From: Beaver_Fever@live.com   
      
   On Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 12:56:33 PM UTC-7, artyw2@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > On Monday, June 20, 2022 at 4:30:45 PM UTC-6, Beaver Fever wrote:    
   > > It was actually a good one. Though I had pretty much given up (again)   
   after a pretty discouraging pandemic era attempt at finding better lockdown   
   companionship than my roommate and his cat. And 48 years with little   
   experience or success, completely    
   impoverished until around age 40, but still no car and don't have my own place   
   etc, HUGE disqualifying factors leaving little hope if I ever want decent   
   female company. Not to mention deep personal flaws that just cannot be fixed.    
   > >    
   > > And I returned to my old pre-pandemic life which is pretty intensely   
   paced, this time without even pretending to let something like a job get in   
   the way and with no intention of slowing down or altering it one iota for   
   anyone else. However I had been    
   invited to join Facebook dating so I did. Typical waste of time, even more so   
   since most of my matches are in Mexico! But it's free and no upsell and few   
   stolen pictures of eastern European models hitting my feed.    
   > >    
   > > Rarely initiate contact or anything though I sometimes made indecent   
   proposals through Google translate with predictable results.    
   > >    
   > > But this one match, basically a massive fan of a certain band saying other   
   fans should contact her. Now I am not a fan and actually let it go a few days.   
   But as a super music fan and avid concert goer (like every night, really) I   
   had to say something.   
    You see, even though us super fans see ourselves as having some sort of   
   inherent exceptionalism but most people see us as total kooks, not much   
   different than the 50 year old who still plays with Star Wars toys. I mean I   
   am a massive Rolling Stones fan    
   and even I find some of their fans to be completely bonkers even beyond my   
   tolerance.    
   > >    
   > > So my mind kept returning back and I really had to at least make an   
   attempt to talk to her and still find some sort of common ground. So I   
   contacted her to tell her I saw the band on their first little bar tour, if   
   not the hundreds of times they    
   played since. Totally expected to get blown off but conversation kept going   
   and numbers were exchanged.    
   > >    
   > > And her reaction to my lifestyle was I WANT YOUR LIFE. Though it's not so   
   much fun as it looks on my Facebook feed, but constant unrelenting need for   
   escapism. We met for dinner once, hit it off thought I didn't feel an   
   immediate sexual attraction    
   but I liked her and talking to her and sharing stories and experiences with   
   constant texts and possible future meetings. I am just happy to have a   
   possible new friend but no idea what she is thinking.    
   > >    
   > > Saturday's concert was mostly sold out, I was going to go and find a   
   ticket outside and was prepared to pay a lot if I had to as it involved a few   
   bucket list bands of advancing age. But the night before I was just handed a   
   pair and went ahead and    
   put it on blast in case any friends wanted to join me.    
   > >    
   > > She was the first to respond with I wanna go!    
   > >    
   > > Concerts, for me at least, do not work as dates. Going every night doesn't   
   mean I am rich, it just means I know how to do it cheap. Find cheap tickets on   
   the crashing secondary market, take the bus, don't eat and drink inside. And   
   say it again, don't    
   pay for parking, which has gone into the stratosphere post-pandemic. Just the   
   parking can cost me ten grand a year as much as I go. Be in my seat when the   
   opening band goes on and no leaving early to beat traffic, no beer running mid   
   set. Oh, and I have    
   to record everything so no talking but my hearing is blown out so I can't   
   really verbally communicate anyway. And I don't even wanna go with anyone who   
   isn't also a total concert pro. None of which works well for making an   
   impression on a female. But I    
   wasn't in that mindset, just I am going to see this band, you can come along   
   but this is how it is.    
   > >    
   > > So I kinda gently explain how I am not really good concert company. Not to   
   mention my resurgent marijuana habit (thanks lockdown, goodbye ten years) and   
   I had an infused treat I was saving just for this show.    
   > >    
   > > But she goes to lots of concerts too if just the one band and gets it and   
   I am not particularly worried. If it's a spectacular fail I am not going to   
   let it ruin my night. I have no eye on the future here. She says we will split   
   parking and with the    
   free tickets I am not going to cheap out now but it's not something I am going   
   to make a habit of doing every night.    
   > >    
   > > We went, everything went smoothly from getting there with time to spare,   
   It was a great show, we had a great time, I even went to guest services and   
   got us better seats. And we found one free street spot half a block away and   
   closer than even most of    
   the parking lots.    
   > >    
   > > So she got the full look at the Beaver_Fever concert experience that few   
   people understand or enjoy, where I could totally be myself without worry, she   
   could definitely hang, have a good time and we ended up hanging out at my   
   place til 3am and will    
   be seeing each other again.    
   > >    
   > > I don't believe that immediate physical attraction is a must. Not like   
   mutual respect and shared values. There are a few things like she is way older   
   than me and already having physical problems so I am just little discouraged   
   over what my options    
   really are now since I was pretty much excluded from participating for most of   
   my life.    
   > >    
   > > No idea where this is going, I actually have most of the year mapped out   
   with almost nightly concerts and lots of travel with every intention of   
   preserving that. But very satisfied that my social and possible dating life   
   took a new and interesting    
   turn, even if for one night.    
   > >    
   > > I mostly wanted a new like minded friend but I will take any benefits   
   offered.    
   > >    
   > > How's everybody else doing?   
   > Don't leave us in suspense. What was the band?   
      
      
      
   I really should have edited this better. A few bits and pieces I should have   
   left out. Things are still chugging along, kinda still feel like a bystander   
   in all this   
      
   https://youtu.be/cP8VfeVxfKY   
      
   and about a good as a concert kick off as I have seen   
      
   https://youtu.be/9OIiFAe7FEY   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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