Living alone

[porterross]

These days, I don't blame guys for taking notes one bit. We women are wishy washy, emotional and hormonal. What rules govern one day may indeed change the next. Men need to know the why of that, as well as the when and how and the who.

I assure you that I am not wishy-washy, emotional without cause or hormonal. My analytical nature confounds a lot of people, especially men, but that is how God made me. I don't know what notes need be taken about that.

The more a man goes out of his way to try to get a woman's attention by being someone other than himself, the more likely there is to be a disastrous outcome. Just be yourself and trust that God will help you find a partner who appreciates your qualities as much as you appreciate theirs. It's when we get antsy and try to force things not in His plan that the process goes awry.

 

[DaSeminarian]

I don't think any woman wants to be made feel as though she is a project to be completed or that she can be manipulated to be what a man wants if only he can use her own nature against her to get what he wants from her. The implication of it is more than a little offensive.

Filo is wise beyond his years on subjects other than theology. Gentility and temperance are admirable qualities.

And I never indicated that I felt otherwise. I thought your comment was unfair to DaRev that is all. His comment was that he was taking notes which for a guy is a good thing. At least he will not be clueless.

By the same token, I think there are women out there who want to make men their projects and my mother was one of those people however, she had a long fight ahead of her because my dad was a stubborn German who was not going to let her do it so easily. In fact it took more than 10 years before she finally relaxed and realized that she wasn't going to get her way. When she relaxed then so did he and she found him to be more cooperative. She has been alone now for almost 19 years since he passed away.

Scott