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[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Whatever. Maybe Hank's right, and I am just too PC.

When pontificating upon Napolean Dynamite, yes, you are just too PC. It was a lighthearted flick. I liked it. "Tina, come get your ham."

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous

She told me that she likes him, that she doesn't want to hurt him, that maybe he's the one, but that she feels like she is too young to be this serious.

Any advice?

She needs to tell him what she told you. At the risk of being Floweresque, send her a variant of this.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
My 20 year old niece has been dating this guy for a while, but she thinks that things are too serious, and wants to break it off. She's tried to suggest to her slightly older boyfriend that they take a break, and he just freaks out. "How can you do this? You just want to hurt me," blah blah blah. His school is about 4 or 5 hours from hers, and they see each other most weekends.

She told me that she likes him, that she doesn't want to hurt him, that maybe he's the one, but that she feels like she is too young to be this serious. She asked me for advice on how to break it off. I told her that when I was her age, I used to simply sleep with my boyfriend's/girlfriend's roommate, and arrange to be "caught." She thought I was joking.

Any advice?

Four or five hours away? That's practically another country.

Just tell her to rip the damn bandaid off. Stringing him along when she's not interested will end up hurting him more than just breaking it off altogether.

And if she says she thinks "maybe he's the one," shake her like you're an au pair.

TM

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
Anon because I really am not looking for a way to dump my SO/spouse, and if I posted as myself, all of the practical advice that the FB is known for would be lost in the "hey, now you can date coltrane/gwink/wonk!" comments.

My 20 year old niece has been dating this guy for a while, but she thinks that things are too serious, and wants to break it off. She's tried to suggest to her slightly older boyfriend that they take a break, and he just freaks out. "How can you do this? You just want to hurt me," blah blah blah. His school is about 4 or 5 hours from hers, and they see each other most weekends.

She told me that she likes him, that she doesn't want to hurt him, that maybe he's the one, but that she feels like she is too young to be this serious. She asked me for advice on how to break it off. I told her that when I was her age, I used to simply sleep with my boyfriend's/girlfriend's roommate, and arrange to be "caught." She thought I was joking.

Any advice?

How much older is "slightly older"?

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
When pontificating upon Napolean Dynamite, yes, you are just too PC. It was a lighthearted flick. I liked it. "Tina, come get your ham."

Well, shoot. I guess I am just a humorless old fuddy-duddy.

[lookingformarket]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
Anon because I really am not looking for a way to dump my SO/spouse, and if I posted as myself, all of the practical advice that the FB is known for would be lost in the "hey, now you can date coltrane/gwink/wonk!" comments.

My 20 year old niece has been dating this guy for a while, but she thinks that things are too serious, and wants to break it off. She's tried to suggest to her slightly older boyfriend that they take a break, and he just freaks out. "How can you do this? You just want to hurt me," blah blah blah. His school is about 4 or 5 hours from hers, and they see each other most weekends.

She told me that she likes him, that she doesn't want to hurt him, that maybe he's the one, but that she feels like she is too young to be this serious. She asked me for advice on how to break it off. I told her that when I was her age, I used to simply sleep with my boyfriend's/girlfriend's roommate, and arrange to be "caught." She thought I was joking.

Any advice?

He sounds potentially nuts. I'd advise her to break it off permanently in public or with someone else in the house (obviously not in the room watching) in case he gets nutty and trys something physical.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

"Jessica Simpson looks like Ricky Martin with a wig"



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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
"Jessica Simpson looks like Ricky Martin with a wig"



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The reason you're not engaged is because you are gay.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
"Jessica Simpson looks like Ricky Martin with a wig"

She's wearing a wig?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Yeah, maybe. It just seemed to me that they really played into the stereotypes -- especially with Lafwanda. Sure, we viewers like her. But the "hooker with the heart of gold" comes off well in her movie roles, too.

Whatever. Maybe Hank's right, and I am just too PC.

I don't know much about Napoleon, but I am going to slap the teeth off the goth chick at Blockbuster who recommended Garden State over Napoleon.

Garden State was dull. It wasn't bad; it wasn't good. It was two hours of "I like this guy, but this script is really not going anywhere."

I got the deeper meaning of the movie - and its not that original.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
The reason you're not engaged is because you are gay.

Ricky is SO dreamy.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
She's wearing a wig?

I can't tell. I'm too busy parking my car between her TITS.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
"Jessica Simpson looks like Ricky Martin with a wig"

[IMG]http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=jessica+simpson/v=2/SID=e/l=IVS/SIG=12891ibik/EXP=1105026055/*-http%3A//www.timmcnally.net/VMA03/jessica_simpson4.jpg[/IMG]

I'd fuck him.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Four or five hours away? That's practically another country.

Just tell her to rip the damn bandaid off. Stringing him along when she's not interested will end up hurting him more than just breaking it off altogether.

And if she says she thinks "maybe he's the one," shake her like you're an au pair.

TM

I dealt with this years ago in LS. I was about 6-7 hrs away. I just said "Lets not waste plane fare. We have to end this thing."

Cut it. Aggressively.

And tell her never to use the term "the one". Its the goddamn sappiest fucking shitass comment ever invented. "Oh, but Mary, I'm just so sure he's 'the one', I mean, you know, that feeling you get when you know he's 'the one'... like when everything is just 'right'"?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
He sounds potentially nuts. I'd advise her to break it off permanently in public or with someone else in the house (obviously not in the room watching) in case he gets nutty and trys something physical.

From personal experience, this is VERY good advice.