Ok, the above was me, some three years ago and next spring, I'll be marrying my former classmate, an AW who was born a lesbian, talk about irony.S_Parc wrote:Fellas, it's been a while since I'd posted. In particular, I was getting a bit bored of all the troll/flame wars about pretty much nothing.
What I noticed that's change, since I'd taken a short break, is that my opinion on dating/relationships have completely solidified. In general, right now, I have zero interest in women, foreign or American. I notice that frequent posterers here, still have that pining for someone *special*, that 'Little House on the Prairie' gal but from another continent. Well .. for those guys, good luck, but my sense is that your chances will dwindle in the decades ahead, as the world gets hooked, via Hand held tablets and media on-demand. I don't see this trend slowing down anytime soon. It's what some call the Digital Frontier and now, it's no longer an American thing but a global malaise.
Seeing escorts on a scheduled basis (Quebec is my nearest Canadian outlet), has really liberated my psyche from the nonsense of this idea ... that men need women. In reality, it's basically not true. Since my last relationship with a Brazilian woman had ended, I've been pretty much, boycotted all relationships. And now, it's normal; I see no reason to have someone *special* in my life. I like to work, take classes, do my hobbies, and periodically boink. And once the aforementioned are carried out, then life is good.
A lot has changed in such a short period of time, almost to the point where I barely recognize my older, more cynical self. On the flip side, I do believe that my prior self was in fact, correct for a large percentage of the US population. It's just somehow, the hand of fate had dealt me a different hand so I can't feel that same level of cynicism right now.
Still, from a policy p.o.v, I'd think that more men are better suited to the older S_Parc's thinking than the present one.