ShortTimer
Actually we would end up exactly where we are -- society IS our nature state.
That was my point thilly gouth!
I think the real problem is that we are never shown how to be in relationships to begin with. People are taught how to drive cars but are just expected to somehow know what to do when it comes to interpersonal relationships. Sure, some guys will slack and let the woman take over -- becasue she lets him. Most people go into relationships just doing what feels right instead of consciously making decisions about how to run things. Any kind of LTR takes work but most people would rather see through the cloud of romanticism and believe that everything will just be "happily ever after" without having to strugle for it.
Taking your girl out for a candle-light dinner and dancing isn't what should be thought of as love, it's romanticism. Taking your girl to the hospital when her apendix ruptured, sitting with her in the ER for twelve hours, dealing with the insurance information and making sure her parents know what's going on -- now that's real love for ya.
Yes, many happily married people have gone through rough times. This is why maturity is important, so you or your spouse do not bail out at the slightest hint of something gone wrong.
Married people should be like best friends.
I've noticed this as well but thought maybe I was crazy. Have you ever met someone who was like this when they are 30+ years old? They are absolutly obsessed with sex and are completly ruled by the women they married. It's sad really.
Many married men (say that 10 times fast now) are 'ruled' by thier wifes. Usually, they become complacent, (as only us guys can do right, our idea of socializing is watching football with 3 friends and a case of Bud) and if the man does not have a life (i.e. chasing dreams) then the wife will MAKE one for him.
The marriages that seem to last are when the woman KNOWS her role, and gives the guy goals to accomplish. The marriages that DON'T seem to last are the ones where she just expects him to fix himself.
Absolutly. By women selecting the bad boys and jerks they are just reinforcing and rewarding that kind of behavior. Want men to change? Then stop rewarding jerks.
I don't think that this has to do with the whole 'bad boy'/'jerk' thing. I think it has to do with some men viewing marriage "as a couch".
I think some women marry the jerks because they are afraid that they cannot find anybody else.
Oxide
ANd he was to happy SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH to have sex with him! This is why most Women dominate the relationship. Men want sex as much as possible, where women use it as a tool to keep the guy, and when she sees she is losing him, she get pregnant!
Ah, the pre-college years!
Innocent Oxide, you have yet to realize the UNENDING sexual appetite of the female!
How many guys here want to have sex 8 to 10 times a day? How many guys here keep thier girlfriends from doing things that keep her from wanting to have sex? How many guys will STAY in a bad relationship because the sex is just too good? How many guys have ever forced your girlfriend to have sex 5 times in the same night?
Not a whole lot, huh?
However, WOMEN DO ALL OF THESE THINGS.
During and after college, Oxide, you will see that girls want it ALL THE TIME. You wouldn't believe it! Over the last couple of years I have been astounded, every woman is a closet pornstar.
If a girl is ever NOT having sex, she is doing it so as not to appear slutty. (Okay ladies, I realize that was a bit overboard, but I KNOW you know JUST what I mean!)
Prepare to be astounded over these next few years, Oxide!
Men should stop living lifes that revolve around ass, they should look for happiness in other places like friends, passions, hobbies, and only then they will achieve the true freedom.
Quite right.
MysteryWoman
Instead of criticising everything I say, this is the main reason why most marriages end in divorce. If men helped out a domestically a bit more, it would save many marriages.
Aww, comon girl! You don't really
believe that.
Let me tell you a little secret: moms like to complain about the domestic duties that they have. It is a fact of life. So when your mom, or someone else is complaining to you about her husband not doing the work, ask them "what is
really bothering you?" Chances are, it has something to do with the husband himself. You gotta read between the lines!
I never thought I would have to explain how to read people to a female! See what you have done to our beloved femininity you damn feminists! They love to male bash so much that when they get together with thier friends, they bash the man instead of getting to the root of thier problems!
STR8UP
Women honestly have no idea what makes them hot.
You know, I think that Oscar Wilde clip in Deep Dish's "Book of Woman" post was pretty telling of what some women say that they want.
That is why we don't ask!
Happens all the time. I hit the club, I'm minding my business getting my groove on, NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING any women, and some fat, nasty biotch pops out of nowhere telling me to get lost. WTF???
She is probably living in her own little delusion, where she is wanted because, of course...men are all dogs and woman haters and all they want is to screw women, beat them, and run away.
But she KNEW her place as a woman, and allowed me to take the reigns. It isn't always only appearance.
Feminists wouldn't even understand this. They always misunderstand dominant/submissive, masculine/feminine.
We should hook up ALL the feminists with ALL the nice guys and give them all birth control, and let them orgie themselves out of existence.
Anson
WHY, MysteryWoman, WHY.....
Remember how lost you were as a nice guy/AFC? Well, that is where she is now. (Or she is being a troll, I think she said before that she is just trying to push our buttons...and doing a VERY good job!)
The nice guy is a man that loves more like a woman, whereas the feminist is a woman that loves more like a man.
HOPEFULLY she will learn to throw off all the things that people have been saying, all of the preconceptions, shut off her own bloated ego, etc.; HOPEFULLY she will be able to just BE a natural woman without critizizing herself for being to 'submissive' or whatever.
(NOTE: Some religions have done AS much damage as feminism by enforcing a code of SUBMISSIVENESS on women. The best [and hardest to understand] description would just be to be NATURAL, but that is very difficult to describe.)
Or, she will get herself artificially inseminated and try to raise 'The Perfect Man'. (Like all mommy's do, that is why the dad has to take the boy AWAY from the mommy at a certain point!) Polite, responsable, etc., etc.
Of course, we will see him on this site in 35 years or so. Keep an eye out for MysteryMan!