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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:07 PM Original message |
Author tells women to marry early lest they lose "market value" |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. He hasn't read the latest info on male sperm. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Somebody shoulda told Terry Jones |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
88. That's messed up on so many levels. |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
308. "Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great" |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Hey, my boys were born when I was just shy of 42 and 45 years old. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
218. I don't necessarily buy into the men get more marketable with age thing |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #218 |
277. You get an a-men from me! |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hence, older men marrying younger women...only makes sense for women who know |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I didn't get married until I was thirty-two, |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Probably alot more maturity too...not sure on the stats, but I'd venture to say that you're |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
262. They are now 22 and 26. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. 32 when i married. 33 and 36 when i had my kids. a lot more parents our age out |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
280. I had mine at 32 and 41 - the youngest is 13 now. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
197. Like that guy from Monty Python. He's 67 & his preggers GF is 26 |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #197 |
198. it is really the pool guy. evolution in play. n/t |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
222. Of all the girls in my family (counting sisters and cousins) I married the youngest at 26 |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are they merely describing cultural attitudes, or actively endorsing them? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. it's describing the results of evolution |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Bingo! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. cute |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Eugenics and phrenology were considered science too. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. and you haven't debunked evolutionary biology |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. males peak at 19... you dont think women look at a young bod and say yum???? n/t |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. i look at the data |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
153. Not evolutionary biology |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Science? Wouldn't a sociological study be more salient in this case? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. 'Readers Digest' style science reporting by the MSM is a travesty |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. here's your cites. try science. it beats prejudice |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Thank you, but I'm actually not disagreeing with that part of your argument. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. oh well that is a somewhat different issue |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. you are suggesting that genetically a male want youth. a woman would take a young body over an |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. if you would actually READ the studies |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #70 |
93. And the studies merely observe behavior and speculate as to its cause |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
97. You seem to really, desperately want to believe that. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. No shit! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #70 |
311. YOU don't read. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
148. the OP is primarily about MARRIAGE "market value" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
74. this is stupid. cause male prefers a certain "look" it is evolutionary. any study with women prefer |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. did you actually read the studies |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #77 |
113. You are selectively interpreting studies. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #113 |
244. no, you are using anecdotes |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #244 |
312. Here you are still persistently focused on the caveman sex part. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:11 AM Response to Reply #77 |
313. paulsby |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #74 |
120. I'm still wondering what use our prehistoric female ancestors would have for old codgers. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. not to mention, what was old? 20, 25?????? n/t |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #120 |
309. What use is a silverback gorilla? (NT) |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. "science is science" |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. and other people |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
217. so where are you observing all these old guys with young women? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #217 |
231. On TV. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #231 |
305. lol! n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. lol....that is brilliant |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
175. "Women like pink things..." |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
210. that's one of the funniest things I've seen in quite awhile, and that includes the Palin candidacy. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
89. We could save this planet if we paid attention to this truth |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. we harp on evolution yet man insists males dont evolve. what kind of sense does that make. n/t |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
90. Right.. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. if our caveman self was so prevelent, no poor man would marry, only alpha males would impregnate and |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #94 |
132. Alpha males do NOT have the most offspring. Not in apes, anyway. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. bah hahaha, i saw that recently.... wink. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
123. You are confusing actual evolutionary psychology with pop-sci bastardizations of it. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #123 |
194. And it's even sadder that they get some liberals to line up behind it. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:04 PM Original message |
The flaw in this is it doesn't matter what men want. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It's exactly what Regnerus is doing. |
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cagesoulman (648 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Endorsing them. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm not seeing the scandal. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. correct |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. then all of us women should be marrying beta men and going out mating with alpha men |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. you have an issue with reading comprehension |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. and since "evolution" has EVOLVED beyond how long ago, do you continually insist |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. evolution moves MUCH more slowly than law, society, religion ,etc |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
87. you reject this genetic phenonmon with women, women all over not feeling the DRIVE |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #87 |
155. Who is "demanding" that you "respect the biological drive"? |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
206. Paulsby Occam only said the first half of what you are talking about |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #206 |
293. 'You cannot prove a biological basis for women liking old men.' |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Gee, and the fact that men have greater access to wealth has nothing to do with social structures. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. It certainly does. The only difference between |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. where the previous poster is wrong |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
81. And it never ceases to amaze me |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #81 |
251. any student of human behavior |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #251 |
269. Then you agree that Mark Regnerus (the writer of the OP article) is full of shit, no? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:13 PM Original message |
'he says it from a position of neutral observation' Are you fucking kidding me? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. For the past 20 years |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Tell me about it. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. "twirling the keys to their expensive cars" |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
261. "We ignored them, in favor of guys our own age." |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #261 |
301. This is Phoenix so it's pretty much a given that you have a car. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #301 |
302. i always had the new car so we would take mine. lookin like this poster doesnt get |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
268. And was there also a line |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #268 |
300. No. A few women who could be described as 'cougars'. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #300 |
307. "Slim, attractive, and obviously wealthy." |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. No social trend holds for all people. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
59. I'm saying that this 'trend' is in the mind of the author. Yours too perhaps. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. you are conflating two things |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. I'm sure men *want* younger partners. Just as women *want* hunky younger partners as well |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. the difference is that |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. "men want it on average, MUCH more than women" |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:28 PM Original message |
you keep ignoring scientific studies, like a creationist |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
106. Just bullshit 'studies' designed to prove someone's personal fetish. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. exactly. it is about that trashy.... n/t |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #106 |
110. Clinging to the religion/science of what I say goes! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. you keep ignoring scientific studies, like a creationist |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. You can find a 'scientific study' to prove whatever your personal prejudice is. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. i provide evidence, you provide ignorance. i provide cites. you provide nothing |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. You're clearly desparate. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #95 |
241. you provide |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #241 |
243. reality. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #243 |
247. nothing in that article |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #247 |
249. ah geez.... what evah. it isnt a reality, your supposition that you insist is a fact |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #249 |
252. again, you have no cites, no studies, no evidence. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #252 |
254. your the one pat teenage daughter on head, kiss wife goodbye to run to coffee shop to ogle the teen |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #254 |
257. so personal attacks |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:58 PM Original message |
I honestly don't get what you claim to be 'citing' and what it has to do with the OP |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #241 |
263. You've been provided 'evidence' plenty |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #84 |
96. And buddy, I'd bet you "provide" about an inch and a half |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #96 |
256. yet another charmer speaks up |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. how old are you. men and women want it MUCH more.... we are all just realistic enough |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. men and women |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
127. Lol.. |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #72 |
266. I don't understand why |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #266 |
273. Actually, the editorial does mention the fact that women - |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #273 |
289. But, and I could very well be wrong, |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #289 |
296. Yes, I understand what he's saying as well. People are getting hung up - |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #266 |
282. The POINT is that most twenty year old women AREN'T interested in fourty year old men |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #282 |
288. Of course they aren't. But it does happen. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #288 |
291. It happens in TV far more than reality, as the statistics show. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. you are right on. i have noticed of late a myth trying to take hold in this society. n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
138. How many of them have you married? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #138 |
157. You make it sound like all women are prostitutes |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #157 |
203. Not that it's really germane to this discussion, but I've been married for 25 years. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #203 |
205. a. ... hubby and i married on vacation in court house, i didnt want to spend on wedding, seashell |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #205 |
246. I guess I'm a spendthrift, we paid about $200 for the whole wedding. |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #157 |
271. Think of it as being a provider. nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #271 |
275. Are you from the past? |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #275 |
287. No, I'm not. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
216. You said it. When I read stuff like this, I keep my eyes peeled for all the May-Dec couples that |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #216 |
226. Yep, that's been the statistical average for over a hundred years. Close to the same age. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #226 |
306. lol. That's exactly the age difference between me and my husband! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. With the high divorce rate, |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
220. The author is fine with it. That's what he's selling. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hey, for a quick fix of market value, there's always prostitution. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. How 17th century of them! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Some people live in such an intricately designed fantasy world... |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ugh. It's men like this that make me wish being gay was a choice. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Oh hell, he's got defenders right here on this thread |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. "There are inherent components to behavior" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. since infedelity is 50/50 amongst gender today. the male is genetically pressured? and the |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. no no no.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. a guy wanted to date. i was a virgin on the first handful of no's. then a lesbian on the next |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
121. Wow. What a peach. And you let him get away? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. lol lol lol....sadly, yes. but then i caught myself a younger man. ooooops |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I think both men and women would be equally pressured genetically. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. You know |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. I agree with you that the existence of preexisting conditions are often |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
152. Which is why evo-psych should be taken with a ginormous grain of salt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
151. To be fair, a lot of that is pop-sci BS far removed from the actual research. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #151 |
159. As do many liberals, unfortunately. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
82. Amazing to find so many on a "liberal" discussion board, huh? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #82 |
181. Not surprisingly, there are way too many "typical American guys" in America |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #181 |
208. Yep; that's pretty much all that I've ever met on the internet dating sites |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
115. Liberal men are exactly the same as their Bible-thumping brothers |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #115 |
140. You got it! eom |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #115 |
161. I'm a guy and that is a thought that has been tormenting me since my friend was raped. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #161 |
187. ... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #187 |
190. Thank you. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. i am so there with you. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Indeed. In America, men are walking ATMs and women only whores. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
142. I am married to a Republican and he is much better toward women |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #142 |
168. ha, tx repug male and defuncts this bullshit evolution made me do it, but then he calls |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #168 |
173. Thank God my hubby isn't all Biblical |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. bullshit. by the time i was late 20's i was a commodity. no children, no divorce |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. "author is full of bullshit and once again telling us women how to accommodate his gender " |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. exactly. i was late, but i got my playing around done. knew who i was, what i wanted |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
230. You seem to be lending credibility to the article with this comment - |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #230 |
237. "the now divorced and the few that had never married" is a potentially large group of men. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #237 |
248. "game of musical chairs." .... true that. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #230 |
245. not slim. the not married where slim, which i chose, but the single wasnt slim at all... |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #245 |
260. I was just asking what you meant by that. |
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CaptJasHook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. "Sell when you can; you are not for all markets." |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. So? Opinions are like assholes. |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. Christ, another old white (?) guy telling women what |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. and of course, it is the stroking of male ego and dissing the female |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
80. I also disagree with this, smacks of 'you can't fight nature' nonsense. |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
100. No critisism taken |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #100 |
131. Thanks, just wondering. There have been several threads |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
111. While the article in the OP doesn't allude to race |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
154. abortion and birth control? What about FREE childcare |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
46. hell, I'm a guy and my market value has dropped steeply |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. I'm a childfree 40 year old woman and I'm right there with ya. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. i swear women walked out of the 50's and this is males strong desire to tuck us back in our |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
156. yet it never seems to work |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #58 |
211. My favorite was dealing with guys who already had kids, but wanted to date me |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. dupe |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
55. The author is conditioned as many men are, AND as are many women |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
86. It would be nice for women to be considered human beings |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #86 |
99. That scumbag poster...... |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. Agree |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. "evolution" as their unbending woman-gating GAWD rather than the god of the Bible |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #103 |
285. And what about the women who get breast cancer who indeed have no children? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #86 |
102. Or do we finally grown up?.... over last decade, i would say no, we took a huge ass step |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. And some of these so-called liberal males aren't much better than Bush |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. nope. not even. no difference. n/t |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #86 |
117. No, we are animals ... some are conditioned to be sentient |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #117 |
130. My brain works a touch better than a dog |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #130 |
158. Well see, you are led by your girly emotions. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #158 |
174. And if that doesn't work go to Church and thump the Bible at the ladies |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
91. So very true |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #91 |
145. You are right, and men can be judged the same way too |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #145 |
182. You two might enjoy this joke: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #182 |
185. isnt that funny. that is funny. thanks, happily married, but i am gonna use that |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #182 |
189. Ha |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #182 |
209. Lol! Yep, I've encountered that a time or two. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #55 |
98. The Megatheocorporatocracy will never accept that. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
76. Jesus, this economy is fucking up everything. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
78. Women don't HAVE to get married anymore. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
104. Uh it's a statement of fact, not opinion |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. ya, cause the strong majority of people that marry are same age so gotta be fact |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #112 |
122. Don't let emotions get in the way of logic |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #122 |
134. what person, male or female, doesnt want confident and stable. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #122 |
146. That is so dumb. By your 'logic' the majority of marriages would have big age discrepancies |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #122 |
147. Rule? Shouldn't that be "trend" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #122 |
170. since my post was about fact and nothing about emotion, you chose "emotion" to put woman |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #170 |
192. I would guess definitely under 18, |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #104 |
116. I guess I'm the exception |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. married man 4 yrs younger and never wanted an old fart, regardless of the offers |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #118 |
183. I've never dated anyone who was more than two years older than I am |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #183 |
186. but male tells us we ALL want an old man. hm, sounds desperate. n/t |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #104 |
125. 'If you challenge that then you are really challenging biology. And that's a fight you will lose.' |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #104 |
128. source please. n/t |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #128 |
162. yeah, I'd like to see that source as well. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #104 |
139. Nearly every woman I know finds attractive men more attractive. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #104 |
167. For one, that is not "biology". |
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LiveLiberally (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
114. Biology isn't destiny....and statistical probabilities apply to populations not individuals |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
119. Pardon my language, but FUCK THEM. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
129. Doesn't this same nonsense reappear |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #129 |
137. It does reappear every so often |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. Yeah, wasn't there a big Newsweek cover on the topic or something? |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Yes, and I ended up getting married at 37 |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. LOL... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #129 |
172. screw every few years... it is every other day. men desperate to get dominance |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
133. I had a theory way back when - that as women gain economic power of their own, |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #133 |
150. Or eliminate competition for jobs from females |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #150 |
160. Interesting theory. I've seen things written about that idea of the 50's actually |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #133 |
219. I think you're absolutely right |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #219 |
221. further, once a woman gets beyond 25 and all the cinderella conditioning of our role |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #219 |
242. "I looked for intelligence, humor, and someone who would be a good father." |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #242 |
255. I rather hope so! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #219 |
315. I think you've got something there |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
136. Over here, German women have a joke about men over 30: |
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Gator_Matt (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
149. Sounds like Sparta |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
163. This shit again? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
164. Excuse me while I |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
165. Statistics on age difference between marriage partners |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:07 PM Original message |
Thank you. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
166. This is why one shouldn't have idiots with agendas interpret data. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
169. Gave birth at 37 to my second. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #169 |
176. i had a condom baby at 36, wink |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #169 |
227. 36 with the first kid, 39 with the second |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #227 |
253. me too. lol lol. look at all of us. THIS is what the |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
171. By the time women reach their 30's and 40's the DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #171 |
179. It's why they have to scare the holy shit out of us when we're young. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #179 |
180. I am raising 2 girls..... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
177. By "market value", he actually means before they become fully realized human beings. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #177 |
184. Thank you. And as someone else in this thread pointed out: |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
178. Girls, face it. Our reason for being is to catch a man and have babies |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #178 |
215. and if we follow this guys advice, we can do it while we're young, have the kids, and then toss the |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
188. OP, the more I read your posts... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
191. I'm not for sale. Neither are my friends' daughters. nt |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
193. if male "maturation" matched female "most fertile years" .......... |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
195. Like it or not, its actually true |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #195 |
201. You keep telling yourself that. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #201 |
202. Science is science |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #202 |
212. Bullshit is bullshit. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #212 |
223. shoots the whole male evoluntionary theory, the old bag at 23. wtf.... should be 15. n/t |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #212 |
225. Go disprove evolutionary psychology then |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #225 |
228. No, YOU have to prove it. The burden is on you. That's how scientific proof works. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #228 |
232. Here |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #232 |
236. Whatever. Observation and speculation. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #225 |
233. PEOPLE are more sought after *sexually* in their youth. No kidding. Men and women both. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #202 |
213. You wouldn' t know science if it bit your weeny |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #213 |
224. Actually I would |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #224 |
229. That's right pal - all the women on this thread are 'defensive assholes' |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #229 |
234. No, the ones who insult me are |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #234 |
240. That's like me doing a scientific study to prove that I perfer Brad Pitt |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #240 |
264. nevermind |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
196. Well, ladies? What the hell ya waiting for? Get married already! Sheesh |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
199. Gee, really? Your stock as a marriageable woman goes down as you age? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
200. The Washington Post is trying to make itself relevant by being a RW alternative |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
204. paris hilton loses value w/ each day, for entirely different reasons. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
207. It's bad enough my friends and their wives criticize my taste in women... |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
214. LMAO.. tell the hairy knuckle dragger that |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
235. I'm 52 and a 35 yr old guy asked me out last week |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #235 |
238. Tsk tsk, You should both read the article in the OP and repent! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #235 |
259. blasphemy. how dare you not follow these males interpretation on how we all ought to |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
239. Geez, humans are fuckin' stoopid. This whole "marriage" thing! |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
250. as if women need to be told this |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
258. WOW PRICELESS - HAS ANYONE SEEN THESE YOUNG |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #258 |
314. those are two people using each other |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
265. The article makes sense |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #265 |
267. worked for your sister didnt it? yet it makes sense? do you know |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #267 |
272. It didn't work for my sister |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #265 |
274. And what about you - when does your desperation set in? |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #274 |
279. Fair question |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #279 |
283. Why do you say your 'clock is ticking' - because you want children? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #279 |
284. Stop putting women into categories and you might succeed in finding a life partner. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #265 |
276. Your sister's experience pretty much refutes the argument of the article. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #276 |
278. I think his experience refutes it too. According to him he's well off and older |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #278 |
281. It sure is. |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #278 |
292. Actually |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #292 |
294. That was exactly my point - your experience is counter to the wishful thinking of the article. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
270. heh. the kid who wrote the article |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #270 |
286. I think that's the poster's pic. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #270 |
290. I photo googled "Mark Regnerus" |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #290 |
299. OMG, he looks like a cross between John Boy and David Koresh! |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
295. If you think this is bad, I've seen WOMEN write pieces in which they urge their fellow females |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #295 |
297. I've seen those pieces too. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #295 |
298. both my kids |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
303. WTF?!!! This is sooooo fucking wrong on sooo many levels... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #303 |
304. i think |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
310. self-selection - who'd want to hook up with tards of either gender who think like this ? |
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