We were out of the country, on the beach, I was drunk, what could I do?
So we went back to her van. After 15 minutes or so, my girlfriend comes up to the van and looks in and catches us in the act. The thing is, I didn't even know she had caught us. The girl I was with apparently just closed her eyes and went on with the business at hand without saying anything. My girlfriend told me later that she had seen us. She broke up with me, and I was devastated.
My girlfriend ended up committing suicide. I also shot myself in the head in a suicide attempt, and I've been blind, unable to speak without a slur, and on anti-depressants since then.
I've never found out what happened to that girl, but she really ruined our lives.
Oh my god, BRussell. I am so terribly sorry about what happened. How devastating. My heart really goes out to you. I just wish there were something I could do to help in some way.
And your story is almost identical to mine. Except I was the other girl. OMG. How dreadful.
Are you getting along okay? How long ago did this all happen, if you don't mind my asking?
Originally posted by Anders
Why prospone it? Afraid to look "cheap"? Why does it matter?
[token internet comment]By the way. I have a couple of fine Chablis just waiting for the right occation. Care to join me C? [/token internet comment]
No, I didn't feel what I did was 'cheap' at all.
My problem is that when I see something I want, I go for it!
I don't like the regrets of 'missed opportunities', and do what I can to seize the 'moment' at hand. However, I'm afraid this 'self-assertion' isn't always the most 'polite' way to be. A really 'nice' person would be more polite. (They would also probably miss the opportunity!)
So, I opt for being 'crass' and going after what I want. As I said, I don't like 'regrets' - and even though I feel guilty about the beach thing, I don't regret it. Does that make sense?
And yes, I'd love a glass of Chablis.
Originally posted by Anders
I know I have to but I find it really really hard to tolerate any reference to astrology in my forum
So, are you a Cancer, then?
It's a very interesting sign, by the way.
Originally posted by Brad
I hit a kid when I was in first grade.
* Call the UN *
I've gotten into more fist fights than I can count. Most of the people involved are now good friends. But I really haven't done anything terribly awful: just the normal pile of daily sins.
BRussell's story is so heavily dramatic that I don't know if it's a sick joke or the truth.
I wasn't the married one. During a long friendship it happend when she was having problems in her marriage. Her husband never knew for sure but I know he suspected.
The icing on the cake of shame is that it destroyed a wonderful friendship...
Originally posted by Brad
I went out to the local Olive Garden a few days ago. The parking lot was literally full and I had circled around twice. Then, a car started to pull out, some guy in an SUV that just entered the lot positioned himself to take it, but I quickly pulled out in front of him and grabbed it first.
I kinda felt bad about that.
I hit a kid when I was in first grade.
*whew*
Wow, it really feels better getting all that off my chest.
Well, Brad, if these are the worst things you've ever done, you must be a real sweetie-pie.
I know you won't answer this. But that's okay. I can deal with it.
On one I got my proper karma return and on the other I didn't.
The first one was that this woman I was dating and I hate broken up for the final time. About a week later I remember that she had my entertainment center. Just the piece of furniture, no electronics. She was using it because I had no use for it where I was living at the time, and she actually had a good use for it.
Anyway I drive over to her house and demand the entertainment center. She declares she isn't going to part with it then and I will have to come back and get it later, after she has had time to replace it.
I decide to be a world class jerk and demand it then. She doesn't want to give it up, and declares she doesn't want to talk about it any more. She goes to close the door and I stick my foot in so she can't close it. She asks me to get my foot out, but I say I won't until I have my entertainment center.
She says she will call the police, I tell her to go ahead.
The police arrive and are a little bewildered. They question her and learn that I haven't entered her apartment, I haven't threatened her, called her any names, nor even raised my voice. I just won't take my foot out of the door. They tell me my foot is trespassing, which of course it is. I'm given the choice of removing it, or being arrested. I tell them I'll be happy to remove it after I get my entertainment center back. They tell me that is a civil matter and I can sue her. I tell them and her I won't leave until I have the entertainment center. Right as they are ready to arrest me and take out their cuffs to do so. She relents in a fit of crying and cursing.
She clears her stuff off it, and I get my first lesson in karma. The lesson is that if you are stupid enough to risk being arrested over a stupid entertainment center, at least be smart enough to bring someone to help you move it. That thing was about 6 ft tall, 6 ft wide and easily 200+ lbs. I had to move it by myself all the way out to my truck and load it. The cops enjoyed the show. I could probably squat about 285 back then, but this thing was unwieldy and I had to move it about 40 ft to where I was parked. I'm lucky I didn't break my back.
The second incident involved the same woman. This is what you call a very bad break-up. It was about a month later and it turned out this woman was now having roomate troubles. There were three bedrooms in this apartment shared by three women. My ex had actually rented the place first and brought in the other two later. They were on the rental agreement now and about a year later, in typical catty fashion, they decided she was the odd woman out, and as a result, they wanted her out.
I was with the typical rebound girl at the time, and these two invited me and my new rebound girlfriend over for dinner. My ex comes home, sees us all there having fun and goes upstairs, probably to cry.
I felt like crap. I felt a bit used, but knew I had gone along with it. She didn't deserve either incident, but when you are young stupid, and trying to hate the one you formerly loved, you don't always think so clearly. She was and probably is a very nice woman who didn't deserve either incident.
Nick
Originally posted by billybobsky
I was going to post what I did to my ex - best friend/girl friend but BRussell's story is a little to close to home (and I am still recovering from my indiscretions)...
C'mon, Billy. Post it anyway.
Get it off your chest.
Originally posted by 709
You're a Leo. That explains it.
No, she's not. We've been over this before. Precession. Sorry, astrology is all wrong.
Originally posted by BRussell
I've been blind, unable to speak without a slur, and on anti-depressants since then.
i dont mean to question you or anything--i'm just curious... what do you use to type everything (considering you have over 3000 posts)?
Originally posted by ipodandimac
i dont mean to question you or anything--i'm just curious... what do you use to type everything (considering you have over 3000 posts)?
A keyboard you dumbfvck.
Originally posted by BR
No, she's not. We've been over this before. Precession. Sorry, astrology is all wrong.
Yeah, I was born in early July so I'm supposedly a Cancer, but I looked it up with some old astronomy software and on the day I was born, the sun was in Gemini. Screw astrology.
Anyway, trumptman... that bit with the entertainment center sounds pretty funny. Now at least. I'm sure you didn't think it was that funny at the time, but it doesn't seem as "bad" as it is "stupid." We all do dumb things, glad you could share one of them.
But I did not shoot the deputy.
one time, after a big fight that our mom was breaking up, i pointed at my bro and said ' i wish you were dead!'. a couple of days later, he was in a head-on collision that left him in a coma. we went to the hospital, and he had bad head injuries, he survived a couple of days before passing away.
though i didn't want him to die and i felt responsible because of what i said earlier, i couldn't take his hand as my mom asked while he was lying in the bed. he seemed to know i was by his side as he seemed very angry at me. i think he blamed me and hated me until he died.
Originally posted by BR
No, she's not. We've been over this before. Precession. Sorry, astrology is all wrong.
Hi BR.
What's the month and day of your birth (if you don't mind my asking)?
Originally posted by Carol A
Hi BR.
What's the month and day of your birth (if you don't mind my asking)?
Idiots who believe in astrology would say I'm a cancer. I'm not.
Originally posted by BR
Idiots who believe in astrology would say I'm a cancer. I'm not.
So, you're a Gemini, then?
Originally posted by BR
Idiots who believe in astrology would say I'm a cancer. I'm not.
Ditto.
EDIT: Maybe the astrology discussion should be split off from this one.