Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: What people look for in MOTAS (conceit, actually) Message-ID: <337@unc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-May-85 12:16:37 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.337 Posted: Wed May 29 12:16:37 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 31-May-85 06:21:19 EDT References: <681@udenva.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 41 Summary: In article mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes: >> Doesn't have to be ALL women. Just enough so that a man >>NOT having these attributes will have reduced chances to attract >>the women of HIS choice. > >But if these women are mainly after men with these attributes, why >ARE they the women of his choice? You're asking me to justify taste. I won't attempt it. >> Nor do internals help you much among strangers at a party, >>or on vacation, or at a church social, or in class, etc. >It seems to me that one may be more likely to meet someone with common >interests in a class, or at a church social, etc., depending, of course, >on why one is attending such activities. Yes, but if the ones you want reject you for someone else who is better-looking, richer, higher status, or whatever, it matters little that you have common interests. >>> but it's great for relationships >>> that evolve from friendships with people you already know. >> Yes, but how many friends does the average person have? >>Relying on old friendships to grow into romantic attachments >>reduces the selection pool too much. And risks destroying >>good friendships. >> What should I do if none of my old friends is suitable >>to become a lover? Get new friends? What if I'm already satified >>with the platonic friends I have now? >I think the original poster was mainly referring to introductions to >potential SOs thru friends you already have. > Mike Sykora That's good if your friends are extroverted and have lots of other friends, and if they understand your taste. Lot's of big "ifs". Frank Silbermann