tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936537874847344814.post2063492615082389631..comments2024-01-30T01:52:44.135-07:00Comments on The Anti-Austen: Over ItThe Anti-Austenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970646614276309244noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936537874847344814.post-38972524201633841282014-08-05T19:19:00.289-06:002014-08-05T19:19:00.289-06:00I miss this blog's updates!I miss this blog's updates!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936537874847344814.post-59410068316734221872014-07-28T15:14:20.987-06:002014-07-28T15:14:20.987-06:00I totally agree that it can be uncomfortable and a...I totally agree that it can be uncomfortable and awkward when a guy grabs your hand when you aren't feeling it. Most guys will wait until they are pretty darn sure you want to before they make a move like that. Others I'm sure don't think of hand holding as a big deal and just do it a lot. Still, I believe I might just have to defend the guy a little bit. What pressure to be the one putting himself out there. He's making a leap into uncharted territory by holding your hand, leaving himself open for outright rejection. He's got to time it so it's not too soon, and not too late (a time that can vary greatly amongst different girls). I think it's pretty brave for a guy to try to progress the relationship. But you don't have to feel obligated to allow it. I usually find an excuse to pretty quickly need my hand. (need to get something in your purse, climb that wall, anything that requires your hands!). This lets the guy down a bit easier.Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936537874847344814.post-24427219580546936192014-07-26T21:21:59.048-06:002014-07-26T21:21:59.048-06:00I'm so over dating too. I'll join the supp...I'm so over dating too. I'll join the support group. I just want my amazing single friends, all y'all, and myself to just find the right guys who treat us well and won't ignore us. It'll happen. I keep trying to remind myself even though it's hard.Perpetually singlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936537874847344814.post-43782732663669587092014-07-26T15:19:41.632-06:002014-07-26T15:19:41.632-06:00I was traveling in London for a week a couple mont...I was traveling in London for a week a couple months ago and I met this guy when I was getting dinner on my second to last night there. We started talking and only about an hour after we met he was trying to hold my hand. All the while knowing that I was only in London for one more day before coming back to the USA. And I happen to be only a selectively touchy feely person. Needless to say I pulled my hand away and calmly told him "I'd rather you not do that, thanks". Luckily he was good-natured about it, but yeah, it kinda ticked me off too. Like where does he get off trying to hold my hand, let alone touch me, when he doesn't even know me and we only met an hour ago. And that was the first time a guy has ever tried to hold my hand and it stinks that it had to happen like that. Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097546605120018941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936537874847344814.post-79477934739219208492014-07-26T07:49:32.559-06:002014-07-26T07:49:32.559-06:00Agreed. I'm also so over it. Let me know about...Agreed. I'm also so over it. Let me know about the support group. I'm there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936537874847344814.post-40024368730506113852014-07-26T07:48:03.558-06:002014-07-26T07:48:03.558-06:00ew why did he grab your hand. i would have pulled ...ew why did he grab your hand. i would have pulled away. seriously. one time i was hanging out with this kid and he kissed me after a week and that was not ok for me. so i started hanging out with a different boy and i told him how much it bothered me when boys kissed me early like that AND HE DID IT TOO. so i literally pulled away before he got to me and was like "uhhh?" and he was like "what?" and he kept going for it. then i got outta there! some boys are just very inconsiderate i think. kaes.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06146217871200633227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936537874847344814.post-64931319845082054792014-07-25T16:43:24.808-06:002014-07-25T16:43:24.808-06:00SO OVER IT.
Thank you for putting this into words...SO OVER IT.<br /><br />Thank you for putting this into words. Seriously, there's this missionary I'm writing and I'm pretty sure when he gets home it's on, but there's no guarantee, so I really should be dating, but I have no desire to, and the fact that I've known the guy for like four years isn't helping because it's all just THERE, ya know? Ugh. Dating is the worst. Maybe I need to get out of Provo.erin nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297373025907630189noreply@blogger.com