Of course ladies want a perfect match; all you have to do is convince them that you are perfect for them..... shucks, that's the hard bit!
You could of course, turn the tables, and only interview women who meet your basic requirements - you know what I mean 'x' number of limbs, at least half a brain, a sparkling APPRECIATE personality, 'nobody suffering from halitosis need apply' etc!
You are, of course, 100% right - NOBODY is perfect, but once a couple get to know each other really well and like what they find then every blemish on their skin becomes a beauty spot and even quirks of character can become endearing!
I'm sure you'll meet your perfect match very soon - meeting somebody in a world recession means that your relationship can grow as the world recovers and blossom into something all the stronger for having met in 'hard times'!
The human brain is capable of rationalising all sorts of things. I believe that what people believe is true for them and that the desire to be right is far greater than the desire to acknowledge even the possibility of being wrong. I'm not joking; I really do believe that if somebody really believes something it becomes the truth within themselves.
The example of Obama was a good one. He had faith in himself, he must have BELIEVED that he had a chance to become President of the USA even if rationally the probability of him succeeding say 20 years ago was probably fairly minute.
People can do great things if they have faith in themselves or another person or an idea or even a religion - that faith helps them do things that a rational, logical mind would say:
'Don't bother. It isn't worth the effort, plus the chance of what you believe in being true is so small it's not worth bothering about!'
Faith is VERY powerful - it can move mountains and also blow people off the face of the planet to who knows where!
Nah............. real friends are there to tell you the truth even if it pisses you off -
"Yes, your butt looks enormous in that dress...... in fact it looks ENORMOUS in any freaking dress, you're my friend but please quit asking me stupid questions, dammit!"
Ok - so we are all going to turn off our lights for ONE hour local time on 28th March at whatever time it was in the OP, gently squidge a nice fatty ball of seal blubber and hope that when we turn the lights back on that 'she' doesn't making 'oink!' 'oink' noises and wants to play ball - right?
Even better - I know some people I'd just love to turn off for an hour or maybe even two............ some people just seem to be a waste of reseources, but then I might get turned off and that just wouldn't do - forget it!
Yup - I think you encapsulated what I admired about the woman......... and you have to admit that however one might detest a lowlife like Max Clifford who makes his money out of the misery of other people's lives that he too serves a purpose in, as Voltaire's character Pangloss in Candide said:
'All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds'
Pangloss was, of course, dying of syphillis when he uttered these words and almost totally blind, but what an eternal optimist!
She already had enough assets to pay for her two kids education; it was her choice to have an undignified death........ I am not passing judgement, merely stating the facts - bringing attention to cervical cancer was a good thing whatever the motivation.
Some people give a toss about a dignified death and others don't - we are all different and I have no idea if I'd like to go out screaming for attention or curl up quietly somewhere and die on my own listening to my last few croaking breaths and dreaming of a better life long ago and far away!
A nice post apart from the 'spleen venting' bit - don't we all choose to note the things we want and ignore the rest?
I have to admit that I do admire the young lady for ruthlessly taking advantage of her situation and also increasing the awareness of cervical cancer in young women - the demand for smear tests in the UK went up considerably as a result and has probably saved many lives.
So, I admire her focus and determination; doesn't mean I have to like her, does it?
The media made her a star and she took advantage of the media - it was a two-way benefit thing and everybody was happy.
I once took part in a BBC talent writing competition. I was short-listed. The other contestants were totally amazing people who had overcome terrible things in their lives; quite a humbling experience for me because I had not suffered and overcome the terrible personal tragedies these people had managed to overcome and turn into something very special.
There was one vibrant young man there who was very excited to tell his story. He told about the most exciting day of his life that filled him with tremendous enthusiasm and an awesome thrill that he said was absolutely wonderful.
He'd had a test and had gone for the results and had found out that he was HIV positive. It was the happiest day of his life. He felt so dynamic and alive.
I kinda have a glimpse of what this Jade woman felt - she had this disease that was going to kill her and she felt she had the need and the will to live every moment until the last.
It is strange how the knowledge of death can somehow transform a young person and turn a negative into a positive.
Well, the EU discriminated against non EU grown bananas for many years - maybe they still do............ and, let's face it, governments around the world are going into a protectionist phase to gain public support and win the next election so everything is 'going up in smoke' or 'down the tube' so roll a banana skin and be happy!
Actually I believe your OP was quite insulting - then your additional posts only insulted a large portion of the rest of the world...... however I do agree with you that MOST people are more likely to get on better with somebody from a similar culture - but that's no need to trash 'foreign' cultures and I've even found some North Americans quite decent people even though they come from an alien culture!
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