samjp26 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I'm 25, she finished uni a few years ago. But yeah, I definitely agree though and cheers for the support fellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Having a girlfriend through uni is one big wasted opportunity. You'll never have anything like that again. I don't know anyone who married/is still with their uni girlfriend. The ones who did the foolish thing and have a relationship through the duration of uni now regret it and wished they'd have seen some sense at the time. Too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I'm 25, she finished uni a few years ago. But yeah, I definitely agree though and cheers for the support fellas And there is definitely an upside to being the star-crossed lover, which most blokes have gone through. There are a few guys who marry the girl next door, who never feel the pangs of failure and rejection, but I wouldn't envy them. They never get to enjoy the exhilaration and the sweet pain of unrequited affection. They never get to make their journey through the metaphysics of love, or find the truth in music or in poetry. They never get to understand why Plato could conceive of another world of ideal forms because they never get to yearn for the ideal form of love. They can never understand Coleridge, Leonard Cohen, Springsteen or Dylan. They never get to hear the echo of the ideal form in a musical phrase or arpeggio. Just think of it as a part of your education; meeting the right person is mostly about luck. As Knopfler wrote: When you gonna realise, that it was just that the time was wrong. Dylan called it; A simple twist of fate. They weren't wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) I'm 25, she finished uni a few years ago. But yeah, I definitely agree though and cheers for the support fellas And there is definitely an upside to being the star-crossed lover, which most blokes have gone through. There are a few guys who marry the girl next door, who never feel the pangs of failure and rejection, but I wouldn't envy them. They never get to enjoy the exhilaration and the sweet pain of unrequited affection. They never get to make their journey through the metaphysics of love, or find the truth in music or in poetry. They never get to understand why Plato could conceive of another world of ideal forms because they never get to yearn for the ideal form of love. They can never understand Coleridge, Leonard Cohen, Springsteen or Dylan. They never get to hear the echo of the ideal form in a musical phrase or arpeggio. Just think of it as a part of your education; meeting the right person is mostly about luck. As Knopfler wrote: When you gonna realise, that it was just that the time was wrong. Dylan called it; A simple twist of fate. They weren't wrong. You try too hard. Edited October 19, 2014 by Dr_Pangloss 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I'm 25, she finished uni a few years ago. But yeah, I definitely agree though and cheers for the support fellas And there is definitely an upside to being the star-crossed lover, which most blokes have gone through. There are a few guys who marry the girl next door, who never feel the pangs of failure and rejection, but I wouldn't envy them. They never get to enjoy the exhilaration and the sweet pain of unrequited affection. They never get to make their journey through the metaphysics of love, or find the truth in music or in poetry. They never get to understand why Plato could conceive of another world of ideal forms because they never get to yearn for the ideal form of love. They can never understand Coleridge, Leonard Cohen, Springsteen or Dylan. They never get to hear the echo of the ideal form in a musical phrase or arpeggio. Just think of it as a part of your education; meeting the right person is mostly about luck. As Knopfler wrote: When you gonna realise, that it was just that the time was wrong. Dylan called it; A simple twist of fate. They weren't wrong. You try too hard. Alas, you are sadly mistaken. Much to my chagrin, I find it more difficult to write pleasing epigrams and aphorisms, than the prolix, discursive, ramblings which tend to invite the snooty condescension of my betters. But everyone to their own, I say. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I'm 25, she finished uni a few years ago. But yeah, I definitely agree though and cheers for the support fellas And there is definitely an upside to being the star-crossed lover, which most blokes have gone through. There are a few guys who marry the girl next door, who never feel the pangs of failure and rejection, but I wouldn't envy them. They never get to enjoy the exhilaration and the sweet pain of unrequited affection. They never get to make their journey through the metaphysics of love, or find the truth in music or in poetry. They never get to understand why Plato could conceive of another world of ideal forms because they never get to yearn for the ideal form of love. They can never understand Coleridge, Leonard Cohen, Springsteen or Dylan. They never get to hear the echo of the ideal form in a musical phrase or arpeggio. Just think of it as a part of your education; meeting the right person is mostly about luck. As Knopfler wrote: When you gonna realise, that it was just that the time was wrong. Dylan called it; A simple twist of fate. They weren't wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNO49nh8hbM sometimes you can't do better than just having a bloody good tug and then going out and just enjoying people's shallow relaxed company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I'm 25, she finished uni a few years ago. But yeah, I definitely agree though and cheers for the support fellas And there is definitely an upside to being the star-crossed lover, which most blokes have gone through. There are a few guys who marry the girl next door, who never feel the pangs of failure and rejection, but I wouldn't envy them. They never get to enjoy the exhilaration and the sweet pain of unrequited affection. They never get to make their journey through the metaphysics of love, or find the truth in music or in poetry. They never get to understand why Plato could conceive of another world of ideal forms because they never get to yearn for the ideal form of love. They can never understand Coleridge, Leonard Cohen, Springsteen or Dylan. They never get to hear the echo of the ideal form in a musical phrase or arpeggio. Just think of it as a part of your education; meeting the right person is mostly about luck. As Knopfler wrote: When you gonna realise, that it was just that the time was wrong. Dylan called it; A simple twist of fate. They weren't wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNO49nh8hbM sometimes you can't do better than just having a bloody good tug and then going out and just enjoying people's shallow relaxed company. Dancing round your man-bag to I Will Survive, works for some too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 fair play, it's difficult to beat belting out a singalong to I Will Survive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 All the advice you need 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lapal_fan Posted October 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2014 That difficult moment when I'm married to my best friend and the woman I love, expecting my first child and have been with her since we were both 16. Happy as Larry, like. <3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 You'll hit 40 and hate everything. <3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) lol, classic CED... Edited October 19, 2014 by AVFCforever1991 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 lol, classic CED... It's weird how it never gets old innit? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 That difficult moment when I'm married to my best friend and the woman I love, expecting my first child and have been with her since we were both 16. Happy as Larry, like. <3 You might be happy, but we feel sorry for you because you'll never understand Bob Dylan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Having a girlfriend through uni is one big wasted opportunity. You'll never have anything like that again. I don't know anyone who married/is still with their uni girlfriend. The ones who did the foolish thing and have a relationship through the duration of uni now regret it and wished they'd have seen some sense at the time. Too late. Amen. Fortunately I made up for it in the 6 months after graduating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Women are like dog shit… The older they are, the easier they are to pick up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B94villa Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 You are Germaine Greer and I claim my fiver... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 My missus broke up with me, seems permanent as well. Shit times indeed, especially when you haven't done anything wrong and everything seemed fine. Trying to remain focused on uni etcetera is pretty difficult right now. Sorry to hear that. You know at your age there's little point getting caught up in women, young women are emotionally immature and do not really know what they want, you're better of biding your time and playing the field. If that's any consolation. Women will always be emotionally insecure. Only difference is their options become more limited as they get older. I wouldn't put it quite like that. Modern women tend to ride the cock carousel while they get their degree and build a career, and then when they reach their thirties, they feel the biological clock ticking and they have to confront the problems associated with their hypergamy because the alpha males prefer younger women. So they usually have to settle for the sort of decent guy they had spent the previous two decades rejecting. Holy sweeping generalisations, Batman. What a load of utter bollocks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 My missus broke up with me, seems permanent as well. Shit times indeed, especially when you haven't done anything wrong and everything seemed fine. Trying to remain focused on uni etcetera is pretty difficult right now. Sorry to hear that. You know at your age there's little point getting caught up in women, young women are emotionally immature and do not really know what they want, you're better of biding your time and playing the field. If that's any consolation. Women will always be emotionally insecure. Only difference is their options become more limited as they get older. I wouldn't put it quite like that. Modern women tend to ride the cock carousel while they get their degree and build a career, and then when they reach their thirties, they feel the biological clock ticking and they have to confront the problems associated with their hypergamy because the alpha males prefer younger women. So they usually have to settle for the sort of decent guy they had spent the previous two decades rejecting. Holy sweeping generalisations, Batman. What a load of utter bollocks. Touch a feminine nerve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted October 19, 2014 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2014 MMV's posts in here are the off topic equivalent of Con. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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