My sister got engaged at the weekend...
...and instantly, all the women in and close to the family have gotten a bit touchy and funny about the whole thing. I have reasoned that since most women think about and subconsciously plan their wedding day from a very young age (or so I've been led to believe), they are more emotionally affected by someone else getting married before them.

I've been trying to figure out what the male equivalent of this would be. Something which men think about and subconsciously plan from a young age and would be slightly upset about another man close to them doing before them. So far I've come up with the following:

-Loss of virginity
-Getting a car
-Becoming an astronaut
-Meeting a member of a girl band

Any thoughts, theories, opinions to add?
(MrMustard Shaving in the dark til, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:15, 218 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I'll counter your question with a better question
If a werewolf was on the moon, would that mean they're a wolf ALL THE TIME??!?!???
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:17, Reply)

Depends...
...on what side of the moon they're on.
(MrMustard Shaving in the dark til, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:19, Reply)

This is a much better question!
I would say no, only when there was a "full earth" if you will
( Peej, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:19, Reply)

Well I think if you're on the light side of the moon
it's always a full earth, because that side always faces the earth because it's tidaly locked. HMMMmmm
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:21, Reply)

what about during a lunar eclipse?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:30, Reply)

Er... isn't the same side of the moon still facing us.
but we are between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow over it.
Or summat...
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:39, Reply)

yes
blocking the moon from the light of the sun

this making it dark, and not possible to see the earth from the moon

I'm not 100% sure on this, hence the question mark in my original post

edit: my post wasn't disputing that the same side of the moon is always facing Earth. I know that's true
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I'll be honest
I waded in on a subject about which I know nothing.
However, as this is taking place online I feel I should defend my point TO THE DEATH
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:48, Reply)

these answers are all wrong
mine is right. It's moonlight. Moonlight is well known for making people mad (or turning them to wolves, whatever), lunacy and all that.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:51, Reply)

ah yes
it gets the humours all out of kilter...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:55, Reply)

precisely
just like light from Mercury makes quicksilver/mercury and light from Mars makes Iron (I can't remember the rest).
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:57, Reply)

I read that as houmous :(
you phlegmatic bastard
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:03, Reply)

that's because you are both obsessed with, and by now mostly made of,
houmous
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:09, Reply)

I'm squidgy and garlicky?
I'm not French :(
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:18, Reply)

nor is houmous
it is delicious though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:25, Reply)

I just googled earth from the moon
and looked at images, it appeared to have phases in the pics. I don't really know for sure.
( Peej, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:11, Reply)

I like this.

( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:20, Reply)

I think it's the light reflected from the moon what does it
so it depends on it being day on the moon.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:22, Reply)

If you got a non-flexible tube that is one light year long, and you pushed it at the exact same time as you shined a light through it.
What would happen first on the other end? Does that mean that it has moved faster than the speed of light? Does it mean that it's impossible for anything to be a lightyear across?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:32, Reply)

The movement of an object is still limited by the speed of light.
What would happen is that at about the speed of light there will be a compression wave moving along the tube. Think of it as a slinky but not visible. That moves at pretty much the speed of light depending on the material and so the light and the movement of the tube will move at very similar times. Light should beat it though because there is no slowdown.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:38, Reply)

My theory is that 'gotten' isn't a real word.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:22, Reply)

Where have you gotten that idea from?
BANG: www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/gotten.html
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:22, Reply)

I speak and write in what that article abbreviates to BrE - British English in which 'gotten' is not used.
That's where.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:29, Reply)

Oh sorry
this good enough for you?
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gotten
I would go OED but that's behind a pay wall.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:32, Reply)

Probably not.
seeing as it's an american dictionary.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:34, Reply)

Webster was American
In fact, I think he was the one responsible for standardising American English, although he would have used a "z" for that.
oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gotten
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:36, Reply)

Hahah
'The form gotten is not used in British English'
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:39, Reply)

Still a "real word" though isn't it?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:40, Reply)

not according to Monty's theory

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:44, Reply)

I don't think Monty recognises US independence either.
Damned colonials not towing the line again, old boy.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:47, Reply)

I still refer to Rhodesia and Abyssinia.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:48, Reply)

So America is "The colonies"?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:53, Reply)

Of course.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:56, Reply)

This is the line I take.
and chompy's stopped replying which is as close as he seems to get to admitting someone else is right.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:00, Reply)

I can't believe you, of all people, didn't do this:
toeing the line.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:04, Reply)

Gaaah!
I am hanging my head in shame.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:16, Reply)

So I can't refer to my ill gotten gains any more after I've been out looting?

( Peej, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:13, Reply)

Not in this country

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:17, Reply)

*belms*
About Us:
For more than 150 years, in print and now online, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading and most-trusted provider of language information.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:37, Reply)

all my workmates
got more excited by my wedding than I did, although it was a fun party.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:24, Reply)

I have met more men who really want kids
than women
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:26, Reply)

I've also noticed this...
My male friends tend to say it's something they've always been sure they've wanted, though my female friends tend to say they'd like to, maybe, one day.
(MrMustard Shaving in the dark til, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:29, Reply)

as a man who doesn't want kids I refute this.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:30, Reply)

Me too.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:31, Reply)

me three

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:32, Reply)

How old are you both?

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:33, Reply)

I'm 40.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:33, Reply)

Good job,
I'm 32 and finally have a girlfriend who has ambitions beyond breeding.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

The missus doesn't want to have any more (she already had a son when we met).
This suits me fine.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:37, Reply)

good man
join the lucky few
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:41, Reply)

36

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:34, Reply)

Fibber.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

I'm not.
Well, not on this one anyway. *does maths in head* *double checks date* Nope, I get confused sometimes, but this isn't one of them.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:40, Reply)

I thought you were 37?

( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:36, Reply)

Born May 1975
you do the Maths.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:39, Reply)

I wasn't accusing you of lying.
Just stating my mistake. And makes you younger than I thought ; )
( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:40, Reply)

I know, it's cool
I think I still make it under the 10 year rule anyway. ;)
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:41, Reply)

But you have a child...

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:33, Reply)

your point being?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

I suppose.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Well, if you want a proper answer.....
I never planned on having a kid, he was conceived by accident and at the time I was so head-over-heels in love with his mother this seemed like a good thing. While I love him dearly, and would not wish him out of existence retrospectively as it were, I will not be having any more kids.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:38, Reply)

That makes complete sense to me.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:39, Reply)

Glad it does to someone.
It get's a bit schizophrenic for me sometimes.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:42, Reply)

I think I've got it...
You hate your son and wish he'd never been born? Right?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:50, Reply)

That'll be it.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:52, Reply)

me four

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:40, Reply)

like you'll get the option

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:43, Reply)

Who said I was gonna wait to be asked?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:49, Reply)

Chompy?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:52, Reply)

I need a shower...

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:54, Reply)

I don't think CQ is a girl, you know?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:55, Reply)

I know, he is on fb and has beard.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:56, Reply)

in which case
a shower with him is unlikely to impregnate him. Unless you're the one who's a girl?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:58, Reply)

I think it's more that being compared to Chompy makes him feel dirty

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:01, Reply)

this, she is having a proper gay fantasy up there!

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:04, Reply)

it's all the excitement she gets poor thing.
Are you still coming to the pier?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:05, Reply)

if you both are
I'll bring a camera
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:07, Reply)

I'll bring the lube.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:15, Reply)

yeah man, I'm bringing the 6m power kite too for danger lols

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Awesome, maybe I'll bring my kite and you can teach me how to fly it.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:15, Reply)

wakka wakka waaa

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:05, Reply)

I can fake it quite well
or could when younger and clean shaven.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:59, Reply)

I didn't say all of them did
as a girl, I never obsessed about getting married.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:33, Reply)

Listen we only have black and white statements here,
none of that grey area, middle ground nonsense we can't argue about please.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:34, Reply)

The only grey area I have around procreation
is my old lady knickers, amirite?

In other news, if I ever have a kid, you have my permission to completely nonce it up.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:45, Reply)

Hahaha!

( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:46, Reply)

Seriously
Knowing what a shit time childhood can be, and knowing that any child of mine would be a complete spod, I really cannot wish 'existence' on anyone.

I'm doing society a favour by refusing to reproduce. I should get a fucking OBE.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:50, Reply)

Look it's not that I don't appreciate the offer but what's this got to do with me noncing up your kid?

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:56, Reply)

Well, as I understand it, most parents are averse to that sort of thing.
So, by making the offer, I am giving myself extra incentive not to have one. Or something.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:07, Reply)

Me five
The Childless Men of B3ta Association is long-established, although we may now have to amend the name to incorporate Quixote
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:56, Reply)

there seem to be few people on here who want to breed
it's possibly better that way
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:59, Reply)

I suspect it is rather merciful

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:02, Reply)

Either that or we've been subliminally herded towards an electronic pen for people who shouldn't be allowed to breed

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:02, Reply)

- nailbombing a packed mosque?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:26, Reply)

Fucking racist.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Spoken like a true Chinky

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:40, Reply)

That's a restaurant right?
because its not racist if it's a restaurant.
( Peej, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Correct.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:27, Reply)

How about becoming a member of a girl band?

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:29, Reply)

Getting a signed picture of Jim Davidson?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:30, Reply)

Your best mate getting laid before you would be the one that came to mind
I was ok though, he was a spotty little fuck at the time.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:31, Reply)

As a little girl there were only two things I was certain of that I didn't want to do when grown up, getting married and becoming a born again Christian.
Oh and having kids too.
( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:31, Reply)

so far so good.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:33, Reply)

*crosses fingers*

( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:33, Reply)

you'll need to cross your legs too

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Are you sure about that?

( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:37, Reply)

well if you totally want to avoid risk of conception
what with all methods or contraception haveing a failure rate and all....

In other news, crossing fingers is Christian, innit?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:47, Reply)

Pah! I'm old and have manky eggs. I'm all right.
Nah! it's pagan innit.
( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:51, Reply)

Have you heard about the Starmix: Menopause special edition?
It's all the same, except the eggs have been replaced with dust and hopelessness.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:53, Reply)

Dust and hopelessness?
I think you have the wrong idea about the menopause petal.
( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:55, Reply)

I am fully aware I do
I simply like that joke, my lovely.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:01, Reply)

Just means you'd have mong babies
I can't find evident either way.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:57, Reply)

i just wanted to be an artist
or the queen
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:33, Reply)

Getting a kit-kat that's chocolate the whole way through.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:32, Reply)

I've had several kit-kats with vertical wafers.
I'm still not sure how I felt about that.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:39, Reply)

I've had one where one finger was pure chocolate.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:40, Reply)

seriously give darth his log in back, I feel sick.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:44, Reply)

Ewww

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:47, Reply)

surely a more accurate quote would be
Owww!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:48, Reply)

I had one of those once, when I was a kid.
We complained to Nestle (or whoever makes Kit Kats) and got vouchers. TRUFAX.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:41, Reply)

newbie and has a sister?
Why has no one said .... ... .... yet?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:34, Reply)

But he won't be sleeping with her anymore because she's getting married.

( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

he has morals, you know

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

FUCK OFF BERT!

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:36, Reply)

Another threadjack
www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/MK1/News/Local-News/203758-Man-Exposes-Himself-To-Schoolgirls-In-MK
Anyone think this has the wiff of Partridge about it?
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Ice white socks with double-chevron action flash.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:38, Reply)

"I just slipped out"

(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:39, Reply)

The boys are back in the barracks.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:49, Reply)

I bought these in the eighties they used to have an underpant lining which has since perished.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:50, Reply)

What I don't get, no matter what the age, who is 'upset' about seeing a stranger naked? Is it really 'wrong' if the guy is naked?
I mean, when I was a kid and I needed the loo and my parents were in the bath, I'd just go in and do my buisnes, I saw my mum and naked loads of times as a kid.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:39, Reply)

I'm more upset that I haven't

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:47, Reply)

I don't blame you.
Mrs. Gonz is a hotty.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:51, Reply)

wHiff
you illiterate little prick
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:11, Reply)

wrestling a bear
getting a tattoo is my serious answer, I was in a race with my mate Russell.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:36, Reply)

Sending them back?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:41, Reply)

I don't think I've ever thought about my wedding
I don't know if this makes me a man or not by your standards
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:58, Reply)

I think you're spot on with losing your virginity
Not in my case though, I had no friends at school and everyone lost their virginity before me.

EVERYONE.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:59, Reply)

This post is both tragic and hilarious

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:03, Reply)

Er.... thanks
I think?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:09, Reply)

Age of consent was 18 back then wasn't it?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:03, Reply)

Very good
If that was really the case I'd have had no problem, I went to an all-boys school
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:05, Reply)

I bet I didn't
although difference in ages may play a part.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:03, Reply)

I'm not sure this is the place for such a discussion
Oh fuck it, I was 19. And you're only 4 years older than me, remember
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:06, Reply)

Well, in time I beat you to it.
but not in age.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:07, Reply)

This is all getting a bit metaphysical for a Tuesday
(yes I know what you mean, I think)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:10, Reply)

As best I recall I was 20
but you would have been 16 at the time.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:11, Reply)

True enough
At 16 I was still pretty much unawareof what a woman was, barring my relatives who obviously don't count for the purposes of this conversation.

All Norfolk jokes will be ignored.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Really?
I was well aware from the age of about 12, but was painfully shy and had no social life (now there's a surprise) so took me until my 20s to have the opportunity.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:17, Reply)

All boys school
Coupled with socially awkward and mostly shunned by the kids I'd gone to Primary School with, as they were all at the local comp together
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:20, Reply)

Ditto.
do you think we're maybe giving away too much ammunition here?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:21, Reply)

I suspect there are too many glass houses
to throw those stones
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

I suspect you are right
I was 19, because I was a fat, geeky, metaller, stoner
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:24, Reply)

I was 20
fat, geeky, weirdo. Was lucky to get some then, I think
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:25, Reply)

Wow, this is like group thearpy
shall we do who had least friends next?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:27, Reply)

yay.
lets just assume we all owned cagoules and NHS glasses. I think that's the most accurate thing to do
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:29, Reply)

Both, but not at the same time

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:31, Reply)

hehe
when I hit 14 or so I was allowed non nhs glasses. Foolishly I had massive plastic ones. Terrible. One day I'll dig out the picture of me with short hair in those things. *shudder*
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:32, Reply)

I can see it in my mind.
Luckily my eyes didn't get bad til I was 15-16 and I managed to delay getting glasses until I was out of secondary school.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:35, Reply)

I was 4
and those bastards are HEAVY. I reckon I could have lifted weights with my nose and ears in those days
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:36, Reply)

Ditto
On all counts
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:37, Reply)

I've always had plenty of friends fortunately
I blame part of the whole late loss of virginity thing on the fact that I never met any girls who weren't interested in remotely the same things as me.

Meeting girls who were into rock music at university was an amazing experience for me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:29, Reply)

So very this (last point)
Actually, meeting girls was pretty amazing full stop, I'd only just met my ex a few weeks previously and was still fairly wide-eyed about the concept. Meeting girls who liked the same screamy bands I did was fucking brilliant.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:32, Reply)

Me
End of story
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:30, Reply)

I'll let you win.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:32, Reply)

Point
And I at least give not one fuck, it's all history.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:24, Reply)

Personally
I couldn't find either of you any hotter if you told me you were totally into D&D as teenagers.

Mind you, you both beat me in age and time, so I'm hardly one to talk...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

Hmmm, well
D&DWarhammer Fantasy Roleplay teenagers early twenties

Well, for me anyway, Darth was probably much more macho.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:26, Reply)

I was into football until I got to Uni, does that count?
Then I took up LARPing...
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:30, Reply)

and that's when he really started hitting it off with the ladies

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:31, Reply)

Given the male/female ratio in LARP
I'm amazed female LARPers are ever single.

Sorry, this probably does not help.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:34, Reply)

:(
It's the gathering a week Friday, biggest of all the larp events. Time to try and pull, perhaps
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:35, Reply)

Dust off you best chain-mail bikini and most seductive axe.
You can try and pull my Cousin if you like, he's single and will likely be there. Actually I should find a way to introduce you, I think you might get along.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:37, Reply)

What faction?
Is it going to turn out I know him?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:38, Reply)

Probably not.
I don't know factions, he was being a wherewolf last I talked to him, or maybe a vampire or both. Have Texted him to see if he's going.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:41, Reply)

you can't be a werewolf
and a vampire. That's crazy
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:43, Reply)

he has been known to be playing mor than one system at any given time.
Having looked up The Gathering, I suspect he may not be playing you system but the name sounds familiar so I may have heard him mention it.I'll Gaz you his real name and see if I can dig out details from his Facebook.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:45, Reply)

Ironically, yes
All the female friends I made who were into metal decided to give LARP a go. As I was less grossly overweight than most LARPers, I was reasonably popular.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:36, Reply)

*forms cunning plan*

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:37, Reply)

it off with
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:43, Reply)

haha
this

one year we used the slogan "make news friends and kill them" to get people to join
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:44, Reply)

I have always been an iconoclastic, awkward wee shite.
And I lost my V plates when I was 15. The only real competitive thing I had with my mates was who could learn to roll a perfect spliff first. I did. I got the fittest birds too, they knew that and I knew that, so there was no need for any competitiveness there.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:03, Reply)

Do you mean 'spliff'?
I hope you do.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:05, Reply)

yes i do.
Autocorrect on my HTC phone often results in hilarious instances like that one.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:06, Reply)

I was going to say,
when you stay at Chateau Boyce, no 'I got lost in the night and ended up in your room trying to roll a perfect stiff' nonsense.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:08, Reply)

phew!

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:09, Reply)

Is it as funny as this though?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:09, Reply)

that is well fake.
Why would a yank phone have a misspelled German word in its vocabulary?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:11, Reply)

because you teach phones words you use that are not in the dictionary
mostly swearwords in most cases.

it's still fake though.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Fuhrer is not a swear.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Apart from as in 'I swear my lifelong allegiance to...'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Did I say it was?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:16, Reply)

But why would yours have 'thegither' in it at all?
(although agreed = fake)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:13, Reply)

I typed it in deliberately.
I am Aberdonian and occasionally lapse into Doric.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:15, Reply)

And 'delibetately' was also deliberate, right?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:16, Reply)

no, the autocorrect doesn't work in the subject box for some reason.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:20, Reply)

I deliberately sent a text to a girl pretending it was to my aunt.
My aunt's name is Jo and the girl's name was Jodie (and unless she's changed it recently, it still is). It gave me a decent excuse to strike up conversation with her and take her out. Didn't shag her though so my elaborate plan was pretty futile.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:19, Reply)

Did you want to kick her wet puppy?
Then duck her aunt?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:21, Reply)

autocorrectlols
The very finest of all the lols.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

I have used this seedy tactic in the past.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

Is that why you were out with the gay fellas on Sunday?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:31, Reply)

Couldn't care less, it amused the hell out of me.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:15, Reply)

I was either 14 or 15 I think.
I think 15.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:10, Reply)

That good, eh?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Of the four things listed I was only a bit bothered about the first.
The other three were never and never will be on my 'wants' list.

I cannot recall ever in my life having had a single ambition or 'life dream' or whatever - that's always struck me a bad idea.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:07, Reply)

oh Monty
We could be so good thegither.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:08, Reply)

'Thegither' in Electric Dreams, right?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:09, Reply)

aye.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:09, Reply)

Dreamth, surely?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:09, Reply)

what?
I am Scottish, not a lisper.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Dreamsh?
/sean connery
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:13, Reply)

Yesh.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Don't make me break out the Wimbledon gif

( Peej, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:27, Reply)

I've only had one
as of last Tuesday I failed to achieve it. I've given up on them
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:26, Reply)

Ok
I didn't give a shit about losing my virginity which is why it was great when I did. Most people say their first time was crap, mine was ace.

I didn't get a car until I was 27 and I sold it 6 months later to buy a racing bike.

I have never wanted to be an astronaut

I had already met the members of several girl bands by the time I was 10 and it was never anything special.

What I did plan from a very young age was how to get away with the perfect murder. I haven't been caught yet.
( Peej, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:27, Reply)

Which of the girl bands?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:28, Reply)

The Supremes

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:34, Reply)

Tonnes of one hit wonders as I was always backstage at the Radio one Roadshow thanks to a friends mum
I met Kylie at one when I was 15, I didn't care.
( Peej, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:35, Reply)

Weddings are overrated
I've had two and the only good thing about them is the cake.
I wasn't in a huge hurry to lose my virginity - I believed I needed to be in love with them first. Ha! What a misguided naif I was.
I've never been much bothered about cars.
Didn't want to be an astronaut but I did harbour dreams of becoming a fighter pilot for a few years while in senior school.
Never wanted to meet a member of a girl band. Boy band, maybe.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 16:46, Reply)