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Should Dora go out with Jim?
questionablecontentfan:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 09 Jun 2011, 11:45 ---Where did it say that Marten had unresolved feelings for Faye? If anything, anything resembling a romantic relationship they could have had sank after Faye told Marten about her father's suicide. They went from being potentially knocking boots to best friends. The Toto moment cemented that, as did the comic with Marten "attacking" Angus, Scott Pilgrim style. The only one who ever felt there were unresolved issues between the pair was Dora. Thats one of the reasons Dora broke up with him.
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Sorry, but I'm going to have to agree with Dora. I mean, look how he acted directly after he and Dora broke up. He was drunk and hitting on Faye. Through their relationship, Marten still had feelings for Faye, which Dora knew about, tried to deal with, couldn't deal with. I don't blame her, really. No, I don't think his feelings went away after Faye told him about her father's suicide. He still wanted Faye first, and was really only with Dora because he couldn't have Faye.
I see the thing with Jim going in a positive direction. Older men are a bit more...I don't know, willing to deal with issues, they're not as easily spooked as younger men are, they've gotten over some of that. Not entirely, but more. I mean, he got divorced for goodness' sake, he can deal with a woman in her mid-twenties with trust issues and baggage from a past relationship. Maybe after what he went through, he knows how to treat a woman better because he was treated so badly. I'm guessing, but it could be. I want to steal a quote I read somewhere: "I like older men. I like a man who knows his way around a woman's body and mind and doesn't have the immaturity issues younger men have."
As for being friends with exes, I don't get that at all. I don't think anyone should feel obligated to have a friendship with someone who may have ripped their heart out.
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: questionablecontentfan on 09 Jun 2011, 11:52 ---Sorry, but I'm going to have to agree with Dora. I mean, look how he acted directly after he and Dora broke up. He was drunk and hitting on Faye. Through their relationship, Marten still had feelings for Faye, which Dora knew about, tried to deal with, couldn't deal with. I don't blame her, really. No, I don't think his feelings went away after Faye told him about her father's suicide. He still wanted Faye first, and was really only with Dora because he couldn't have Faye.
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He was drunk and depressed. Drunk enough that he doesn't REMEMBER what he did. Was it stupid? Yeah, definitely. But alcohol isn't the truth serum people act like it is. Sometimes it just makes you act like an idiot, not "act out your true feelings."
--- Quote from: questionablecontentfan on 09 Jun 2011, 11:52 ---I see the thing with Jim going in a positive direction. Older men are a bit more...I don't know, willing to deal with issues, they're not as easily spooked as younger men are, they've gotten over some of that. Not entirely, but more. I mean, he got divorced for goodness' sake, he can deal with a woman in her mid-twenties with trust issues and baggage from a past relationship. Maybe after what he went through, he knows how to treat a woman better because he was treated so badly. I'm guessing, but it could be. I want to steal a quote I read somewhere: "I like older men. I like a man who knows his way around a woman's body and mind and doesn't have the immaturity issues younger men have."
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Marten had no problem with dealing with Dora's issues. Even at the end, he wanted to KEEP TRYING TO DEAL WITH THEM. She was spooked, not him.
And Jim being divorced doesn't exactly make me think POSITIVELY of his experience with women. I mean, it doesn't show anything negative to me, at least, not without knowing why they divorced, but its kind of a neutral thing without more information.
--- Quote from: questionablecontentfan on 09 Jun 2011, 11:52 ---As for being friends with exes, I don't get that at all. I don't think anyone should feel obligated to have a friendship with someone who may have ripped their heart out.
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Wait where did I say anyone was obligated to? I'm still friends with my exes, but that's because it generally ended on good terms. I don't get how the end of a relationship means that ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME you stop caring about the other person. I mean, there are times when I understand that, but it really depends on why the relationship ENDED. Some people just don't work out, or maybe it was a thing they both knew wouldn't be permanent going into it. It doesn't necessarily mean they think the other person is necessarily a bad person, or even an unfun person to hang out with in a platonic way.
TheEvilDog:
Everything Emperor Norton just said.....Perfect.
Marten acted like an idiot that time because he was DRUNK, DEPRESSED AND FELT LIKE SHIT. Hmmm, I wonder why that was again...Oh yeah, because his girlfriend broke up with him because of her own issues. Examples leading up to break up - Dora getting aggressive despite being in the wrong, Marten realising he was sick of having to deal with Dora's issues non-stop and Dora admitting that she knows they're fighting over her issues.
As for staying friends with an ex, why not? People spend significant time to someone for them to care. Its not like when you break up with someone that its, every connection is cut. I mean, a person obviously cared enough for someone, they still do. Unless they're evil and heartless.
Kugai:
Waffles
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 09 Jun 2011, 12:36 ---Waffles
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Well said good sir.
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