u/ClevelandSpigot

And with even a sub-point of, parents should not be trying to direct the path of their daughters' lives out of fear.

The fear is that the girl gets wrapped up with a guy, and gets pregnant, and then he cheats on her, and leaves her, and she is abandoned with no way to support herself or her baby.

The statistics that show that it is the woman who usually initiates a divorce by far, we'll put this aside. We'll also put aside the unfounded fear that the woman in such a situation will have to live in a trailer, and work as a waitress in a greasy diner, at a highway exit, with hairy men grabbing at her.

I have been in the education system, the military, and now the corporate world. The ONE most important skill is, yes, being able to functionally communicate, but also to get along with other people. If you can get along with other people, and effectively communicate, then that will lead to solutions that are far better than having to put your child in expensive daycare, while you sit in a cubicle, and have to take directions from a manager.

I say this because I myself had struggled with communication and charisma through most of my life. I lost opportunities and made enemies because of it. Yes, just because of those two things. And I had to deal with it.

I have many examples of when I was working with someone on a side-project, and then that other person says, "Hey, I want to start a company doing this. Are you in?" And I do not effectively communicate my concerns about it, and that comes off as me being not a nice person, and so I end up never hearing from them again. That has happened a few times.

The place where I work, and have worked for decades, I have the reputation of being a very serious and stern person. I am not. But, I give off that aura because of how I was lacking in communication and personality skills for the first many years that I worked at the company. At this point, I would not be able to shake that reputation.

In contrast, I have seen many people below me get promoted above me simply because they had the skills to communicate and get along. I have seen friends and friends of friends start enterprises - to different levels of success - and either include me, but then end up regretting it, or just don't include me at all.

These are skills that sons are not taught either, but we have to learn as we go. Our success in life depends on it, and you will end up at whatever level your communication and personality skills place you.

And, no, women are not good communicators. "I'm fine!" "Would you still love me if I was a worm?" The silent treatment. I'm also going to avoid the possibility that that man left you because you were insufferable due to poor communication and personality skills, but women are not taught this, and I do not think it is controversial to say that it is women who, for lack of a better word, act "catty" towards each other, and try to sabotage each other out of jealousy and greed.

Or, is this some stupid tactic that all teachers just do for whatever reason?

I think I find missing person cases to be the most interesting of all. I love true crime and mystery stories, and the one thing that the true crime portion has told me is that humans always leave traces behind*. Always.* For example, even though this world is huge, and forests are deep and dark, people were able to find the remains of the Yuba City Five, when they were 20 miles away from where they left their car. And those two foreign exchange students, Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers, even remains of them were found, as well as some of their gear.

So, when someone goes absolutely completely missing - especially nearer to urban areas - it is very mysterious. I remember the case of that teenager who was driving home from a party up in Minnesota or Wisconsin, and he got lost, and he wrecked his car. Or that young woman in college who was having problems, and she too wrecked her car into the side of a barn. Both just completely disappeared. And Lars Mittank, the guy who disappeared on camera outside of the airport in Bulgaria.

I often wonder if sink holes can explain at least some of these disappearances. I'm sure that geologists are not consulted when someone goes missing in an open field, but perhaps there were no buildings built there because geologists have determined that section of land to be unstable, and have a high probability of sink holes appearing. Sometimes these disappearances happen on farmland, and large pieces of farmland are usually not fully walked on by people. Usually large machinery that has a wide footprint is used - meaning that no human may even know that there ever is a sink hole there in a field.

I know I'm just spouting off speculation here, but a sink hole would explain a lot of the instances when a trail of objects, or a trail of scent just stops. Sink holes can completely swallow something up, and then cover it over with earth. I just always wonder if that is ever taken into consideration while these missing person searches are happening.

I'm not going to read the book. I watched the first episode, and when I saw numbers appear in the air, and for some reason all the stars in the sky explode - but only two people noticed - ala "Lost", I gave up.

But, people keep referring to it, as if it is some opus that defines the meaning of life. So, please just tell me what happens.

How will Democrats respond to this?

...and that realization hurts pretty bad.

Me? I've carried this burden for decades, but I do not like "Tombstone" and "Braveheart".

Oh, and "Forrest Gump". And "Rocky".

I have been seeing a trend lately where women just plain lose interest after a couple days - as if they were only in a mood, or changed their mind suddenly. Why does that happen?

I have many example of this, but I have two just in the past two weeks. I still periodically use dating apps, and I got two matches over the past two weeks. I know. I'm a Chad. It's tough being me.

Anyway, the first one, two weeks ago. She was ready to go. I mean, her messages were suggestive right from the beginning. But, that week honestly was busy work-wise. That wasn't just an excuse. For example, that week, the company that I work for has been trying to consolidate the systems that we use. So, we're going from something like four systems down to two. Two weeks ago, that Friday night, I had to log back into work at 9 PM, and do testing until 6 AM Saturday morning.

So, yeah. I was busy. And, I told her that, very politely. I told her that this week was not good, but definitely next week. So, the work week ends. I do that overnight testing. Everything goes fine. I get a few hours sleep. When I wake up to start Saturday, I check, and she has unmatched me.

The second time is just this past week. This second gal was showing a lot of interest in me. The conversation was flowing. We were volleying back and forth. I mean, we weren't even bothering with the typical, "What's your favorite color," questions. We had started already past that.

She's a single mother. Even though I am Red Pill, I have had no issues with seeing single mothers. The past two women that I was seeing were both single mothers, and those situations did not end because they were single mothers. I know that the Manosphere treats single mothers like leper patients, but I happen to disagree with the Manosphere on that.

I told her that, whenever she was ready, I was ready to take the conversation offline and plan to meet in person whenever she was, but that I respected her boundaries, so that would only happen when she was okay with it. She immediately sent me her full name, phone number, and physical address.

We plan a date for this past Wednesday. I proposed an idea, and she loved it. I even got flowers for her. The day of, her daughter gets into a bicycle accident. It's not bad. No hospital needed. Just bloodied knees. So she cancels the date. That was three days ago. I've sent a few messages since then, but her reciprocation has been sparse. It's been more than 24 hours since she has texted me. Probably going on 48 hours by this point. I think it's dead.

Like I said, these are just two very recent examples. I am used to it by now. I expect it. I have found this to be a very typical course of events. It's almost as if their mood changes, or their mind spontaneously changed, and they are suddenly no longer interested. So, what is happening here? Specifically, I would like to hear from any women who were on the other side of such a thing.