Ramblings on women and dating

Started by realman, Apr 20, 2005, 09:08 AM

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neonsamurai

Sir Jessy spaketh:

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As a former Porsche owner, I can say that it definitely translates into more opportunity with the opposite sex. However, I was attached at the time; but that doesn't mean I didn't see the many overt signals thrown my way that I could have taken advantage of. Contrasted with the scooter I now drive (by choice), you can bet there is a difference.


I agree that this is quite a big thing for girls. I borrowed a Saab 9000 for a weekend once and drove around Oxford with the top down. It was a brand new, shiny black convertible, top of the line with leather seats, and I had women smiling and even calling out to me! They don't do that when I drive my Honda!!

I guess it's like an advertisment for your status. If you're driving a nice car you must be successful and therefore boyfriend material. Obviously if they then found out that you had to sleep in your car because you sold your house to pay for it then that would probably count against you  :wink:
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realman

Acksiom, I did get a chance to look at those links. I apologize for immediately jumping to a critical conclusion without reading them...they actually did contain some good concepts. As I said, I am used to that type of site promoting the "act like something your not just to get laid" approach so I was expecting this to be more of the same.

As neon said, the problem for us "normal guys" is that yes, we're "plan b"- we weren't exciting or interesting in our teens and twenties when the 6'5 guy with the tatts/motorcycle/alcohol habit/etc. was "exciting" , but suddenly when she realized her 20s won't go on forever, a "normal, boring guy" with a decent job, a good head on his shoulders, his life more or less together, etc. suddenly is "interesting". Wouldn't it be better for everyone involved if women looked for this type of guy sooner? Women get hurt dating bad boys who cheat/lie/abuse, men get hurt feeling like unwanted schmucks...

Ironic also that women create the very type of guy they despise...they say they hate men who are insecure, clingy, or desperate, well ladies guess where that came from?

It's not that most guys can't get dates or can't get laid... it's just that most men have to work for what they get and face a lot of rejections in the process.

But as I said previously, in some sense those rejections are a good thing...meeting with the approval of an insecure, emotionally unstable, immature, self-centered girl who sleeps around doesn't really say much about a man anyway (even if she IS really hot), does it? Chances are a nice, stable, intelligent, guy with some direction is his life has a better chance with a woman who is decent, table, and has some direction in her life...as rare as they are, such women do exist.

fezzik

Quote from: "Sir Jessy of Anti"
As a former Porsche owner, I can say that it definitely translates into more opportunity with the opposite sex.  However, I was attached at the time; but that doesn't mean I didn't see the many overt signals thrown my way that I could have taken advantage of.  Contrasted with the scooter I now drive (by choice), you can bet there is a difference.

My 0.02$


I'm on my second Porsche, and I only get approached by guys, who almost universally ask how much attention it gets me from women. It's become something of a theme.


The whole turning 30 / buying a house deal I put above was between my first and second Porsche, and was the occaision of my only real dating success. (I'm married now, and happy to be done with dating.) At that time I was driving a 14 year old econobox Toyota.

Maybe it'd be different if I were in one of the current $100,000 Porsches? I have one of these : http://vista.pca.org/stl/968.htm, which you can pick up on eBay for less than the price of a new Hyundai :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6435&item=4544147231&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Are you a man?', that's what she asked, as if I were wearing a man mask. -- Sean Altman

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