Letters to the Editor
David L.
Published Letters: 197 Editor's Choice: 9
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Sounds like...
[Read the article: Are men spoiled rotten?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]More of that "he's just not that into you" kind of thinking here. Wanting children might be coded man-language for just that sort of thing, at least for the single, over 40 audience...course, I wouldn't know, being one the lucky married ones.
The LW seems intent on just working the over 40 males group, which doesn't seem to be working out right now. Interesting that some folks think the LW might be batty in some way...I'm firmly convinced that the reason some people get married or have committed relationships while others don't revolves around just how much emphasis they put on their own lives over others.
For example, we know someone that is in this precise age range who hasn't had a stable relationship with anything but her pets for years...and it's understandable to outsiders why that's the case, because she has (or used to have) a dog that practically attacked any males with 10 feet of her. Well, if you are trying to get to know somebody, it's kinda hard to have a conversation when their dog wants to run the f'ing show by barking and nipping at their guest. Then she has the never to ask why she can't keep a man around...
Frankly, the LW has made clear that she can get along in life without men...so it should be no surprise that men are clued into that fact. And if they are made to feel like that, then it should be painfully obvious as to why they are ducking out of the relationship. And this isn't just a male/female thing, 40 year old men can be just as guilty of this too.
So, I have no advice for said LW, except to be more honest and critical about your own behavior and demeanor around the opposite sex while on a date. Better still, ask a MARRIED couple to double date with you, then have them watch you interact with you date...maybe there's something they can see that you don't.
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Somebody explain this one to me...
[Read the article: How can I comfort my boyfriend about losing his hair?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Nice touch about checking out of the hotel of youts, Cary...I liked that analogy, because I know a lot of folks that could use that advice right now, bitchin' and moanin' about getting older...spare me.
When did it become commonplace and acceptable in this society for guys to fret over their own looks as they get older? Did I miss this boat or something, or is it just another one of these meterosexual things I keep hearing about? Frankly, LW, your old man needs to grow a pair and stop worrying about getting older and losing his youth...happens to EVERYONE, so there's better things to worry about than that.
And if that doesn't soothe his ego, just tell him that shaving his head will make his schlong bigger or something...
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Too little too late...
[Read the article: Rove, Bush and "the next journey"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yeah, so what he's leaving? The Whitehouse Rove created is still there, will be until 2009, so who cares what Rove does now?
If ever there was a bitch for the RNC, Rove definitely fits that bill. Maybe he can help Tom Delay get his seat back in Houston...or run for office himself. He's such a coward that he has to help others run while he does their dirty work for them.
Oh well, so much for the Republican Super-Majority plan...maybe he can come back here to Texas and just keep the damage here, locally (not as if he needs to anyway, Reps. have run this state for nearly 20 years now, without any help from Rove).
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Love this picture you guys found of him...
[Read the article: Fantasy island]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Notice the half cocked thumb he's trying to give on the stairs there...he's probably smiling because that thumb hasn't seen the light of the sun for the last 20 years, what with it being up GW's ass all that time.
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What's the beef, sir?
[Read the article: I'm so damned judgmental!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I dunno about all of this psychological mumbo-jumbo that Cary's sez is in play here...but frankly, if someone has friends that bitch and moan about their financial woes, or their philandering affairs with married men or women, then the LW should be honest about here thoughts...it may piss off the people in question, but if they are going to throw that shit out on the table, then they need to be called to the mat on it, especially if it's from something of their own doing.
It's like reading the Bible about "do unto others" and all that jazz, then seeing Jesus's "fanclub" passing judgement on everything considered taboo or negative in society...and then acting on it by passing legislation to regulate societies woes (which kinda violates the "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's" bit, the clearest expression for the separation of church and state in the Bible you'll ever need...but what do I know, obviously not as much as "they" do?). It's a complete contradiction.
Same thing here...people hang out their dirty laundry, then expect you to be empathetic because it's supposedly not right or impolite to pass judgement. Well, you can't have your cake and eat it too, goddamnit.
If the LW is just passing judgement on every damn thing outside of the house, then other issues are at play here. But we all have a certain collective sense of what's right and what's wrong (no, Cha-ka, stealing water from the Marshalls is bad...). So the LW shouldn't have to pander to other folks if they are CLEARLY doing something negative with their lives.