The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Saw an apple on a phone table...felt best not to touch it. It could've either been A.) poison or B.) Some dude's apple that...left it on a phone table instead of taking it with him. Either way, best not to take every stray apple one sees.
In my experience its generally respected and often treated with the same curiosity we reserve for eastern religions. I remember the BBC world service running a story about Wenzhou and how the Chinese government took note that Christian run factories had a high output and happier workers and had researchers looking at potential links between Protestant Christianity and economic growth.
Chinese culture itself is still heavy laden with spirituality despite a so-called atheistic government and it wouldn't surprise me if your average Zhou finds a bible and a cross a positive, or at least, not a negative symbol ( unless you're a nationalist - then you hate everything).
I just care about you all and I wanted you to know, so hugs for everyone!
Just keep at it. Even if it's a shit date, it's better than pissing the time away alone. You'll find a good one eventually.
Chad Sexington how was your date?
Uhm.
She was really awesome.
She's ridiculously intelligent and we have a significant overlap in interests, favourite books, movies, even food. We've travelled to many of the same countries. She is a great conversationalist. And she's wonderfully pretty.
And she's moving to France for a year in October.
Right?!
I think that one ends up with you meeting her in Paris...
How about Montpellier?
Yes... and what sort of madman could be running such an organization, with plots of WORLD DOMINANCE? MWAHAHAHAHA
Ahem...
What?
Paris. The audience is too dumb for anything else.
Possibly her account is old? Not sure.
Don't need a month to get laid.
You land in Hamburg,Germany we take my friends VW Bus drive through Belgium and pick up Bubble181
arrive in Montpellier after stopping at various wine makers.
Do you want a The Hangover or a Sleepless in Seattle story, Chad Sexington ?
I was thinking more along the lines of Harold and Kumar xD
Romantic!
Aaaaaaw yiss.
She's leaving for a year, not in a year. She leaves in October. I don't know if I'll be in a "leave the continent" state in a few months of dating. On the other hand, I have been wanting to move. But I am getting just a bit ahead of myself after one date. It was just a funny realisation, that I really enjoyed her company and oh yeah this may not have long-term potential.
I've been there. Yikes.
I was that person. When I met my now-wife on OKC, I getting working towards moving away from the area. I ended up staying longer than expected (lousy job market...) but we didn't let it get in the way of things. We were engaged in 9 months but ready to be engaged much sooner than that...
Who cares where she'll be in a few months. Go and have some fun with her, you won't regret it. Unless you two get your sexy on and she has some horrible STD. Then you might regret it.
I have too. One of my most serious relationships was with a Malaysian Chinese girl I met in Wuhan, China. She was doing an exchange study for law at Wuhan university and we met somewhat near the end of the term and fell in love. After she went back to Singapore, I went ahead and visited her for a couple weeks and started a long distance relationship. We were together about two years. She visited the US, I visited Singapore again and we kept contact as regularly as we could. It fell apart eventually, but not because of distance and it showed me for the first time that not only is patience a virtue, that long distance relationships can work with the right kind of people. Chad Sexington give it a shot if you're really into her and see where it takes you. I don't regret the relationship I had, and maybe you'll have better luck than I did.
While I appreciate the anecdote and the encouragement, I definitely know I cannot do long-distance, having tried it before. But thank you for sharing that
