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Old 03-25-2008, 10:38 PM
 
Location: TX
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A friend sent me this link about a guy sharing his 25 years of dating wisdom. It's oriented toward women, but some points apply to women as well. What do you fellows think? He makes some really good points. But you can tell he's a bit bitter from divorce.
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Old 03-25-2008, 10:56 PM
 
Location: Tucson
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A friend sent me this link about a guy sharing his 25 years of dating wisdom. It's oriented toward women, but some points apply to women as well. What do you fellows think? He makes some really good points. But you can tell he's a bit bitter from divorce.
Quite realistic. Just replace "women" with "men" in most points and it'll still be true. IMO, these are the only gender-unique parts:

4) Women generally do the selecting in the earliest phases of a relationship. Once a woman has committed herself emotionally, the balance of power shifts to the man (assuming he has some degree of self-confidence).

12) The vast majority of men get rejected much more often than they seal the deal. If you are rejected you are simply shooting par. Relax.
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Old 03-25-2008, 11:02 PM
 
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Complete crap.
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Old 03-25-2008, 11:03 PM
 
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So basically there's no point?
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Old 03-25-2008, 11:07 PM
 
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The points he makes are controversial, but from my friends' and my exp., there's more truth to that than many people (esp. women) may think.
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Old 03-25-2008, 11:13 PM
 
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The points he makes are controversial, but from my friends' and my exp., there's more truth to that than many people (esp. women) may think.
Yeah, maybe. But I could reverse each statement to make it true the many men who think it isn't true as well. I can see this type of thinking holding true for most women, but I've always been an outlyer on the bell curve, and I'll stand up for the women who fall for this crap, because ulimately what you guys are saying, is that you KNOW this, and still PLAY the game, but wonder why you LOSE.
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Old 03-25-2008, 11:21 PM
 
Location: southern california
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Yeah, maybe. But I could reverse each statement to make it true the many men who think it isn't true as well. I can see this type of thinking holding true for most women, but I've always been an outlyer on the bell curve, and I'll stand up for the women who fall for this crap, because ulimately what you guys are saying, is that you KNOW this, and still PLAY the game, but wonder why you LOSE.
they lose because when they were created god wanted a level playing field meaning he implanted
harmones in guys where we would get really pathetically incredibly stupid around women. otherwise
guys would have all the money and women would live in harems.
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Old 03-25-2008, 11:25 PM
 
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they lose because when they were created god wanted a level playing field meaning he implanted
harmones in guys where we would get really pathetically incredibly stupid around women. otherwise
guys would have all the money and women would live in harems.
No, it's pretty much self-imposed. But good try.
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Old 03-26-2008, 08:15 AM
 
Location: TX
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Does anyone else have 25 years of dating wisdom that they'd like to share?
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Old 03-26-2008, 08:16 AM
 
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Yeah, maybe. But I could reverse each statement to make it true the many men who think it isn't true as well. I can see this type of thinking holding true for most women, but I've always been an outlyer on the bell curve, and I'll stand up for the women who fall for this crap, because ulimately what you guys are saying, is that you KNOW this, and still PLAY the game, but wonder why you LOSE.
Guys lose when they not only know how to play the game, but they don't even know what game they are playing.
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