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To: cyborg
sigh: Are you another one of those 'I gotta drive the car first to see if I like it?' types?

Yep. You mean you'd buy a car without driving it first?

33 posted on 07/31/2005 3:32:37 PM PDT by SpringheelJack
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To: SpringheelJack

That's sad. I'm not that type. I would NEVER live with a man. You men have it too easy with the modern liberated womyn.


38 posted on 07/31/2005 3:34:31 PM PDT by cyborg (to love,honor and obey...)
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To: SpringheelJack
You mean you'd buy a car without driving it first?

I pity the woman who considers you for a husband. You are a pig. (and I hereby apoligize to the pigs.)

48 posted on 07/31/2005 3:38:19 PM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: SpringheelJack; cyborg; mlmr
You mean you'd buy a car without driving it first?

If I were to depend on my future/potential spouse only to get me to and from where I want to go, without breaking down, then maybe.

But since, in my humble "o," a future spouse would mean much more to me, than a "test drive", I would opt for a longer courtship to determine him (or her, if that's the case) worthy, if there were any question.

Sound old fashioned? Maybe. Just don't want to be another statistic.

53 posted on 07/31/2005 3:40:01 PM PDT by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big..." Jerry Fletcher)
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To: SpringheelJack

Yep. You mean you'd buy a car without driving it first?


A woman, a man and a relationship are not at all like an automotive transaction. The relaionship is precious and emotions run deep. Your method develops calloused emotions and broken hearts.


54 posted on 07/31/2005 3:40:06 PM PDT by mlmr (CHICKIE-POO!)
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To: SpringheelJack
Yep. You mean you'd buy a car without driving it first?

This reminds me of a conversation I had with my son about the word "love."

Unfortunately, in the English language the word "love has a number of divergent meanings.

love = "like to consume" (I love hamburgers.)

love = "enjoy owning" (I love my new T-shirt)

love = "get a bang out of using" (I love this video game)

love = "feel powerful when I do this" (I love driving fast)

The problem is, these are all, every one of them, misplaced when you are talking about a person. A Person does not want to be consumed, owned, used, or accessed as a thing that makes YOU feel powerful.

A person wants to accept and be accepted, cherish and be cherished, trust and be trusted.

A woman in love wants to give herself unreservedly, and receive you unreservedly.

A tentative, test-drive, probationary attitude is perfectly appropriate for a commercial transaction. But it is corrosive to sexual peace and trust between a man and a woman.

218 posted on 07/31/2005 6:49:09 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Make love. Accept no substitutes.)
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