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Old 06-04-2014, 09:29 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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"-Education matters very little to me. Intelligence is much more important to me. I've met many educated morons, and many uneducated, yet intellectually stimulating, people. I like the former best."

He preferred educated morons to uneducated intellectually stimulating people? Fascinating.
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:32 AM
 
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If they have potential for a sexual partner, they're not labeled "not doable". They're potentially doable, or you're unsure if they're doable.
Well, in my case, I'm unsure all the time regarding doability. Some people are a definite "no" and some people are a definite "yes" in my mind, but I still don't know for sure whether I would "do" them if the opportunity arose, but the attraction is there. I'm sure that people who are more experienced in sex and relationships have an easier time determining doability and dateability than I do.
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:32 AM
 
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"-Education matters very little to me. Intelligence is much more important to me. I've met many educated morons, and many uneducated, yet intellectually stimulating, people. I like the former best."

He preferred educated morons to uneducated intellectually stimulating people? Fascinating.
Be nice. I think that poster meant "the latter."

I believe Metaphysique is a she.
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:33 AM
 
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The girls who men bang on the side tend to be less attractive than the women they bring home to momma. For women it's the complete opposite, the guys they have casual sex with tend to be more(and in many cases significantly more) attractive than the guys they end up marrying and having kids with. It's not by choice though it's more circumstance.
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:34 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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A review of the suffix "-able" might be in order at some point, it seems.

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Be nice. I think that poster meant "the latter."

I believe Metaphysique is a she.

She is, but it is her husband's list, not hers, which is why I said "he".

They well might have meant what they stated. I try to take people at the face value of their words. It would just be, well, unusual. But unusual can be good.
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:38 AM
 
Location: The point of no return, er, NorCal
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"-Education matters very little to me. Intelligence is much more important to me. I've met many educated morons, and many uneducated, yet intellectually stimulating, people. I like the former best."

He preferred educated morons to uneducated intellectually stimulating people? Fascinating.
I'm sure he meant "latter." He doesn't have much tolerance for "educated morons." I think that applies to many people.
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:57 AM
 
Location: NH
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In my simple mind...

Doable- If given the opportunity, would you have sex with that person? They dont have to have any special qualities about them at all. Maybe you want to because they have a hot body, maybe they look like they would be good in bed, maybe you are just horny and want some. Now, with that being said there many girls that I would not do even if given the opportunity, however the older I get that number seems to be decreasing, lol.

Dateable- Given an opportunity to get to know someone better to see if you click. This would be a person that potentially has the whole package, someone you would like to bring home to mom.

The phrase from before I can remember when a girl walk in the room is "would ya?", refering to if your with a bunch of guys and you want to see who would do her, regardless of looks, in this case the uglier the better so you can see how low everyones standards are, lol.
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Old 06-04-2014, 10:57 AM
 
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Traditionally, doable is the sexually magnetic ***** and dateable is the family-friendly madonna.
Personally, I think it's a nasty way of perceiving the world, but there you go.
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Old 06-04-2014, 11:00 AM
 
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"Doable vs. dateable"? Why either-or? A dateable woman is also doable, that's why you want to date her, no? The qualities aren't mutually exclusive.

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Old 06-04-2014, 11:03 AM
 
Location: SF CA, USA
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"Dateable" vs. "Doable" is really just an updated phrasing of the old "madonna" vs. "w***e" dichotomy.

A "dateable" woman is usually a woman who is modest, submissive and sexually receptive. Datebable women are viewed as being worthy of consideration as full human beings.

A "doable" woman is usually a women who is boisterous, independent and sexually assertive. Doable women are viewed as sluts only worthy of being used and objectified.

It is a profoundly sexist way to evaluate women.
I agree. It is simply the accepted way of phrasing the maddona/***** dichotomy. One hears it all the time in the presence of men, usually accompanied with an expressive grunt: "Eh, she's a 7, I'd do her, but not date her. Ur."
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