The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Yeah, this was hung from the top, but the little piece was all that kept the door from swinging out at the bottom. I put my hand against the door not knowing the piece was gone from the bottom, and the door swung out, and rollers came off the track at the top. All in an instant, too.
No, y'see...
...you attach rings halfway up the curtain (on the outside), then you thread the clothesline through those rings. Then whenever you take a shower, you pull the top of the curtain across and the middle at the same time, then hook the line on the ring at the other end. Now not only does your curtain not chase you, but the end also stays closed. And because it's part of the curtain, you never forget to unstring it.
Only drawback I see is that it would be hard to let the curtain dry without opening it all the way and hooking it up, but small price, methinks.
--Patrick
...you attach rings halfway up the curtain (on the outside), then you thread the clothesline through those rings. Then whenever you take a shower, you pull the top of the curtain across and the middle at the same time, then hook the line on the ring at the other end. Now not only does your curtain not chase you, but the end also stays closed. And because it's part of the curtain, you never forget to unstring it.
Only drawback I see is that it would be hard to let the curtain dry without opening it all the way and hooking it up, but small price, methinks.
--Patrick
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I remember this PVP storyline.
Yeah, it's ok to feel a little hurt. I'd bring the topic up gently, though.
Wait seriously? I need to find a hilarious resolution to this problem.[DOUBLEPOST=1358189826][/DOUBLEPOST]
What would that conversation look like? I don't do gently very well; I'm more of a bull in a china shop.
Well I'm paraphrasing. If you followed the sotryline exactly, you and your girlfriend would go to Vegas, you'd dance with another woman somewhere while she ditched you to meet her guildies, she'd catch you with this other woman, dump you, and you'd both be mopey for a year.
During that year, you'd cultivate an in-game relationship with her secretly, and ask to meet her in Vegas. When she realizes it's you, you get down on a knee and propose to her.
Ah yes, the last time Kuntz wrote something surprising.
Tell me who they are/what server they're on, and I'll beat them up in PvP for you with my guild... unless they're in my guild already, then I'll smack them around while laughing.
I thought was a good year of comics, the last time he had a long form story. But I digress.
I don't know. Last time I brought it up, it started horribly and ended in divorce.[DOUBLEPOST=1358190302][/DOUBLEPOST]The divorce was a good thing though, in my case.
It's okay to feel hurt.
I don't know if your wife is anything like me, but I also don't mention my husband often online or have many pictures of him. For me, I hold our relationship so very dear to my heart that I don't feel the need to share it with anyone. I think my Disneyland recap is the fist time I've really posted pictures of him online, ever. I tend to play our marriage pretty close to the chest when it comes to online interactions, not because I want to seem available or anything. I just don't want any scrutiny on our relationship, be it good or bad. Our relationship is our own and I just don't share it that often.
I'm not saying it's the same for your wife, but it could be one explanation.
If you are worried about it in anyway, I would definitely bring it up, not in an accusitory way, but still, there should be no harm in telling her how you feel.
Similar issue?[DOUBLEPOST=1358190647][/DOUBLEPOST]
To give some backstory, she made a mistake a couple years back and became involved with a guildie behind my back. I don't need to recount the full details but they're on Halforums somewhere. So my spider-sense is extra sensitive to any kind of shenanigans. I sometimes feel it's too sensitive and it's hearing stories like yours above that make me feel a little better.It's okay to feel hurt.
I don't know if your wife is anything like me, but I also don't mention my husband often online or have many pictures of him. For me, I hold our relationship so very dear to my heart that I don't feel the need to share it with anyone. I think my Disneyland recap is the fist time I've really posted pictures of him online, ever. I tend to play our marriage pretty close to the chest when it comes to online interactions, not because I want to seem available or anything. I just don't want any scrutiny on our relationship, be it good or bad. Our relationship is our own and I just don't share it that often.
I'm not saying it's the same for your wife, but it could be one explanation.
If you are worried about it in anyway, I would definitely bring it up, not in an accusitory way, but still, there should be no harm in telling her how you feel.
More like the straw that broke the camel's back than anything else, in my case. Having found my wife in bed with another man and apparently enjoying the situation quite a lot when she was a cold fish in our bed was much more of an issue than the gaming thing. I'd probably go with any advice Kags can give you on this one, honestly. Mine was a severely fucked up marriage.
Hits me right in the feels, believe me.
Man.... I've been there. And it was with my best friend, how much more stereotypical can you get? We weren't married, though.
I think we need a group hug.
Hah, trust me; the skin is thick on this one as a result. Sometimes a little too thick and so I forget not everyone is the same.
I'm sorry to hear that.
I wish I could help you more.
Just know that I've barely even mentioned that I'm married on here and I consider here a pretty comfortable place for me to be. And I honestly consider myself to be the happiest married person ever. I truly consider Nate my soulmate, he is my best friend and I couldn't imagine being with a more perfect person for me. But, I have 0 pictures of him on my instagram (okay, I have two-sort of, one is because my dog was sitting on his lap and I was taking a picture of the dog and the second is of his back while walking the dog - I know, I'm horrible.
) And I never mention him unless asked about my relationship status. I don't mention him on tumblr, or deviantart, rarely on facebook and these last few posts are the most I've talked about him at all on here. If your wife starts to become...I dunno distant and maybe ignores you to be online more often than not (when Nate's playing video games, I ignore him all the time so I'm not saying ignoring doesn't happen ever..) then maybe you should bring up your concerns and reiterate your thoughts on your relationship.
For all the pain and angst it caused, the affair probably saved our relationship from petering out. Unfortunately it gave me this large grey lens that filters everything I see as a result of it. I'm sure she would say the exact same things you're saying above; after all, it was talking about personal stuff online that started the problem so she's gone whole hog the other way. Does not talk about personal information at all online, not where she lives, what she does, where she's travelling to, who she's married to, etc. 1) Because she's scared I'd flip out and 2) The affair didn't end Hollywood style, it ended with him calling our house constantly trying to get a hold of her, a restraining order and months of couples counselling.I'm sorry to hear that.
I wish I could help you more.
Just know that I've barely even mentioned that I'm married on here and I consider here a pretty comfortable place for me to be. I truly consider Nate my soulmate, he is my best friend and I couldn't imagine being with a more perfect person for me. But, I have 0 pictures of him on my instagram (okay, I have two-sort of, one is because my dog was sitting on his lap and I was taking a picture of the dog and the second is of his back while walking the dog - I know, I'm horrible.
If your wife starts to become...I dunno distant and maybe ignores you to be online more often than not (when Nate's playing video games, I ignore him all the time so I'm not saying ignoring doesn't happen ever..) then maybe you should bring up your concerns and reiterate your thoughts on your relationship.
Our offline relationship is very strong. Because we can't have kids, we're really all each other has outside of our families. I do a lot of charity work and volunteering to fill up my time where she has a stressful job and finds hacking and slashing online things to be a good destresser. So I'm loathe to interfere with that in any way; she would stop if I asked but I feel I've put up enough hoops for her to jump through (and she's jumped through all of them: deleting characters, all passwords to Facebook, phones, computers, etc)
Dunno. As thick skinned and pig headed and brusque as I am on here, my wife is my kryptonite.
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I can tell an anecdote similar to LittleKagsin, too. I got married young, and while I had no problem with it at first, I did become a little embarrassed of it in grad school. None of my friends were married, and I actually kept mine a secret for nearly 2 years before they found out. I never wore my ring on campus, and my wife found out when I lost it. She was pretty upset, and thought I was cheating or embarrassed of her. Neither were true. It had almost nothing to do with her or my happiness in marriage. It just had to do with suddenly feeling like I wasn't a part of my group of friends who all seemed to think we were too young for marriage.
and i was like MMM dem hips
Well, it sounds to me like you're both doing the right things Adam. I mean, I'm not you or your wife, but the situation doesn't sound completely dire. Would you want her to maybe move some of her de-stressing to an activity with you? Nate and I like to go frisbee golfing when we're stressed. It's something fun, active and let's me get out any bad energy that I have. You could maybe find something similar? I mean, if you're looking for ways to get some time together without giving up her de-stress-ifying.
I wish you good luck and hope everything turns out happy.
I wish you good luck and hope everything turns out happy.
Well, usually we hike but it's 10 below 0 outside 
I guess I should clarify: the situation isn't dire, we're not fighting or anything. I just stumbled across her Instagram and there's lots of pictures of her, our cats, wine, travelling pictures, and the back of my head on a landsail off in the distance. And then conversations we've had about how she doesn't talk about being married to her guild, just having a partner in general. I just do the usual Adam thing and interpret things through a very shitty lens as trying to appear unattached online to people she doesn't know versus me who I'm sure people are tired of hearing about how married I is.
I guess I should clarify: the situation isn't dire, we're not fighting or anything. I just stumbled across her Instagram and there's lots of pictures of her, our cats, wine, travelling pictures, and the back of my head on a landsail off in the distance. And then conversations we've had about how she doesn't talk about being married to her guild, just having a partner in general. I just do the usual Adam thing and interpret things through a very shitty lens as trying to appear unattached online to people she doesn't know versus me who I'm sure people are tired of hearing about how married I is.Okey-dokey.
Yeah, it sounds like she rolls like I do; never talking about her relationship online. (And sorry, not that you asked for advice or anything, I was just spouting away over here.)
Yeah, it sounds like she rolls like I do; never talking about her relationship online. (And sorry, not that you asked for advice or anything, I was just spouting away over here.)
Believe me, I feel 9000% better now. So I definitely appreciate it.Okey-dokey.
Yeah, it sounds like she rolls like I do; never talking about her relationship online. (And sorry, not that you asked for advice or anything, I was just spouting away over here.)
Good, I'm glad!
North_Ranger
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Oh crap, did stienman finally get crushed by his progeny?
I flirted openly with Quotemander Prime 's wife's character in our DnD game.
Well, update: She took me out for lunch.
I brought it up.
She thought I was joking at first, then asked if I was serious. I said I was a little hurt, she said that doesn't put anything personal out there for strangers any more. (Obviously things like Facebook are a little different; her Facebook security is so strict I'm surprised I'm still allowed to see stuff on it)
There was no "Open Mouth - Insert Foot" activity thankfully.
I guess I'm tired of feeling suspicious about everything. And everything I've read says that you never stop feeling that way. My brain being a little CDO doesn't help either.
I brought it up.
She thought I was joking at first, then asked if I was serious. I said I was a little hurt, she said that doesn't put anything personal out there for strangers any more. (Obviously things like Facebook are a little different; her Facebook security is so strict I'm surprised I'm still allowed to see stuff on it)
There was no "Open Mouth - Insert Foot" activity thankfully.
I guess I'm tired of feeling suspicious about everything. And everything I've read says that you never stop feeling that way. My brain being a little CDO doesn't help either.
uhhh.... I... can't... stop... looking.... at... that...