How Men Change Their Minds When Its Something They Want

[BigIan]

Any way back on topic me and the mrs managed to talk our selves into 7 tanks at one point (this is a 1 bedroom tiny little house) and we had something like 550 gallons of water dotted around.
its easy to talk each other into it but now were going to downgrade to 1 reef and one small fw (atleast till we sell the house and get some where bigger

Very true, downgrading is well...difficult to put it at a 'G' rating.

Hope the rerenovations and the move goes well. That can't be easy

luckily my planted tank is off to the father in-laws so i can claim it back at a later date
and as for the renovations its easy when you know your doubling the money you spend.

and it will be so much easyer with only 2fish tanks

 

[-SPB-]

Bloke are blokes, i'm one, were not like women,women are butterflys, we like to stick to a hobby.

Good luck with the new tank though!!!!

EDIT:

As in when we like an idea we will make it bigger, bugger i'm pissed, can't explain what i mean, oh well, maybe tomorrow.

Pretty amazing that others know how difficult it was for me to read that post.

I don’t know where you all grew up, but in my country the general idea of using punctuation is to make text more readable. Anyway, I don’t want to continue off topic, I only made a kind suggestion and obviously it wasn’t all that well received.

I thought my punctuation was good there.

 

[BigIan]

just drop the grammar nazzi thing people

 

[Puffdaddy]

Well, more often than not, we men have the attitude of "my way or you can take the highway" kind of attitude. I'm one of them unfortunately. Thats how I lost my last girlfriend, I chose the fish over her. She wanted me to sell my fish tanks to buy her an engagement ring. She said, it would be sign of commitment and if I really loved her I would do it. I bought another fish tank instead. That might have been a mistake?

I'd also like to say it's really unfortunate people have to turn good posts and stories into something completely off topic and/or making it a name calling, bickering match.

 

[CruX]

Pretty amazing that others know how difficult it was for me to read that post.

I don’t know where you all grew up, but in my country the general idea of using punctuation is to make text more readable. Anyway, I don’t want to continue off topic, I only made a kind suggestion and obviously it wasn’t all that well received.

I can't speak for others, but in my post I never said or hinted that I knew if it was or wasn't difficult for you to read. I pointed out it wasn't hard for me to read and I didn't think it was badly punctuated.

As a third party I read your post not as a kind suggestion but more as an attack on the OP. I would imagine a kind suggestion would be along the lines of asking for clarification as you didn't understand something. But there again English is my first language and I don't have a grasp of any non English language in the same way as you have a confident grip on English so it's extremely natural for me to understand easily. That being said I come accross many posts that I would consider to be unreadable due to bad or non existent grammar, or worse - text speak which I usually just skim over and ignore. These would be far more suitable candidates to have punctuation requests submitted.

 

[Danno]

Well, more often than not, we men have the attitude of "my way or you can take the highway" kind of attitude. I'm one of them unfortunately. Thats how I lost my last girlfriend, I chose the fish over her. She wanted me to sell my fish tanks to buy her an engagement ring. She said, it would be sign of commitment and if I really loved her I would do it. I bought another fish tank instead. That might have been a mistake?

I'd also like to say it's really unfortunate people have to turn good posts and stories into something completely off topic and/or making it a name calling, bickering match.

WOAH, that is NOT your fault. If she expects you to give up a hobby you love so she can wear a piece of metal on her finger I would tell her to go stick it. Of course politely. She is a lady

 

[-germ-]

It wasn't my intention to start a slanging match, i found the views expressed offensive, antagonistic and the attitude shown uncalled for.
I did however, struggle to hide my disdain for which i am sorry.
I in no way wanted the post to deteriorate, in fact i just thought i was sticking up for the OP.
Anyway, my apologies.
Offensive post edited.
-germ-

 

[CruX]

Well, more often than not, we men have the attitude of "my way or you can take the highway" kind of attitude. I'm one of them unfortunately. Thats how I lost my last girlfriend, I chose the fish over her. She wanted me to sell my fish tanks to buy her an engagement ring. She said, it would be sign of commitment and if I really loved her I would do it. I bought another fish tank instead. That might have been a mistake?

I'd also like to say it's really unfortunate people have to turn good posts and stories into something completely off topic and/or making it a name calling, bickering match.

WOAH, that is NOT your fault. If she expects you to give up a hobby you love so she can wear a piece of metal on her finger I would tell her to go stick it. Of course politely. She is a lady

I agree. I would never ask anyone to give up something they loved to prove something to me. When I was in the Army doing a job I loved I was asked by my then girlfriend to leave to show her I loved her, she explained that if I loved her I would give up something I really loved to show her, I suggested that she should follow suit and asked her if she was fond of breathing. The relationship odly fizzled out after that.

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

Heh...I don't think this is totally a "man" thing. Many a man has lamented over getting me involved in one of their hobbies which I then take to the extreme... I really don't care what they think of mine as long as they don't get in my way. Now if only I could find a man as obsessive as me...

 

[Ilya]

Get a 120 gallon, just for plecos .

 

[Tolak]

It might be a good time to read this; http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?act=boardrules

 

[demonmagus]

Well, more often than not, we men have the attitude of "my way or you can take the highway" kind of attitude. I'm one of them unfortunately. Thats how I lost my last girlfriend, I chose the fish over her. She wanted me to sell my fish tanks to buy her an engagement ring. She said, it would be sign of commitment and if I really loved her I would do it. I bought another fish tank instead. That might have been a mistake?

I'd also like to say it's really unfortunate people have to turn good posts and stories into something completely off topic and/or making it a name calling, bickering match.

you, sir, win

 

[WayneVT08]

Well, more often than not, we men have the attitude of "my way or you can take the highway" kind of attitude. I'm one of them unfortunately. Thats how I lost my last girlfriend, I chose the fish over her. She wanted me to sell my fish tanks to buy her an engagement ring. She said, it would be sign of commitment and if I really loved her I would do it. I bought another fish tank instead. That might have been a mistake?

I'd also like to say it's really unfortunate people have to turn good posts and stories into something completely off topic and/or making it a name calling, bickering match.

Funniest thing I've read in a while especially the "That might have been a mistake?" part.

 

[fishlette]

It wasn't my intention to start a slanging match, i found the views expressed offensive, antagonistic and the attitude shown uncalled for.
I did however, struggle to hide my disdain for which i am sorry.
I in no way wanted the post to deteriorate, in fact i just thought i was sticking up for the OP.
Anyway, my apologies.
Offensive post edited.
-germ-

thanks for the support i know im not perfect but my punctuation is usually pretty good i can also get a little irritated when pointless off topic comments are made. tis really amazing sometimes to see the outcome of certain topics

 

[fishlette]

post was not regarding my punctuation...it was regarding my husband and my tank...pm me if you feel the need to have a go at my punctuation

Some women... you can't even make a kind suggestion or they ract like this... pretty sad.

i wasnt acting in anyway. i was simply pointing out that the comment made was not regarding the thread and if they felt the need to have a go about something, a more appropriate place to do it would be in a pm. the main issue comes from the fact that although my punctuation isnt perfect, there was nothing wrong with my post. whichever way, i wasnt the only one to notice that the comment was uncalled for.

seriously guys, this was a light hearted thread to hopefully make someone laugh (even if it would be all women laughing). to often we digress on this forum and i think its about time everyone started treating everybody else like humans not just faceless 'posters' on the forum.