Do people ship you?

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So, I'd just like to clarify that I mean this in the slang sense of the word. In fiction, if you ship two or more people you either approve of a confirmed relationship or want it to happen. You're actively engaged in whether these people get together, unless you're doing it to be ironic or something.

Although it is a word that tends to apply in circumstances where people are rooting for fictional characters to form a relationship, it is sometimes used when discussing real life people. Especially celebrities. It can also apply to everyday situations, although some people dislike using the term to refer to such.

Previously, in earlier posts I have mentioned being one of the perpetually single ones in my social group. A group that consists of people in varying places in their relationships (or lack thereof). My friends enjoy speculating on who I'd make a cute couple with. Especially my engaged friends or those in an otherwise long-term relationship.

Fairly recently, I was on a video call with a group of my friends. Two of them on the call (whom are engaged to one another) started arguing about this. One of them began to speculate about a possible relationship between me and another girl in our friendship group (I am openly gay and the girl is openly not straight). The other disagreed and was adamant that he thought that I would be better of with a different girl he knows. It was somewhat entertaining to see them squabble over this and discuss how a hypothetical relationship would go.

"How about (name)?"

"Are you kidding? They're complete polar opposites!"

"Exactly. It's a classic formula"

"More like a recipe for disaster"

"Hmm, maybe, but it'd be interesting at least. Perhaps their personalities would balance each other out"

"For what? A week?"

Rarely do they “ship” me.

I’m just not that gorgeous

I am going to tell this story because it makes me smile. I got shipped by my six-year-old little girl. We went camping with my husband-to-be at the start of our relationship, before I had any idea this would end up being permanent, and she was not aware of our growing relationship (for a variety of reasons not important to this shipping incident.)

We set up camp on the banks of the Peace River. He showed her how to make a spear with a palm frond. He helped her learn to fish. A bit later, she picked some wildflowers and gave them to him and whispered in his ear, "You are supposed to give them to her," while pointing at me.

A precious moment for everyone.

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Do people ship you?"

No,
But a lot of the NT ones sh*t me,
All too often.
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What?
Everyone was thinking about the pun.

Yes,
I was "shipped" after I broke up from my first relationship.
The trouble was,
I preferred the other woman in the small group I was with.
It didn't work out.

On reflection,
I think the woman I was interested in was an aspie, BTW.

Rarely do they “ship” me.

I’m just not that gorgeous

Three month ago a young guy of about 20 did try this in a club. Neither the girl nor me where interested in each other. It's not the way that things work.

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Boo is a cynic, basically. Cynics tend to think they are realists.

No. Ive never been a victim of human trafficking.

OH!

THAT kinda "shipping"!

One memorable time years ago an "aunt" (older friend of the family who is kinda like an aunt) wondered why I wasnt interested marrying a certain young lady in the circle of friends whom I hung with back then. The young lady in question was -for most of the long time I was aquainted with her- a rather off putting gross person. But by the time my aunt suggested that the girl had evolved quite a bit.

Now, years later, I sometimes wonder if my aunt wasnt right, and that I should have hooked up with her, and maybe ended up married to the girl in question. She had evolved into a remarkable person. But then I remember back to why I was put off by her back then. Meh. Hard to say.