An Emotional Life- Divorce, Emotions, and Past Relationships- A Mini Vent By: Ethan - Page 2

carrie721 · #16 12-29-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I wasn't really offering advice or "invalidating" his struggle. I was just pointing out that it helps put your own personal "little problems" in perspective. In the end, I reckon it was certainly no more helpful than your attempts to rename this thread.

to be fair, i definitely wasn't even trying to appear helpful.

**mylittledemon** · #17 12-29-2009, 08:13 PM

Well then we're at a stalemate.

Musicman408 · #18 12-29-2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

my feelings for ethan aside, this advice is terrible. "welcome to life"? "it's not that bad compared to what's going on in the rest of the world"? come on. people who think they've seen it all say crap like that in an attempt to invalidate somebody else's struggles and it's bull. when your dad died, did it make you feel better to tell yourself that it's not as bad as what some AIDS orphan in africa is going through? it's always good to have some perspective on your own struggles, but when the first and only advice out of someone's mouth is that somebody else has it worse, that's when it's time to find a better source of wisdom.

as for his parents not being able to prepare him for this bull****, of course they can't, since they're causing much of it.

Thank you Carrie- I know we have had a rough relationship at times, but that means a lot to me! Ever since I wrote that song about you, we never talk!

Hope you are doing well these days!

carrie721 · #19 12-29-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Musicman408

Thank you Carrie- I know we have had a rough relationship at times, but that means a lot to me! Ever since I wrote that song about you, we never talk!

Hope you are doing well these days!

i was afraid that if we talked, i wouldn't be able to hide my love for you.

camchristo · #20 12-29-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

i was afraid that if we talked, i wouldn't be able to hide my love for you.

is your unrequited love for ethan turning you japanese?

carrie721 · #21 12-29-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by camchristo

is your unrequited love for ethan turning you japanese?

i really think so.

GODDESS6 · #22 12-29-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

i really think so.

damn girl, you're on a roll

, will you be playing all week?

~

carrie721 · #23 12-29-2009, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GODDESS6

damn girl, you're on a roll

, will you be playing all week?

~

unless i get banned again.

Musicman408 · #24 12-30-2009, 10:00 AM

Y'all are crazy and toooo funny!!!!

Still looking at this picture from the dinners and it's still bringing back some feelings. I miss this girl- WHYYYY is it that she would totally stop responding to me???? WTH?

skcin · #25 12-30-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

my feelings for ethan aside, this advice is terrible. "welcome to life"? "it's not that bad compared to what's going on in the rest of the world"? come on. people who think they've seen it all say crap like that in an attempt to invalidate somebody else's struggles and it's bull. when your dad died, did it make you feel better to tell yourself that it's not as bad as what some AIDS orphan in africa is going through? it's always good to have some perspective on your own struggles, but when the first and only advice out of someone's mouth is that somebody else has it worse, that's when it's time to find a better source of wisdom.

as for his parents not being able to prepare him for this bull****, of course they can't, since they're causing much of it.

See, I thought Brandon's advice was good. I would have just seaid "suck it up."

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Originally Posted by Musicman408

Thank you Carrie- I know we have had a rough relationship at times, but that means a lot to me! Ever since I wrote that song about you, we never talk!

Hope you are doing well these days!

Dude, do you have any idea how creepy that sounds?

Musicman408 · #26 12-30-2009, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

See, I thought Brandon's advice was good. I would have just seaid "suck it up."

Dude, do you have any idea how creepy that sounds?

It wasn't ACTUALLY about her. It was a joke that we had back in the day. I wrote a song many years ago and it was called Carrie- had nothing to actually do with Carrie!

carrie721 · #27 12-30-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

See, I thought Brandon's advice was good. I would have just seaid "suck it up."

that's because you're an asshole

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Dude, do you have any idea how creepy that sounds?

almost as creepy as "ever since i boiled that rabbit, we never talk!"

camchristo · #28 12-30-2009, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Musicman408

Y'all are crazy and toooo funny!!!!

Still looking at this picture from the dinners and it's still bringing back some feelings. I miss this girl- WHYYYY is it that she would totally stop responding to me???? WTH?

Dude. Really. If you act in real life the way you act on here, I have a guess as to why she would stop responding to you. From reading your posts and threads, you seem to be about 14 or 15 years old, not the 19 or 20 years that you are.

Maybe you should get some advice from some real life friends or a school counselor instead of seeking the answers to life's great mysteries on a Fleetwood Mac message board.

**mylittledemon** · #29 12-30-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

that's because you're an asshole

Pity. The way I see it, you're at an advantage in the game! A prime position to get some quality "practice what you preach" time in by being the better source of wisdom here.

Now remember, the rules are simple, and fair. 1) Appearance of helpfulness gets you zero points. 2) If you fail, you'll get a cantankerous debunking of your post in which the replying Ledgie is under no obligation to back up his/her lampooning of your advice (or lack thereof) with a solution of their own.

I'll help you step up to the plate by giving you a nudge in the right direction... Perhaps a chat with the young man when he's down in the Cayman's? I know from my perspective, going on an island vacation might make the seemingly callow (yet arguably tough & emotional) problems a teenager might have to suss out just a bit easier to deal with.

Aaaaaaand... PLAY BALL!

Musicman408 · #30 12-30-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by camchristo

Dude. Really. If you act in real life the way you act on here, I have a guess as to why she would stop responding to you. From reading your posts and threads, you seem to be about 14 or 15 years old, not the 19 or 20 years that you are.

Maybe you should get some advice from some real life friends or a school counselor instead of seeking the answers to life's great mysteries on a Fleetwood Mac message board.

I don't get it. You veteran Ledgies talk about how there isn't any sort of non surface conversation on these days, and then when there actually is something of substance- IE Divorce, y'all get bent out of shape. I just don't get it?