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Adventures in auditions, jealous GF edition.
- Thread starter rutrho
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Ain’t it the truth. I always play stone cold sober. Some people feel offended by that. Go figure. Must have to do with something Mark Twain pointed out long ago:
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
I’m not in it for anything other than the music. Mine isn’t angry however. Glacially sardonic was about the best I could ever manage. And only if I were going through a particularly bad time.
Not necessarily. One of the surprising lessons that comes with aging is you eventually learn to be kind.
Okay, I call "Glacially Sardonic" as my new stage name.Ain’t it the truth. I always play stone cold sober. Some people feel offended by that. Go figure. Must have to do with something Mark Twain pointed out long ago:
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
I’m not in it for anything other than the music. Mine isn’t angry however. Glacially sardonic was about the best I could ever manage. And only if I were going through a particularly bad time.
Not necessarily. One of the surprising lessons that comes with aging is you eventually learn to be kind.
Okay, I call "Glacially Sardonic" as my new stage name.
It’s yours!
Mine is “Dynamically Apathetic.”
I’m not in it for anything other than the music. Mine isn’t angry however. Glacially sardonic was about the best I could ever manage. And only if I were going through a particularly bad time.
Not necessarily. One of the surprising lessons that comes with aging is you eventually learn to be kind.
Hey, fine aged cynicism, sadness and depression are not mutually exclusive to being kind, lolol
I have a ton of internal BS that I dealt with for years by wearing myself out as much as I could. There was a point were I was running 50 miles a week and then later riding 100-200 miles a week on the mountain bike... That was pretty much the minimum to get to a point where I was chilled out. Stuff is a bit better after making some massive life changes.
Music helps a lot with it now as I don't have 15-25 hours a week anymore to keep pro athlete levels of fitness up anymore, LOL
It's not that uncommon for band members wives to not want a female in their husbands band. I've had to deal with it. Broke up one band because if it actually.
Just move on to a more adult situation!
Just move on to a more adult situation!
Yep, it's a thing...I've even witnessed it outside of band settings in the professional workplace.
IMO, the OP dodged the drama bullet, but looking at it from a different perspective, I'm certain JD wholeheartedly believes he dodged the drama bullet as well.
Me too. Glad my SO isn’t either.
But she has complete confidence in herself and our relationship. As do I.
I happen to like redheads. I make no excuses or apologies for it. I find them highly interesting women for the most part. Somebody once asked my SO how she felt about that. She said she was fine with it, and went on to say that if she spotted a particularly good example of the breed she’d often point her out to me because: “He’s off in his own little world half the time and probably wouldn’t notice a truck if it hit him.”
My lady! She knows me.
Me too. Glad my SO isn’t either.
But she has complete confidence in herself and our relationship. As do I.
I happen to like redheads. I make no excuses or apologies for it. I find them highly interesting women for the most part. Somebody once asked my SO how she felt about that. She said she was fine with it, and went on to say that if she spotted a particularly good example of the breed she’d often point her out to me because: “He’s off in his own little world half the time and probably wouldn’t notice a truck if it hit him.”
My lady! She knows me.
That's exactly what my wife does, and for exactly the same reason. Dazed and confused for the win?
You betcha!
You betcha!
Mine often has to point out and help when someone is hitting on me because I flat out won't pick up on it or be aware of it like ever.
I'm a little dense...
Same here. If my SO didn’t make the initial overture it would have never happened. But she (being her) already knew that and shifted gears on the fly.
She was an impressive empath at 14. She’s become considerably more of one in the time between then and now. A Master’s in experimental psych didn’t hurt matters either.
Mine does that too, except none of the people who she says are hitting on me are actually hitting on me.
Oh geeze.... I bet. Glad it worked out!! Similar story here. I was not the motivating force when we got together and infact I was pretty oblivious to it for a few months.Same here. If my SO didn’t make the initial overture it would have never happened. But she (being her) already knew that and shifted gears on the fly.
She was an impressive empath at 14. She’s become considerably more of one in the time between then and now. A Master’s in experimental psych didn’t hurt matters either.
Otoh my partner is a writer but her parents were both in psych so theres that background. Meanwhile I have the emotional depth of a sea cucumber and it takes me a while to figure out how I feel much less how to talk about it.
More like made to work. She doesn’t leave things to chance when it’s something important to her.
If you so say. I’m not 100% sure I’m accepting that as read. But I’m pleased to see you’ve embraced the Delphic admonition: «γνῶθι σεαυτόν» at any rate. And that’s more than many people ever manage. So it’s all good, IMO.
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To those who don't know any Greek: it means "know yourself".
Good man! I forgot to put the translation in parentheses following it.
But I’d suspect most here would have figured it out from me prefixing it with “Delphic admonition” even not knowing any Greek. (FWIW I learned very little - and that was years ago.)
I’m positive @rutrho would have figured it out at any rate.
