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Woman in power is powerless when it comes to meeting men
http://www.mcall.com/ ^ | September 17, 2005 | Amy Alkon

Posted on 09/17/2005 6:59:48 AM PDT by teldon30

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To: Monkey Face

I prefer Tucson over Mesa (too close to Phoenix). Northern Arizona is very nice as well! :o)


481 posted on 09/17/2005 11:55:37 AM PDT by pissant
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To: FOG724; apackof2
They should be asking men out not waiting for men to ask them out.

OMG

Talk about clueless.

A woman would have to be totally clueless to actually ask a man.

No class.

If a woman wants to be asked out, she should be skilled in the subtle art of letting a man know she's interested.

It's all part of the human courtship dance.

And if the man still doesn't ask her, it means he's either a clueless oaf or not interested.

End of story.

482 posted on 09/17/2005 11:56:32 AM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: pissant

Bwhhahahahahaha!
Stop you're killing me!


483 posted on 09/17/2005 11:57:51 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: stevestras
I think this is really about age. As people grow older, they accumulate baggage. The more baggage you have, the harder it is to blend it with your potential partners baggage. In this case, the baggage is a personality that is not exacty warm and fuzzy. It doesn't have much to do with money/position/power. It has everything to do with the personality of the person holding them.

Exactly, that's a big part of it. While age can't completely filter for baggage, it's a good form of dead reckoning. A 26 year old woman, on balance, is going to have less baggage than a 36 year old woman. I always gravitate towards less baggage! :-)

484 posted on 09/17/2005 11:58:38 AM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: tet68

In your post to another freeper you got that right tet68. Unfortunately the only thing you'll find in a bar is overpriced beer and losers.

Can you do hoe cakes? Or is that what you are referring to as ash cakes?

I could take my Dutch oven, a bow or gun, (knife of course)and a fishing pole and live fine forever in the woods.

Nothing tastes as good as food cooked over an open fire. I have a firepit outside in my yard and cook there often, especially in the fall and winter.


485 posted on 09/17/2005 11:58:38 AM PDT by girlangler (I'd rather be fishing)
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To: tet68

In your post to another freeper you got that right tet68. Unfortunately the only thing you'll find in a bar is overpriced beer and losers.

Can you do hoe cakes? Or is that what you are referring to as ash cakes?

I could take my Dutch oven, a bow or gun, (knife of course)and a fishing pole and live fine forever in the woods.

Nothing tastes as good as food cooked over an open fire. I have a firepit outside in my yard and cook there often, especially in the fall and winter.


486 posted on 09/17/2005 11:59:09 AM PDT by girlangler (I'd rather be fishing)
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To: Alkhin; girlangler; Sisku Hanne

Really, I'm flattered. I am just puzzled as to why my "groupies" seem to be married.

C'est la vie! :)

Regards, Ivan


487 posted on 09/17/2005 11:59:11 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

"Anyway, as I said before, it's the man's responsibility to make the first move - there's no need to wait for some sort of mostly invisible signal that she learned from last month's Cosmo."


Sorry, but I disagree with you on this. Roles and rules of dating are not what they were even 30 or more years ago in the US.
Do I like the current rules? No. But your skating uphill if you don't deal with it.
Today, its trainwreck. I consider myself pretty old-fashioned when it comes to things. My father was always teaching me about being a gentleman to women. He's a great guy. But most gentlemen are set up to fail in todays dating game. Many women simply take it as an insult or percieve it as a sign of weakness. Many women don't even take it as a compliment or respectfully decline your advance, they hit you with the "AS IF!!!" look and walk away.

Men appreciate women who do persuing as well, as being the persue(e). We aren't @#$@ing mind readers.


488 posted on 09/17/2005 11:59:25 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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To: F16Fighter
Contact Robert Smith for lunch and collaborate on his next project.

Ah, I wish. Uncle Bob has no need of me, however.

Regards ,Ivan

489 posted on 09/17/2005 12:00:09 PM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: He'sComingBack!

Right! A man after my own heart!


490 posted on 09/17/2005 12:01:52 PM PDT by Translates
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To: Proud_USA_Republican; Sisku Hanne
LIke when you hear that saying "Marilyn Monroe said Einstein was one of the sexist men she ever met".

Uhh-huhhh, nice..... but when we return from fanstasyland, in reality

she dated and married pro-athletes, hollywood moguls, and banged a married JFK.

Or maybe Einstein had enough brains to know women like that are nothing but trouble.

491 posted on 09/17/2005 12:02:53 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: XJarhead

so damn true. Sad, but true.


492 posted on 09/17/2005 12:03:04 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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To: Tench_Coxe
I suspect there are a few guys, when they meet a woman they're interested in, think to themselves, " wow, what a nice catch ", begin also considering , " yeah, but they hang with all those 30-something divorced harridans. Won't be long before they spoil her as well ", and move on.

This is basically true. Those in the mind sciences call this a 'Reference Group.' A bad Reference Group alienates me, and I think it alienates most people of both sexes.

493 posted on 09/17/2005 12:04:13 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: teldon30
"I'm a 32-year-old woman who's happy, sociable, and attractive. "

What have you been doing for the past 10 years? Smart women have had their pick of the litter. Ya gotta take the left overs and apparently you can't find any suitable one in bars.

494 posted on 09/17/2005 12:05:01 PM PDT by ex-snook (Swapping factories and dollars for cheap goods is lose-lose)
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To: pissant

Yes, it's a great state...and Puget Sound is pretty awesome, too! We lived in Oly for a while..


495 posted on 09/17/2005 12:05:22 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Do the voices in my head bother you?)
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To: girlangler
But there are a lot of younger men out there these days who are sick of the airheads and like a mature woman

That's a myth. There are some younger men out there that fit the bill. I wouldn't say it's a 'lot' of younger men.

496 posted on 09/17/2005 12:06:02 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: Mr. Jeeves

put the laptop away!! Thats just criminal.


497 posted on 09/17/2005 12:08:04 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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To: Age of Reason
It's all part of the human courtship dance.

Sometimes a stupid oaf needs to fall for the "I've twisted
my ankle" routine.

Today it seems those strategies have been tossed on the
ash heap of relationship history by the social innovators.
Whose quaint saying should have been,
"A woman needs a man,a man needs a woman, like fish need water."

Sure, we can ALL live alone and even come to like it, but there are chemical things that happen between the sexes that make relationships what they are.

498 posted on 09/17/2005 12:08:22 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican
Notice that I said nothing about acting like a loser (archaic term: gentleman)...
499 posted on 09/17/2005 12:08:23 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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To: HitmanNY

Want to explain what you mean by "fit the bill?"


500 posted on 09/17/2005 12:09:02 PM PDT by girlangler (I'd rather be fishing)
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