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- From: earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mark Earhard)
- Subject: Re: We /all/ have it easier than we think
- Message-ID: <BzrpKy.FKw@cs.dal.ca>
- Keywords: Life, Dating
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- Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- References: <1992Dec19.231742.27850@nmsu.edu> <BzMG4L.455@cs.dal.ca> <BzMu5u.HxE@news.udel.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 14:29:22 GMT
- Lines: 69
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- In article <BzMu5u.HxE@news.udel.edu> helie@bach.udel.edu (Ray Helie) writes:
- >earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mark Earhard) writes:
- >
- >" ... I'd have to agree with Sharon that
- > it's a man's world when it comes to dating. There seems to be a fundamental
- >
- >I'll have to argue against that one. But you are right, there is
- >a problem with some people's perceptions of how dating works. 8-)
- >Mine used to be a mess -- now it's just choatic.
-
- Good to hear... :)
-
- >The bottom line is, both men and women have it much easier than
- >they think. When we stop treating the dating situation as the
- >main thing going on in our lives, and start living our lives
- >more fully, then attempts at dating become nothing more than
- >one more way of experiencing the awesome diversity that life has to
- >offer.
-
- This is a very good point, and I'm only sorry that I saw it at the end
- of your post than at the beginning, because it would have saved me a
- tremendous amount of work!
-
- Your post came off as if you thought this was the case right now, and
- in a perfect society this would be wonderful. Until we achieve this
- state of enlightenment, however, we are going to have to deal with the
- present.
-
- If your thesis is "Wouldn't it be terrific if this was the case" then
- I fully agree. If you think this is the case now "People have all these
- options" then you are correct, but there is a tremendous amount of
- social pressure not to take them.
-
-
- >I hope this didn't feel like an attack. You've made a lot of good
- >points, and I simply disagree with some of them. If you see any
- >holes in what I've said (and I'm sure there are some), or you disagree
- >with me, go for it! 8-) We are dealing with opinions, after all ...
-
- The only hole I see is that most of your ideas come from an ideal situation
- where people live full and happy lives without relationships. I think
- this is possible, but not on a grand scale. There are lots of people out
- there who live full, wonderful lives on their own, but the bulk of society
- thinks something is wrong with it if it can't get a date.
-
- As for the power in the dating game, I see your point that in a egalitarian
- society both parties would have equil power in the "callback" stage, but
- as for right now I think men have the option. Yes, the woman has the
- option to reject him when he calls her back, but so what? Women are are
- just as allowed to reject men as men are to reject women.
-
- What a lot of the winers in this newsgroup don't realize is that it's
- ok for someone not to be attracted to you. That doens't make them
- an evil person (daily affirmation anyone?). I've been rejected by
- lots of people (some of them I have *no* idea why), and sometimes
- in pretty nasty ways, but hey! that's part of life, just like smog,
- TV, mace, and 5:30am work crews.
-
-
- >Ray 8-)
- >Life /is/ great, isn't it!?!
-
- Shore is!
-
- Marcus.
- --
- __
- Mark Earhard - earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca - 05marcus@ac.dal.ca
- Reclaimer: GIVE ME THAT BACK THIS INSTANT! BRING THE NOISE!
-