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Jane Austen’s Advice: Choose the Right Man and Live Happily Ever After
Townhall.com ^ | April 18, 2012 | Rebecca Hagelin

Posted on 04/18/2012 6:59:33 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: yldstrk

So if men marry a woman from another place, and refuse the local women, they are losers? You reveal much about yourself with that statement. Ask any man, anywhere, and you’ll repeatedly hear how American women are the worst wives on the planet.
Then ask women everywhere else, who live with true misogynists, who the best husbands on earth are,,

And if foreigners only marry American men for papers,, where are all the foreign men clamoring to marry American woman for papers?

And I love that last one,, she is only after what she wants, then will leave him. You think the way to avoid that syndrome is to marry an American woman! Yeahhhhh,, they’ll never marry a guy for what he can do for them, then walk away a few years later with half and more. You need to wake up, to the reality that most men here face. Lol,,,

I guess if we are losers anyway, why would we care what you think? Why would you care WHO we losers find some happiness with? Btw,, I seem to notice,, the fastest way to be called a loser, is to laugh and turn your back on American women. They hate rejection,,,


81 posted on 04/18/2012 8:23:03 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for officeoffI)
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To: trailhkr1
He should see if she will get a endocrine work up. If your hormones are out of balance it carries over into everything.
82 posted on 04/18/2012 8:23:49 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (In most cases, revenge is not a good thing. In other cases, it's the only thing.)
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To: thirst4truth
She is especially having a hard time finding a conservative, christian man, that is a tall order these days.

Tell her to find a Young's Republican club near her. My neice and our daughter went to meetings and both found their husbands (our daughter is getting married next week) there.

83 posted on 04/18/2012 8:24:06 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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To: thirst4truth

My advice is that your daughter take a good look at the guys she put into the friend catagory. That will do her more good than anything else. Mr. right may already be in her life, but told he’s too nice.

Women say those traits are what they wanted, but those traits aren’t “sexy”. Christian women are just as prone to worldly dating patterns as anyone. I’m ino my church singles group, and I’ve seen it happen. I know this sounds like advice from a looser. women love being my friend, but if a man is such a wasted of time, why be his friend at all unless you already know better?


84 posted on 04/18/2012 8:25:51 AM PDT by LevinFan
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To: yldstrk
be drug and alcohol free

Can a good man enjoy a glass of Irish whiskey anymore?

85 posted on 04/18/2012 8:29:19 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (The Republican Party is bigger than the presidency)
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To: yldstrk

I agree...yet....

Women do not respect men. They’re taught to be “empowered” and be dominant in the relationship. They’re also more likely (several studies have shown) to instigate violence. To me, today’s “women” are not the type of women that drives a man to be fully committed. Abortion, while hailed as “progress” for women, was nothing more than a win for promiscuous men (and women), it reduced the respect that men have for women. Now we have women behaving like promiscuous men - which doesn’t provide a foundation for respect from men.

Women are very good at pointing out the failings of today’s men but refuse to look at what they may be doing to contribute to the situation.

As a man, I’d die for my wife, I’ll work tirelessly, etc...at the end of the day, all I need is a little respect - which is then returned in love. I see far too many women these days seeing “their man” as nothing more than somebody that should treat them like a queen while they behave like a spoiled brat that appreciates nothing. Ultimately, they’re very selfish.

It’s always about the “problem with men”, when really both sides have gone off the rails.


86 posted on 04/18/2012 8:30:20 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: trailhkr1

Everybody gets the 22 vs 65 yr old thing,, or that weirdo Petersen guy who killed all his foreign wives. But other, more normal men, find amazing women there, with incredible educations, class, and a feminine side that is rooted out like a weed in our universities.

Getting to truly know a Russian or eastern bloc woman, is like waking up from a nightmare you didn’t even know you were in.


87 posted on 04/18/2012 8:31:57 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for officeoffI)
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To: thirst4truth

If I may ask, where is she looking?

From my perspective, finding a conservative, Christian woman is a pretty tall order as well.


88 posted on 04/18/2012 8:32:22 AM PDT by flintsilver7 (Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
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To: fuzzylogic
"They’re also more likely (several studies have shown) to instigate violence."

I'm an Eagle Scout and a US Marine Combat Veteran......And I consider the crowning achievement of my life not returning a closed fist punch to the nose my first wife gave me during an argument.

The crowning achievement of my life.

89 posted on 04/18/2012 8:34:02 AM PDT by SENTINEL (Romney is to Conservatism what Mormonism is to Christianity.)
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To: Kaslin

Women have been terribly propagandized that:

1) They *must* become sexually active at as young an age as possible, even before adolescence, or they are to be vilified as “unattractive”, “unpopular”, and “unwanted”. Above all else, they *must* lose their virginity.

2) The purpose of sex is *just* pleasure, not reproduction, and is enabled by birth control, abortion, a multitude of sexual partners, frequent masturbation, and aversion to marriage or at least to see marriage as “just a piece of paper”. A convenience. All STDs can be cured. And homosexual experimentation is to be encouraged as “harmless fun”.

3) Single parenthood is seen as a viable option. This is extremely dangerous, because children, especially boys, raised by single mothers have a 60% greater chance of becoming criminal offenders. This threatens all society.

The bottom line is that this propaganda is not just a lie, but very dangerous to the health, well-being, and reproductive health of women. Typically, girls and boys do *not* have healthy sexual relationships, but are convinced beyond doubt that all their peers do, and they personally are failures for not having several sexual relationships while still in school.

Those girls who are openly attacked are those that advocate abstinence, which has become a political issue, and they get considerable pressure to shut up and not encourage their peers to protect themselves and their future offspring.

And yes, it is the Democrat party behind a lot of this social pressure.

Children need parental and social guidance to the effect:

1) Very few of their peers are sexually active on a regular basis, and those that are were often molested as young children, likely by family members. A larger group have had sex, “for the sake of having it and not being a virgin anymore.” They could not take the social and peer pressure. Likely they also did not enjoy their experience, and after a brief period of infatuation, want nothing else to do with the person they had sex with.

2) Their peers and they have been under intense pressure and propaganda, which has made many of them deeply insecure about their sexuality. This will make future relations with the opposite sex much harder. They will also frequently experience “performance anxiety”, expecting to act and for their partner to act, like porn stars.

3) Sex is far less important that making strong social bonds with those of the opposite gender. Not easy, as again they have been propagandized that all relationships *must* be flirtatious and sexual in character. Many descend to just a level of crudeness: “Have sex with me or I won’t talk to you”, is a red flag; though some people will respond to such bluntness. It is always a mistake.

Social bonds are 70% of marriage. Privacy is 25%. Sex is the other 5%, if that. If a marriage is falling apart, having children will not make it stronger.

4) Sex and children are physically and energetically taxing. Many people are so internally weak that they should never even try to have children. Some have enough for children, but have to reserve sex just for that purpose, or they won’t have enough. And there are the lucky few who have enough for both purposes, but they are not as common as you might imagine.

And there are also a goodly number of people who are so internally weak that even though they “sort of” want to have sex, they don’t go to the effort of trying to get sex, so are effectively “asexual”.

5) Pornography is both ridiculous and destructive. Even porn actors admit that in private they do not have sex like that, it is strictly for the camera. The saying that “most sex is mental” is quite accurate.


90 posted on 04/18/2012 8:34:16 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("It is already like a government job," he said, "but with goats." -- Iranian goat smuggler)
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To: yldstrk

Strikingly absent from this Austen technique, is the -slightest- thought as to what makes a man feel loved and happy, and how she can create that for a man she likes. Selfish selfish selfish,,, the whole matter in a nutshell.


91 posted on 04/18/2012 8:39:47 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for officeoffI)
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To: yldstrk
well I tell you what, it is about impossible to find a conservative single man, they have all sold out to “self-actualization”

They are out there. (I'm taken, though).

I think a big issue is female hypergamy, wherein women decide that the men who would be interested in them are not good enough, and the men who are "good enough" have so many women chasing after them that they have no incentive to commit to any one woman. From the woman's perspective, a guy may seem to be "Mr Right", while the guy looks upon the woman as "Miss Good Enough For Tonight".

Another thing driving it is that many (most?) women would rather stay home than go out with a guy who does not meet their standards, while many(most?) guys would rather go out with their best available option than stay home, while still keeping their eyes open for a better deal.

92 posted on 04/18/2012 8:44:49 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: Red Badger

I did not appreciate Dickens at all until I got older.

Now, “Tale of Two Cities”, “Great Expectations” and “David Copperfield” are high on the list of my favorite books.

Especially “Tale of Two Cities”. Breathtakingly scary, a novel written in the 19th Century that perfectly captures the essence of liberals at work.


93 posted on 04/18/2012 8:45:31 AM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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To: Navy Patriot

yep


94 posted on 04/18/2012 8:47:31 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk; rightwingextremist1776

In my experience, the men I know detest that kind of thing.

The only “men” who like that kind of thing are likely pear-shaped, liberal, sitzwinkler men.


95 posted on 04/18/2012 8:49:02 AM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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To: Red Badger

96 posted on 04/18/2012 8:49:15 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: fuzzylogic

Women want to be desired; men want to be admired.


97 posted on 04/18/2012 8:49:38 AM PDT by karatemom
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To: trailhkr1

>>You live a sheltered life. <<

*snicker* More like upstanding life. I’m married to my mate.

AND don’t troll on lesbian websites to see who I can catch being naughty at a time when being “gay” is the big thing. Used to be “wiccan” made you a big deal, now it’s “gay”.

In ten years there will be more Hasbians than Lesbians.


98 posted on 04/18/2012 8:50:50 AM PDT by netmilsmom (I am Breitbart)
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To: trailhkr1; Larry Lucido

Kids involved? that can make all the difference.


99 posted on 04/18/2012 8:52:13 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: rlmorel

“sitzwinkler” ?

(google google google... oh. You meant “sitzpinkler”)


100 posted on 04/18/2012 8:56:00 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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