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...But seriously, I'm basically saying what he wants isn't what's going to end up happening. Therefore, it's crazy to start making sacrifices and being unhappy for the sake of pursuing something that will never come to fruition. You're right in that many of these ideas aren't exclusive to monogamy, but I don't really see what you're getting at >_> At the end of the day, a lot of you still disagree with my assertions regarding the implications of long-term monogamy. And that's fine, I guess, but you have to keep in mind that you have to make some extreme sacrifices and put your money where your mouth is in order to see if your beliefs are actually possible. I don't consider that worth the risk in any way whatsoever, especially when all of the "rewards" and "benefits" of long-term monogamy can be obtained without promising monogamy and without the massive risks, sacrifices, and compromises.

That's fair enough, however the point I was getting at is that people (women especially) tend to get bored of monogamy after a while. This is something you won't experience until further down the road. I don't want you making any major sacrifices now, only to regret them later. Again, statistically speaking, she will probably break up with you, not the other way around. Pay close attention to how she acts, not what she says. Again, a girl may genuinely enjoy having her ass kissed in the beginning, but later on I can't see this working. Considering I have no interest in having 5 kids with 5 different women, how about you tell me how to have 5 kids with just one woman and still afford to treat her like a princess, give your kids a good childhood, not end up sexless like everyone else, work a 9-5 job, never cheat, never get divorced, and remain consistently happy? At what age do you expect to have the time and resources for such a feat? What age will your wife be? What will you do in the event of a divorce? Alimony? Child support? What if she wants to move to a new city for her job or something but you don't want to or can't do that? What kinds of things are you willing to compromise/sacrifice? Did you think about any of this before you got yourself into this or are you just playing all of this by ear? No, not necessarily. I don't consider Obfuscator to be socially programmed and he still wants monogamy. I don't consider Giordano socially programmed and he still wants [serial] monogamy. The difference between you and them is that you are expecting something that isn't realistic. You want a relationship with "The One" who will love you forever, always remain sexy and never get fat, always treat you well, never give you drama or nag you, and will support you in everything you do and be your shoulder to cry on when you need reassurance. And you also want to be able to basically kiss her ass and expect her to not get turned off by that in the long run. As I've said before, monogamy can "work" in the short-term (via serial monogamy). When it comes to the long term, the only time it "works" is for people with low sex drives who haven't done a whole bunch of dating and who are "happy" with going to work and coming home to watch TV together day after day, every day until they die. Everybody else either cheats, gets divorced, or remains miserably together. If you're only going to post here for reassurance that you're doing the right thing and that your unhappiness is somehow "worth it" and justified, then you might as well not post at all.

And I thought we were past the part of making decisions based on our feelings and fantasies as opposed to logic and reality.

I have learned something. I've learned that i could choose to be with one girl and truly be happy. Uhh that's definitely not true. You may feel happy now, but you definitely won't feel happy forever. This is even more true for her. And furthermore, are you really even happy now? I don't think you are, you seem to be experiencing a lot of suffering because of this insane sacrifice you're making. I can almost guarantee that's not what she wants. You don't need to be monogamous to do any of that. Untrue. Untrue. Sigh, untrue untrue untrue. You're too heavily influenced by social programming and your irrational relationship emotions to be reasoned with right now. I'm not necessarily faulting you for wanting the unrealistic Disney fantasy happily-ever-after story. But I am faulting you for genuinely believing that that is realistic and achievable. As always, I've given you my two cents. If you choose to pursue these insane fantasies which will only bring you unhappiness and suffering, then that means I'm not going to listen to you complaining about the unhappiness that you yourself have chosen to pursue. Best of luck anyways. :\

I see Noxx has learned absolutely nothing over the past several months. Disappointing.

ITT: people who don't understand opportunity cost

Being pessimistic: interpreting subjective, neutral, or ambiguous information negatively Being realistic: accepting objective, concrete information, regardless of if it's negative or not

Lol wut?

The mod at 1:05

That doesn't exist in Old School

You need the quest reqs to start it and the skill reqs to finish it

The forehead works as well. And the cleavage.

PK VIDEO please ;_;? Lol I'll probably make an 07 PK video in the distant future once I've got 90+ range/mage. But the only way I will train those skills is via chinning and string amulet, and the only way I'm making money is via Miscellania because my tolerance for grinding is extremely low. So it'll be a very long time before I've got fun PK'ing stats :P The game might not even exist by then haha

I don't play anymore because it's no longer fun and I don't really like the direction in which the game is headed. Plus I don't have any goals left in the game since I can pretty much do anything I want now. :P Will probably play for a bit to check out divination though.

i too idolize anime rapists hahaha Oooh so you've seen it too! :D You're talking about Femto, I'm talking about Griffith ;)

Have any of you guys ever watched (or read) Berserk? I watched the short anime series a few weeks ago and loved it. There's one character on that show in particular who's the epitome of an alpha male. He even has an overarching life mission too :D That show was a breath of fresh air in this post-feminist society where masculinity no longer seems to be acceptable unless you're a woman. Skip to 4:06 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R45ReOv-ZlM&t=4m06s "Some see nothing more than life and death. They are dead, for they have no dreams."

The problems with these kinds of tests is they often aren't specific enough or lack context. I may choose one answer for a question within one instance, but choose a different answer in another. A lot of the possible answers you can choose from aren't mutually exclusive either. For example: 23. When one of your friends is upset, do you: (a) offer sympathy (b) offer objective advice © offer a plan of action Can't choose all of the above :\ INTJ is the personality type which best describes me at my core, though.

You know as well as anyone that it's not easy to disregard hundreds of thousands of years of biological programming. Indeed. Happiness is hard work :D

Yes I understand that the way things ARE are different from how they SHOULD BE. I'm saying that if everyone here chose to quit putting sex up on the pedestal, quit being so primitively territorial/controlling, and quit expecting human beings to behave like angels, then issues like Skull's wouldn't be so common. Insane beliefs lead to unhappiness.

It's just sex >_> it shouldn't ruin friendships and cause all this unnecessary drama

14.28 hours a day Heres a 100 hour work week 6 am, shower, get dressed, eat 7 am start grind 12 noon eat 1 start grinding again 10:20pm call it a night This is 7 days a week. Yeah I dont know how anyone can do this schedule following any job or hobby. RuneScape is a job and a hobby. I don't think you can call RS a job w/o being paid to "play" >_>

http://blackdragonblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/5-pieces-of-advice-for-my-daughter/

Doesn't the freshman 15 refer to weight gain because freshman eat as much as possible with their meal plans? The freshman 15 isn't something you do; it's something that happens to you lol. Also relatively sure that term's usually only used for women But considering Resistance posted that, it's hard to tell if he's trolling or not

stop showing off how well-rounded and cultured you are!

I was thinking the same thing. I'm sure we all more or less agree on whatever it is we're trying to convey.