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ORIGINAL: NakedSenses

I'm sorry to disappoint you but my self esteem is very much intact and quite secure. I base my opinions and my decisions on observations and reasoning. Sometimes they lead to conclusions that may not be popular or highly regarded but they do fit the facts and the explanation holds up to Occam's Razor. Economic behavior is amoral, but the "dismal science" the solid. It's just human nature; it's nothing personal, you know.

My ploy also acts as a filter. My last relationship ended six months ago after two years. She was sixteen years my junior and her annual income was in six figures (TEN TIMES MINE & MORE). She wasn't the first, either. For some reason, female executives and corporate managers like me a lot. Maybe it's because I don't want their money, or if they give me gifts I return the favor, despite my paltry income. Or maybe I'm sensitive to their special needs. They play the game at work for real millions of dollars, and for keeps. That's stressful stuff every day, particularly when you have to discharge someone and they'll probably end up homeless in this economy. If I had wanted a meal ticket, believe me, I could have had two of them in two years. Probably could have married them if I didn't have these damn morals and ethics issues getting in the way. The only woman I ever did marry, and who is the mother of my child, works with the very sickest of kids at a world-famous institution. Many nights I'd help her to "decompress" after another child died at work that day. I really admired her strength, because few people can handle a job like that, but someone has to do it.

By the way, you failed to mention the poignant remark that is the rejoinder to the "Yo- I'm a loser" opening. In short, you conveniently left out the rest of the story in order to make your point. The omission of pertinent information can be very helpful at times.
Less is more, eh?

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ORIGINAL: Br33dMast3r


MANY women want money. FEW women will work hard towards getting it. Fewer still work with the man to aid his empire and efforts. Those few are the happy ones. I know six millionaires. How many do you know? How many of them earned it? Five of the millionaires that I know have lost everything once before. They were able to come back. The sixth, she inherited and not only never lost anything but never earned it.

.02.