[MD] The Intellectual Level of Quality, according to Mark

[Mary]

Hi Lu!

Delighted to hear I'm not the only female posting at the moment!  Also glad
to hear that you've caught a good one!  Best wishes to you two!  I've never
been so lucky, myself.  No one rises to the level of my long-dead Father.
As a substitute, I always go for the highest Biological Level male in the
room.  If they are not the best looking and a rock star, I'm not interested.
This has been my lifelong downfall. :)  I completely understand that this is
a failing on my part - choosing the wrong type - but, emotionally speaking,
I can't help it.  My solution has been to withdraw from the game.  Over the
years I've learned that it's best to not play.  The alternative being to get
the S**t beat out of me on a regular basis. :)

Mary

- The most important thing you will ever make is a realization.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: moq_discuss-bounces at lists.moqtalk.org [mailto:moq_discuss-
> bounces at lists.moqtalk.org] On Behalf Of Louise Pryor
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 3:49 PM
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Subject: Re: [MD] The Intellectual Level of Quality, according to Mark
> 
> Hi Mary,
> 
> I must take exception to some of the things you wrote in response to my
> husband...
> 
> [Mary]
> As the resident expert on emotions (the token female) I take umbrage at
> your
> statement, John.  Let's face it, men have only a tangential connection
> to
> their emotions.  It is not allowed in Western culture.  You have only
> two
> socially acceptable outlets for masculine emotion, verbal violence or
> physical violence.  That's it.  I hate that, but I did not make the
> rules.
> 
> [Lu - similarly expert on, at least my own, emotions]
> 
> John is actually a male who happens to be pretty much in touch with his
> feminine side (emotions), while remaining masculine (big, burly,
> bearded).
> He is neither verbally nor physically violent, if he was, I would have
> been
> out of here long ago. I realize that he isn't in the majority in this
> but,
> none-the-less...
> 
> We women tend to go directly to the emotional reaction to a situation,
> whereas men are more inclined to analyze the situation, and I find
> Johns' ability to analyze my emotional reaction to be very helpful, and
> he
> can often draw me away from my emotional reaction by his level headed
> reasoning.
> 
> [Mary}
> 
> > I challenge you guys to convince me this is not true.  Who among you
> has
> > not
> > experienced a long running disagreement with your significant other?
> >
> >  [Lu]
> 
> I have no long running disagreements with my significant other (John).
> One
> reason we have had a happy 21 year marriage is that we solve our
> disagreements and move on. We come up with new ones, of course, but
> they are
> getting fewer and further between. Long running disagreements would be
> EXHAUSTING!
> 
> Lu - the blissfully happy ;-)
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