Top bizarre relationship drama you've had/seen

Long ago I read a sci-fi story involving time travel, in which a guy who turns out to be a hermaphrodite has a sex-change operation and becomes a woman. As a woman, he goes back in time and has an affair with his unsuspecting male self prior to the sex-change move, and has a baby son. By a twist of the plot, the son gets sent back in time to be raised as an orphan, and grows up to be - himself!

I always thought that was the weirdest relationship I heard of or could think of. I think only SL is a weird enough place for people to come up with something weirder. Come on peoples, you aren't really trying! Someone out there can top my sci-fi story; let's hear it!

That's "All You Zombies", by Robert Heinlein.

I don't see much different in that, to hiring a private detective that attempts to seduce someone in order to report back to the person who hired them, whether the target took the bait, or not. (There are agencies with this as the sole 'specialty'.) Some people have reason to suspect 'cheating' and others are simply insecure and wish to test their hunches.

I think it's unfortunate for all concerned but it happens in RL and isn't generally considered 'psychotic'. In both instances RL or SL the general wisdom is, if you have to go that far it isn't worth it.

I avoid romance in SL. Much simpler that way. I don't get into other people's relationship drama either. Basically all I have noticed is how often people 'marry' and 'remarry' in SL. Marriages seem to last weeks, months at best, overall. But - shrug - fine if it makes them happy.

"The Man Who Folded Himself" by David Gerrold.

Guy goes back in time repeatedly to have a decades-long serial polyamorous homosexual relationship with himself, until time gets twisted up so badly he ends up in an alternate timeline where he's female, and... well... that's where the book ends.

I had that happen too. Particularly upsetting was to see a picture of a tombstone on his profile pic with RIP and date he left. That has to rate as one of the most upsetting events of my second life.

I realize that people have to do this for various reasons.....but when you become a true friend to someone....and you're sharing your hearts.....a good-bye is due out of respect and kindness.....even if this IS a pretend world. The friendship was not "pretend".....nor are the feelings that go along with it.

Kinda gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "go F yourself".

The most polite variant of the title in SF fandom is "The Man who Fondled Himself".

well if you enjoyed those time travel twists, I just happened to watch a fun movie today... "Primer"... dialog is a little oblique, but it's a good way to kill some time (and you'd never guess it had a 7K budget)

This! And if you delete someone from your friends list and are called on it - don't give denials....at least give a reason.

This is the true story of the early days of the Fae Folk. My RL family group that are here together in SL.

When I first came to SL I brought with me an online girlfriend from TSO (call her M). Now in RL I at the time had a wife (Call her K) and a boyfriend (Call Him P). K and P knew about M and each other and were cool about it. M only knew about K but she understood.

Then K and P came to SL. K was greeted as a sister by M. P took a little explaining but eventually M was fine with it.

Then M's cousin J came to SL. He and K started dating and eventually SL married. Great! Np from my perspective.

P started dating another of Ms relative (call him T) and eventually got SL married. Wonderful.

Eventually K asked me for a RL divorce so she could marry J RL. Which of course I granted and they have been happily married since.

P and T became a RL couple.

M married in RL.

And Me...I ended up dating and marrying RL and SL Maras RL brother.

Its a wierd wierd wierd world.

The family has grown since then to over 70 members all related somehow or another to each other and I am not sure even a 3D flowchart would do the trick.

/me head explodes

I'm glad my SL marriage blew up here instead of me tearing up my roots and moving it to RL as was planned. All along I'd hoped for things to settle down, but the drama never did.
When your partner has one foot in and one foot out, you're the source of their upset and anger.

Somewhere between all the nasty stuff, there's two real people with two very real sides of the story. Nobody said life was fair.

Sim for sale if your interested, I'll point you in the direction of a woman scorned.

In order to correct the untruths, you have to retell the story, and then insert the truth.
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no i dont actually *smiles*

Truthfully....I see enough relationship drama going on IRL that I absolutely steer clear of getting involved in any drama in SL....romantic or other.

I have nothing against anyone who finds a mate via the web.....I did......four years ago, and totally unexpectedly. It wasn't in SL.....and it sure as hell wasn't planned or even something I was seeking. It just happened. And....it was never a 'web based' romance persay.......we approached the situation from 7000 miles apart, as a sincerely growing friendship. We were both honest and very open about ourselves and our lives.....and it culminated to a RL meeting (in Rome....haha, never gonna have a better first date then that!) and we're together now.

But.....I've seen so much crap happen due to the fact that it's way too easy for people to be less then honest....and deceitful......and due to our own human vulnerabilities and deep need to be loved and connect with others. It's a slippery slope and I would not tell someone to jump right into it and look for love. You cannot force a relationship. The thing that really strikes me is how often someone will tell me (in SL) about an on-going drama with a mate they've only been connected with for a month. That's NOT a long time.....it sure as hell isn't long enough for drama to be anything more then insecure, immature behavior. Drama that soon is a huge red flag. But people just get sucked in anyway. It kills me to witness it......but then I just sigh a huge sigh of relief that I'm not part of it and I have a wondeful love right here in the real world.

The most bizarre thing that did heppen to me in SL was a friendship I developed with a male avatar.....who soon confessed that he was a woman. Ok.....not a big deal at all. In SL 'he' was married....to a woman......and 'he' did tell me that his SL wife didn't know he was a woman. I stayed way the hell out of that one. But....we remained friends and I chose not to judge him/her on the basis of the SL stuff.

But.....it got bizarre when one day out of the blue I get this notecard from him/her telling me he can no longer be my friend because he/she's actually fallen for me and it's too difficult. I suspected a little crush....and that was ok......I enjoyed the friendship and I made it clear from day one that I was NOT in SL for romance of any sort. So...when I got the note....and saw that he had even taken me off his friends list.....both in SL and in flickr where we actually 'met'...... I thought.....ok....I am NOT touching this. I just let it go. I don't do drama....I don't perpetuate it and I don't tolorate it.

Months later......he/she got back in touch with me.....apologized for cutting off the friendship the way he/she did.......and we had a nice chat and all was forgiven and we're good friends again. But....if that had indeed been the end of that friendship.....I would not have thought twice about it or mourned the loss one bit. People who have extreme emotional issues......and who behave so erratically as to cause chaos in their relationships......are simply not healthy to have as close friends. Sure...IRL I have dear friends who also sometimes have it rough....we all do.......but in a web based community where relationships bloom at fast forward speed......I wont entertain any risks what so ever.

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the kind that just won't go away..thats the worst ..

Heck loads but I wouldn't be much of a confidant if I posted them here, but there's many a tangled web weaved with SL.

In another game.

Husband and wife in RL and married in game. The couple fakes the wife's death. People send condolences and heart felt sentiments to hubby, even money in game currency. Weeks later couple reveals the "experiment" to study online friendship and reaction to RL death.

The personal stuff (mine and others) stays with me.

Lotsa people got a real thing about gender of real poster and avitar. It's never occured to me I may be having sex with a woman posing as a man. Who cares? If it ends in a climax for both (or one) of us, HOORAY!
I know my partner is a man BUT if he came out and said he was a woman I wouldnt love him/her the less coz I LOVE - LOVE - her/him
What is this weird thing eurocentricism has with gender????