tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5550913430817504190..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The Crumbling CornerstoneFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-75898777239849521732015-02-07T01:24:11.957-05:002015-02-07T01:24:11.957-05:00My younger sister (now 62), was that kind of preda...My younger sister (now 62), was that kind of predator. Her third husband (I haven't had contact since _before_ he finally divorced her) was a prince - hard-working, extremely talented in a number of areas; a former Xerox engineer who left and helped form Adobe with a number of other people. <br /><br />He worked hard to please her and her two daughters by a prior marriage, but she wasn't interested in anything besides his money. Even though she had the "American Princess' Dream House" - no bedroom and no kitchen (he was a superb cook, as a hobby), she still abused him until he divorced her, intentionally, so that she could strip him of as much of his wealth as possible.<br /><br />I am fortunate to have a loving help-meet, with me for over twenty years (my second marriage), so I am not simply some misogynistic old man. Nonetheless, I am aware it has become _much_ worse than when I was young. It saddens me to learn it is as bad as Fran describes.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-944914007588719682015-02-05T11:58:09.267-05:002015-02-05T11:58:09.267-05:00An interesting post, I can only relate with a few ...An interesting post, I can only relate with a few anecdotes. I was close to marriage with two women. In both cases, I felt there was something wrong, but I stuck around, because I think of myself as a loyal guy. I should have left both of them early and continued looking for the right one. Both women ended up breaking my heart, and as a result, I swore off relationships for a long time. The last one was perpetually unhappy with my "attitude", mainly related to money worries and an inability to spend freely as I started my own business and waited for checks to arrive.<br /><br />Spent a great deal of time building my business, buying a home, and establishing a solid life, alone as it turned out. When I got involved again, I found that women seemed to have changed for the worse, and have not dated another woman I would consider "normal" in about ten years. They all seem to be fixated on things that are shallow and fleeting. One even said, and I quote, "I thought it would be more exciting to date an entrepreneur".<br /><br />Concurrently, I have a buddy who is a first responder. He was married for 17 years, and had been injured on the job. Not terribly debilitating, but he had a lot of residual pain. His wife ended up leaving him, because "she couldn't take it". Then just yesterday, I overheard a conversation between two young women. One had recently broken up with her first responder boyfriend. Her almost-exact words were "I'm too young to have to deal with that", referring specifically to his chosen career, and the work issues that might cause him to seek comfort from her at home.<br /><br />Two first responders, both single, because their women couldn't take the "excitement" of a guy who had chosen to serve...and another guy single because women couldn't take the "lack of excitement" of a small business owner.<br /><br />Meanwhile, on any particular night, I could drive down Rush Street in Chicago and find any number of attractive young ladies, dressed in expensive, vomit-stained clothes, staggering between bars, arm-in-arm with their equally drunk lady friends, looking for "excitement". Thankfully for them, first responders and business owners are typically too busy to spend their free time in bars getting drunk. But I digress, what were you saying about the sexes avoiding interaction?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-7263357495011919842015-02-05T10:00:43.948-05:002015-02-05T10:00:43.948-05:00You can also argue that your closet is unlawfully ...You can also argue that your closet is unlawfully occupied by spies from the planet Zorthroxia, if you feel like it...it's a free country. Other than "people do still form families", none of those supposedly arguable propositions is really supported by the evidence.<br /><br />As for the predators...well, it's a fundamental principle in economics that what is rewarded will increase, while what is punished will decrease.<br /><br />Women in general have demonstrated their preference for "alpha" predators over "beta" providers. The natural "alpha" types thus now have more sexual partners than ever before. Some of the natural "betas" are studiously trying to learn how to spend their lives as fake sociopaths. And for most of the rest...well, some choose celibacy, and some have celibacy thrust upon them.<br /><br />A tiny, remnant few are as lucky as I am. I'm personally aware of the existence of four others, although one of those four isn't really part of my generation.lelnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600824544185328505noreply@blogger.com