How Did You Find Love?

[Frozzy]

I play cricket... A lot of the time when I play a pretty darn good shot there's always a fielder nearby and I think "Crap, just a single... story of my life"

[VetLegion]

Kalius, I don't understand? What is a fielder and single what?

[Vince278]

Cricket? Nobody understands cricket.
(OK, nobody really understands love either)

[VetLegion]

Says a man with seven kids

[Frozzy]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Kalius, I don't understand? What is a fielder and single what?

A fielder = person I'm trying to get the ball past (or in this analogy, the person I am trying to go out with)
Single = in cricket, just one point (or a run)... with the large number of "runs" in cricket, getting just one run is similar to getting a dollar for an hour's work in a mining pit. It's something but it doesn't really mean anything.

And considering noone undertands cricket, I figured it'd fit in well with love

[Pekka]

I looked into the mirror.

[Donegeal]

Thought I had it from almost birth (my 1st wife and I met when we were 3. I have no recolection of a life where I did not know her).

Turns out that was wrong (lasted 5 years). Tried looking (dating). Had some fun but nothing really came about.

Stopped looking. Less than a month later she shows up at my parents house where she was invited to my first nephews baby shower. I haven't looked back since (its been 5 years and going stronger than it ever had with wife 1.).

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by MRT144
oh, THE ONE! well in that case youre right on target. 2 words; grad school. by the time they realise youll be getting an MA in something useless theyll already love you

[chequita guevara]

There's no such thing as THE ONE™! Sure, you can be thunderstruck. I still remember the moment I first laid eyes on my wife. It still tooks us about a decade to work out all the problems, and most couples I have known would have gieven up long before we did. We made each other into are perfect partners. And that takes work. Lots of work.

You make your own reality. That woman was only unatainable because you decided you had no shot. Maybe you would have gotten shot down, but the truth is, a lot of really hot women are lonely because the only guys who dare to approach them are *******s. Most guys are too intimidated to even dare.

[Gibsie]

oh thank god someone has shot down the concept of "THE ONE". It's bad enough when a woman says it, but to hear (well, read) it coming from a man is appalling.

Anyway, be careful what you wish for. I "found" love through friends, but I don't want to be tied down for the rest of my life (or even the forseeable future) with just one girl. Boo hoo me.

[Q Classic]

I found love, then I shot it in the face after a night of drunken stupor, thinking it was trying to tie me down and ravish my virtue.

I'm not sure if I did the right thing there...

[General Ludd]

Anyone who is afraid of being "tied down" is obviously not interested in love.

[Donegeal]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
I found love, then I shot it in the face after a night of drunken stupor, thinking it was trying to tie me down and ravish my virtue.

I'm not sure if I did the right thing there...

Originally Said by Homer Simpson
Beer: The solutions to, and cause of, all the worlds problems!

[Dis]

Re: How Did You Find Love?

Originally posted by Bkeela
For awhile I've felt nihilistic towards romance. I looked down on breeders, particularly whenever caught in heavy traffic. The drive to reproduce was nature's snare to ensure our mindless servitude to her purposes. I resisted and enjoyed an ascetic's sense of self-righteousness. I didn't have to resist very hard though, for I was genuinely satisfied with the cruise control of single life.

That all changed when I developed a crush on an unattainable woman. I'm not talking Mount Everest unttainable, I'm talking Olympus Mons unattainable - I'm not even on the same planet...

After rising a lofty peak of elation, and descending into a trough of depression, I've been left to flounder in the wake of reassessment.

I've made peace with my hypocrisy. Overpopulation and gridlock traffic now seem far lesser evils than the whip mother nature is bearing upon my arse.

So here I am, aged 33, and faced with the quest to find a mate. If the ascent of Mons pubis is anything like the ascent of Everest, then maybe I stand a chance.

I'm not really after advice or anything, but I am interested to learn how others here found their significant other. Inspiration is what I need.

I actually felt the same way as you. But sorry, I'm the last person to give you advice on this. I have found love though- friendship love. We tell each other we love each other all the time. But she's in a serious relationship. Oh well. The search continues...

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by General Ludd
Anyone who is afraid of being "tied down" is obviously not interested in love.

Oh, I was, we just hadn't agreed to a safe word yet.