Relationship Advice
 

I know of a partner (at Cravath) who lives (or, lived - I don't know the current situation) with a roommate.

The "One"
 

What the hell does "The One" mean? Its an asinine term. If I had not called my wife when I did, perhaps she'd have dated someone else and married him, and then we would not be married. Therefore, she's only "The One" insofar as luck of timing allowed her to be. And of course, we fell in love... There's no "one" out there for any of us. Its not like you're searching for the needle in the haystack or the lost piece to finish the puzzle. A lot more of getting hitched and falling in love has to do with circumstances than people seem willing to admit. I've met chicks who knocked me off my feet, and I thought, "Oh, I'll keep this one" but time and circumstances prevented us from staying together. Otherwise, one of those chicks might have been "The One." When you say "The One", you mean one of many possible "Ones."

I also hate hearing my wife's friends say "Oohhhh, I think he's 'The One.'" Its the sort oif pathetic cooing that makes me want to spill my bourbon on their heads. If one of my firneds ever said "She's the One'" with some meek 'my-heart's-a-flutter' giggle, I slap him across the face.

(Really Important) News
 

I first thought Slave was responding to Less's "That made me giggle" post, and I was glad I wasn't the only one to giggle at Danny Ferry's game. Though I did see him in a restaurant in Chapel Hill (he was slumming) once, and he was huge. Immense. If he had sneezed, the restaurant would have collapsed.

But I digress.

Relationship Advice
 

side-splitting stuff, man.

Riotous.

(Really Important) News
 

hahahaha!!! HILARIOUS!!! :D

Relationship Advice
 

the only thing worse than having to read the stupid sock comments once is having to read them again after Less chimes in.

Weird that.

The "One"
 

I am delighted to say that I agree with Sebby 100% on this. Well, maybe 98.8%, since I wouldn't use the word "asinine" here, not really being sure what it means. The only person who is The One is Keanu, I mean Neo, and that's cause he can do the cool stop-the-bullets-in-mid-air thing. And I know this without even having seen the sequel.

This is stupid
 

lol!!! VERY amusing!!!! :P

Relationship Advice
 

ROLL on the FLOOR!!!! hahahaha!!:rofl: :rofl:

(Really Important) News
 

hahahah!!!!!!! Quel bon mot!!! :D :P :D :P

Relationship Advice
 

OH no!!! hahaha!!! Spot on!!!! :P :P Carry on, indeed!!! :D :wink: lol!!!

This is stupid
 

I assumed you were a girl, because most guys in your situation (i.e. no-strings sex) wouldn't search for deeper meaning in the equation. It is like coming onto a parking meter which still has some time on it. (this is what I like to call a "metaphor"). You think "hey cool...here is a meter (girl) with some time on it (free sex)." Relationships are great, but if you get to have sex without quarters (dinners, movies, cuddling, friends' weddings, phone calls to say hello), then it is a no-brainer. I am sure that the parking tickets and DMV also factor into the metaphor somewhere, but I will leave that to you to figure out.

Relationship Advice
 

Okay, that's it.

You're done.

Thanks for being here. The parodies of lame posters were one thing. The parodies of less are another.

Ballhiding is stupid
 

Massive generalization ahead (I'm not calling someone's mother or wife a dirty whore, either!): I think that this is a pretty significant straight male/straight female difference. Men want to meet a woman they're attracted to, who has similar interests, who they think can give them what they want in life. They might not want to rush into marriage or significant relationship, but after they date for a while, they might be willing to settle down based on a fun, happy, hot relationship. Some men might not want to commit to relationships, but it's because they're scared of marriage or a long-term thing, not because they're actively fantasizing about the perfect princess to come along for them.

On the other hand, some women (especially young, successful ones who have succeeded at other things in their lives) seem to think that there will always out there somewhere be "THE ONE," whose purpose in life will be clear: to marry her in a perfect orgy of doves and pageantry and make her insanely and wonderfully happy for the rest of her life, during which they can have dozens of perfect children. Some seem to look for this person really diligently and with reckless disregard for the actual relationships they might be in where they're happy, friendly and having good sex (which relationships might reveal that this guy is as good as or better than "THE ONE"). Then, after not being able to find this guy by the time they're about 33, they freak out, and marry they first guy they can convince to marry them or the guy they're dating at the time. Later on, they curse men/envy and hate their single friends/need therapy.

Of course, this is all anecdotal. It's just behaviour I've observed. I DON'T want to get into a battle of examples and counterexamples.

Not that I'm saying that Litigator is that kind of woman or in that situation. We've all banged around with someone on a non-permanent basis for a while.