... Interesting article, but infidelity is not at all what I mean by challenge. My own take on the issue is that yes men tend naturally to be more promiscuous...
... Ahhh, but you seem to be offering "challenge", as a theory or concept to explain or map behavior. So, like the alleged need for a man to spread his seed...
... OK, either I'm such an old fuddy duddy that I don't understand the dating practices of you young folks, or you've been watching too much reality TV. I...
... It's similar in the sense that a purse snatch is similar to stealing the crown jewels. In both cases, you are arbitrarily setting a bar for when a woman...
Hi Marcy, You are right that this issue of wanting more what is just outside your reach is a human phenomenon and not just an issue with women, but my own take...
I didn't say they weren't similar, but my rule of not calling a woman for a second date if she rejects a kiss on the first is far less intense than your...
... Because regardless of the outcome of the study, you can explain it sociobiologically and people chew their cuds and nod their heads because it sounds...
... Actually, I think accepting multiple dinners based on you dangling the implicit expectation of sex as soon as he ante's up enough dinners sounds more like...
... That's exactly what got Kobe Bryant in trouble. By the way, what does everyone here think about the Bryant case? When I first heard about it, I was 90%...
... I just don't think it's really true. I know plenty of very attractive, eligible women who go for long periods of time without dating because nobody asks...
... been splashed all over the media, while his accuser is shielded. After all we wouldn't want any stigma to attach to her, whouldn't want to embarrass her....
Mike, ... traits ... i.) Suppose zoologists discover that for a certain rare species of muskrat in Outer Mongolia, the females prefer to mate with males who...
I think we are no different than animals in regards to the fact that all our behavior is done for the sake of survival. We don't experience that way, instead...
In a message dated 8/1/03 2:23:18 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Well, the "protection of the "victim" excuse" has in my opinion now, in general, worn very...
... But it's really not. If you think for a few minutes, you'll think of many counterexamples. ... But we really don't. If you think for a few minutes you'll...
... I will depart this thread with my last comment quoting the lyrics to one of my favorite Rainmakers songs. -Mike INFORMATION Do you know your daughter well...
In a message dated 8/1/03 8:52:33 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Because men like sex more than money, and women are TAUGHT to like (other peoples) money more...
Mike Lee, Of course everything we do is for survival's sake, that is programmed by nature. But as I said before, we don't experience it this way... instead we...
... Maybe I didn't phrase it right, but I didn't say challenge can create desperation. I said that challenge may modulate desperation. That's probably not...
I'll give you my opinion on dating men with money. As far as money fits in, I don't enjoy dating men with significantly more money than me. For one thing,...
In a message dated 8/1/03 10:13:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Great post, but I think you've over generalized. --Brant [Non-text portions of this message...
but if you had a choice between a man with money who was also a great
companion etc and a man who did not have money but was totally equal in all
other...
... The correlation of pleasure with survival is spotty at best (consider unsafe sex and overeating). People sacrifice their survival every day directly ...
Reg wrote, responding to Whistling Lass's expressions of distaste for sugar ... If I had a choice between a nice car and a nice car fully loaded, which would I...
well some do, but not ALL, that's the problem with generalizations ... From: nathaniel_branden@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 02 August 2003 19:40:50 To:...
... I'm glad you asked that, because I was going to make that point in my last post and forgot to. I think that there's some truth to that. All things being...
... From: Reg To: nathaniel_branden@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 1:48 AM Subject: Re: [nathaniel_branden] Women and money but if you had a...
... theory ... issues, ... Dear Mike, I've just finished reading this book and it was very good indeed. Funnily enough, it reinforces my belief that too much...
... <fredom1st@m...> wrote: <<I think what may have been making the lady you replied to uncomfortable about dating a man with a lot of money (presuming he came...
Mike wrote: ... equal. Dr Branden wrote about tendencies -- I'm not sure what I'm finding uncomfortable in this discussion; maybe it is turning these astute ...