The clinical trials might prove to be interesting for sure.
It is now time!
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passion84god
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I would imagine that the early stages of a relationship are like taking a deep dive. I prefer a mask and a snorkel in the kiddie pool.I am sure that you are making the correct choice as led by God. I like that part of your post about the edge of the diving board. I am always looking for new material to spice up my posts a bit. I will see how I can fit that in somewhere.
Yes , I can c why u might think that but , I've found the opposite . If we r going to liken people to swimming pools , u certainly start off in the shallow end , just getting to know each other . Then as time progresseses and u both realise u would like to get to know each other better , u wade out a bit further until , eventually , u can't touch the bottom ! U have commited yourself to going all the way and u r really learning about what makes each other tick , as individuals and as a couple . It can b a dangerous time if u have picked the wrong person ! Sink or swim ! But , if God is with u and u were meant to b then , u end up being each others life jackets , helping to keep each other afloat in this stormy lifeI would imagine that the early stages of a relationship are like taking a deep dive. I prefer a mask and a snorkel in the kiddie pool.
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passion84god
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Yes , I can c why u might think that but , I've found the opposite . If we r going to liken people to swimming pools , u certainly start off in the shallow end , just getting to know each other . Then as time progresseses and u both realise u would like to get to know each other better , u wade out a bit further until , eventually , u can't touch the bottom ! U have commited yourself to going all the way and u r really learning about what makes each other tick , as individuals and as a couple . It can b a dangerous time if u have picked the wrong person ! Sink or swim ! But , if God is with u and u were meant to b then , u end up being each others life jackets , helping to keep each other afloat in this stormy life
I don't doubt that relationships can be great, and I have stuck my toes in the water before, with some strange results. If I only told you about the last time that I did so, then you would understand my use of the word "strange." Right now, I have to go to my horrible job. Keep up the relationship coaching!
Put on your flippers too and take a dive in the deep end.I would imagine that the early stages of a relationship are like taking a deep dive. I prefer a mask and a snorkel in the kiddie pool.
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passion84god
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I came extremely close to doing that last October. I postponed my dive at the last second, and I never took it, even though I had fully planned to at a later date. I'm sure that doesn't make sense, but something really weird happened to prevent it.
Perhaps you avoided a close call, and this was actually a blessing in disguise. It makes sense to me.
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passion84god
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I honestly don't know if I avoided something or missed out on something. After about a solid month of thinking about her, I finally asked God to help me forget her. It really was a weird situation, and one that I doubt anyone could imagine without some sort of divine insight. It definitely caught me off guard, but it was never dangerous or anything like that. Just weird.
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passion84god
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It's probably not wise for me to dig up something that is dead and buried, but here is a very brief summary of what happened.
I work in sales, and my company represents many different clients and their products. The employees in my company rarely ever see each other in person, as zoom calls are the norm. Occasionally, I will meet another employee if they are set up in the same location that I am at while selling a different product. This is how I met the young woman that I am about to talk about.
After a rocky start on the first day of four that got me a prolonged death stare, I made a peace offering of sorts, even though I hadn't done anything wrong. That apparently patched things up, and I avoided her the rest of that day and the first half of the next day. The second half of that day, she came looking for me, and started telling me things like "You can come and bother me if you want to" in a somewhat flirtatious sort of way. This, btw, is what prompted me to do the YouTube search that I mentioned in another conversation about women desiring men who ignore them. Anyhow, we wound up having several conversations over the next few days, all initiated by her, and there seemed to be a genuine connection between us. The last day, I had to leave earlier than her, and I came as close to asking her out as is possible as I said good-bye. I mean, the words were practically falling out of my mouth, but I held them in. Probably because I chickened out, but we were also scheduled to be working at the same place one month later, so I figured that I had another chance.
During that in-between month, I fully determined to ask her out the next time that I saw her, but she never showed up at that location. When I inquired about her, I learned that she had recently quit because her sales had been so poor, and she wasn't making enough commissions to live off of. I knew someone else in our company was friends with her, and I asked him if he had her phone number. He told me that he did and that he was willing to give it to me, but he also told me not to waste my time calling her. I thought that maybe she had said something bad about me, but he assured me that she had only said favorable things to him about me. Then he dropped the bombshell:
He told me that she's a lesbian, and that he was sure of it. Not only had she told him so herself, but he had also seen her Face-timing with her girlfriend while eating lunch together at a previous location they were both working at. If I told you the content of our conversations and things that I believed I discerned about her when I looked into her eyes, then you would understand why I felt that I understood how the lesbian thing came about. That wasn't really my obstacle. If nothing else, I could have potentially ministered the gospel to her. Ultimately, I chose not to call her simply because I didn't feel comfortable calling her without her consent. I know that I am currently working in sales, but my personality it the total opposite of a stereotypical salesperson. I am not the least bit intrusive, but I will enter a situation when invited to. That's about it.
Did I blow it? Was this a missed opportunity? What do you think?
I work in sales, and my company represents many different clients and their products. The employees in my company rarely ever see each other in person, as zoom calls are the norm. Occasionally, I will meet another employee if they are set up in the same location that I am at while selling a different product. This is how I met the young woman that I am about to talk about.
After a rocky start on the first day of four that got me a prolonged death stare, I made a peace offering of sorts, even though I hadn't done anything wrong. That apparently patched things up, and I avoided her the rest of that day and the first half of the next day. The second half of that day, she came looking for me, and started telling me things like "You can come and bother me if you want to" in a somewhat flirtatious sort of way. This, btw, is what prompted me to do the YouTube search that I mentioned in another conversation about women desiring men who ignore them. Anyhow, we wound up having several conversations over the next few days, all initiated by her, and there seemed to be a genuine connection between us. The last day, I had to leave earlier than her, and I came as close to asking her out as is possible as I said good-bye. I mean, the words were practically falling out of my mouth, but I held them in. Probably because I chickened out, but we were also scheduled to be working at the same place one month later, so I figured that I had another chance.
During that in-between month, I fully determined to ask her out the next time that I saw her, but she never showed up at that location. When I inquired about her, I learned that she had recently quit because her sales had been so poor, and she wasn't making enough commissions to live off of. I knew someone else in our company was friends with her, and I asked him if he had her phone number. He told me that he did and that he was willing to give it to me, but he also told me not to waste my time calling her. I thought that maybe she had said something bad about me, but he assured me that she had only said favorable things to him about me. Then he dropped the bombshell:
He told me that she's a lesbian, and that he was sure of it. Not only had she told him so herself, but he had also seen her Face-timing with her girlfriend while eating lunch together at a previous location they were both working at. If I told you the content of our conversations and things that I believed I discerned about her when I looked into her eyes, then you would understand why I felt that I understood how the lesbian thing came about. That wasn't really my obstacle. If nothing else, I could have potentially ministered the gospel to her. Ultimately, I chose not to call her simply because I didn't feel comfortable calling her without her consent. I know that I am currently working in sales, but my personality it the total opposite of a stereotypical salesperson. I am not the least bit intrusive, but I will enter a situation when invited to. That's about it.
Did I blow it? Was this a missed opportunity? What do you think?
I think that you dodged a bullet. However, if an opportunity should happen to arise with another woman don't hesitate to at least exchange phone numbers. Don't wait for her to call you either, take the initiative and call her first. This would leave a good impression.
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passion84god
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Solely because of the lesbian part or for some other reason as well?
Good advice there. Just to clarify, I would not normally hesitate to call a woman if she gave me her phone number. In the instance that I described, I would have obtained it from somebody else, and I didn't feel right about that.
If you get her number from someone else and call her, you should have something to ask that necessitated the phone call. But if she's already with someone (regardless of the sex of that someone) then what would you hope to gain by calling her, especially after she's no longer your work colleague?