I've had the creeping feeling that Atlanta just isn't home for quite some time, and I've expressed it here a few times that I can remember. I've tried to do things to make it such, but...eh
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I think it would be cool if all our friends and family mass migrated to someplace else. It'd be UCLA all over again! Everybody in shouting distance of each other. However, I am totally against the Bay area. Chiefly what I'm interested in is affordable prices for houses (definitely not Bay area) and good schools (I am so not mortgaging my life away for a school though). I know no one else is married so they aren't going to be too concerned about schools but duuuuude, someday y'all will be concerned. :D
Maybe it's a lack of connections, of friends who are willing to make me a priority. ~ mahka42 It sounds like you're looking for a bff? Do you have one? It sort of sounds like you're waiting for them to invite you? How about you take the initiative to invite them first to things? I've found that nothing will happen if no one plans it out and sometimes you have to be the planner.
Re: Crazy IdeacowslayerOctober 21 2007, 16:54:02 UTC
I totally second this. Taking initiative is important a lot of the times to cement yourself as a social staple in people's lives. And a bf, if you're ready, is a wonderful idea.
In a sense, I dream of Bay Area myself. But it's only cuz it's something I've known and liked during my carefree teenage years. If you don't feel Atlanta though, change will always be good. In the next place you just gotta be more proactive because it's no longer as easy to make friends as it was when you were packed with a 100 18 year old people on a dorm floor and nobody knew anybody. People our age are just more cautious and less interested.
Re: Crazy Ideamahka42October 21 2007, 20:15:08 UTC
Heh, like I said below...I go for the initiative, but...I don't get any response back. Which just ends up in a positive (negatively) feedback loop.
You'd think that people would continue to be willing to meet new people. I don't get it. The weird thing is...I've met a few others who feel the same way I do.
Re: Crazy Ideamahka42October 21 2007, 20:13:34 UTC
Hah...mass migration. That would be kinda fun. But...somewhere with a city! Which...yeah. Sorry, kids aren't in our plans at the moment. :-p
The weird thing is...I do invite people. I try to make plans, a week before, two weeks. Even further. But then I either get "I already have plans" or "I don't know what I'm doing that day" and all I can think of is "um...i just gave you an option for what to do." You should know that I never mind being the one to plan something.
Re: Crazy Ideanancy_saysOctober 22 2007, 20:07:01 UTC
Mass migration is the thing to do! Instant home because your friends/family will be there too! :D :D. Maybe it won't be that great. I am gunning for a major city as well. I am definitely a city girl. Generally Texas and Oregon is on my mind but I am open to suggestions. I haven't done any serious research on it.
Re: Crazy Ideamahka42October 24 2007, 03:36:29 UTC
working on it.
my main criteria for a new city is that it's near the ocean. ideally, a usable stretch of ocean (which effectively gets rid of new jersey and new york).
Re: Crazy Ideamahka42October 24 2007, 03:37:15 UTC
well, i was assuming this was all the d2 people. and...other than you and teresa, none of us are all hooked up and thinking about things like schools for kids. :-p
Maybe it's a lack of connections, of friends who are willing to make me a priority. ~ mahka42
It sounds like you're looking for a bff? Do you have one? It sort of sounds like you're waiting for them to invite you? How about you take the initiative to invite them first to things? I've found that nothing will happen if no one plans it out and sometimes you have to be the planner.
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And a bf, if you're ready, is a wonderful idea.
In a sense, I dream of Bay Area myself. But it's only cuz it's something I've known and liked during my carefree teenage years.
If you don't feel Atlanta though, change will always be good. In the next place you just gotta be more proactive because it's no longer as easy to make friends as it was when you were packed with a 100 18 year old people on a dorm floor and nobody knew anybody. People our age are just more cautious and less interested.
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But yay! Take the initiative! *rah rah rah*
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You'd think that people would continue to be willing to meet new people. I don't get it. The weird thing is...I've met a few others who feel the same way I do.
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The weird thing is...I do invite people. I try to make plans, a week before, two weeks. Even further. But then I either get "I already have plans" or "I don't know what I'm doing that day" and all I can think of is "um...i just gave you an option for what to do." You should know that I never mind being the one to plan something.
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Sounds like you need new friends. Dunno though.
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my main criteria for a new city is that it's near the ocean. ideally, a usable stretch of ocean (which effectively gets rid of new jersey and new york).
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