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[The following is actually a series of three separate posts to the network; all three are posted in fairly quick succession, likely before anyone can reply to the first two, though they are open to comments.]

how do you make it so not everyone can read one of these things

[like thirty seconds later]

oh

[a couple of minutes later LOCKED FROM CERTAIN PEOPLE NAMED ELENA FISHER]

so a bunch of people use this system to pour their hearts out and get other people to do the same which usually seems weird to me. i mean just because you say it over the mid doesn't mean you won't run into people later and make it really weird and awkward. i don't know maybe that's just me.

except what the hell i'm pretty drunk right now so why the fuck not!

RIDDLE ME THIS, CREWMATES. pretend for a minute that you're a complete asshole who somehow got the most amazing woman in the world to marry you, fucked it up real fast like dropped a grenade on it bad BECAUSE you're a complete asshole, got her to take you back and start over and then fucked it up again.

what do you do? asking for a friend.

also the first person to make a suggestion that actually works can have some of my alcohol stash. everyone else can fuck off i'm not sharing.

[action options - feel free to go from a network thread to one of these]

[OPTION 1: DRUNK. Nate is pretty toasted as he wanders around the ship, but not so much than he has trouble getting around with just an occasional stumble. Alcohol tends to loosen his lips, so he'll gladly (well, not he's not real glad about anything right now) talk to anyone who makes the poor life decision to talk to him first.

[OPTION 2: DRUNKER. Jeez, he's getting to be a real mess now. Nate makes a trip to where the Mess Hall used to be so he can pour one out in honor of the lost bar. What a hideous waste of alcohol. Afterward, he visits the observation deck to drunkenly look at the stars, and will stay there.

[OPTION 3: DRUNKEST. Oh god he's so unhappy. Look at this complete wreck of a man who's making the observation deck a pretty unpleasant place to be. He is completely wasted. (Existing CR only for this option please—basically, if they've had at least one conversation, you're good.)]

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Oh sorry, I thought you were looking for realistic answers, not optimistic bullshit.

[ He can probably pull some lie out of his ass about flowers and a cheesy speech fixing everything if that's more your speed, Nate. ]

look if i wanted to submit to inevitable failure i've already got the liquor it'll take to drink myself into a coma right here.

I was under the impression that was where you were already leaning, anyway.

I mean, you're at least halfway there now, right?

And a quick PSA: relationships aren't the most important thing in life, so. Drinking yourself into a coma over one failing seems overdramatic at best.

i'm drinking myself into a stupor not a coma. get it right

fuck you.

[No really, that's just it.]

Right, because one is really so much better than the other.

Be sure to think of those people with worse problems who could have been drinking their feelings away with all that booze while you keep drinking.

[ Okay, now he's officially being an ass just to be an ass. But drinking over a failed relationship seems so petty to him, and only more so considering where they all are and the kinds of bigger problems they've been dealing with. ]

it is if you know anything about comas

ooh are we playing the 'you can't ever complain if someone has it worse' game? because then you can't complain about me complaining
seriously fuck off
if you can't think of a single reason for me to be upset i hurt the person i love most in the world then you aren't someone whose opinion i care about

I wouldn't say I'm complaining. More like pointing out flaws.

[ Read: being an asshole. ]

Didn't say you couldn't be upset. I just think getting drunk and seeking advice of an entire ship is an idiotic idea.
Oh, and that you're going in circles if you want to fix things a second time so you can ultimately follow in your pattern and fuck it up a third time.
Sometimes you need to let it go, even if you do love her.
I knew a guy who couldn't let go once. You don't want to know what happened to him.

it might be an idiotic idea but so is letting her go
if she wants to leave me then fine i'll deal with it [poorly] but i'm not deciding for her
fyi even if she wanted to end it she'd get pissed if i tried to do it for her own good
and i care about what she thinks not what some asshole on the internet thinks
fuck off

You're the one who came here looking for advice. Can't expect everyone to know all the details of your relationship.
You also can't expect everyone to give advice that you're going to like.
But do what you want.

FYI, this isn't the internet.

then let my amend my post
i want advice but not from you
asshole

it's close enough

Amendment noted.
Enjoy the hangover and regret in the morning.