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[morrigirl]

It's weird how many people are proud of me for getting this job. Not that it isn't something worth being proud of, it just got me wondering what exactly everyone is proud of? My ability to make a decent impression? To smile and charm my way into the heart of a potential employer? My ability to shelf read library of congress call numbers? Granted, not every Joe Shmoe can do any or even all of the above, but...I dunno. Maybe I'm being pessimistic but I just don't see what the big hoopla is. I have income now. GREAT! I can pay bills, and possibly move out and live on my own if I save up enough. I now have the potential to live independently. And it's my skills that have warrented me that opportunity. Wait...I think I just found the why! They're proud because I have been given the opportunity to live independently based on my unique, idividual, and acquired talents. Okay, now I get it.

Random Circulation Observation #1: Boys are smelly. All of them. Every young man I interacted with today smelled sweaty and dirty. However, not a single one of the girls did. The girls smelled fresh and floral, and just plain nice. Why is this? Is it genetic? Are girls just more self-conscious about the way they smell?

Random Circulation Observation # 2: There are far more chronically single women in this world than men. While I'm not saying there are NO chronically single men in the world, there aren't as many as you'd be led to believe. None of my guy friends have ever had a hard time getting a girlfriend when they wanted one. Can't say the same thing for any of my girl friends. I know girls who haven't had a bf in years, while their ex's have gone through four or five new gf's since. Girls just seem so much more willing to throw themselves at guys than vice versa. What is there, a shortage of men?

I also keep seeing all these gorgeous chicks with butt ass ugly guys. Why is this? And how are us ugly girls suppose to find a man when not even the ugly ones want us? I don't get it. Not one bit.

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I disagree

[afraidofliving.livejournal.com]

Statistically, there are more single men than there are single women. I've seen PLENTY of what I'd consider to be handsome guys with not-so good looking girls.

I agree that younger men (under 25) are generally superficial, but in my experience, that disappears with age, unlike women who seem to me to be eternally superficial.

Also, single women are seen as strong and independent in the eyes of many, while single men are seen as losers/outcasts.

Just telling it the way I see it. I'm not saying that it's any better being a single woman, but superficiality does vanish in guys.

Anyway, there's jack-all wrong with the way you look. I'd go out with you.......even though I'm not good enough for you (or anyone for that matter).

Re: I disagree

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

And I disagree with you. A single guy can be thought of as "playing the field" or "sowing his wild oates." Also to clarify I'm not talking about regular singlehood, I'm talking about chronic singledom defined as: someone who wants a significant other but is unable to get one for some unknown reason. Those who choose not to commit, or who are single because of overly high standards do not fit into this definition.

A single girl on the other hand is thought to be ugly, pathetic, and completely undesirable. Believe me I speak from experience. And frankly I resent your implication that women are more superficial than men. Speaking as someon who has been broken up with because of her looks, her personality, her living situation, her religious convictions, i'd have to say men are the more superficial sex.

By the way, you should get online.