28-07-2018, 10:08 PM
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Re: The Best Things In Life Are Free...Aren’t They?
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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My works pension was non-contributory.....Free brass for life....
Making love if my memory serves me well.....
Running......
Swimming in the sea.....
Watching the Space Station......Blimey.....is that the time.....?
28-07-2018, 11:08 PM
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Re: The Best Things In Life Are Free...Aren’t They?
Sorry to be wet blanket, but that's how I see it.
28-07-2018, 11:12 PM
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Re: The Best Things In Life Are Free...Aren’t They?
Originally Posted by bakerman
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Making love is rarely free, at least for a man. Generally speaking, he pays either a high emotional cost or financial one. Often both. When I realized I was nothing more than a walking ATM machine I lost all interest. Sorry to be wet blanket, but that's how I see it.
That sounds rather sad and bitter if you don't mind me saying, Bakerman.
Fortunately it is not like that for everyone.
28-07-2018, 11:43 PM
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Re: The Best Things In Life Are Free...Aren’t They?
Originally Posted by Mups
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That sounds rather sad and bitter if you don't mind me saying, Bakerman.Fortunately it is not like that for everyone.
No, I don't mind. Why should I ? It's true. I learned the hard way. Even as a very young man, I realized that the guy who has the "flash car" and money to spend, gets the girl.
As an older man I saw that the guy who has the posh house and a great paying job, gets the girl.
That's why you will never, not ever, see someone like Catherine Zeta Jones marrying a waiter. He could be the best looking waiter in the world, but he has zero chance with Catherine Zeta.
Turn the genders around and see what happens. A waitress who is fabulous looking has a line of guys, out the door and down the block, waiting to date her and hopefully to marry her.
29-07-2018, 12:01 AM
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Re: The Best Things In Life Are Free...Aren’t They?
Originally Posted by bakerman
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No, I don't mind. Why should I ? It's true. I learned the hard way. Even as a very young man, I realized that the guy who has the "flash car" and money to spend, gets the girl.As an older man I saw that the guy who has the posh house and a great paying job, gets the girl.
That's why you will never, not ever, see someone like Catherine Zeta Jones marrying a waiter. He could be the best looking waiter in the world, but he has zero chance with Catherine Zeta.
Turn the genders around and see what happens. A waitress who is fabulous looking has a line of guys, out the door and down the block, waiting to date her and hopefully to marry her.
Some of us are different.
29-07-2018, 12:15 AM
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Re: The Best Things In Life Are Free...Aren’t They?
Originally Posted by bakerman
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No, I don't mind. Why should I ? It's true. I learned the hard way. Even as a very young man, I realized that the guy who has the "flash car" and money to spend, gets the girl.As an older man I saw that the guy who has the posh house and a great paying job, gets the girl.
That's why you will never, not ever, see someone like Catherine Zeta Jones marrying a waiter. He could be the best looking waiter in the world, but he has zero chance with Catherine Zeta.
Turn the genders around and see what happens. A waitress who is fabulous looking has a line of guys, out the door and down the block, waiting to date her and hopefully to marry her.
Bakerman, the part I have hi-lighted says it all.
But what I feel you have overlooked is, if a fella flashes the cash, posh house, big car etc to impress, then yes, he certainly will attract the girls - BUT, only a certain type of girl .
If he can't see what's happening right under his nose, and even goes so far as to propose marriage to her, then I really must question who is the daftest one of the two?
Personally, I would value honestly, love and trust, way, way more than a flash car or fat wallet any day.
29-07-2018, 12:37 AM
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Mups, you are, of course, correct. Unfortunately, when in the presence of a beautiful woman, few men can think clearly.When I first met my 2nd wife, I could barely breathe, let alone think. Things went well until I lost all my money on a real estate deal. Then, before I knew what was happening, she was gone.
It did not matter that: I loved her, that I cared for her every need, that I never cheated on her, that I never drank, did drugs or gambled. No money, no honey.
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