Question for the ladies...

[Kristin]

Is it detrimental to my masculinity that I know what you're talking about?

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Yes, it is!
But Jamie is, nonetheless, rather fanciable.. And be-kilted. And with lots of hair. And he can survive in the middle of nowhere. And make his own whisky...

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Rochester. Royalist rakehell and rebellious romantic restoration poet. An easy earl and a cavalier chum of Charlie's (II). Wine and women, mirth and laughter - sermons and soda water? The day after? Not for the narcissistic nobleman!

[Paranoid]

Whats the difference between a feeling and an emo?



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..I've got this pain down all the diodes on my left side...

[Lodestone]

Someone who doesn't think that it's possible to generalise about what women want, I should think.

[Al]

Quoting Lodestone from 09:53, 7th Aug 2006
I should think.

Yes, you should.

Random generalisations on threads like these are the life-blood of the Sinner.

(I am not sure how I managed to post half of what I wrote, but I have now restored the post.)

[duckgirl]

yay, i was waiting for someone to finally say that.

Quoting Lodestone from 09:53, 7th Aug 2006
Someone who doesn't think that it's possible to generalise about what women want, I should think.

[Rufus]

Quoting LonelyPilgrim from 05:41, 7th Aug 2006

Quoting Rufus from 01:47, 7th Aug 2006
Jamie Alexander Malcolm Mackenzie Fraser.

Is it detrimental to my masculinity that I know what you're talking about?

But since you're using his formal name shouldn't it be James, not Jamie? Jamie's just what they call him by...

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Arma virumque cano...

Oh yes, I forgot to add a vital quality in the 'perfect man': a lack of pedancy.

[Gill]

Not to be criticised or told that you are wrong constantly.

[Lodestone]

Oh yes, I forgot to add a vital quality in the 'perfect man': a lack of pedancy.

Pedantry.

[Jen the Phantom Hobbit of]

Depends which Richard Curtis film (I'm not into Chick flicks), but otherwise ... ;-)

Quoting thePontificator from 23:17, 6th Aug 2006

Quoting Jen the Phantom Hobbit of the Opera from 22:26, 6th Aug 2006
A kilted, single Scotsman holding a bloody good DVD in one hand and chocolate in the other.

If this applies to anyone reading then ...

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The voices in my head tell me I'm not insane ... but everyone else does.

There's a Welshman living next door, holding a Richard Curtis film in one hand, a kilt in the other and covered in chocolate. Will this do?

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The voices in my head tell me I'm not insane ... but everyone else does.

[Nymphomanic]

Quoting Jen the Phantom Hobbit of the Opera from 22:26, 6th Aug 2006
A kilted, single Scotsman holding a bloody good DVD in one hand and chocolate in the other.

If this applies to anyone reading then ...

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The voices in my head tell me I'm not insane ... but everyone else does.

http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37104196

omg Jen, i know that guy.................

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I read most of the night and go south in winter - wasteland

[Nymphomanic]

Quoting Jen the Phantom Hobbit of the Opera from 22:26, 6th Aug 2006
A kilted, single Scotsman holding a bloody good DVD in one hand and chocolate in the other.

If this applies to anyone reading then ...

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The voices in my head tell me I'm not insane ... but everyone else does.

http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37104196

omg Jen, i know that guy.................

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I read most of the night and go south in winter - wasteland

[LonelyPilgrim]

Oh yes, I forgot to add a vital quality in the 'perfect man': a lack of pedancy.

Damn. My pedantic tendencies started out tongue-in-cheek, but apprarently they've progressed to being entirely subconscious.

That, or someone is entirely too touchy about a semi-serious question...

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Arma virumque cano...

[Chain Mailer]

everything!!!!!!! mowahahahaha!!!

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Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious

[Jen the Phantom Hobbit of]

Quoting nymphomanic from 19:22, 7th Aug 2006

Quoting Jen the Phantom Hobbit of the Opera from 22:26, 6th Aug 2006
A kilted, single Scotsman holding a bloody good DVD in one hand and chocolate in the other.

If this applies to anyone reading then ...

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The voices in my head tell me I'm not insane ... but everyone else does.

omg Jen, i know that guy.................

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I read most of the night and go south in winter - wasteland

details please.

Ok, this thread is making me look really desperate (no comments from those who know me please!)

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The voices in my head tell me I'm not insane ... but everyone else does.

[Rilla]

write her a love letter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5256624.stm?ls

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Be good to yourself because nobody else has the power to make you happy.

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Quoting Rilla from 16:52, 8th Aug 2006
write her a love letter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5256624.stm?ls

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Be good to yourself because nobody else has the power to make you happy.

Never worked for me. And I write fucking excellent letters.
God only knows what women want, but I believe they find attractive:
- Ambition and achievement - success in general (possibly money as an extension of this)
- Being sensitive/understanding about their problems*
- Ability to make them laugh
- Looking reasonably tidy (not necessarily having a great deal in the way of good looks, but scrubbing up decently).

I think being passionate about something (unless it's something extremely tedious) goes a long way to impressing a girl - that said I think the things that will first attract a girl and the things that will keep her tied to a man (or, indeed, woman) over the long term are subtly different. As indeed are women, but I think variation on the above four will stem from their own personalities and interests.

*A note on that, while it occurs to me - one of the most potent and difficult forms of loneliness is not having anyone who understands you and cares about you to share your problems with - i.e. someone who will make you feel better. Providing this if it is absent or poor can be a very strongly bonding experience.

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Mmmmmmm, cake.
http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37102114

[Rilla]

oh well... i guess jilly cooper is wrong then.

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Be good to yourself because nobody else has the power to make you happy.

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Makes a change
I'm not saying that a well (preferably hand) written letter will not seem attractive but it's not going to win a woman on its own.


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Mmmmmmm, cake.
http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37102114

[sweet]

Quoting Dave the Explosive Newt from 18:45, 8th Aug 2006


Never worked for me. And I write fucking excellent letters.
God only knows what women want, but I believe they find attractive:
- Ambition and achievement - success in general (possibly money as an extension of this)
- Being sensitive/understanding about their problems*
- Ability to make them laugh
- Looking reasonably tidy (not necessarily having a great deal in the way of good looks, but scrubbing up decently).

I think being passionate about something (unless it's something extremely tedious) goes a long way to impressing a girl - that said I think the things that will first attract a girl and the things that will keep her tied to a man (or, indeed, woman) over the long term are subtly different. As indeed are women, but I think variation on the above four will stem from their own personalities and interests.

*A note on that, while it occurs to me - one of the most potent and difficult forms of loneliness is not having anyone who understands you and cares about you to share your problems with - i.e. someone who will make you feel better. Providing this if it is absent or poor can be a very strongly bonding experience.

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Mmmmmmm, cake.
http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37102114

Yeah but no but....I mostly agree. But the scrubbing up thing not neccessarily true, having messy long hair and not giving a fuck is more attractive. Passion and genuine interest in whatever is attractive unless it's just interest in money or success for it's own sake. Then, it's boring.

Women want exactly the same things as men want. This woman wants a man who will guess that's she's tired but hungry and make her poached egg on Wheaten toast. And she has one! Woohoo!

[Rufus]

Quoting Lodestone from 15:28, 7th Aug 2006

Oh yes, I forgot to add a vital quality in the 'perfect man': a lack of pedancy.

Pedantry.

Oh no! That's not the first time I've been corrected regarding that word. I must have a mental blank on it.