We don't choose who we fall in love with. ( Archived) (97)

Dec 11, 2014 6:37 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Obstinance_Works
Obstinance_WorksObstinance_WorksManchester, Greater Manchester, England UK3 Threads 1 Polls 3,514 Posts
BerrySmoothie: Yes. It's the give and take rule, in relationships.

As for love. I feel love in many ways. I love my friends in varying degrees. I have male friends I love, but distinctly not in love with.

...and then there is infatuation. Not being "in love"....but a desire nonetheless...usually lustful.

...but then what do I know? I haven't been in a relationship since the end of 2009...I completely suck at them...


You and me both. I'm starting to feel like I'm dating a sprout now actually. Not that I don't love her, but she is wanting to make me do something I don't want to do(or, more importantly, when I don't want to do it)which is move in with her some 100 miles away nowhere near my family or where my customer base is.

My desire(or part of it)is to stay around Manchester making money, establishing myself, and gallivanting around like a lothario. My conscious, however, believes as she does in settling down and having kids at a healthy age and being respectable. My modern, degenerate self-interested half is warring with my noble and traditional pro-civilisation half and it's put me in a bad mood for about two weeks. I don't know, am I just refusing to grow up if I finish with her?
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Dec 11, 2014 6:44 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Count_Me_In
Count_Me_InCount_Me_InMackay, Queensland Australia1 Threads 570 Posts
I do not believe that we choose who we fall in love with

.....just happens

.....after a time of genuinely liking another, who they are and what they aspire to be, how they fit into our lives, how they make us feel and what we are prepared to do to be together with this person

guess I am saying..the whole 9 yards!!!

just saying

love rocks...if you find it and can share with another!!!!

teddybear
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Dec 11, 2014 6:45 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Obstinance_Works
Obstinance_WorksObstinance_WorksManchester, Greater Manchester, England UK3 Threads 1 Polls 3,514 Posts
Obstinance_Works: You and me both. I'm starting to feel like I'm dating a sprout now actually. Not that I don't love her, but she is wanting to make me do something I don't want to do(or, more importantly, when I don't want to do it)which is move in with her some 100 miles away nowhere near my family or where my customer base is.

My desire(or part of it)is to stay around Manchester making money, establishing myself, and gallivanting around like a lothario. My conscious, however, believes as she does in settling down and having kids at a healthy age and being respectable. My modern, degenerate self-interested half is warring with my noble and traditional pro-civilisation half and it's put me in a bad mood for about two weeks. I don't know, am I just refusing to grow up if I finish with her?


conscience*
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Dec 11, 2014 6:49 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
BerrySmoothie
BerrySmoothieBerrySmoothieMy Retreat, Auckland New Zealand3 Threads 4,733 Posts
Obstinance_Works: You and me both. I'm starting to feel like I'm dating a sprout now actually. Not that I don't love her, but she is wanting to make me do something I don't want to do(or, more importantly, when I don't want to do it)which is move in with her some 100 miles away nowhere near my family or where my customer base is.

My desire(or part of it)is to stay around Manchester making money, establishing myself, and gallivanting around like a lothario. My conscious, however, believes as she does in settling down and having kids at a healthy age and being respectable. My modern, degenerate self-interested half is warring with my noble and traditional pro-civilisation half and it's put me in a bad mood for about two weeks. I don't know, am I just refusing to grow up if I finish with her?




I can't answer that for you.

The mere fact you've been in a foul mood is because of indecision probably....this inner turmoil....but I won't go into the psycho mumbo jumbo of it.

This alfalfa sprout is telling you bean sprout to get back to the basics with it.

Get a piece of paper. Write down the pros and cons of it all.

...and then you need to ask yourself can you live without her, should you decide to end the relationship.

The decision ultimately is yours alone to make. You know how you feel about her. Is it enough? to forgo the plans for your business? Is this the woman you want to start a family with?

Only you have the answer to that.

The mere fact that you're questioning it, is not great for continuing on.

....and that will cost you a return flight to New Zealand to thank me personally. I won't serve you brussel sprouts....

laugh
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Dec 11, 2014 6:49 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
Count_Me_In: I do not believe that we choose who we fall in love with

.....just happens

.....after a time of genuinely liking another, who they are and what they aspire to be, how they fit into our lives, how they make us feel and what we are prepared to do to be together with this person

guess I am saying..the whole 9 yards!!!

just saying

love rocks...if you find it and can share with another!!!!


Count me in...where you been?

last time we supposed to meet somewhere in Germany
and have some beercheers
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Dec 11, 2014 6:49 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
Obstinance_Works: You and me both. I'm starting to feel like I'm dating a sprout now actually. Not that I don't love her, but she is wanting to make me do something I don't want to do(or, more importantly, when I don't want to do it)which is move in with her some 100 miles away nowhere near my family or where my customer base is.

My desire(or part of it)is to stay around Manchester making money, establishing myself, and gallivanting around like a lothario. My conscious, however, believes as she does in settling down and having kids at a healthy age and being respectable. My modern, degenerate self-interested half is warring with my noble and traditional pro-civilisation half and it's put me in a bad mood for about two weeks. I don't know, am I just refusing to grow up if I finish with her?




Are you having a laugh finish with her..

blues .


That is abit drastic ,,my brother moved frm London to sanfransisco because that's where it's best for his business,

His wife went with him but they are lucky because it suits her as her sis lives there and her patents in Canada ,plus she can work from there better,


We his family miss him but his work is there they both love it there,


Think you going to have a real deep talk to your woman,

Good luck.

Don't throw love away.
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Dec 11, 2014 6:53 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
BerrySmoothie: I can't answer that for you.

The mere fact you've been in a foul mood is because of indecision probably....this inner turmoil....but I won't go into the psycho mumbo jumbo of it.

This alfalfa sprout is telling you bean sprout to get back to the basics with it.

Get a piece of paper. Write down the pros and cons of it all.

...and then you need to ask yourself can you live without her, should you decide to end the relationship.

The decision ultimately is yours alone to make. You know how you feel about her. Is it enough? to forgo the plans for your business? Is this the woman you want to start a family with?

Only you have the answer to that.

The mere fact that you're questioning it, is not great for continuing on.

....and that will cost you a return flight to New Zealand to thank me personally. I won't serve you brussel sprouts....






wine .


Good advise .

thumbs up
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Dec 11, 2014 6:54 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Count_Me_In
Count_Me_InCount_Me_InMackay, Queensland Australia1 Threads 570 Posts
bungallow55: Count me in...where you been?

last time we supposed to meet somewhere in Germany
and have some beer


hi you Bungallow..and we will....this is my mother's country cheers
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Dec 11, 2014 6:55 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
peachmelba: Are you having a laugh finish with her..

.That is abit drastic ,,my brother moved frm London to sanfransisco because that's where it's best for his business,

His wife went with him but they are lucky because it suits her as her sis lives there and her patents in Canada ,plus she can work from there better,We his family miss him but his work is there they both love it there,Think you going to have a real deep talk to your woman,

Good luck.

Don't throw love away.
Love the one you with
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Dec 11, 2014 6:56 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
Count_Me_In: hi you Bungallow..and we will....this is my mother's country


Oh what part of Germany she is, do you speak German?
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Dec 11, 2014 6:59 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
Count_Me_In: hi you Bungallow..and we will....this is my mother's country




Welcome back count me in,


santa waving
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Dec 11, 2014 7:01 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Count_Me_In
Count_Me_InCount_Me_InMackay, Queensland Australia1 Threads 570 Posts
bungallow55: Oh what part of Germany she is, do you speak German?


I have 3 bloodlines to Germany.....I speak German the best I can

cheers
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Dec 11, 2014 7:03 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Count_Me_In
Count_Me_InCount_Me_InMackay, Queensland Australia1 Threads 570 Posts
peachmelba: Welcome back count me in,


hi Peach....hug
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Dec 11, 2014 7:11 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
Count_Me_In: I have 3 bloodlines to Germany.....I speak German the best I can


oooh! dast ist gutcheers I love Southern part of Germany

is warmer...hey, do you like my plastic surgery?

I did it just for yousmitten
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Dec 11, 2014 7:12 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Obstinance_Works
Obstinance_WorksObstinance_WorksManchester, Greater Manchester, England UK3 Threads 1 Polls 3,514 Posts
Thanks for the advice girls. The thing is I know that if I don't move in or finish with her she will wait for me and put her own plans on hold. She's a lawyer so she's well-paid - we both are, money is not really an issue and materially I could move in - she just wants to knock out a couple of kids before she's 30 and then go back to work when the youngest is 3 or 4. I like this idea.

But our missions are clashing. She will put my mission first if I force it but it'll cost her and then there's no guarantee that I'll ever return the favour. Finishing with her would seem cruel but also the kindest thing to do(unless I move in).
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Dec 11, 2014 7:13 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
KNenagh
KNenaghKNenaghAachen, Kilkenny Ireland12 Threads 11,160 Posts
Obstinance_Works: Thanks for the advice girls. The thing is I know that if I don't move in or finish with her she will wait for me and put her own plans on hold. She's a lawyer so she's well-paid - we both are, money is not really an issue and materially I could move in - she just wants to knock out a couple of kids before she's 30 and then go back to work when the youngest is 3 or 4. I like this idea.

But our missions are clashing. She will put my mission first if I force it but it'll cost her and then there's no guarantee that I'll ever return the favour. Finishing with her would seem cruel but also the kindest thing to do(unless I move in).


Is there something like a commuting distance for both of you?
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Dec 11, 2014 7:18 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
Obstinance_Works: Thanks for the advice girls. The thing is I know that if I don't move in or finish with her she will wait for me and put her own plans on hold. She's a lawyer so she's well-paid - we both are, money is not really an issue and materially I could move in - she just wants to knock out a couple of kids before she's 30 and then go back to work when the youngest is 3 or 4. I like this idea.

But our missions are clashing. She will put my mission first if I force it but it'll cost her and then there's no guarantee that I'll ever return the favour. Finishing with her would seem cruel but also the kindest thing to do(unless I move in).


you're a lawyer? I need one, want to file lawsuit against Russiathumbs up
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Dec 11, 2014 7:24 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Count_Me_In
Count_Me_InCount_Me_InMackay, Queensland Australia1 Threads 570 Posts
bungallow55: oooh! dast ist gut I love Southern part of Germany

is warmer...hey, do you like my plastic surgery?

I did it just for you


always good!!...You need to look smokin' hot for yourself and no-one else

just saying

hug
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Dec 11, 2014 7:30 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
Count_Me_In: always good!!...You need to look smokin' hot for yourself and no-one else

just saying
Ok, Ich bin ein kakarachalaugh
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Dec 11, 2014 7:40 AM CST We don't choose who we fall in love with.
Obstinance_Works
Obstinance_WorksObstinance_WorksManchester, Greater Manchester, England UK3 Threads 1 Polls 3,514 Posts
KNenagh: Is there something like a commuting distance for both of you?


Yea, it's about 100 miles. And I'm much more able to move than she is because she's tied to her employer for the foreseeable whereas I can setup wherever(within reason). But it's still not beneficial for me to move.

Ideally I'd like to keep it long distance for the next couple of years, but her biological clock ticks faster than mine and it'd be more of a loss to her career to leave her job 3 years from now instead of in the next 12 months.
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