symbolistartist Forum Posts (761)

Cultural differences

Sure, but seems a lot of crap comes out of it as well. Freedom and individuality that encrouches on other people's freedom and individuality doesn't seem very constructive. Hopefully the world will find its balance one day.

RE: Serious Question

There are also people who don't understand irony or have a good day or a bad day... if you're lucky the bad day can get better if you find a reason to joke around a bit. A sad issue in the background can colour some comments though. But it's true that some people's bad days are devastatingly frequent.

Cultural differences

LOL if only... it's been too long since THAT happened to me!

RE: Serious Question

Seems though that the author of this thread isn't showing up much... now maybe there's a clue as to why this thread came about in the first place?

RE: Serious Question

I think most people are friendly and there's no real elitism. Sorry if anyone felt that way.

RE: Serious Question

Hm well again, perception is so personal. I suppose some people feel a need to socialize with Europeans only simply because there are so many Americans around and the mentality is a bit different. I don't mind if an American pops in, that's for sure, but I do like that there's a place where I can feel a tad more at home than I have on many other internet sites (because of the American majority).

RE: Serious Question

Hi and thanks!!

Cultural differences

And then I tell myself it wouldn't be much different if you met someone in a bar, or would it? What do you think?

Cultural differences

Well trouble is it's super easy to find out who I am. For anyone who is persistant enough. Sadly, this guy was. I was a bit shocked at first, then thought it might be a compliment. Well, one learns one's lessons in life.

RE: Serious Question

I take it you're speaking of an attitude, not the number of posts? Because someone felt I was inundating the site, while I was just diverting my attention from some personal issues for a couple of days... But on the other, each has their own perception of things.

RE: Serious Question

I understand this, there are always people that intimidate us in one way or another. There are no set rules. But sometimes it beats the bar!

RE: Serious Question

Hi I'm quite new
First I was rather intimidated, then I realized most people here at the EU forum are welcoming. Especially a few urged me to stay. I did feel that it was hard to enter the conversations because a lot is slang or inside jokes. However the feeling of starting to know people a bit is a good one so it's kind of important IMO to regularly check in if you want to get anything out of this. I don't like the Ints at all since my posts always get ignored and vanish in the overflowing streams. Show up more often, I'm sure you'll start to get responses. I for one love to get to know more decent guys from Europe, just to chat and feel "at home". I did leave last week but was missed by some, so I came back.

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I hate the idea of guys calling me on the phone, it usually means they don't want to go through the trouble of getting to know me for real. It's one reason I don't so much like internet dating here in my own country.

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Good god I didn't give my number!!!! He found it since he lives in my country

Cultural differences

Hi there I actually reported him to the police because it was extreme harrassment - on the phone. No, it's not personal but very unpleasant

RE: What can a black african man do for a whit ladies to fall inlove with them?

Now here's the core of the issue. We are all afraid of cultural differences and scammers. I just tried to give an Asian guy a chance. When I smelled control issues and inequality and lack of respect for my opinions I told him off. Guess what I got. Several hours of highly abusive and aggressive phone calls and sms's. It's not funny. I can bypass it and get on with my life but he was doing exactly what he claimed he didn't want to do, which was give his kind an even worse reputation. If a man can't understand that a woman is being careful because of bad experiences and a lot of bad stories then they should stick with their own kind.

RE: New 'Travel Group' just started

Is the idea to share travel tips or to invite each other over? Cause the latter would be rather exciting wouldn't it? Would save some headaches for a single person travelling that's for sure... So apart from being a dating site it'd be a "visit people" site too

RE: where is the best place to live in europe?:)

You're leaving Finland??? But we are the only hot things Finland has to offer!! Other than visiting us, don't go there. It IS cold!

RE: My face looks......

Who ever really cared to look into my soul?

RE: My face looks......

Well photos lie and mine sure does... up to you to decide in which direction

RE: Love letters

Yes... some of the letters I get here are so romantic in an old fashioned sort of way... full of love and admiration, not to mention adoration, at first sight!

However not only the art of handwriting is disappearing, the art of spelling correctly is too... so I wonder what kind of language we'll end up with?

Nowadays men can't even read my writing because it's old school handscript. I was quite depressed to have gone through so much trouble once to write a beautiful letter to a guy in the U.S. and he never read it because he couldn't dechiffer it. I had to help him on the webcam. Now how romantic is that?

RE: Folks..Mods.........

Or....

... maybe this site is too HOT for Microsoft to handle??? Do I smell revolution in the air...?

RE: oh well its a shame symbolartist has gone i liked her

Really there were too many to mention... one was about dogs as screen pictures as far as I can remember... Somehow I don't see you missing that one though...

RE: oh well its a shame symbolartist has gone i liked her

My god, you've really been spending your time in the wrong places!!! No wonder you still seem to like me just fine!

RE: ”What are you doing for living?”

Good points. However...
I wonder why you are lynching the poor politicians, movie stars and models... don't they deserve your love too?

RE: When I gave up...

Can't wait... what has SHE deserved???

RE: When I gave up...

I think there was some talk going on about this very issue (well who's a "creative person") on another thread.

Yes I do actually have one definition if you can be bothered to read through the other thread I mentioned and I think I described what I feel it means as opposed to doing art in a therapeutic sense. Of course, the POINT where you can call yourself an artist with a good conscience is hard to define. Usually it has to do with how much you produce over a certain period of time and how much you show in exhibitions. IMO it does NOT have anything to do with whether you sell your work or not. That's an old fashioned definition of a professional artist. Ok, granted that professional is a tough term too. But your activity speaks louder than the money it brings in. I was shy to use that term until a few years had passed, I had produced, showed and sold a lot. I also felt that the consistency by which I did my artwork was important.

RE: When I gave up...

Hi there and thanks for your interest! I'm back to my old self again - that is my old profile has been magically restored and so I ditched the temporary one (MsMysteryArt). Well there was some stuff going on here, people seemed offended and I felt rejected and the going got tense so I left. But Gilly here brought me back to the land of the living so I'm once more spilling my guts out for all to see, cause he asks me to...
Actually, there's a thread called "Artist desperately seeking British man" or something like that, not too far down the road, and it has loads of information that Gilly has been digging out of me about being an artist... you're more than welcome to ask questions if you have any after that!

RE: When I gave up...

Damn I knew I could count on you for clarification!!!

RE: When I gave up...

Gilly seems you're role in life has now been inducted by Ven!


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Or is it induced...?