Portiea wrote:Does contemporary society encourage narcissism—self love to the point of self-centeredness--?
It seems like, if we compare ourselves to earlier societies, people did not expect so much personal ‘fulfilment’ and easy gratification of all our desires and expectations.
I’ve only been looking at single sites for a few months, but I’m feeling like, wow, there are so many lonely, single people out there. Why are so many of us on our own? Is it because of high expectations and low output? That is, we expect so much from others but are not willing to give that much in compromising, cooperation, adjustment, and so on?
Is this a trend of contemporary society and will it continue so that in a few decades, partnering, marriage, and families will become almost obsolete? I think statistically there are far more single people than there used to be….it’s kinda scary.
Yeah, I sort of figured Narcissim is what this site is about. Send a flirt, and have nothing really come your way. I speak not on my behalf, but from what I have seen. Sadly enough, I will expell my truth. The women who I can be attracted to and also get a long well with are women who are much older than myself. Though this would not be a problem for me, I have to consider their feelings as well.
I have deleted many profiles from sites such as this, as I gave up on taking such things in all seriousness. Though I still keep this one around just in case. I agree with your thread, yes.... Far more single people than before. Some do not learn from their mistakes, some like to be used by others, some like to use others, no one wants to commit.
There are women out there who know what is good for them, but they continue to seek out the bad, and rush, because women can grow very impatient when it comes to things such as love. Most of which is fear of growing "old", and being less desirable to the opposite sex.
Most men, do not want to commit most of times. They see a beautiful girl and either try to make it work without acknowleding that they are not compatible, or want to play the field, as women are capable of this as well. Although there are other possibilities out there, these statistically seem to be more acceptable for an answer.
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