Relationship Statistics??

[craaashley]

Alright alright, here was the actual situation. I went this year, and my boyfriend, in which I had an amazingly wondrous relationship with prior, did not attend. I had every intention of staying faithful and missed him dearly when I left. The thing was that I met a very beautiful and intriguing stranger on the playa, and I kind of just slipped out of reality completely for the whole week. I fell in love with the environment, the people, every single thing that I saw, him being one of them. However, the night the temple burned and I watched everything disintegrate around me, I came back to earth a little and actually thought about what I had done.
Came home to a heartbroken and angry boyfriend, and just a whole lot of yuck.
That week was the best thing that ever happened to me though. I have never in my life experienced nor witnessed such perfection. So hell no I don't regret it. But upon coming back, I reevaluated everything and found myself in oh so many pickles.
So the point of this post/question was to know if what happened is a commonality or not.
Losing all sense of what's going on in the default world, my life, obligations, whatnot. No thinking, just doing, enjoying and indulging and being.

[~Z~]

I don't think your situation is particularly unusual. There are so many beautiful and intriguing strangers on the playa and it's pretty easy to fall in love with everyone and everything. Part of the beauty of being in Black Rock City for me is just what you described -- the ability to lose all sense of what's going on in the default world -- no thinking, just being... That said, sometimes there are consequences to our actions. Clearly the end of your relationship was one of them. However, it doesn't seem as though you have regrets, so i'd say get ready to do it again next year.

by the way, hi everyone. i'm ~z~.

[FIGJAM]

Sometimes=allways!

[wh..sh]

So far I have met 3 kinds,
- Ones that are still stuck in the playa cosmos
- Ones that could not ever leave the default cosmos
- Ones who comforatably switch back and forth between 2 with no issues

Every action had equal and opposite reaction. ALWAYS! Maybe if you could just let things be, it would be easier.

Still not sure why you had a angry boyfriend waiting at home, but I won't get into the technicalities.

[Nipple]

I don't want to put anything on her, but she's kind of intimating that she slept with a beautiful stranger.

[wh..sh]

I don't want to put anything on her, but she's kind of intimating that she slept with a beautiful stranger.

Telling the "boyfriend who stayed home" about this is widely considered as a bad move.

[lazerfox]

I don't want to put anything on her, but she's kind of intimating that she slept with a beautiful stranger.

Telling the "boyfriend who stayed home" about this is widely considered as a bad move.

No telling the boyfriend would be lying and usually a worse move in the long run.

[wh..sh]

Telling the "boyfriend who stayed home" about this is widely considered as a bad move.

No telling the boyfriend would be lying and usually a worse move in the long run.

Where is that sarcastic emoticon when you need it? People really shouldn't get relationship advice from me

[Nipple]

Where is that sarcastic emoticon when you need it? People really shouldn't get relationship advice from me

Saucy!

[junglesmacks]

I think next year she needs to occupy my box truck for some statistical analysis.

[wh..sh]

Where is that sarcastic emoticon when you need it? People really shouldn't get relationship advice from me

Saucy!

It's a good thing, right?

right?

[Nipple]

Where is that sarcastic emoticon when you need it? People really shouldn't get relationship advice from me

Saucy!

It's a good thing, right?

right?

Very!

[wh..sh]

I think next year she needs to occupy my box truck for some statistical analysis.

Thanks for being proactive. We will wait for the report.

[MisaBlue]

I don't want to put anything on her, but she's kind of intimating that she slept with a beautiful stranger.

Telling the "boyfriend who stayed home" about this is widely considered as a bad move.

No telling the boyfriend would be lying and usually a worse move in the long run.

Telling the boyfriend such a thing on the phone (as he was already mad when she arrived home) is really not good move.

[tamarakay]

I'm so glad i waited until today to read this thread. All the reasons i'm head over heals about these fuckos.

OP, my relationship was enhanced and strengthened. I've been 100% sure about Ken since we started hanging out and attending BM only increased our awareness and respect of each other.

Every relationship is different. If the two of you commit to being physical only with each other then, yes anger is to be expected. If you don't have that commitment, then WTF? We all make our choices and then life happens. You deal or you don't. Your choice.

[poplopo]

I brought my partner of a year with me to Burning Man. It was both our first times. We met lots of interesting and attractive people. We both commented on the eye candy and we spent a lot of time apart from each other, exploring by ourselves. We also fucked like bunnies all week long, and went home loving each other deeper than we ever had before. It was wonderful.

[Ugly Dougly]

I don't want to put anything on her, but she's kind of intimating that she slept with a beautiful stranger.

Telling the "boyfriend who stayed home" about this is widely considered as a bad move.

That explains all the people who don't want pictures taken of them at TTITD.

[Simon of the Playa]

THE FIRST RULE OF FUCK CLUB IS YOU DONT TALK ABOUT FUCK CLUB!

what happens on the playa STAYS on the playa.

it is not a lie, the week that you are there does not exist.

this is how i rationalize it, and it seems to work quite well.

so, what are you going to do next year Ashley?....DENY DENY DENY!

[wh..sh]

I don't want to put anything on her, but she's kind of intimating that she slept with a beautiful stranger.

Telling the "boyfriend who stayed home" about this is widely considered as a bad move.

That explains all the people who don't want pictures taken of them at TTITD.

As taught by many wise men over the course of history, taking pictures while sleeping with a beautiful stranger is considered a bad move even in defaultia

I honestly think that its cruel to break up with someone by telling that you cheated on them with a beautiful stranger. YMMV