The video is more for entertainment purposes, not educational.
Two paths
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Re: Two paths
The video is more for entertainment purposes, not educational.
"I have the type of (REAL) job where I can choose how to spend my time," says Marcus. 
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The above is generally true. A lot of women are very picky until they hit the wall.doubtingthomas wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:11 pmWomen have higher dating standards than men. When it comes to online dating, 80% of guys are unattractive to women. It's probably around 70% in the real world. https://www.yourtango.com/2016285828/wo ... razy-study
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"I have the type of (REAL) job where I can choose how to spend my time," says Marcus. 
Re: Two paths
doubtingthomas wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:15 amThe above is generally true. A lot of women are very picky until they hit the wall.doubtingthomas wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:11 pmWomen have higher dating standards than men. When it comes to online dating, 80% of guys are unattractive to women. It's probably around 70% in the real world. http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your- ... ne-dating/
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No, and that has nothing to do with how she and I feel about each other. She actually provided me and my children with a lot of financial support when we first started dating. I was taking prereqs for nursing school when we met and was only able to work part time for the first few years of our relationship. I did briefly date another girl before we got together. She was closer to my age and was also going into nursing. She was pretty and we had decent intellectual conversations. On paper it made sense, but I didn't feel a real connection with her. Then there's the fact that her favorite show was the Big Bang Theory. As an actual nerd, that show offends me.
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That's very impressive, do you feel very lucky? I don't think that happens to most men who struggle financially.Father Francis wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:48 amNo, and that has nothing to do with how she and I feel about each other. She actually provided me and my children with a lot of financial support when we first started dating.
And were you LDS at the time? You lived in Utah correct?Father Francis wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:48 amShe was closer to my age and was also going into nursing. She was pretty and we had decent intellectual conversations. On paper it made sense, but I didn't feel a real connection with her. Then there's the fact that her favorite show was the Big Bang Theory. As an actual nerd, that show offends me.
By the way, what do you think of all these guys here who are assuming that I must be some kind of a sexist jerk?
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The financial support is certainly a rarity. I do feel lucky. However I doubt that type of personal connection is so rare. At this point I've developed my nursing career and am able to pay all the bills which leaves her free to spend her money as she wishes. She spends a lot of it on her other family members and friends. She's always thinking of others. I still feel as happy as if I won the lottery just to be able to spend my life with her.doubtingthomas wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:41 amThat's very impressive, do you feel very lucky? I don't think that happens to most men who struggle financially.Father Francis wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:48 amNo, and that has nothing to do with how she and I feel about each other. She actually provided me and my children with a lot of financial support when we first started dating.
And were you LDS at the time? You lived in Utah correct?Father Francis wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:48 amShe was closer to my age and was also going into nursing. She was pretty and we had decent intellectual conversations. On paper it made sense, but I didn't feel a real connection with her. Then there's the fact that her favorite show was the Big Bang Theory. As an actual nerd, that show offends me.
By the way, what do you think of all these guys here who are assuming that I must be some kind of a sexist jerk?
I do live in Utah. I was not LDS at the time. I left the church when I was 17. I thought she was before we started dating, which is one of the reasons I didn't ask her out. Turns out she went to church to appease her inactive LDS parents and had no real interest in the church.
As far as what I think of what people here think of you? That's complicated and I tend to write too much, though I tend to speak too little. All I can see is an online persona. I have no idea what you're actually like. From what you've written here you seem to be lonely and hurt. If this is true, then it would explain some of the problematic postings here. In the last few years of my first marriage I was lonely and hurt. I imagined leaving my wife for an attractive Japanese woman. I was sure that was what I was going to end up doing. It didn't help that I was practicing two Japanese martial arts at the time and had met men that did exactly that. I was never really good at martial arts. I wasn't terrible either, but it did teach me humility and gave me the ability to accept criticism. Culinary school gave me the same thing. A sensei or chef giving you a harsh critique is a good cure for a thin skin and overinflated ego. I came to realize that specific expectations of marrying an attractive, intelligent Japanese woman made no sense. I came to the decision that I was fine on my own and if I met someone then that would be great too.
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What have you posted that wouldn’t give the impression you’re sexist?doubtingthomas wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:41 am… all these guys here who are assuming that I must be some kind of a sexist jerk?
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Hugh Nibley claimed he bumped into Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Gertrude Stein, and the Grand Duke Vladimir Romanoff. Dishonesty is baked into Mormonism.
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That's shifting the burden of proof.Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:34 pmWhat have you posted that wouldn’t give the impression you’re sexist?
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Just because I am currently single doesn't mean I am sexist.
The idea that all single men are sexist and lazy is a very nasty stereotype.
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I don't mind criticism, I'll embrace it if it's valid.Father Francis wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:28 amI wasn't terrible either, but it did teach me humility and gave me the ability to accept criticism. Culinary school gave me the same thing. A sensei or chef giving you a harsh critique is a good cure for a thin skin and overinflated ego.
True. I might have to go my own way.Father Francis wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:28 amI came to realize that specific expectations of marrying an attractive, intelligent Japanese woman made no sense. I came to the decision that I was fine on my own and if I met someone then that would be great too.
I wish I could just upload my mind to a computer.
"I have the type of (REAL) job where I can choose how to spend my time," says Marcus. 
Re: Two paths
That’s the irony. Repeatedly posting sexist comments has earned the poster a reputation as one who posts sexist comments. No one has to assume anything to come to that conclusion, and no one is assuming he is sexist because he is single. I would agree more with the person who posted that DT’s comments sound like he is hurt and afraid if this wasn’t a multiple years long pattern we are observing.Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:34 pmWhat have you posted that wouldn’t give the impression you’re sexist?doubtingthomas wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:41 am… all these guys here who are assuming that I must be some kind of a sexist jerk?
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