tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012936338784192201.post8540342565544661276..comments2023-08-08T05:52:06.038-04:00Comments on Orange to Apple: The ReachAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254791236661373302noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012936338784192201.post-4561432292914288722013-07-03T02:44:45.940-04:002013-07-03T02:44:45.940-04:00John McKnight is the best, you are an idiotJohn McKnight is the best, you are an idiotThe Jumping Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241136393228340273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012936338784192201.post-85934255347955403292010-11-06T15:52:27.583-04:002010-11-06T15:52:27.583-04:00My girl and I have been fighting about this. Here&...My girl and I have been fighting about this. Here's what I wrote on a long facebook thread:<br /><br />Time for the villain to weigh in...<br /><br />Above all else, I think equality in a relationship is key. Assuming that both people have similar financial resources and it is not a date, but a regular, daily meal, I think the expenses should be split e...qually. Whether this is done by rotation, as Blair suggested, or by splitting each bill, as "Pita" said, it doesn't matter.<br /><br />Even in the "courtship" phase, which, again, is not our situation, I don't think the man should be obligated to pay. Equality is always important. When I am getting to know a girl, I am not necessarily out to fuck her, or somehow win her over. I want to get to know each other to see if we might be compatible. To say that men should pay to "give the woman a reason to stick around" is to assume that the man already has such a reason while the woman doesn't. Perhaps Michael S. was only joking when he made this argument, but I can only interpret this to mean that a woman's value is in her looks (which are readily apparent), while a man's value is more substantial and less superficial.<br /><br />It may seem provocative to advocate for the death of chivalry, but I submit to you that paternalism is the flip-side of the chivalry coin. Although I think that women should pay equally, I also think that men should help out with the kids, the cooking, cleaning, etc., all in equal shares. Perhaps this is somewhat unrealistic, considering that women will naturally have to give birth and nurse, etc., but to the extent it is possible, every effort should be made to make things equal.<br /><br />As Arnie was saying, it strikes me as odd that women will bemoan the death of chivalry even though it was simultaneously an age of the subjugation of women. Even now, women make less for the same work. Until women insist on equality, even when they would otherwise be the beneficiaries of traditional gender norms, it will always be a man's world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fd8_gojNXcSee<br /><br />-John McKnightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012936338784192201.post-22250421040521100902010-10-05T19:23:13.422-04:002010-10-05T19:23:13.422-04:00I have dated some BROKE boys, and they won't t...I have dated some BROKE boys, and they won't take me out in the beginning unless they know they can afford it. What an idiot for making you pay. Why do boys in NY not court anymore. ugh!Tricihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095597057022810784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012936338784192201.post-23728559780355270092010-10-05T09:08:31.391-04:002010-10-05T09:08:31.391-04:00HE IS SUPPOSED TO PAY!!! Don't feel bad for be...HE IS SUPPOSED TO PAY!!! Don't feel bad for being snobby or superficial. I have had this conversation with so many people so many times and every girl, no matter how tough, rich, poor, insecure, confidant, it doesn't matter, she will like a guy "a whole lot less" from the simple fact that he accepted your offer to split it. If he can't afford it, he can take you somewhere cheaper, cook for you or just come up with something else to do.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02935064917802498702noreply@blogger.com