Lonely
 

[QUOTE=Skygirl;91701]I bet you I won't! /QUOTE]

There are many different ways to "cure" loneliness!!!!" ;) :p :D

[QUOTE=learav8r;91698]If you are on the fence on marriage make sure you read "The Predatory Female" written by the REV Lawrence Shannon.


Available from Amazon.com.
Best $8.95 you will ever spend/QUOTE]

Gee, another book bashing females. How original! Better off spending the $8.95 "wisely" than wasting it taking a girl to McDonald's for a gourmet dinner! Do you guys realize what you sound like?? Geez.....:confused: :rolleyes: :eek:

Geez is right! You nag more than my Ex.

Clever retort.....:p

Wild4, I don't think these guys are "bashing females", what they are bashing is the traditional contract of marriage and it's resultant legal and property entanglements. I see this coming from a lot of women too, or more precisely-the independent and smart women who have managed to become a success and don't really want to play hostess to someone in exchange for some small favor they can obtain most anywhere.
I think things work best for both parties if they are balanced in terms of intelligence, experience, culture and of course money. Having half of the relationship highly dependent on the other person for anything is not a formula for happiness.

finally
 

FINALLY -- an intelligent post! I knew someone had it in them...LOL.. Seriously, thanks, Jungle for your enlightening post. I'm glad you explained what the book is about and I happen to agree 100%. You sound like a man who's got his act together. Unfortunately, there are so few of us adults who do these days. :D ;)

[QUOTE=wild4theuniform;91768]
My problem with books like "The Predatory Female" and the "no Marriage" website is that they're ignorant in lumping all of us females together - like we're all desperate to prey on a man. That would be like saying that ALL men want a stupid, brainless trophy wife to spend the rest of his empty life with. It's ridiculous and a waste of time to refute generalizations like that, because quite frankly, I wouldn't waste my precious time on a man who truly believed those things. I would rather waste my precious limited spare time on a man intelligent enough to respect me and "my" life. Respect is where it's at, and neither of those forums suggest any sort of consideration of mutual respect.

Hot and stupid gets boring long before smart and sassy. Men respect independence and intelligence. We have all been there and done that, but in the end we all want someone who can stand alone on their own merits.

If you aren't married now, I predict you will make some lucky woman VERY happy someday! :) ;)

Never married and don't need to be, but I have had several long term relationships that lasted much longer than most of my friends marriages and I'm still on a friendly basis with all of them.
It's not about winning, it's about caring and helping. I don't need much but it won't work without reliable, stable attention to what is going on between you and the person you care about.