What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[BubblyShell22]

What grinds my gears: Damn sinus headaches. I know I've complained about them a lot, but what makes me mad is that I want to post up some fan fiction, and because of having a headache, I can't do that because it bothers me. I'm just tired of this holding me back as I have a lot of stories I want to update, and I can't because of this. Just so frustrating.

[blindturtle02]

Yeah, I've had those this week as well. Spring has certainly sprung around here. Our car was covered with pollen yesterday when we left to do grocery shopping.

What grinds my gears? Having to go to two separate places to do our grocery shopping. Our town is fast becoming a small city and we only have an HEB and a Walmart. They actually had a tun of the stuff we needed, but when we got to the beef and chicken section, they were fresh out of lean ground beef and chicken breasts. We don't really eat regular ground beef unless we're making a meatloaf. They only had about 3 pounds of the regular left. It was nuts. Someone in this town must own a pet lion or something. So we'll be heading back out this weekend at some point. I guess this gives me an excuse to order Pizza Hut on Sunday. ha!

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

My Computer. I'm trying to play some games, and it keeps crashing.

[Kanon]

People who ask me: "Does Zero Cola taste good?"

I like it, most people (in my neighborhood) say it doesn`t.

[Wingnut]

Dating in the smartphone era.

[Kanon]

Ice cream that melts too fast.

[LivingMutagen]

A gear grinder.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Ice cream that melts too fast.

Allot of people around my town tend to love Derry Queen. They have that soft serve icecream and that melts very quickly. I think it's ok, but you have to eat it in around 5 or so minutes or you end up with liquid. Really gets annoying after a while.

[Sage Ninja]

friends who want to set you up with someone you have only met a handful of times and barely had any one on one interaction with. I was bugged all day long yesterday through text message that I should hook up with this guy. We have zero chemistry and the guy just got out of a relationship with some girl who is mentally slow and is stalking him and won't accept he broke up with her. Why would I want to be some rebound girlfriend and why would I want to be in the cross hairs of his crazy ex? Worse they will not leave me alone about this, they keep asking me "well what's wrong with him" "why not give it a chance you guys would be perfect, you like the same anime and movies...." WTF? I love how people give super shallow reasons why you and someone else would be perfect for each other.

I genuinely do not have any interest in this guy, I barely know him and have been in contact with him a total of four times in a group setting. There is nothing wrong that I can see physically but I am not particularly attracted to him. Also, and this just a personal preference he is 4 years younger then me and I prefer not to date any one more then 2 or 3 years younger then myself. Maybe my standards are to high but it is more of a comfort level for myself, plus the guy does not look his age, when I met him I thought he was 18 years old. Us together would just look...weird. Also I prefer not to date people that are apart of the circle of friends I hang out with. I know from experience that it is awkward when things go south and suddenly there is tension in the group.

but I do not have any good reasons why I should not hook up with him and my friends are saying I am being picky and, since "I ain't gettin' any younger" (nice right ) I should be more open. I'm kind of annoyed right now because I know how this is going to play out. My friends are going to pretend to drop it and then the next time we are hanging out as a group they are going to make these not subtle moves to push us together and possibly embarrass me. And if I get pissed or hurt this guys feelings in some way, I'll be the insensitive one. I've been told by my friends that he is very sensitive and gets his feelings hurt easily because he had a rough upbringing, and they are very protective of him. The only thing I know about how he feels toward me personally, is that I don't make him feel uncomfortable. I have no idea on what his feelings are on the issue and knowing my friends they might be shoving him against his will in my direction which would be really embarrassing for me.

[blindturtle02]

Sage, you certainly have the right idea. Sucks when friends try to pair you up with someone you don't really like. Been there. Just stick to your guns. I know their thinking of his feelings, but they need to be considerate of your feelings too. If you don't want to date the guy, then that's that. They should support you in this. You shouldn't be seen as the baddy simply for saying no.

[BubblyShell22]

I agree with BT here. It's best for you to just be honest. If your friends can't accept that, too bad. You have the right to say no and to give a reason for it. If you're not attracted to him, what's the point in dating him anyway? There is no point, and you just have to let your friends know that.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Sage, I'm going to agree with BT and Bubbly here. Actually you DO have good reasons for not going out with him, and they are perfectly valid. If there's no chemistry and you simply have no attraction to him, or are uncomfortable with the age difference, that's reason enough right there. I've had friends try to set me up with people back when I was dating, and it just didn't work. One guy a co-worker tried to set me up with was nice, but we had little in common, and I knew it was a mistake when he not only took me to Medieval Times for my birthday (it's expensive, trust me) but gave me jewelry as a gift, too. I had to end it quickly before things got too awkward. And I felt bad about it, too, even though I just really had no romantic interest in him even after more than a month. And liking the same animes or movies is no gauge of compatibility. I have plenty of male friends who like the same things as me, but I'd never DATE any of them, even if I was still single!

[Kanon]

The change from winter-fur to summer-fur.
There is so much cathair I could knit a pullover!

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Or make yourself another cat? Sorry, just kidding. I've dealt with that problem before, myself. Actually, I heard of a lady a few years ago who actually DID that- she would use cast-off cat hair to knit hats, mittens, sweaters- you name it. And then sell them. For a small fee, you could send her the collected pet fur, and she'd knit something from it! You could actually WEAR your pets! I thought it was a cool idea.

[blindturtle02]

Jeez Kanon, yeah I agree with you and Duckie. My boys are constantly bathing themselves, then leaving little presents around the house. Mostly in corners, so I rarely step on hairballs. But when I do, my bare feet always find them. I'm never waring shoes when that happens! Never! You can bet that if I am wearing them, I never come across one. Guy, our giant ragdoll cat, has both allergies and hairballs, so his stomach has been a bit wonky lately. We have to give him this hairball medicine which squeezes out of a toothpaste tube. He hates it, but seems to be doing allot better now. Our tonkanese enjoys the taste of it when we rub it on his lips. He's just plain weird.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

The fact that i want to buy an Electric Guitar, but i don't have the budget to do so.

[BubblyShell22]

The fact that the South Bend station said we weren't supposed to get storms until Tuesday yet Chicago says we're getting storms tonight and into tomorrow and Tuesday. Seriously, weather people don't know what they're talking about. I can predict the weather better than they can.

[blindturtle02]

Yeah Bubbly, they do that type of thing around here. I thought we were getting storms yesterday but nothing happened. Really sucks when we're trying to plan picknicks after the weather guy predicts a miniscule chance of storms, then the bottom falls out the day of.

That's a shame, Headbands. I definitely see you as the Electric Guitar playing type. Hope you get to purchase one eventually.

Allergies are grinding my gears. Wound up staying up half the night because of them. I'm glad I never took up smoking, because then I'd really be in trouble. No, I don't have a problem with people who smoke at all. Just glad I don't have to worry about that combined with allergies.

[BubblyShell22]

That sucks, BT. I have the same problem with my headaches. Have one right now because of the rain we're supposed to get. We're going to get rain all week. Not cool.

[blindturtle02]

I'm thinking we're in for storms this week too. That would explain my older cat stretching his back legs when he gets up from a nap or whatever. We can usually tell when it's going to get nasty out there due to his small touch of arthritis in the back legs and hips.