guys please im desperate here!!!!!!!?
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http://www.simonarmitage.co.uk/ his website\n\nit has his bio info a good source\n\nAbout the poet\nSimon Armitage was born in Marsden, West Yorkshire in 1963. He studied Geography at Portsmouth, and Psychology at Manchester, qualified as a social worker and worked for six years as a probation officer. He has also worked as a shelf stacker, disc jockey and lathe operator. He is now a freelance writer and broadcaster. He has taught creative writing in various universities. His work includes song lyrics, plays and scripts for TV and radio. \n\nSimon Armitage's first collection, Zoom, appeared in 1989, published by Bloodaxe. Subsequent poetry books, all published by Faber, include Kid (1992), Book of Matches (1993), The Dead Sea Poems (1995), Moon Country (1996), Cloud Cuckoo Land (1997). Killing Time (The Millennium Poem; 1999), Travelling Songs and The Universal Home Doctor (both 2002). \n\nBack to top \n\nFrom Book of Matches,\n“Mother, any distance greater than a single span”\nBook of Matches (1993) is a collection of poems without titles. Each poem is meant to be read in the time it takes a match to burn down - about twenty seconds, unless you want to burn your fingers. There is a pun in the title: we call a packet from which we tear out the matches a book, but this is also a book in the normal sense, with words for us to read. \n\nThe speaker in the poem (who may be the poet himself) is measuring up a house - it appears that he is moving in, and is measuring for curtains and carpets. His mother has “come to help” him as he needs “a second pair of hands” to measure distances greater than the span of his two arms. (“Span” as a measurement traditionally refers to a handspan, from thumb to little finger when the hand is splayed.) \n\nWhile his mother stays put, he reels out a tape measure, calling figures for her to record. Eventually he reaches the limit of the tape - as he looks at an open hatch, opening on an “endless sky”. He imagines himself passing through this - “to fall or fly”. \n\nBack to top \n\nThe poem explores the emotional connection of mother and child (we may assume it is a son, but if the poem is not autobiographical, there is no real reason why the speaker should not be a daughter). The tape measure becomes a metaphor for this. Now the child is ready to let go, but is unsure whether he can succeed on his own. \n\nThe reeling out of the tape is like the passing of the years - and the poet compares it to other kinds of line. Perhaps his mother is an anchor and he is a kite - this may bring security but may also limit his freedom to fly. Yet another image of attachment comes in the suggestion that the poet is space-walking - the phrase is a pun, as he is also walking through the “empty” space of the bedroom. \n\nThe “last one hundredth of an inch” marks the limit of the tape measure - beyond this, the speaker has to let go (or break the tape). The conclusion of the poem is ambiguous, but reflects a real experience most of us undergo, not knowing whether independence is a chance for us to thrive or to fail. The mother's fingertips “still pinch” - she has come to help the child measure up, but now may be reluctant at the last to let go. \n\nBack to top \n\nThe poem has an irregular rhyme scheme - including occasional internal rhyme. The speaker suggests the sense of adventure in leaving home with images of vast space “acres” and “prairies”, and “reporting...back to base”. The mother is seen as a fixed point in an uncertain world, but she is not stopping her child from moving out. \n\nWhat do you think of the poem's central image of the tape measure's unreeling? Explain what it means in your own words. \nHow does Simon Armitage present the relationship of mother and child in this poem? \nHow do you understand the image of the “hatch that opens on an endless sky”? Is this exciting or alarming or both at once? Or do you read it in any other way? \nHo
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Don't ask so random guy just wait for it to come to you. It will, you have plenty of time sweetie
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Just ask me out already :) \n\nseriously though, if he has any kind of balls all you'll have to do is make eye contact with him for about three seconds and that should be enough of a hint for him to ask you out if he's interested. If he stalls, then move on to the next guy. There's over 3 billion guys on the planet, I'm sure you'll be able to find another one that interests you. The sooner you start living by this rule, the sooner you can start enjoying your life and stop worrying about petty sh*t.\n\nI'm 25
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get a boyfriend or ask one of ur guy friends to have sex with you??? but i highly suggest u finding a boyfriend.. if ur too desperate then just think of other things. instead of worrying so much about it.
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Be Careful you don't want to seem desperate, And your not really supposed to be asking guys out anyway. Although it is a bold move and I think that if more women could say what was on there mind there would be a lot more couples together today. And vice versa of course. But my advice to you is to speak your mind be confident. And don't be afraid of rejection. take it slow, be patient but most of all don't settle and Be yourself
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THIS MAKES YOU LOOK SO DESPERATE MAN LOL\n\nTRY THIS WEBSITE IF YOURE A TEEN\nWWW.ESPINTHEBOTTLE.COM\n\n\nOR U CAN TRY MYSPACE.COM
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WELL, FIRST THING YOU CAN DO, IS TO STOP TRYING TO BE SO DESPERATE... IF WE CAN FEEL IT, HE WILL TOO!!!
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hey, I just got that book out of the library! I'll be reading it soon and I really hope that it gives some answers about those strange beings... men.\n\nWhat should you do? Don't appear to be needy. Tell him about all the fun you've been having since you last saw him. You don't want to be seen moping around the house pining for this guy.\n\nDoes he like you? Maybe. Don't get to worked up over this guy.
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dont be naive! he wanted to tease you or play with you. a guy will show interest if he is persistent, not when he feels like it. trust me. i did couple.i just telling the guy side of story. worst case scenario, you lose him. so what! theres a lot of guys out there that are sincere. think about it.
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Put the ball in his court, Try to call him and if he does not answer than leave a message. Than you wait for him to call you back and if he doesn't than take your bucket of worms and go fish in another pond. Do not do as feather_john says that will make you look needy as well as desperate.
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YES!!!!  Call him but don't seem too desperate.  I guess only you two know if you gave it up easy or not.  There could be a long term potential but it has to be built on more than sex.  I say call, but don't be a stalker.  Lay the bait out ther and see if he will respond.  If he doesn't then you may want to walk away soon.  Sex confuses things.  Try to hang out one night without having sex.  That will tell you alot, because it will force him to talk.  Trust me, I've been there.. And without sex, talking is the only alternative- unless he bails, then you may have a lot of work on your hands.
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No,you little slut.You can't be that desperate!Perves are on the hunt for girls as naive as you are.Educate yourself ,for Christsakes.I knew better by the age of 6!
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He's already turned you down once so if you ask him again it will make you look clingy.  Leave him to figure it out for himself.  If he has changed his mind he will get back to you.x
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...Men are strange beings.. but yeah that does suck.. I'd be askin some questions that is for sure.  I wouldn't beg him back or anything.. because who wants to be with someone that doesn't want to be with them.. But tell him.. you deserve an answer.. and then let him be on his way.  If he broke up with you that way.. he doesn't seem like he was a very good catch anyway.  Hope things go well :-)  .. and not every guy is like that.. I promise, you'll find a good one.
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try talking to him... let him know who you are... don't keep waiting    .........                                                                                                                                                                           by the way i'm a guy
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Well, as an MUNER, I've seen this happen. It's lucky that you were admin because if that note had been confiscated, there would be consequences. Anyways, you are right in asking him straight off would scare him. You don't really know this guy, do you? It seems like 2 or 3 weeks at most  and you already say he's NOT the player type. Maybe he is. If he really liked you, he would have called. This guy is not a perfect gentleman as he hasn't fulfilled his promise to call. I think he's keeping you as a safety as he flirts with you online but not in a more meaningful way. He maybe interested in another girl. There are other guys out there. Good luck.
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Ask him out. Give him a call. It's ok for girls to approach guys. Sometimes guys just don't know that you're interested. Who knows, maybe he's nervous too and just doesn't know how to approach you about going out