What Are You Thinking? Continued 4

[JerseyJade]

Royce, what you've forgotten is that whenever someone leaves Lit for any time and returns its like a new person starting here.

Hey, I'm still the same person as I was when I left. I'm just a little bigger, that's all.

 

[AlpineFresco]

I'm trying to picture where I'll be in two weeks.

 

[badjanus]

Royce, what you've forgotten is that whenever someone leaves Lit for any time and returns its like a new person starting here. It takes a lot of time to reestablish contacts and to develop new ones. Even then you'll have to go out and engage with others casually. Instant gratification won't get you anywhere here or in RL. Nor will feeling sorry about your life situation whether online or in RL. Get out and go places, reach out and introduce yourself to others. Other than a lot of long time listers leaving this place is the same, sometimes its a little to PC, sometimes a little to manic but its still here. The most unhappy people here on Lit are the ones who feel like they don't fit in or are jealous of the ones who engage with others and joke around having fun. Make your own way and banter with people. Don't complain about not fitting in or being unhappy. Its non productive and only reinforces being unhappy.

I am inclined to agree with this. Please speak to a friend in RL. Lit has the ability to be fun, it also has the ability of being quite poisonous if you're not in the right frame of mind.

On another point, I have always had you down as one of the good guys and from the posts here, I am not alone.

J

 

[Joe_Bob_Gautama]

Thinking that the guy she calls her cousin is, in reality, her pimp. Of course, around here, the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

 

[Taegul]

Why do some of my pics not show? They don't even show as broken links, there's just nothing there. Is my browser goofing off?

 

[tnman03]

Hey, I'm still the same person as I was when I left. I'm just a little bigger, that's all.

Yes you are, but you've also got RL connections, responsibilities, and parenting things going on that keep you happily involved and busy. You're also spunky as hell and make your own way wherever you land. So yeah, you just jumped right back in and hit the ground running.

 

[RoyceConnors]

Royce, what you've forgotten is that whenever someone leaves Lit for any time and returns its like a new person starting here. It takes a lot of time to reestablish contacts and to develop new ones. Even then you'll have to go out and engage with others casually. Instant gratification won't get you anywhere here or in RL. Nor will feeling sorry about your life situation whether online or in RL. Get out and go places, reach out and introduce yourself to others. Other than a lot of long time listers leaving this place is the same, sometimes its a little to PC, sometimes a little to manic but its still here. The most unhappy people here on Lit are the ones who feel like they don't fit in or are jealous of the ones who engage with others and joke around having fun. Make your own way and banter with people. Don't complain about not fitting in or being unhappy. Its non productive and only reinforces being unhappy.

If you only knew what my life is like, you'd eat your words. I was wrong coming back here and I realize that. Yes, I was a good guy and had fun, but those people aren't here for me to enjoy any more. I stated quite clearly I have nothing of any value to offer a woman and knowing me would make that perfectly clear.
I appreciate all the kind thoughts and suggestions, but they're empty words without understanding included in them.

I really should just cancel my account.

 

[Shi_One81]

Yes you are, but you've also got RL connections, responsibilities, and parenting things going on that keep you happily involved and busy. You're also spunky as hell and make your own way wherever you land. So yeah, you just jumped right back in and hit the ground running.

When I was in my deep depression I talked about finding another home for my dogs. My therapist said absolutely not because having them insured I’d have to get out of bed to at least take care of them and let them in and out.

Royce, I know a lot of people were happy when you came back. I’m not going to act like I know you or your story because I don’t and we’re all different, but it can’t hurt to talk to someone whether it’s on here, in real life or in a Kik group. My therapist told me about Kik because she said if I talked to people there I wouldn’t be completely isolating.

 

[Joe_Bob_Gautama]

Thinking that, at the end of the day, this song has meant more to me than almost any novel I've ever read. Still a couple of poems in the running, too, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKsiTSwBdtk

 

[Esslemont]

Thinking that it’s time to manscape.
I’ve heard it gives the illusion of larger size?
Truth is...you have what you have. No tricks help...
Pathetic nine inches....sigh...

I also try to increase the look of the width...so of course the above length is bent down in half of what it normally is. Again....sigh...

 

[JerseyJade]

Thinking that it’s time to manscape.
I’ve heard it gives the illusion of larger size?
Truth is...you have what you have. No tricks help...
Pathetic nine inches....sigh...

I also try to increase the look of the width...so of course the above length is bent down in half of what it normally is. Again....sigh...

Pssst! Wake up! Wake up! You're dreaming again and talking in your sleep.

 

[Cthulhu1138]

I have an irrational fear of dinosaurs, I'll have you know.

http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/mTrUbEjM1Agta/giphy.gif

Completely irrational!

Just look at that T-Rex frolic happily with those children!

So docile with his wee arms!

I must confess that all this dino talk reminds me that our view (or understanding) of what dinosaurs were and looked liked has changed so much since I was a boy.

Frankly, it leaves me a touch sad--
While it is super cool to look at a hawk and think "your mega great grand Daddy was a velociraptor,"
It is a bit deflating to envision a Tyrannosaur as a 15 foot tall chicken.

 

[Joe_Bob_Gautama]

Thinking that even when I reflect on what an asshole I have been at times in my life, I tend towards thinking I'm some special sort of asshole. No, I'm not. When I'm being an asshole, I'm just a very average asshole in the eyes of people who see me as an asshole. I have some narcissistic bullshit to work through.

 

[tnman03]

Thinking that even when I reflect on what an asshole I have been at times in my life, I tend towards thinking I'm some special sort of asshole. No, I'm not. When I'm being an asshole, I'm just a very average asshole in the eyes of people who see me as an asshole. I have some narcissistic bullshit to work through.

So… your saying that you’re a nuttier asshole than most then???

 

[Misshotndeep]

LOL, far too gone for any help. I'm just facing reality head-on and it sucks. I have no one to talk to and I doubt anyone has anything they can say that'll change anything. I know what I face and it was foolish of me to think going back would help things. I know you want to try and help me, but not knowing anything about me, makes that a futile endeavour. I was just hoping I could escape some of that reality a bit by coming back here. I was wrong and admit as such.

I haven't made anyone happy by coming back, I saw that, so there's no reason for me to stay and disrupt everyone else's good time, or whatever you do here now.

Hey old man! Long time no see. Ignore the prickly fucks with their rules of lit. I remember ya and welcome back. Still won’t fuck you though.

 

[AlwaysFara]

Shit, or get off the pot.

 

[Joe_Bob_Gautama]

So… your saying that you’re a nuttier asshole than most then???

Don't know if I'm nuttier, or just more willing to free associate in a public forum. As I move through the world, I imagine the people I encounter all have some craziness locked inside themselves. Some of them maybe feel guilty about it. I do not. And I don't want them to, either. I try to approach people in a spirit of acceptance.

 

[Shi_One81]

Shit, or get off the pot.

^^^^

This

 

[hotoldrguy]

Shit, or get off the pot.

give me a break I am old and constipated!

 

[Misshotndeep]

give me a break I am old and constipated!

They have a pill for that. Lol

 

[hotoldrguy]

They have a pill for that. Lol

they seem to have a pill for damn near everything nowadays...LOL

 

[Misshotndeep]

they seem to have a pill for damn near everything nowadays...LOL

I haven’t found one to make people not assholes. THAT pill would be priceless!

 

[Sundayschild]

I haven’t found one to make people not assholes. THAT pill would be priceless!

Cyanide not strong enough? ☺

 

[hotoldrguy]

I haven’t found one to make people not assholes. THAT pill would be priceless!

DAMN!! That would be amazing!

 

[Misshotndeep]

Cyanide not strong enough? ☺

Killing assholes only makes more of them. We need to fix them. Pour some compassion and empathy in them. Like a shot or vaccine.