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    You failed to read my qualification. I said so myself, that it is not a recent invention - the most ancient myths mention plethoras of love stories. No, my point was that romantic love was never practised on a cultural scale. There were always a number of ramifications which led to what is usually termed as an arranged marriage. Now, I cannot speak for every single society, but at the very least, the civilised societies did not feature romantic love as a valid method of marrying off the daughters. I am pretty sure the Minoans were not an exception to that either, despite their somewhat matriarchal culture.
    True love is an ideal popularized in western society with the advent of medieval king Arthurian myths and legends.

    People do not have that one person. If i had enough commitment and an aversion to the concept of divorce there are probably a million people i could marry. Of those million i could probably be happy (very subjective) with a few thousand. True happiness is subjective and in marriage is often based of children, physical attributes, social standing, comfort of home life, and personality compatibility.

    Love itself is an objective word. Maybe th eman who beheaded his wife loved her but is his love the same as the man who stays married to the woman on the feeding tube for 20 years. Love is different for everybody.

    As to people preferring certain races. So what. I prefer certain races women over others so do 90% of men. hell i even prefer certain nationalities over others.

    Not to say people cannot fall in love to say you cant is ridiculous some people meet someone and they do seem to click. But god didnt make them talk to that person some sort of trait (likely physical) attracted them in the first part.

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    but I don't want to date anyone for fun or just as friends. God is all the love I need really, and if His plan for me includes a relationship with someone (as a precursor to marriage), it could only be with a christian who would help me grow in faith and love of God.
    Ah.... heard this one before. She's a romantic and, it appears, devoutely evangelical.

    On a related note, I was once not dissimilar to AP (though a bit more positive generally) what happened was I met a girl similar to the one you are describing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    Ah.... heard this one before. She's a romantic and, it appears, devoutely evangelical.

    On a related note, I was once not dissimilar to AP (though a bit more positive generally) what happened was I met a girl similar to the one you are describing.
    So what you are saying is that we should set up AP with this girl? A bit of global match-maker....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Psychonaut View Post
    So what you are saying is that we should set up AP with this girl? A bit of global match-maker....

    "This summer. A Russian asexual. A soft-spoken Australian Romantic. One a child of chaos. The other a lamb of god...." [/Voice-over]


    Anyway, I'm going to jump on the bandwagon and say I used to be like AP as well. Although, I'm far too much of a stereotypical Scotch Presbyterian hard-hearted ****** for any of this soppy rubbish!

    There doesn't really seem to be much of an idea of romance in the Bible. From what I remember, Paul does leave his love life up to fate as this girl does, although he seemed to think of singleness as more of a blessing. Indeed, he says somewhere that people should only get married if they think they won't be able to avoid fornication otherwise. And then there's that bit where Jesus says some men become eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. So all in all, I don't think her very modern, idealised views on love have any biblical roots.
    At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Psychonaut View Post
    So what you are saying is that we should set up AP with this girl? A bit of global match-maker....

    "This summer. A Russian asexual. A soft-spoken Australian Romantic. One a child of chaos. The other a lamb of god...." [/Voice-over]
    No! For starters, I was never asexual (celibate, yes), and then it didn't end well, we were never in love (likely the problem); also, she was raised Christian.

    Pever, how old is this girl?
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    Both girls are 18.

    also, i guess it doesnt get around in the backroom, but its pevergreen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pevergreen View Post
    Both girls are 18.

    also, i guess it doesnt get around in the backroom, but its pevergreen.
    pevergreen is frightfully protective of his little p. Though, he doesn't like to boast about it in female company.

    However, there might be a lesson that might be learnt around here. It is not the size of the p that matters, it is how you use it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pevergreen View Post
    Both girls are 18.

    also, i guess it doesnt get around in the backroom, but its pevergreen.
    18, ahhh. Too young for me.
    "If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."

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