Should i have used the word "opinionated" in my profile description ( Archived) (30)

Thanks Eric,
I understand in this format of communication opinions are quite essential.

However in the real world ,sometimes too many opinions can be hazardous to a new relationship... sometimes it's best to just nod your head and smile instead of voicing your opinions too soon.

if you don't voice your opinions how can she get to know the real you?

isn't that really lying about who you are???


jmo

Everytime I see you post, I want to take a sharpie marker and draw a little face on that blank head icon.

Just my opinion

oh that is where i have been screwing up... see there is more enlightenment...

so i shall just nod and keep my mouth shut (yeah like that will happen )


I agree but i have been fortunate those who know me in the real world know i'am harmless for the most part

But i think i will have to change now and be more theoretical than inquisitive

However in the real world ,sometimes too many opinions can be hazardous to a new relationship... sometimes it's best to just nod your head and smile instead of voicing your opinions too soon.


I disagree(just my opinion) in the real world far too many people do just nod their head and smile. It's this action that leads to trouble, especially with relationships. I know for me I don't want someone that is going to nod their head in agreement or have no opinion on anything. Same with my friends. They have different opinions than me, but that is what makes for interesting and great conversation.

I have not and will not give up the person that I am for anyone. i want them to be with me or around me for who I am, not who they want me to be. Always stay true to yourself.

Eric you already know, what works for one will not always work for the other.

A friend commented recently,

You're the only man I've ever known, that can repeatedly talk his self in and out of womens beds in one breath. When you gonna learn?"

I known this Guy for awhile, this was not intended as a positive observation.

I used to think like that however, I think it best to let them see the real me right up front. That pretty much kills it right from the start but better to kill it than to have a budding relationship under false pretenses.

One of the harder things for me to learn lately is to express my opinion without coming across as a rabid dog.

I don't like the word "opinionated," for a couple of reasons. First, virtually everyone has legions of opinions, so it lacks discriminating value. Second, *why* one holds opinions - that is, how one forumlates and/or justifies one's beliefs - is critical; there's no particular value, for instance, to ignorantly or irrationally holding a particular belief.

So it's really impossible to give a good answer until a clear definition of "opinionated" is offered. My feeling is that what most people mean by the term is something like: "Someone who aggressively promulgates their opinions (whether rationally justified or not)." That wouldn't be a positive character trait, I'm thinking.

Dave you may have stumbled across something there... its not what is said but how it is said...

but still all in all, I've pretty much entirely stopped humping womens legs