Nataly

This is frightening. Are you an assassin? Oh shit - Freudian slip!! Edit: Had to re-read all these posts - too fucking funny everyone!!

Ah ha ha!!! Nice one!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

As someone else said, you have to watch the rest of the series of these two pranking each other. Then, you will understand this one. Btw, I was laughing like a hyena the entire time. Excellent work. Oh. My. God. I just watched the whole series and completely changed my mind.. Seriously - go view it. SO, SO, SOOOOO FUNNY!!!! My jaw hurts from all that laughing!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

RULE number 5 (?) When batting for the other team, all the regular rules apply. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Oh my gosh - SO FUNNY!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Maybe we need to start with definitions first, so we're all on the same page.. I'll propose a first draft below - feel free to add/amend as appropriate. One-Night-Stand: You met somewhere random. You had sex. Once (or maybe several times in the same night). That's it. Fuck Buddy: Someone you call up only when you're horny and want sex. And it better be damned good sex. Ideally, he/she will only be on a first-name basis with you (ie: it helps when you need to scream out each-other's names, but you don't know your respective surnames - TMI). He/she will know NOTHING about you outside of your sexual preferences, your address, and what kind of sammich to bring when he/she pays you a visit. Booty Call: Much like the above, except this man/woman is possibly someone you dated for a bit and then decided you weren't up for the whole relationship thing. This person understands that although you *may* allow him/her to cuddle, he/she MUST leave at the very latest FIRST THING in the morning, before any awkward chit-chat were to commence. You know little about each-other and that's a good thing. A reliable, steady person you like to sleep with & is pretty much always up for it when you want some. FWB: This is someone you CAN and DO speak with on a regular basis. Someone you like, and also fancy somewhat, but without all the awkward emotional crap that usually ruins the sex in a relationship. Great sex, great person, no emotional commitments. This person could be a stand-by for when you meet The One, it could be a roommate, or just someone you've known forever, but couldn't bear the thought of producing offspring with (presumably he/she has an AWESOME personality but isn't all that attractive). What do people think.. Pretty much sums it up? If so, let's move on to some RULES!!! This is fun

Yeah.. I'm with you.. Not funny. I've seen the odd planned prank that made me laugh my ass off, but this didn't. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Only if he promises to call me back begging for more "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

HMMM... Can barely speak.. Severely hung-over.. Thank goodness for McD's breakfasts.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

This is frightening. Are you an assassin? Oh shit - Freudian slip!! Edit: Had to re-read all these posts - too fucking funny everyone!!

That sucks.. But hey.. Things happen for a reason - maybe this is a great opportunity to go find something better

Ha ha ha!! TACK!!!

Yeah.. Singledom and stress at work.. I really need to sort out my priorities, huh?!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Aww sweetie.. 1-800-get-bent is not really my number.. Now guys, you see what happens when we do try to call? (And yet they complain when we don't...) You, sir, are a legend. You've made me laugh about a billion times!! Call me if you're ever in the UK.. I might even be persuaded to give you my real phone number!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

So I got up this morning and got dressed for work and did my usual routine and then managed to get a blob of yoghourt on my bloody work trousers.. So I thought "oh fuck - that was my last pair of work-trousers".. In a panic, I rummaged through my closet, only to find that 99% of what I could wear to work is summer attire, except for my *gasp* dresses.. Fuck, fuck, fuck.. I *hate* wearing dresses.. So I put on dress after dress and thought - no fucking way I'm wearing that to work.. So I tried to wash my trousers - no luck.. The stain wasn't the kind that you could just soak away.. So I threw on a simple black cocktail dress. Then I looked down and thought: "FUCK.. I haven't shaved my legs in about 1 year.." So I put on some leggings.. Then I thought.. SHIT.. My hair looks like a fucking mess.. So I threw on a head-band. Then I looked at the time and thought.. FUCK, I'm fucking late, fuck me this is so fucking shit. So I get to work, and all day I'm dealing with this crisis about a company holding on to all of our christmas stock because we haven't paid them and they're threatening to sue us and if we don't sort everything out, and this would result in us losing about £2m of sales.. So at the end of the day, I'm still on the bloody phone when the entire floor walks down to my desk hollering "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!" And I realise to my horror that I've forgotten my own damned birthday with all the shit at work and my exams, etc.. So not only did everyone really cheer me up by remembering my birthday, but perversely enough, I was dressed nicely!!! AND, I managed to solve the crisis, so our Christmas sales will all go according to plan!!! What a day!!!! My birthday isn't actually until Saturday, but I've got study leave tomorrow.. Seriously.. I need to chill out...! I'm now enjoying a glass of wine and about to put on a movie.. I bloody deserve it!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Aww sweetie.. 1-800-get-bent is not really my number.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I voted for "other".. I find it hard to imagine a healthy relationship where the sex is bad. I think great sex is part of a healthy relationship. Furthermore, I find it hard to believe that someone couldn't improve and *become* a good lover.. My worst partner ever turned into my best (well.. technically speaking he was 2nd best, but emotionally definitely number 1). If the guy didn't learn at all, then I think the problem is that he's not trying or not listening.. Unless there is a physical problem. Then my god I don't know what I'd do.. Like if the love-of-my-life *lost* the ability to have sex (by being paralysed or something).. That would be a tough one.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

On the way home from your friend's place he was in a terrible car accident. He woke up days later in the hospital and had no memory of the accident or the night before. He goes about his life now with this empty feeling in his heart, like something once filled it yet now is gone. He also finds himself drawn from time to time to the bar where he met your friend. Being a talented artist, he finds himself scribbling portraits during board meetings at work of a beautiful woman he's never met. He has no idea why he does these things or feels the way he does and generally just wanders the world in a sort of listless state, searching for the meaning of it all. Why does he feel the way he feels? Who's this mystery woman he obsessively draws in his spare time? He may never know. Oh my god - I'm SO tempted to make her read this!! I won't though.. She might believe it!! No, of course she wouldn't.. It sounds like most of you have posted sensible answers.. Makes sense to me that you shouldn't have expectations out of some random stranger.. Never really stopped to think about why you *wouldn't* call someone, but then it's never something I've really needed to think about! I think some people *like* having some drama in their lives.. In her defence, she is the nicest person I've ever met and she has a heart of gold. She's lovely, lovely, lovely, but so damned flakey!! I don't know why she puts herself through all this agony.. I guess if she's half as emotional around men as she is with her girly friends, I can see why they run.. But I reckon some day someone will find that endearing!! Stranger things have happened!! *I* love her to pieces, and I usually can't stand emotional blubberheads Ah well.. Takes all sorts.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I think it depends on a lot of things. If you have previous injuries, your age, your motivations, the weather... In theory, you have enough time.. I used to run a lot and one day I sprained my ankle quite badly.. The doctor told me I'd never run again, and I was so upset about it. I actually felt really depressed for months. Then one day I decided this guy didn't know *me* so he wasn't in any position to tell me what I could and couldn't do. I started doing exercises to strengthen my ankle and help it's healing. Eventually I started running again, and after a few months I thought "I want to do a marathon". The one I wanted to do was 2 months away.. I registered, didn't follow any particular programme and I did the marathon just fine in 4 hrs 37 minutes (or something like that). Not record speed, but ok. I found the experience really inspiring. And listening to why other people were running was quite something as well.. Some were fighting cancer; some were running in memory of a lost one; some wanted to do an iron-man; some were doing their first marathon at 60+.. It's a very personal thing.. I think if you want to do it - go for it. Keep us posted

How should I know?? He must have told her he would call.. So I'm guessing she was expecting him to call!! I honestly can't understand why this would be upsetting, personally.. I mean, it's not like you can build up an emotional connection to someone that quickly. Or at least, I can't. I never really know what to say to her.. She got upset with me once for not taking her seriously.. And to that I just said it's hard to take her seriously when I know that in a week she will be calling me to tell me everything is wonderful because she has met the new "love of her life", only to repeat the heartbreak cycle the following week, etc.. Then she said something that made me feel a bit bad.. She said no matter how frivolous I may think she's being, her feelings are real and when she feels upset she's like any girl with a broken heart. And she added of all people, I must know what that feels like. She had a point.. So I don't know. She's my friend and I take her for who she is. I don't understand how she could be so emotional but I do *try* to be considerate toward her feelings. Maybe next time I'll just tell her to take it for what it was - just a bit of fun. Somehow I'm not sure it'll make much of a difference, but maybe it's better than saying "uhh.. I dunno.." "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

OMG you crack me up!! High-fiving Whale noises Pfffffffffftttttttt. I am so gonna click like a dolphin tonight after I got some. In honour of LisaH, I propose you MOOOOOOO like a cow!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Well put "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Yeah.. We could watch it together.. She's a bit of a funny one.. I never really know what to say to her.. She seems to fall in love at the drop of a hat, and gets pretty upset when two weeks later it doesn't work out.. I just don't have the capacity for so much drama in my life.. I just don't get emotional like that over someone so quickly or so frequently. But hey, she's passionate and bags of fun as well.. She's my favourite little nutcase!!

don't forget saying thank you afterward .. haha Nothing wrong with being polite!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

You should let him take the gag out earlier "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss