APRILSCHILD'S PROFILE

Clest, you seem extremely genial/not at all an asshole, so my snap judgement is that you'd probably make a pretty good caretaker : )

However, this post has gone EXTREMELY OFF TOPIC.

Mea culpa : (

Yay Liberty!

Also remember that, in order to achieve the effect of a character being cut off, do not use ellipses! It is far better to use a dash. At least, that's what all those blasted screenwriters keep telling me.

Someone should really do the semicolon.

Mostly, the semicolon is a stand-in for a period. It goes in-between two complete but related phrases. A semicolon is not a replacement for a comma, or a colon.

But that's just a general overview. As my favorite punctuation mark, I believe it deserves some more respect. :D

author=suzuricho link=topic=2480.msg45656#msg45656 date=1227087397
Either way, no. My children mean much more than any dream job could. I have priorities. I don't want to be like my mom - she left me and my brother out of the blue. My children need their mother to be with them, not a super awesome video game making mom that may or may not pay them any mind.

Though the sound of having a "super awesome video game making mom" does sound like it has a particular flair about it.

I hope one day to also be an awesome mom. : D my mother is a programmer, though, and a trekkie... she met my dad at a tabletop game he wrote.

So I've never experienced women as game-fearing... maybe I just run with a weird crowd!

But yeah, you have the right idea, and seem like you'll raise some really good human beings.

Yeah, I think I needed help with that bit too, but I can't remember - I played Virus a fairly long time ago!

author=brandonabley link=topic=2473.msg45710#msg45710 date=1227109813
I don't appreciate the hostile attitude that most of you hve towards people that aren't interested in sex.

I am not interested in sex and I do not enjoy it. I think it is a pain in the ass (gay sex is especially but that's only about half the time). Almost always when I have sex it is to show my partner that I care about her and while I am patient and take my time to make sure it is good for her, I am glad when it is over. It is comparable to giving a long and intimate massage - it isn't really that fun to do but it's something a person will put up with if they love someone.

Honestly, when she is too tired and would rather go to sleep, I feel relieved.

You guys are claiming only virgins feel this way. I am not a virgin. I have had sex hundreds of times; I have had sex with lovers, with girlfriends I was lukewarm about, casually with a friend, and once, with a complete stranger.

I am not a mutant. I've never been raped. I have no sexual trauma haunting me. I just don't enjoy sex! I am only in it for the emotional connection. Is it too hard for you guys to imagine a person like that?

Your position on this is more valid than those who have not had sex because, you have in fact had sex and have decided that it isn't your favorite thing. From a biological standpoint this might be weird, or it might not be, who knows. But the big issue I think most people have with virgins saying "sex is lame" is that they don't have any way to know for sure.

It's the same issue I have with people saying "that movie/game/book sucked" without having seen/played/read it. You can't make real or valid critiques of something you know nothing about.

And as for :

author=NoblemanNick link=topic=2473.msg45883#msg45883 date=1227136892

author=Asalieri link=topic=2473.msg45840#msg45840 date=1227130977

author=TooManyToasters link=topic=2473.msg45747#msg45747 date=1227114480
Being 15 and a socially inept nerd, I've never had a girlfriend. I probably won't for a while, but that's really fine. I'll let it come to me.

This is the most rational statement i've heard since this thread began!

I am like that also

This is great, for one big reason. The weird rule of obtaining a partner is as long as you are not desperate for it, it's MUCH easier to do!

This is why many people will note that, after getting married/being in a long-term relationship, women/men seem to flock to them in a way that never happened before they entered a relationship. This is because lots of times, people get more confident/less desperate after having been with someone, so they are automatically more attractive.

Just stay cool with who you are, and someone will come along! I for one maintain that "socially inept nerds" make better boyfriends because they won't ever take you for granted, and they are intelligent people who can hold down good conversations.