LadiesBladewing
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. Our LE was both refined and dignified, -and- intensely masculine. He was an afficionado of fine literature... and what he said his mother called "fisticuffs" (I'm guessing, from what he described, it was bare-knuckle boxing). He could order a bottle of wine, and figure out how to fill a canteen during a rainstorm in a South American jungle (which he had to do, considering his work and the strange places he had to travel to.) Mistoferin described an outdoorsy type of man as her preference -- one who might be -able- to do all the things I mentioned our PD as being able to do, but -preferring- to be rugged and active and outdoors. I think she took offense to my lighthearted response to her, and that wasn't my intention. I was strictly speaking about what -we- enjoy, without passing judgement on anyone else's choices. Just to clarify, I guess my sense of this is that we prefer the -indoor- type... they -could- chop wood and dig a foxhole, but prefer a less... rural way of life.. a good book to a compound bow, and a fire-place to a fire-pit. They like their urbanity, and so do we. When discussing personal preferences, there are no wrong answers. Each of us has an idea in our minds of what is a good fit for -us-... and opinions cannot be wrong ... they just -are-. It isn't a matter of either being a "better" kind of person, and certainly both have a place and those who prefer them, but it is good, I think, not to take other people's preferences as degrading our own. ZWD quote:
ORIGINAL: TolerableCruelty I originally read this thread and was going to post about how some Men can be refined, yet still rugged.... til I started taking offense at a few of the suggestions of the "lack of culture" of the rugged fellows. So rather than quote and flame and generally cause an uproar... I'm just going to withdraw... well wishes, T.R.
< Message edited by LadiesBladewing -- 6/30/2006 10:42:20 AM >
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