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Hey sass, I was just thinking. You keep saying how you like things to be the old fashioned way. Well, aren't arranged marriages the old fashioned way? No need to be able to chat some chick up at a bar when your parents set you up with the only other girl in your village.
Edit: Also, the girls at my school make me want to stay single. How ya doing, buddy? |
I was with a girl from my church for a while, but it didn't work out. Oh well. I guess I can file that away in my "real life experience" folder. I was speaking idiomatically. |
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? My music: http://www.nigel.has.it |
Strangely, Sass sounds more and more right-wing the more of her posts I read. =o
One might say that using alcohol to 'loosen up' so that you feel more confident in approaching women is also cheating (well, not so much cheating as denying you the opportunity to build your skills). You should learn to socialize without relying on chemical enhancement. FELIPE NO |
See, now that I agree with. And what's the diffrerence between being drunk and being behind the computer in terms of honesty and confidence?
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Curse you and your good points, SS!!
But really, I guess it isn't such a good idea to rely on anything, whether it's alcohol or a computer or anything else, to make you something you're not. It's just plain deceptive. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
And when I say "old fashioned," I don't mean medieval. You should know that. But hey - arranged marriages often worked out back then. I don't promote them these days, but I hear the Moonies do.
Who ever said I think the bar is the best place to meet people? It's among one of the worst, depending on what kind of person you are. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I didn't say that the bar was a great place to meet people, but I think I was the one who mentioned bars. I mentioned bars because in my area, bars are where most of the people around my age {mid-twenties} go to socialize on Friday nights. Personally I drink very little and wouldn't go to a bar to try to meet someone, because chances would be reasonably high that we would be incompatible. What would be the odds that I would be dragged to a bar with friends and meet some girl who is similar to me in her drinking and bar hopping habits who was also dragged to the bar with her friends? Probably kind of low. Also, re: using dating sites to meet people in your area who have similar interests to you, why not go out to a place which caters to this interest and see if you can meet people there. Just a thought.
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
For example. I hate to bring this up, but (EDITTED FOR MEMBERNAME) was telling me last night about how he's "making efforts" to meet people - by browsing Craigslist and other online services for friends. This is almost so completely beyond comprehension for me. "I am going to make friends IN REAL LIFE using the internet!" With that expressed intent. Mind-blowing. And Monkey: YES. ^_^ I was speaking idiomatically. |
Also, I think SkyDragon is going to have an arranged marriage in a few years. I remember him talking about it a while ago in chat. It's hardly medieval times for him. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I'm thinking you only consider 1800 and back as old fashioned. I call that "archaeic." It's an ambiguous term:
Whats your point. FELIPE NO |
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Jam it back in, in the dark. |
College age kids have a good option. Alabama is pretty unique in that pretty much anywhere in the state, you are an hour's drive away from a metropolis where you can find something that suits your needs. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile, and Birmingham.
But I see your point, and it is valid. I think, though, that most people, if they are unhappy where they live because the area does not offer them anything that interests them, tend to migrate to somewhere that offers them something. I don't particularly care for where I'm living and don't feel like it offers much for me, and I would like to have a significant other in my life, but at the same time, my career is priority one right now and I have a job that will be very helpful for my career in the longterm. So I stick around here for a while longer and explorer options for moving to somewhere that does offer things which cater to my interest more. At some point you have to decide if you're living in the right place. Now, I'm not saying that meeting your significant other online is bad, but I wouldn't go out to the world wide web specifically seeking to meet my next exgirlfriend-turned-lesbian. There's nowhere I can't reach. I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
Just like women who cook, women who sew, and women who tend exclusively to the children are slowing becoming less and less. It is an "old-fashioned" point of view that women belong in the kitchen. Also, I was taught in school it's archaeic, but whatever. I looked it up and it seems my spelling of the word is ALSO old-fashioned. Much like everything I believe in.
Would you like to speak out against that? It goes on today, en masse, in lots of parts of this country. They CHOSE this future. Also, I may well belong in the 18 century - but I'm doing pretty well here and now. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
It was mostly to point out your statement that "arrangemed marriages often worked out back then." That's because you couldn't get a divorce.
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Last edited by FallDragon; Mar 17, 2006 at 05:39 PM.
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I mean, they used it for a very long time. Consider how long divorce has been acceptable. Thats a miniscule amount of time in reference to the amount of time marriage has existed. They just got loose enough to use it. And now, marriage is taken entirely too lightly, in my opinion. But thats a whole new topic, man. I guess what I am saying is that "just because you love someone" doesn't necessarily mean you and your lover will make an ever-lasting, long, happy marriage together. It goes from one extreme to the other, here. Most amazing jew boots |
I think Sass is trying to make the point that, since most marriages wind up loveless anyway, arranged marriages are no different than consensual marriages. Technically this is true, but that's still a pretty damn cynical way to look at it. People's typical lack of judgement in picking their own mates doesn't exactly make it equally okay to force a spouse on someone.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
And some people do it for religious purposes. That, if you ask me, is also completely voluntary. I admit I am a cynic when it comes to marriage. I think its a bunch of bullshit that people do for traditional purposes or religious purposes. There's no real need for it, unless you want to get some tax breaks. But I think my experiences and observations has made me really SOUR and BITTER about the whole thing. So. FELIPE NO |
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Jam it back in, in the dark. |