Instant Gratification Romance ( Archived) (27)

Oct 12, 2006 6:10 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Abracadabra
AbracadabraAbracadabraHeaven, Pennsylvania USA69 Threads 3,302 Posts
I am currently living in a situation that is totally uninviting to a potential partner. I am pretty much unable to leave my home for any extended periods of time right now, and the place is a complete mess. I'm not talking about a simple clean-up here, I'm talking more like what you'd see if you wanted into an old storage shed at a factory that has been closed for several years. We're talking a major remodeling event needed here, not just a superficial clean up.

So what's the scoop? Should I just fact the fact that I'm not in a position to ask a woman to come into my life right now? And wait until next summer after I "clean up my act"? Or should I go ahead and ask a woman to come into my life "as is" knowing that I have a heart of gold waiting for her which is more important than the superficial stuff?

I mean, in my mind, I'm sure it will all be romantic for her in the long haul. In fact, when she looks back on the "early days" she's probably say those were the most romantic of all moments anyway. Yet, it does seem hard to get a woman to actually take the plunge. It's like they expect that "finished project" first so-to-speak.

Whadda think? Do you think there are many women who would take a chance starting out with a man who's basically at an all-time low in his life?
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Oct 12, 2006 6:18 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
TabooN
TabooNTabooNClaremont, USA47 Threads 12,843 Posts
hey you.

what if you get tired, and put it off again...? then, illness, or storm damage...?

anyone worth your heart will take you as you are, not your stuff to clean up.

=o)
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Oct 12, 2006 6:20 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Ocee35
Ocee35Ocee35Jackson, Michigan USA69 Threads 2 Polls 3,852 Posts
"Do you think there are many women who would take a chance starting out with a man who's basically at an all-time low in his life?"


I think there are some, everything is relative...

your all-time low may exceed another man's all time high.
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Oct 12, 2006 6:23 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Abracadabra
AbracadabraAbracadabraHeaven, Pennsylvania USA69 Threads 3,302 Posts
You have a very good point there!

I have a nasty habit of always comparing myself with unrealistic perfect ideals.
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Oct 12, 2006 6:28 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
arabella
arabellaarabellaNear Farmington, Maine USA98 Threads 1 Polls 6,199 Posts
I agree with Nene..

I mean, my house is an ongoing project too.

Today I went upstairs (needs renovation) and tried to figure out what to do next...

And in some ways tried to decide what would make this place sell-able in the long run, since two people do not need an eleven room house.

But I'm going to keep working on my place. Because meeting someone or dating or a relationshio has nothing to do with where I live or how I live.....

I like how I live.

Does that make sense?
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Oct 12, 2006 6:29 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
fireliter
fireliterfireliterAllen Park, Michigan USA502 Threads 14 Polls 5,902 Posts
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Oct 12, 2006 6:30 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Abracadabra
AbracadabraAbracadabraHeaven, Pennsylvania USA69 Threads 3,302 Posts
Face it.

You're in Jail! rolling on the floor laughing
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Oct 12, 2006 6:30 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
cajunfroggy
cajunfroggycajunfroggyWaco, USA145 Threads 7,332 Posts
hey magic man

heres the plan hire a maid



ask her to wear her uniform


then she can detail you after the house laugh
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Oct 12, 2006 6:31 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
TabooN
TabooNTabooNClaremont, USA47 Threads 12,843 Posts
makes sense to me, hon.

besides, tomorrow comes with another whole set of problems...maybe the all-time low isn't as low as we imagine at the time?
and, abra, never compare to ideals! oh fatal trap, that.
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Oct 12, 2006 6:32 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
I am embarrassed to bring invite someone to my home if there's so much as a spec of dust on the floor. I'm VERY self-critical when it comes to stuff like that. Which is why no one ever comes here. Cuz there's always specs of dust on my floor -- and then some.

But...I would say...think about it. Would YOU feel comfortable going to someone's home that was reminiscent of an old storage shed at a factory that had been closed for several years? I know I wouldn't be.

But...by the same token, if I was interested in someone, I'd volunteer to help them clean it up.
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Oct 12, 2006 6:34 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
An all time low could be changed to an all time high with the right woman. Having lows is the common denominator here. If you want to talk, flower me. I'll call. Paws
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Oct 12, 2006 6:35 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Abracadabra
AbracadabraAbracadabraHeaven, Pennsylvania USA69 Threads 3,302 Posts
Now that I think about it,…. I was feeling a bit depressed when I was with my last girlfriend. My mother had just died, and to be perfectly honest I wasn't exactly thrilled about my last girlfriend either.

Anyway, I kept apologizing to her for being lazy. She kept saying, "God! If you call what you do being lazy I can't imagine what you must be like when you ambitious!"

I had fabricated and installed all her window frames, painted the ceiling in two rooms of her house, fixed her car, and cleaned up her entire yard. And that was just while I was moping around at her place for a couple days.

Owl bet Arabella wouldn't mind me coming up and being lazy at her place for a while. Or Nene either.

Women always seem to like it when the hunk comes to repair their abodes. rolling on the floor laughing
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Oct 12, 2006 6:36 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
arabella
arabellaarabellaNear Farmington, Maine USA98 Threads 1 Polls 6,199 Posts
Hahahhaha, you stinker...

I like my "jail" and the next place that I buy will be further out in the woods, heated with wood and the place I will be buried!!!
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Oct 12, 2006 6:37 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Abracadabra
AbracadabraAbracadabraHeaven, Pennsylvania USA69 Threads 3,302 Posts
I don't want to talk to you leo!

All you want to talk about is Lorena Bobbit. rolling on the floor laughing

P.S. Are the photo shoots still coming alone?
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Oct 12, 2006 6:37 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
TabooN
TabooNTabooNClaremont, USA47 Threads 12,843 Posts
Well, being disabled, I cannot do things like before...and, I do not have help, yet.
but, it didn't stop me from accepting someone in my home.
renovations, messes... all that can be cleaned up. stuff is stuff.
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Oct 12, 2006 6:40 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Ocee35
Ocee35Ocee35Jackson, Michigan USA69 Threads 2 Polls 3,852 Posts
Women are alot tougher then we sometimes give them credit, if you touch the right woman's heart there nothing about a house that could dissuade her.




PS. I've been in thousands of people's homes, there is a big difference between the perception of how most people live and the reality of it.
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Oct 12, 2006 6:40 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Lionhearted1967
Lionhearted1967Lionhearted1967London, Ontario Canada143 Threads 10 Polls 9,887 Posts
I would say.."as is"...

You are an intelligent man and there is alot more to you than your house. I do think there are women out there that would overlook the superficial stuff and be able to see the potential of it all.
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Oct 12, 2006 6:41 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
Photo shoots are slowing down. Did a Jack and Jill last weekend. 55 beautiful women and I was stuck behind the camera. Paws
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Oct 12, 2006 6:42 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Abracadabra
AbracadabraAbracadabraHeaven, Pennsylvania USA69 Threads 3,302 Posts
Well if all you women didn't live so far away we could clean up each other's lives. thumbs up

I actually like doing constructive stuff. I'm a workaholic!

At least I get that way with a woman around. When I'm alone I fall into lonley depression and just let everything go. yawn

I'm the kind of man who needs to have a woman around. Just the way I am. Call me dependent I don't care!

What woman would mind having a dependent who actually WORKS!? innocent
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Oct 12, 2006 6:43 PM CST Instant Gratification Romance
Abracadabra
AbracadabraAbracadabraHeaven, Pennsylvania USA69 Threads 3,302 Posts
Awwwww you poor boy. comfort
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