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Misogyny is a many petaled flower my dear man, and unfortunately for you and your comments you may have labeled yourself here. The first time you smelled sour milk taught your brain a lesson to breathe less deeply the next time and unless you are an olfactory masochist you have indelibly learned this safety. How sad that in your current state of looking for a special someone you have uttered such tripe and branded wholesale the selfsame persons you wish to endear to your life. The sweet stink of rot comes through in your words and has forced many potential suitors to look elsewhere for they have learned to breathe less deeplyi in the presence of foulness also. I pray you can overcome this with time and sugaring your words, but remember that we learn from our environment and so do they. Caring and loyal are not catch phrases but ideals, and as such they are ephemeral and fleeting in the seas of our lives. No one want to be saddled with misery and to portray yourself as such is tantamount to character assassination (or character suicide in your case). Please be cautious how you lead into a conversation as you only get one chance to sell yourself for what you are. Those who are emotional punching bags are currently losing their innocence, those who have been have tempered themselves against repeat attempts and those who seek such are the reason innocence is such a rare and valued commodity.
Mark
(A loyal and caring man...amongst other things)
Wow, Mark. Very well said.
I am standing and applauding you.
There are battered men as well as women.
I'm not looking for a man to 'teach'. I am no man's momma.
If he doesn't know how to love himself or me (shrugs).