Wingnut said:
Ok First it's the internet, so He's probably lying.
Second: Hey if you're a gay guy, NEWSFLASH...., I AM NOT A B U T T PIRATE SO DON'T F*ING EMAIL ME = He's homophobic and an ***.
Third: not looking for anything serious I'm open to the idea of friends with benefits but don't have any experience in that area...yet Riiiiiiiiiiiight...we've all heard THAT one before.
Fourth: I can't stand women who don't know what they want and are rude
Women who are b * t c hes or think they are gods gift need not apply
I CAN NOT tolerate women who are not affectionate or have problems opening up
He reads Cosmo which means he probably IS a butt-pirate.
Fifth: I will not put up with a woman who thinks she is smarter then me. He's an idiot and has probably only met women who ARE smarter then he is...because we are.
Sixth: Anyone between the ages of 18-35 Sure, another one...really means between the ages of 18 and 18.
Seventh: A woman that is intelligent and LOVES to laugh Oxymoron...Oh wait, I thought you said a woman who's not smarter than you??? Make up your mind.
Eighth: She must be able to cook Sure, now he wants you barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen where we "belong" I have a mind to kick this guys *** already.I bet he'd freak if you told him what you do for a living.
Ninth: And MOST importantly a woman who is a romantic, not just on the receiving end but on the giving end as well Oh, so WE have to buy HIM flowers and candy? I think not, another sign of him being a butt-pirate.
Tenth:I am in sales currently and looking to re-open my own business again. Translates: I work as a grocery clerk and can't find another job so I'm going into business for myself.
Eleventh: I'm 5'10" 185 lbs. and in shape. I am a former gymnast so being in shape is a MUST for me. I haven't had a job so I've had lots of time to work out.
Twelfth: former gymnast = Butt-pirate
Thirteenth: So if you're not attractive, not in shape or don't care about your physical apperance do yourself a favor... hit the "back" button right now. I'm shallow, and an ***, and think I'm better than half of the people reading this.
Speaking as a heterosexual male, I have to disagree with much of this assessment. Relating to each point by number:
First: Your assessment on this point might be correct. Personally I don't assume he's
probably lying, but it is definitely a possibility.
Second: He's put out ads before and received responses from homosexual males. Getting
any inappropriate response can be a frustrating waste of time. He could have been more diplomatic in his specificity; however, this seems more indicative of a lack of sensitivity (or, as you say, he's probably a bit of an "***"), rather than of homophobia.
Third: I have no exception with this part of your assessment. He probably
is looking for a casual sex relationship; whether he's been in that type of relationship before seems like a rather useless piece of information to toss in there.
Fourth: I have a
major exception to take with this aspect of your analysis. This is
exactly the kind of thing I would look for in a woman, and if needed to put out a personals ad to find a woman, I would probably put something like this in there. However, I might have phrased it a bit nicer, going back to the point we both agreed on in your Second point.
Fifth: Personally,
I think it's idiotic to read things that aren't there, or to assume someone meant something other than what they said or wrote. But I realize I'm part of an incredibly small minority of the population who actually says what he means and means what he says, so I'm used to this kind of communication confusion. My point is this: He said he won't put up with a woman who thinks she's smarter than him. He didn't say he doesn't want a woman who
isn't smarter than him. If the woman actually is smarter than him, he might be fine with it. He probably just doesn't want someone who acts like a "know-it-all".
Sixth: I have to admit the age range of 18-35 seems like a pretty wide range to be happy with. However, I can't understand how there could possibly be any point in lying on a personals ad (when you're saying what you want, that is; when you're describing yourself,
then I can understand a lot of lying going on). If you want someone who is 18, what harm can there be to ask for that? Why bother wasting your time reading and turning down or deleting the responses from all the 19-35 year old people? It just doesn't make any sense. I have to assume that if he specified this age range, he's at least willing to consider this age range. Otherwise he's asking for a lot of his time to be wasted, and he's already established with his no homosexuals statement that he doesn't want his time to be wasted.
Seventh: How is it an oxymoron to ask for a woman who is both intelligent and loves to laugh? If you think being intelligent
and having a sense of humor are two mutually exclusive qualities, then I feel sorry for you. And once again, going back to your Fifth point and my disagreement with it, may I remind you that he did
not say he doesn't want a woman who's not smarter than him.
Eighth: Once again, why must you assume he means anything more than what he said? If I put out a personals ad and asked for a woman who knows how to drive, would you assume I want a woman who has a limousine and will chauffer me around everywhere I want to go? The guy just wants someone who knows how to cook. If I wasn't already married to a woman who can cook, I would ask for that, too. I would ask for it but that doesn't mean I want all those other things you assume are implied. My wife can cook, and so can I. I don't expect her to be barefoot (I can't even imagine what the point of wanting someone to be barefoot all the time would be, anyway). I don't expect her to stay pregnant, either; we've had two kids, and that's
all we're going to have (I'm actually strongly in favor of population control, but that's a whole other subject). And finally, I don't expect her to cook every meal, nor to keep our apartment spotless from top to bottom. I do a fair share of the cooking.
Ninth: Once again, you're assuming too much. Either that, or you're view of romanticism is limited to giving flowers and candy, and if that's the case, then once again, I feel sorry for you. I also feel sorry for anyone who thinks only the man should bring gifts to the woman, and especially for any man who's in a relationship with that kind of narrow-minded woman. Finally, wanting a woman who is romantic is
not a sign of homosexualism...that's just stupid.
Tenth: Maybe you're right, maybe you're not. I agreed earlier that when one is describing one's own self in a personals ad, one is more likely to stretch the truth. Personally I think it's a pretty far stretch from sales to grocery store clerk, but maybe that's just me. And we have no idea why he needs to "re-open" his business; to assume it's something bad is a sign of pessimism and negativity, and to dismiss something on the basis of one's assumptions, rather than taking the time to find out if they're right or wrong, is a sign of closed-mindedness. (Aren't EMTs supposed to confirm/refute any assumptions before acting on them, anyway?)
Eleventh: Actually, he already stated that he
does have a job, and it
is possible to have a job
and have time to work out. Most people probably wouldn't be able to afford to work out much, anyway, without having a job, or else how could they pay for their fitness club memberships, or the home equipment?
Twelfth: So all gymnasts are homosexuals? Or is it just the male gymnasts who are all homosexuals?
Thirteenth: Yeah, he's probably a bit shallow and a bit of an ***. It's probably too much to assume that he thinks he's better than half the people reading his ad, though. But even so, what's wrong with thinking you're better than half the other people? If you think you're better than only half of the other people, then you must realize that the
other half of the other people are better than you. In other words, you think you're about in the middle, and that's not so bad, is it? Thinking you're better than everyone else, or most of everyone else, is a sign of being conceited. Thinking everyone else, or most of everyone else, is better than you is a sign of an inferiority complex. But I don't see what's wrong with thinking you're about in the middle.
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