Confessions

[YCobb]

The only thing I dislike about my present relationship is that I can't be flirtatious on tumblr.

It's a hard life.

[AngelicSongx]

Cosmo Tip #69: To flirt on Tumblr, get a picture of a cake, write in comic sans "UR HOT" on it and submit it to them.

[DoNotDelete]

I don't think I explained myself very well. Let's put it this way: Is it possible to be completely selfless all the time? No. Should you let people take advantage of you to show your generosity? Absolutely not! But should you try to be as understanding and selfless as you can to friends you genuinely care about? I think yes.

I struggle with friendship a lot.

I think all I want from a friend is someone I can talk to and be able to trust them not to steal from me or otherwise hurt me. Whenever someone wants something from me other than just a conversation I start to see holes forming in what I thought was - or could have been - a friendship.

For example: I would never ask a 'friend' for help financially - I really don't believe that is something that true friends do to one another. I personally would never want to become a burden on someone that I would consider to be a friend - so obviously I don't want to be around people that would ask 'favours' of me.

A friend is someone you should feel comfortable around - not somebody who puts you on the spot or tries your patience by asking for help all the time.

Even from just a conversational standpoint though, friends cost a lot of time - and time is not a commodity I have a lot of.

[TheStranger]

Im perfectly willing to help out a friend, but Id also expect equivalent help down the line should I need it, and I probably will.

[Tatzel]

For example: I would never ask a 'friend' for help financially - I really don't believe that is something that true friends do to one another. I personally would never want to become a burden on someone that I would consider to be a friend - so obviously I don't want to be around people that would ask 'favours' of me.

Just a curiosity question, but what if you were great friends with someone for a very long time, and one of you would have some financial trouble - would you still find it a no-go to ask for some help in that situation?
Something like "My house burned down, my car stolen, fired from my job, my wife left me and took the kids with her - can you give me some cheddar so I can sleep in a hotel for tonight?" Of course that's exaggarated, but yeah, I think you get what I mean.

[DoNotDelete]

If they had been my friend for a long time I would probably help them out - I am generally wary of handing people cheddar though - just in case they're going to use it to fuel an alcohol, drugs or gambling habit.

If I trusted the person in that situation I would rather they slept on my couch for the night.

Of course it's all situational - if there was any hint of the alcohol, drugs or gambling scenario I'm not sure what I would do - in that instance the person has put me in an uncomfortable situation and they wouldn't be a friend to me anymore.

I'd possibly try and help them get help for their addiction but the trust would be gone.

[Cynical Slob]

I'd personally put myself in the care of my parents and then into the armed forces before I ever filed for bankruptcy. I was lucky (in a sense) to have had large amounts of cheddar from my dad and his dad dying, so the prospect of ever losing that much cheddar is quite serious. If a friend was in need of cash, though, I would only ever dip into my immediate reserves, and it would also depend on the amount they needed. <100 dollars is pretty much a non-issue. Anything more requires some serious convincing. If I know (and I mean I absolutely know) that I'm this person's last vestige for support, then I simply cannot look at the manner in a stonehearted manner. This is all hypothetically, speaking of course, I've never been so close to someone that they would expect support from me. It's humiliating.

[Valbrandur]

Since moving into this town, my feelings towards children have grown into utter despisal. One case had two of them barge into my uncle's home and take ice cream without permission, they bother us again and again to visit the dogs, they often bother the dogs outside although not to the point where we need to intervene and just earlier some kids took decoration from my uncle's yard and took it apart.

I do not want them within a bloody kilometre of our house but that's not possible, unfortunately.

[Tatzel]

I realized that the only reason why I'm disappointed that I didn't get a scholarship (yet?) is actually because I have to keep looking for jobs, and I couldn't just be lazy and knew I was going to get a particular one and then sit on my booty.

I just want to enjoy my days and play vidya all the time and neglect people is that so much to ask for

[Barabba]

In Spanish 3, my teacher gave me the assignment to write a story about a love triangle, so I put the script of "Rashomon" into Google Translate and turned that in.

[Shad]

That is really dumb.

[Barabba]

That's not how I choose to remember it.

[Riku]

And your grade was

[Barabba]

I don't remember. I think it was passing, though.

[DoNotDelete]

I bought a My Little Pony T-Shirt featuring Princess Celestia a couple of weeks ago (it is a men's version):



I actually found the nerve to wear it outside the house yesterday - and even did some shopping in a busy supermarket wearing it.

I doubt anyone really noticed/cared that much, but it felt good to wear something that really reflects my interests out in public; It may sound silly but wearing that shirt out in public boosted my self-confidence a little (actually it boosted my self-confidence a lot).

I might start wearing shirts that feature imagery/characters like this more often.

I like the irony of being a fairly well-built guy with a crew cut and five-o-clock shadow wearing T-Shirts featuring characters from little girl's cartoons; I think that's the way I want to portray myself - challenging/subverting the stereotype.