Posted October 31, 2015

Stilton
Darling I'm home
Registered: Mar 2012
From United Kingdom

AgentBirdnest
Ja'crispy
Registered: Jan 2011
From United States
Posted October 31, 2015

I had a relative who tried that. It didn't work on me. They thought church school was the answer. I had four relatives go that route, and how did they end up? Drug addiction, unwanted pregnancies, abortions, criminal records, near death experiences from alcohol overdose. -laughs-
As for the wedding thing, you're not missing much. When you're a spectator, it's boring. When you're directly involved in it, you just wish all the buildup and stress and ritual would be over with already. Either way, you can have more fun doing something else.
There were quite a lot of unintended pregnancies among my friends. The only sex education that most of us ever had was "don't do it until you are married"... so when they inevitably did it, they didn't know how to do it safely, and... well... poor new parents :-\
No doubt I'd be bored out of my mind at a wedding. Still, I'd have loved to be there for some of the biggest events of my siblings' lives. Tant pis...

CarrionCrow
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Registered: May 2011
From United States
Posted October 31, 2015

A small costumed child just came to my door asking for chocolate and goodies. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice ale, sthfsthfsthfsthfsthfsth
You've got to get into the swing of things, haven't you...
From there, it's all working out how to clean the organs out of the abdominal cavity, filling it with candy, painting the face up so it looks more pinata and less fresh corpse, then hanging it in the front yard. >=)

Stilton
Darling I'm home
Registered: Mar 2012
From United Kingdom
Posted October 31, 2015

A small costumed child just came to my door asking for chocolate and goodies. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice ale, sthfsthfsthfsthfsthfsth
You've got to get into the swing of things, haven't you...

From there, it's all working out how to clean the organs out of the abdominal cavity, filling it with candy, painting the face up so it looks more pinata and less fresh corpse, then hanging it in the front yard. >=)

CarrionCrow
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Registered: May 2011
From United States
Posted October 31, 2015

There were quite a lot of unintended pregnancies among my friends. The only sex education that most of us ever had was "don't do it until you are married"... so when they inevitably did it, they didn't know how to do it safely, and... well... poor new parents :-\
No doubt I'd be bored out of my mind at a wedding. Still, I'd have loved to be there for some of the biggest events of my siblings' lives. Tant pis...
Don't beat yourself up too much. If the most important day of their lives was the need to make a public display out of their relationship, they peaked early, silly and pointlessly. You were still better off missing it.
-laughs- No, I haven't. People don't trick or treat this far out. ;)
Post edited October 31, 2015 by CarrionCrow

akhliber
closet ballerina
Registered: Jul 2012
From United States
Posted October 31, 2015
Thanks super, Stilton, and Crow for the advice! I think so long as I remember all my game saves, I'll be fine. I've got an external with all my pics/comics/ebooks/vids and such backed up (and ought to have a second backup, in fact) but was convinced I'd forget something other than game saves that wouldn't be in an obvious directory. I think games I've modded to hell will be the only real headache, but then again, I'll have fun getting it all back up and working again, and if it means I have something to do when I'm sleepless late nights anyway, all the better. ;)
I'm mostly excited about getting a new system, but still a bit stressed about this one deciding to kick the can so suddenly... yeesh.
Play session with the pup, then some lunch.
I'm mostly excited about getting a new system, but still a bit stressed about this one deciding to kick the can so suddenly... yeesh.
Play session with the pup, then some lunch.

AgentBirdnest
Ja'crispy
Registered: Jan 2011
From United States
Posted October 31, 2015

Don't beat yourself up too much. If the most important day of their lives was the need to make a public display out of their relationship, they peaked early, silly and pointlessly. You were still better off missing it.
Both good points :-)

CarrionCrow
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Registered: May 2011
From United States

superstande
amigaaa
Registered: Jan 2012
From Finland

Stilton
Darling I'm home
Registered: Mar 2012
From United Kingdom

AgentBirdnest
Ja'crispy
Registered: Jan 2011
From United States
Posted October 31, 2015

"Don't have sex, the lord is watching! Wait until marriage!"
"Ya know...someone watching sounds kinda hot...let's do it!"
That whole "God/Lord/Jesus/etc. is watching" line was pretty effective on me. I think most of my friends were able to forget or ignore that, but that was always in my head. I kinda figured it was worse for people with OCD. (Of course, there is no way to know how everyone else felt though.)

CarrionCrow
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Registered: May 2011
From United States

pimpmonkey2382.313
You are obsolete. Delete!
Registered: Jan 2011
From United States
Posted October 31, 2015

akhliber
closet ballerina
Registered: Jul 2012
From United States
Posted October 31, 2015


I'm fine with anyone believing whatever they want, if they are accepting of others... but I find that is not often the case here. Every friend I've ever had is a Mormon, which makes me a bit of an outcast at times. They say they are accepting, but at the same time they try to convert (or re-convert) me. I know there are quite a few topics that I can't talk about with them, because while they say they don't judge people, I think they really do.
Damn, I haven't even been to a single friend's (or even sibling's) wedding, because I can't enter the temple if I'm not a practicing and worthy Mormon :-\ Now that I think of it... I've never been to a wedding in my entire life ô__ô
Well... I'm rambling :-p
Never been to a wedding? I'd say you're missing a lot, but I'm quite honestly not fond of them. Too stressful, and usually too formal. ;)

Stilton
Darling I'm home
Registered: Mar 2012
From United Kingdom
Posted October 31, 2015
4:15 in the afternoon here....and the light....is beginning to fade.....
Is that distant laughter I hear?
Or screaming.....
Is that distant laughter I hear?
Or screaming.....
Post edited October 31, 2015 by Stilton