No. 16
Footballguy
Glad someone gets what I was doing. I appreciate LongDuckDong's response and I am certainly synthesizing what he said, but I feel I have to clarify my thoughts on some of his points.Pffft... A bunch of tripe if you ask me.'Bucky86 said:Greatest post in the thread.'LongDuckDong said:I'm now really done.![]()
Tells 16 he shouldn't be judging people (when he wasn't, he was merely observing) and then proceeds to judge 16 himself. And he's WAY off base on his judgments/assumptions about 16.
Then he even has the nerve to insinuate that 16 should in someway be open to getting back w/ his ex?!? HUH?!?
Honestly, I think this is when, to use a wrestling term, you went from face to heel. Are these your friends? I will tell you that any "friend" I had who was happy to attend events with me because he'd look good standing next to me wouldn't be a friend thereafter. But I guess I'll leave my personal feelings out of it as much as I can and say that this statement reeks of a lack of self confidence in ways you have flirted with to this point but never reached.Before, we got to the car anticipating the midday California sun, I put on my tortoise Carrera sunglasses and Rusty, John, our friend AJ, and myself loaded into the car on our way to the wedding. There's no feeling like feeling like the best looking guy in a group. Rusty was a good looking guy, but his suit was ill fitting. John talked as if he knew how to dress his fat pudgy body, but in a suit he still looked fat and pudgy. AJ had the style down, but he didn't have the smoothness and confidence to pull it off without looking like he was trying too hard. They're my friends, I don't mean to put them down... but when she sees me next to these guys it would be hard not to look good.
I pray you read this a year from now and say "who the hell was that guy", because I can't even fathom this mindset. The girl you're still in love with will be happy to see you because you're attending it with people who aren't as good looking as you? What?
1) About my friend's appearance - I'm not friends with them only because they would make me look good. I've been friends with them since HS so that's so far from the truth. It just so happened that day, whether it was true or not, but to my observations, I looked the best and that's because I spent a godawful amount of time, energy, and attention to looking great because of the circumstances. Rusty is a good looking guy and has no problems getting ladies, even in his ill fitting suit he'd be able to get more chicks than me based on physical appearance. John irked me a bit because he was giving us "style" tips when we were changing, but when he put on his suit he looked the worst (fact). AJ was AJ. He was on point with his style, but it still just seemed a bit "off". He was one of the awkward ones in HS. I'm sure everyone knows what I mean. The point of that whole passage was just to show, yes.... I did think of every damn thing possible to make sure I looked good.
Who thinks this? You're at a wedding and judging someone(who by the way you would have run up to that altar with and married as a supplement to the wedding) because the people they're talking to aren't partying as hard as you are? Christ almighty. 2) Like bones said... this wasn't a judgement, it was an observation. I was writing a narrative and just thought those were two good visuals of the different dynamics of the groups. People have fun in both environments. Hell, I'd actually prefer hanging out in the backyard grill with my friends over a club any day of the week. With that said, everyone has a mental image associated with those two settings and I think it described what was going on perfectly. If was conveyed as a judgement, then that's my fault and I need to choose my words more carefully.After about 30 minutes, I finally notice that coral dress at the cocktail hour sitting on a bench. She is sipping on champagne as well, but is in a smaller group with her old college friends, 3 of them to be exact. They look like they're enjoying themselves like friends would by the backyard grill, but it's no where near the level of the group that I am in, partying like we're at club.
Everything else you said, there's probably some truth to it or a thought that did cross my mind at one point. Not saying you are 100% correct, but I appreciate the advice.
Also for people remarking on the sudden change it writing style... I figured I'd give it a try. I like writing and honestly, I found the wedding evening to be pretty uneventful actually experiencing it. If my writing made it seem more dramatic... well then I accomplished what I set out to do. Tell the boring truth in as interesting way as possible.
I simply could have written.
I saw my ex at the wedding. She looked great. We had a bunch of awkward exchanges and she was actually annoying at one point, trying hard to get my attention. She even #### blocked me by getting a girl I was working on passed out drunk during dinner. So I danced the night away, tried hitting on the maid of honor (which failed), so I went back to dancing and just having a good time without trying to sex anyone.
Where this thread goes from here... I don't know.
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However, it doesn't sound like he would have had to resort to that. I think she would have been willing. And he should have done it, taken pics, post:e:d them and really been done with her.

That is so ####### hypocritical. Only do the illegal drugs I approve of....

