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What are Women about?
http://www.self.whatisthat ^ | 04-10-2007 | J.Wright

Posted on 04/10/2007 12:24:46 AM PDT by RunningWolf

Around 1980 my Dad showed me a book someone gave him as a crank gift, its title was 'Everything I know about Women' and every page was blank.

I had to laugh because it was so true for me also. I know nothing about 'them' although a few have come into the sphere of my life here and there during my journey into the unknown.

My POV is from the place of a 52 never married bach.

The torment I suffered at the hands of Women is way to intiimate for this forum, but for some reason I still love them (as I kneel down at my mothers grave when she died so young at 42 from cancer)


TOPICS: Philosophy; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: babies; cantlivewithem; cantlivewithoutem; making; misogynists; notewsbutavanity; notnews; ope; quitmesswithkeywords; women
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To: Pukin Dog
Get real, people. Love never did anything but mess up your credit.

While that is very cynical, it aptly describes my second marriage. The second Mr. Graymatter, RIP, was a most expensive husband; briefly.

Cynicism is very valuable because nothing else works so well to alert the least cynical among us of their dangerous state of naivete.

Preach it brother PD!

101 posted on 04/10/2007 6:52:57 AM PDT by Graymatter (FREDeralist)
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To: Retired COB

How lovely for you! And thank you for the message of not taking us wives for granted. Too bad hubby couldn’t read your message.


102 posted on 04/10/2007 7:03:26 AM PDT by marsapan
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To: Pukin Dog
PD, I was not attempting to imply that you needed 'validation' on any level. I simply wished to share what I had learned about the Female mindset if you had a desire to truly understand the fair sex,

However, I will understand if your experiences have placed you in a position where you are unwilling to contemplate the reasonings behind the female mindset. Lord knows, I have been there Myself not too long ago.

Just keep Me in mind, mate. I am fairly certain that when I explain certain female mindsets (*winces, expecting a barrage from the female FReepers*) you will find a smile in there somewhere.

This is why I wanted to take this to the FReepmail section; I get flamed enough as it is.

But it is not all bad. I guarantee it mate. *smile*

103 posted on 04/10/2007 7:04:02 AM PDT by Utilizer (What does not kill you... - can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
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To: RunningWolf
Well, I’ll probably be toast after sharing this, but based on my personal experience of 30 years of marriage and all my observations of my brothers’ and sisters’ and friends’ longer marriages, my basic conclusion is that many (not all but many) women want control over the major aspects of marriage and family, but without the inseparable responsibilities and consequences that come with that control.
104 posted on 04/10/2007 7:05:09 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (If you call yourself a conservative, then act conservative and support Duncan Hunter for POTUS.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Sorry to differ with you sir but the opinions of others most certainly do matter, unless one thinks oneself wiser than all others.
And I tell you true, women see a never-married man past 30, never mind 50, the first thing they want to know is why he was passed over by everyone for 10 years, never mind 30.
What did they all figure out, that isn’t stamped on his scalp? Where’s he been all this time? Prison? Gay bars? Mental hospital? In the basement of his parents’ house, playing with his collection of toy tractors?
Like it or not, this is what goes through what a woman is pleased to call her mind, at the encounter with a confirmed bachelor.
In our culture, the prevailing opinion is that normal people do well to marry. When they don’t, it’s reasonable to wonder if maybe they’re NOT normal.


105 posted on 04/10/2007 7:08:13 AM PDT by Graymatter (FREDeralist)
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To: Utilizer

>Women do not act from the ‘logical’ part of the brain.< ...... when there is a man around who will make the critical decisions. They don’t have to, so they leave it up to us.

I love having an ‘emotional’ wife who sees and feels all the tiny things that I miss. That’s why I am so happy. She can do what I can’t.


106 posted on 04/10/2007 7:11:57 AM PDT by B4Ranch ("Steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world." -George Washington-)
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To: Graymatter

You’re stuck in The Matrix, my friend. Playing their game, instead of your own.


107 posted on 04/10/2007 7:15:02 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: Retired COB
I am sorry for your loss. I can't imagine how hard it was for you.

Yes, women are different today. And dating seems more like an ordeal than simply getting to know a person. I do find it interesting that many guys perceive a confident, attractive (and flirty) lady as a slut. Being those things is not an automatic tramp stamp. Just because I know what I want doesn't mean I want YOU! And for those who are (slutty)... you're ruining it for the rest of us!!! LOL.

108 posted on 04/10/2007 7:15:46 AM PDT by rintense (I'm 4 Thompson!)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Whatever you say, sir.


109 posted on 04/10/2007 7:19:55 AM PDT by Graymatter (FREDeralist)
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To: Lurker
"People ask me how I can write women so well. It's easy. I just think of a man and then take away all reason and accountability."

LOL

Since you brought up Jack, here's his line from the "Witches of Eastwick", I always got a kick out of.

"Do you think God knew what He was doing when He created woman?

Huh?

No $# it. I really wanna know. Or do you think it was another one of His minor mistakes like tidal waves, earthquakes, FLOODS?

You think women are like that?

S'matter? You don't think God makes mistakes? Of course He does. We ALL make mistakes. Of course, when WE make mistakes they call it evil. When GOD makes mistakes, they call it... nature.

So whaddya think? Women... a mistake... or DID HE DO IT TO US ON PURPOSE? "

110 posted on 04/10/2007 7:20:13 AM PDT by AFreeBird (This space for rent. Inquire within)
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To: Utilizer
Hey, I wasn't cutting you off. Nobody gets flamed more than I do, so don't sweat it.

It is no secret here, that I believe women are simply crazy, but that society made them that way, due to how they are forced to compete with each other, and the lies told by the feminists in the 60's that they were forced to go along with or be ostracized by the herd.

I cant imagine a worse place to be than a woman 35-45, just now finding out how many lies their lives were based on. Just waking up to find out that they CANT have it all, and that the men they want would rather date their daughters. The smart ones found a decent man 10 years ago, and hung on to him like grim death. The unlucky ones are now with no man, but saddled with kids from men long gone or in jail.

Nobody wants these women but losers. And women know it, but are forced to compromise for the sake of companionship. People call me a cynic, but I'm not. I've just seen it all, and its a sad picture. Its not their fault, women are desperate these days. If they don't have a good man, their lives are essentially without meaning. Would not want to be them, much less date them.

111 posted on 04/10/2007 7:21:03 AM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: RunningWolf

The more I am around women, the less strange they seem.

The whole making babies thing is just a phase for women and don’t think men are any less driven by biological needs.

Women are wired diferently than men, they have many more connections in their brains. It lets them verbalize their emotions and does increase their distraction from emotional cues. It makes them seem a little strange from our perspective but we appear a little obtuse from thier perspective.

I’ve been married for 14 years and the experience has led me to appreciate and respect all women more over time.

BTW, if I put another baby in my wife, she will probably scalp me.


112 posted on 04/10/2007 7:21:46 AM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: B4Ranch
That is why they are such a wonderful compliment to our lives; they show us the way to another path and make us understand that the 'logical' path is not necessarily the best path to follow. Sometimes I think that despite our inability to understand them women are truly the glue that binds our species together.

Bratty waitresses not withstanding, lol! *grin

113 posted on 04/10/2007 7:23:56 AM PDT by Utilizer (What does not kill you... - can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
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To: Caipirabob

The man is the head of the house, women are the neck. She can turn the head when she wants to.

Courtesy of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.


114 posted on 04/10/2007 7:24:12 AM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: Graymatter
You are projecting.

I am 50, never married. Where I have been, is clear to any woman I encounter, as I was busy building multiple careers.

What you say is confined to the ugly men, the fat men, and the losers, for whom no explanation is necessary.

Every woman I meet assumes that she is going to be the one special person who will change me into relationship material.

It generally takes them about a month to determine that I like my life just the way it is, and they move on in search of easier prey.

115 posted on 04/10/2007 7:26:08 AM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Pukin Dog

Whatever you say big boy.


116 posted on 04/10/2007 7:31:59 AM PDT by Graymatter (FREDeralist)
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To: Graymatter
I am not a boy, but feel free to try your condescension on those who don't detect it. You are simply wrong.

Deal with it.

117 posted on 04/10/2007 7:33:44 AM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: B4Ranch
And that is why every male strives to find a wife like yours. You have My sincerest good wishes, mate. Would that all marriages find the serenity you seem to have found...

Cheers!

118 posted on 04/10/2007 7:35:14 AM PDT by Utilizer (What does not kill you... - can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
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To: marsapan
What is a man’s primal instinct? You and I both know what man’s most primal instinct is.

Football? When did the conversation shift to football?

119 posted on 04/10/2007 7:35:38 AM PDT by Petruchio (Single, Available, Easy)
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To: RunningWolf
For now, I have come to the conclusion that Women are about making babies and this is their most primal/powerful motivating force that operates at all levels in a Woman. It is something stronger than the force of gravity that drives them, that is their drive/seduction to have a man put a baby into them

What?!!!
120 posted on 04/10/2007 7:38:05 AM PDT by spotbust1 (Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
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