Yep, I certainly did.

Frequenting a hardware store is one of the ways we gals sort ourselves out in the pecking order.

I can full well expect any manly man to come up and help me:  Find things, carry things, and engage in enlightening conversation about clogged toilets and the hazards inherent to the re-wiring of light sockets.

Sometimes they get downright friendly.  And it is a gracious, harmless and pleasant 'ships passing in the night' moment in time –– that is, not flirtation, but wholesome appreciation.  There is a difference.

Yet and still, the real test of mettle comes when some skankster slouches by.   How quickly does his head swivel back to continue discussing toilet plungers or light sockets with me?  Or does he grunt, and suddenly develop an interest in whatever home improvement projects Miss Flourescent Bra Strap is pursuing?

Some our posters here in this thread do appreciate wholesome, practical women and know our worth.

Hooray for them.

Hooray for us.

I am in awe of this post...whuich says so well those things that were lurking in my subconscious in fact this is probably the most well written post I have ever seen on a discussion board.period.

Lotta folks here aren't all those things though. A lot are, but a lot aren't. And we get along good. The common thread is guns and realism IMHO.

I am NOT all of those things...

Queen of Hearts > Queen of Diamonds!

Fixed it!

Understood, and I agree.

You gotta meet on common ground, and didn't mean to imply those were the pre-requisites for participating.

Yes, I understand and for the most part I can entertain ANYONES ideas...except pure blooded libtards...they are hopeless and not worth my time.

Gotta agree with that also.

id like to see more chicks shooting / posting, etc...

and not all the dudes drooling, begging them to take off thier clothes, pics , etc.....

my chick  never wants to go to the range, but at least she never tells me not to.

Gun owning woman= Win.

Owning or non gun owning woman looking for internet attention= Fail.

It is easy to tell who is who here.

I'd like to see this as well and I have to say this: the whole obsession with pics is VERY annoying I know its supposed to be fun etc but guys, please...just stop. There's tons of photos of women on the internet from dating sites to facebook etc and any of us could just right click on some of that stuff,drag it over here and you'd never be the wiser so pics do NOT equal real.

guilty as charged.

Meh, seems to have worked out well for you if I do say so myself..

ETA:  Cliffs notes on psyops' post..

Men are attracted to women who look trashy..  They are then suprised when trashy women ACT trashy..  There is a "get both" option IRL..  
Am I Cover Girl material?? Absolutely not.. But I can hold my own..

We also have attention whores who think they are sexy and post pics.

A few are, most are not though.

Thats why my pic is my avatar, keeps the good looking women away

Why yes they are, and they know how to use Spellcheck.

I dunno about the totality of the situation but I've got a crush on PlaneJane.

*sigh*  You gotta be careful with that stuff AT!!  You know how many kittens you just killed??

I cannot agree with the the topic title.

My GF is not on any gun forums, and for my money she is the finest woman in existence.

That said, I think that the women here ARE generally more self-reliant, self-assured and intelligent.

Fine examples for the rest of the gender to aspire to.

So does the car battery you attach at night 7M3...





I agree with psyops4fun.  

 

Agreed on both points.

While I thank the OP for his compliment, the person I am here is not necessarily all that I am. And that is true of all of us.

I've always found it somewhat disconcerting to hear that a marriage dissolves because one of the people found their "true love" on the internet. I don't get that. There are several people here on ARFcom whose posts I like and who crack me up (SevenMary, for example) and even some guys whom I think are good looking.



But none of them has a shot at breaking up my marriage because I'm smart enough to know that an internet persona does not tell the whole story. And my guy is hot and a pretty good shot, so...




I DO think it's hard for men and women who have a passionate hobby (like shooting) whose partner does not participate in nor approve of. That goes for anything. So if you're a gun owner, it just seems logical that you should try to date other gun owners.
 

Some are astoundingly intelligent and wise.

I don't think its hard to have a partner that doesn't share ones passionate hobbies. As long as they aren't opposed to them it shouldn't be a problem. My wife doesn't care to shoot and while I would enjoy it if she did it more, its not a big deal. Thats what brothers or friends are for.

It means strong, with an element of calm.  Robust good health, like a farmwoman.

Not frail, or prone to drama.  Reliable.

Sometimes, the word 'sturdy' is misused as a 'nice' way to say fat.  The proper nice way to say 'fat' is 'stocky'

'Sturdy' refers to healthy proportion, with an athletic build.  It implies that someone can endure hardship, and perform outdoor work.

Answer is easy. Partner was already unhappy with the relationship, something they perceived as possibly better came along  Probably the partner was already looking for a way to escape their relationship by using the internet to ignore their reality already and that's why they were online often enough to find "true love".

I'm not saying you can't have a good relationship...I'm just saying I bet you wish she'd enjoy it too.
 

THAT part I get...what I don't get is thinking that a person on the 'net is "the one."

I mean, come on...
 

Somewhat yes but I was referring to the comment you made about it being hard...I don't think it is. Maybe for some people it is but I don't see it myself.

Very good posts by psyops4fun!

Since you don't get a real read on peoples flaws online it's easy to project "perfect partner" onto people you click with.

I think this will come more into play in chatrooms or social games like WoW and the like more so then on a forum. On a forum you read someones posts from time to time and you think they're pretty cool and maybe you trade a few PM's but forums are relatively awkward for consistent communication.

With chatroom and instant messenger you can pretty much spend hours and hours interacting with someone continuously so it's easier to get attached when you're consistently talking with someone for 3 or more hours every day.  People that are in those kinds of social interaction arena's also tend to be somewhat lonely and isolated so they're going to find "true love" online because online is the only place they really interact with people besides the needs of day to day life.

Fail.  No firing pin, striker fired.

Im not on here enough to know whos a woman or not.

So far every woman on this thread has a female avatar.   It's a pretty solid trend but not 100%.

Uhr....I count BigEasySnow's gorilla as obviously female btw....Pink bow. Duh

HOLY SHIT! That's really you!?!  I thought it was a picture of Uncle Fester!
Actually, if you grew a mustache, we could be twins.



 

I think women on Early Bronco forums are the finest women in existence.

I think you can more than hold your own and actually I'd buy a magazine with you on the cover lol!!

oh, you're that woman who is into cars and stuff right? thats cool,I am too!

Mmm. No.

see, this is the kind of thinking that i have a problem with.  what you have done here is engage in the same emotional pathology that causes a lot of men to talk about how "women will only be into you if you have money".  

speaking vary frankly, how dare you make this statement?

my most recent ex-girlfriend fits the description that you posted almost precisely.  smart, articulate, works 2 jobs, and is active and athletic in a wholesome way.  when we met, what impressed me most is that she looked me straight in the eye, and i saw a light in hers that hinted at the wonderful mind behind them.  the problem was that she wasn't "gorgeous".

but that was HER problem, not mine.

now, i'm a club manager, and used to be a fashion photographer.  consequently, i know a lot of "gorgeous" girls.  but i know very few women of quality.  women with values, and goals, and something significant to say.  my ex had all of these things––they were what attracted me to her in the first place.  but she couldn't get past her own perception of her physical "shortcomings".  one day she said "it really scares me because with most guys, i'm the hottest girl they'll ever get.  but with you, i'm not even close".  now, i understood what she was saying, but it wound up making me both angry and sad, because there was nothing i could say to that.  when a woman (or man) is in that mindset, everything sounds like a lie.  it's true––i know many girls who are "hotter", but being a hottie and being a beautiful person are two different things.  she was (and is) a beautiful person.  but if i were to say that, she would only hear "you're not good-looking enough".  and she, like you, believed that "men won't be interested in a woman that isn't hot".  the relationship ran its course, and eventually ended because, as attracted as i was to her, we just weren't a match from a personality and emotional standpoint.  the last thing she said to me?

"i knew i wasn't hot enough for you."

you know what?  i'm not "men".  i'm eric.  so don't presume to tell me how i think, or what kind of woman will trigger my Hormones of Interest glands.  and there are millions of other men whose glandular activity is a bit more complicated than you seem to expect.  so i'll make you a deal.  i won't judge all women based on the hot but insecure idiots i deal with on a daily basis, if you'll stop judging all men based upon the "big tits" and "post pics" crowd.

deal?

I don't.

 

If only some of their husbands knew what they were up to.

Well I'll be.  I didn't know.

And I just noticed your sig line.

That is a habit of mine; the tendency to just read posts, and not even know who wrote it.

 I still maintain that's because your Mom dropped you on your head as a child, but thank you..  



She's not the only one..

Curses.

I wasn't talking about you, and tell that to DJ not me.




 

 

Sorry.  


 

Eh. I wouldn't think so. Maybe some of them. I figure most are just normal people. I'm not special for being online.