Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by soundman98

you know, sometimes i think it would be nice to get back into dating. to have someone else around to hang out and do stuff with.

then i remember how much work it is, and how dog's are so much easier. i can lock my dog in a crate for a whole day and no one says anything...

Today's dating market is fucking joke. More likely a job interview, so many hoops. If you dont have money or Giga Chad looking you are done. Social media ruined the mentality

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

A) How could you DO that?!
B) You aren't dating the right women.

the russian bride websites have clauses about locking them in basements

[86-75309]

I can't imagine what it would be like dealing with people. Even my own dog doesn't like me. To quote Dr. Niles Crane from Frasier:
"She's a bit high strung, but, she's terribly well-bred. When I tried to pet her, she'd have none of it."

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by soundman98

the russian bride websites have clauses about locking them in basements

If she doesn't speak English, I will allow it. Otherwise I don't want my bride get indoctrinated by the left

[Sapphireho]

Sweet!

[blsfrs]

JR is off of my Christmas card list.

[spike021]

Fun. Got my worst windshield ding so far. Not sure if it's worth fixing or if I should just have the whole thing replaced.

The location is like 3 inches below my usual sight line when driving. So when the sun hits it it can be pretty distracting.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by spike021

Fun. Got my worst windshield ding so far. Not sure if it's worth fixing or if I should just have the whole thing replaced.

The location is like 3 inches below my usual sight line when driving. So when the sun hits it it can be pretty distracting.

When my glass was broken I used Spider Glass on 10th street in San jose. Price was great, and they knew there are factory trim pieces that need to be replaced with a windshield change.

I heard bad stories from places like Safelight.

[Sapphireho]

Just ran hard for about an hour on the freeways. Hard acceleration, no problem. I think my new JR 4bar map is great! Better than ever!

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

When my glass was broken I used Spider Glass on 10th street in San jose. Price was great, and they knew there are factory trim pieces that need to be replaced with a windshield change.

I heard bad stories from places like Safelight.

I've heard bad stories from Safelight and stuff too.

I'll look them up. Did you get OEM glass that time?

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by blsfrs

JR is off of my Christmas card list.

Did they send you coal?

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by spike021

I've heard bad stories from Safelight and stuff too.

I'll look them up. Did you get OEM glass that time?

Not sure? Didn't ask. Working fine.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

Earlier I told a female friend of mine it'd be nice to meet up for food or something, and since usually we hang out with friends, I decided to set expectations and say I've been interested in her for a while, so that's the kind of 1:1 hangout I wanted to have.

She goes "sorry spike but you're not my type and I'm glad you mentioned it this way because if you'd done this while we're in the group you'd only have embarrassed yourself."

I wish I could say I was making this shit up. I thought girls are supposed to wise up a bit after they turn 30?

She's not fully my "type" either but we get along well as friends, she's able to have a professional job, and, at least before this, I thought she was smart (which to me is attractive ). Good lord lol.

I'm not like super pissed off about it and I won't dwell on it, but the whole "you'd have embarrassed yourself" is making me seriously cringe.

I suggest you not dwell on that experience.

When and if the "right" woman comes along, you will know it.

[Lantanafrs2]

Originally Posted by spike021

Probably not the place to rant about this but I'm frustrated.

My older sister loves to do this volunteer work trips/long stays in India/Nepal where she helps at orphanages and stuff.

We've always had a strained relationship because she bullied me when we were children.

The past 10 years or so we've tried at points to work on the sibling relationship but it's frustrating because a majority of the time she only talks to me when she needs something, like computer type help or money help.

Then she frequently gives me a guilt trip that I don't bother replying to her messages or calling her and how I talk to our parents and our brother a lot more so I can't use "I don't like talking on the phone" as an excuse.

So today she calls again, makes a big deal of that, mentions how she's planning to move to Nepal again (she is currently in the US) and I haven't talked to her about it, the usual spiel. "Are we ever going to have a sibling relationship at this point?" etc.

Then after 10 mins of this back and forth, she asks me if I'll consider supporting her monthly living costs, because she's going to rely on monetary support from people in the US (she usually does this when she goes there). Lemme just say the raising money for support thing isn't such an issue, she does usually do good work there with children and other people.

But she asks me, I say I'm not sure, maybe in a year or so when I know how the current volunteer work has been going. Then she mentions how I haven't supported her before, and I say no, last time I gave you $300 by commissioning a painting (one of the things she does is painting by commission to support her work, another thing I don't mind) of my BRZ. (which by the way was a cool painting!)

And she starts saying I'm getting pissed off about this for no reason when all I did was say that I had in fact supported her in the past by doing that. Then she basically hung up on me lol.

I'm like, you literally made this phone convo how our relationship isn't good and part of it is you always ask favors of me, and then 3/4 into the convo you again ask me if I'll be giving you money and what can you do to get more money from me.

I don't hate her but I feel like her efforts are always super half-assed and a lot of the time she expects favors and 2x as much efforts from me to make it work.

And of course my parents also guilt-trip me about it (you won't always have us and someday it'll just be you, her, and your brother, etc.).

Charity starts at home. If the orphanage in Nepal needs people bad enough they can provide food and a roof. I wouldn't guilt trip on it.