Life - official thread

[Gameface]

I guess I'm just too old fashion/romantic... I just want them to like/love me for who I am, ... do you know what I mean?


But yes I know, on my trip to Thailand last month I met so many women/girls who were very much into material things and it really bore me.

Liking someone for who they are is so new it hasn't even happened yet. Nothing old fashioned about it.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'm getting a disabled license plate today. It's a weird feeling.

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Why? What's wrong?

 

[fishonjazz]

August is going to be fairly busy for me.

First, I have to submit my beers for the Beehive Brew Off by the 13th. I will be submitting 8 beers in 10 categories (two beers will be entered into more than one category).

Pistol Porter category 13C English Porter

Third Cousin category 14C Scottish Export

YES category 11C Strong Bitter and 17A British Strong Ale

Worker Bee Bitter category 11A Ordinary Bitter

Bitter Exit category 11B Best Bitter

Stormborn category 12A British Golden Ale

Underway IPA category 12C English IPA

Bounty Hunter category 21B-Rye Rye IPA 22B American Strong Ale

The judging will take place the 20th and 21st with the awards ceremony on the night of the 21st at The Bayou (mini-meetup?). I'll be stewarding again this year.

I'm hosting the 4th game of the 2016 Summer Poker League on the 13th. I think everyone in the league, all eight of us, will be there for the first time.

On the 27th I'll be at this year's Utah Beer Festival. Sounds like they've made significant improvement over what they did last year. They'll have RFID wristbands that will hold all your "tokens" electronically which should speed up the lines and eliminate having to stand in the line to buy more tickets. Being at the Utah State Fair Grounds will hopefully provide more opportunities for shade and they've said there will be many more food options than in previous years. (mini-meetup?)

You should make a thread for the mini meet up like a week before the event.

 

[RandyForRubio]

I guess I'm just too old fashion/romantic... I just want them to like/love me for who I am, ... do you know what I mean?


But yes I know, on my trip to Thailand last month I met so many women/girls who were very much into material things and it really bore me.

Eh. My wife loves who I am, loves what I do, and she's a great person. She's also honest, and wanted to marry somebody who she knew could take care of her financially. And that doesn't mean she wanted somebody rich, she just didn't want a bum. Does that make her materialistic? Kinda...but that is how most women are. I don't blame them either.

 

[NAOS]

This is the absolute truth: my girlfriend's love and support wouldn't waver if I decided to be a struggling artist making $30K a year. She is absolutely hooked up to the energy and effort one puts into living the life they want.

(She comes from rural poverty and left public education at age 12. She's a long long way from the institutional conceits that hook people into a certain dependence on money.)

They're out there.

 

[RandyForRubio]

This is the absolute truth: my girlfriend's love and support wouldn't waver if I decided to be a struggling artist making $30K a year. She is absolutely hooked up to the energy and effort one puts into living the life they want.

(She comes from rural poverty and left public education at age 12. She's a long long way from the institutional conceits that hook people into a certain dependence on money.)

They're out there.

Heh. I'm only making $40k right now. Sole income for my family of 3.

 

[JazzGal]

Why? What's wrong?

Rare and incurable lung/heart disease. Early stages still, but I get really short of breath and really dizzy. It felt like giving in to the disease to get the disabled parking plates. But long walks through parking lots make me hesitant to go places. And as others have pointed out, why waste what little energy I have on a parking lot.

So my doc convinced me and I got them yesterday. It still feels weird, partly because I know I don't look sick when I get out of the car and I hate people judging me. Silly, I know.

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[Gameface]

This is the absolute truth: my girlfriend's love and support wouldn't waver if I decided to be a struggling artist making $30K a year. She is absolutely hooked up to the energy and effort one puts into living the life they want.

(She comes from rural poverty and left public education at age 12. She's a long long way from the institutional conceits that hook people into a certain dependence on money.)

They're out there.

What if you were making 12K, living in a trailer park with tons of crime and made ends meet with government assistance and an equally good looking, equally intelligent and equally into her guy came into the picture and that guy was making over 100k/year?

 

[colton]

Rare and incurable lung/heart disease. Early stages still, but I get really short of breath and really dizzy.

Wow, sorry to hear that. :-( Hope it can be managed, even if not cured. Good luck.

 

[NAOS]

What if you were making 12K, living in a trailer park with tons of crime and made ends meet with government assistance and an equally good looking, equally intelligent and equally into her guy came into the picture and that guy was making over 100k/year?

She has enough purpose and gusto by herself to earn us enough money to prevent that kind of life. She's already doing that, as an artist. Doing what she wants.

So, what's your point? Everybody's love life has to be poisoned with some version of the Rotten Money scenario you're envisioning or they're lying??

 

[Gameface]

She has enough purpose and gusto by herself to earn us enough money to prevent that kind of life. She's already doing that, as an artist.

So, what's your point? Everybody's love life has to be poisoned with some version of the Rotten Money scenario you're envisioning??

My point is that love is not some sort of magic. There are real things that influence how we feel about other people. Sometimes that's money, sometimes that's physical. Women tend to lean towards valuing men of high status, and status often comes from wealth. It can come from other things, we all live in our own little microcosms and a man can have status within that sphere and be attractive to women in that sphere. But regardless, women are generally attracted to men based on their status, however they evaluate that.

 

[NAOS]

My point is that love is not some sort of magic. There are real things that influence how we feel about other people. Sometimes that's money, sometimes that's physical. Women tend to lean towards valuing men of high status, and status often comes from wealth. It can come from other things, we all live in our own little microcosms and a man can have status within that sphere and be attractive to women in that sphere. But regardless, women are generally attracted to men based on their status, however they evaluate that.

Your tell-it-like-it-is approach to love is quaint. You manage to outline the least inspiring sides of love, all from the point of view of common sense. Your life must be a thrill.

The saddest people take their own tell-it-like-it-is norms, and make them into rules.

Your position may be right a lot of the times, but it isn't fate for everybody. There are totally different lives and outcomes than your imagination here admits.