Bolas 5 #1 July 15, 2006 The real danger for women are the romantic ones... The real endingsStupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #2 July 15, 2006 I was going to mention the "rich sap meets a gorgeous sweetheart hooker" trap in "Pretty Woman". But at least Julia Roberts used condoms. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #3 July 16, 2006 John Hughes was the scrouge of the 80's dating._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MF42 0 #4 July 16, 2006 The article seems to me to be an interesting parallel to the dangers of men expecting their "love" life to be just like all those happy people in the pornos. Too much fiction and not enough attention to the real world can cause problems for either gender. Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vskydiver 0 #5 July 16, 2006 You guys always want girls women to act like porn stars in the bedroom. Why don't you guys act like leading men at the dinner table or on the date? A little romance goes a long way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 July 16, 2006 Because the actors in the romantic movies do all kinds of shit that impresses the woman in the movie, but if we did it in real life we'd get written off as a psycho/stalker, or maced, kicked in the nuts, or arrested. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #7 July 16, 2006 QuoteBecause the actors in the romantic movies do all kinds of shit that impresses the woman in the movie, but if we did it in real life we'd get written off as a psycho/stalker, or maced, kicked in the nuts, or arrested. This is SO TRUE! Seriously, if you go out of your way to show a woman you're interested in her. You are immediately tagged a psycho/stalker and blown to the curb. Fuck that... When I was single I hated the dating game. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #8 July 16, 2006 Hmm. After the phone call I just got yesterday, if I do see my ex with some girl in a tube top dancing in a club I'm going straight over to him and kick him in the nuts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #9 July 16, 2006 QuoteQuoteBecause the actors in the romantic movies do all kinds of shit that impresses the woman in the movie, but if we did it in real life we'd get written off as a psycho/stalker, or maced, kicked in the nuts, or arrested. This is SO TRUE! Seriously, if you go out of your way to show a woman you're interested in her. You are immediately tagged a psycho/stalker and blown to the curb. Fuck that... When I was single I hated the dating game. That is such complete bullshit and just an excuse to not have to do anything for us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #10 July 16, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteBecause the actors in the romantic movies do all kinds of shit that impresses the woman in the movie, but if we did it in real life we'd get written off as a psycho/stalker, or maced, kicked in the nuts, or arrested. This is SO TRUE! Seriously, if you go out of your way to show a woman you're interested in her. You are immediately tagged a psycho/stalker and blown to the curb. Fuck that... When I was single I hated the dating game. That is such complete bullshit and just an excuse to not have to do anything for us. No it isn't bullshit! Believe me I have in the past been too kind to a woman that I liked at the time only to hear later that she thought I was just some shmoe. I wonder what she thought after the other strippers kicked her ass for being a thieving dishonest user? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #11 July 16, 2006 QuoteYou guys always want girls women to act like porn stars in the bedroom. Why don't you guys act like leading men at the dinner table or on the date? A little romance goes a long way! So you want us to memorize a script, say the same thing over and over until we get the right "emotion", and then go back to our trailer and do some blow off the breasts of the hot new PA? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aprilcat 0 #12 July 16, 2006 QuoteQuoteYou guys always want girls women to act like porn stars in the bedroom. Why don't you guys act like leading men at the dinner table or on the date? A little romance goes a long way! So you want us to memorize a script, say the same thing over and over until we get the right "emotion", and then go back to our trailer and do some blow off the breasts of the hot new PA? I think sitting up straight and bringing us flowers would suffice. Yeeeesh! ~~April Camelot II, the Electric Boogaloo! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douva 0 #13 July 16, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteBecause the actors in the romantic movies do all kinds of shit that impresses the woman in the movie, but if we did it in real life we'd get written off as a psycho/stalker, or maced, kicked in the nuts, or arrested. This is SO TRUE! Seriously, if you go out of your way to show a woman you're interested in her. You are immediately tagged a psycho/stalker and blown to the curb. Fuck that... When I was single I hated the dating game. That is such complete bullshit and just an excuse to not have to do anything for us. I honestly think the two of you are arguing different points. Swedishcelt wants a guy who'll make some effort, such as sending her flowers and cooking her dinner. Slappie is annoyed with women who watch Richard Gere carry off Debra Winger and think, "Why can't that be me?" Yes, I am amazed how few men exert the effort to make simple romantic gestures, but I am also amazed how quickly many women veer off the reality path when they start talking about the man they want to meet. There are very few acceptable excuses for being a grown, heterosexual man who has never sent a woman flowers. Likewise, there are very few acceptable excuses for being a grown woman who still expects grand romantic gestures from a man. Most real romantic gestures are small. A grand gesture may be fine if you're proposing marriage to a woman you are certain will both accept the proposal and appreciate the gestures, but otherwise, grand gestures are a risky propositions. Grand gestures require a man to know the mind of a woman well enough to be certain she will interpret an act that seems, on the surface, outrageous, inappropriate, psychotic, and potentially criminal, as a welcome act of true devotion. As Robert Evans is famous for saying, "Any man who thinks he knows the mind of a woman knows nothing." Watching Dustin Hoffman steal Katharine Ross from the clutches of another man, at the altar, sends a tingle up my spine every time, but if a woman I love ever decides to marry another man, I'll probably just sit home and get drunk that day--I won't be standing at the back of the church screaming her name. In the real world, that's not only crazy, it's also very unlikely to work.I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #14 July 16, 2006 QuoteThere are very few acceptable excuses for being a grown, heterosexual man who has never sent a woman flowers. Hrm... what kind of excuses am I allowed to have... cause... I haven't ever given a woman flowers. of course its not that I wouldn't do it... cause I would... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
