Things You Pretend To Love
Babies.
A lot of poetry.
A lot of people.
Most things a lot of people say.
Phonies.
The shirt I bought thinking I might like it.
"And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made" Paul Simon, The Sound Of Silence

My friend of 8 years.
Apricot chicken. Phone calls on your birthday. Being with him. All. The. Time.
what about when HE just calls you on your birthday rather than seeing you? are you more happy with the being left alone part or fake happy about still getting the birthday call?
in the heat of burning air to watch the naked famele body is insane,
Seriously, i need some help in understanding this. Why would you pretend to love anything? I guess I can kinda sorta see with parents or another person, just to keep the peace or whatever. But cellphones? Hockey? Poetry? What benefit is there to pretend liking those? This is all quite vexing to me!
in the heat of burning air to watch the naked famele body is insane,
Yeah, some of these I don't get, but some make sense. Interesting enough thread.
The same damn penne makes sense. Once a relative thinks you like something they make it until you can't stand the shit, and are then obligated to feign satisfaction.
The taste of beer--beer is social and it tastes like shit if you're an amateur. My cousin has the same problem.
Board games--It's a drag if everybody wants to play and you don't. You can't nay say a group of people that want to do something harmless, but fifty rolls into Monopoly you just want to throw the fucking thing.
The neighbor's dog makes sense--you want to be a good neighbor. Or you're like me and you don't really find it fascinating that humans live close to you and are oblivious to them most of the time, and you hang a leak off the back porch and some old lady is letting her dog out and you're not even looking, trying to hold the door open for the cat who was outside, and when you look up the old bitch just turns away with a look of disgust on her face, only to become an invalid on a fold up bed a few nights later, like the city night cut open and the guys in the blinking truck just came to stitch it back up, and then her husband the sailor looking old hardass is cane strolling around the backyard with her mutt and you wonder if your cock was the last one she saw before she died.
Imaginary situation: You're in a bar and meet someone. The conversation turns to something you don't like but the other person seems to love. You pretend to love that too just to make him/her like you more, therefore, increasing your chances of making out.
That's how I imagine it helps, Nate.
i was bad-mouthing Phonies earlier and now that i think about it i probably shouldn't have. you see, i remember everything, not like a photographic memory or anything but any little minutaie i come across it gets locked in my brain, and a lot of times when people ask me about stuff I'll just say I don't know or don't remember when
I actually do but just don't want to waste time talking about it again. Soooooo Phony!
in the heat of burning air to watch the naked famele body is insane,
Babies, toddlers, children... especially those who are not in your family.
babies aren't adorable, they are wrinkly. and i don't want to be held responsible for breaking your baby. plus they are annoying and rather disgusting most of the time.
the only kid i ever loved was my cousin brother.
i hate having to pretend i like them... does not liking them right out make me such a terrible person?
Is saying you pretend to like something you don't make you a phony? then you go and dislike other people that are just like yourself and so really it comes down to you just not liking you... That is sad....all of you go give yourselves a big old hug, ya'll need it!
I'm gonna go get another cup of coffee and as i walk to the kitchette I am going to pretend to be one of those annoyingly happy people...people love that!
~love is such a strong word...things I pretend to like:
~ sports on TV
~ my momma's beef stew
~ my job...this place totally rocks, and I feel honored to be a part of such a dynamic team!
does anyone else make funny faces at stranger's kids while in line at the checkout? I like getting them to laugh and smile and then stop when the parent turns around to see what the kid is laughing at, and just kinda shrug my shoulders at them like "what? I didn't do anything." and then going back to doing it again as soon as they turn around.
I am kind of worried I'll get in trouble one day for being like a sex pervert for doing it though.
in the heat of burning air to watch the naked famele body is insane,
Babies, toddlers, children... especially those who are not in your family.
babies aren't adorable, they are wrinkly. and i don't want to be held responsible for breaking your baby. plus they are annoying and rather disgusting most of the time.
the only kid i ever loved was my cousin brother.
i hate having to pretend i like them... does not liking them right out make me such a terrible person?
Your cousin brother?
You could be friends with Thag. He also hates children!
Get a spark in that head of yours, and don't let anyone blow it out.
Phonies.
Easy there, Holden.
this made me giggle
Phonies.
Easy there, Holden.
this made me giggle
it would, you phony!
youre the phoniest phony of them all, posting in this thread to say how this thread doesnt make sense is ten kinds of phoniness, you phony
I pretend to love hockey because the boyfriend loves hockey. I barely understand it but don't want to see like an idiot. I just know I would bang that Lundqvist guy.
Apple juice I hate but my family always buys for me. Shit gives me nightmares so usually I end up making a glass before bed and pouring it down the sink. Same with soda.
I also hate photography but I have an alright camera and am not really that good at anything else so I pretend I love it as to not seem sad.
[ejrathke] 4:59 am: BUKOWSKI SLEEP KARATE

Seriously, i need some help in understanding this. Why would you pretend to love anything? I guess I can kinda sorta see with parents or another person, just to keep the peace or whatever. But cellphones? Hockey? Poetry? What benefit is there to pretend liking those? This is all quite vexing to me!
I'm with you. There are lots of things I can't stand, but I'll tolerate them if I'm made to. But I'm not gonna lie about it. If someone makes me watch a block of 80's music videos I won't make them change the channel but I won't act like it's the highlight of my year, either.
In English, when we say: "It is raining"
What the fuck is IT? Sometimes I wake up in a cold sweat afraid that IT has found me.
My mom,she hates me but i still try to make her at least pretend to love me back she is always tearing me down but i keep on forcing myself to PRETEND to love her i want her to admit i am a good person despite her and admit she stacked the decks against me and i turned out alright then she can just fuck off.oh were we not supposed to be serious? sorry.
There's a difference between not being serious and just relaxing and enjoying a conversational topic. I was very serious when I asked how someone can pretend to love something (outside of family.) I even said "Seriously,..."
and just because you might be upset with someone else, don't take it out on us.
in the heat of burning air to watch the naked famele body is insane,
My mom,she hates me but i still try to make her at least pretend to love me back she is always tearing me down but i keep on forcing myself to PRETEND to love her i want her to admit i am a good person despite her and admit she stacked the decks against me and i turned out alright then she can just fuck off.oh were we not supposed to be serious? sorry.
if you know you're a good person, that's all that matters. your mom knows it too, she's just too bitchy to admit it. she's probably never going to change. tell her to befriend my mom, and move on!
:D
Get a spark in that head of yours, and don't let anyone blow it out.
I pretend to love hockey because the boyfriend loves hockey. I barely understand it but don't want to see like an idiot. I just know I would bang that Lundqvist guy.
If you need Hockey conversation starters, I'm happy to help. Pray God you're not dating a Red Wings fan.
Also, right up your alley, you should buy a Miroslav Satan Jersey.(it's pronounced Sheh-TAN, but it looks cool)
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: cheeks are great
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: bum and face
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: oh yeah bum here = bottom not street vagrant
There's a difference between not being serious and just relaxing and enjoying a conversational topic. I was very serious when I asked how someone can pretend to love something (outside of family.) I even said "Seriously,..."
and just because you might be upset with someone else, don't take it out on us.
I did not mean to take anything out on anyone I am sorry if it seems that way I really like this place because people are free to talk about whatever crosses their mind I took the topic seriously and at the same time I did not want to drag the topic down, I really am a nice person and I would hate for you to think otherwise.
My mom,she hates me but i still try to make her at least pretend to love me back she is always tearing me down but i keep on forcing myself to PRETEND to love her i want her to admit i am a good person despite her and admit she stacked the decks against me and i turned out alright then she can just fuck off.oh were we not supposed to be serious? sorry.
if you know you're a good person, that's all that matters. your mom knows it too, she's just too bitchy to admit it. she's probably never going to change. tell her to befriend my mom, and move on!
when i was younger i could not give a shit,i moved out when i was 15 but when i had my first boy i wanted to fix things and now i am stuck in that mode.but your right.;)
:D
My mom,she hates me but i still try to make her at least pretend to love me back she is always tearing me down but i keep on forcing myself to PRETEND to love her i want her to admit i am a good person despite her and admit she stacked the decks against me and i turned out alright then she can just fuck off.oh were we not supposed to be serious? sorry.
if you know you're a good person, that's all that matters. your mom knows it too, she's just too bitchy to admit it. she's probably never going to change. tell her to befriend my mom, and move on!
when i was younger i could not give a shit,i moved out when i was 15 but when i had my first boy i wanted to fix things and now i am stuck in that mode.but your right.;)
:D
It took me awhile to decipher this. For five minutes, I thought Taylor was emancipated and had a kid. But I think I have it figured out now. I got pregnant at 15, if I'm reading correctly.
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: cheeks are great
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: bum and face
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: oh yeah bum here = bottom not street vagrant
There's a difference between not being serious and just relaxing and enjoying a conversational topic. I was very serious when I asked how someone can pretend to love something (outside of family.) I even said "Seriously,..."
and just because you might be upset with someone else, don't take it out on us.
I did not mean to take anything out on anyone I am sorry if it seems that way I really like this place because people are free to talk about whatever crosses their mind I took the topic seriously and at the same time I did not want to drag the topic down, I really am a nice person and I would hate for you to think otherwise.
you're ok. this place is great for just venting all that pent up anger and whatnot. just don't direct it at the people your not angry at. we're here to be your friends!
>smooch smooch< *
* not that fake phony baloney hollywood smooch smooch kind of love either!
in the heat of burning air to watch the naked famele body is insane,
My mom,she hates me but i still try to make her at least pretend to love me back she is always tearing me down but i keep on forcing myself to PRETEND to love her i want her to admit i am a good person despite her and admit she stacked the decks against me and i turned out alright then she can just fuck off.oh were we not supposed to be serious? sorry.
if you know you're a good person, that's all that matters. your mom knows it too, she's just too bitchy to admit it. she's probably never going to change. tell her to befriend my mom, and move on!
when i was younger i could not give a shit,i moved out when i was 15 but when i had my first boy i wanted to fix things and now i am stuck in that mode.but your right.;)
:D
It took me awhile to decipher this. For five minutes, I thought Taylor was emancipated and had a kid. But I think I have it figured out now. I got pregnant at 15, if I'm reading correctly.
You got pregnant at 15?
in the heat of burning air to watch the naked famele body is insane,
I think he was making a joke at what I wrote, not the fact that anyone else got pregnant.
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: cheeks are great
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: bum and face
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: oh yeah bum here = bottom not street vagrant
I pretend to love apricot chicken because it was the first meal my dad ever cooked for me and my brother after he moved out, and he was so proud of himself that I didn't have the heart to tell him it tasted vile.
I pretend to love phone calls on my birthday because it's a family tradition and my younger cousins love calling me up and asking what presents I got, whether I'm having a party, etc.
I pretend to enjoy not being alone because I'm nice.









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