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Woman in power is powerless when it comes to meeting men
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| September 17, 2005
| Amy Alkon
Posted on 09/17/2005 6:59:48 AM PDT by teldon30
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To: papertyger
I dare say her highness refuses to entertain the preposterous notion she has been rejected...at least insofar as you haven't made it explicit to her, anyway.Or she's just hopeful, which makes her see only the positive things and not the rest. Utilizer could stop all this by just being straight with her. His subtle hints obviously aren't as good hints as he thinks they are.
To: marajade
I will agree that SOME women do. However, I think you will of necessity need to travel a substantial distance indeed before you can capture the attentions of any male with an IQ higher than room temperature that will appreciate understanding that you value him for his wallet. I would prefer to believe that you in turn would feel insulted if you knew a male was evaluating you for the contents of your purse.
However, there is a distinct possibility that I am incorrect in that assessment.
1,002
posted on
09/18/2005 4:27:09 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(What does not kill you... - can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
To: Utilizer
Feeling protected is also included as a part of security. Its not just about money.
I had a choice between marrying a man who made $200 a month in income and another who made over $2,000. Come on, at some point a woman does think about how a man can provide for her and their children.
1,003
posted on
09/18/2005 4:30:30 PM PDT
by
marajade
(Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
To: papertyger
Well, women are SUPPOSED to be masters of the 'hint'. I am attempting not to be deliberately rude but shouldn't she be getting a clue by now that I am NOT interested without rubbing her face in it?
1,004
posted on
09/18/2005 4:31:00 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(What does not kill you... - can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
To: SpringheelJack
Utilizer could stop all this by just being straight with her.If I'm reading this guy correctly, that's a 50/50 proposition, at best.
"Just hopeful" is simply another way of saying precisely what I said, but saying it in a way that gives her credit he's clearly demonstrated she doesn't deserve.
I'd be willing to bet if he was explicit with her, she'd try to talk her way around it.
1,005
posted on
09/18/2005 4:34:42 PM PDT
by
papertyger
("ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" ... Charles Darwin)
To: SpringheelJack
Bloody 'ell; I am not a female. I am just not as good at subtle hints as they are. But come on; it's been almost a year since we first started seeing each other and almost eight months continually that she has been attempting to communicate with Me. Give us a break here. I KNOW she is not as unintelligent as some I have met in the past.
1,006
posted on
09/18/2005 4:35:02 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(What does not kill you... - can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
To: Utilizer
Thank you. I know that by God, there are many more out there like her :)
To: marajade
I had a choice between marrying a man who made $200 a month in income and another who made over $2,000. Come on, at some point a woman does think about how a man can provide for her and their children.Are you familiar with the joke about the old millionaire propositioning the ravishing young thing at the dinner party?
1,008
posted on
09/18/2005 4:38:37 PM PDT
by
papertyger
("ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" ... Charles Darwin)
To: Utilizer
Oddly enough,I found myself in "hot water" some years ago for rejecting the advances of two different women at work. I was single and a steady worker. Woman no 1 was in process of divorcing for the third time,had an unwed pregnant daughter at home,a son going to the military to avoid local lawmen,and her youngest met us at the curb carrying a full-size hunting knife.He was maybe 8?!I was taking her home from work because she had car trouble and chose to wait hours so that I would be the one to drive her all of maybe 5 miles. I declined her invitation to come inside and sped home. From then on she made sure to point out any failure of mine to higher supervision. Woman #2 was unhappily married to a businessman and had a biracial daughter with baby sans husband at home. She threw a crying fit when I used a newspaper rather than my hand to brush off the bee?wasp? that just happened to land on her inner thigh. Call me coward but at that time I wasn't interested in a job as baggage handler. But her crying convinced supervision I must have done "something".
Some days you can't win.
1,009
posted on
09/18/2005 4:39:48 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
To: papertyger
1,010
posted on
09/18/2005 4:41:13 PM PDT
by
marajade
(Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
To: papertyger
Just hopeful" is simply another way of saying precisely what I said, but saying it in a way that gives her credit he's clearly demonstrated she doesn't deserve.I don't know. In these he said/she said sort of things, I take it with a grain of salt that one person could "clearly demonstrate" anything about the other. The impression I get is that he's confusing her, so maybe he ought to be a little more explicit. I think it might demand too much to ask someone to decipher your "clues". If she still won't talk no for an answer, then I don't think you need to be confused about her either.
To: Utilizer
Well, women are SUPPOSED to be masters of the 'hint'.The only thing I've found women are masters of is "heads, I win. tails, you lose."
If your forced you rub her face in it, I promise you, she'll label you a "bastard" for doing what she pushed you into.
1,012
posted on
09/18/2005 4:44:48 PM PDT
by
papertyger
("ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" ... Charles Darwin)
To: marajade
I had a choice between marrying a man who made $200 a month in income and another who made over $2,000. So in other words if the first male had suddenly come to you with 5,000 per month your choice would have been different? How about 10,000? Or, 3000? 2500? I know you are probably going to be offended by this but I can not help it; I do not think I am the only one who understands specifically where you stand. If those are your standards, then I do not think I can effectively make you understand how much a piece of meat that makes a male feel like. The higher-priced beefstock is the choice cut. Got you. If I were a husband reading such comments I can tell you right now that I would be making alternative plans for the future as quickly as possible and reconsidering whether I could in actuality turn down that higher-pressure (more pay) position at work. I might not get a comfortable reception at the end of the day. And we males are the problem? Guess I really need to find a higher paying job as quickly as possible or I am doomed to remain celibate and unattached for the rest of My life.
1,013
posted on
09/18/2005 4:46:57 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(What does not kill you... - can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
To: Utilizer
Hey, you know the story better than I do. All that I'd point out is that your tactic isn't accomplishing what you thought it would, so maybe you better try something different.
To: Utilizer
No, probably not. You are totally fixated on the financial and are projecting it onto women.
1,015
posted on
09/18/2005 4:48:57 PM PDT
by
marajade
(Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
To: teldon30
This 32 year power gal has less chance of having a happy marraige and normal family than she does of being struck by lightening.
I mean this literally.
These career women make horrific wives and mothers. So it is just as well that they are kept out of the gene pool.
To: marajade
I had a choice between marrying a man who made $200 a month in income and another who made over $2,000. Come on, at some point a woman does think about how a man can provide for her and their children.
and justifiably so. I do not understand why anyone would think that income isn't a consideration in a marriage (notice I said A consideration). Amusingly enough, I was unemployed at the time I proposed to my wife of 29 years. Clearly she did not marry me for my money.
1,017
posted on
09/18/2005 4:49:31 PM PDT
by
fqued
To: papertyger
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25
To: Utilizer
1,019
posted on
09/18/2005 4:52:12 PM PDT
by
fqued
To: fqued
I can't believe I'm being faulted for actually considering how many babies I can pop out and if I can afford all of them.
1,020
posted on
09/18/2005 4:52:41 PM PDT
by
marajade
(Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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