What's there to disagree about. She's obviously an intelligent woman. I've seen many of her posts and I haven't seen one yet that hasn't been well thought out, reasonable, and sensible. Even when she is giving someone both barrels. This is no dumb broad.
So, you're telling me that it's more prudent to distrust everything someone tells you, until you have "all the facts" and are ready to make your "final decision" on the person you're considering getting to know better? At what point do you know that you have all the facts on someone? How does watching how a man treats the busboy,or whatever, tell someone that he's really single and not just playing a woman?
We have to believe some of the things we hear, or we're nothing more than just paranoid. This isn't a question of blame. We would be fools to trust a new partner 100%. But eventually, to make a relationship truly healthy and happy, once a commitment is being made, the trust must be 100%. As someone from England said the other day, That love must be unquestioning.
I skipped a few pages, but this sounds like a continuation of tafini's post yesterday. I don't think Integraverance is blaming anyone. I think she's been trying to simply tell you that nobody can completely protect themselves from the "players". Be it man or woman. If a woman knows that a man has been abusive to women and choses to date him after he tells her, "I'm Ok, now, Baby. I don't hit women anymore." I think that would be a mistake on the woman's part for not seeing the red flag. But if a man tells a woman that he's single and only has eyes for her, and then eventually she finds out that all of it was not true, then how does someone protect themselves against those sorts of lies? You can't. Unless you chose to distrust people completely, and if that's the case, you're obviously not ready to become seeking a healthy relationship with someone. If we want to develop a relationship with someone, we have to believe some of things people tell us. Unless you have the means to do thorough background checks, or psych evaluations, or whatever.
I doubt I'll ever get one, and it's a big turn off for me when I see women who have them on their ankles. But I do love a little one on a woman's hip area for some reason. Go figure. I've never been able to come up with something that I would think I wouldn't get bored of eventually. A friend got one of his family crest and his last name through it. I thought that was a very tasteful tatto.
Beleive it or not, I'm trying to be nice and to be helpful.
All I'm suggesting is that you redo some of your profile. I'm certain that you have deeper qualities than just enjoying shopping in Yorkville village and hanging with your girlfriends. If you're trying to attract a man of substance, then describe yourself in a different light. Change the bait.
Going back to your original post....I've looked at your profile and I see that nowhere in it do you state that you are looking for an emotionally secure and stable, intelligent man. From reading your profile, you are simply someone who likes shopping, going out with your girlfriends for a night of partying, catching a movie, you want to travel someday, and you don't want a one-night stand. You're looking for a decent guy who is fit, eats healthy, and kind of believes in God. I certainly don't want to offend you, but I think you simply need to redo your profile and be more specific in order to weed out the "insecure, unintelligent, intimidated by smart women, idiots".
RE: Iambic Pentameter
how is it you work and still have time for thisoh what joy, oh what bliss