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[Schmaven]

Spoiler: Relationship stuff (click to show/hide)

So....I've got to give someone some bad news.
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I think what you've written there is probably about the best way to put it.  It's a harsh situation to be in.  But relationships do envolve risks.  The only way to avoid such pain is to abandon love entirely.  But I think that is ultimately a worse state of affairs than seeking love and failing.  If I were you, I'd try telling her what you've written in its entirety.  She will probably try and talk you out of it and change your mind.  If so, you're going to have to break her heart.  In the process of doing that, I find my heart also breaks.  Tears are likely.  But if you remain firm, and fully explain yourself despite the painful emotions on both sides, some catharsis for the both of you is indeed possible.  Sex does complicate things as it does bring peiple much closer.  But we are biological beings filled with hormones and urges, and it can be hard to take things slow.

I had to tap 28 x 6-32 holes in ¼" aluminum, and by not going slow enough, I broke 4 taps.  Oil and possibly a drill press should help with the remaining 14 tomorrow, but patience would have helped today.

[nenjin]

Guh. The talk was had. She's taking it about as well as one can. Complaining that I have feels seems kind of self-absorbed at this particular moment, but I feel like an ass. Even though all relationships are a gamble that you'll either get rejected or reject someone, right now I feel like I did us both dirty by just not being more decisive earlier on. I know I made the better choice for myself but that doesn't make it feel any less shitty.

[Caz]

Couldn't leave the house this morning due to cows.

[scriver]

Caz has cancelled Go to Work: Interrupted by Cow

[Caz]

They are still there T_T

[Frumple]

There is a solution, here.

Burgers. Burgers for days.

[Magmacube_tr]

Couldn't leave the house this morning due to cows.

I mean, are they aggressive? Or do you have bovinophobia?

[hector13]

Cows kill more people than sharks, brah. It only takes one pernicious cow to cause you issues too.

Pernicious isn’t quite the word I’m looking for but I’m tired, sue me.

[Magmacube_tr]

Cows kill more people than sharks, brah. It only takes one pernicious cow to cause you issues too.

Pernicious isn’t quite the word I’m looking for but I’m tired, sue me.

Makes sense. But are they actually attacking Caz? I am gathering that they do.

[hector13]

Cows are big. If they’re in the road or something and refuse to move, you’re not getting through.

[TD1]

Yeaaa but they're also easily moved. Get out of car, wave hands, no?

[Maximum Spin]

Yeaaa but they're also easily moved. Get out of car, wave hands, no?

No. That does not work. Cows do not care about you.

[hector13]

Depends on the cow. Some cows are just arseholes.

My wife had to do EMS for her vet degree (basically going out to get real experience with various types of animals over the course of the degree) and the cow farm she went to the farmers neglected to mention one of the cows was an ornery fucker so it charged her when she got in the pen with it.

[TD1]

Yeaaa but they're also easily moved. Get out of car, wave hands, no?

No. That does not work. Cows do not care about you.

Lol

Do not cite the deep magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written.

I grew up working a beef farm and still do most weekends. I've yet to find a cow that doesn't care about you, barring those hand-reared by bottle. Another exception is when they're 'raised' - meaning made excitable, perhaps because they're being chased/herded. That's more a panic herd thing though.

But yea, may require slightly more effort to move them than hand-wavium. But not much.

Depends on the cow. Some cows are just arseholes.

My wife had to do EMS for her vet degree (basically going out to get real experience with various types of animals over the course of the degree) and the cow farm she went to the farmers neglected to mention one of the cows was an ornery fucker so it charged her when she got in the pen with it.

Yea, bad form for the farmer who undoubtedly knew the cow's personality. We've one or two like that. Getting in a pen with cattle is Risky Business, but some get more than a bit wild.

I've slightly more sympathy for the ones that get vicious just after giving birth. At least they're trying to protect their young.

[Maximum Spin]

Do not cite the deep magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written.

I grew up working a beef farm and still do most weekends. I've yet to find a cow that doesn't care about you, barring those hand-reared by bottle. Another exception is when they're 'raised' - meaning made excitable, perhaps because they're being chased/herded. That's more a panic herd thing though.

But yea, may require slightly more effort to move them than hand-wavium. But not much.

I'm also citing personal experience, though.

Probably some breeds of cows give more of a shit than others, I suppose. One thing that may make a difference: Do your cows get into the road often? I suspect it might also matter if they've learned that nobody's going to do shit to them.