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14 Jan 2009, 3:05 pm

And then there's Chinese foot binding . . .

For me it's strictly little girl dressing up pretty. I'm not interested in what men think, unless I embarrass ones I don't like. That's ok. :wink:



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14 Jan 2009, 3:16 pm

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Then I have to explain that I don't like babies and that basically = "Devil" in NT woman language.

I hear ya! NT women are always so sad and "comforting" when I tell them I can't have children... but when I tell them I'm glad I can't because I wouldn't want any, they pull back from me horrified like I've grown horns and tail. Somehow, you're evil if you don't want to breed... go figure :?


I never want to have children, the idea scares me. I have my own schedule for meals and sleeping, etc, and I don't wanna be controlled by something that cries at all hours of the night and day! And being pregnant sounds awful...it just sounds horrible and unnecessary, all of it.

When I say at school that I don't ever want kids, people look at me weird. WHY? Population crisis, people?! Hello?!


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14 Jan 2009, 4:47 pm

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I'm not interested in what men think, unless I embarrass ones I don't like. That's ok. :wink:


I think some of what guys think is sexy is downright bizarre... like lingerie, ewww all that itcy-scratchy lace and things riding up your butt crack. No thanks!!

Of course, I'm not entirely opposed to using that to my advantage at times. I'm large breasted and have intentionally worn low-cut bright red shirts to meetings so they couldn't argue with me because they were distracted by the boobies. :lol:



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14 Jan 2009, 4:50 pm

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And being pregnant sounds awful...it just sounds horrible and unnecessary, all of it.


I hated it when I started having periods, that was just totally unnatural to me. I couldn't even imagine being pregnant and having something growing inside me and feeding off me. ICK!! I mean, isn't the medical term for that "PARASITE"?!?!



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14 Jan 2009, 4:51 pm

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I really honestly don't understand the shoe thing. I think it might be a sexual-aesthetic drive, mostly symbolic... more 'ontological' in the shared-consciousness of culture if that makes any sense. The heel is believed to accentuate the legs and buttocks, which are supposedly characteristics an NT male would look for in a suitable mate. But why? It just doesn't make sense! I mean, humans should be choosing their mates based on useful skills, like tool-making, problem solving and conflict resolution. Not "how good their butt looks". How exactly, if the whole human mating dance is about 'selecting the best mate' are freaking SHOES supposed to be any sort of indicator of health or fertility? I mean, I suppose one could argue that if a female has expensive shoes, then the shoe could serve as a status indicator.... but, expense and style/sexiness are not necessarily positively correlated.


Oh my! I wonder what it says about me that I feel sexy in ass-kicking boots!?



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14 Jan 2009, 4:53 pm

PlicketyCat wrote:
Anemone wrote:
I'm not interested in what men think, unless I embarrass ones I don't like. That's ok. :wink:


I think some of what guys think is sexy is downright bizarre... like lingerie, ewww all that itcy-scratchy lace and things riding up your butt crack. No thanks!!

Of course, I'm not entirely opposed to using that to my advantage at times. I'm large breasted and have intentionally worn low-cut bright red shirts to meetings so they couldn't argue with me because they were distracted by the boobies. :lol:


Actually, thongs aren't as uncomfortable as you'd think (I bought one as a dare once, LOL).

LOL at the second part.

Here's something: why do guys think it's sexy when girls act like total ret*ds??! ! They don't think it's sexy when I do it!! Though maybe that's cos when I do it it's unintentional.


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14 Jan 2009, 5:13 pm

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I hated it when I started having periods, that was just totally unnatural to me. I couldn't even imagine being pregnant and having something growing inside me and feeding off me. ICK!! I mean, isn't the medical term for that "PARASITE"?!?!


LMAO PlicketyCat!! This is exactly what I always say!! ! People think I am a terrible person when I call babies parasites and insist that they aren't. When I ask them to define parasite they have no reply. Actually, not true. Most are silent for a while and reply with 'Well you were a parasite once too!!' which has absolutely nothing to do with anything... to which I usually reply 'Ok well what if I used to be a murderer but I changed my life around. Does that mean I have to love murderers because I used to be one?' Of course babies are not murderers lol but it exposes the flaw in their logic.

Before joining this forum I had never met another woman who felt this way about babies like I do. This is great :lol:



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14 Jan 2009, 5:17 pm

mitharatowen wrote:
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I hated it when I started having periods, that was just totally unnatural to me. I couldn't even imagine being pregnant and having something growing inside me and feeding off me. ICK!! I mean, isn't the medical term for that "PARASITE"?!?!


LMAO PlicketyCat!! This is exactly what I always say!! ! People think I am a terrible person when I call babies parasites and insist that they aren't. When I ask them to define parasite they have no reply. Actually, not true. Most are silent for a while and reply with 'Well you were a parasite once too!!' which has absolutely nothing to do with anything... to which I usually reply 'Ok well what if I used to be a murderer but I changed my life around. Does that mean I have to love murderers because I used to be one?' Of course babies are not murderers lol but it exposes the flaw in their logic.

Before joining this forum I had never met another woman who felt this way about babies like I do. This is great :lol:


You're right, by definition babies are parasites.


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14 Jan 2009, 5:22 pm

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I hated it when I started having periods, that was just totally unnatural to me. I couldn't even imagine being pregnant and having something growing inside me and feeding off me. ICK!! I mean, isn't the medical term for that "PARASITE"?!?!


LMAO PlicketyCat!! This is exactly what I always say!! ! People think I am a terrible person when I call babies parasites and insist that they aren't. When I ask them to define parasite they have no reply. Actually, not true. Most are silent for a while and reply with 'Well you were a parasite once too!!' which has absolutely nothing to do with anything... to which I usually reply 'Ok well what if I used to be a murderer but I changed my life around. Does that mean I have to love murderers because I used to be one?' Of course babies are not murderers lol but it exposes the flaw in their logic.

Before joining this forum I had never met another woman who felt this way about babies like I do. This is great :lol:


Hehehe -- I normally reply "Hmmmm, and you really want to use me as an example of why this is a good thing!?" Considering that most people think we're freaks, I don't understand why they aren't happy that we've decided not to breed and "pass it on"! !



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14 Jan 2009, 7:08 pm

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Hehehe -- I normally reply "Hmmmm, and you really want to use me as an example of why this is a good thing!?" Considering that most people think we're freaks, I don't understand why they aren't happy that we've decided not to breed and "pass it on"! !


:lol: That's a good one!



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15 Jan 2009, 1:20 am

PlicketyCat wrote:
gina-ghettoprincess wrote:
And being pregnant sounds awful...it just sounds horrible and unnecessary, all of it.


I hated it when I started having periods, that was just totally unnatural to me. I couldn't even imagine being pregnant and having something growing inside me and feeding off me. ICK!! I mean, isn't the medical term for that "PARASITE"?!?!


I was pregnant when I was 12, and it felt really good (being pregnant, not getting that way). The baby is a parasite, and its only hope for survival is to drug you into submission with hormones. So it does. As drugs go, it's not too bad at all. :drunken: It would be more stressful if you were worried about practical things like expenses etc., but I was too young to know about such things, so all I had to deal with was being pickled into submission. :hic:

Believe me, if it weren't for the hormones, no one would put up with pregnancy.

What's really bad is when your hormones try to get you pregnant around ovulation. That's scary.



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15 Jan 2009, 3:25 am

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Makes you just want to put the stapler to your temple and pull the trigger doesn't it?! Just wait until she brings in the little bundle of joy to show off and everyone starts fawning all over it... then you'll probably want to jab the letter opener in your eye!!


Oh no! I hadn't even thought that far ahead!! Dangit. Babies always make for awkward moments with me when they bring it to me and expect me to fawn over it like everyone else. When I don't, it conuses and offends people and I don't want to be offensive. Then I have to explain that I don't like babies and that basically = "Devil" in NT woman language.

:(

I sure hope she doesn't bring it over here. I like the lady alright and I wouldn't want to offend her.


:hail: O s**t yeah.

I hate the ones who ask, all innocent -like "O do you have a family??"

Translation: "Do you think passing a watermelon is a really fun idea, and that spending your days with a sh***y pissing screaming bundle of un-joy is the pinnacle of human existance? Or are you just not worth talking to in the 1st place, as that is my whole life (apart from buying shoes) and we'd just have nothing in common?"

Ok maybe that was a bit harsh. Nah. :wink:

I've never got the shoe thing either. I mean you only have 2 feet. I think my husband owns more shoes than me.



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15 Jan 2009, 12:12 pm

ROFL Opal - harsh but so true!! !



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15 Jan 2009, 1:08 pm

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I really honestly don't understand the shoe thing. I think it might be a sexual-aesthetic drive, mostly symbolic... more 'ontological' in the shared-consciousness of culture if that makes any sense. The heel is believed to accentuate the legs and buttocks, which are supposedly characteristics an NT male would look for in a suitable mate. But why? It just doesn't make sense! I mean, humans should be choosing their mates based on useful skills, like tool-making, problem solving and conflict resolution. Not "how good their butt looks". How exactly, if the whole human mating dance is about 'selecting the best mate' are freaking SHOES supposed to be any sort of indicator of health or fertility? I mean, I suppose one could argue that if a female has expensive shoes, then the shoe could serve as a status indicator.... but, expense and style/sexiness are not necessarily positively correlated.


Oh my! I wonder what it says about me that I feel sexy in ass-kicking boots!?



I don't know what that says about you.

I think that feeling confident, whether the reason for feeling confident is wearing shoes you think you look good in or some other reason, gives people a boost in serotonin which makes them more attractive. It just depends on what makes you feel confident. If ass kicking boots make you feel confident then they make you feel sexy. I don't think that "says" anything about you other than you get at least some of your sexual confidence from boots.



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15 Jan 2009, 4:13 pm

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I really honestly don't understand the shoe thing. I think it might be a sexual-aesthetic drive, mostly symbolic... more 'ontological' in the shared-consciousness of culture if that makes any sense. The heel is believed to accentuate the legs and buttocks, which are supposedly characteristics an NT male would look for in a suitable mate. But why? It just doesn't make sense! I mean, humans should be choosing their mates based on useful skills, like tool-making, problem solving and conflict resolution. Not "how good their butt looks". How exactly, if the whole human mating dance is about 'selecting the best mate' are freaking SHOES supposed to be any sort of indicator of health or fertility? I mean, I suppose one could argue that if a female has expensive shoes, then the shoe could serve as a status indicator.... but, expense and style/sexiness are not necessarily positively correlated.


Oh my! I wonder what it says about me that I feel sexy in ass-kicking boots!?



I don't know what that says about you.

I think that feeling confident, whether the reason for feeling confident is wearing shoes you think you look good in or some other reason, gives people a boost in serotonin which makes them more attractive. It just depends on what makes you feel confident. If ass kicking boots make you feel confident then they make you feel sexy. I don't think that "says" anything about you other than you get at least some of your sexual confidence from boots.


You're probably right about the confidence thing. I just find it interesting that what makes me confident/feel sexy is not something that makes me look more sexually viable in a feminine way (like heels which accentuate the buttocks so I look like a good broodmare). Boots that allow me to do serious damage to someone should we get into a tussle seem to be more of a masculine confidence... combat effectiveness translating into sexual prowess/genetic validation. Odd... wonder if it has anything to do with me not being particularly gender identified?!



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15 Jan 2009, 4:26 pm

I really like clothing so I obsess over shoes. But I don't buy tons of shoes that all look the same.

I have a pair of plain black Converse, white skater shoes, black rainboots, and one pair of flats along with with flip flops and slippers. That's all I need. =]