Are Modern Standards Too High?

Hartford Courant ^ | 2/15/07 | Joann Klimikiewicz

[CottShop]

living on a river boat is a gamble lol

[Ouderkirk]

[JenB]

Women can afford to be pickier because we don't "require" a man to support us, hold property for us, drive us around, etcetera. I don't see this as a bad thing. Some feminist types may turn it into a bad thing by carrying it too far, but it's still good. I got married at 23 which is not bad these days. If I'd had to get married at 18 to have someone to pay for my upkeep, I wouldn't have found my perfect match.

[Clioman]

"I would guess that marriage rates might coincide along red-state, blue-state break downs in a manner that family size and abortion rates do."

Let's look on the bright side -- over time, there will be fewer liberals, and more conservatives. We just have to be patient, and do more of what comes naturally...

[absolootezer0]

and if it weren't for women, i'd be rich!

[wallcrawlr]

I'd hope to be deaf too so I didnt have to listen to you lame ass attempts at humor.

[RockinRight]

The only men who want that are the ones who spend a lot of time on FR bitching and complaining about the lack of good American women, while they look at internet porn in their mothers' basements.

[wizecrakker]

Women can afford to be pickier because we don't "require" a man to support us, hold property for us, drive us around, etcetera. I don't see this as a bad thing. Some feminist types may turn it into a bad thing by carrying it too far, but it's still good. I got married at 23 which is not bad these days. If I'd had to get married at 18 to have someone to pay for my upkeep, I wouldn't have found my perfect match.

My point exactly.

So again... men haven't changed. Women have.

[absolootezer0]

The script says the guy not only must be a good provider, but be drop dead handsome as well as being sensitive, romantic, caring, giving and totally understanding. The only guys like that in real-life already have boyfriends. ;~))

or we're already married :P

[wallcrawlr]

LOL

[gun_supporter]

Im still very young (20), but the prospect of even a girlfriend right now dosent even seem appealing. I just got out of a soul-sucking year-long relationship. I may never get married haha. (sarcastically). But seriously, women these days seem so demanding as the article states, its hard to impress.

[Lady Jag]

 

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees. I say, It's the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. Men themselves have wondered What they see in me. They try so much But they can't touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them They say they still can't see. I say, It's in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile, The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. Now you understand Just why my head's not bowed. I don't shout or jump about Or have to talk real loud. When you see me passing It ought to make you proud. I say, It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. Maya Angelou

 

[Disambiguator]

May boundless good fortune be unto you in your quest.

[Thunder90]

Either that, or they are too darn far to the left, like here in Madison, WI.

[pabianice]

We MUST stamp-out the evils of Lookism!

[Tijeras_Slim]

its hard to impress

Don't try, it worked for me.

[leda]

The script says the guy not only must be a good provider, but be drop dead handsome as well as being sensitive, romantic, caring, giving and totally understanding. The only guys like that in real-life already have boyfriends. ;~))

...or married to me :D

[expatpat]

Do I detect the female presence?

I'll have you know that I have my own basement....

[dan1123]

What really gets me is that they are so busy with their theoretical social agendas that they forget that actions have real consequences.

The left's attitude toward moral misbehavior is to try to have the government take care of the consequences. However, whatever the government subsidizes, society gets more of. So now we have broken families subsidized by liberal governmental policies.

Now we've gone so far that moral misbehavior has to be treated as the same as moral behavior by government in things like "gay marriage". It's all in the name of tolerance and diversity. It's the core belief difference in liberal vs. conservative. Liberals think that people are basically good and have to be helped by government when bad things happen. Conservatives believe that people are basically bad and need to be encouraged by government to be good.

Guess which one pans out historically?

[RockinRight]

I'm male. Most definitely. So you have your own basement? Good for you.