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Yes, I've done it. The guy said I saved his life. All I did was take him to my doctor because he didn't have health insurance or access to a competent physician. And I unfailingly stand up for my brothers, because as their sister I feel like I ought to when I can.
I've always wondered why women don't ever white knight men. I can't ever recall an instance where a woman tried to White Knight a man she liked. But, I've seen plenty of pathetic white knight behavior from men. I can't come up with a reason for this other than women don't get as desperate as men do.
Have you missed the threads by women who worked to put their guy through med/law/graduate school while raising their kids, only to get dumped once he got his degree? What do you call that type of dedication and sacrifice? What about the women who support deadbeat guys?
wtf are some of the guys here thinking??!! Or is this about men finding another reason to whine about women getting special treatment?
I'm not referring to savior white knighting (plenty of women do that), but mostly the pathetic WK who puts the other sex on a pedestal, makes excuses for them all the time, endlessly complimenting the other sex, buying a lot of gifts in hopes of making them like you, etc.
I'm not referring to savior white knighting (plenty of women do that), but mostly the pathetic WK who puts the other sex on a pedestal, makes excuses for them all the time, endlessly complimenting the other sex, buying a lot of gifts in hopes of making them like you, etc.
Oh! I call that "sweeping a guy off his feet" Nah, I haven't done that since my twenties, actually.
I'm not referring to savior white knighting (plenty of women do that), but mostly the pathetic WK who puts the other sex on a pedestal, makes excuses for them all the time, endlessly complimenting the other sex, buying a lot of gifts in hopes of making them like you, etc.
Both men and women have been known to throw themselves at the opposite sex.
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I'm not referring to savior white knighting (plenty of women do that), but mostly the pathetic WK who puts the other sex on a pedestal, makes excuses for them all the time, endlessly complimenting the other sex, buying a lot of gifts in hopes of making them like you, etc.
Oh, that's something else. That is being naive, desperate or, sometimes having low self esteem.
Many women do put their guy on a pedestal. They exaggerate (in their own minds) the importance of his profession as a way of enhancing their own status, make excuses for his inappropriate or violent behavior or his mistakes, cook elaborate meals for them (equivalent of showering them with gifts), etc. Women's White Knighting just looks a little different than mens', that's all.
I'm not referring to savior white knighting (plenty of women do that), but mostly the pathetic WK who puts the other sex on a pedestal, makes excuses for them all the time, endlessly complimenting the other sex, buying a lot of gifts in hopes of making them like you, etc.
Yeah, women do this too--just like others just said. You also see this a lot in abusive relationships where women are beaten by a man, yet they insist he loves her, she adores him, etc (all that pedestal stuff). She usually "gives sex" (to win over his love) instead of gifts. Or sometimes there is no abuse, just neglect, he doesn't care... but she fawns over him and has sex with him in hopes that he will become her boyfriend.
I'm not referring to savior white knighting (plenty of women do that), but mostly the pathetic WK who puts the other sex on a pedestal, makes excuses for them all the time, endlessly complimenting the other sex, buying a lot of gifts in hopes of making them like you, etc.
One time a woman I'd met a week before stood in line for an hour to get me a free burrito and I didn't even ask her. I'm not even sure if I said anything about burritos to her.
Just read some posts on here, especially some of the novels. The concessions some women (and men, of course) are willing to make are mind-boggling to other posters.
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