Never been Kept

I've never been with the kind of guy who bought me things (fast food meals notwithstanding). As nice as I think it would be to be excessively showered with expensive presents - I can't help but equate it with a proportionate level of insanity. Possessiveness, to be exact.

Hypothetically, I think a part of me would feel obligated to stay with him. I'd feel bought out, literally.

I mean, it's all fun and games when the money's not yours. But is he really the kind of guy you'd want to share a bank account with? And what kind of shit values would he impart on your future children?

I once knew a person who complained about her boyfriend only ever buying her 'cheap' jewellery from Angus & Coote. "He never buys me anything from Tiffany & Co.," she puffed.

And here I am cheering when a guy buys me a drink. Which again, is still never.

To equate how much someone feels for you through material things, I think signals some definite insecurity issues.

Or maybe this belief in myself is really a defense mechanism against the fact that I've just never been worth it. Hmm...

This

Guys who act all macho, when at the end of the day all they really want is someone to boss them around and tell them what to do. They'll complain about it because it's the least respectable thing they can do for themselves while being treated like shit. But they'll never leave her. Never.

Lucky bastard

This video left me seething with jealousy. Guy gets paid to make a video for Nike. Look at what he does with it.

Taking long distance relationships home

If it’s better to have loved and lost than to have never to have loved at all, exchange students know it best. A recent study by Communication Research found that 50% of students aged between 19 and 26 are in a long-distance relationship, and that in a few years this percentage will increase to 75%.

How is it that we struggle to make that special connection with someone in our own cities back home, yet manage to completely hit it off with someone who, in most cases, doesn’t even speak the same native language as us? It’s quite unfortunate, really. Why cupid, WHY?

One minute you’re taking it slow and seeing how things go until BAM. You’re in love. Even your friends approve. He has a French accent (WIN). Now get out of the country.

What happens from there is a test – physically and emotionally. How much does this person really mean to you and how hard are you willing to work to make it last? It’s one thing to say that you miss each other and that you want to be together (thank you Skype and Facebook) – but to actually do something about it is another. It involves saving money for plane tickets and getting your paperwork together for a VISA. It involves looking for a job in that country and perhaps having to learn yet another new language.

Even until then, you have time differences to deal with. Fun. Depending on where you are, when one person has just woken up the other could be getting ready for bed – and the novelty of saying ‘good morning’ while the other replies with ‘good night’ quickly wears off after about… two days.

Although I have yet to see any babies or a marriage come out of it, I have friends whose overseas lovers have followed them back to Australia – albeit only for a short period of time. Other couples, like my good friend from the USA had her then boyfriend from Chile come to spend Christmas and New Years with her. Another couple, he from Canada and she from Italy, have since met up in New York – amongst other future plans of being in the same country.

Whoever thinks long distance relationships are glamorous, has never been in one.

Love, Noeline

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Women in the workplace: Not enough shoes to fill

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Customer Service Rep or Verbal Punching Bag?

Ughhhhh. Customers would be better off filing formal complaints than taking it out on part-time and casual sales staff. I mean, how much sway do you honestly think we have? There's different departments for a reason. I'm sure you work for an organisation where you don't control everything either. But I guess you do it for the verbal punching bag aspect. Believe it or not we're human too. I'm sorry some of your phone calls get directed overseas. No need to get racist about it either. It wasn't my idea. Promise.

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Wolf!

To all the on-again-off-again couples. Ever wondered why you're losing all your friends until you only have each other to run back to? Read 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf.'

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