Posted on 12/28/2010 7:18:34 AM PST by Kaslin
Perhaps the problem is it is indeed the norm, just buried beneath layers of hollywood expectations. Glad to hear from other Freeper gals too! Stuff equals slavery to it and the accumulation of more of it. Two great cars, a manageable house, cash for vacations and necessary expenses... and a man who will fight to protect me and love me. I am not talking about a Benz, OMG... I love to drive, so a Vette and a truck. I will never pay more than twenty bucks for a purse, just one of the examples of insanity I hear about every day.
Now, that was funny, I don’t care who you are.
LOL
Exactly. Watch one hour of network tv and notice how men are portrayed. It’s no wonder we are jaded.
She IS in the majority.
With all due respect, perhaps you are not looking in the right places.
I agree 100%.
Better yet, *don’t* watch one hour of network tv ... ever. Out in the Real World, there are hardworking, friendly, fun, and considerate people, both men and women. They live on my street, go to my church, attend my Weight Watchers meeting, work at my Walmart ...
Of course. How stupid of me. It’s my fault for not “looking in the right places”. What was I thinking?
I’ll deal with that tomorrow, kiddo.
Some of us out west need our beauty rest. I know you’ll understand.
:)
I don’t watch network tv, but the devaluation of men permeates our society. Just look at the President. He is barely a man, and would not be elected dogcatcher 50 years ago. Regardless of his race.
You do have an excellent point about Zero ...
An unabashed gold digger and a struggling writer/gigolo find love while engaging in activities which include stealing for fun at a five and dime. What a fairy tale... /s
A better title would be "What a man will do for a piece of ###"
What Do Women Want?
A woman wants her own way.
Pretty much an ender right there.
RE: Did you watch Breakfast at Tiffany’s last night on TCM?
Not last night but I’ve seen it more than once.
The movie was made in 1961 (with no sex scenes at all ), but we still get what you’re driving at.
I don’t believe what Audrey Hepburn’s character wants is what most women want today (or am I wrong??).
I have to admit I am a sucker for her MOON RIVER scene.
It seems like all the ones I have encountered are like what I describe ultimately after spending time with them.
Maybe I encounter this type of women because of my personality. They take advantage of my generosity and kindness.
Moon River is beautiful. I wonder why the characters had to have a tragic side to them that was never addressed. If she was only a woman looking for a successful husband and he was more noble, the story would have been stronger IMO. I guess the point is that love was supposed to teach them both the error of their ways, but that's very naive.
At the end of the movie I thought her mood would change in 5 minutes and God knows how far he'd go to destroy himself chasing her.
“I have never met a woman that was not like this.”
Hi. I’m coop71. It’s nice to meet you.
There you go. Now you can say you’ve met a woman who is not like “this”.
You know what women want? It’s not money or a fancy car or diamonds...that “theory” is absurd. Look at all the women who marry guys with no money.
Most women want a man who can self-regulate his temperament and habits. What’s that mean? It means not yelling at a waiter or cashier. Not playing video games or watching sports all the time. Sometimes is fine. It means working hard, but not too hard (ignoring the family). It means not working or not making an effort to find work is unacceptable. It means not rolling over and taking crap from anyone (but not flipping out at the slightest provocation). It means taking responsibility for one’s actions and not blaming others (Read any divorce threads here?). It means cultivating interests and hobbies that the man loves and makes him happy, but not obsessing over them and ignoring the woman. It means not making the woman his sole interest and hobby and ignoring himself. Oh, and a sense of humor.
And I hope a man wants the same in a woman.
Sounds like you have been used and abused. :(
That’s never good, no matter who is on the receiving end. I don’t know you or your situation, but maybe it would help if you looked for conservative women in a conservative Church? Most of the women I know who are conservative believers would not do what you described.
Aristotle wrote about what you said thousands of years ago.
It’s called the GOLDEN MEAN:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_mean_(philosophy)
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