Romance at the WWGHA

[Dante]

X, I've missed you hombre! And I couldn't be any more happy for you and P! Congrats, and much love!

[atheola]

I might as well say congratulations because..well.. I really mean it. I'm happy w hen good people are happy.. Rotten people not so much... I'm not good at this stuff..

Anyway when I first saw the post title I thoigjt, What? Have they gone Xtian dating on us with a twist? Join our new WWGHA dating service and meet other interesting and stimulating amputees god refuses to heal and meet your special heathen today!

[Persephone]

Anyway when I first saw the post title I thoigjt, What? Have they gone Xtian dating on us with a twist? Join our new WWGHA dating service and meet other interesting and stimulating amputees god refuses to heal and meet your special heathen today!

You figured it out! We were asked to test drive this new forum feature. 

[Graybeard]

But... but... what about "Atheists have nothing in common; it is like a club for people who don't collect stamps."???

Does this mean we will have to revise the metaphor? Surely the end of times is nigh!

Congratulations.

[xphobe]

Thanks Graybeard.  As a matter of fact, it turns out that both Persephone and I had extensive non-stamp collections - it was definitely one of the things we have in common.  You should see our combined stamp non-collection.  It is freakin awesome.

Seriously though, and I don't want to get all mushy here, apart from our religious views it is uncanny in an almost woo-like way how much we do have in common.  We've made lists, so it's not just the romantic buzz talking.

'cept she is a flaming commie pinko liberal, but we're working on that. 

[jetson]

'cept she is a flaming commie pinko liberal, but we're working on that.

I like her even more than I did before!

[Omen]

I met xphobe in real life and he didn't hit on me at all

[HAL]

We were both in the process of getting divorces, and we fell in love.  I quit my job,

But, but, but - you quit your job for a woman? 

[atheola]

Well..I'm not missing any limbs....yet. But being single now and being a member AND I have a mobile phone the railroad aren't so far away that this problem can't be fixed.. now had  I known about this heathen amputee dating service in Texas I lived RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from the tracks... Damned.. I'm always learning about great deals after it's to late.... shit.

[atheola]

Hey X..don't go a thinkin you've escaped hurricanes.. We get em up north too except the happen in winter at 40 below zero...bet she didn't tell ya about the usual Michigan hurricane season. 

[xphobe]

I met xphobe in real life and he didn't hit on me at all

Dude, you're hot and stuff, but that hideous face crab thing stuck to your head kind of put me off.

But, but, but - you quit your job for a woman? 

heh. erm. Yeah... although I was trying to be careful not to say that in so many words.

All my friends are like "wait - you left Houston and moved TO Detroit?  Nobody moves TO Detroit."

[Larissa238]

Congrats! I met my hubby on  a Stephen King forum, and it's been the best 7 years of my life. I wish all the same to you.

[kcrady]

But, but, but - you quit your job for a woman? 

Ohai, misogyny.

What's wrong with quitting a job for a woman you love?  A job is a thing you only do because somebody pays you.  A romantic partner is presumably someone you're happy to spend time with for free.  Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Edit: Congratulations, Xphobe and Persephone!  Don't worry Xphobe, you'll make a fine liberal once she straightens you out.  *evil grin*

[atheola]

Even though Im a single cranky old bastard in real life I play a hopeless romantic online... Man.. I love this stuff... It renews my faith in romance novel burnings.   

[HAL]

What's wrong with quitting a job for a woman you love? 

Nothing if food, clothing, and shelter isn't a big deal. 

[atheola]

Meh...fuck jobs..just ask thy shall receive.. Jesus DID leave Chicago..that's why the Lions got Megatron and the Cubs will never go to the world series. He's in Detroit now pitching for X & P 

[kcrady]

What's wrong with quitting a job for a woman you love? 

Nothing if food, clothing, and shelter isn't a big deal. 

Well, he didn't say that he quit his job and pledged to never get another one. Food/shelter/clothing do not appear to be lacking in the picture provided.   Mainly, I don't like the implication of "Duuuuuude, you quit your job for a girl?!  Man, you are so whipped, we might not want to let you in our treehouse anymore."  Note Xphobe's stammered reply.  He's being made to feel ashamed of something that isn't shameful.

Also, for some reason this sort of reaction doesn't come up when a woman leaves her home/family/job to move away with her husband to relocate for his new job.

[HAL]

Also, for some reason this sort of reaction doesn't come up when a woman leaves her home/family/job to move away with her husband to relocate for his new job.

True, but it applies the opposite way as well, needless to say.

I'm glad you replied because I was thinking about this today. In my teens or 20s, I'm sure I would have given up a job for love (a woman) without a lot of thought or planning. In my 30s - probably ..., given the right woman. Later than that, I doubt it. Why? Because as I get older (and I think this applies to a lot of people) love tends to be a little more "practical". I'd have a whole lot to lose in a bad marriage. And brother, trust me, I've seen a few people lose a ton in divorces.

Is that "pure" or "uninhibited"? Nope. But as a person gets older they have a lot to lose if a relationship goes bad - and the plain fact is, a lot of marriages do end up in divorce due to finances. If you don't believe me, Google it. So, my point is, as we get older (men or women) love takes a backseat to practicality.

Sad but true.

[atheola]

I can't think of a more practical bunch of fatherly advice or reasoning shall we say than Hals. I think we need to get out the 1932 WWGHA refurbished greyhound, gather the troops together, make a road trip to Detroit to do an intervention... for the sanctity of marriage. 
Oh no...they may be living in... SINNN!

[Sniomhaiche]

Congratulations to the both of you, [wwotw inflection] and your little dog too! [/wwotw inflection] The pup looks as happy as y'all do 

[atheola]

...which is exactly how Chairman Mao was able to convince his countrymen the cultural revolution was a good idea.. 

[screwtape]

That's awesome for both of you.  I wish you very many congratulations. 

Now, we need one of us to find, convert and marry a xian to offset that fucker QM.

[Zankuu]

That's awesome for both of you.  I wish you very many congratulations. 

Now, we need one of us to find, convert and marry a xian to offset that fucker QM.

Funny you mention that. As soon as I read this thread I thought about QM and his easily impressionable forum wife. It took me a long while until I realized it wasn't a prank.

[Graybeard]

'cept she is a flaming commie pinko liberal, but we're working on that.

'cept she is a flaming commie pinko liberal, but Persephone is allowing me to think that we're working on that.

Fixed.

(GB: 45 years of experience with women)

[Persephone]

All my friends are like "wait - you left Houston and moved TO Detroit?  Nobody moves TO Detroit."

A man might move to Detroit if there were a Real Woman^tm waiting for him, unable to move out of state with her kids. Just sayin'.

 

[Persephone]

'cept she is a flaming commie pinko liberal, but we're working on that.

'cept she is a flaming commie pinko liberal, but Persephone is allowing me to think that we're working on that.

Fixed.

(GB: 45 years of experience with women)

I see you understand the situation. 

[atheola]

So you inspired Chairman Mao.. I'm impressed. 

[Hatter23]

Canadians have cars?

 

Yes, but they only caught on after the TV series "Corner Gas" brought them the trend of gas stations.

[atheola]

Percy...as long as your cooing and youthful giggling don't bleed through the paper thin walls between Detroit and Dayton we're all good.