I'm kind of blown away by the responses to this blurb. It sounds like there are a lot of really boring, shallow women out there. Same goes for dudes, sadly. But a common thread I keep seeing in the posts is that many of you feel like all women care about is your salaries, but that many of them are so classless and unrefined as to be undeserving.
I guess I'm pretty lucky to live in Seattle where if you asked anyone about NASCAR they would ask you what sort of IT-related acronym to which you are referring.
Maybe there's something else you might want to look for. Let me explain.
Having been called a unicorn by a good dozen people, I can tell you that what I am interested in is someone who can engage in rapid-fire intellectual sparring/ verbal pachinko, matches my sense of humor (dark, dry, frequently absurd, referential), *and* is into being healthy and active--*as a baseline*. I would never ask my partner to make more of an effort here than I do (yeah, I'm looking at you, 100+-mile hikes, various marathons, and >10k-foot mountains). Of course there are some other things that are nice to have but not mandatory. I am bisexual, nonmonogamous, absolutely do not want kids ever, and make a pretty decent salary, especially for a generation in which many still live with their overly supportive parents. I feel that, as a woman, I have more or less found the cheat codes to life by choosing not to marry or have kids. I will never be dependent on anyone. I will never sacrifice my career, my sense of self, or my body to having kids or adopting. I can date people for the sheer pleasure of their company rather than ever needing to 'size them up' as a potential mate. I will never be dragged into isolating breeder hell in some generic suburb. I should not ever need to make excuses for not wanting kids, as it's my choice anyway.
There's a search variable on OKC that lets you search for women who don't want 'em either. It sounds like many of you are feeling exploited. Maybe you should search for women who don't want kids and have salaries of at least 60k to remedy this. And if that's not cutting it, you may want to look in the mirror.
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I'm kind of blown away by the responses to this blurb. It sounds like there are a lot of really boring, shallow women out there. Same goes for dudes, sadly. But a common thread I keep seeing in the posts is that many of you feel like all women care about is your salaries, but that many of them are so classless and unrefined as to be undeserving.
I guess I'm pretty lucky to live in Seattle where if you asked anyone about NASCAR they would ask you what sort of IT-related acronym to which you are referring.
Maybe there's something else you might want to look for. Let me explain.
Having been called a unicorn by a good dozen people, I can tell you that what I am interested in is someone who can engage in rapid-fire intellectual sparring/ verbal pachinko, matches my sense of humor (dark, dry, frequently absurd, referential), *and* is into being healthy and active--*as a baseline*. I would never ask my partner to make more of an effort here than I do (yeah, I'm looking at you, 100+-mile hikes, various marathons, and >10k-foot mountains). Of course there are some other things that are nice to have but not mandatory. I am bisexual, nonmonogamous, absolutely do not want kids ever, and make a pretty decent salary, especially for a generation in which many still live with their overly supportive parents. I feel that, as a woman, I have more or less found the cheat codes to life by choosing not to marry or have kids. I will never be dependent on anyone. I will never sacrifice my career, my sense of self, or my body to having kids or adopting. I can date people for the sheer pleasure of their company rather than ever needing to 'size them up' as a potential mate. I will never be dragged into isolating breeder hell in some generic suburb. I should not ever need to make excuses for not wanting kids, as it's my choice anyway.
There's a search variable on OKC that lets you search for women who don't want 'em either. It sounds like many of you are feeling exploited. Maybe you should search for women who don't want kids and have salaries of at least 60k to remedy this. And if that's not cutting it, you may want to look in the mirror.
Just my two cents. And good luck with the dating.