Already feeling burned out

[shh!]

Singledom is also like a regression to a more boyish state. Young women become less like people and more like walking game. And your self-esteem becomes heavily dependent on your ability to attract favourable response from the opposite sex.

...hence the reason so many males your age are so bitter and ugly. I hope that this doesn't happen to you, although I don't get the impressionyou actually HATE women, unlike a couple of other males who post in the forums I visit.

[Charlie Boy II]

No of course not, I love women. It's not them I'm feeling fatigued about: just the whole "scene". And I'm old enough and wise enough now to handle rejection without blaming it on the faults of womankind.

My life experiences with women have been overwhelmingly positive: I'm close with and respect my mother and my sister. My girlfriends have all been great and I have many close female friends. So no, there's no danger of me going bitter just yet.

[1averagejoe]

I don't hate women...I'm just a tad frustrated with them.

I haven't had the best experience with them either. I mean my first one wasn't the best experience to start off with, lol.

I know all of them aren't bad. I love you guys.

[Only-virgins]

It all just seems ugly and pointless.

Yea, it does get old fast.

[shh!]

You have a sister?

Personally, I hated the whole dating scene. If I am ever single again, I will just stay that way. (Not that I think YOU should do that.)

Maybe you should just lay low for a while?

[GrkScorp]

This pretty much decides what I'm going to masturbate to tonight

Thanks Grk!

LMAO!

[Charlie Boy II]

I've been thinking and Eco and Starbuck might have a point: perhaps part of the reason I'm already sick of playing the game is because of Kristen.

I mean standing round trying to boost your own ego by charming half-drunk twits ain't much compared to having a beautiful, intelligent girlfriend who's great in bed and loves you to bits.

I'm going to give it a rest for a bit. It's not bad timing, because I think I might have lost my wingman. I was just talking to him then and he's fallen head over heels for his Swede.

[misombra]

kristen went through all kinds of pain and misery for you, even accepted the idea that you might be doing it with other girls and let you do whatever you wanted.

and you dropped her like a hot potato.

[shh!]

I thought she dropped him? Or is your point that he should have fought to keep her?

[Charlie Boy II]

Look Misombra I can see what you're saying but Kristen broke up with me. If I'd fallen on my knees and begged for her to come back maybe she would have but I didn't because I believed the reasons for the breakup were sound - for both of us.

[Mish]

I still believe that if the potential interstate studying wasn't mentioned you two would still be together. Were there other reasons for the break up? Just out of curiosity. Maybe the situation is reversible.

[Charlie Boy II]

Well I don't want to turn this thread into a dissection of our breakup, the two key reasons were:

1) We'd lost much of our chemistry. The spark seemed to have dimmed. Kristin was unsure about her feelings and I found myself doubting mine.

2) Kristen was unhappy, largely as a result of key features of my personality. For example, I am unemotional by nature and she often complained of not feeling loved enough. Also she found me incredibly selfish. Although to be fair to myslef, I think she also suffers from the same trait and was a little to used to getting her own way in the relationships before me.

[misombra]

I thought she dropped him? Or is your point that he should have fought to keep her?

i think he should've fought to keep her. i'm seeing the situation from afar so i could be wrong on all this. but i don't think she actually wanted to break up. i think she wanted to see if he would make an attempt for her, the way she made one for him. when he didn't, her doubtful feelings were confirmed and since she's such a dignified, conscientious person, she's not going to give up more energy into somebody who's not willing to do the same for her.

but if you didn't want to do that cb then that's fine with me it's not my life so don't cry when i disagree.