So Cool, Man

[Mr. Teatime]

Yes, seriously.

Well then I take it from these smiley faces that I should be saying congratulations! So, uh, congratulations!

Apologies for the hesitance: I'm almost 21, and my girlfriend just turned 28 (hooray for older women?) and while we've discussed it before, neither of us feel even remotely ready to have kids yet. So, I wish you the best of luck, my friend!

[Sonic Redfield]

I feel like I've ranted about this before...but NEVER take a Theater History class.

Seriously, Theater History is awful. The material isn't particularly difficult, but the people in the class are so annoying. After our midterm, I guess most of the class were disappointed in their scores, because they chose to take the whole class period to whine about not getting a proper study guide for the exam.

The teacher isn't obligated to give you a study guide in any class. This is college, teachers aren't going to hold your hand anymore. If you don't like the grade you got, study harder for the next test or get a tutor.

The weird thing about the class is very few people in the class are art snobs who find some kind of "deeper meaning" and subtext in absolutely everything they've ever read or seen, and most of them are theater majors. They're more focused on pointing out why a play is NOT good and how much they hate the people who wrote the plays. Criticism is by no means a bad thing, but they don't like anything! It's like being in a high school class and EVERYONE is the "This is stupid, we'll never need this in real life" person. I knew quite a few people like that in high school, especially in math classes...good BAD times.
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tl;dr version: Don't take any Theater History classes ever.

[Goombazoid]

I agree with everything this man says.


Congratulations, man. Both on the new kid and on your willingness to wait until the age of 19.

Haha, thanks. 

Well then I take it from these smiley faces that I should be saying congratulations! So, uh, congratulations!

Thanks, I don't know how ready I am for this, but it's happening now and I'm with the girl I love so I will do whatever it takes.

[potthole]

Six. Six months. I'd say six isn't new (but yes, two definitely is )

Sorry, not sure where I was getting two from.  That changes things a little bit, but just due to the lack of actual face-to-face time you've gotten to spend, I feel like the 'new' portion of your relationship is sort of extended a bit from most others.

I've thought about this. But it's like... where does dependent end and true love begin? If this were to end, it would be bad. There's no escaping that fact when you truly love the other person. But embracing the relationship and wanting to take it to new, better levels shouldn't constitute a dependency.

That is a difficult line to determine indeed.  I think what flew flags up for me was your remark that she cries because she misses you so much.  Like I mentioned, I had a relationship where we were too dependent.  It was a long distance thing (we were six hours apart), we didn't see each other that often, and a lot of the things you've shared just seem soooooo similar.

In the end, it's important that you do what you feel is right.  My motivation in sharing my thoughts is that I know how badly I got burnt, and I hate whenever I see somebody else have a similar thing happen to them.  Not to say that's what you are destined for.  On the contrary, I hope that things do work for you, and that you do find life-long happiness.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

Wow, uh, I never expected Goomba to beat potthole in having kids! Or bethskye, for that matter.

Make sure to give him/her an appropriate forum name. Like Goomba Jr. Or Goombaby (which totally sounds like a new type of Goomba).

In other news, can't wait for tomorrow! Gonna see Iron Man 2 and MAYBE Kick-Ass. Oh, and I'm planning on watching the first Iron Man again tonight or tomorrow before seeing 2.

[Alexisonfire]

I don't know if it's my location or if it's our generation or what, but I don't see goomba's position as that unusual or shocking. I mean, I'd say about 1 in every 10 people I graduated with in high school are either married, have kids, and/or are pregnant or are going out with someone who is.

[Mr. Teatime]

Wow, uh, I never expected Goomba to beat potthole in having kids! Or bethskye, for that matter.

I'm pretty sure Bethskye has a kid.

[Bonkava!]

I'm pretty sure Bethskye has a kid.

I thought she did too but the fact that anakin said she didn't made me think miscarriage and then I didn't want to bring it up.

[Goombazoid]

Make sure to give him/her an appropriate forum name. Like Goomba Jr. Or Goombaby (which totally sounds like a new type of Goomba).

I'd register her an account on the forum but I know it would get lost with the spambots

[potthole]

I'd register her an account on the forum but I know it would get lost with the spambots

Dude, I haven't even looked at the pending accounts in months.  There are currently 9960 in que, and I'd wager all of them are spam.

Hope all goes well with the baby. 

[Steven W.]

So I've gotten into making casual-looking ties on Zazzle. They're all available in my Store

[potthole]

This afternoon I was going through the last couple days' worth of mail.  I had a small pile of junkmail that I was about to toss into the "to shred" box, and I decided to take one last look at the letters.  Sure am glad I did, because I noticed something that had the Arbitron logo on it.  I opened the envelope, pulled out the letter, and inside was $2.  There was a survey, and a note that upon completion I'd get $5 more.  Sweeeeet.