new OKC thread (yet another Savalog)

[Sava]

I know I've said this before, but my second girlfriend was literally delivered to me in a box on my 19th birthday. I was, in fact, sitting on a couch at the time.

Are you making a joke or did this actually happen? I don't recall reading this story if you shared it already.

[FlameFlash]

Story time!

[Lorizael]

Are you making a joke or did this actually happen? I don't recall reading this story if you shared it already.

I am not making a joke. We met through a mutual friend, but she lived a state away. We'd been talking online for a good 9 months or so, slowly getting to know each other/falling in love. On my birthday, my friends drove to her (parents') house, abducted her in the middle of the night, brought her down, and put her in a giant gift box. Then they threw a birthday party for me wherein they gave me a bunch of intentionally ****ty presents, like a bag of half-eaten skittles wrapped in duct tape. Then they sung happy birthday to me. At the end of the song, the girl popped out of the box and I suddenly had a girlfriend.

[Colon™]

Tell us another story. I had already heard that one.

[Sava]

I am not making a joke. We met through a mutual friend, but she lived a state away. We'd been talking online for a good 9 months or so, slowly getting to know each other/falling in love. On my birthday, my friends drove to her (parents') house, abducted her in the middle of the night, brought her down, and put her in a giant gift box. Then they threw a birthday party for me wherein they gave me a bunch of intentionally ****ty presents, like a bag of half-eaten skittles wrapped in duct tape. Then they sung happy birthday to me. At the end of the song, the girl popped out of the box and I suddenly had a girlfriend.

That's awesome.

My friends would have just given me the skittles.

[Lorizael]

Tell us another story. I had already heard that one.

Oh, here's an awesome one. 2 years later, I broke up with her online and I haven't seen her since. The breakup took about two weeks, during which she ODed, cut herself, and begged me to stay with her, despite the fact that we were breaking up because I'd been lying to her about being in love with my best friend for the entirety of our relationship. It was pretty rad.

[OzzyKP]

I am not making a joke. We met through a mutual friend, but she lived a state away. We'd been talking online for a good 9 months or so, slowly getting to know each other/falling in love. On my birthday, my friends drove to her (parents') house, abducted her in the middle of the night, brought her down, and put her in a giant gift box. Then they threw a birthday party for me wherein they gave me a bunch of intentionally ****ty presents, like a bag of half-eaten skittles wrapped in duct tape. Then they sung happy birthday to me. At the end of the song, the girl popped out of the box and I suddenly had a girlfriend.

That's super awesome.

More unsolicited advice from a guy who has inexplicably figured everything out:
My wife took the opposite approach of me. She was super active about it (like with everything in life). She is an economist so she knew that if she messages X number of guys, then maybe half of them would respond. Maybe half of those would end up with first dates, and then perhaps a fifth of those would result in second dates, and only a small fraction of those develop into something more. So she cast a wide net and went on a ton of dates. It took a lot of work (she puts 100% of herself into any task she sets out on), but it helped her not only to meet more men but to get a better idea of who she was looking for and how to improve herself on dates, etc.

A tough strategy for anyone lazy out there (like me!) but I just figured I'd share.

[OzzyKP]

Oh, here's an awesome one. 2 years later, I broke up with her online and I haven't seen her since. The breakup took about two weeks, during which she ODed, cut herself, and begged me to stay with her, despite the fact that we were breaking up because I'd been lying to her about being in love with my best friend for the entirety of our relationship. It was pretty rad.

That's less super awesome.

[Lorizael]

That's less super awesome.

Yeah, but that was 8 years ago. She's now happily married to some other guy and we are, at this moment, chatting about Star Wars (one of our mutual loves) over gchat.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I have a story

One of my friends had a girlfriend who discovers one of her cats had swallowed a bunch of ribbon. She had to take him in for surgery. However, during one point, she called him to give an update. My buddy was sitting alone in my family room watching football. At the same time she called, his family arrived home. Things got loud. My friend was trying to listen to his girlfriend. He got up and left because it was too loud.

So what's the problem?

Well... apparently... He did not get up and leave the room fast enough. She got very confrontational.

She freaked out about this petty thing, and my friend had to dump her soon afterward because she was cra-cra...

[Sava]

That's super awesome.

More unsolicited advice from a guy who has inexplicably figured everything out:
My wife took the opposite approach of me. She was super active about it (like with everything in life). She is an economist so she knew that if she messages X number of guys, then maybe half of them would respond. Maybe half of those would end up with first dates, and then perhaps a fifth of those would result in second dates, and only a small fraction of those develop into something more. So she cast a wide net and went on a ton of dates. It took a lot of work (she puts 100% of herself into any task she sets out on), but it helped her not only to meet more men but to get a better idea of who she was looking for and how to improve herself on dates, etc.

A tough strategy for anyone lazy out there (like me!) but I just figured I'd share.

The "shotgun" approach.

[Colon™]

Oh, here's an awesome one. 2 years later, I broke up with her online and I haven't seen her since. The breakup took about two weeks, during which she ODed, cut herself, and begged me to stay with her, despite the fact that we were breaking up because I'd been lying to her about being in love with my best friend for the entirety of our relationship. It was pretty rad.

[Fake Boris]

One BFG is better than two shotguns though

[FlameFlash]

This one sounds familiar Imran, I may know that guy too...

[Sava]

Oh, here's an awesome one. 2 years later, I broke up with her online and I haven't seen her since. The breakup took about two weeks, during which she ODed, cut herself, and begged me to stay with her, despite the fact that we were breaking up because I'd been lying to her about being in love with my best friend for the entirety of our relationship. It was pretty rad.

Wow. That sucks.

I'm glad to hear things worked out for her though.

Do you think her reaction was due to a mental health issue that she has since dealt with? Or was it more a case of you just being so awesome that you had that affect on her?