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And by "other qualities" you mean someone who seems to be "well-rounded, successful, wealthy, philanthropist, good-looking..." etc?
Dont they have a rather negative and unflattering word for women who date men solely based on the man's bank account? You know, women who overlook everything else about the man and focus just on his material wealth/belongings. Kinda like the stupid women who date athletes who beat them up, knock them out in elevators, slam them on beds full of semi-auto guns, etc. Its not just the male who is the closed minded one in these relationships.
Hum, no. I didn't refer to those qualities, I was talking about inner qualities. What makes you think I was talking about those? Those aren't qualities, they're simply on-paper facts. They don't impact my choice as I'm not interested, period and I started it in my OP. The question was addressed to everyone on here and didn't specifically relate to my situation.
If I was a gold-digger, I wouldn't have posted this thread and I would have agreed on going on a date with him which isn't the case.
The only reason why I'm talking to him is because it helps me forget about someone else temporarily (who by the way was broke, unemployed and a drop-out when we dated, so I'm clearly not a gold-digger) and I don't mind meeting new people with different opinions. We don't have to date but we can be acquaintances.
I'd date him if I agreed with his views. In this case, I don't.
I have a close relative who is so entrenched in his worldviews that any conversation with him about world events, politics, religion or the like inevitably ends with him saying, "but I don't understand how you could think this way".
Over this past weekend, I saw some of the things that his wife and her friends posted on Facebook, and I thought of this post.
As far as I'm concerned, he's as closed minded as they come, but it doesn't seem to matter to the person who agrees with his views and married him.
I don't think so. I don't expect to be with someone who changes their opinion as the wind blows, but neither I could be with someone who is so stubborn that they refuse to see other people's perspective, and who is so arrogant that they think their current beliefs are the only truth in the world and nobody knows anything better.
To me the opposite of closed-mind-edness is curiosity and respect for difference. You don't have to necessarily change your opinion, but at least listen to a different version and understand where that person is coming from. I couldn't be with someone who doesn't do that.
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