Originally Posted by Plan9

Is this the thread where we're posting responses? I was confused. Somebody pulled a Plan9 and posted the exact same thing in two different places.

*cracks knuckles, cues up Guns and Roses' You Could Be Mine*

Let's do this thing:



2.5 years of distance = worth absolutely nothing. Distance means doodly squat. Being there is the only time that counts.

I speak as someone that knows; most of my relationships have involved a distance factor as well as the military and college.



Too late. And I'm not trying to be a dick. People judge you on what you write. It's that simple. If you're not comfortable with what you're putting out there... don't dump it out in public in the first place or at least erase it later when you come to your senses. Hell, TFP auto-erases most of my posts.



First: Man + crying = total pussy. Don't trust this individual.

Yeah, this relationship is so done the fork bounces off it.

Also: He's using you the way a toddler uses a teddy bear.

If you two aren't in a titled relationship, he's just stringing you along. Don't waste your time playing undercover emotional cuddle buddy.



Ever hear the Meme "cut all contact, delete facebook, hit the gym?" It applies here so hard it'll make a popping noise when it falls off your forehead.



Define friend. I mean, basically, he's asking for your hand with his left while he's probably fingerbanging another girl with his right?

And, like that medicine that tastes like death you turned your nose up to as a kid, you don't want to do that which is best for you.



"I don't want her, but I'll string her along so she can't have anybody else and nobody else will even want her." - Your Boy



You were friends before dating? Okay, things need to go back to that level and then two steps back. It'll never be the same, but you have to restrict your thoughts/feelings and make sure he does the same. After you ignore him for a good 6 months (or preferably several years), you can try to be friends again. Just maybe adults can go back to that level on a limited basis with particular circumstances. I talk to some of my exes occasionally and I try keep my bitterness toward their infidelity and my constant thoughts about how awesome that thing they did with their ass was to myself. That and I won't see them face to face in the next 100 years. We bullshit about the weather and jobs. They say they miss talking with me like its supposed to mean something other than "sorry I fucked some other dude." It's friendly enough and about as hollow as that big chocolate bunny you chomp on Easter.



Let's pretend that social media networks don't exist. He doesn't want to commit to you. I'd suggest you stop playing emo cutter on Faceyspace.



Hopefully he won't be lying to you about whatever strange he has on the side so he can get so a shot of Yer Olde ('n Familiar) Booty.

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I don't know how old you are or what kind of relationships you've had before but you seem like you need a big dose of New Guy. Online dating - GO!

Army dudes with deployments? Bad investment. It's like college, except you can't spend your weekend driving 8 hours to bang him on a twin mattress.


You need to cut all contact with this dude and get out and meet somebody new. It'll suck, but you're totally twisting your own knife right now.

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So, it's like not wanting to get out the fart-filled sleeping bag you're in right now because it'll be cold for the ten seconds it takes you to get into the new one? Let's call that the comfort factor, the convenience factor. Keeping old pussy on emotional standby is the tactic of douchebags with mommy issues.