Drew Dowdell

I'm not sure how much clearer any of us... or even your BF... can be.

I've hated myself for caring so long for someone who obviously did not care about me. It damaged me in ways that I'd rather not talk about in an open forum... not that I'm afraid to discuss them, but for most of the readers, it's just TMI. Get the keys. Change the locks. Throw his $h! into a box.

So yeah, I didn't want to inject my bitterness into the thread. Some of us just aren't as aged.... er.... learned... as you Carbiz.

My situation - abridged: Meet guy online, chat for about two weeks, meet for coffee, then dinner. Great first date. regular dating commences after about a month and a half into it, we're heading to his sister's LaCrosse match and while I'm driving he takes out some chapstick, applies it to himself, then reaches over and puts some on me... I think it's super sweet and tell him I love him. Tears ensue. He has no job, but has a decent savings. Fast forward a few months. We're basically living together in my house and his apartment. He was in the army. He was deployed for 2 months. While away the lease on his apartment runs out. His roommates decide not to continue living there. Everyone parts ways. He has no place to go. His dad and I move his stuff into my house while he is deployed. Fast forward 5 months: I lose my job but I've already started the real estate investing thing. I decide to do this full time. He still has no job. He ends up diagnosed with severe restrictive sleep apnea. It's not from weight, he's 130lbs soaking wet, it's from over sized tonsils. He has a tonsillectomy. He has complications in surgery and ends up in the ICU for 4 days. I spend each day by his bedside. I'm there when he comes out of the anesthesia. His priest joins us at one point. The priest knows we're a couple. Privately, he blesses us. I take him home from the hospital and nurse him for 3 or 4 more days. He starts cosmetology school, funded mostly by the army and the remaining with student loans. This Iraqi war veteran <served in Iraq 20 months total> with a masters degree from an esteemed university wants to paint nails and cut hair as a career. I support him throughout beauty school. I don't pay for the schooling itself, but I do pay for all living expenses. I hit a rough spot with my apartment business. I tell him he either needs to get a job or help me out with construction work. He gets a job as a salon receptionist until he has his cosmetology license. I end up having to go back to consulting... I also get a job at a local home improvement chain to get the discount. He finishes school and gets a job at a very high end salon. I get no help financially towards the running of the house. Around this same time the sex life dies. He claims it's because I'm not happy anymore. I'm working 80 hours a week minimum. He becomes super secretive. Strange things start popping up around the house. They are "gifts from clients". A few nights he doesn't even come home. He was "out all night at the bar...with friends" nevermind that he rarely drinks... and he can't remember which friends. I figure out fairly quickly that he is cheating on me with a very prominent, 69 year old, fat, millionaire who used to be president of a very very conservative publication here in PGH which has direct ties to the outing and continuation of the Monica Lewinsky affair. He quickly finds out that people LOVE to talk and have given me all the details I ask for. I try to drag us to couples counciling but to no avail. He's gone. He moved into sugardaddy's mansion where he still lives. He was dumb and left a LOT of stuff behind...including things that are irreplaceable. I've changed his name to Chas Nicole Smith. Many, if not most, of our friends, and even some of his, have shunned him for 1. what he did and 2. the fact that it creeps them out he's sleeping with a 70 year old fat guy basically for money. The latter half of the tawdry affair finds it's way into the hands of reporters from a competing, liberal, publication.... though I have no idea how that happened. About a week prior to my trip to Germany in August, he msges me on AIM saying "I really need to get my stuff back." This is 8 months after he moved out. Being involved in real estate I know the property abandonment laws in Pennsylvania. My only response to him; "I mean this in the nicest possible way. Rot in hell." And that is the last time we've had any communication.

Cadillacs used a HUD. I dunno about the others. I'm think BMW uses a HUD also.

I called Ms. Cleo. She said to expect lots of turbo charging, direct injection, smaller displacements and some 2 mode hybrids thrown in for good measure.

Something is up with your fonts. The letters are all out of alignment with each other. But overall, no, too Apple. It still needs to have a brushed steel look in there somewhere.

I've been staying out of this because of my relationship history in 2007 but the urge to comment in this thread is overwhelming. Take the keys. Change the locks. Throw his stuff into a box. One doesn't get defensive about going to visit a friend. He's lying and he's not even good at it.

G6 or GP tied for 1st. If it were me I'd go GP just because it's a familiar platform and I like larger cars. Cobalt last but.... a GP... to big and cumbersome?! It's a compact by 1960s standards.... then again, I'm driving a car that rivals my former avalanche for cargo capacity and it's size feels just about right, so my views may be slightly skewed.

The Germans.

At a rally a man shouted at Obama, "You'd make a much better President than G.W. Bush" Obama shouted back, "So would you!"

you mean... before you get around to doing it.....

Wealthier Japanese used to import B-bodies.

How can I miss you if you won't go away?

I can't put my finger on it... but why does this look a bit more upscale than the regular Cobalt. Body shape hasn't changed... but something is different.

didn't the new saab 9-4x concept have a 300hp Ecotech?

I'll play. RWD, AWD Optional. No b-pillar Sedan, Coupe, Hardtop, wagon, truck configurations available 4cylinder, 4 cylinder turbo, 24 valve V6 <12 are operated by OHC, 12 are operated by pushrod>, 32 valve V8 <same deal>, hybrid powertrains your choice of 5-speed auto, 10-speed DSG, or 6 speed manual A BMW badge that morfs into a Toyota badge when under a shop light. Optional SatNav with bluetooth adjustable pedals Engineered by BMW, built by Toyota in a GM plant in Michigan using parts stamped "Made in Japan unless you're a domestic fan.. then they're made in Ohio" 24.1 surround sound and 32 way adjustable power seats <don't press the button in the middle unless you're a member of the 25% on this board>.... gotta keep SMK happy. Quint-Fuel - Gasoline, Ethanol, Diesel, Hydrogen, Baby smiles

Well... are you sure? Camry/ES v. Malibu, Impala, Aura, Lacross, G6, GrandPrix

NO B-PILLAR@!!@#$!@!@ ELEVIBINTY!!!!!!

Was PCS working for BMW then?

Did you click the links? I posted the times. As far as the Lucerne looking better... I think the sales numbers back me up on that one. Boring or appliance means that the item in question has no personality, there is nothing remarkable about it, and if you scraped the badges off, non-enthusiasts wouldn't be able to identify the brand. The Lucerne, while conservative, does invoke the looks of a Buick.

You are sooooo getting one of these decals for the ST. Even if I have to sneak into the barn at night to do it.

It's not... however life will be considerably more exciting with the extra $3,000 in my pocket that I don't spend on the Toyota.

or small ones.... it all depends on your point of view...

but is the dashboard soft enough to wipe my ass with like in a Passat.