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Yeah because I told her towards the end of last week that I thought it was funny he still hadn't said anything about them, and now she's paranoid that he's hiding it for some reason. I told her he was probably just worried I might not be cool with it and I'd wait until today to say something, and she hasn't asked yet but she's probably wondering. And honestly your last point is the only other explanation I can come up with, but he totally doesn't seem like that kind of guy at all. He had mentioned several weeks back about hanging out with a female friend of his and getting along with her friend, but he hadn't mentioned her since and he's honestly been so busy hanging out with other guy friends of his and then my friend and I the last few weekends that I don't know how he'd even have time to be dating someone else. Even so, it would be fine for him to casually date a few girls if he wasn't ready to get serious with anyone right now, but the guy had a long-term girlfriend through college who he lived with until last Feb., so he really doesn't seem like the type to collect Tinder dates or anything. I just don't get it.

If it were you, wouldn't you kind of guess that the girl might tell her friend, though? I like both of them and I don't mind all of us getting together, but I don't want to be a 3rd wheel and I don't want him to be pretending they're not already talking and hanging out separately because it'll make her question his feelings for her if he's suddenly self-conscious or less affectionate if I'm there, and that's not fair to her. I don't want to call him out and tell him I already know because then he'll know she told me, but I just want it out there in the open.

I need a male perspective on something and can't justify starting a new thread for this, so we'll try this one. Background: My coworker is a young guy, and I remember thinking when he first started (last April) that I wanted him to meet my younger female friend because I thought they'd probably get along. My friend ended up dating someone else pretty soon after, so I never had the chance. Fast-forward to around 6-8 weeks ago, and she is newly single because things didn't work out with the guy she was dating. I told her I wanted to introduce her to my coworker because he's a really nice guy, smart, funny, etc. She wasn't really looking to date again so soon, but was still interested to meet him as a potential friend, and I told her there wouldn't be any pressure from my end and that I wouldn't tell my coworker anything about it. She's going to school on the same campus where we work, so she and I planned to meet for lunch one day (they do food trucks here a lot, so it was going to be pretty casual) and I invited him to join us. They definitely got along, so all of us got together again for lunch a couple weeks after, and at that point she'd brought up Stranger Things. They both loved the show and wanted to get me to watch it so we could all watch the 2nd season when it came out, so that's how I ended up getting in to the show. The night season 2 came out, all three of us met up at my friend's apartment to watch several episodes, and the two of them were getting along famously. She'd given him her phone # and they were texting some, and we'd all planned to do the same thing the following Friday night. I'd told her I was happy they'd met because if nothing else they seemed like they'd be good friends, and she definitely seemed interested. The following Friday, we all met at her place again, but he had gotten there earlier since I was running behind. When I got there they looked super cozy together, sharing a blanket on the couch and laughing. We finished watching the series, and when it was time to go, I had the feeling he was kind of stalling since the week before he and I had left at the same time. I took the hint and left without him so he could have a chance to make a move if he wanted. That Sunday my friend told me the two of them had gotten together again over the weekend for dinner and a movie, and that they had made plans for the following weekend as well. All cool by me, since I introduced them on purpose! But here's where it gets a little weird... ... my coworker didn't say anything about it last week. Like I gave him a few opportunities (we usually talk about what we did over the weekend, upcoming plans, etc), and nothing. Something came up later in the week where he realized he had the dates wrong about when a friend of his was in town to visit and he had to cancel their plans, and she told me that he told her the same thing, but he again said nothing about her when he and I were talking (just generically "I had to cancel all my plans for the weekend"). I brushed it off at first because I wondered if maybe he thought I'd be mad about him trying to date my friend, but the three of us were talking about going to see Thor this coming Friday and I really don't want things to be weird or him to feel like he has to pretend he doesn't like her. So today at lunch, I said something like, "Hey, this is kind of awkward to bring up, but I just want to get this out there since we're all planning on getting together again this week. It seems like you and (my friend) get along pretty well, and I just wanted to make sure you know that if you guys like each other, she's not off limits or anything like that just because she's my friend... feel free to go for it. And while I'm happy to keep hanging out with you guys, if you wanted to do something on your own, you shouldn't feel like you have to invite me along." And his response was kind of weird... like he said something to the effect that it was good to know and he was just happy to have friends to go and see movies and do things like that. I didn't press because I don't want to make things uncomfortable, but any ideas from you guys on what the deal is? Like I honestly can't think of a reason why he wouldn't have just said at that point like, "thanks, I'd really like to get to know her" or something like that. I don't need specifics and it's not my business where it goes from here, but I want to make sure he's not being shady for some reason. He's always seemed like a totally nice and stand-up guy, so I can't figure out why he wouldn't just be up front about it. We talk all the time at work, and he's told me about other dates he's gone on (none recently), so it's not like it's a forbidden topic or anything.

Happy early birthday, we've! I'm picking up the bf this evening from the airport and we're headed out to dinner, then hiking tomorrow and snowshoeing on Sunday. Looking forward to a few days off work with someone I care about and don't see nearly enough.

Adorable!

I couldn't do what you do, either, so we're even! ;)

Thanks! :) I know it's nothing compared to the miles Doohickie logs on his bike (that's like 4 or 5 days for him, haha), but I'm pretty happy with it.

With today's outing, I've officially hit 200 miles hiking over 29 days since March, not including any snowshoeing done from Dec-March. Holy cow. I wouldn't have believed that number if I hadn't been keeping track along the way out of curiosity. Go me! Now if only I could transition to being less of a weekend warrior and weekday couch potato / workaholic to getting consistent exercise throughout the week, I'd be all set!

I opened this thread specifically for this reason. :thumbsup:

lol very nice. And this! Hardly recognize ya, haha.

I think either you got a dud or I was just lucky, because after 20-21 months my Nexus 5X was still going strong... only trouble I ever had with it was when I got lazy about deleting pics and the memory was too close to full. I actually kind of miss it right now because I finally got the Moto X4 that I'd ordered last week... it's not bad, but the camera isn't very impressive so far, and it's a lot heavier than the 5X (mostly because it's sturdier construction). I'd just gotten Oreo a few weeks ago on the 5X and now I'm back to Nougat, although Motorola has promised an update by the end of this year. I'm a little nervous the updates won't be released as quickly as they were with the Nexus line since it sounds like it's up to Motorola rather than Google, but we shall see.

I finished watching season 2 of Stranger Things tonight. Well done, Duffer Brothers.

One of the ski resorts here is already open for the season and was encouraging costumes today. My friends and I went as Calvin and Hobbes. ????

He is, but the show is so terrible... I watched the first episode and had no interest in seeing more. Shame that his talent is being wasted, and hopefully it won't negatively impact him going forward, since Ramsey was such a great (in an awful sense) character.

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I haven't seen it, but I saw this article the other day: The director of 'The Snowman' explains why he made such a terrible movie Terrible excuse, but it would explain a lot.

Haha that was a great bit. I totally had a haircut like Barb's in 1992. :ph34r: :w00t:

Two of my friends suggested last week that I should try out Stranger Things so I could watch it with them when the second season is released this coming Friday. Didn't know much about it, but since GoT is done for a while I figured I'm game. Watched the first 3 episodes at my friend's place Sat. night, watched 3 more on my own when I got back home, and watched the last two yesterday. I guess it was okay. :lol:

:o :worthy: This should've gone in yesterday's thread. :devil:

I appreciate it, (bob, too!), and although I'd be lying if I didn't admit I'm still working too much this week, I did cancel pretty much all my plans last weekend so I could stay home and sleep as much as possible, and I'm going to try and take it easy this weekend as well. Fingers crossed that the job candidate we're interviewing this afternoon is a good fit and can start quickly.

For me it's tired mixed with any amount (even one drink) of alcohol... seems to just exponentially magnify my exhaustion. But I'll agree that tired and sober is worse than awake and a little drunk. (And thanks.)

I've been burning the candle at both ends for a few weeks now with crunch time at work and still only having two people to do it all. (My co-worker is awesome, but he's a junior person and I can't expect him to work insane hours just because I choose to.) Multiple 12+ hour days, 4-5 hours of sleep (and sometimes less) per night. So worn out. But last week we successfully finished the first major test for our group, so my co-worker and I went out for happy hour after work on Friday. I probably had a little more than I should have, but I thought I was okay to drive, and the restaurant/bar was only about 10-15 min. from home. This is somewhere around 7:30pm. About halfway home, extreme tiredness kicked in and I realized I was in trouble. I'm sitting at stop lights, struggling to keep my eyes open, praying to God just to let me get home safely without hurting anyone. I don't remember getting home, and woke up almost 2 hours later still sitting in the driver's seat of my car, somehow safely parked in the (narrow!) garage, when my boyfriend called me the second time to make sure I'd gotten home okay. Scared the bejeesus out of me. I'm so, so lucky and grateful that I didn't hurt anyone (including myself).

:( Hard to know, but it kind of sounds like his back injury sort of triggered it (I don't recall whether he'd had surgery at that point or not), so it's fairly likely he was struggling with it while he was with the Sabres. But even so, no one (including CoHo) knew he was "injured".

For any fellow nerds interested in more about malignant hyperthermia: https://www.my46.org/trait-document?trait=Malignant%20hyperthermia%20susceptibility&type=profile Most people find out (too late) that they have it when they've had anesthesia for surgery, but in rare cases strenuous exercise can trigger it as well. He is seriously lucky to be okay.

Holy cow. That poor SOB went through so much just to try and play, and none of us had any idea what he was battling. I'm glad he's gotten a diagnosis and still has the ability to participate (if only peripherally) in something he loves, but damn.