Tips for the High Maintenance Girlfriend

[Ratty]

Just a couple of thoughts. Everything gets broken, dirty, lost etc...Please be sure she understands NOT to bring any cherished belongings. If all her good make-up melts into a solid glob she will never get over it. There is no such thing as 'being careful' with your boots, jackets, pants etc...No body is holding up a score card of 10 if you look great. Your score is given to you a week after the burn when you think back.

Plus warn her and make a plan for a 15 hour wind storm. Don't let it keep you in. Bring appropriate gear. Windy parties are the best.

AND 2 days of rain. Lots of people want to leave after 2 hours of rain. They weren't prepared for it. You can't ride your bike. Drive your car. Hell you can barely walk around. YET. I love it. Sit and watch for a while. Load a messenger bag with beer and snacks. Find a camp with giant dry spot and join the party.

[Asquared]

Just look for camp "Bad Mother Fucker" and ask for Jules.

thank you for another great sig line!

[Supafly_fresh]

Just noticed that the embedded video from my previous post isn't present anymore, no doubt because it offended the delicate moderator sensibilities who believe it is their mission to protect you from anything they believe has the most remote possibility to offend anyone. Unfortunately, the joke makes no sense without it, so in all it's glorious majesty, here is the "Bitch be cool" scene from the popular Quentin Tarantino film "Pulp Fiction":

[media]

And here's the dialogue for when the video gets deleted within the hour:

Jules: Tell that bitch to be cool.
Honey Bunny: (Incoherent & extremely irate ranting continues through entire scene)
Jules: Say BITCH, BE COOL!
Pumpkin: Be cool honey.
Jules: Say BITCH, BE COOL!
Pumpkin: Be cool...
Jules: (Screaming) Tell that fucking bitch to chill!
Pumping: Chill out ho...
Jules (Screaming): Chill that fucking bitch out!
Pumpkin: Chill out Honey Bunny!

Posting of this video is in no way meant to imply that any female in the history of the human race has been a b-word, nor to suggest that any majestic possessors of the magnificent vagina are capable of behavior consistent with the b-word, and.....

Oh good lordy, I can't keep writing that crap. Trilo, you serious need to bitch be cool.

[Elliot]

FYI, there is a major technical problem with embedded videos, all over ePlaya. Trilo and others are working hard to fix it.

[Aurelia]

and Bitch and bitching goes quite well with non specific gender acknoweldging

[trilobyte]

@Elliot - no there is not. The plugin is working just fine, it's users' browsers who are having trouble managing secure sites (HTTPS) that link to insecure (HTTP) plugins. If you're experiencing a problem, check and adjust your browser settings. In the case of Supafly_Fresh's post, he made a typo in the URL he used and the plugin didn't recognize the HHTTP link. I've edited his post to remove the extra H, it's displaying/previewing/playing just fine.

His rant is simply ignorance and jumping to the wrong conclusion. Some people are quick to play the victim, I guess.

[FossaFerox]

In Chrome click the slashed shield on the right side of the address bar and click "load unsafe script".

[Elliot]

FYI, there is a major technical problem with embedded videos, all over ePlaya. Trilo and others are working hard to fix it.

Me and my computer-illiteracy! I should have said there is an issue with many ePlayans' browser whatchammacallits, and Trilo is working hard to educate us.

[FossaFerox]

Basically one of the upgrades they made to the site when they improved the stuff under the hood was making everything more secure.

Our modern web browsers see the added security and make the assumption that this page is filled with critical, sensitive data that we don't want anyone else to have access to. This is actually pretty handy when it comes time to buy tickets and give the org your credit card number, but it backfires in places like this.

Your browser sees an embedded chunk of code which calls out to a third party website (in this case, a video hosted by another company) and says "Hey! That's not very secure!" so it blocks it, thinking it has your best interests at heart. Telling your browser "It's okay to let that content through" each time is mildly annoying, but honestly it's worth the hassle knowing that when it does come time to transmit something securely that information will be much harder to steal.

[Aurelia]

Fossa rocks it again !

[delle]

"...and so it blocks it, thinking it has your best interests at heart...


Telling your browser "It's okay""

I was just kind of missing the OS.

[Gobkin]

Damn! sex must be amazing!

[Simon of the Playa]

Just noticed that the embedded video from my previous post isn't present anymore, no doubt because it offended the delicate moderator sensibilities who believe it is their mission to protect you from anything they believe has the most remote possibility to offend anyone. Unfortunately, the joke makes no sense without it, so in all it's glorious majesty, here is the "Bitch be cool" scene from the popular Quentin Tarantino film "Pulp Fiction":

[media]

And here's the dialogue for when the video gets deleted within the hour:

Jules: Tell that bitch to be cool.
Honey Bunny: (Incoherent & extremely irate ranting continues through entire scene)
Jules: Say BITCH, BE COOL!
Pumpkin: Be cool honey.
Jules: Say BITCH, BE COOL!
Pumpkin: Be cool...
Jules: (Screaming) Tell that fucking bitch to chill!
Pumping: Chill out ho...
Jules (Screaming): Chill that fucking bitch out!
Pumpkin: Chill out Honey Bunny!

Posting of this video is in no way meant to imply that any female in the history of the human race has been a b-word, nor to suggest that any majestic possessors of the magnificent vagina are capable of behavior consistent with the b-word, and.....

Oh good lordy, I can't keep writing that crap. Trilo, you serious need to bitch be cool.

NIGGAZ BE TRIPPIN'


seriously.

[Ugly Dougly]

Damn! sex must be amazing!

You must try it sometime.

[FIGJAM]

Unbridled passion on the playa!!!!!!!!!!

What am I saying?

There probably WILL be a bridle......and a saddle..........and a whip............and boots............a hat..............And a lump of sugar, if your lucky!

[remi]

If she is truly high maintenance, you'll need to bring the following items:


bird guide

broom


wetsuits

You can probably skip these 3

[remi]

ps, any update on how the burn went with the high maintenance gf?

[MyDearFriend]

I would love to hear about that, myself! Come on OP it's time to 'fess up.

[theCryptofishist]

Didn't they break up? Didn't he go without her? I'm pretty sure we did hear from him further up the thread.

[MyDearFriend]

Didn't they break up? Didn't he go without her? I'm pretty sure we did hear from him further up the thread.

Oh gosh, well I will take your word for it Fishy and believe that he took my advice.

[burner von braun]

bump

...some great reminders and advice here, even if your partner isn't 'high maintenance'

[maladroit]

If you take someone to the playa and it's just amazing to be there with them, it's perfect, zero arguments or meltdowns...probably worth mentioning that you might find the default world is harder on your relationship than the playa.

[mosquito]

... you might find the default world is harder on your relationship than the playa.

I like this insight. )

[Slug]

To everyone else considering this same dilemma:

My then-fiance and I were both Birgins and decided to go together. He definitely has moments of high-maintenance and once his patience is gone, GTFO of his way. quickly. I read all sorts of 'advice' about how hard burning man is on a relationship. How it'd ended relationships.

Well guess what? We had a blast. Didn't kill each other, didn't fight. (Didn't screw anyone else. Probably helped.) Experienced it together mostly, and on our own some (mainly when letting the other sleep). Hell we still wanted to get married after.

You know what your girlfriend's stressors are. Be aware/sensitive of them and you'll both be fine.

[winterdream28]

^^^ I piggy back to this.

My then boyfriend and I had a wonderful time. Yes we had our moments but respected each other and gave distance when needed. Was it all smiles and bubbly times no.... There was hard work, compromise, discussion ect.
I was so drained after five days of bad tummy problems last year I flat out become a grump biotch come Sunday lol. However, 90% of the time it was awesome.

I think a big thing to this success was sharing moments together but also apart. He went off with his buddies and they had a explore playa day. It was great having him come back and share his stories.

I feel burning man made us stronger, it shinned a true real light on us individually and together and that infact we can endure some of hype harshest conditions together and pull through and support one another.

We are now engaged and getting married in March:)

[Lonesomebri]

Most of these recent posts reflect very nice relationships and the decision to attend the Burn sounds to be mutual. That is how it should be, and it works, as these folks attest. The issues is if the mate is "high maintenance", that sounds like they might not be into the event as much as you. Like you might have to make them enjoy it, make them happy. These recent posts did not have that no-win responsibility. As long as both people are down with going, there's no "blame". But if one isn't too thrilled to go, requires high maintenance from the other, that might not work very well. I used to backpack alot and other people would say, "I want to hike the Grand Canyon and have a good time, my ____ doesn't want to, should I bring them?" Not if you both want to have a good time. It can be great as long as going in was the choice of both people, even if enthusiasm varies, convincing someone to like something that they are pre-disposed to not like is less fun.

[FIGJAM]

Shops are for maintenance.

Burning Man is for fun!

Leave high maintenance SO in the shop!!!