Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 06:07 PM
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Re: Emotional Affairs
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I will allow that obesity is not as premeditated as cheating.
Voluntarily going to a private area with a woman you know you want is premeditated. You would have been dreaming of this...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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The fact that you are faced with so many choices makes the end result premeditated, especially if you know what it is going to be. A fat person never stopped eating. I think that there was...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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It was also a jokey over-exaggeration, and by any fair reading it clearly wasn't anything remotely like a characterization of you. You're really reaching, and, it seems, suddenly spoiling...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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I was making a joke, and you're flying over the top. You're also getting extremely defensive and working solidly into the confrontational. I guess we probably can't profitably share in...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 282
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Re: Emotional Affairs
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There is a far difference between premeditation and "accidental cheating."
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I never, ever said "accidental cheating". You're imposing your viewpoint on my statements...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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I think that's a miserable excuse for cheating, and that you are painting the cheater as a sort of hapless victim himself. I think that's a cop-out.
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Again, you're...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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EMPLOYEE: I didn't mean to surprise Jeannie with a kiss in the storeroom today and grind my junk into her. Sorry you're getting sued. My testosterone level has been really high for the...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Saying you have no control over your emotions and behavior is equally crap.
I find using genetics as an excuse for personal behavior dodgy, to say the least.
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I said...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Ever jump off a bridge, swerve into the oncoming headlights, knock a kid riding a bike on the side of the road into a ditch, or punch your mom in the face, because, oh, say, your emotions...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Once I went through those things, I realized for the most part I'm not really concerned. My wife can flirt, that doesn't bother me at all. In a sort of roundabout...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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So you settle down and as a upper middle class guy you realize that 2 other (little) lives depend upon you. Love then takes on a very different meaning than it did for me when I was 27. ...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Third, trying to envision how I would react if some guy I was really attracted to kissed me in a casino has tilted me pretty badly. I tend to be a pretty straight and loyal person so this...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-12-2007, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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tarheel,
I'm with you, this whole thread is putting me on tilt in a major way.
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Heh, I have to admit a part of me gets a kick out of the fact you and duckman are...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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I was just wondering whether the majority of lounge viewers thought there was such a thing as an "emotional affair". I think it's pop psychology nonsense myself. Either you're in an...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Males think about sex all day long. Heck, even if a woman is unattractive you likely still think about sex,
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Maybe an age gap here. I'm old and broken. I spend a good part...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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can anyone honestly say that they don't get jealous, esp regarding the affections of someone they care about?
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Jealousy is a spectrum. I used to get jealous, but it was...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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yeah i agree, those two are probably just not meant to be. let's blur the line
katy mentioned the strip club earlier so i'll go w/that. let's say i like hitting up an sc ~1 a week...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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That's good. Neither do I. Any adult should be able to do quite a bit of fine-tuning as to where the line should be drawn.
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how do two adults reconcile a...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Cheating comes from the inside out, not vice-versa.
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Well, it's not quite that simple. Studies have shown impulses are easier to control if you...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Massages - Are you crazy?
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What's wrong with a massage?
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Cheating comes from the inside out, not vice-versa.
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Well, it's not quite that simple. Studies have shown impulses are easier to control if you aren't in situations to...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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That might be why things can seem complex and threatening to you that aren't really -- because you are flying by the seat of your pants and haven't really made peace with yourself as to...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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Reverse the scenario viewpoint, with him as the initiator instead of you. He's feeling it, he lets his guard drop and goes to kiss you when you give him a hug...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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I recognize the desire within me though and where it could go if I just dropped my guard a little... And it's one of those things where you only have to screw up once even if...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-11-2007, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 282
Views: 1,241
Re: Emotional Affairs
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(also, I don't hug my friends. I'm pretty uptight. Boundaries man. Boundaries.)
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Well, yea, that's pretty tight /images/graemlins/smile.gif. I'm a physical person and I...
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