Posted on 12/06/2004 9:12:18 AM PST by MississippiMasterpiece
See how easy it is?
Why do you keep avoiding the question on who defines "grateful" and "appreciative."?
ROFL - I loved that show. Did you see the one where they said, "let's step into the Japanese garden" and there were a bunch of Japanese people standing in garden pots.
You're reading carelessly.
I know it's only a minority of FR guys who take such (obvious) glee in making sweeping generalizations about American women, but why do any do it?
Accusations of glee notwithstanding, there is a culural phenomenon occuring wich is likely to increase, that has a more complicated cause than "jerkwater/insecure/lazy American men want a subservient maid." In speaking of cultural phenomena, it's necessary to make generalizations.
That said (cough), when I've read these sorts of threads in the past, I've always managed to find, about halfway through, a few posts from some good-humored, American-women-loving FR guys that have cheered me. I'm going looking!
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Yes, I think so too.
Hi, elfman, how's everything in the Keys these days? I heard the sailfish haven't shown up too strongly, but that dolphin are still hitting pretty good.
Thank ya sweet cheeks!
I understand what you're saying, but, isn't it a little (I dunno) wrong, to "work the church?"
Of course with a double-barreled shot-gun, I don't have to be exact.
LOL I've defined it half a dozen times, at least. American men are in higher demand by foreign brides than are American women, and at the same time that more American men, even if imperfect, are more attentive than ever to a woman's needs, more women are delaying marriage or opting out altogether.
Setting aside American male sociopaths and foreign bride immigration fraud, what's your explanation for the remainder?
You seem to have a very low opinion of the motivations of women from other countries. Interesting.
Any illusions you have of women idolizing you is just that....illusion.
If you think that it's impossible for a woman to "idolize" a man (or a man to idolize a woman), and they only get married for cynical reasons like green cards, what does this say about your outlook on relationships?
That is how my brother met his wife (parents of the Cutest Baby in the World). He was eclesicastical multitasking.
I wonder if I got way that because I was stationed in Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and Korea from age 20 till age 25? Hmm....
I never had the honor of serving, I attribute my facination with Asian women to a well intentioned gift from my childhood:
I’m not a fisherman, but now that I’ve given up drinking, a replacement bad habit may be needed.
Listening to AM1300 fishing shows, I hear the Amber Jack are starting to make an appearance. Sounds like people are waiting for another cold front to roll in and kick in the winter species.
I avoid most of them too, they never bring me joy, but I saw a couple of my friends throwing themselves to these wolves, and I had to stay at least to make sure they don't get eaten.
But they don't need me, they're holding their own here. My only hope is that they don't begin to doubt who they are because of the venom that comes from bitter people. It is the happy and successful in love who have something we can all learn from, not the embittered.
You'd be surprised, though, just how thoroughly Ward and June can hurt each other over the Beav's homework, if they give in to that temptation. A wife knows every open wound in her husband's soul, and vice versa. The more you love someone, the more that person can hurt you ... and the more you have to trust them not to use that power.
That is so right. When my hubby forgets to 'ASK' and 'TELLS' me to get him something, I remind him quickly about the cast-iron skillet sitting on my stove. When he ask for something, I will crawl over broken glass to get it for him and he knows it. I must add that that works in the reverse as well. Mutual respect and courtesy goes a long way.
About me? Not a thing, I'm just another poster.
If American women don't understand what there is about American men to be grateful for, they should consider all of the options they have in their lives that most husbands happily support, that were unheard of in previous generations. Ask your mothers, aunts, grandmas, and any other older woman about what it was like.
Are there bums among us? Sure. Are even the best American men works in progress? Sure.
But if you have to ask repeatedly why you should be grateful for something, or even what that something is, then it's going to be hard for you to argue that you aren't ungrateful for it.
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