I HATE BEING SINGLE!!!
You still there, MSN? :/
What time is it over there, anyway?
yeah i'll up for a while~
I'm back! Sorry, took longer than I expected. Anyway, no sign of her yet... anybody still awake?
Just woke up - it's 10:48 over here.
5:28 AM, still awake
13:04pm in spain, i'm still awake ( ¡^_^)
hello my name is alex
Everybody go to sleep ? .. hello.. mochi mochi...
orz. I'm alone.. :(
No you're not~
yes, i'm sure...
aah... I fell asleep too early.. orz
I think I knocked out sometime around 3. Sorry eveyone. But thank you for trying to stay up with me. I'm gonna try again tonight... this time with coffee. \(`ヘ´)/
Anyway, as I mentioned at the end of >>117, I have one more story.. this happend after I gave her the poster.
To thank me for making her the poster, she said she was gonna cook dinner for me again! Like last time, I was a disaster. This time even more so because I decided that I would tell her my feelings. I had a little note in my pocket of what I planned to say to her. Whenever I used the bathroom or had a moment to myself, I'd pull it out and review what I wrote.
She came over later in the evening. I noticed that I never forget that first glimpse I get of her. It's like everytime I see her, I'm amazed at how beautiful she is. At that moment all my senses become amplified, and I suddenly become overly conscious of everything.. like how I walk, how I talk, even how I breathe. In other words, I get really nervous. She came inside and began cooking. We decided that this time we'd watch a movie while we ate. Afterwards, we sat around my room and talked about different things. Mainly, an anime we were both interested in. That was probably one of the more casual conversations we had in a long time. (^_^;)
After that she said she was going home. As I walked her to her car, I could feel the note crinkling in my pocket. Everything seemed to be in slow motion as I tryed to say something..... but I couldn't. When she got to her car, she said bye, and all I could say back was bye. I went back inside and just fell on my bed. I was so dissapointed in myself. orz
So... that was the last time we met. I wrote to her afterwards, but rarely got a response. I finally sent another email a few weeks later, and she responded telling me that she was going back to Japan soon. I wrote back asking to see her before she left, but again didn't get a response. I stayed up all night the day before she was supposed to leave hoping to have one last chance to tell her how I felt. She actually did come online too.. but it was only for a few seconds.. I didn't have time to say anything. At that point I kind of just accepted failure. I thought it was all over. Then after a few months passed, I heard from a friend that she was back! It kind of seemed like a miracle... I was given another chance! So as bad as it all seems, I'm not gonna accept failure this time. I'll do whatever it takes.. and in the end, she'll at least know how I feel about her.
Sooo, that basically brings us to the present time. Well I'm gonna do a little work now. But I'll keep you all posted!
Hello, MSN Otoko. I usually lurk here but...I feel so honoured to be part of a thread like this! BENOIST!
lol, I'm still awake!
Hey MSN. Man, I was scared I misses something. I'll be staying up with you now. I had been following this thread before but had computer troubles over the weekend and thought you may have already made your move. Well, 11:33pm, and I should be up a long time, so let's hope tonight ends well.
I'm torrenting Densha Otoko Ep. 11 right now! (^A^)
>>145
you spelled your name wrong
>>142
Thank you! but really, I'm the one who's honored m(_ _)m
>>144
fingers crossed
I've been thinking though... I've swore to myself that I'd talk to her the next time I have a chance... but I still don't really know what to say! "hey, how've you been?" "hey, it's been awhile." Ehhh.. sounds kinda boring. Any suggestions??
I've been in your exact position before and I started it off with a simple "sup"
Worked for me
really? hmm... that doesn't seem like something I'd say though..
i don't think he meant that literally, just a simple "hey" is fine. Something like what you said - "hey, how're you doing?" or "hi, how've you been lately?"
I think the first line should just be "hey" or "hi". Hello sounds a bit weird to me right now, I'm not sure why. After you get a response, "how've you been?"
I see... I'll do that then. I guess I'm just thinking too much (@_@;)
i wish to go to sleep but i want to stay up with high hopes... what time is it there, MSN?
>>151
yeah, there isn't much more you can do...
something like "hey, it's been a long time, how've you been?" could also work....
but laying it on too thick and putting her in an awkward position is obviously not good. I think something simple is best. What does everyone else say (if you're still awake)?
It's almost 1 here. It seems kinda weird to wait up this late, but I remember in the past seeing her on a lot around 2. So I'm gonna wait till at least then. But if you're tired, please get some rest. It already means a lot that you've stayed up this late. If anything happends, you'll find it here when you wake up. (^_~)
if i miss it i'm going to orz for the rest of my life.
so, i'll stay up. there's a nice OS-tan sticky on /b/ right now anyway, so i've gotta finish getting it.
lalala
well, goodnight msn. sorry, but i have to be up soon, so i'm going to bed. I'll be glad to stay up again later, though. if you're up to it we can try again tomorrow! Otherwise, let me know when is good - i'm usually awake anyway, but post back here just in case.
Night.
I'm a girl and maybe i'm wrong.. but, if her go to your home and cooking again for you MSN , i mean, she could have expected for something happen and MSN Otoko do nothing, don't tell her nothing or kiss her. You know, the first move.. maybe she leave you thinking: I don't like him, or, something else and return to Japan angry..
MSN Otoko, gambatte, don't worry and cut the ice between she and you, do the first move MSN. Tell her something and cut the ice..
Gambatte !
I think you may need to give us an idea of what times you're going to be waiting for, either by the board clock or GMT.
CALL HER.
BENOIST!!! :D
Seriously, stop waiting for her on MSN. She is hardly online. Call her.
Calling was the first stop for Densha, you do it too, dammit!
I may be wrong, but I think it is a good idea to let her know you are interested without telling her directly.
CALL HER.
anybody here?..
I am.
I was waiting here for MSN and more details for this thread, but.. i'm tired guys, i'm go to sleep. Tomorrow tell me what happen with this tale.
Hey!, this girl no have a nick or something ?.. I mean for this , and i believe for create one nick for her.
>>163
I agree. Waiting for her to appear on MSN is lame. MSN CALL HER!
Hey everyone. Well, no luck again last night. orz. But thank you everybody for sticking with me.
Unfortunately I don't have her number anymore.
When she left for Japan, she wasn't planning on coming back, so she got rid of her cell. Now that she's back she probably has one, but I don't have the number...
A call would be difficult for me anyway.. I think I'll have a hard enough time just holding on to enough courage to message her. I'm keeping the birthday present she got me on my desk to keep me encouraged. It's a winnie the pooh mug and a small winnie the pooh stuffed animal which is sitting inside it. I'll never forget when she gave it to me.. she said these kinds of things are what a girlfriend would usually give to her boyfriend. I honestly don't think she was implying anything by it, but I always enjoyed the thought (^_^;)
Well, I'm off to a class. I'll be back later!
i wish something would happen here...
You can't wait for her online forever. Since you don't have her phone number, you should really consider saying hello in person.
SHES ON!!!! ANYONE HERE??
..... and she's gone......................
I can't believe it.. I ate dinner, then checked and she was on! so I came back here to post, went back and it was too late........
orz x 100...................
Well next time maybe talk to her before you post here!! Good luck.....
good work dude
don't let the sarcastic tone of the last two bother you, it's okay.
There's always next time. She seems to come and go fast, so make a quick move. Also, I agree with >>159. I had fallen asleep and just woke up, but I think I'm going to go to bed again. Good luck, MSN. I'll be behind you.
SEND E-MAIL.
Please?
>>178
He don't send an e-mail to her because, she don't answer him.. of course 178 you idea is good, and i think MSN write one to WINNIE.. but.. he is so timid... :-/
That's why we like him
"Winnie"... so, that's what we're calling her now?
Well, it's been a while since he sent an e-mail isn't it? Like, just before she went to Japan.
I say e-mail her, and if she doesn't respond, talk to her in real life or MSN.
This is probably the first time I've ever posted a serious post here on 4-ch. I don't really have a lot of experience with this kind of thing, so it's kind of like the blind leading the blind. But, don't wait too long to try and contact her. I once waited too long to just talk to this one girl that I liked and one day I found out that she just got a boyfriend. orz. At any rate, don't mean to scare you, MSN, but if you truly want Winnie, you have to take the initiative. Otherwise, it's all for naught.
---Benoist
Yes, man! The longer the silence lasts, the more awkward it gets.
So here's a scenario: Maybe she feels kinda like you do. Maybe she logs on for a short period to try and contact you, or see if you contact her. If two people look at each other, and then look away, they probably feel the same about each other.
I don't know. Just make yourself push three buttons on your keyboard the next time you see her on MSN next time. H, I, and Enter.
H + I + enter !!!!
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MSN.. ganbatte
Thanks for your support everyone m(_ _)m
This time I'm prepared.. I know what I'm going to say.. so as soon as I see her on, I'll say it... + enter
yeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
GANBARE~~~!! DENSH...er...MSN!!!
MSN Otoko, tell me.. how does her look like? is she beautiful? ... tell us.. please, details
She's really beautiful... unbelievably beautiful. She's about average height, her hair goes slighty past her shoulders, she's very slender.... to me she's perfect. Words alone don't give her justice.
Just thinking about her makes me smile (´∀`)
such a women... you are lucky to even have the chance to talk to such a girl!!!
You just described Hermes PERFECTLY. I sense a conspiracy!
you fail to mention tits, legs or face
dude, is she ugly?
What's her personality like? How does she carry herself? Is she outgoing, a wallflower?
>>204
Hmm.. more details.. well like I said before she's slender, she's got a cute, round face with beautiful eyes and a small nose.
Her legs? hmm.. how do you describe legs?
I feel like I can't describe much more without being vulgar... I think I summed it up best in >>201 with "unbelievably beautiful." There's nothing about her I don't like. Let your imagination do the rest (^_^;)
>>205
Winnie-san's more of the outgoing type... but at the same time she can be very sweet. She seems very confident in herself. She's funny, and she's got a great smile and laugh. For a while, we would talk everynight, sometimes for hours just laughing at random stuff. I love her sense of humor.
aaah.... thiking about those times has made me realize how much it's changed... I miss her.. orz
Winnie makes my heart go haa~haa~...
Don't lose heart now, MSN! You're going to need all of your courage if she shows. Remember your new mantra!
what a lucky man....
MSN, you have to get this!! I will do whatever it takes to make sure this ends well! No matter what!
She went to cook to your house, definitively I believe that your it liked her. when not confessing your feelings she left gotten upset. is possible that she decided to forget you and for that reason no longer responds to you. You must demonstrate her that that is not truth, and that you want to return to have its friendship
MSN!!! NEVER GIVE UP! BENOIST!!!
Hey MSN, my question is: What sort of hair-style does she have? What colour is it?
Hello 4ch. Recently i have been engaged in the subjects discussed in this thread. I just couldn't help on reacting when reading MSN Otoko's story.
I think you are making it worse than it is. I don't have a girlfriend and probably never will, but reading this just makes me sad. If i had this opportunity, i wouldn't let it go to waste like you are. Do you honestly think Winnie-san will show up on MSN? The least thing you could do was to confront her person to person. Please don't let this go to waste.
Me being an otaku in all it's glosy (...) it makes me feel bad. If i just got the slightest chance of talking to a girl at a level beyond "friend" that would make me happy and i would put alot of effort into making it work.
Ganbareeeeeeeeeeeeeee MSN OTOKO!
>>212, I couldn't have put it better myself. More Sacred Words have never been spoken, probably, and I can relate.
Good luck, MSN-kun.
>let it go to waste like you are.
Shut it. He and the girl are both in an awkward position and he's trying to make it work again.
In my opinion, MSN is a lot braver than a lot of us here. (At least, braver than me...orz) Even in such an awkward situation he is actually willing to talk to Winnie-san online. That's a pretty big step to go from not talking at all and not talking face-to-face to talking online.
MSN, I know somewhere in the bottom of my heart that you have it in you to get back with Winnie-san. You may not know what "it" is , but when the time comes, you'll know. Good luck and BENOIST!!!
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I know I could never do this, which I why I'm supporting MSN. Online conversations are commonplace anymore, basically the same as speaking over a phone, really. I truly wish MSN could go to her in person, and I truly wish he could do this all so easily.
But there's something we must all remember when thinking about how this unfolds and how it relates to whatever we're drawing inspiration from. Namely, and obviously, when people read this, they will think "Densha Otoko rip-off." But this is not densha, we are only saying that because we have seen the show and it relates to our culture - this is an entirely different story - and, one that began a lot differently to.
In Densha Otoko, it was obvious that Saori wanted Yamada from the onset. However, in this, we are unsure of their current status and must take things slowly to understand where it stands on how Winnie feels about MSN.
I do wish they could speak IRL, but I don't think that's the best course of action right now. He isn't "wasting" it, he's preserving it and going very cautiously. If he spoke to her directly and immediatly, yes, it might be a miracle and work - however at the same time, it could end in misery, and be the true "waste." The way we're going now takes a lot longer, and doesn't seem as effective, but in the end, it's almost a guarantee we can get them to be happy together, as long as we all work hard and guide MSN correctly. We need to stand as one, and hope that MSN isn't a total retard - which he isn't. It might take some bullshitting and a lot of time, but we can pull through this so long as we don't rush things and continue supporting him.
That's what I think.
I'm not saying he might not be in an akward position. But as he told us, communication over MSN isn't possible as it seems. No matter what you say about "the modern way of communicating" MSN will always be a passive communication system. The chance of him getting the chance to talk to the girl seems pretty slim if you look at the previous results of his attempts to establish contact with her.
Therefore, MSN otoko, PHONE!
>>216
Well said. At the beginning I thought this was just a copycat thread of Densha Otoko. But after reading the thread again-and-again, I realized that this thread is more realistic than Densha. MSN is a real person with a real dilemma that he is overcoming at a realistic pace.
And with that, I wish you much luck, MSN! And BENOIST!!!
>>216
I totally disagree. Going slow is not the way to go.
MSN had a past relationship with Winnie. They used to be friends. Now he has nothing. She won't even reply to his email. Why is the situation like this? Maybe he creeped her out. Maybe she detected that he liked her but then thought of him as a coward for not doing anything about it. Or maybe she had feeling for him beyond friendship but when he was too slow to make a move she decided she must forget him. Who knows?
I just have a gut feeling that if he goes too slowly, she will push him away.
MSN, I am rooting for you. Muster your courage and go for it!
I'm beggining to feel like we're pulling him in too many directions.
CALL HER!
WAIT FOR HER!
SEE HER IN PERSON!
This isn't what we should be doing. MSN has made up his mind that he's going to talk to her on MSN. Fuck, that's why he's called MSN. I would love to band together with everyone and be united, however we simply aren't helping debating over something he's already decided. I would say, help him and support his decisions or leave this thread. I wish for you all to help support him, and you are doing so with your input (which is all very good), but the input isn't needed right now. I want him to call her as much as the next person, and I want him to go up and be like "huhuhuh hey babe lets have sex now k" but that's not how this is going to work, unless MSN changes his mind drastically.
I hate to be so blunt, but: Support or leave. I already said this once, but this isn't Densha Otoko. He doesn't have to muster courage except to H + I ENTER which he will do with only our support of him doing so - not us telling him to do something else. He needs to be a part of her life again, and things like that don't happen overnight.
Read the thread, you morons who think he should call!
Let's continue the H + I + ENTER cheer!
Hey everyone.... I'm sorry to hear about the dispute... but I got some good news!!
I finally talked to her!!!!
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what happened!? Tell us!
gah i can't take this suspense, msn. why didn't you give a detailed post! I was about to go to sleep, too! Come on!
What happened?
Good news?
That means something good happened! I can sleep peacefully.
I don't know any emoticons that can express my happiness!
It wasn't easy though... I got home today around 2ish, sat down at my computer, opened MSN, and there she was! It must've been about five minutes after that before I could do anything... Finally, I double clicked on her name and started typing. Using only my index fingers, I carefully typed out the message. Then came the hardest part... pressing enter. I was so nervous... my hands were ice cold.. I felt sick.. so I came to this thread and started reading through everyones posts. Doing that gave a quick rush of courage, so I went back to the MSN window and hit ENTER!
She responded right away! My heart was beating like crazy!
The conversation was overall casual... although it would always take me several minutes to reply. She explained to me that she wanted to transfer to another college in the U.S. after spending about a year back in Japan, but she found out that she couldn't return with her student visa if she was out of the country for more than 5 months. So, that's why she came back! We talked about a few other things, then I suggested that we get together sometime to catch up on things. She said sure, gave me her phone number, and said to just call her or email her!
I'd say the coversation was pretty normal... but that alone was a huge step for me! Thank you so much everybody! I REALLY couldn't have done it without you all!! m(_ _)m
Now I just have to think of something we can do together... today was a big step... but it's really just the begining
キタ━━━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━━ !!!!!
キタ━━━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━━ !!!!!
キタ━━━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━━ !!!!!
yes, yes, yes, yes!
what to do, what to do...
What are her interests? While hanging out with you, your ex-girlfriend, and winnie, where did you go? What does she like? Is another movie not good? There's nothing good playing in the U.S. anyway. What about a restraunt? maybe just a walk in a nature area? What kind of things would be good??? I've never been on a real date before, so I wouldn't know such things... I am so excited...
I'll be back tomorrow morning! MSN, you've done it!
Congratulations!
WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE!!!! ORZ!
This is too much..
MSN, if she give you your cell phone , your email.. of course, THE SECOND MOVE BEGINING. The first was "h+i+enter"...
Second Move: email her (a few days), some casual email. You know: Hi Winnie, blablablalbla... and.. well.. i was thinking call you , but i don't know what time is good for call. I don't have bother you... and blablablablabla... Ok, good.. i call 'this day', or someone else... be casual.
Third Move: Call her.. MWUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Of, course you directly pass to the third.
Let talk to her in MSN. Do you have a web cam? (hehehehehe)
Ganbatte!
YE━━━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━━SS !!!!!
MSN worried too much, and then he BROKE THE WALL OF SILENCE WITH A SWIFT TAP ON A BUTTON!