Well, it's been really confusing to me right now. Three years ago, I made a try that I wanted to see if I can find myself a boyfriend on the internet. I went to websites, set profile there, upload my own pics and talk to so many guys and girls from different countries. I thought even if I cant find a boyfriend, at least, I can make friends online. But the truth is I just found so many troubles and headache which I didnt expect. And now, here in this company, one of my workmates really married to a man she used to talk to on myspace. And this is quite confusing that bothered me very much. What did i do wrong that I cant find one for myself? Why am I not that lukcy? And why all I found were liars and jerks? I'm not sure if you guys have same experience. I'd like to hear your stories.

Thanks a lot.

---Lily 

Oh for pity's sake

Okay, this is a fairly intense story, so hold on for a little while and let me spill a little of my heart to you, but understand that this is not what I want to be writing about, and I'm doing it purely to be nice.

LOL!

Go back about 15 years ago or so.  I was single, a stoner, and barely employed - I say this as I had a succession of jobs from one to the next.  In short, I was somewhat of a loser.  I had bugger all money for dating, and no real inclination to leave the house, and so I startde flirting online.

Now I'm a good writer, or at least I have been in the past, and I had a steady succession of cyber-gfs.  As in we never met in real life, but had some fairly enjoyable sessions at chatting and talking on the phone.  Of course this was all in the heady days of the early - mid nineties dot com boom, it seemed that the world was flockig to the internet as the new alternative to life.

Now after a few years of on again off again relationships, and a few hearts broken along the way (as I had a tendency to have overlapping relationships) I actually started chatting to a girl that I found really enticing.  You know the drill, she was the love of my life and I had to be with her forever and blah blah.  I was chatting to her for about two years - she in the states and I in Oz - without meeting and I threw a fair bit of my heart into this relationship.

To give you an idea of how long this lasted - I first chatted to her in 1996, and I remember celebrating the new millennium with her on the phone.  In fact I did it twice.

So, things are going well, but neither of us have much money and so we can't afford to meet in flesh.  I have finally started to get my life into order (steady job) and we decide that she will come to Australia, but for one reason or another things keep getting in the way.

So after a while I started to resent her as I felt like I was going nowhere.  I was in the prime of my youth, my mates were all out partying, and I was at home on the phone making international calls, spending most of my money on nothing.  As a result there were a couple of indiscretions, and she also had a couple as well.

Then I met someone else through the friend of a friend, and one thing led to another and I had overlapping relationships again.  I did this for a little while and then realised I could no longer do this to myself or either of the women in my life.

So I don't know what to say.  I've been there, done that, and it worked out badly for me.  But most relationships do go badly in the end.  The only thing I will say in regards to the internet side of things - it's a lot easier to lie to someone over the net then it is face to face.

well... I agree with you. But...Is just I felt myself so miserable in terms of relationships with man... Most of the time, either i am a sex prey for them or I am totally a nonsense.. Why's that?

How do I say this without causing offence?  It's not him, it's you!

Sorry, but if you find that you're going into the same relationship over and over again but with different guys, then you have to look deep into yourself and say "Why do I want to be with a guy who..." Work out the why, then work out the fact that the why is stupid, and then get over it.

Hey man, do you have a gf? hehe.....

I have two!

Sorry, couldn't resist.  I'm in a long term relationship with three kids, so yeah, I'm definitely taken.

Wow....Congratualtions!! you already found ur love in this world... not like me...i have all freedom..

Btw, Can I be your friend?? Call me lily... whawt's ur name?

I'm in a long term relationship with three kids

I don't think that is the sort of thing you want to go around broadcasting to everyone... 

Yeah, started when I entered the seminary
Yeah, I'm a big fan of Michael Jackson
Yeah, my real name is Josef Fritzi
And now I know why the Chasers get into trouble.

I don't think that is the sort of thing you want to go around broadcasting to everyone...

Well played sir.

I've never found anyone on the internet, because for that I'd need to know where the internet actually is. And seeing that it's a virtual world located in amongst several billions of wires, cables, and networks, then (by my definition) anyone I meet in this seemingly virtual reality must be imaginary.

And I've got quite enough imaginary friends, thankyou very much.

At least with imaginary friend you're never alone!  (Although I have to admit they often go off an play without me.)

You'd have to play with by yourself then?

Oh yeah, I forgot this is the "Pick on Puppy" forum

coly's chinatour

yesterday

Hey man, do you have a gf? hehe.....

PuppyOnTheRadio

yesterday

I have two!

Sorry, couldn't resist.  I'm in a long term relationship with three kids, so yeah, I'm definitely taken.

coly's chinatour

yesterday

Wow....Congratualtions!! you already found ur love in this world... not like me...i have all freedom..

yesterday

Btw, Can I be your friend?? Call me lily... whawt's ur name?

^^ That's what you're doing wrong...  

coly, Could you change the name of this forum for me.  I'm just going to pop into "Rant, Vent, and Yell" for a few mintues.

Alright..but how can i change it..? hehe... u guys cute...

I think I can honestly say, I have never met a man on the internet with boyfriend potential. Or off the internet. Or ever.

... even if I'm not pedantic about what gender we're talking about, I've not "met" anyone through the internet.

LOL SK... I thought you were taking the micky for a while there...

I've met a few people. Nothing romantic - have made a few good friends that way

Sir Montague

yesterday

I'm in a long term relationship with three kids

I don't think that is the sort of thing you want to go around broadcasting to everyone...

 GOLD!!

hahahahahahaha 

                      lalalala I can't hear you lalalala

S'ok....

I'm still laughing! hahahaha

Yep Arthur I thought of one or two things too but would have had to delete them.

I wanna know what you said!!!

Kiss my sweet buns (after I've cooked them)

  you're cooking bread in a glass dish??

And is that glad wrap???

whoa....

Glad wrap on the bread while it's proving means that it proves a little faster and stops it from drying out.  The dish is Pyrex, which I did cook some of the scrolls in that and some on a flat metal tray. Check out the next topic to see how it worked out.

Just the kind of man I want

what an interesting (albeit strange) read this has been for various reasons! haven't stopped giggling at certain pit stops.

just so that i keep to the topic, i TOTALLY agree that it's the girl's doing if she repeatedly ends up being in the same type of relationship. something's just fundamentally wrong there. maybe it's the place u r looking, maybe it's the way you speak of your singlehood...ppl just start perceiving you in a certain way and u get stuck in a rut.

Yes, stay single people

YAY for singledom!!!!

Yay for puppies and kittens!

Here we are.  An offer to all you attractive young ladies out there who are looking to establish a meaningful relationship via the internet. As long as Mrs Dent doesn't get wind of it, I'm available a couple of evenings a week (could be more if you are really attractive).  The relationship can be as meaningful as you like...

Mr Dent! I neva woulda thought....

Everyone else seems to be up to it...  If I don't get a piece of the action (and very soon) it's all going to slip me by.

I hear Morgan is single...

That's probably a very good reason to stay away from someone like me.  Not that I'm saying that I'm a rather handsom 50 year old who is the match of most of the jerk-offs half my age. and in any case, her mother would not approve - probably because I'm the same age or older than her father...  One thing I've found out (the hard way), mothers approval is very important in a meaningful relationship.

Well... I'm doomed then

Don't get despondent about it. I should have mentioned that I have never gained approval of any kind from my mother-in-law.  It's something that is built into our genes.  When we find the perfect woman, the mother-in-law can go and stuff herself...

How sweet! You found your perfect woman!

Ok, that needs rephrasing.  A woman who is perfect actually means that her attributes tick the requisite boxes.  It doesn't mean perfection in the literal meaning of perfection.

I've found half a dozen perfect women, and that's only this week.

NB: dek doesn't count in this list as she is not a "woman" as far as I've been informed.  Nay, truly she is the most blessed of Angels come to Earth in mortal form to shine her beneficent light upon us, the lowliest of mortals.  Oh how this mortal flesh does wither and fade away in the harsh light of her true gloriousness.

I didn't think it did Mr Dent.... your perfect woman could be my nightmare

LOL! Yesh, I ain't woman! I be dek

You are not woman dek?

I am female, yes

But 'woman' fails to describe Dek... my theory is that she's actually an alien from the planet Tangler, here to enslave the human race by luring us into entertaining discussions that all ultimately end up being about food in some way or another.

But shhhhh, don't tell Dek about the theory...

According to everyone else, dek's a bot.

SK! Whoa...

I so totally take that as a compliment. Thank you!

And yesh Morgan, poor misunderstooded dek

I seen real dek. Dek not bot. (Unless dek be magical robot in human costume) 

I was gonna say 'you're my saving grace Morgan'.... until I read the rest of your post.

*sulks*

Aw! Get back here!!

Like I'd ever leave

Good. Good dek.

*hugs and kisses all around*

This calls for a celebration, no?

According to everyone else, dek's a bot.

i'll be damned!! so that explains the last 17 years...*gasp*

Oh not you too Swinger!!!

*appalled*

LOL!!! i just find it funny that you be a bot!! esp when i am accustomed to some of your mannerisms!

please permit me now to make u into a comic strip in me head.

ROFL!! Nutter...

I have no idea how I'd react to someone making a comic strip outta me

Oooooohhhhhh thats such a good idea!!!

No. No no no, it isn't. No, stop it.

I know a couple of artists that might be able to help out here...

I think I've finally nailed the job description of 'Community manager' - Having people gang up on ya

Community Manager
n.

1. An object, such as a padded disk with a marked surface, that is shot at to test accuracy in rifle or archery practice.
2. Something aimed or fired at.
3. An object of criticism or attack.
4. One to be influenced or changed by an action or event.
5. A desired goal.
6. A railroad signal that indicates the position of a switch by its color, position, and shape.
7. The sliding sight on a surveyor's leveling rod.
8. A small round shield.
9. A structure in a television camera tube with a storage surface that is scanned by an electron beam to generate a signal output current similar to the charge-density pattern stored on the surface.
10. A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted

tr.v., -ger·ed, -ger·ing, -gers.

1. To make a Community Manager of.
2. To aim at or for.
3. To establish as a Community Manager or goal.

idiom:

          To be dekked 

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA

That's Awesome!!

to be dekked!! i think that's gonna be sparked around here pretty fast...hee!!!

oh and do not forget about the comic strip idea too...i can give highly classified inputs about dek.

STOPPIT!!

Ok... what exactly does to be dekked mean??

Generally speaking, if you 'deck' someone, you knock them down..but to be 'dekked' I imagine would mean that the tangler dek had somehow dealt with you...

It better be in a good way!

grrrrrrrrr

Goes without saying...

Of course it's in a good way.... (quick, everyone calm her down or we'll all be dekked...)

Yeah, I was getting ready to... do something...

HAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! 

You laughing at me? You laughing at me punk?

Yes, and even more now 

Glad I can be of assistance

did someone just make dek cry??? don't make me come there and dek you!!!

W00t!! I haz backup!!!

Oh wait....

hahahahahahaha!!!!

I haz no one... no one at all!!

*goes off to listen to Vitamin C*

Are you pouring orange juice into your ears?

I Iove how we've all stuck to topic here...

Topic successfully hijacked! 

I can't help seeing the last few letters of the topic as code for uber friend.

LOL! uber friend! hahahaha

For Ruski's benefit, so he doesn't think it's a good idea to pour orange juice in his ear cos dek does it....

Uber ...

Whoa... that was a lot of noise in the beginning

I so need a new soundcard...

You so do

If I could be bothered I'd pull apart computer 2 and take out it's soundcard and put it into computer 1...

Can't just watch it on Comp2?

Comp 2 has no network card and at the moment seems to have power supply issue...

Bummer...

I love pulling things apart and fixing them... no matter what it is! Gives me a sense of accomplishment. Also, it makes me feel smart

Quite a few of us do stuff like that.  It is a good feeling when you finally put it all back together with no bits left over and you realise that you've save a small fortune by not having to buy a new one.

What we tend to forget though, is the times when we "have a go" but can't eventually fix it and simply throw it in the bin or set it aside - until we either have more time, have found the instructions or identified somewhere to get spares - which basically means it clutters up some space, until someone moves the "bits" or we lose interest and then we can then justify throwing it away having saved ourselves a mint on giving it to someone to repair and having to pay for their time without them being able to repair it.

Either way, we never get it wrong....!

...and we can justify feeling smart...

I've come to the conclusion that most things today are designed so that they can't  be fixed....

Yes. Everything is held together with press on plastic clips. Either you don;t have the correct bit to dismantle it and you end up breaking it or you just end up breaking it.

Yep

My last DVD player broke with a rental DVD inside. When I tried to take it apart (which I'd done before on other players) I couldn't!! There was NO WAY to pull it apart without breaking it.

So I did

LOL so you had to sacrifice the player to keep your rental integrity in order.

It was dead anyways.... but I still would have had liked to have a go at restoring it.

Just cos

I like the good old "everything runs on smoke" theory. If the smoke hasn't come out yet, it can still be fixed. 

Never heard it, but I like it!

Never heard it?!

Most commonly used on computers and cars... "Computers run on smoke, because once you let the smoke out, it doesn't work anymore"

No really, never heard it before.

Is it a uniquely Aussie saying?

Um... no... I think it was somewhere...um..around... LOL i dunno, maybe it was sent to me in an email

Ahhh....

Funnily enough, the last thing I pulled apart was my flatmate's dinosaur computer.. put a network card in it so she could use the internet.. as far as I know, its still there.. and the smoke hasn't come out either! 

Mrs Dent has a rule of thumb when it comes to fixing things.  Especially things with moving parts.

If it won't budge, force it.  If it breaks it needed replacing anyway.

Remember, all mechanical problems can be fixed with 2 tools: WD-40 and duct tape.

If it's moving but it shouldn't be, use the duct tape. If it's not moving but it should be, use the WD-40.

Extreme cases of the second variety may also require some "encouragement" from a hammer.

Anything electrical, just bash it until it works. Thats my general philosophy.

Least I try and fix it before I bash it....