On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Petro wrote:
On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 07:58 PM, measl@mfn.org wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Faustine wrote:
Not all women are golddiggers. They're called 'old maids'. ALL women who are interested in a 'relationship' are 'golddiggers' in the sense they want to 'change' the other party.
Nothing like a good across the board generalization, huh Jim?
Well, I hate to be in the position of defending Jimbo, but he's right--in a sense, but not just about women.
Where does the desire for "a relationship" translate into the desire to "change the other party"?
I'd be willing to bet (should there be a way of proving it to my satisfaction) that in every relationship, one party would like to change AT LEAST 2 things about the other party.
Then I guess we're down the minutae of "what is "a relationship", and what is "change"...
Of course, this then makes every person who gets into any kind of relationship a "gold digger".
The American colloquialism "Golddigger" != "Relationship participant who would like to effect changes in the other engaging party(s)". The Goldigger term commonly refers to a woman who marries or engages in highly personal (not _necessarily_ sexual, but the inference is a common one) long term "relationships" for the accrual of cash and property, rather than any actual interest in the partner(s). Think long-term hookers. Think Mary Elizabeth Terranson :-)
Who was she? It's nice to see you're not bitter ;-/
Why do you assume it was a she?
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