blues inspired revelations

[foleyolio]

a friend of mine told me that her mother saw a photo of me and commented on how beautiful i am. i accepted the compliment. this isn't the first time someone's mother has thought me beautiful. when my cousin got married, her mother in law spent the entire rehearsal dinner fussing over my 'beauty' and then when the wedding photos came back couldn't

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[neophillia]

My guess at the situation is a bit more simple, which gives it bonus points as it's explaining men and so a simple solution is usually closer to the mark but -
You are probably a gorgeous woman. Men at that near forty mark or beyond care much less about striking out and are more likely to approach a woman they find really attractive. Seriously, they have been on the planet long enough to know that it is mostly a matter of odds as to whether they will take a pretty girl home (ie: whether said girl needs an ego boost, whether said girl was just dumped on her ass, whether said girl has consumed more than her body weight in alcohol). They've just been around long enough to know they have a shot, no matter how balding, how beer-bellied, how old, how drunk they are. The younger ones you're interested in? They do not know this yet. They are still very much concerned with being turned down, being rejected, especially in a public place. They worried enough about the prospect of being rebuked by a woman they find attractive that they'd rather skip the whole experience. How often do you wonder why your intelligent, attractive, energetic male friends go out with really boring, bitchy...annoying girls? THey knew they were going to get a date. THey left the one they really wanted in the corner.

I could be biased though. But who the hell cares. Men are sometimes just really feeble, scared creatures.

[foleyolio]

hmm, i like your theory. I spend lots of time in corners. hell i wrote a poem about it once.

i figure men will figure it out eventually. i'm just going to chill and wait. if i think they are worth, i may be waiting in the corner when they come back, if not - to hell with them!