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Maybe a cute travel pillow? I have one that's shaped like a pink kitty cat!

And this might be silly, but to add to the puzzle/activity book thing... I might be 25, but I still love coloring books! Unicorns Are Jerks could be a fun idea. If she's a silly person like me, that is.

Bake cookies!

Obviously!

Combine cookies with the Unicorns Are Jerks coloring book. If she's going by mass transit, not driving herself, also possibly a few nips of booze with silly labels like "in case of kid kicking the back of your seat," "for when the person next to you wants to have a conversation," etc.

But cookies and a coloring book would pretty much make me want to marry a person immediately, so you can't go wrong with that.

I need this!

Also, a crushworthy person to distract myself a bit with.

OMG. Even the loitering unicorns on the cover. <3

You guys all have such cute ideas. I feel like I'm not that cute. This is what I ended up getting her. (She's flying, not driving, obviously.)

OCD POWERS... ACTIVATE!

*sigh* Guess the only way out of this crush is through and out the other side.
This too shall pass.

...It's so hard to stay on this side of flirting!!

Aaaaand I have no idea whether the girl I might accidentally be starting to get a crush on is single or even attracted to girls.
It's really not cool to be bi and have no gaydar.
But whatever. She likes ships and free-reeds, so in any case I want to be friends with her. It just might be complicated by the fact that I'm horribly scared of pretty girls.

If any of you ever sees me with someone who isn't an artist working in the pizza/sandwich industry, punch me in the next so I can get my life back on track. geez

UGH YOU GUYS. HAVING A CRUSH IS SO HARD. I WANT TO SEE HIM EVERY DAY. I think it's only been 2 days and I feel like it's been forever.

He just wants to be friends. I feel a bit sad but pleased he told me straight-up how he feels. We cuddled a lot afterwards which was nice.

Guys. I really hate being such a crazy person. :( I really hate my mental health around crushes. So not fun for me at all. Uggggghhhhhh I need someone to come over and slap me hard on the face and shake me. Whyyyyyy do I do this to myselffffffff?!?!

Mars - be kind to yourself!

What a weird, unexpected crush I have developed on Older Man. At first, I thought it was just going to be all (fabulous) sex, but then I find myself mooning over his facebook photos when we're not hanging out. Danger, danger. Except he wants to see me a lot, which is SO NICE, but I don't know where on earth this might lead, because this is NOT a person that most people I know would be ok with me having a relationship with, for various reasons. He's a good man though, and we strangely have a lot in common even though he thinks the only two food groups are Wine and Bacon. (Now it's my turn...Whyyyy do I do this to myselllllfff???)

+1 yummy

Good god almighty, me three.

You know what? fork it. I'm going to just enjoy it, ride it out, and see where it goes. I've dated meat eaters before...it's not a total deal breaker. As long as he is respectful of my choices.

Also, he is sexy. And we're going to watch a movie tonight. And! You guys! He bought me a toothbrush for his house. That's kind of sweet, right?

Crazy sweet!

allularpunk, that's totally sweet!

I have a big huge crush on someone. and fortunately, it's someone who is actually queer and single and maybe possibly likes me?? We just met through a mutual friend and hit it off right away and decided we're new BFFs. The problem is, she just got out of a relationship about 3 weeks ago and, according to our mutual friend, was pretty upset about it. I don't want to rush it and ask her out before she's ready. How long is appropriate to wait?

joyfulgirl, that's a tough call. Sometimes people get over things really quickly, and sometimes not. She will likely make a move when she's ready, right?

Last night I went over to Older Man's house, and he made me dinner and it was totally adorable. He had gone to the organic bit of Kroger and bought all these snacks, and totally READ THE LABELS for me. He got things I didn't even know I could eat. And then we drank wine and talked through and entire movie and did not have sex, but I did sleep over, and he told me that I make him feel human. As in, 'This is what other human beings must feel like' is what he said. Which is awesome but also worrisome, maybe? Either way, it was a lovely evening and I'm having a hard time not gushing about it.

That comment is a little odd, but it could just be an awkward choice of words or something. Still sounds like an amazing evening!

So far my "plan" is to wait and see if she makes a move. What I'm afraid of is that she'll want me to ask her out and send me signals and I'll miss them. I do that a lot. I miss the most obvious things but over-analyze the mundane things. In the meantime, I'm having a blast with my new friend and trying to find excuses to hang out with her more.

He explained further a little bit...basically saying that he never really got what all the fuss about relationships was, and how he never really understood how people could be happy in relationships, but now he gets it. Which is like...sad. That he has apparently just had nothing but immature, terrible relationships. Not that I can really talk, but I feel like I at least know what it's like to be happy with another person. At any rate, it feels nice to know that I am instilling this feeling in him. Trying not to analyze it further than that. He also asked me to hang out with him and his friends on Sunday for a cookout. He even bought vegan sausages for me, which is so frigging cute. I'm nervous about doing that, though. We still have to kind of keep it on the DL for now, even around these people. I can barely even look at him without wanting to touch him, so that's going to be strange. I might not go. We'll see. I do like his friends (I've been around them at some of his parties in the past).

joyfulgirl, I know exactly what you mean, though, about over analyzing the mundane things. I do that too, and it drives me (and everyone I babble to) crazy! Hopefully she will spell it out for you if you miss her initial come-ons. But, yes, enjoy her company in the meantime! At the very least, you have a new awesome friend!

allularpunk, that is glorious! All of it is wonderful!

I had thought that I had experienced great relationships, but now I'm with my current fella and I feel like what your crush said--I liked relationships, but I never understood how they WORKED. This is so effortless and natural and easy. My guess would be that what he means by you make him feel human is that he doesn't have to put on airs for you or try to be something to make you happy, but that he can be himself and be comfortable and relaxed. And that's great!

Also, the toothbrush and the label reading... ADORBS. And totally wonderful! I am so often touched by how much effort my bf will put into make sure that I will be happy and comfortable with the food options at restaurants, parties, etc.

Everything sounds great!

Joyfulgirl, that's a tricky situation. You might want to express a little to her that you have interest but you don't want to push or rush anything because you know that she's recently out of something, but don't let her think you aren't interested!