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womberty  3669 posts
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Date Posted: 12/17/03 4:47pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
Well, why not "go for" a friendship? I mean, unless you're worried that she likes you as more than a friend...

How well did you know her before?

 

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Malshabek  11111 posts
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Date Posted: 12/17/03 4:50pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
I worked with her for over a year and started hearing rumors that she had a crush on me about 3 months before I quit my job there...

I guess I know her pretty well.
And I already consider her to be a good friend of mine.

And it HAS been a while since I've seen her.
I doubt she went to the movie last night by herself.
If she's taken already then my life gets much simpler. tongue

 

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womberty  3669 posts
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Date Posted: 12/17/03 5:11pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
If you consider her a good friend, by all means, make sure you stay in touch with her. Just try not to seem like you're romantically interested if you're not. happy

 

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Malshabek  11111 posts
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Date Posted: 12/17/03 5:15pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
Thats the confusing part.

Its not that I'm not interested in her. She's a really nice girl and I'm... really not a nice person to deal with on a regular basis. tongue

I dont want to put her through hell, you know? She doesn't deserve that.


Oh well, thats another topic entirely...
Thanks for the advice. grin

 

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womberty  3669 posts
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Date Posted: 12/17/03 5:17pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
Oh, come on. However bad you think it is, you can't ruin a chat over a cup of coffee, can you? tongue

Just say hey, it was cool seeing you again, let's have coffee sometime and catch up. happy

 

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Terpmaniac09  3062 posts
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Date Posted: 12/18/03 7:36pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
Yeah.

 

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DarthBane420  9104 posts
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Date Posted: 12/19/03 3:56am Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
I saw the lunchlady at school today. I gave her a box of chocolates for Christmas. She blushed and said thank you. I blushed too. Do you think she likes me?

If she gives you 2 pieces of square pizza instead of 1 like everyone else, you might have an in.

 

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debeautimous  1956 posts
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Date Posted: 12/19/03 5:27am Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
LOL grin

 

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Date Posted: 12/19/03 8:29am Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
I like this guy named Joey. I met him about two months ago, and he's funny, Christian, tall, hot...Yeah, anyway. I don't know him as well as I'd like to, but I found out that Joey had had a girlfriend and that they had broken up last week. Fair game, right? Ha.

Her name is Kelsey. And he's had a crush on her for two years, and thinks about her all the time.

Yesterday I was talking to him about her, and trying to comfort him. He says he's fine.

My question is--should I back off (seeing as how he likes her so much, and I'd probably never have a chance) or should I try to win him over by being a compassionate friend?

 

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DarthBane420  9104 posts
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Date Posted: 12/19/03 8:45am Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
My question is--should I back off (seeing as how he likes her so much, and I'd probably never have a chance) or should I try to win him over by being a compassionate friend?


From your post you come off as a very nice young lady and I want to give you some good advice but you might not want to hear it.
The WORST thing a person can do is put themselves into the position of being the "rebound" girlfriend.
Obviously this bloke is pining away for the lass that no longer wants him and what could happen scares me.
You might find that he will try to use you to make her jealous. This happens from time to time and will only end up getting you hurt.
If this guy is so much of a fool he can't see what a good thing he has right in front of him you don't want him anyway.
If I were you I would get a guy who would be as dedicated to you as you deserve and then laugh at this bloke as he continues to pine away for a girl that dumped him.

 

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Date Posted: 12/19/03 10:14am Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
Thanks, DarthBane420. I'm glad I come off as that kind of person.

I appreciate your advice, and I will remain friends with him and wait this out. However, I really don't think Joey is the type to use girls like that. He's really sweet.

 

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WMCoolmon  3845 posts
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Date Posted: 12/19/03 3:48pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large - Date Edited: 12/19/03 3:49pm (1 edits total) Edited By: WMCoolmon
The WORST thing a person can do is put themselves into the position of being the "rebound" girlfriend.
Obviously this bloke is pining away for the lass that no longer wants him and what could happen scares me.
You might find that he will try to use you to make her jealous. This happens from time to time and will only end up getting you hurt.
If this guy is so much of a fool he can't see what a good thing he has right in front of him you don't want him anyway.
If I were you I would get a guy who would be as dedicated to you as you deserve and then laugh at this bloke as he continues to pine away for a girl that dumped him.


Dear God. The guy just broke up a week ago. Why the hell does he deserve to be laughed at, then? I mean, seriously, I would be more worried if the guy wasn't "pining away" about this girl if he's had a crush on her for two years and she broke up with him.

Anyway, as difficult as it may be, it sounds like waiting to try and win him over would be better, so that he'll have time to get over her. Since he's said he's fine, you could also get him annoyed by trying to be a 'compassionate friend' by bringing up the subject of his former g/f with him.

 

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Terpmaniac09  3062 posts
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Date Posted: 12/21/03 9:46am Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
hmmmm

 

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Space_Man  997 posts
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Date Posted: 12/22/03 1:42pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
Handmaiden_Yane: A word of caution in playing the "compassionate friend" for too long, however: we don't want to lose sight of the eventual goal of you becoming his new girlfriend -- not just his sounding-board/patient friend/quasi therapist. I’d act the "compassionate friend" role only up to a point, and then you need to make it clear that you have a romantic interest in him.

 

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Quarantine  526 posts
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Date Posted: 12/22/03 1:53pm Subject: RE: Love/romance advice lounge- no question too small, no question too large
I dont understand... I'm a senior in hs. All of my friends have bf or gf except for me. Supposedly i'm beautiful, but I can't believe that. Noone seems to want to date me. To my belief i'm not annoying, arrogent, sloppy, etc. I have no idea what is wrong with me. I haven't really had a bf except for one guy in the summer for two weeks but he was too shy, it didn't work out. I'm nice to everyone. What is wrong with me? confused

 

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