Screw it

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Originally Posted by jurupa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

Is it a good idea? Because I do more work than play.

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Yes...but save the money, be discriminating when it comes to dating and...by the time your in your 40's and 50's...you will have plenty of time (and money) to play. I may be unmarried, but a HNWI (look it up).

Married friends of mine who make hourly more than I do, actually have less of everything...less financial resources (spent on the kids and the wife), less emotional happiness (unsuccessful marriages, stress, anxiety, lack of sleep), and not very nice homes (sloppy spouses and kids, etc).

So, just be a bit picky. Like I said a long time ago on another thread...why dive head first into an inferior good. You are demanding more of yourself at work and yet you demand less of others (I want anyone who will love me)...anyone will do? Not really.

That's part of the reason you are unsuccessful with the opposite sex. Many women know (don't underrate them...they can practically smell emotions) who you are and they know that you will want more out of them than perhaps they are willing to give. That's not a negative comment on women and it isn't a negative comment on you either...just reality.

So, just realize that high quality of the type you demand...it is a smaller dating pool. Has nothing to do with how you look--has a lot more to do with who you are and what you want...women may know better than you what you want.

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Originally Posted by CAM [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

Yes...but save the money, be discriminating when it comes to dating and...by the time your in your 40's and 50's...you will have plenty of time (and money) to play. I may be unmarried, but a HNWI (look it up).

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I am not that worried about the money part. As I know how to manage my money and make money.

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Married friends of mine who make hourly more than I do, actually have less of everything...less financial resources (spent on the kids and the wife), less emotional happiness (unsuccessful marriages, stress, anxiety, lack of sleep), and not very nice homes (sloppy spouses and kids, etc).

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And I know married people who are happy and have no money problems as they manage their money. Most people today do not know how to manage their money. Just look at how many people are in debt, especially in the 20 to 30 age group.

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So, just be a bit picky. Like I said a long time ago on another thread...why dive head first into an inferior good. You are demanding more of yourself at work and yet you demand less of others (I want anyone who will love me)...anyone will do? Not really.

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I am picky to an extend already.

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That's part of the reason you are unsuccessful with the opposite sex. Many women know (don't underrate them...they can practically smell emotions) who you are and they know that you will want more out of them than perhaps they are willing to give. That's not a negative comment on women and it isn't a negative comment on you either...just reality.

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I don't think so. The more I think about it is half the time I don't do anything in trying to get the girl, and if I do end up talking to her, I am in a totally different "club". And it may very well be me demanding more out of the other sex.

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So, just realize that high quality of the type you demand...it is a smaller dating pool. Has nothing to do with how you look--has a lot more to do with who you are and what you want...women may know better than you what you want.

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So your saying that I should move up north to Silicon Valley (I live in Southern California), where all the brainy acts are?:D But if a woman can see what I am looking for then why would she still purse me? Because the only thing I can think of, is she would be "moving up" if she grabbed me.

OH, SO-CAL??? I used to live there. San Diego and Newport Beach for 10 years. Generally, people are idiots. Phony beyond all belief. East Coast...its better. South...its better. West Coast (and I'm a West Coast resident) is loaded with phonies (men and women). Actually, if you want to know the truth...I'd move the **** out of the US. Love the country, but the people (particularly the younger women) are becoming increasingly whack.

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Originally Posted by CAM [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

OH, SO-CAL??? I used to live there. San Diego and Newport Beach for 10 years. Generally, people are idiots. Phony beyond all belief. East Coast...its better. South...its better. West Coast (and I'm a West Coast resident) is loaded with phonies (men and women). Actually, if you want to know the truth...I'd move the **** out of the US. Love the country, but the people (particularly the younger women) are becoming increasingly whack.

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Hey! I object! I live in So. Cal, too, and although there certainly are people who fit your description, there are also plenty who don't. My sister lives in Massachusetts, and she thinks people there are pretty much the same (except more uptight). She would love to move back here.

I would sooner stab myself in the eye with a fork than live in the south.

The cockroaches and the humidity would keep me out of the South. And, the food.

Okay, there are always some decent people everywhere, even So-Cal. In terms of the uptight part of the East...that I could live with.

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Originally Posted by vashti [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

I would sooner stab myself in the eye with a fork than live in the south.

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Yes, yes you would. Although, we're nice people. Most of us (rather, them) are dumb as bricks. But we'd give you the shirt off our backs.

If we happened to be wearing one.

Way too humid for me, and as CAM pointed out, the food... everything is fried. I bet they'd deep-fry lettuce in the south.

I like the Southwest though.

I will give the south one thing, biscuits and gravy done right is damn good.

i prefer midwest. as far as food goes, i cook my own.

Best food on the globe? Caribbean hands down. You don't know good eaten' til you've had picadillo and fried plantains. Not to mention croquetas. I pity you poor folks who have no idea what I'm talking about or who've only eaten the garbage they serve at restaurants.

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Originally Posted by CAM [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

OH, SO-CAL??? I used to live there. San Diego and Newport Beach for 10 years. Generally, people are idiots. Phony beyond all belief. East Coast...its better. South...its better. West Coast (and I'm a West Coast resident) is loaded with phonies (men and women). Actually, if you want to know the truth...I'd move the **** out of the US. Love the country, but the people (particularly the younger women) are becoming increasingly whack.

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How the East or the South any better than the West? I love California as it is the only state that I can drive 30 to Newport Beach and swim in the ocean and in the winter time take a hour trip north to big bear and play in the snow. Plus the weather here kicks ass. And I know where the phony people are or how to avoid them. The last time I was in New England, the people where more up tight than over here and less helpful as well. And I would be an out cast real quick in the South being that I am an Atheist.

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Originally Posted by jurupa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

And I would be an out cast real quick in the South being that I am an Atheist.

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Ha, I'm more like a specimen. I have a LOT of Christian friends (Orthodox, even) and we get along fine, although at times they're just like, "Wow. Don't believe in a God, huh?"

But I really can't say much for the South. We DO have a lot of fried stuff, that's totally not how I make MY food. Biscuits and gravy DOES rock, thank you, Gribble (either white sausage gravy *shudder* or tomato gravy *double shudder*. So good).

The humidity WILL kill you if you're not used to it, and the joke here is, our mosquitoes are the state bird.

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Originally Posted by Glyph [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

The humidity WILL kill you if you're not used to it, and the joke here is, our mosquitoes are the state bird.

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Ha! That's funny. Broken glass is the state flower of New Mexico.

NM food is pretty addictive, but nothing beats Cali for availability of fresh ingredients. Grocery shopping there is amazing.

The humidity and the gnats. Don't forget those nasty suckers. They'll swarm your face and never leave so long as there's daylight.

I'd prefer to live in NYC in an apartment and have Greek food delivered every day. And, then on my vacation, travel through France, Italy, and Greece eating nothing but very good, very tasty food. All the walking would/does keep the weight off :) Anyway, that's part of my life's goals.

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Originally Posted by CAM [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

I'd prefer to live in NYC in an apartment and have Greek food delivered every day. And, then on my vacation, travel through France, Italy, and Greece eating nothing but very good, very tasty food. All the walking would/does keep the weight off :) Anyway, that's part of my life's goals.

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That sounds like fun (except France).

Quel est le problème avec la France ?

No, except that the Greeks and Italians will feed our stupid, fat American asses better. :D

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Originally Posted by vashti [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

No, except that the Greeks and Italians will feed our stupid, fat American asses better. :D

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Well France...because I have an American friend who lives there (equals "free room and board for a week").

btw, getting back onto the main topic of forgetting about a partner & becoming indulgent on work, I think that's just an excuse. Our lightbulbs aren't created in a day you know. It took Einstein 9999times to try that experiment out! So keep trying, you'll definitely find the right one before 30!

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Originally Posted by auntlmour [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

btw, getting back onto the main topic of forgetting about a partner & becoming indulgent on work, I think that's just an excuse. Our lightbulbs aren't created in a day you know. It took Einstein 9999times to try that experiment out! So keep trying, you'll definitely find the right one before 30!

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Uh I don't think Einstein had anything to do with light bulbs. But I did not say I was just going to surround my self with work and drop everything. I said that I am going to focus more on furthering my career. Two totally different things.

the lightbulb was invented by joseph swan, though thomas edison gets all the credit (he patented it)