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boston.com Love Letters: He refuses to drink - Diva Feb 16, 08:21 35
- Hmmm... - Ender Feb 16, 08:54
- his issue isn't his non-drinking (that's his choice) the problem is he doesn't want to do anything. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 08:39 1
  - ftr, my SIL doesn't drink, just doesn't like it, my brother does. that's not an issue. they both go out, they are both social. she needs to get over - Andie Feb 16, 08:44
- I need more info. Do they do any other things together? run? sports? physical activities? or does he always sit on the couch? - CQ Feb 16, 08:27
- You have to respect his decision not to drink but he's been a dick by not joining her for social situations -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 08:26 2
  - but the social situations she suggests seem to be all about drinking -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 08:27 1
    - exactly. does she do anything else? -- nm - CQ Feb 16, 08:29
- Not wanting to drink or even be around people who drink, which is just weird, sounds like an excuse to be a couch potato. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 08:26 18
  - As a non-drinker, there's a big difference between being around someone drinking socially and someone getting drunk. - Fuzzy Feb 16, 08:28 17
    - given the age range involved, I'll wager that the social excursions he's passing on are more focused towards the latter. - znufrii Feb 16, 08:32
    - ayup. I would guess that the wekends drinking that this girl is talking about isnt a one or two drink social visit, its an all out drink fest. - tRuMaN Feb 16, 08:32 1
      - i think she is being shallow, if she feels that he has to drink with her to have a good time. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 08:34
    - and that's the difference. From what the letter writer says her bf wouldn't be out at the after-work social fx from the get go. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 08:31 13
      - see, I think st is reading too much into this. that letter never says that outright - tRuMaN Feb 16, 08:33 6
        
        "He's fine with me going out and drinking with friends, but will refuse to come along." His refuses to go out at all, sounds like. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 08:39
        
        and really, she's focused on the wrong thing. she actually wants him to drink, not just to come out and watch her drink. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 08:35 4
        
        I think this is it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 08:38
        
        *ding* and ftr truman - I took the part where she said he doesn't go out and sits on the couch as him not wanting to go out and be social. - Diva Feb 16, 08:37 1
        
        I'd like to know what he does do with his friends. Do they just don't invite him when they go out drinking, but do other stuff? -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 08:39
        
        yup. she seems to think that their relationship is misisng him drinking. - tRuMaN Feb 16, 08:35
      - but that may be (and total speculation here) that he's avoided it so thoroughly since college that he doesn't know how different it is. - TFox Feb 16, 08:32 5
        
        would never work. never. - tRuMaN Feb 16, 08:35 4
        
        how come? that seems odd to me. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 08:36 3
        
        it just doesnt work. - tRuMaN Feb 16, 08:37
        
        "I'm bored with all these drunk people" "Why do you want to leave so soon? I'm still having fun!" *argument* -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 08:37 1
        
        *nods* -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 08:37
- I also don't drink at all. Is this really that important to people? I've never understood the appeal of it. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 16, 08:26
- Yeah, he's missing the point you can go out where there's booze and still not drink but still be social. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 08:25 1
  - Exactly. Many people are able to socialize without alcohol, I'd be much more concerned about his lack of socialization. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 16, 08:27
- It's not the not drinking that's the problem here. - znufrii Feb 16, 08:25
- Diva's right, though there is a difference between not drinking at dinner and not drinking at a kegger. - TFox Feb 16, 08:24 4
  - *ding* - the differentation needs to be made. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 08:26 3
    - It strikes me as a real "meet in the middle" type situation: she needs to understand that there is a way to drink with someone who isn't drinking... - TFox Feb 16, 08:28 2
      - i really don't think she has a right to say 'you have to drink' if he doesn't want to. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 08:46
      - I can't spell or type today. At all. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 08:29
Another reason to hate the Red Sawx... -- (link) - Diva Feb 16, 08:16 3
- smart. her heart will go on -- nm - CQ Feb 16, 08:19
- Celine...his imitating Youk's swing is just him trying to get the stroking motion down for his own private time. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 08:18 1
  - "You don't know what a Dutch Rudder is?" -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 08:19
Hmmm... $40 tickets to see Boyz II Men in a club-sized venue. That seems reasonable. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 08:09 9
- they'll make love to you, like you want them to - poochinski Feb 16, 08:13
- They're paying you $40? Sure, sounds reasonable. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 08:10 7
  - why the hatey boner? There is no song of theirs I dislike -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 16, 08:12 4
    - Yeah, in 1990. I have a hard time paying $40 (+ fees) for current bands I like. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 08:29 2
      - That's with the fees, but still. It's a good point. I'll save the $40 for Fleetwood tickets. :) -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 08:30 1
        
        I endorse this course of action. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 08:32
    - They performed on some top singer/group/show on NBC recently. They didn't sound all that good. -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 08:14
  - oh, come on. no one's ears are so broken that they don't appreciate Boyz II Men. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 08:12 1
    - *knuckle bump* -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 16, 08:13
It's supposed to be sunny all week now. Not great for snow. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 16, 08:08
I've recently been re-listening to OKX - A Tribute to OK Computer. It holds up pretty well still and kept me sane on a crushed tube carriage this am. -- (link) - LMS Feb 16, 08:00 1
- I'm back into the kleptones recently. half of the new album is very good, the other half isn't bad either. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 08:05
Best part of my weekend was pretty much......all weekend :) Repost of pics for those that missed them yesterday. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Feb 16, 08:00 [flickr]
best moment of my weekend was pretty much the whole thing. opening ceremonies, olympic concerts, robson square watching men's moguls. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 07:55 2
- Robson square for the moguls would have been something else. -- nm - Subversive Feb 16, 07:56 1
  - it was pretty cool. one of my cousins is voluteering at cypress for the whole games, so she got to see it live. - mafic Feb 16, 08:03
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- Percy Jackson (revised grade) C. Valentine...B. -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 08:10 3
  - you gave Valentine's Day a B? Interesting... -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 08:33
  - Heh. I talked you down! :) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 08:11
  - i would give percy jackson a b- -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 08:11
- Opening Ceremonies, A- - znufrii Feb 16, 07:59 4
  - The killer whales across the floor blew my mind. - Subversive Feb 16, 08:01 3
    - favorite moments for me were the images of the ice breaking, and the beginning of the prarie section -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 08:06
    - projected from underneath, i believe. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 08:05
    - loved that. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 08:04
- Hours and hours and hours of Olympic coverage: B+ - Subversive Feb 16, 07:55
- Sunshine Cleaning - B-. -- nm - pmb Feb 16, 07:49
- Crazy Heart: B+ -- nm - CQ Feb 16, 07:45
- Precious - B, The Last Station - B- (I guess). - kelly Feb 16, 07:44
- Yes - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:39 [Backboard]
- where the wild things are - A-, wanted - D-, an education - B, revolutionary road - C, invention of lying - D, law abiding citizen - C. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 07:39
- Up In The Air. B-. I expected more. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 07:36
- Cold Souls: C-. I don't understand why people would want to perform or attend Uncle Vanya if it's that 'woe is me.' -- nm - Max Feb 16, 07:36
and I missed my friend's crazy upstairs neighbour, who yells random things at all hours. it's good to be back. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 07:31
curling starts in an hour an a half! wish I was still in Vancouver. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 07:28 8
- The curling ice is okay? No lumps? -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 07:34 7
  - curling ice needs lumps. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 07:36 6
    - Really? -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 07:37 3
      - they're what makes it curling instead of just sliding rocks. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 07:40 1
        
        "Shuffleice." -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:43
      - yep, it's called pebbling -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 07:38
    - Grandma's Curling Ice: with just the right amount of lumps -- nm - Max Feb 16, 07:37 1
      - You didn't get much sleep but you had a lot of fun on Grandma's curling ice. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 16, 08:24
happy fat tuesday. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 07:28
Cubicle Life Dilemma: one of your cubemates has a cold/allergies, and sneezes in the ballpark of 40-50 times a day. - TFox Feb 16, 07:27 4
- once a day. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 07:40
- As the 'sneezer' of my cube area, I don't mind that people don't say it. They usually say it 1st thing in the morning after my initial series. - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 07:37
- Start throwing Claritin D over the wall. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 07:28
- once an hour -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 07:28
Andie; she's doing better now....just more tremors and such. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 07:25 2
- Have you talked to her today? -- nm - kelly Feb 16, 07:47
- that's good. cancer sucks. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 07:27
So we announced a new film today - want to get your casting suggestions in early on who to play Coe and Ovett. -- (link) - LMS Feb 16, 07:19 12
- I remember now - Aaron Johnson (with dyed brown hair) could play Coe. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 08:10 2
  - Good choice. -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 08:14 1
    - Were you around (and cognizant) while this rivalry was going on? I was such a Coe person. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 08:22
- How about Peter Sarsgaard and Jude Law? -- nm - Inigo Feb 16, 07:27 4
  - How old is Peter? -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 07:41 3
    - Depends. In real life, he's turning 39 next month. But in many critics' hearts, he will live forever like a glorious brooding phoenix. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 07:42 2
      - They'd be playing mid 20's -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 07:56
      - A glorious brooding phoenix that likes to hang brain. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 07:46
- *loves this idea* Steve Ovett could be played my -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 07:24 3
  - played by Matthew Goode. Have a guy in mind for a Coe but can't remember his name. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 07:25 2
    - I think Matthew looks more like Coe than Ovett though. -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 07:28 1
      - Goode and Ovett both share rounder facial features. Coe needs to be played by a guy with long cleaner facial lines (imo). -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 07:35
Speaking of 80's song we didn't know were covers, Cum On Feel the Noize? Really? I had no idea. -- nm - Inigo Feb 16, 07:18 9
- I just downloaded INXS' Kick from Amazon the other day. That cassette represents the soundtrack to my life in late 1987- early 1988. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 07:39
- and, unsurprisingly, it's much better... - x Feb 16, 07:24 [youtube]
- i will now be humming this song all day. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 07:22 2
  - Hum On Feel The Noize? -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 07:23 1
    - (damnit. this should have been "Hummin' Feel The Noize". Now I'm mad at myself.) -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 07:24
- Slade. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 07:20
- Original by Slade? -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 07:20 2
  - Yes. Quiet Riot also redid Mama We're All Crazy Now by them. -- nm - Inigo Feb 16, 07:21 1
    - Worst dressed glam rock band of the 70s. -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 07:24
Alright, fine. I'm giving up all Facebook games. -- nm - nubby Feb 16, 07:18 11
- Now's my chance!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 16, 07:49
- the people who don't like the notices just have to hide them - i block updates from the applications i don't care about. - Andie Feb 16, 07:21 7
  - Sometimes though they only show up as updates from friends, and I only get "Hide *Friend*" - Guigue Feb 16, 07:39 1
    - Some games are milking the system by posting either photos or status updates instead of application updates - oblique Feb 16, 07:40
  - Oh, I don't care about that. This is the right level of self-sacrifice for me. - nubby Feb 16, 07:23 3
    - ST will just fill the void -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 07:24 2
      - PDFTG - nubby Feb 16, 07:28 1
        
        YUM YUM TUM TUM. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 07:29
  - except when they're the $100 giveaway contests that create a new application each day... -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 07:23
- Man, that Facebook group is more powerful than I thought. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 07:20
- NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nm -- nm - Stacy si Feb 16, 07:19
I platinum'ed Dante's Inferno last night. Great game imo. I'd say it took about 12h total. Most trophies/achievements are fairly easy. - Shaun Feb 16, 07:16 2
- Just 12 hours to finish? hmmm... that doesn't seem worth it. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 16, 07:30 1
  - 12h is really common these days for a single-player action game, unfortunately. -- nm - Shaun Feb 16, 07:31
Starting off in last place in the Yahoo racing league is just wonderful. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:09 4
- no worse than goofing up the golf season, and missing the first week - groiny Feb 16, 07:10 3
  - Either way, still last place. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:12 2
    - you can make up one bad week. - groiny Feb 16, 07:13 1
      - naw, it's a long long season. You can make up serious ground in both leagues -- nm - CQ Feb 16, 07:24
So the closest theater to my apt is doing the 24 hour Best Picture Showcase, this is tempting - MDH Feb 16, 07:04 17
- My closest one is a two hour drive. I still might do March 6, though. -- nm - nubby Feb 16, 07:10
- I would consider it, if I was going to be around that day... -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 07:06
- There's no way I could sit through 24 hours straight of movies like that. Last year, 12 hours was tough enough. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:05 14
  - i went to a 36 hour sci fi movie marathon once....nm - x Feb 16, 07:21 8
    - all about the invention of the automobile, and ballpoint pens? - TFox Feb 16, 07:23 7
      - the last one was *yesterday*. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 07:41 6
        
        because nothing is more fucking hilarious than the same joke over and over for a fucking decade plus... - x Feb 16, 07:52 4
        
        (sorry.) -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 07:59 3
        
        eh, whatever. it just irks me periodically. it's effing boring as all hell...nm - x Feb 16, 08:04 2
        
        ST is nothing if not repetitive. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 08:24
        
        You mean, you were grouching about this when we had high expectations for The Phantom Menace and feared the millennium bug? - Roger More Feb 16, 08:09
        
        way too long for *me*. :) -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 07:43
  - me either. couldn't do it. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 07:12
  - I did it with friends once, but that was in a living room with couches and blankets and stuff. And lots and lots of food. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 07:09 2
    - Last year, after 12 hours, I was popcorn'd and Cherry Coke'd out. - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:11
    - (And come to think of it, I missed a few hours of it because the bank I worked in got robbed that Saturday, so I had to go in for a little bit. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 07:10
  - Yeah, it'd be tough. I've already seen 8/10 though so I probably will pass. -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 07:09
Go ahead and start a conversation to get things moving. -- nm - nubby Feb 16, 07:03 2
- but I don't *wanna* starta conversation!!!! -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 07:03 1
  - Do you wanna be startin' somethin'? (You gotta be startin' somethin'.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:13

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