DW Community Catch-up Thread
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@ktfran you’re from the midwest right? I love going to Boston too because it’s so different from here lol.
And yeah the gun thing, I was pretty much in the minority of my family NOT owning one. So now I have one and I target shoot with my cousins and my dad but I don’t hunt and it’s kept locked in my home unloaded until I can take some more safety classes. It shuts my family up and I didn’t have to buy it (christmas present.)
@kmtthat sorry to hear that! Hopefully he calms down a bit. And I hope you have fun in Peru!
@nookie have a blast in Austria! My cousin proposed to his wife there. It looks like such a beautiful country!
Austria? Peru? Ahhh I’m so jealous. I have 148 days until I leave for Iceland. I need to do a horseback riding refresher some time before then.
I guess it’s a Southern thing? My parents live in a really small town that’s not great…as in, people have been gunned down in our town square. Plus there’s coyotes and packs of dogs that attack pets and livestock and other animals that can carry rabies. My mom used to never carry a gun off duty, but she started to after a dog charged at me one day. But I mean…I don’t have rabid animals and stuff right outside. Well there is an uptick in violent crime in my city, but I don’t think having a gun would help me.
@Nookie yeah… I’m not actually sad (or surprised) that that particular ex is dead. I mean, it’s definitely tragic. He was really angry and self-destructive. He was also abusive, and there was one night that he would have actually murdered me if he hadn’t passed out before I got home (he did still kick me into a wall the next morning. That was fun).
What a weird thing for your ex to do. “Hey, haven’t talked in awhile. Just so you know, all that stuff you believed was definitely not true. Anyway. Good catching up!”
I think Boston is a great place to visit. Look us up if you come!
Sorry to hear that kmtthat. It has definitely been a quick relationship, so if I were you, I would definitely keep my eye on things to ensure YOU don’t get hurt. Coming off the heels of your last relationship and how it ended, it could be really tough on you – but of course you know yourself better than I do, so go with your gut.
@Kare, I am jealous of your Iceland trip! I’ve held off going there, I’ve heard it’s best to drive and neither myself or the boyfriend can do that. It’s going to be amazing, like a foreign planet I reckon!
Oh man @Stonegypsy, I’m so sorry that you went through that. I’ve got one ex from my youth that was a bit like that… He was really troubled, I really hope he sorted himself out. Yeah, it was weird about the French guy – like, why tell me this after all this time? I was also coming off a bit of an all-nighter so it was even more confusing to my addled brain 🙂
Thanks @Veritek, I hope it’ll be lovely despite the weather!
I’m not driving when I visit. I’m an awful driver in the best conditions. But all of my excursions pick me up from my hotel.
I texted my FWB today and was talking about chocolate. I’m a chocolate fiend. So he brought me some chocolate since he was coming downtown to do errands. He’s so nice.
@Lianne Yeah that’s about where I am. I’m actually glad for the two week break when I’m in Peru to just kind of take a step back and see how I feel about things. It’s been really great but super intense (not in that we are talking about the future or are seeing each other all the time…but just, it’s weird to meet someone you get along with so well and so easily).
I only talk to one of my exes and I’ve had really messy breakups (with several cheating on me or not being over me when it ended) so I actually am only friends with one ex and friendly with one ex FWB. I mean it’s easier for me to move on emotional when I cut someone out especially if things got toxic, but I still feel like I suck at relationships when it seems like a lot of people are friends with many/most of their exes. Thank god for therapy?
Also if anyone goes to San Diego let me know, I’m from there and can recommend a bunch of things!
Oh I’m not friends with any of them @kmtthat!! Only that I’d be friendly to them 🙂 Have a fantastic time in Peru!!
Peru, Iceland, Austria… Everyone have super fun trips!!!!!
Kmen, I agree with Lianne. Trust your gut and take care! That would make me nervous too. I had something similar happen once…. all you can really do is be honest. We ended up dating for another couple of years (and engaged). Good luck! This Peru trip is coming at a great time.
Boston is so rich with history and I like all that stuff, so that’s kind of why I want to visit. I’m going to be a big nerd and do all the sites of there and the surrounding areas.
I decided that a solo trip to Iceland was a bucket list thing for me…I told my be stir and now we are going together! Hopefully 2017 we will be going to Glasgow with an Iceland stopover.
Get this…I had a date! I went against my nature and contacted this guy on POF because his profile made me laugh. We had a week of probably way too much texting and met for a drink on Sunday night. We ended up closing out the pub and then making out like teenagers in the parking lot. Very fun,especially considering that we are both in our mid 40s.
everyone has such fun things going on! i’m trying to make summer travel plans and i’m getting a bit stressed about fitting everything in.
on saturday, a coworker of mine had a wedding celebration (he got married in the states but still wanted a reception-type party here). it was at an absolutely gorgeous restaurant with a killer view of all the bridges on the river. firefighter came with me and we had a lot of fun. and then last night we went to see an opera in the same theater where mozart premiered it in 1787. it was really fun to get dressed up, drink champagne and listen to some classy music!
tomorrow i have a random break from work for a good portion of the afternoon so i think we’ll go paddle boating on the river or have a picnic in a park or something.
