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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (11825)	8/7/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: Thomas C. White	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Men aren't as good facing reality as women, do you think?? Let's face it penni, men's reality is unfortunately just a much nicer place to be. So a lot of the time, we simply don't have to bother. Back maybe towards fifteen years ago, I joined a very popular video dating service in Houston. One of the saddest things I will always remember was the forlorn faces of divorced, late forties to early fifties women paging monotonously through the books, vainly looking for reasonably acceptable men who would go out with them. I happened to be sitting next to one once, and we struck up a conversation. She said that most of the men their age with any promise whatsoever specified that they wanted someone forty or younger. And that most of the men willing to go out with them were in their late fifties to early sixties. On the other hand, plenty of late-thirties women had no issues whatsoever with dating someone ten or more years older than they were. Particularly if accompanied by a high end Mercedes. Worse yet, I heard from the woman that her membership fee was twice as much as mine was (although I didn't tell her how much I paid, as they had me sign an agreement stating that I wouldn't divulge my fee). Apparently, they charged women in their late forties much more than say, women in their late thirties. What the market will bear.

To: Rambi who wrote (11825)	8/7/1998 5:34:00 PM
From: William W. Dwyer, Jr.	Respond to of 71178

Penni, May I say that your message #11818 was quite eloquent and most enjoyable to read. In fact, this entire thread is a treasure and a nice departure from the stuff we read during trading hours. Again, my compliments. I am probably older than you and, as you suggest, probably feeling guilty from being more sexist during my earlier years when it was more fashionable. Maybe we are all sexist to some degree, which changes with our maturity, if we're lucky. Beneath your pistol belt and flack jacket, though, I sense a lot of character in you and I deeply enjoy reading your comments and perspectives posted throughout. Your son sounds like an absolute riot, but I am sure there is hope for him yet. Keep up the good work. This is stimulating and enjoyable. Lots of good folks and great comments here. Someday, please take a moment to differentiate for us the differences, if any, between Penni and Rambi. I am dying to know what they might be, and I think it would be quite revealing. You surely are not the person I initially thought you were. And I mean that in a nice way! By the way, I wouldn't embarrass myself for Demi Moore. But you gotta admit she's easy on the eyes. Helluva movie with Michael Douglas, whom you surely find "easy on the eyes." I am beginning to think sexist statements are okay because, unfortunately, sometime they are true. Final thought, one very positive thing about this thread is that, unlike in real life, all the controversy (which I love) seems to abate rather nicely toward the end of the day, kinda like the DOW finding it's own resting point for the week. Good stuff!! Bill