[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grifter', 'I') hope there is such a thing as a soul mate but I doubt it. I've never seen it for myself and I don't see anyone else with a companion who share some kind of psychological bond, everything seems to be about convenience.

[jasonraymondson]

I have never had problems with women.

I just try to find the best looking girl with the most amount of money, then I get to know her and have her buy me things.

j/k

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grifter', 'I') hope there is such a thing as a soul mate but I doubt it. I've never seen it for myself and I don't see anyone else with a companion who share some kind of psychological bond, everything seems to be about convenience.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'M')ight I be so bold as to suggest that "toxic wives" have their counterpart: "toxic husbands?"

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grifter', 'I') hope there is such a thing as a soul mate but I doubt it. I've never seen it for myself and I don't see anyone else with a companion who share some kind of psychological bond, everything seems to be about convenience.

[Ferretlover]

Quite possibly, Bas. Old cliches such as, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, usually have some modicum(sp?) of truth in them. I suppose it depends on what definition is given to the terms beauty and rich. I have often found that a man or woman who has ethics, morals, who tries to do "the right thing," ... who sees a thing that needs to be done and does it... well, they are worth much more than their weight in gold (as that cliche goes).
If they look pleasant, too, well, that is just an added bonus--but, hardly worth ignoring the lack of any good qualities.

Edit: typo

[ColossalContrarian]

Hilarious

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grifter', 'I') hope there is such a thing as a soul mate but I doubt it. I've never seen it for myself and I don't see anyone else with a companion who share some kind of psychological bond, everything seems to be about convenience.

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grifter', 'I') hope there is such a thing as a soul mate but I doubt it. I've never seen it for myself and I don't see anyone else with a companion who share some kind of psychological bond, everything seems to be about convenience.

[jasonraymondson]

If you all want to see what a toxic wife looks like, just watch some of that crap they put on VH1 and MTV.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'F')unny..... not when I wrote it, but I did show it to her a few minutes later. I got a very nice hug out of it.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'I')f they look pleasant, too, well, that is just an added bonus--but, hardly worth ignoring the lack of any good qualities.

[jasonraymondson]

It is always the parents of ugly children, that talk about how great a personality their child has.

Beauty is only skin deep.
But ugly goes all the way to the bone.

Could you honestly tell me even if this person has a great personality, that you would want to marry and spend the rest of your life with it?

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'C')ould you honestly tell me even if this person has a great personality, that you would want to marry and spend the rest of your life with it?

[Aaron]

As long as we are sharing stereotypes and all...

Every men's room on the planet has an inscription which reads:

Remember fellows, no mater how good she looks in here, somewhere there's a guy who is sick of her crap.

&

You know that thing your wife does that you like?
I taught her that...

gigitty

[hope_full]

Jason, you must be very young.

First off, that's not even a human face that you've posted there. Secondly, a little dental hygiene goes a long way. I'll stop there.

I have a friend who has a 28-year old daughter with Down's Syndrome. She's told me that she knows her dear daughter will never get married or even have a romantic relationship because her sweet little girl might be considered "funny looking" in the eyes of the world. She also told me that her daughter exemplifies "the closest form of perfect, unconditional love that we have wandering around on this earth."

We have become such a visual culture that almost nothing else matters but looks. 90% of the people who buy and read self-improvement books are women. Most women I know are wearing themselves out, devoting hours each day to eating healthy and exercising well and repeating positive mantras and meditating and constantly striving to better themselves. Beauty and beauty related endeavors take up so much space on their emotional hard drive that there's little room for really important things. Beauty is the new enslavement of women. Keeps us busy and distracted and I believe - keeps many women from realizing their full potential.

Men like to say that a woman should feel "comfortable in her own skin" but then they want a woman who's all tarted up in torturous high heels and a tight dress, wearing make-up that has its origins in ancient Egypt, where women applied paint on their eyes, eyelids, cheeks and lips to emulate a post-orgasmic flush.

A woman who is truly "comfortable in her own skin" is a woman who has found that true beauty is learning how to be authentic and real, without all the phony-baloney business of getting all dolled up - post-orgasmic flush and all. Yet - thanks to Hollywood - most men have decided a Barbie doll in the flesh is true beauty. Ick.

Yet these same men who post things at dating sites like, "Looks do matter; there has to be some chemistry" are also the bulbous nosed, overweight, balding jerks with their pathetic delusions, suggesting that despite the fact that they look like a hairy version of the Pillsbury Dough Boy, they're entitled to a gorgeous doll?

There's a saying that a man can't earn too much money and a women can't be too beautiful. That really sums up modern culture. A man can always earn more dollars, but what's a woman to do if she was born "less than beautiful"?

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bas', 'O')ne could argue that just looking at good qualities is quite superficial as well, though maybe not as much as just looking at the exterior. Maybe inner beauty should be the measure as cliche as that may sound, but that kind of beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. But maybe this is what you meant all along.

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'C')ould you honestly tell me even if this person has a great personality, that you would want to marry and spend the rest of your life with it?

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'J')ason, a few visits with a dentist, and a couple of hours with a hair stylist would go a long way in solving your problems! *giggle*

[Grifter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'W')orse, but not really that much.