guru1000
Master Don Juan
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1) Definition One serves status. Definition Two serves status and wealth (as to provide for offspring requires money). Whether you choose Definition One, Definition Two, or both doesn't invalidate the argument that some women will trade "down" (within the scope of status, wealth, or both), hence hypergamy is invalid in such contexts.Guru, c'mon man. You know you're wrong. You're using two differently nuanced definitions to serve your point, and even then your point fails to be argued with them.
You've used two differently nuanced definitions, one focused on action and the other on desire. You switched to whichever one was convenient to support your points, and even the latter definition you later bolded to show disagreement of, you had neglected to bold the phrase "desire" to make a point about action. The definitions referenced don't even necessarilly include wealth, but you made that apart of your statement about hypergamy too. Weird.
You kept mentioning needs, but how did you come to discover and verify such needs? How can you test if hypergamy is "dead" if it's but a desire? What does "When a girl has eyes only for you, hypergamy is dead" even mean as a hypothetical when it can't really be tested. It has no existential grounding to it so it practically is saying nothing.
2) Identifying needs deals with her "story." Open her story, look for the "holes," and you will find the needs. For operating examples, feel free to create a thread in how to Identify Needs vs. Wants.
3) "Has eyes for you" was already clarified as "Meeting her needs." For purposes of discussion, both are homogeneous and interchangeable.
When you can logically explain why women trade "down," then we can continue. Otherwise, the Needs Theory supersedes Hypergamy Theory.
Every market having varying levels of disadvantages (to me) affects neither my overall happiness nor volition.Tenacity said:Guru there are two main sides on Sosuave today......which makes for great discussions by the way.
- Side A: Believes the dating market has completely and utterly changed to the point where LTRs are practically non-existent, no matter what level of self-development, success, or level of prosperity one achieves.
- Side B: Believes that the onus is on the individual, if the individual is quality enough or has whatever required characteristics, then the market will provide to said individual the level of success based on the characteristics he has.
People like myself and @Urbanyst are Side A and people like yourself and @BeExcellent are Side B.
So either Side A is right, or Side B is right, or there's a Side C which is sort of an "in between".
Guru you have just admitted yourself that you don't date American Women for that list of crap you provided that American Women provide. Black Women especially. Then you turn around and say guys can't blame the MARKET for issues with dating American Women, even though you list out a ton of things that American Women are doing as a generic whole (the market) which is why you won't date them.
You confuse "operating stress" from or "transient emotions" incited by deleterious events with "overall happiness." Do you understand the distinction here as you are repeating this for the third time?So sometimes I just get completely confused on your positions lol. Here you are saying that the Market can't affect your happiness, so if you become a victim of IDENTITY THEFT (external force) and a dude hacks your bank accounts, credit cards, etc., to where you have to make SERIOUS adjustments to lifestyle until everything gets back in order.........you mean to tell me that's not going to piss you off? Come on dude lol.
No one stated you can control a person. My statement was, "You can control (and keep) your happiness and volition in spite of the market."Tenacity said:You and @BeExcellent are divorced, why? Well, because external forces that you couldn't control destroyed the duration of your marriage. So how can you guys say that market forces, environment, etc., doesn't matter? How can you keep preaching a "you are the only commonality" message when we don't live in a vacuum and at no time, are we the only commonality?
If I wanted marriage, got married, and chose divorce (to a specific woman), then I would get married again. My volition (and end result) is unchanged, just different prospects meeting that role.
For you this applies, hence why you are heavily invested in your position as you need me to validate your belief that it is fine to surrender your volition to the marketplace.Tenacity said:How can you NOT see that we are operating in a WILD WILD WEST in terms of the American dating market......where tradition is out of the window and everybody is just doing whatever the hell they want to do?
Well BAD NEWS for you bud; it is not fine to surrender your volition to any marketplace. Work around it and find a way, but don't surrender yourself (your will and volition) to the whims of the market.