https://bit.ly/3Q7qRbj https://bit.ly/3Q9T5lI https://bit.ly/3AadEsx https://bit.ly/3QcuKeV https://bit.ly/3QcuNaB https://bit.ly/3QcuPiJ https://bit.ly/3SxHIpg https://bit.ly/3Qgh1DU https://bit.ly/3Qgl1Vd One has to wonder if they even know what a relationship is “having sex with one person in a regular basis?” or something along those lines. Anacaona´s last [type] ..Redefining Hypergamy: Know the difference between a mistake and error. 94Joe March 21, 2012 at 12:10 am Emileigh has a narrative that she replays in her head whenever she goes out. Because her experience rarely departs from the narrative, it’s worn a very deep groove in her mind. @Charm I hope she doesn’t end up with some clueless beta. But we all know that odds are she will. My experience was so completely the opposite of Emileigh’s that I understand it completely. Hear me out on this. Charm, as great as your comments have been, you do not understand. Emileigh’s not in danger of ending up with a beta. She’s living in fear of ending up alone. I can tell you exactly the mental dialog I would have had if I had known of an “Emileigh” back then. I would be absolutely 100% convinced that I would be the only guy on campus with whom she would never hook up (betaboy that I was). The realization would be devastating. It was a different mental narrative from which I would rarely, if ever, depart, a self-fulfilling prophecy that was every bit as wrong then as Emileigh’s is now and it leads to exactly the same mind-set. Both narratives are full of self-loathing and both get you no closer to either a relationship or love. There is an answer (thank God) that a very few lucky ones stumble into. It goes like this: laugh at yourself a little, be patient, stop with that internal dialog and grow up just a little. Friends and family will be there to help you if you let them. You just knew it was going to be something kitchy like that, right? I know. It’s still true, though. Doesn’t work for everyone, but the success rate is surprisingly good. Joe´s last [type] ..Reader’s Digest Rewatch: The Intro Arc 95Susan Walsh March 21, 2012 at 12:18 am @Joe