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[Big_Bird]

How do you feel about these misty eyed dreamers, pining away for the object of their desire. Does all their moping get rather tiresome? Or do you find it all very charming? Or does their hankering leave you somewhat indifferent? Do tell.

[the_beaver]

[karma police]

i love them. it's all that's left...

[Rteacher]

Hankering and lamenting is about all there is (along with a tiny smidge of happiness and truckloads of suffering ...)

A single guy hankers "If only I got married to my dream girl, then I'd be happy..." And the guy actually married to "dream girl" laments, "If only I were single again, then I'd be happy..."

But I guess, in general, misery likes company ...

[twg]

[peppermint]

I'll be very patient for a little, once my patience is gone, then they're great fun to mock

[beachbumNC]

[pest2]

[pest2]

[bejarano-korea]

We have all done it - me and the 'famous girl in the library' and she did like us!

She ended up going out with a Ben Fogle lookalike and I never felt better! however between I seeing her for the first time and her hooking up with Fogle 2 years later I would bore everyone to death about her.

Going out with her would have spoilt the fun!

[jajdude]

"Lovelorn" made me think of this:


When You are Old

WHEN you are old and gray and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead,
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

(WB Yeats)

[bassexpander]

Ha. I needed this topic today. Was looking for a single word to best describe what someone was going through, and this is it.

Maybe it's where I'm from... never seen that word used in public circles. I can remember seeing it in a book somewhere before, but it's been a looooong time.

[Ya-ta Boy]

For me, it depends on the situation:

Situation A:
I'll listen to someone mooning out loud about wanting to go out with someone for about a minute and a half. Then I say, "So ask her/him". Any more talk, I tune out.

Situation B:
I'll listen to someone who's broken up recently for maybe a couple of months. After that, it's time to move on.

[Draz]

[Butterfly]