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Postby The Two Jerseys » Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:43 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Big Jim P wrote:Required to? No.

I haven't seen you around i like 6 months and that's your post??

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Postby Big Jim P » Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:44 pm

The Two Jerseys wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:I haven't seen you around i like 6 months and that's your post??

Big Bad John Jim is a man of few words.


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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:48 pm

Big Jim P wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:I haven't seen you around i like 6 months and that's your post??


RL, and yes, that's my post.

Edit: I've made a couple of others tonight.

Sure sure, regards to Mrs. and inlaws
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Postby Big Jim P » Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:50 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Big Jim P wrote:
RL, and yes, that's my post.

Edit: I've made a couple of others tonight.

Sure sure, regards to Mrs. and inlaws


Done.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:38 pm

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Ethel mermania wrote:I haven't seen you around i like 6 months and that's your post??

Big Bad John Jim is a man of few words.


He only has so many words to use. :p
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Postby Big Jim P » Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:45 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
The Two Jerseys wrote:Big Bad John Jim is a man of few words.


He only has so many words to use. :p


To waste. 8)
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Postby The Northern Chinese Republic » Sat Feb 13, 2021 10:11 pm

When you're at work, you're supposed to be there to work, not to hit on people. If she hit on you without asking whether you were single, that's her mistake. She should learn from it and try asking first next time.

And people of both sexes need to accept that not everyone is going to be interested in them. Men do that too. Just because you're attracted to someone doesn't mean they're attracted to you.

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Postby Big Jim P » Sat Feb 13, 2021 10:18 pm

The Northern Chinese Republic wrote:When you're at work, you're supposed to be there to work, not to hit on people. If she hit on you without asking whether you were single, that's her mistake. She should learn from it and try asking first next time.

And people of both sexes need to accept that not everyone is going to be interested in them. Men do that too. Just because you're attracted to someone doesn't mean they're attracted to you.


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Postby Giovenith » Sat Feb 13, 2021 10:39 pm

Big Jim P wrote:
The Northern Chinese Republic wrote:When you're at work, you're supposed to be there to work, not to hit on people. If she hit on you without asking whether you were single, that's her mistake. She should learn from it and try asking first next time.

And people of both sexes need to accept that not everyone is going to be interested in them. Men do that too. Just because you're attracted to someone doesn't mean they're attracted to you.


Everyone's attracted to me. I have to carry weapons.


You mean Roan has to carry weapons.
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Postby Big Jim P » Sat Feb 13, 2021 10:49 pm

Giovenith wrote:
Big Jim P wrote:
Everyone's attracted to me. I have to carry weapons.


You mean Roan has to carry weapons.


She's my backup.
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Postby The Northern Chinese Republic » Sat Feb 13, 2021 10:54 pm

Big Jim P wrote:
The Northern Chinese Republic wrote:When you're at work, you're supposed to be there to work, not to hit on people. If she hit on you without asking whether you were single, that's her mistake. She should learn from it and try asking first next time.

And people of both sexes need to accept that not everyone is going to be interested in them. Men do that too. Just because you're attracted to someone doesn't mean they're attracted to you.


Everyone's attracted to me. I have to carry weapons.


Did you eat a magnet or something? :blink:

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Postby Big Jim P » Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:09 pm

The Northern Chinese Republic wrote:
Big Jim P wrote:
Everyone's attracted to me. I have to carry weapons.


Did you eat a magnet or something? :blink:


No. I just embody the concept of "attractive". 8)
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Postby UniversalCommons » Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:39 am

How about the approach is bad. The answer would be no with or without a ring. A person either likes you or they don't.

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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:02 am

Grinning Dragon wrote:This is actually a multi part question.
To make a long story short... At the beginning of the year a new instructor was hired at one of the campuses. Apparently she took a shine to me and badgered me at times to go have a drink/dinner or whatever activity with her. After the first few rejections, she sought the help of her coworkers in which she was informed I was married. Well this didn't go over well and she has now proposed a change to the employee handbook that married personnel should wear their wedding rings/bands to avoid confusion and is trying to garner support for this change, so far no one has signed on. She said if she knew I was married she would have dropped the pursuit and avoided embarrassing herself.
Since I work with my hands and I am around electronics/electricity, I don't wear my ring for obvious reasons, in fact I haven't worn it since the day I got married.

Even if I were single I still would have said NO, as she isn't even close to being my type and in no way could I ever see myself being romantically involved with her, friends; yes, lovers; hell no.
So this begs the following questions. Is a person owed a further explanation to a response of "NO", "Naw, I'm good" and "I'm not interested"?
Why does it matter if a person is married or not, shouldn't no mean no?
If the roles were reversed wouldn't holy hell rain down on the guy?
Why do some women think they are entitled to a man's attention/time and NO just isn't an acceptable answer?

IMO, no is all the justification that is needed, I don't feel the need to explain myself as to why I said no, after all NO is a complete sentence.
Her embarrassment is all on her, as I share NO part in that.
When I am at work, I'm there to work, I've done the inter-office/coworker romance thing when I was younger and the majority of the time it never ends well, so I avoid it after learning it the hard way.


No, they shouldn’t be forced to wear their wedding bands. If you’re married and you get hit on, just state you’re married. If the person is taken aback, well that’s their problem. Not yours. Moving on.
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:10 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Grinning Dragon wrote:This is actually a multi part question.
To make a long story short... At the beginning of the year a new instructor was hired at one of the campuses. Apparently she took a shine to me and badgered me at times to go have a drink/dinner or whatever activity with her. After the first few rejections, she sought the help of her coworkers in which she was informed I was married. Well this didn't go over well and she has now proposed a change to the employee handbook that married personnel should wear their wedding rings/bands to avoid confusion and is trying to garner support for this change, so far no one has signed on. She said if she knew I was married she would have dropped the pursuit and avoided embarrassing herself.
Since I work with my hands and I am around electronics/electricity, I don't wear my ring for obvious reasons, in fact I haven't worn it since the day I got married.

Even if I were single I still would have said NO, as she isn't even close to being my type and in no way could I ever see myself being romantically involved with her, friends; yes, lovers; hell no.
So this begs the following questions. Is a person owed a further explanation to a response of "NO", "Naw, I'm good" and "I'm not interested"?
Why does it matter if a person is married or not, shouldn't no mean no?
If the roles were reversed wouldn't holy hell rain down on the guy?
Why do some women think they are entitled to a man's attention/time and NO just isn't an acceptable answer?

IMO, no is all the justification that is needed, I don't feel the need to explain myself as to why I said no, after all NO is a complete sentence.
Her embarrassment is all on her, as I share NO part in that.
When I am at work, I'm there to work, I've done the inter-office/coworker romance thing when I was younger and the majority of the time it never ends well, so I avoid it after learning it the hard way.


No, they shouldn’t be forced to wear their wedding bands. If you’re married and you get hit on, just state you’re married. If the person is taken aback, well that’s their problem. Not yours. Moving on.


Wait. Does this mean I should stop hitting on you? :p

Edit: I'm not mushet, I swear!
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:11 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
No, they shouldn’t be forced to wear their wedding bands. If you’re married and you get hit on, just state you’re married. If the person is taken aback, well that’s their problem. Not yours. Moving on.


Wait. Does this mean I should stop hitting on you? :p

Edit: I'm not mushet, I swear!


Please, do. My shins can’t take the assault anymore. Bossy sheep. :p
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Postby Salandriagado » Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:20 am

Protip: if your behaviour is shitty when the other person is married, it's equally shitty when they're unmarried and in a relationship (or otherwise just not interested in you). The ring makes exactly no difference to what behaviour is acceptable.
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