LTRs

[docellis]

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[docellis]

I'd just like to find someone strong enough to help me move my new bathtub. It's marble. Marble is really heavy.

Probably any guy on the forum who lives nearby would jump at the chance to help doc out.

But they wouldn't want her announcing games.

isn't that thread fun?

Yes, it really makes one feel warm and fuzzy about one's contributions to the forum.

I only took exception to one post but it wasn't a fun thread to read in general.

[clement]

LTRs? Are those Luketherifters or what?

So that is how LTR's are done? Keep your mouth shut and you get rewarded with 27 years of bliss?

Not exactly like that, but to some degree I'd say yes. People have feelings, and just because you and dangerous think something is stupid doesn't mean that it is or that dangerous' wife has to agree. I know I wouldn't like it if something I truly believed in was called "stupid" by my partner. At a minimum it would probably start a big argument. Is it worth it? Based on my own limited experience I believe that when you're in a long relationship you have to (a) be sensitive to the other person's feelings and (b) pick your battles. I think this applies to all kinds of relationships, not just romantic ones.

[lukethedrifter]

I'm still bad at them.

[clement]

I'm still bad at them.

You mean all the sage advice you've received here over the past 6 hours hasn't transformed you into Ward Cleaver?

[docellis]

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[Radbird]

I'll hit the 27 year mark later this year, even though I still haven't figured out when to keep my mouth shut. I'm getting better though. Still, I just can't help it when she's watching another incredibly stupid Lifetime movie....

[GatewaySnayke]

I hate Long Train Runnin', too.

[M1IRONMIKE]

LTR'S are really quite simple.......It's my way or the highway......words to live by

[maddash]

People always say you have to work at maintaining a LTR, I think that's a load of crap. You don't try to have a LTR, they just turn into one. So don't feel like you're doing something wrong - it either works or it doesn't.

But I'm one of those laid back easy to get along with fellas... maybe if you're one of those uncouth and uptight fellas, you might actually have to work at maintaining a LTR.

So, I guess my advice would be to change who you are to meet the needs of your gal. And just bottle up the resentment you have.

Seriously though, you know the game with FFs and LTRs, luke. You're fighting an uphill battle, man. But like I said, I still think it either was meant to be or it wasn't - and I'm not even one of those sentimental "love at first sight" guys. If you respect and are cool to each other, that's all the work you should have to do.