So here's the story of my life...

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From a relationship standpoint. I have sat back and watched my friends go through break-up after break-up, divorce after divorce, and I want none of it.

jakoye

Well then YOU'RE more likely to pick up an STD since you're avoiding monogamous relationships, which are surely the best way to avoid STDs!

And also, just because marriage/relationships didn't work for your buddies/friends doesn't ipso facto mean that they won't work for you. It's all up to the individuals involved and it takes a LOT of work, but I can assure you that a healthy relationship with a modern American woman *is* actually possible!

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I avoid pretty much everything and demand bloodwork if I do. Relationships just aren't smart, man. Too many lives I have seen ruined. I'll leave that stuff for you guys who are cool with losing 50% of the stuff you worked for and posting up crap like "My wife won't let me buy a new clutch but I really want one so I'm on this forum whining". I'm glad I caught on at an early age before I was in a position to waste my life on marriage. It's not natural.

jakoye

I've actually been married once before and it ended in divorce. She didn't take anything from me and we split amicably (still friends, as a matter of fact). You have a very biased and cynical view of the world and relationships. That will get you to the middle of no and where in life.

No man is an island and everyone needs love. I would advise you to reconsider your outlook and realize that just because Tom, **** and Harry all had bad marriages does not mean that you too will have a bad marriage. You are in charge of your own destiny. You make your own future. Maybe you're the rare kind of person that is happy being a hermit, but I doubt that. A hermit would never post on a public forum on the Internet.

Give love a chance, son. It will surprise you and reward you in ways you can't even imagine.

Now this ends our public service announcement for the evening.

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I'm a very realistic person. Some people walk around thinking they are perfect and anything they do will somehow turn out crapping puppies and rainbows while everyone else meets with failure. I'm not that person. I am just as, apt to meet with a failure or success as the next person. Most people's marriages suck or suck until they fall apart. I don't want any part.

The whole ego-centric "It won't happen to me, mine will be fine" attitude is a big problem in this country. I wish less people thought that way. I'm not saying you should go suck a .45, I'm just saying that you aren't special. You aren't magical. You aren't any better than anyone else when it comes to the odds life has.

Also, yes, when I have to, I am very good with people. I was successful as a waiter in college, and in auto, telephone, and appliance sales before that. I know how to tell people just what they want to hear and ask them just what they want to be asked. Do I do that on here? Not often. I am tired of it by the end of work and quite frankly, it is so tiresome to "blend". Once I had a teacher ask me if I had some disorder. I didn't have the heart to tell her I just didn't give a damn about fitting in with all the margarita hoovering girls in my class and ticked them off on purpse so they would stop inviting me out, so I fabricated some story or another. She left me alone after that and I graduated and haven't spoken to them since. People just really wear me out for the most part and I don't want to stroke ego's and pat them on my time off. Which, as you might have guessed, is tonight