h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

JWF, you were right about me feeling safe in my suffering and all. I do a lot of complaining about myself.

Xanatic, you must stop this at once, the sympathy it will win you is limited, and once it runs out you will need to adopt a more proactive stance. Go out and start chatting up the ladies!

~jwf~ I saw your AGG/GAG and I am quite impressed. It makes my quite happy that you want to include my humble scribblings.

The Agg/GAG group have been having a wonderful time with your story Mister C. To my amazement, most of them (are married and) took exception to the moral values suggested by the story. I countered that I thought it was a lovely love-story and perfect for Valentine's and they wonder if I'm not as dirty an old man as thee.
They say you set a bad example to men everywhere. I say she was the perfect love, self sufficient, knew what she wanted and how to get it and knew when to call it a day. They say paternity suit.
I say we're running it anyway but they can write or find a balancing piece that shows the joys of marital bliss and parental responsibility.
Like I say, amazing.
So far I haven't touched a word but the others have pointed out some confusing constructions. I'd provide the link to the appropriate thread but I've jsut spent twenty minutes reading backlogs of several and can't find it. But I will.
peace
jwf

Fantastic! Some love it, some hate it. They discuss the theme and my grammar. I can't think of any better praise. Thank you, sir. I think I'd like to read that thread. Maybe I'll start looking for it myself.
Again, thank you.

I am glad to have assisted - albeit humbly - in the rejuvination of one of my favourite threads. As Corinth said - the gang are all here. I will read the GOG/MAGOG entry soon, and post feminist or possibly post-feminist remarks as the devil takes me. (Being the hindmost and all).

Love to some of my favourite men on HooToo Corinth, jwf and Xanatic and sisterly s for Kelli and Trillian's Child.

Ben

Hey now there's a nice friendly girl! Ladies and gents, a nice friendly girl called Ben.

jwf

Well then, it seems the question has been answered.

Here is the start of the bulk of AGG/GAG discussion on Cories' piece:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F80670&thread=154624&skip=220&show=20

Like I say, I was amazed that not everyone saw it as I did, from a morality point of view. It has been such a long time since anyone expressed concern or doubt about my ethics on 'the rules of lovemaking' that I was taken aback by orthodox points of view.
It really is refreshing to see that the free-love revolution of my generation has not completely overthrown the age old institutions of fidelity and committment.

jwf

If I could chat up girls I wouldn't be on here. I was sick the day they learned flirting in school. I usually don't know what to say after a hi.

~jwf~
I had a look at the discussion on my story and I must say, though it surprised you, this was quite the reaction I expected. I was surprised when the lovely folks from this thread found it enchanting. You see, I have always been painfully aware of the orthodoxy's disapproval. Whereas you have been ignorant of it, I have just ignored it. I look forward to seeing the reactions it will provoke in a wider readership.
Thank you, by the way, for sticking up for me. That was quite endearing.

I like the story too. Did I say so? I can't find anything wrong with the morality. My idea of what the world should work like is in "I just wanna make love to you" (by Hart) and Benoite Groult's book about the woman and the submarine captain - I can't find the English or the French titles - I read it in German-

Indeed you did say so, TC. I count you among my original supporters. Even after I become ridiculously rich and famous as a result of jwf's extensive promotion on my behalf, I won't forget who my real friends are.

Hugs to you all.

Corinth.

P.S. It boggles my mind, trying to imagine what romantic literature must be like in German...

Yeah, German is one of the least romantic languages I'd say.

So the story was fiction then? I didn't quite figure out if it was.

Neither did I.

It may well be more difficult to seduce a lady with guttural Germanic utterances ..or not. Booty is the ear of the beerholder, but 'Ich leibe dick mein frau' (apologies to TC and others who know how badly I've spelled that) is hardly something one can say without grunting or spitting.

And let us not forget it was our German friend Goethe and his "Sorrows of Young Wurther", that set the true Romantic standard. Wurther is the archetype of young men suffering the pangs of unrequited love.

With Xanatic wandering round grumbling about his lot in life, I should mention that Goethe's "Wurther" gives us the definitive picture of youthful angst, frustration and despair.

Xan, read this book, and discover yourself.
Ultimately there is hope. Or at least the comfort of knowing you're not alone, not the first and certainly not doomed.
peace
jwf

Okay, so let us say you found a nice and friendly girl, and she turned into a bitch. You want an explanation and some sort of closure, but at the same time would rather not have any contact with her for the rest of your life. Any ideas?

Keep in mind she is in a different country and it has been two years.

Just let it go. It sounds harsh but the chances are she's not going to say anything you want to hear after so long.

I doubt she's going to say anything I like. But it would just give some sort of piece of mind. And I would just let it go if I could. But it is the only relationsship I've had, so I guess I feel kind of attached to it.

You could always send her an e-mail - the wonders of technology now mean you don't have to go to the trouble of writing a letter or the embarassment of a phone call.