And seeks drama like a junky after a fix. Absolutely...though your question did sound a wee bit accusatory...I'd like to run off and stir up dirt about it behind your back in PM's, but I'll restrain myself - this time. That's what I value mine for! Judging by the amount of art devoted to female beauty as opposed to phalluses, I would say that most people share your outlook.
Have you noticed that everything in print sounds worse in your head than the same words said out loud? That's a problem. I don't know the solution. Spoken like a true Hip Forums veteran! :cheers2: You know the game.
Not at all, Karen, just having a little fun with you. I think you're a super awesome and highly well-adjusted forumite. Don't spread it around though, people will say you're, like, my girl and stuff... Oh yes, love those Hip Forums Games!
At age 21, I had one (1), yes ONE close girlfriend. Otherwise there were no other girls I trusted. It seems the number of upfront and honest girlfriends is directly proportional to age and maturity. I have several more now that it so many years later. Those of us that want those traits kind of gravitate to each other.
I have dude traits too.....and my daughter has been told the same. Although we are both very feminine, and crazy about the male gender, we just don't get the screechy bitchy giddy caddy girl stuff.
I watch guys, and what I've noticed is that they are less picky, more flexible, and basically neutral about bad behavior. So if some guy screws them over, they blow it off, and move onto something more fun. Or they give the guy some shit about it, and they both laugh. Of course there are exceptions, but this whole strategy makes guys more fun. Contrast that to girls, they are nice and friendly and enthused and falsely committed. What is truly happening is that they want to be liked, appear cool, get more invites, and then bail on a whim if they're not in the mood. Of course there are exceptions, but generally it's mostly self absorbed.
Are you sure you are excited and not all hope is lost? That jaded and bitter might actually cloud your view of what is right in front of you IS attractive and straightforward.
Obviously kokujin's remarks came before he met you, calgirl. So I just hafta talk about a former boss of mine - a grown-up woman who carried forward her catty ways all the way from middle school. My job was to provide computer applications and enhancements to our business-side clients, and I thought I was pretty damn good at meeting client needs and expectations. However when this woman became my team leader, suddenly the whole requirements-gathering process turned into a contest of wills. She would tell me that the clients (who were women, btw) were trying to take advantage of us and we needed to draw the line. I on the other hand saw nothing at all unreasonable about what the clients were asking for. I was stuck in the middle, trying to satisfy my clients' needs while somehow also placating my boss who was intent on creating an adversarial relationship with them. At this point I had already been in this career for several years working for various organizations, and had never been in a similar situation before. At one point we were working on a joint project with a county agency in a large city which shall here remain nameless (this was state government, btw), and the head of the department we were working with was a woman also. My team leader started making paranoid insinuations to me about how this other woman was trying to gain the upper hand over her with the project manager (who was a man, btw). It was my perception that the other woman wasn't doing this at all - it was my boss who was doing it, and the county department head was simply bringing up actual facts and non-emotionally-charged refutations to try to keep us on a reasonable track. My quality of life in terms of stress level improved dramatically after I finally got out from under that team leader.
I've met these types too. According to this victim, at every turn, people are trying to slight them. Their "enemy" can have a better cookie recipe, more influence at PTA, flirt with their husband, dress better, or fight for the same job. Therefore, they're primarily combative, and not very discrete about it. We know where the real fault is.
Oh yeah, I forgot to ask for one... Who said anything about being fair? I did confess to having a dick a few posts back...that's generally a pretty good telltale sign. Yup, that was my catty female act. My actual behavior is to just pull out my voodoo doll collection.
You ready to come over to the other side? Well, I like girls, in general. It's just certain specific ones I have issues with.
Spoiled brats. After thinking about it a little more, I can't go down that road. It would feel too much like giving in to the old idea that only men's opinions on serious issues are ever going to be respected and taken seriously. I'm not ready to give up that fight just yet. I can take a lot more than one bad week.
Because you all seem so sensitive and dramatic. I bet if a guy did this to a guy, the one who got stood up or something would think ''okay, he doesn't like me, fuck him'', instead of ''I haaaaate guuuuys!'' And then all the girls come here claiming they're different than the average girl, and then proceed to talk bad about other females.