Oh, I don't want to actually . . .

Post #238,729

12/21/05 12:36:52 AM

become a jerk, but if learning to play one on TV gets the job done I'm willing to learn.

I tried the "faith based" approach to women you recommend for a long time and it only got me brushed off. Women say they want a nice guy and can't find one, and they may even be telling the truth - nice guys may actually be invisible to single women.

Now I'm not completely without experience on the other side either. The only women who ever chased after me (and a couple with persistence) were ones I treated badly because I thought them not what I was looking for.

Sometimes I've wondered if perhaps I should have just trapped one of those and made her my sex slave. She probably would have been happy enough with that but I expect I'd have gotten bored - what I really wanted was a highly intelligent lady with perhaps some artistic talent - but they all married overweight mortgage loan brokers.

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Post #238,735

by imric

12/21/05 7:10:00 AM

My ex-fiance says

that ladies are often attracted to men they can't have, or shouldn't have. Forbidden fruit, and all that. Your (and my) experience seems to confirm that.

I dunno - feigned disinterest in the romantic side of things might just be the ticket. Of course, then you'd have to develop a sense of timing as to when to drop the disinterest. A decent 'mating display' is important, too, I think. You have to give the impression of being a good catch... That means the trappings of wealth, and/or good health.

I'm still working on the last bit, myself.

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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
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Post #238,795

by Andrew Grygus

12/21/05 1:48:57 PM

And there, of course, lies a problem.

It isn't that I can't afford trapings of wealth (those who can't manage to fake it anyway), it's just that I'm not at all interested in them. This puts a crimp in presenting the mating display proven most effective.

I'll just have to learn to insinuate that there's plenty of money and that I just don't know how to spend it - that'd probably get 'em lubed.

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Post #238,798

by pwhysall

12/21/05 1:58:30 PM

fiance, eh?

I never knew you had your bread buttered on the other side.

Post #238,801

by imric

12/21/05 2:18:13 PM

Yeah, yeah - so I dropped the extra e.

What, do you think I can spell as well as CRC or something?

Imric's Tips for Living

Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.

Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.

Post #238,845

by jb4

12/21/05 5:02:59 PM

ICLRPD (new thread)

Created as new thread #238844 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=238844|ICLRPD]

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