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Keldory
Profile Joined December 2010
United States65 Posts
June 16 2011 16:55 GMT
#61
5/5 DJ <3

See you on battlenet tonight homie
"LAMO"
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
June 16 2011 17:04 GMT
#62
On June 17 2011 01:55 Keldory wrote:
5/5 DJ <3

See you on battlenet tonight homie

Hey Dory, good to see you post on TL =)
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Darathor
Profile Joined February 2011
United States327 Posts
June 16 2011 18:12 GMT
#63
My name's Stephen O.O. However, something like this hasn't happened to me. It's really easy to get blinded by "love" to where you don't realize what's really happening. I just hope there aren't any other Stevens/Stephens out there tarnishing our good name.
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-16 18:20:02
June 16 2011 18:18 GMT
#64
On June 17 2011 03:12 Darathor wrote:
My name's Stephen O.O. However, something like this hasn't happened to me. It's really easy to get blinded by "love" to where you don't realize what's really happening. I just hope there aren't any other Stevens/Stephens out there tarnishing our good name.

Well there's always this asshole

[image loading]

Different kind of tarnishing though.
Edit: Since TL is international: that's Stephen Harper, prime minister of Canada.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
June 16 2011 21:08 GMT
#65
On June 16 2011 08:48 Ulfsark wrote:
This happened to one of my friends with skateboarding as well. and a few with gaming. I is s a very sad thing.

Damn skateboards... we lose more friends that way.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
asianskill
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States289 Posts
June 16 2011 22:14 GMT
#66
damn girls and their candy
herrro
Kingsp4de20
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States716 Posts
June 16 2011 23:17 GMT
#67
Never take candy with strangers, it probably has herpies.
Funnytoss
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Taiwan1471 Posts
June 17 2011 00:07 GMT
#68
In my opinion, the root of the issue here really isn't the girl, it's the guy, who appears to be deriving his sense of self-worth and/or feeling of excitement from being with a girl. It could be anything, and it happened to be a girl in this case - so long as your sense of affirmation comes primarily from the external, you're bound to be disappointed.
AIV_Funnytoss and sGs.Funnytoss on iCCup
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
June 17 2011 15:29 GMT
#69
On June 17 2011 09:07 Funnytoss wrote:
In my opinion, the root of the issue here really isn't the girl, it's the guy, who appears to be deriving his sense of self-worth and/or feeling of excitement from being with a girl. It could be anything, and it happened to be a girl in this case - so long as your sense of affirmation comes primarily from the external, you're bound to be disappointed.

Of course whoever gets caught in the bad relationship is the root of the problem, but at the same time, the other person isn't that great
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
June 19 2011 11:22 GMT
#70
Good read!
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
June 19 2011 12:52 GMT
#71
On June 15 2011 11:57 Thereisnosaurus wrote:
Show nested quote +
Doesn't the "Steven syndrome" happens to 100% of the men after they have sex for the first time ? I mean my first girl wasn't a bitch like the one in Steven story, but had she been one I'm pretty sure that I would have been a Steven, it would've take some time for me to break up. You need some life experience to not be a Steven I think.


Funnily enough, one of the side effects of being a super nice guy is that though I don't get much 'candy' () that little I do get is generally relaxed without much expectation.The girls I know are all awesome, chill and smart. I think this syndrome you're talking about is symptomatic not of genuinely nice guys, but of guys who are kind of desperate, and notnice enough to be able to keep themselves independent.

since I've always been able to make my decisions objectively and shrug off peer pressure or the feminine version of that, I've never had a problem. Girls who want to use me don't get anywhere, or at least they only get what I'm happy to give them, and that means I can maintain relationships along with the rest of my life fairly comfortably.

So I don't think every guy is bound to fall into a servile heap the first time a girl rubs up against him. in a sense it is those most inclined to try and manipulate the situation who are most vulnerable to being manipulated themselves.

I'm glad you wrote this, I was going to write the exact same thing but didn't know how to phrase it. Cheers

I think Steven Syndrome (awesome name, going to use it) affects mostly guys with little to no experience and gets their first girlfriend kinda "late". I know four guys that got their first girlfriends when they were 19-20, it's been like 2 years now and they are still with their first girlfriends even though they get treated badly by them. Only one of them have managed to break free.
henbobble
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
England51 Posts
June 19 2011 15:45 GMT
#72
One of my friends has something that reminds me of this, but in this case she rejected him but he has done what is described i.e. changed everything about himself (sense of humor, music taste, hobbies) to try and get with her.

Its so bad to watch because he has isolated himself from the group in order to try and get with her and she constantly uses excuses to try and deter him but he just wont listen
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
June 20 2011 15:05 GMT
#73
On June 20 2011 00:45 henbobble wrote:
One of my friends has something that reminds me of this, but in this case she rejected him but he has done what is described i.e. changed everything about himself (sense of humor, music taste, hobbies) to try and get with her.

Its so bad to watch because he has isolated himself from the group in order to try and get with her and she constantly uses excuses to try and deter him but he just wont listen

lol, he changed his music tastes... that's something O_O
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
henbobble
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
England51 Posts
June 20 2011 16:14 GMT
#74
Ye :/ he used to be into metal etc but now he listens to Taylor Swift to try and impress her o.O
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
June 20 2011 17:27 GMT
#75
On June 21 2011 01:14 henbobble wrote:
Ye :/ he used to be into metal etc but now he listens to Taylor Swift to try and impress her o.O

How's that even possible

I would die if I listened to that garbage...
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
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