Is there no beauty and worthiness in people but that which we can see with our eyes, and touch with our hands?
I also think that in a true love situation people are often surprised as to what they love and who they end up with and what reasons they end up with that person. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that saying is very true as someone I find attractive may not appeal to anyone else at all and vice versa.
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I will stand by the sentiment expressed i the first sentence above which is a quote of my text. Personally, I think this is a universal question and applies to all people in all circumstances. We are all human. Being with one person or another person of any age, color, race, or creed does to make us more human or less human.
But I have a few other things that I would like to say to you, eurogirl:
1) I totally agree with the very peceptive observation of the human condition which you made as quoted above. Very nicely stated. Thank you. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The man who makes his decisions about the women he goes with or declines to go with based on the opinions and evaluations of his acquaintances is a boy. The man who make his own evaluations based on his own thoughts and feelings in his heart is a man. Are there a lot of boys on this board, or am I getting a wrong impression. As an example, did MikeGB seriously think that I would give any weight to his opinoin whatsoever,when he said some time back, that I should drop the girl I was with because "she is taking the piss out of you," whatever that bizarre statement means. I haven't the slightest notion of what it means, although I assume it is not exactly a recommendation for her, and yet it really doesn't matter, because I think for myself and listen to my own heart, not the rantings of a rather sick person, who based on no relevant personal experience in matters of the heart, has the temerity to advise me!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and when one learns the true meaning of those words, one has passed to a higher level of understanding of himself and of the human condition. Unfortunately, it seems that there are many her among us who will never be so fortunate as to really understand the meaning of those words. I am not sure whether you do or not, Eurogirl, for words are easily spoken, and easily grasped by the mind, but until they are understood deep in your heart, at the very core of your being, they mean very little. Just the same, well said, Egirl, and if you don't have that deeper knowledge now, then I sense that it is not far away, because I think they you are a genuinely sincere seeker of truth.
2) Having said that, I respectfully agree to disagree with some of your other opinions, although I don't think our ideas are really so far apart as they sometimes may seem. We are merely separated by two different catalogs of personal experience, so to speak, each of which lends itself to our viewing the world around of from a decidely different viewpoint. Which brings me to my third point which is:
3) I respect the fact that you attempt to view the world around you in a rational manner, and make a very concerted effort to do that. When you make your points they are well thought out, well expressed, and usually backed up by a consistent thread of logic. You rarely, if ever, stoop to name-calling or other cheap tactics which are generally used by those who, in their frustration at being unable to adequately express their views, resort to personal attacks, rather than making any real case for ideas and opinions.
Thank you for your contributions to the discussions on this board. I think it is always good to have someone express a diverse, and controversial(to the men here) line of thought whic is contrary to the assumptions that most of us go on here, all of us bringing the male experience to our opinions. It is good to have someone shake up the status quo, because it makes us think a little harder, and not take accepted idesa for granted, adhering to what, at times, amounts to a party line. IMHO, whether we agree with you or disagree with you, that is a significant contribution.
JayBee