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makuranososhi
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22 Sep 2008, 7:22 pm

GoddessofSnowandIce wrote:
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Off topic - but that is wonderful, Goddess... and that is a wonderful picture of you both. Thank you for the smile tonight.


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I wasn't trying to put things off topic by posting our pic. I was trying to give a bit of encouragement to Bataar by sharing my personal experiences in the world of dating. Thank you for your compliments though. :)

I've been there. Women are supposed to be social creatures, but I loved video games and other nerdy like things that made making friends with other women difficult. So, most of the friends I've had over the years were guys. I was nothing more than "buddy" material to any of my fellow nerds because I was too much like one of the guys when it came to my interests [though I dressed feminine]. I wanted to point this out because I'm sure there are other girls out there like me who are into gaming and fishing and other stereotypically male interests, stuck hanging with a group of boys without a single date. That could be Bataar's chance to catch her eye! :D


Sorry, I meant to say I was taking things off-topic... you make a great point. Most of my friends have always been female; I can relate to your story there... *laugh* Thanks for sharing, very positive.


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22 Sep 2008, 8:41 pm

*sees GoddessofSnowandIce's husband* It is THE DOCTOR! Destroy them... DESTROY THEM AT ONCE!! :lol:



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23 Sep 2008, 4:41 am

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I try to have interests that no conservative person would dare be interested in.


You pay your taxes happily and willingly?


Yes.

When I pursue certain interests, I ask myself "What would Pat Robertson do?" or "What would Fred Phelps do?". Then I do the opposite of what I think they would do.

To me, that's what being liberal is. Doing the opposite of what the fundies tell people to do.

In other words, things that would have gotten me expelled from school if I were going to Bob Jones or Liberty universities, instead of Texas State.


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23 Sep 2008, 3:08 pm

To reverse thread's title (which was my first thought-of how it is for me-when I read it):
My interests aren't conducive to meeting men
(or to meeting people in general, actually).

My personality is such that I'm not a physical/external "activity" sort of person-though I do enjoy talking with people, including "in person" (offline). Enjoy (and am good at) mental activities-but I don't know how to find groups of "like-minded" people, out in local area.

Want & need to meet people in my nonvirtual neighborhood, but am not temperamentally constituted to spend time out in public-in other words, am agoraphobic, and when I do go out, I get panicky. Thus, makes it hard as heck to become acquaintanced with strangers, let alone make friends (or attempt "dating").
That's not even the point, though. The activities in which I have sufficient interest to bother with investing my time doing happen not to be things people gather to do in public (at least not around here)-crossword puzzles, for instance. When I do go out grocery shopping, as I do from time to time, it doesn't lead to my getting to know folks (at least no one I want to know).


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