bluesmama wrote:
> greg1199{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> > mark_sobolewski{at}yahoo.com wrote:
[...]
> > Yeah, that gives me a chuckle as well.  Like the woman pretends to
be
> > a modern, liberal, corporate goddess, then tells me she's "old
> > fashioned" as we approach the restaurant.
> > [...]
>
> No one except the woman in question knows her motivations, but it
just

Fair enough.

> occurred to me - what if she was using the first date to see what
this
> guy's limits were, as far as how far he was willing to compromise
> himself in order to (possibly)laid? Frankly, a guy I can walk all
over
> is not a guy I'd want to date twice,

Ah hah!!  Such refreshing honesty.

> I prefer a man with a strong sense
> of himself and some firm boundaries. It's hard to have any respect
for
> someone who, instead of being assertive (not aggressive, that would
> turn me off too, unless it was in the right situation, but let's not
go

No matter how many women mislead us as to what they want, there will
always be a few who tell the real story.

The moral, gentlemen?  Stand your ground.  Be nice to yourself.  Let
her storm off in a huff.  Eventually, you'll find one who doesn't storm
off in a huff, or perhaps one who just wanted to see whether you hold
yourself in high regard, as you should.

> there right now) was a passive man. Generally, passive people take it
> and take it and then end up surprising everyone by blowing up and
> getting aggressive.

As they say, "Beware the fury of the quiet man."  Let me digress.

There should be a similar saying.  "Beware the fury of the quiet men."
Erin Pizzey noted with great frustration that men don't defend
themselves.  She should have followed that observation with "yet."  All
this feminist BS seems to roll off us like water off of ducks, but it
doesn't.  Every feminazi insult rachets up the tension just a bit.
Eventually, the beam will fail, and the walls will come down.  Any
previous definition of "backlash" will be quickly outdated.



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