SusanofO
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To the OP: Although you demanded no response to a written inquiry posted on a public message board, being as I am a member on the CM site, and seeing that it is a free country, I am posing a response, anyway BUT- feel free, not to respond to my response, (or to simply meditate and reflect, upon it's implied "obvious" wisdom extensively) yourself, of course. Admittedly, whether I can really truly read, or not, my "reasoning"' may be askew, in stating the above (but I don't really think so). I am also a total "message board junkie-slut". I can't help it, so sue me (or find me a good therapist, your choice). Anyway... Me-thinks this eternal dilemma has maybe existed for eons, to some extent, in many other guises. How people want to handle it, is a matter of personal preference. They can "save themselves" for someone who will meet possibly unreasonable standards of whatever (including who will pay for a date), but, if they don't think those standards are unreasonable, then they may not really care if their "wait" is long, IMO. The older I get, the less I care about other peoples' "standards" - whatever anyone wants is fine w/me (although I do have some of my own). I truly believe that if two (or possibly more) peope are happy, if some old rich guy wants to marry a 19 year old supposed "bimbo", for example - why the heck should I care? I am Not married to them, they are married to eachother. Ditto for other "ways of dating and relating" that sometimes seem to abhor parts of the "general public". Bottom line - if they want to involve me, it becomes my business. Until then... Or, someone can have fun, and just party on, w/any passing "slut" or "bad boy" and maybe even pay for it all themselves, too, if they want, if it gets them out and about, and having a good time, and they enjoy doing that, I guess. I do not expect to reconstruct the rest of society's preferences in regard to either extreme, or along the existing variations along any continuum in -between them, simply by discussing (or even posing) the issue as a possible conundrum, although I do sincerely see almost anything as a potential message board topic (within the stated TOS standards, of course). I do what I myself think suits me, as far as who pays (or at least until I know someone else whole, whole, lot better). If we somehow cannot see "eye-to-eye" (and I am pretty "flexible" in this regard) then we simply do not see eachother, and say "Sayonara." I like it when someone pays, and I also occasionally like to treat. I can do it either way (I am a twue Switch - Hahahaha). I dunno, it's a _rap shoot, as well as a personal judgment call, how well either of these options "work", as far as helping people to be happ(ier) in their lives. I can truly see both sides of this Q. Sorry to sound so decisive... - Susan
< Message edited by SusanofO -- 4/13/2007 8:33:13 PM >
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