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Old 10-22-2011, 12:46 AM
 
Location: Wichita, KS
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Have you ever done it? Or, have you ever found someone you liked who was in a relationship, so you tried to steal them from their bf/gf?

I have had it done to me once that I know of. I was dating a girl and she decided that she liked someone different, so she told me she wasn't ready for a relationship, then the day after, she started dating someone different. It sucked. BUT, on the otherhand, I have come across many great girls who I would have loved to be with. The only problem is that they had a bf already. As much as I would have loved to date them, I just couldn't try to get them to leave their bf because I know how it feels to be the bf.

Have you ever been in any of those situations?
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Old 10-22-2011, 01:01 AM
 
Location: In my view finder.....
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Been there done that......oh well. It happens. A gal did that to me years ago.

It sucks but that's the nature of dealing with people. You never know what people are thinking.
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Old 10-22-2011, 01:55 AM
 
Location: Tampa (by way of Omaha)
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Have you ever done it? Or, have you ever found someone you liked who was in a relationship, so you tried to steal them?
Yes and yes.
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Old 10-22-2011, 03:40 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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I was dating a girl and she decided that she liked someone different, so she told me she wasn't ready for a relationship, then the day after, she started dating someone different.
Would you really want her to stay with you, if she like someone else better?

Honestly, that's just part of dating. You go out, and see if you like each other enough to continue - and sometimes you figure out it's not going to work after one date, and other times it takes months or years to figure it out.
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Old 10-22-2011, 06:11 AM
 
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I will never understand why someone would settle for something less just to do the right thing for the other person involved. That makes absolutely no sense to me.

If someone stayed with me out of pity or duty? No thanks...please just move on. I never want to be someone elses burden.
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Old 10-22-2011, 06:33 AM
 
Location: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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Surely the majority of relationships which founder do so because one of the parties finds someone he or she likes better? And it's hardly unusual to secretly lust after someone who's already "taken". All part of the merry game!
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Old 10-22-2011, 06:37 AM
 
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Surely the majority of relationships which founder do so because one of the parties finds someone he or she likes better? And it's hardly unusual to secretly lust after someone who's already "taken". All part of the merry game!
Merry game would be better than the marry game, if you're into trading up or for a newer model.
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Old 10-22-2011, 07:26 AM
 
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Would you really want her to stay with you, if she like someone else better?

Honestly, that's just part of dating. You go out, and see if you like each other enough to continue - and sometimes you figure out it's not going to work after one date, and other times it takes months or years to figure it out.

Yep. And if everyone's honest and with each other it's not a problem. When it gets bad when someone isn't in the loop about what's going on...
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Old 10-22-2011, 07:35 AM
 
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Yep. And if everyone's honest and with each other it's not a problem. When it gets bad when someone isn't in the loop about what's going on...
Totally agree.
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Old 10-22-2011, 08:38 AM
 
Location: Reno, NV
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Normally, this could only happen if I were casually dating, in which case I might find someone I liked better than someone else I'd been casually dating before. So yes, I've found someone more compatible that way. I would not try to "steal" someone away, but if they weren't commited, and wanted to date me, that would be okay.
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