Casual Racism on Dating Sites
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Poor example to set for your child.
Oh, bullsh!t.
She did the smart thing. A very smart thing. She has money for herself and her childrens' futures now.
I think if I were her children I'd be far more pissed off to have less money because of some irrelevant impractical morals.
Even if it weren't for the money, it still wasn't immoral or wrong of her, as long as he's a good husband and dad.
It was only for her own benefit - the sons will get the money regardless whether he re-marries their mother or not, no?
Very true. Still a smart move, though. She isn't losing credibility for it, she gains it.
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I am a Middle Eastern Aspie and I find my dating options are further limited because of my skin colour. I would say I am attracted to Caucasian women primarily because of the British Culture I was born into. And I like to model myself on the quintessential British Gentlemen (I know, I know its Social Echolalia). However, I feel the blinders come up because of the colour of my skin. I've even had it said to me by acquaintances that they only ever date white guys or guys over six foot so that makes it 0 for 2.
I try and tell myself they don't know what they're missing and it won't matter to the right girl but in my darkest/lonely moments I curse my skin colour and my Aspergic nature and wish it wasn't so f*****g hard.
And as for going out/marrying someone for their money I find that deeply deplorable and slightly sad that you don't have that connection to someone. But the older I get, the more I realise people settle not just out of resignation but out of Status Quo or fear of being alone.
I believe in marrying for money the second time around. His parents left him VERY well off. Just because I'm aspie doesn't mean I'm dumb.

You're so concerned about people being "racist" towards you yet you display poor traits of character when you openly admit you Marry and have a child with someone only for their money....Smdh...
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I try and tell myself they don't know what they're missing and it won't matter to the right girl but in my darkest/lonely moments I curse my skin colour and my Aspergic nature and wish it wasn't so f*****g hard.
And as for going out/marrying someone for their money I find that deeply deplorable and slightly sad that you don't have that connection to someone. But the older I get, the more I realise people settle not just out of resignation but out of Status Quo or fear of being alone.
Oh a fellow Middle-Eastern, here on WP.
Let's not kid ourselves:
Well, dating is full of racism - they call it "racial preference" to make it sounds more.... acceptable.
In one Tinder experiment I did (I posted a detailed thread on it before) - I faked locations, and results totally changed from null to hundred of matches depending on regions.
I got 70-80% matches out of 100 swipes in Asian and African cities and *0%* in White-dominated cities in Germany and Ukrain; in mixed areas in US like NY and Houston I almost got matched only with blacks, asians and middle eastern despite whites are the vast majority - not a coincidence.
The thing is, both ends are submerged in subconscious racism, it is not normal that the same person (in that case me) is seen as a total parish in one community while as a total sex god in another:
for instance when hundreds of women in white dominated countries *collectively* don't find the same person attractive enough on tinder then this is no longer a "individual preferences" thing - there's a hive-mind going on here, on cultural level.
The insane fancying over me among Asian and African samples I swiped is also not so innocent; a lot and lot of matches admitted to me they approved me because they like whites and want to date whites - they perceive me as White. The White-fetish and white favorism in those communities is also not far from reverse racism.
So meh... on all of them.
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You should ask RebelGalaxy to teach you how to become a better Gol- I mean to be a better "pragmatic woman".
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I will help RightGalaxy in the outline
Lesson I: The secret of finding the rich man.
Lesson II: How to disregard your own dignity for the sake of the rich man.
Lesson III: How to have sex with the rich man like a pornstar.
Lesson IV: How to divorce the rich man (Detailed plan)
Lesson V: How to remarry the rich man in order to divorce him again.
I will help RightGalaxy in the outline
Lesson I: The secret of finding the rich man.
Lesson II: How to disregard your own dignity for the sake of the rich man.
Lesson III: How to have sex with the rich man like a pornstar.
Lesson IV: How to divorce the rich man (Detailed plan)
Lesson V: How to remarry the rich man in order to divorce him again.
Sums up my thoughts on it very well Mr Boo.
If you don't want our opinion then posting on a forum is a strange choice.
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When many women will gonna understand that we men collectively hate women who show any sign of greed for men's money and totally repulsed by this trait? Maybe we are socially conditioned to hate it, or maybe it's written in our DNA, I dunno....but yes, we hate it - a lot.
I wrote this in detail in the other thread in detail with real life examples:
Anyway, ladies...listen... this is something that you should all know about; I am gonna be extremely extremely blunt in this, take notes - especially if you are struggling in dating and you want to increase your chances to make men approach you:
Like how women usually collectively hate men who are sex-seeker and players , we men - in the manosphere, - when we are a in room only men talking without any female presence, and when men talk about women: there's nothing more commonly and collectively hated and despised than the gold-diggers.
And yes, all men - of all sizes, old and young, education levels and classes - no exception. And the ones who would willingly go for usually view them as sex-to-money kind of exchange deal.
And there are plenty types of them, the obvious ones, the subtle ones and the ones who claim to be 'pragmatic' but in fact money is more important to them than love.
The older we get, the better we develop skill to recognize them all, and we can smell them by miles.
And like women often warn each other about players and sex maniacs, men also often warn each other from money seekers and gold diggers ie. "hey, don't waste your time with that gal, she only is after money....<little story about a short encounter with her>".
And men - probably for a good reason and cumulative experiences - are so quickly judgmental about that and quickly would put a woman in the "gold digger zone" for the slightest sign or vibe of it - in a merciless way. At times unfairly.
For instance if a girl in office talked so excitedly about her weekend date's expensive car - you would see guys subtly rolling eyes to each other, and I can guarantee you that 99% of them would goldigger-zone her for good - and everyone(male) would avoid dating her, at least seriously, like a plague.
Or even if she complains about her bf's low salary, or some WOW reaction to some guy driving expensive car....etc.....any slight sign..... *puff* goldigger zoned, instantly.
I recall an incident, where a newly hired colleague in my previous work office kept talking like for an hour excitedly about her boyfriend's senior engineer position and his parent's big house - and once she left the room , my male colleague was like 'she is a nice girl, but too bad she loves money too much' - and that came from a guy who is a son of a rich famous surgeon; the other guys agreed.
And most men keep constantly vigilant and checking for any gold-digging signs from a woman they're dating, even frequently - my best friend, who was also my coworker, told me how he first kept dropping hints and subtle questions to his gf back then (who's his wife now) like "I am still building my future, and we may live in a tiny house and not in perfect condition, would you accept this" - and watched for her reactions - he watched her reaction when he first picked up with his poorly-condition car too, and he told me that she was unlike all the other girls he dated before and that's why he married her.
In fact, when our office went bankrupt , she kept sticked with him for 6 months while he's jobless, despite that she just works as a junior kindergarten teacher, so she doesn't make much. In the other hands, two seniors got divorced just after few month of the bankrupt - despite their wives worked in good positions elsewhere.
That just to tell you, why we (men) are usually paranoid about this - and I was used to think that these men exaggerate but after getting some dating experience after 30.... hell no, it's not something uncommon, it's not uncommon at all. I understand now why most men are so paranoid about this...."social disease".
And yes, most would label the OP as gold-digger too.
So if you're single and seek and don't want to be viewed as one, be very careful what you talk about when it comes to money.
PS: I have seen the same phenomena among men in Turkey, and Czech Republic (and among male colleagues there who are of different nationalities: Brits, Italians, Czechs...etc) and - so it's not only limited within some culture.
/ The most non-political post on WP ever. But this is a reality.
Your reasoning is sound Boo but it wouldn't make a difference.
Gold-digger types are after partners who'll date gold-diggers, often fully aware there's a transaction at play.
Those wise to gold-diggers, or repulsed by them, or just not willing to be taken in by them, are not even on the gold-digger's radar. Hence there isn't really an audience for your advice (that would actually care about it).
Do girls really make a big deal over fancy cars, that's weird to me.
I've got Kanye in my head now .
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Gold-digger types are after partners who'll date gold-diggers, often fully aware there's a transaction at play.
Those wise to gold-diggers, or repulsed by them, or just not willing to be taken in by them, are not even on the gold-digger's radar. Hence there isn't really an audience for your advice (that would actually care about it).
Do girls really make a big deal over fancy cars, that's weird to me.
I've got Kanye in my head now

Yes, it can be useful for aspie girls, who may unintentionally or naively over-praise assets that the guy possess (ie. his car) without realizing that they're giving a gold-digger vibe - and since Aspies are supposedly blunt and unaware of these social cues, then they may be more likely to make this social faux pas.
For instance, if you really think that your first date's car is amazing, then it's better keep your mouth shut about it in order not to give a wrong impression.
Ah OK, in that case I guess it's good advice.
I couldn't see it because my aspieness stops me appreciating things like cars etc., status symbols. However, I must remember I'm not all girls, nor all aspies.
I would think a compliment like that mightn't always go over badly though, as long as it's not the only thing you say. If I really appreciated what was good about the car, I would say so, because then it would show a shared interest with the guy. If it's a really nice car, he probably loves it; to blank it would be rude.
I can appreciate why people are on guard about stuff like this though. Makes us independent girls look better
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