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Re: Yeah, physically. Joel Send a noteboard - 07/09/2009 10:27:17 PM
It's unusual to invest the time typically required unless there's some physical appeal and, although I'm sure I'm projecting a bit, I find guys pretty disgusting as a rule. But then, I tend to go for dainty and refined over buff and brawny, so maybe it's just as well I'm a straight guy.

LOL! I know a lot of guys who are more dainty and refined. Not my kind of deal, but to each their own.

Well, a lot of them happen to be gay, which would be kind of a deal breaker for most chicks. Not that I'm saying I'd be into effeminate guys (this conversation is heading downhill fast... ) just that it perplexes me how guys who consider a loud belch a suitable substitute for "I Love you" get dates.
Well, I can't say much there except that so far as I can tell I'm a lot healthier than a year ago and was consequently blessed to be drawn to (and for reasons that baffle me, attract) a much healthier woman than in the past. There's still a strong emotional element most guys are conditioned to repress though, and that's still important to me; now I just recognize the need to express it in positive ways.

A lot of people seem to attract douchebags... I don't understand what it takes to change that or what causes it, just happy to see when it does happen.

It's not a hard and fast rule, obviously, but in my experience the trend is for sick people to be attracted to other sick people, and repulsed by healthy ones (it doesn't help that healthy people tend to regard them as in the "run screaming" category. ) I'm currently watching my soon to be divorced uncle go through a lot of the same thought processes I did last year, with greater cause, of course. What I learned from my own brief unpleasantness is 1) we all have issues, so making everything the other persons fault does US no long term good and 2) until we accept things as they are instead of wishing they were otherwise we can't progress, not in terms of restoring lasting happiness and not in terms of resolving our own issues. If someone keeps getting tangled up with douches that has to be done, else they'll just bounce from douche to douche indefinitely, and if they DO happen to meet someone worth being with that person will either get dragged down to their level or want nothing to do with them romantically.
Sounds like the fault is mine for not going to the SF/F board more; as a creature of habit I've pretty much been here and the WoTMB. Speaking of which, did you see Tor's released the first chapter of the next book online? If not, get thee to the WoTMB!

Ah, that's nice. I think I'll wait though. Want to read it all at once.

*nods* Understandable. But feel free to hit the link and register anyway (registration is free, but required to get the preview. ) I'm sure Tor is tracking where people visit from, and I'm hoping readandfindout will be well represented in that regard. As the series draws to a close a more general focus will make more and more sense here, but in the interim the Quick Poll on which board people think will get most of their time seems very telling to me: A clear majority said they'd spend most of their time on the WoTMB.
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