I see where the fodder for your posts come from now! Is she gonna be a hot mess? I kinda hope you say yes.

Actually, my friends think I'm kinda tight. :cool:

Our Christmas was fantastic! We loved each other's gifts but the amazing part was just spending time together. He said that we definitely need to see each other more often. I'm glad he feels the same way I do. :o

Protocol question:

BF and I exchanged gifts before we left for our respective homes. We each spent about $20 on each other, and it turned out nicely for both of us.

Well, we were texting today and it turns out he got another present for me. Knowing him, it's smallish (not because he doesn't want to spend money on me, but because we're students). Should I look for another present for him? I'd feel guilty if I didn't, but I don't want him to feel like it was perfunctory... sigh. Thought?

The gifts I bought the Chessman were more expensive than the ones he bought me and he said that he felt like he should go get me another. I would have felt the same way in his position but, being on the giving end, I thought that was silly. His gifts weren't expensive but I adored them--another one would have been just for the sake of "making it even." The ones he gave were small, but they were out of care for me which made them absolutely perfect. I'm sure your BF feels the same way about yours. :)

Nah. I had this discussion with SO yesterday because I bought him an extra thing. It still comes in under the $50 limit (which I imposed...no spending more than that on boyfriends/girlfriends), but he bought me one thing. I told him to leave it at that because with gifts it's the thought that counts, right? No need to rush out and buy me something just to keep up. It was my choice to buy him something else.

You absolutely should not.

The whole point of him giving it late was to prevent an "arms war" (although the secondary point was to "win") w/re:/to the Christmas gifts. You exchanged gifts, and both were happy - you did great at that point! There's nothing more to be done. It's not a competition, and there are certain societal memes (whether right or wrong) that may push him toward "one more gift" in a way that doesn't carry any expectation.

Finally, I assume you'll know if anything feels perfunctory (in the literal sense) from his or your end - that tends to portend very bad things. Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe.

No, I'm not going to accept anything I choose not to accept. I'm a talker, therefore I prefer a talker, not a texter. But I'm not going to tell a couple who does text that their way of communicating is wrong. It goes back to what I said, it depends on the couple. Whatever works for them. Though opposites often attract in the beginning, it's similarities that keep couples together. A house divided will fall every time. The more you have in common with someone, the better. And stop criticizing other couples if their way of communicating doesn't line up with your way. That's dumb.

btw: not everyone has facebook, either. Another lame assumption.:rolleyes:

Amen. SO and I text 9/10 times because neither of us like the phone. I prefer to text my own mother rather than call her because I don't feel the need to waste minutes on "Where are you?" or "I miss you". I'm willing to bet if SO and I tried to switch to phone calls only there would be a lot of dead air time. Neither of us are talkers.

Yep, and there is nothing wrong with this, because it works for both you and him.:)

When Live-in and I were in an LDR, we preferred calling to texting or email, but because both of us were so busy at the time, we only called about once every other day - sometimes even longer.

Not gonna lie, though, I've texted/emailed/messaged/tweeted/facebooked at him while he was sitting on the other end of the couch before.

Now that's lazy.

My boyfriend is currently on a cruise and hasn't heard this yet. Pretty sure I'm gonna play it for him once we see each other again :D

I'm really jealous that he is on a cruise in the Caribbean while I have around a foot of snow.

like :)

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I hate PB LOL

:D

I am CRYING at that GIF. is that stored in the GIF thread?

I get to go visit! FINALLY!

Ooooomg in the beginning of that gif, that man is moving like his shoes are too small and they're hurting his feet. :p

Yep. I've totally done that. Now that I think of it we do text and FB a lot not only because we both loathe the phone but because we see each other almost every day...we live a block away from each other and though occasionally one of us will schedule "me" time we usually see each other at least once a day. That and long phone calls would be too much togetherness.

Except for now. It's been a long holiday break, but it does wonders when I actually get to miss him for once. ;)

Giggety.

Okkkkkkkay. Holler at us in July/August.

This is absolutely not how this conversation was supposed to go.....

Did you minimize the youtube and watch that guy? Hilarious! lol
You are SO bad.:)

One week from Thursday, I will see my boyfriend again.

This summer, when I (hopefully) get an internship somewhere other than my college town, the worst part will be being away from my boyfriend. Almost two weeks has been bad enough...

The Chessman and I just chatted online for close to 8 hours. That's right--8 hours. :eek: That was a full day at work! You can't tell me that not talking on the phone diminishes communication because, if that'd been a phone convo, it would have been 10 minutes, tops. We talked about everything. I'm not sure there's a topic we didn't cover.

The boy my friend set me up on a blind date with a couple weeks ago has turned out to be quite the gentleman caller :o We're awful at coming up with things to do but even just hanging out doing nothing with him is so much fun. I love his stories, personality, his energy, how he treats his friends, how he treats me like a true friend and a damn queen.

I'm giddy :)

^^Yeeeeeaaaa for giddiness! I'm so happy for you! :D

Guys, I've got a problem.

I've fallen for my best friend.

:(:(:(

GF approves.

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Also, she posted this about me: http://www.letterstocrushes.com/letter/61857

I still can't believe you think Akon is a good singer lol

ETA: I see tld221 replaced me in your siggy *sigh*

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Everyone gather around and look into my crystal ball. If my predictions are correct, I'm seeing that 2011 is going to be a much better year for Dee. My crystal ball is telling me that in 2011 Dee will find her perfect match--oh wait, her perfect match will find her. I'm not seeing many bad future "Dee Dates".:)

I'm not sure why 2011 would be any different than the past 45 years, but if you're right, I'll take you out to dinner...lol.

I see that you still haven't put my saying in your siggy. I'm offended. :mad:

Which saying??

You can't even remember?! #doubleoffended.


So much for being "Mr. Right" :rolleyes:

OHHHH! My bad lol

And it was "Mr Right Now" :D

That is a logic fail if I ever saw one.

In my D&R random news, I've gotten to spend the past week with my boy and his family and it's been fantastic.

Reason #181 why I love him? He brought me milk after I'd eaten some chocolate, without me asking. When I asked him why he said "well I knew you'd need some."

It's seriously the littlest things that remind me why he is so amazing.

LOL, my Wedding Freak Friend always talks about how her parents have socked away money for her wedding...dude! Stop talking about it.

She's also mentioned how she wants her tables to be arranged. She nearly threw a fit at a wedding in September because she was seated with a lot of couples and she didn't catch the bouquet.

Wow. I'm sure if/when I get married my parents will help as much as they can financially, but any money they've put away is for an education. It's another reason I've grown up knowing it's ok to be 24 and unmarried...which some people seem to find so very odd. (The older I get, the more I get those questions).

I'll be 30 in 4 months...who's giving you those questions? If someone asked me now, I'd tell them to go eff themselves. Unless it was my grandmother, who told me last week to live it up. :D

The way I see it, my parents already paid for my education (and how!), and I don't expect them to save for my wedding on top of that. I'd never advertise that they're actively saving, because what if she doesn't get married? As much as a desperate freak as she is, it could happen. Also, it's just kind of tacky.