Do People Sometimes Make Up Stories In the Relationship Forum? (wife, marriage)
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For example, some guy might post something about how most women are "gold-diggers." And he'll back up his assertion with examples from his own life intended to prove his point. But the examples seem just a bit too perfect to be true. The "gold diggers" he describes are just so crass and obvious, I end up doubting if they really exist.
Anyone else get this feeling sometimes? How often do you think it happens?
Absolutely. Some are simply pathetic attention hoers who create thread after thread of utter mundanity just to see how many responses they get and to feel "wanted". A lot of basic chest-thumping and fibbing goes on here from both sexes!
Yep, they troll all day long. This is why I like the "Old C-D" from back when people had genuine problems and others gave genuine advice or support.
This is not to say that doesn't happen now, but some of the things that are posted these days, I am just not so sure of.
I come here every once in a while and post on a thread but I do not tend to post my own much anymore. Mine are usually in the positive spectrum and people don't want it. They just attack me and ask what my question is.....
For example, some guy might post something about how most women are "gold-diggers." And he'll back up his assertion with examples from his own life intended to prove his point. But the examples seem just a bit too perfect to be true. The "gold diggers" he describes are just so crass and obvious, I end up doubting if they really exist.
Anyone else get this feeling sometimes? How often do you think it happens?
I'm well aware of some pretty far out true stories. Not from any relationship forums, but in actual life.
A guy worked for the railroad for years. Then, the company was moving the operation to a different city and he was required to move to keep his job. When he told his wife, she said, "NO", she was not going to move. They'd built the house, raised seven daughters in that house, all their friends were in the area, no she was not going to move. So, he goes back to the office and says he won't be moving. They give him his severance pay and he starts looking for a different job. He finds one, but the money is less. Still, the house is paid off, so they'll make it. Proudly, he goes home and announces he's got a different job. Her reaction... "WHAT DO YOU THINK I MARRIED YOU FOR... YOUR LOOKS?" And, the marriage went downhill from there.
I'm sure that there are a number of stories that have been posted, but I also know of instances in real life that are even crazier. Like the woman that marries a guy, just so that when she divorces him less than two years later, she can take his 260 acre farm away from him. And, that was her version, not his. She sold the farm for more than half a million dollars less than six months later. His cut of it all? Nothing. He got zip.
Too many really crazy things going on out there that are genuine for me to say that what you read in the forums isn't true. I might take some of them with a grain of salt, but I will not tell you that they are untrue.
Um. I think people make up stories ALL THE TIME. Though I really don't get why. There are so many stories out there that are true.
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