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The Last Man Standing

PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:32 pm


This is the advice column where your internet friends can help you relieve your real life burdens.
PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:34 pm


Al right I started this because i need advice. My best friend is getting married. I don't think she's known him long enough to be engaged to him already. I want to say something but she's very touchy about certain things especially her love life. zI dont want to hurt her feelings, or ruin our friendship, what do i do?

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Angelic_Illusionz
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:51 am


First off how long have the two known each other? Then how long have they lived together? There are so many aspects you need to take into account. Also ask yourself "Am I just afraid I'll lose her, am I just jealous?" People get jealous of their Besat Friends significant others all the time, because they feel like they'll lose the person.

Anyways without theat info, I personally think you have to trust your friend and believe that she's making the right choice. If she isn't, then you just have to be an awsome person and be there for her when you need her.
PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:22 pm


Criticising somebody's choice of a life partner is always a bad move. (Especially if you say she's touchy!) You can tell her 'to slow down' only AFTER she realizes it herself. Otherwise you'll just make things worse.

You might be right that things are moving too quicky, but that doesn't automatically make everything better, because we're very emotional. You might think 'oh she's my best friend she'll understand' but usually, anything negative/critical said about our friends is taken as an insult. I don't think you should EVER be that direct with somebody...because if she's as sensitive as me, she'll remember it for the rest of her life.

This is why it's hard to give advice, to be the 'bad guy' so to speak. Your best bet is to support her OWN choices and to continue doing fun things with her! After all, if she is moving too fast, she's only hurting herself in the long run and anything you say to her is just going to give her extra negative energy she doesn't need. You're her friend. Not her parent. She goes to you to escape and not worried about being judged.

So be supportive, uplifting, encouraging, and let her worry about her own choices. Angelic basically said the same thing, but in less words.

Hope that helps!

(Aren't gay men so wise? XD )

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:37 pm


((I LOVE this idea btw. Keep 'em comin!))
PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:53 pm


Angelic_Illusionz
First off how long have the two known each other? Then how long have they lived together? There are so many aspects you need to take into account. Also ask yourself "Am I just afraid I'll lose her, am I just jealous?" People get jealous of their Besat Friends significant others all the time, because they feel like they'll lose the person.


They've known each other for about 4 or 5 months i don't think they're living together she and i havebth been really busy the last month with or schooling and work so wwe haven't really gotten a chance to talk alot but she got engaged like 3 weeks ago so anyhoo. Am I jealous? I don't think so because she's like a sister to me heck she even dated my brother before this guy. I don't think i'll lose her but i really do need to talk to her and hope she'll value my input as a friend hmmm i should call her and we could have lunch together sometime soon.

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murderface

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:01 pm


Instead of telling her what you think, ask her about her relationship. Ask her how it feels or that sort of thing. They are right, if you jump into this attacking her relationship she will be very defencinve and you wont get a chance to understand.
Love is not something thats easy to stand back from and reveiw abstactly. Just talk about her and him and dont throw your opinion in there without knowing how they feel about each other.
Have you spent much time with him, got to know him and his love for her?
I have had mates in love and the best thing you can do is be ready to catch them if they fall.
Now that all sounded very whishy washy didnt it? Im sorry.
PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:32 pm


Okay, I probably won't be much help with this, but I think the best thing is to follow murder's advice. Talk to her about their relationship and keep your opinions to yourself untill you know just how serious she is.

I myself have only been going out for 4 months. I've already, jokingly, talked about marraige. For my girl and I, we won't think about that untill she's finished uni, so in 3 1/3yrs. This is because there are things that we both want to happen while we are not married, like me wanting to be able to pay for our entire wedding and honeymoon and her wanting to finish her course and get a job.

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The Last Man Standing

PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:06 pm


Well Surri and I are gonna have lunch with her Fiancee some time soon so that should be alright we were gonna do it firday but that's the last day for "boaz" whatever that is
PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:16 pm


I have a another friend who actually thinks she's a werewolf she's 18 and has been verbally abused her whole life her boy-toy, my other best friend, is 17 and would do anything to keep her so he embraces her belief. what do I do?

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Angelic_Illusionz
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:09 pm


... I feel safe when there's a full moon, and I like it, but I'm no werewolf. I think she's just hoping and wishing somethign unnatrual would happen in her life, and either you have to give her an un-planned and AWSOME day, or you have to sit her down and talk to her...
PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:57 pm


she knows what i think. i think she's off her rocker. i think she has a serious mental disease called lycanthropy, but i'm her only friend that either thinks it or tells her so.

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The Last Man Standing

PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:42 pm


I want to ask this one girl out but she's way out of my league and i was hoping to see her tonight at church but no such luck so should i just e-mail her and ask her out or what?
PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:02 am


I never suggest that you should ask some one out if they're out of your league. All it leads to is dissapointment. I would suggest you move on to a girl more your style, because there are pretty girls everywhere.

Angelic_Illusionz
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The Last Man Standing

PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:31 pm


you've never been to jemison, alabama have you? All the pretty girls are either sluts or way out of my league i just want to know how not to ruin a friendship by asking a girl out
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