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Old 10-02-2015, 09:52 PM
 
Location: Ames, Iowa
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I would like to know when you would ask those questions. Would it be before the first date? After a month? I honestly hope you don't literally ask those questions. I hope you don't approach all women in that fashion. Maybe getting to know a woman, and finding out if being with you would inspire her to be everything you want. Instead of demanding it from the get go, before she even knows if she even likes you.
Obviously, I would not ask in real life questions like that. Hypothetically speaking, if I was asking women in general, why would I want to be with you? What do you bring to the table? If they say multiple kids, ex-husband drama, lots of debt, then it would not make sense to me logically.
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Old 10-02-2015, 09:54 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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What do you bring to the table? If they say multiple kids, ex-husband drama, lots of debt, then it would not make sense to me logically.
This old song again ...
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Old 10-02-2015, 09:55 PM
 
Location: In a chartreuse microbus
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Serious question for women out there: What do you have to offer me? Sorry, in my area, the average woman has very little to offer. I would imagine the male version of these women have very little to offer as well.

So, with that being said. Why would I want to be with you? How would you make my life better? How would you bring value to my life rather than becoming an instant liability?
You make it sound more like a business arrangement.


Quick analysis here: You sound like you expect someone else to provide life enrichment for you.

Does the potential date take a quiz?

Yikes.
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Old 10-02-2015, 09:56 PM
 
Location: Ames, Iowa
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This old song again ...
Sorry, I think I have some very valid points. I can't justify being a relationship with someone who will not make my life better. What would be the point?
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Old 10-02-2015, 09:59 PM
 
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Sorry, I think I have some very valid points. I can't justify being a relationship with someone who will not make my life better. What would be the point?
This goes both ways and I am curious what exactly you think you have to offer to make someone's life better.
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Old 10-02-2015, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Chicago. Kind of.
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What do YOU bring to the table, other than your enlightened, respectful view of women and relationships in general?
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Old 10-02-2015, 10:00 PM
 
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If you're almost 40 and no one has ever told you this before, I'm not gonna make a dent.
I suppose we should take what he says as truth, that no woman of substance has ever offered him anything.
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Old 10-02-2015, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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I can't justify being a relationship with someone who will not make my life better.
Of course you would be an idiot to do that.

What you don't seem to grasp is that such a self-centered approach will doom ANY attempt to couple up because people don't exist to "make your life better." Other people can't bring you happiness, and you're wrong if you expect that.
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Old 10-02-2015, 10:07 PM
 
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Sorry, I think I have some very valid points. I can't justify being a relationship with someone who will not make my life better. What would be the point?
Indeed. If you need someone else to improve your life, and what you offer is a life in need of improvement, then you should not be in a relationship. Very smart thinking.
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Old 10-02-2015, 10:09 PM
 
Location: Ames, Iowa
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Of course you would be an idiot to do that.

What you don't seem to grasp is that such a self-centered approach will doom ANY attempt to couple up because people don't exist to "make your life better." Other people can't bring you happiness, and you're wrong if you expect that.

So, what is the point, then? I am a very self-sufficient person, I can go out in a group or by myself, I don't need anybody in my life, I may want somebody in my life eventually but needing someone and wanting someone are two totally different things.

It seems like what attracts a lot of people to relationships is the fact that they are not whole human beings and they are terrified of being alone and facing the world on their own, I AM NOT!
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