FlowerOfTheSnow: Yeah!! Not sure I would class being a narcicist as being blessed with good-fortune ... Especially for the ladies you "get what you wannt from, then see no further reason for it"
I'd rather be financially broke and at peace in my head ...
Of course the best would be to be financially secure and at peace in my head ...
I find it quite an agreeable psychological affliction. I am told it is borderline Phychopathy.
FlowerOfTheSnow: I'm NOT still single ... He's not rich in money, he's rich in feelings and many other stuff which would sound alien to you ...
They would indeed . . . I have a limited capacity to be emphatic. But . . . what are you doing here then, did you meet him on here? If not, what were your motives to join connecting singles?
jlb684: OK, I'll bite. First, I will speak for myself. I DO consider financials when I consider entering into a relationship. What I am most concerned with, however, is whether the man is responsible with his money...........................
Your entire post was well said!
I don't look for money in a man, but I certainly look for financial responsibility and a strong work ethic. Quite frankly, I don't want a poverty stricken man who is "too good" to do certain kinds of work, or who is lazy and sits on the sofa 8 hours a day. I am more than willing to support myself and my son, and have done so for many years, but I'm not about to start supporting some dead beat who can't hold a job and carves himself a hefty debt for the sake of big boy toys.
EastbayRay: They would indeed . . . I have a limited capacity to be emphatic. But . . . what are you doing here then, did you meet him on here? If not, what were your motives to join connecting singles?
I don't look for money in a man, but I certainly look for financial responsibility and a strong work ethic. Quite frankly, I don't want a poverty stricken man who is "too good" to do certain kinds of work, or who is lazy and sits on the sofa 8 hours a day. I am more than willing to support myself and my son, and have done so for many years, but I'm not about to start supporting some dead beat who can't hold a job and carves himself a hefty debt for the sake of big boy toys.
EastbayRay: Ah, but what if you DIDN'T have your own money . . . would you go chasing him for HIS?
I don't work...I just spend 8 hours a day on the net going from site to site...hoping to hit the jackpot one of these days...A 90 year old millionaire with one foot in the grave!!!!!!!!!
Claayer: In FACT!.. I'm possibly quite the opposite.
I don't LIKE people paying for things for me.. It makes me feel like one of those women.
Do you mind guys who open doors for you (if there are any left)?
I despise women who despise such men!!! In my opinion, if they don't want a man who is a gentleman (at least . . . in appearance) then they can go and find a man who is not one . . . there seems to be no short supply . . .
ClaayerWild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK15,888 posts
EastbayRay: Do you mind guys who open doors for you (if there are any left)?
I despise women who despise such men!!! In my opinion, if they don't want a man who is a gentleman (at least . . . in appearance) then they can go and find a man who is not one . . . there seems to be no short supply . . .
No I like that.. but that's just manners. I do that for people too.
it doesn't mean I want them to pay for me for things.. It would make me feel a bit incapable.. and reliant..
I would feel as if I 'owed' them. I never want to be in a position where someone can turn around and say to me.. But I paid for that.. You owe me.
EastbayRay: Do you mind guys who open doors for you (if there are any left)?
I despise women who despise such men!!! In my opinion, if they don't want a man who is a gentleman (at least . . . in appearance) then they can go and find a man who is not one . . . there seems to be no short supply . . .
Stepped away to take a shower and, now that I am back...even though you wrote your response to Claayer, I want to give my own answer to this question, if I may. I am most appreciative whenever anyone holds a door open for me, for I do the same. It's really a matter of common courtesy, I think. I don't for one second think that men hold doors open for women because we are too weak to pull open that great big ol' heavy door thingy! It's courtesy. I extend the same courtesy. If I approach the door first and there is someone behind me, I open it, step aside, and encourage them to pass through. Women, men, elders, even children. It's just what I do. When I am not afforded the same courtesy, THAT is when I get a bit pissed off. I love men who are gentlemen...and women who have those same traits, actually. Consideration and courtesy towards others.
EastbayRay: Do you mind guys who open doors for you (if there are any left)?
I despise women who despise such men!!! In my opinion, if they don't want a man who is a gentleman (at least . . . in appearance) then they can go and find a man who is not one . . . there seems to be no short supply . . .
Tyring to understand your compartmentalized generalizations here Ray. You call some women (and indeed some men) idiots, yet openning doors for you is a must to appease your own sense of 'manly perfunctory assignment' only to call them idiots once they have entered? or do you open the door and stick out your foot for 'some' to trip over.
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