Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!regard From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: What women want Message-ID: <688@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 17:05:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.688 Posted: Fri Aug 16 17:05:45 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 21:14:33 EDT Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 36 (about women falling for jerks) >> Any idea why the above is true? I tend to agree with the statements ( they >> apply to me too ) but I have no idea why this happens. >Neither do I. I've noticed that quite a few women, who should no >better, often fall for the foul-mouthed, socially obvious punk who has >little more to offer than a spin on the motorcycle. Are they so stupid >that they don't recognize his obviously shallow intentions? If they do >recognize this then why bother with the dope since he can only offer >some momentary excitment? Many women -- me, too -- weren't so stupid that they didn't REALIZE the guy was a foul-mouthed, socially obvious punk. . .rather they were gonna FIX UP this foul-mouthed, socially obvious punk. Many women (not all, but still me, too) have been aculturated to help "grow" immature people (that is seen as a primary task of women == mothers), so many women (same disclaimers) can't resist the temptation to practice on the available population of love-objects (their romantic attachments) before they get little kiddies of their very own. There is a wonderful line in _MARY, MARY_ (by Jean Kerr?) that goes something like this: "I got to be so good 'making the best of bad situations' that I went out looking for bad situations to make the best of." One doesn't care to ignore a large segment of one's skill set, after all. Until one wises up, of course. This is why I always wonder at men who have a fix on "younger" women (whatever that means). It's the "older" women who have figured out what real people are. It's the "younger" ones who are still out to "change" you. Oops. Did I just answer my question? Adrienne Regard