Posted on 05/06/2015 8:24:21 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
That’s a question Peter Lloyd tackles in a series in London’s Daily Mail about Britain’s marriage rate, which is at its lowest level since 1895. “The state of matrimony is not just ailing. It is dying out faster than a mobile phone battery,” Lloyd writes. “For an army of women, Mr. Right is simply not there, no matter how hard they look for him.”
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Sometimes it is obvious to everyone but the “innocent” dumpee why he or she or he was dumped.
Are you saying that there never are innocent “dumpees”?
The reason that was the best post of the thread is that it was written by a beautiful and brilliant lady who has been happily married for at least 30 years. And because she can write so well about it, she is now rich and famous as well.
See my profile.
“They walk, talk, and swim like ducks, but for some unexplainable reason they are really convinced they are beautiful swans with the individuality of a snowflake.”
Really well put. Me steal, put in boilerplate directory.
My Indian name is “Plagiarizes Like a Horse Gone Crazy.”
The only rule was, once you opened the door to any floor, you HAD to choose a man from that floor; if you went up a floor, you couldn't go back down except to leave the place, never to return.
A couple of girlfriends went to the shopping center to find some husbands.
First Floor
The door had a sign saying, “These men have jobs and love kids.” The women read the sign and said, “Well, that's better than not having a job or not loving kids, but I wonder what's further up?” So up they went.
The sign read, “These men have high paying jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking.” “Hmmm,” said the ladies, “But, I wonder what's further up?”
Third Floor
This sign read, “These men have high paying jobs, are extremely good looking, love kids and help with the housework.” “Wow,” said the women, “Very tempting.” But there was another floor, so further up they went.
Fourth Floor
This door had a sign saying “These men have high paying jobs, love kids, are extremely good looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic streak.” “Oh, mercy me,” they cried, “Just think what must be awaiting us further on!” So up to the fifth floor they went.
The sign on that door said, “This floor is empty and exists only to prove that women are impossible to please. The exit is to your left, we hope you fall down the stairs.”
Ladies, you don't have to be honest with us...but truthfully, don't you all recognize this?
You could write the same joke, only about men looking for women. LOL.
BTW, I hope everyone enjoyed Mother’s Day.
“You could write the same joke, only about men looking for women.”
I guess you could, except it wouldn’t contain that core of truth that makes a joke funny. That’s probably why nobody wrote it.
“Pie in the Sky” idealism hardly constitutes “conservatism”
No, he’s right. The fact that all fall short is not grounds to give up. Ideals serve as the North Star that guides us all.
“To impute blame to the victimized party for the sake of one’s childish ideals is a sin against justice.”
Very true and essential to the regeneration of sanity in America.
It reminds me of Frankfurter’s comment on the equal treatment of unequals.
There is a male-version of that joke, but I'm not going to be the one to post it here. lol
I guess you could, except it wouldn’t contain that core of truth that makes a joke funny.
The joke really isn't true about women. For example, if you look at statistics on online dating, which in a way represents all kinds of dating, you'll find that all men tend to message the same small group of very attractive women, whereas women tend to message men they deem less attractive.
That doesn't fit the joke at all, does it?
Also, women tend to find men their own age attractive, whereas men of all ages look for much younger women. So, which one has the impossible standards?
I'm just defending against the women-bashing here. lol In all seriousness, there's hope for many of you who are single. One of my relatives met his soulmate later in life. It's his third marriage. I wish everyone here the same good luck!
“joke really isn’t true about women.”
If it were completely true, the human race would die out. Still, it is substantially true.
“all men tend to message the same small group of very attractive women, whereas women tend to message men they deem less attractive.”
Rather than “all” men, surely we’re talking only about the men who post on those sites. I would call that a small, self-selected sample. It is a group of men who have failed at other means of finding a woman, and who can therefore be presumed to differ from men who date in the usual way and marry happily. They are not, as seems clear, representative of men at large.
The women who post on those sites are equally unrepresentative. As easy as it is for a woman to find a man, these women must be thought to have something catastrophically wrong with them. I’m betting that most of those women have ruined their lives by acting just as the women in the joke did, and most of the rest are, sadly, very unattractive.
Dating services are the last resort for people who can’t get a date, obviously. The poor unfortunates desperately searching for love there cannot be held up as avatars of their sex.
“Also, women tend to find men their own age attractive, whereas men of all ages look for much younger women. So, which one has the impossible standards?”
Women. Absent the civilizing influence of Christianity, it is easier for a successful man to find a younger woman than for an older woman to hold him.
Feminism trades largely on this biological fact to generate the resentment it needs to fuel its continued existence. Men are attracted to younger women, biologically and not voluntarily, because younger women have a better chance of bearing healthy children and raising them to adulthood. It’s in the DNA. You can’t legislate it away; you can’t educate it away; you can’t beat it out of men; and, in the end, there is an upper limit on the age of consent.
A man can grow more attractive with age, but a woman does not. Many women hate that fact so bitterly that it poisons their lives. Some would, I am convinced, raise the age of consent to fifty.
The only solution is found in the Bible, and that solution relies on the faith of the husband and wife.
“Dating services are the last resort for people who can’t get a date, obviously. The poor unfortunates desperately searching for love there cannot be held up as avatars of their sex.”
Possibly true 30 years ago but online dating today is much like a restaurant menu with photos. Instead of going through the process of cooking a meal, a lot of men and women have become lazy and just pick from the menu.
Your post reminds me of a FReeper comment years ago. A senior citizen woman mouthed off about the door being opened for her just because she was a woman. FReeper replied, “I didn’t open it because you’re a woman, I opened it because you’re old”.
Most women I have met expect to be treated like a princess. Most of the time the relationship did not work out. I have been alone and unmarried but I have no regrets. I always had steady work but my financial situation was never great. I always tried to find out what the person was like before I become sexually involved. I had to trust them on several before I could have relations. If I would have married it could have been bad for me financially it would be difficult and I think they probably would have left me. I have one thing that I can praise God that I have peace and quiet time before I pass away.
“Instead of going through the process of cooking a meal, a lot of men and women have become lazy and just pick from the menu.”
Are you saying it’s just a hook-up?
I said that women are not as picky as your joke claims. Yet, you insisted that women are much pickier than men. Then you went on to claim that men are better looking (lol) as they age and prefer young women of childbearing years.
So, I think you should admit that I'm right - that men are pickier than women. ;-)
Along those lines, I have a second theory: many men (the bachelors, that is) tend to "overvalue" themselves but hold women to much higher standards. And your post backs up that theory, too...
You wrote: "A man can grow more attractive with age, but a woman does not."
Some men like to THINK they grow more attractive with age. But let's face it - most people look their best when they're younger. Both men and women. Hey, that's life. There are very few people who remain ageless.
"Many women hate that fact so bitterly that it poisons their lives. Some would, I am convinced, raise the age of consent to fifty."
Oh, stop it. LOL. There are plenty of cougars out there.
"we’re talking only about the men who post on those sites."
But their behavior would be representative of dating behavior everywhere.
It is a group of men who have failed at other means of finding a woman,
Not really. Online dating seems to be the thing to do today. I don't understand it myself, but it's what many people, especially young people, do today. And, the people considered "undesirable" are washed out early on, on those websites. So, the people remaining would be considered more "desirable."
I know a man who tried online dating for a month. He sent messages to 70 women. And he couldn't get one date. He was around 51-52 at the time, and he claimed he was messaging women age 45-55. Does that mean the women were picky? Actually, knowing what I know, I'd say they were being sensible. (See my second theory above.)
"The women who post on those sites are equally unrepresentative. As easy as it is for a woman to find a man,"
Oh, it's easy for the average woman to find a one-night stand, but not a lifelong partner.
"these women must be thought to have something catastrophically wrong with them. . . . most of the rest are, sadly, very unattractive."
No, most likely just the opposite. A woman deemed unattractive isn't going to receive offers for dates on those sites. She won't stay on that site for very long.
"The only solution is found in the Bible, and that solution relies on the faith of the husband and wife."
Well, at least we agree on that last point.
Here's to Diana, long may she live!
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