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Old 10-23-2012, 01:20 AM
 
Location: Up in the air
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I'm told the E Coast has better doctors. Especially NYC and parts of the NE. Maybe you'll be able to find a specialist who can offer some new meds or strategies to help mitigate the symptoms.
There's only 3 possible medications, unfortunately. Two aren't available in the US so I'm stuck with only one option. I do agree that there are more options, especially considering Cambridge is where the company that makes the meds is headquartered I've been working with multiple doctors for many years and while it's better now, it will get worse as time goes on. I've come to terms with it for the most part.
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Old 10-23-2012, 01:45 AM
 
Location: State of Transition
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There's only 3 possible medications, unfortunately. Two aren't available in the US so I'm stuck with only one option. I do agree that there are more options, especially considering Cambridge is where the company that makes the meds is headquartered I've been working with multiple doctors for many years and while it's better now, it will get worse as time goes on. I've come to terms with it for the most part.
That's very $ucky. But you're a champ, J!
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Old 10-23-2012, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Infernuan
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So let them do the asking.
That's akin to playing the lottery and winning... very very very poor odds!

Besides, it IS the man's 'job' to do the work, right?
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Old 10-23-2012, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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That's akin to playing the lottery and winning... very very very poor odds!

Besides, it IS the man's 'job' to do the work, right?
Its only the "mans job" if its something the women dosent' want to do, other than that its about "equal rights".
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Old 10-23-2012, 10:27 AM
 
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Frankly, I think few women appreciate being approached by men they don't know, period.
Well how are you suppose to meet anyone. Every new person is someone you do not know. Everyone is not a friend of a friend.

I see you are in Chicago too.
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Old 10-23-2012, 10:31 AM
 
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I ask because I always hear this from women online



"Don't approach me at the gym cause I just want to work out and not be bothered"
"Don't approach me at the bar cause I'm just there to drink and party with my friends"
"Don't approach me on the street because it's creepy"
"Don't approach me at the store because I'm just there to shop"
*Insert another situation where I don't ever want to be approached*
etc...etc...etc....

What options does that leave? Is there ever a time where women aren't extremely annoyed by male attention of any kind?
They only mean that to guys they aren't attracted too.
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Old 10-23-2012, 11:06 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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A friend recently forwarded this blog, which may shed some light: Guest Blogger Starling: Schrödinger

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Pay attention to the environment. Look around. Are you in a dark alley? Then probably you ought not approach a woman and try to strike up a conversation. The same applies if you are alone with a woman in most public places. If the public place is a closed area (a subway car, an elevator, a bus), even a crowded one, you may not realize that the woman’s ability to flee in case of threat is limited. Ask yourself, “If I were dangerous, would this woman be safe in this space with me?” If the answer is no, then it isn’t appropriate to approach her.


On the other hand, if you are both at church accompanied by your mothers, who are lifelong best friends, the woman is as close as it comes to safe. That is to say, still not 100% safe. But the odds are pretty good.
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Old 10-23-2012, 11:21 AM
 
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Approach me from the front. If you sneak up behind me, I might get scared and smack you.

Has that joke been made already? Too many pages to catch up.

Any location is fine by me. Bar, gym, restaurant, bookstore. If I'm not interested, I'll give you the polite brush off ("It's been nice chatting with you, but I should really get back to X"). If I'm interested, I'll keep up the conversation. But that's really what it should be, a conversation.

The only time I get annoyed with guys hitting on me is when they start making comments about how beautiful or amazing I am or try to touch my arm or hand after knowing me for exactly 10 seconds. I could enjoy the ritual sacrifice of puppies, for all you know, so why are you trying to get handsy with me already?
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Old 10-23-2012, 11:25 AM
 
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I ask because I always hear this from women online



"Don't approach me at the gym cause I just want to work out and not be bothered"
"Don't approach me at the bar cause I'm just there to drink and party with my friends"
"Don't approach me on the street because it's creepy"
"Don't approach me at the store because I'm just there to shop"
*Insert another situation where I don't ever want to be approached*
etc...etc...etc....

What options does that leave? Is there ever a time where women aren't extremely annoyed by male attention of any kind?
Truth of the matter is it doesn't really matter where a woman wants to be approached, it's who is approaching her. If a woman is bothered by someone who approaches her while she's at the gym, store, or whatever; it's not the place, it's the person. She simply isn't attracted to that person and that's why she seems bothered.
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Old 10-23-2012, 11:35 AM
 
Location: in my imagination
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So what if you wind up annoying her? You wouldn't know unless you tried. Unless she is someone you see every day you have one chance or she is forever gone.
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