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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 2369973" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>Hmmm.... dated a nice lady for a short while. We actually were introduced over Facebook and text by a common friend who thought we both needed someone nice to hang out with. We actually talked for several months and got to know each other fairly well over text and the odd phone call, as I was in the long drawn-out process of moving away from a bad on-again/off-again relationship. I had told her I was giving this other relationship time to wear itself out. She mentioned a number of times that I should "give her a chance" because it was obvious the other lady didn't care about me (which indeed did turn out to ultimately be true).</p><p></p><p>So anyways, finally gave it up and gave this new girl a shot. She was fun, smart, funny, compassionate, caring and considerate. We had a great time together and things were going well for a few weeks. Occasionally, I would get a very strange vibe over the phone late at night and she would seem very... I dunno... quick to jump to the wrong conclusions. This was often over text, and I wrote it off to that, but even on the phone sometimes would really get the wrong idea about things. We lived a couple hours apart, so we only saw each other mainly on the weekends, I suppose.</p><p></p><p>One weekend she was staying over and we had a few drinks and while I was in the shower, I came out to her angrily packing up her things and getting ready to leave... this is like 2 in the morning. Turns out, she had heard my phone go off and decided to check my messages (*WARNING*). She noticed I had had a conversation with a female friend earlier in the day and signed off by calling her "babe", as in, "Ok, goodnight babe," or something similar. That was enough to set her off. </p><p></p><p>She went home the next morning after she sobered up and things seemed ok, but two days later, I had my son (7) my best friend and his wife and their son (6) out in the pasture teaching the boys to shoot. She kept wanting to text me and was growing more and more frustrated when I told her I couldn't really talk, as I was trying to deal with guns and children. Eventually she called and I answered (mistake), and she started nagging me about trying to converse over text about "serious stuff" when I said, "I really can't talk about it, I am trying to teach these boys how to shoot, and I need to pay close attention." She immediately started going off on a rant, so I simply hung up the phone. When it started ringing again 5 seconds later, I powered it down.</p><p></p><p>Couple hours later, when we're all finished shooting, we gather everything up and when I get back to the house, have everyone else packed off home and my boy getting ready for bed, I decide to turn my phone back on and immediately download something like 17 texts and 5 voicemails. I didn't even listen to them.... just deleted. Stopped returning messages or calls for a couple of months. She got the hint.</p><p></p><p>Turns out now, I think she has a drinking problem and gets loopy at night when she's drinking. I know I drink a lot, but I get mellow and relaxed, I don't cause problems. This girl... she got paranoid and possessive and insecure and antagonistic when she drank. </p><p></p><p>So... we're distant friends now, talk via text evey couple of months - "How ya doin? Hope things are well. Have a great weekend." That kinda thing.</p><p></p><p>I think I dodged a bullet. I've never before been that cold or callous with a woman when breaking it off, but damn, for a woman to try to go off on me when I have children I'm trying to teach about gun safety... she knows how much of a stickler I am about that stuff, and how important it is, too. I decided that was the biggest warning sign of all.</p><p></p><p></p><p><sigh> Long story, prolly a bit anticlimactic. Not near as good as some of those others up above. But... anyways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 2369973, member: 9374"] Hmmm.... dated a nice lady for a short while. We actually were introduced over Facebook and text by a common friend who thought we both needed someone nice to hang out with. We actually talked for several months and got to know each other fairly well over text and the odd phone call, as I was in the long drawn-out process of moving away from a bad on-again/off-again relationship. I had told her I was giving this other relationship time to wear itself out. She mentioned a number of times that I should "give her a chance" because it was obvious the other lady didn't care about me (which indeed did turn out to ultimately be true). So anyways, finally gave it up and gave this new girl a shot. She was fun, smart, funny, compassionate, caring and considerate. We had a great time together and things were going well for a few weeks. Occasionally, I would get a very strange vibe over the phone late at night and she would seem very... I dunno... quick to jump to the wrong conclusions. This was often over text, and I wrote it off to that, but even on the phone sometimes would really get the wrong idea about things. We lived a couple hours apart, so we only saw each other mainly on the weekends, I suppose. One weekend she was staying over and we had a few drinks and while I was in the shower, I came out to her angrily packing up her things and getting ready to leave... this is like 2 in the morning. Turns out, she had heard my phone go off and decided to check my messages (*WARNING*). She noticed I had had a conversation with a female friend earlier in the day and signed off by calling her "babe", as in, "Ok, goodnight babe," or something similar. That was enough to set her off. She went home the next morning after she sobered up and things seemed ok, but two days later, I had my son (7) my best friend and his wife and their son (6) out in the pasture teaching the boys to shoot. She kept wanting to text me and was growing more and more frustrated when I told her I couldn't really talk, as I was trying to deal with guns and children. Eventually she called and I answered (mistake), and she started nagging me about trying to converse over text about "serious stuff" when I said, "I really can't talk about it, I am trying to teach these boys how to shoot, and I need to pay close attention." She immediately started going off on a rant, so I simply hung up the phone. When it started ringing again 5 seconds later, I powered it down. Couple hours later, when we're all finished shooting, we gather everything up and when I get back to the house, have everyone else packed off home and my boy getting ready for bed, I decide to turn my phone back on and immediately download something like 17 texts and 5 voicemails. I didn't even listen to them.... just deleted. Stopped returning messages or calls for a couple of months. She got the hint. Turns out now, I think she has a drinking problem and gets loopy at night when she's drinking. I know I drink a lot, but I get mellow and relaxed, I don't cause problems. This girl... she got paranoid and possessive and insecure and antagonistic when she drank. So... we're distant friends now, talk via text evey couple of months - "How ya doin? Hope things are well. Have a great weekend." That kinda thing. I think I dodged a bullet. I've never before been that cold or callous with a woman when breaking it off, but damn, for a woman to try to go off on me when I have children I'm trying to teach about gun safety... she knows how much of a stickler I am about that stuff, and how important it is, too. I decided that was the biggest warning sign of all. <sigh> Long story, prolly a bit anticlimactic. Not near as good as some of those others up above. But... anyways. [/QUOTE]
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