The Serious Relationship Discussion thread

**Anton177** · April 9th, 2009

I saw this on a forum years ago and it always generated a large amount of attention and since there are threads here running in a similar vein I thought I'd give it a swing.

Basically it's self-explanatory: Are you in a relationship and need to vent something out? Still something with your ex? Is your other half getting distant? Are you seeing someone? Is there someone you like? Scared to say anything? Awkward circumstance? Still pining over lost love? You get the jist. I'm not sure there's much room for positive statements looking at the options I just threw out but if you like someone and are trying to get their attention per se and you make a post in the thread about it, come back and let us know what happened. Good stuff welcomed but it's probably going to be aimed more at needing to vent out.

I'm not really that much of a sappy guy *refers to Man Cave* and don't really get in touch with my feelings that much but sometimes a place like this is what you need to lend an ear or a way to get things out with the knowledge you haven't just said it all to yourself - but I always found these things great to read. Anyway, romance is probably still out there somewhere, so let's see if we can get this thing started!

**Wendybird** · April 9th, 2009

I believe romance is still alive.................somewhere...............shame my other half doesn't know it! lol

I love him with every atom of my being and I know he loves me the same way, but now and again it would be nice to get a romantic gesture from him. *sigh* No flowers, no romantic meals, no secret liaisons, no surprise presents, but.........

....................We still hold hands after all these years, we make sure that if one of us is going to work and the other is still in bed we kiss goodbye (even if the other is sound asleep), we make each other laugh every day, sometimes so much that we cry with laughter, and we can look at each other in a crowded place and understand how we are feeling without speech.

He still has his bad habits but I still loves him!

Oh and he snores................really really LOUD! I tried to smother him with a pillow last night but he didn't even move! I told him about it and he can't remember a damn thing about it!

Mind you, I couldn't imagine life without him.

(this is the positive statement needed for this thread - bring on the negative? lol)

**staropeace** · April 9th, 2009

I dont come to this board for romance. I come here for my friends. I use to come here cause Uncle Steve owns it but that has changed over the years. The posters are my reason for the season.

**poisonbat** · April 9th, 2009

Ok, this may be the only sappy post but here it goes. While raising the kids, my husband and I were together, but separate. I mean we slept in the same bed ate at the same table, but he had his responsibilities and I had mine. We were both very busy people living in the same house but not in a really romantic relationship. But (yes here's the change) our children are now grown. Still living at home, but 20 and 18. We now are planning and doing things together. We have found each other again in a way that is wonderful. We go places together, we laugh together, we talk about OUR future instead of just the kids future. We have successfully raised our children into focused young adults and now the focus has changed to us. We are really like newlyweds again. We have started going to classic car shows together, since we have 2 classics I drive one and he the other. We are meeting each others friends and mingling our lives that we once lived separately into one. It is wonderful. I have rediscovered the man I fell in love with all of those years ago and he has rediscovered me. It is a new found devotion that we have for each other and I am loving every minute of it.

**Matticus** · April 9th, 2009

I've seen both sides, spent many years in a loveless relationship that ended badly with little kids. I got full custody of all three of them.

Then I met a miracle. My sweet Dora saved my life, along with the lives of my kids. She helped me raise them and now they are almost grown. We have always laughed, it's always VERY romantic between us and I tell her I love her even if I'm just going up to the store because she needs to know how much I appreciate her every moment she is alive.

Our love will last an eternity in this reality or the next. 10 years of the actual meaning of life, I couldn't be happier.

**aptpupil** · April 10th, 2009

I love my Rhiannon with all my heart and soul. She never fails to make me happy. Her long blonde hair, her big blue eyes, that winning smile. Her all-too-obvious joy when I come home from work. And, of course, an almost endless supply of hugs and kisses. And I lose count of how often she tells me she loves me every day.

It might change when she grows up though. She's only three.

**tak113454** · April 10th, 2009

this is definitely a venting....

*sigh* I hope true love is alive...
I was in a relationship for almost 4 years with the man I thought I was going to marry, and we were really happy. Things were so beautiful!
He just recently broke up with me, and I am totally devastated!
And of course I think I messed everything up... according to all the guides on how to get your ex back I'm not supposed to whine and plead and tell him how much I love him and want to be with him forever, but actually ignore him for one month and date other people!!
Well, I read that about three weeks too late...
I'm still hoping things aren't destroyed. Reading all your posts about true love gives me hope, but I gotta say it also makes me really sad/mad/jealous!!!

Anyway, keep me in your thoughts right!

**tak113454** · April 16th, 2009

jeez i killed this thread.
*whoops*

**pandora** · April 21st, 2009

Originally Posted by tak113454

jeez i killed this thread.
*whoops*

Take it easy!! You didn't kill the thread! And I hope you are doing good.
Four years is nothing and if you guys are supposed to get back together I'm sure you will. But let the wheel turn, and go have fun. See the beauty around you and not behind you. Sorry if I'm preaching! I don't mean to but I want you to know that I think love is fricking alive and kicking, and you can find it in everything. Sometimes I really want a pair of stinky shoes (that aren't mine. ha ha) thrown on my bedroom floor, but then I just have to know that I'll find it when it's time. Holla back Tak!

**terribilini** · April 22nd, 2009

Originally Posted by Wendybird

I believe romance is still alive.................somewhere...............shame my other half doesn't know it! lol

I love him with every atom of my being and I know he loves me the same way, but now and again it would be nice to get a romantic gesture from him. *sigh* No flowers, no romantic meals, no secret liaisons, no surprise presents, but.........

....................We still hold hands after all these years, we make sure that if one of us is going to work and the other is still in bed we kiss goodbye (even if the other is sound asleep), we make each other laugh every day, sometimes so much that we cry with laughter, and we can look at each other in a crowded place and understand how we are feeling without speech.

He still has his bad habits but I still loves him!

Oh and he snores................really really LOUD! I tried to smother him with a pillow last night but he didn't even move! I told him about it and he can't remember a damn thing about it!

Mind you, I couldn't imagine life without him.

(this is the positive statement needed for this thread - bring on the negative? lol)

that bit about being able to look at each other across a crowded room and know how the other is feeling, well that is the most romantic thing i've ever heard. not too many couples out there can say they have that. good for you!