Joey’s getting married!

[thortok2000]

So the other day when I thought I’d look up Joey and Megan to see how they’re doing?  Megan’s complete zip.  No response of any kind.  Guess that answers that question right there.

Joey did reply, however.  Before I get to that, I saw on her Gaia journal that she’s getting married!  My first thought?  Awesome!  I really am happy for her.  My

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[anonymous]

You cant understand, at all, where she may be coming from? While one can understand that your journal is not an all-inclusive portrait of your life, every entry you do make references Joey or Megan in some detail. These are people that, by your own acknowledgment, have played no role in your life for an extended amount of time but you still clamor on about them. Most people break up and move on with their life but you stay firmly stuck in the past

[thortok2000]

In my journal, I talk about the people in my life that mean the most to me. I haven't met anyone since Joey that has played such a major role in my life. I've talked about other girls that I've met, but I've only known them a few short weeks, or less. So, I don't really have anyone else to talk about, yet. I consider myself as having moved on in terms of being more than willing to have another relationship, and I have no overwhelming desire to go back and try to have a relationship with Megan or Joey again. Friendship would be nice, but it's not vital

[anonymous]

What goals aren't frivolous? Goals that make that a genuine difference in your life. Chalk it up to the old saying, "time invested in yourself is never time wasted". If you think I'm exaggerating a small goal to prove my point you can look at it like this. 10,898 hours played in WOW. Divide that by half, since that's what your mom played, is 5449 hours spent by you personally. Multiply that by minimum wage in South Carolina($7.25). Thats $39,505.25. Buys a pretty nice car, pays for a lot of schooling, gets you centuries at the gym

[thortok2000]

People have different priorities.

I have a job. I'm good at it. It pays pretty well. That's functional and productive enough for me. For now.

Right now, the need to have my own car and home just isn't pressing. It'd be nice, but there's no motivation there.

'Scouring the internet for damaged women with zero self-esteem?' That's insulting. Women like that don't appeal to me anyway.

[anonymous]

Have you thought about drinking a little, James? You said to the previous commenter that you don't like going to bars and just sitting there, and I agree, that sounds like a special kind of torture. But when you say you don't like people who drink etc., I'm reminded of myself a few years ago, who said similar things as a way of making excuses for my own insecurity and fear of being in unfamiliar situations. As someone a bit shy and reticent normally, I've found that having a couple of drinks in a social situation is like some kind of miracle. It just helps quieten that little negative voice in your head so that you can relax a little and be yourself. I have to go to a lot of events as part of my job and I promise, my moral and intellectual character hasn't been affected by a few glasses of wine!

It also makes boring people more interesting, as Christopher Hitchens likes to say :)

- Rebecca

[thortok2000]

My dad was an alcoholic. I'd prefer to avoid drinking. I have tried a few drinks here and there and just haven't found anything I like the taste of.