By bp1974
The bad, stunted variation of that equality is where both people are so afraid of seeming 'weak' or 'vulnerable' that they just can't bring themselves to truly let the other person into their life, so you have two individuals, trying to get close to each other whilst simultaneously holding each other at arm's length emotionally. Most relationships nowadays are like this, and they end with both people feeling frustrated and confused, ebcause they thought they'd tried their best to make it work.
This is the tragedy of the modern feminist culture, combined with an epidemic of bad parenting of boys.
I think you nailed this one.
And to think that we are confused when we read that earlier peoples used to arrange marriages and disallow divorce! It makes sense because if you are FORCED to be with someone, they become your family. Since the girl would then be stuck to you, you would let it all out, and so would she.
Even today when people get married, it is still too easy to get divorced. People are so eager to throw up thier arms and say "this person is crazy" then to actually try and HELP thier spouse get through the tough times in thier life.
In sickness and in health my ass!
Exactly!! Although I would add that it's not necessarily 'bitter mothers' teaching their daughters that sex is all they need to give a man. It's the constant media bombardment, teenage magazines, adverts, teaching in schools and colleges. It's all those things.
Whatever it is, most people are still CHILDREN until they get really old. This whole dating/sleeping around thing should be done by teenagers, yet there are 35-40 year olds doing this because they still think of sex as a teenager does: a quick nut.
By MysteryWoman
Okay guys so you may think women are dependent on you. But at least we have the privilage of rejecting you and deciding whether the relationship goes ahead in the first place.
Ha ha. Typical female pride.
Maybe if the guy is stupid he will be hanging on your every 'acceptance' of his advances. Maybe if he was only pursuing ONE woman at a time. Maybe if he doesn't realize that "oneitis" is something that depends on HIM and not the woman.
I never really understood how it 'works' until now I think.
Let's take a couple of equal attractiveness. 10 guys are interested in this girl, and 10 girls are interested in this guy.
The day goes on, and 5 guys ask the girl out somewhere. 3 more talk to her in class and try to be friends with her. 2 more sneak looks at her in class and act nervous when she talks to them.
So our girl's ego is riding high, 5 guys for SURE like her and 3 other guys seem like they may also be interested, her sexiness is even enough in her mind to turn 2 other guys into piles of much. Oh she is HOT, she thinks!
She is now sitting in the driver's seat, she will test these guys, and choose the one that suits her best. "I am so glad I am female, I'll find the cutest, best, sexiest man. I'm glad that I have the privlege of rejecting the other losers, thank providence that I am not a MAN! For to be victim to the whims of women would be a fate worse than giving birth!"
Now, let's take our poor, clueless guy. He is only conserned about football, working out, partying, and his guitar. Sure, he wants girls just like the rest of us, but thinking about all that stuff is just too confusing, he would rather tackle a running back.
The day goes on, and 5 girls talk to him. They say ONE sentence to him, or ask him ONE question. He happily answers these girls and goes his marry way, thinking about how his band is going to replace the drummer that just quit. 3 OTHER girls, "display" themselves to him; flipping thier hair, showing him thier legs..."Whoa, was that cleavage!" he thinks, "Wow, that chicks got nice legs, lucky for me she is just happening to be sitting in a strange position and I get to look at them all class!"
Duh!?
2 OTHER girls, are very reserved around him. They don't say much to him, and he doesn't say much back. He thinks that they may be b*tches.
"Girls are lucky," he thinks, "they have so many guys interested in them, so many choices. I don't think any girl is interested in me, so I have to work my 'game'. I have to choose which chick to go after...hmm...I think I will go after the chick with the legs in spanish class, she is HOT!"
Our poor guy is clueless. Just because the women are not acting like GUYS when they are interested (asking him out) he thinks that they don't like him, while the girl is quite assured that she will have a man by the end of the week. He is afriad of faltering on his ONE shot, and she is afraid of picking a loser.
If our guy was SMART, he would go after ALL of these chicks in different ways. Maybe he will get the number/date-type thing from the leg girl in spanish. But don't stop here! He will talk to the 5 girls that started conversations with him, maybe going to a party with a couple of them or somethng, say things to the 2 other girls that were 'displaying' themselves (maybe bust thier balls a little or something), try to 'open-up' the girls that were b*tchy.
Then, when Ms. Legs dumps the guy for putting his left shoe on before his right, he will have PLENTY of other options open.
Too often, guys will fixate on just ONE girl, and go 'girl or bust'. This is not a good outlook to have. Guys (AND girls) like to think that they could 'have' anyone they try to get, thier ego getting in the way, and they act like fools. It don't work like that. Instead of having just ONE fishing rod and leaving it in the same spot all day, wouldn't it be better to have 10 or so? Cover all the bases? Then you don't have to depend on just ONE spot.