Do YOU have a crush on anyone?

[sweetlambofgod]

it would get closed too

why?

 

[sweetlambofgod]

i don't have a crush on anyone but I do strongly "admire" someone

do tell.

 

[sweetlambofgod]

We had a "flirting" thread on another singles forum I used to post on. It developed a life of its own and led to like 2 million posts over 3 years.

One day, one of the gals suddenly says "wouldn't it be cool if we could all meet in real life?"

Well, one thing led to another and I helped organize a real life get together. 12 people fromacross the US and Canada on Labour Day weekend. Rented a huge, 5-bedroom, 19th century house in Pennsylvania. That weekend eventually spawned three marriages, all of which are still together.

that would be so much fun.

 

[Mark2010]

that would be so much fun.

Hmmmmm........

Actually, it WAS a lot of fun. We (the organizers) were worried that no one would know what to do at first, so we brought a couple of board games to serve as icebreakers. Well, the first guest arrived at 5:30 on Friday and others came soon afterward. We yacked and yacked until about 4 in the morning. It was like we had known each other all of our lives. We ranged from like 23 to mid 40s.

Saturday, we split up into two groups. One group went to a football game and the other group went to an underground bat cave. Saturday night we hung out at the house and three of the gals fixed a great dinner and we watched videos, played games and did a mini campfire at a fire ring in the back yard (it was a fairly rural area). We had speaker phone and a couple of other members of the group who weren't able to attend called and we did a conference call.

Sunday, we all visited a small local church and then went to an amusement park to a Rebecca St. James concert in a nearby town. One of the gals had a birthday, so we threw a birthday party, complete with a cake. Only problem was when G*** blew out her candles she did so directly into the hair of her best friend sitting across the patio table and T****'s hair caught on fire (not serious, thankfully). Then we stayed up till sunrise yacking some more.

Monday was goodbye time and no one wanted to leave. As mentioned, three of the couples later got married.

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

I think I may have had the beginnings of a crush for a bit but I'm back to normal now.

 

[catofhope]

why?

Here is the Fab 40's Matchmaker game. from January of 2006.
The reason for closure was "Closed by staff because while this thread was meant to be a game and some members had fun with it, other members were hurt by it."

For those interested:
Randy's posts of note 221, 262 (better known as Captain Oblivious at the time).
Frypan talk start in 276.
My playing innocent in 281.
Randy getting floored by frying pan in 284.

The Fab 40 forum is on their 6th installment of the Flirting thread.
Maybe we need to start a flirting thread here in the Singles forum.

 

[Mark2010]

Yeah the one in 40s has 10 zillion posts. By the time I caught up, I'd be kicked into the 50s.

 

[catofhope]

Yeah the one in 40s has 10 zillion posts. By the time I caught up, I'd be kicked into the 50s.

I just realized you can join us in the Fab 40 forum.
Available guys are needed in that flirting thread.
Or come check out my Front Porch Fellowship thread.

 

[MN John]

Here's the original singles forum thread... http://www.christianforums.com/t2506600-singles-matchmaker-game.html and after it split: http://www.christianforums.com/t4084956-singles-matchmaker-game-2.html. It's still alive ... last post was about a month ago.

 

[sweetlambofgod]

Hmmmmm........

Actually, it WAS a lot of fun. We (the organizers) were worried that no one would know what to do at first, so we brought a couple of board games to serve as icebreakers. Well, the first guest arrived at 5:30 on Friday and others came soon afterward. We yacked and yacked until about 4 in the morning. It was like we had known each other all of our lives. We ranged from like 23 to mid 40s.

Saturday, we split up into two groups. One group went to a football game and the other group went to an underground bat cave. Saturday night we hung out at the house and three of the gals fixed a great dinner and we watched videos, played games and did a mini campfire at a fire ring in the back yard (it was a fairly rural area). We had speaker phone and a couple of other members of the group who weren't able to attend called and we did a conference call.

Sunday, we all visited a small local church and then went to an amusement park to a Rebecca St. James concert in a nearby town. One of the gals had a birthday, so we threw a birthday party, complete with a cake. Only problem was when G*** blew out her candles she did so directly into the hair of her best friend sitting across the patio table and T****'s hair caught on fire (not serious, thankfully). Then we stayed up till sunrise yacking some more.

Monday was goodbye time and no one wanted to leave. As mentioned, three of the couples later got married.

I seriously think we should do that, that would be so much fun.

 

[knownbeforetime]

I kinda asked a guy out today... I say kinda... Eh, it's complicated...

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Anyone have a link to the original forties flirting thread? I was going to start a flirting thread for this forum, but I wanted to base it on the original from the other forum. I would conduct a search, but that feature is not in working order now.

 

[Macrina]

I kinda asked a guy out today... I say kinda... Eh, it's complicated...

Ok, girl -- DISH!

 

[MN John]

Anyone have a link to the original forties flirting thread? I was going to start a flirting thread for this forum, but I wanted to base it on the original from the other forum. I would conduct a search, but that feature is not in working order now.

This is the current one... http://www.christianforums.com/t4634181-the-fab-forty-flirting-thread-6.html it's still an active thread that has split 5 times. And here's the original one: http://www.christianforums.com/t2521503.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Thank you very much. Thread started.

 

[knownbeforetime]

Ok, girl -- DISH!

Well, ok, this guy broke up with his girlfriend during Christmas. So he's been single for a month. It's getting close to Valentine's Day, as we all know, so he post a bulletin on myspace that says:

who wants to be my valentine just send me a message of what we will do on that special day. send in a message

So I sent him this message:

Ah, yes, I too feel this desperation*. Even though couples secretly hate this day, singles wish there was someone, anyone, to hate it with.

With that said, I've read your proposal and offer you this bid. Seeing as we are poor college students, I propose that one of us shows up at the others house and go to a nearby fast food place and talk/commiserate about our issues (being single, coming from dysfunctional families, etc. or, heck, maybe something cheerful. However, that (cheerful topics) is quite a risky thing to attempt...)

Last year, I had a great Valentine's Day. I got flowers, chocolate, and even clothes. But, here I am, in a town where no one really knows me. So, really, receiving anything would be a great surprise...

*Of course, I assume that the reason you post this rather intriguing bulletin is that you feel that there is a paradox in being alone on Valentine's Day. In reality, you probably think this is just a fun little gag to see what people will say. However, I have no way of reading your mind so I will stick with my interpretation and you can tell me the next time you get into the car that I take things too seriously (which is quite true and I wouldn't be offended at all if you said that).

I have yet to hear back from him...

You can definitely see where the 'kinda' came in...

 

[knownbeforetime]

My gawd, I hope he doesn't tell our friends.... I would get SOOOO much crap from them about this..............

He's not the sharpest tool in the shed sometimes...

 

[Macrina]

My gawd, I hope he doesn't tell our friends.... I would get SOOOO much crap from them about this..............

He's not the sharpest tool in the shed sometimes...

hmm, sounds intriguing. Sounds like a nice low-key thing... keep us posted, and I hope it turns out well!

 

[knownbeforetime]

You don't think I scared him off, do you? My response was rather bleak... Oh well, it's been a rough week for the both of us and our friends...

 

[.Mikha'el.]

You don't think I scared him off, do you? My response was rather bleak... Oh well, it's been a rough week for the both of us and our friends...