Posted on 12/29/2015 6:13:17 AM PST by Kaslin
As someone who just became single again I can say...
Things are VASTLY different out there now than even 10 years ago.
Still lots of busted up hearts trying to find true love.
The big change is at 50+ both men and women are opting for alternative relationships other than marriage.
If you are lucky to be handsome, in shape and well off, you have to be extra careful as you attract all sorts.
It is so crazy I have TWO women looking out for my interests to keep me from stepping in a bear trap.
If I were the type to exploit this, I could have a new GF every month for the next 5 years.
WAY too much drama and danger!
I now keep myself busy with 3 new business ventures and enjoying peaceful evenings alone.
Absolutely. However quality women are more likely to be able to find quality men due to social dynamics.
It’s not like society as a whole doesn’t have a share in how things have become. Too many guys whine instead of facing the facts and dealing with the situation.
You and I are on the same page. Just took me until my 50s to see that even after repenting of fornication and marrying, that allowing my wife to use the pill to limit the size of our family was indeed direct disobedience to God, and now with only a son and being 60, I did little to help and perhaps much to harm humanity by participating in contraception.
Prager wasn’t ready to host talk shows until he became a talk show host.
I just find it interesting that for most of the people around here the onus is on the woman. I’m in my mid-30’s, well established in my job, own my own home and property, and if I decide to get married it’s not going to be because of my duty to society, or because I have to find a guy to take care of. It’ll be because I’ll have found someone I want to share my whole life with, and I assume his reason for marrying me would be the same. Until then I’m not embarrassed or ashamed or looking at my life as a failure in any way, shape, or form. Though I do wish my mom would stop asking about it.
When the girl says “this isn’t going to lead to a relationship” what she means is “I’ll let you buy me a nice dinner, but I don’t think you are hot enough for me to consider having sex with you. Ever.”
Well, that's true. I consider myself a Person of Character (tm). I am married to another Person of Character - and our marriage is thus pretty easy, not difficult at all.
Further, I seek out and socialize with other Persons of Character. I do NOT socialize with Persons of No-Character...no matter how good they look.
Adherence to this last principle, coupled with another ancient and simple principle that reads "Do not have sex with anyone you do not genuinely love" would save America's young men a lot of grief. :)
No doubt there are whiners, but unfortunately, far more men have just stopped trying. Whining is a good sign - it means that one cares. The 'men on strike,' stopped whining long ago.
But it’s not a lot different than 7 years ago, which is within my experience.
Young men entering the 'sexual marketplace' today are playing by completely different rules than his brothers 40 years ago.
There were no 'men on strike' movements and accompanying (books) written about it 40 years ago.
We've all made mistakes. I made similar mistakes in my 20s.
It took me a decade to get my head screwed on straight.
I know that I absorbed the "conventional wisdom" uncritically, so I try to help young people avoid making the same mistakes. But of course, few want to listen. The voice of the world is very strong.
I'm already getting free milk; why buy the cow?
The 'quality' of single women ain't all that great; either!
True.
We STILL subsidize it.
Just like we subsidize NON-workers.
WOMEN...
A department store opened in New York City that sold men and a woman decides to visit it in search of a husband.
At the store’s entrance, there’s a sign outlining the department store policy.
The first rule states that you can only enter the store once.
There are six floors and on each floor you can choose a husband or elect to move on to the next floor.
You cannot visit a floor more than once other than to leave the building.
The woman visits the first floor.
The sign reads:
- Men with jobs.
She moves on to the second floor:
- Men with jobs that adore children.
She moves on the the third floor where the sign reads:
- Wealthy men that adore children and are very handsome.
She thinks to herself, “that’s a very good deal” yet moves on to the fourth floor:
- Wealthy men that adore children, are very handsome and help with the household chores.
She decides to move on as things are constantly improving:
- Wealthy men that adore children, are very handsome, help with the household chores and are very romantic.
The woman is about to make her purchase but can’t resist moving on to the sixth floor.
There the sign reads:
- You are visitor number 31,456,012 on this floor.
- There are no men here.
- This floor exists as proof that it is impossible to please women.
The Amish do NOT have those problems!
MEN...
Opposite this department store, another department store opened that sold women. The sign on the first floor reads:
- Women that love sex.
On the second floor the sign reads:
- Women that love sex and are wealthy.
On the third floor the sign reads:
- Women that love sex, are wealthy and have large breasts.
Not a single man has visited the fourth floor.
Cosmo trained
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