Something I am fond of pointing out...
...is that there is parity in all things (aka yin and yang for those of us oriented towards eastern philosophies). Yes, the world will break it's own back to give an attractive young woman her way, but conversely,, if that woman moves past "MIlf" into "motherly' and on into mature, in most cases, the woman loses all power, except that which she holds over her own family.
Moving this toward my favorite subject "bad boy losers", there is also parity there. Yes, women are partially insulated against paying the consequences making of bad decisions in men, by the legions of sex starved "nice guys" thrilled to finally be the recipient of positive attention by Suzy Screwup and her 2 father absent illegitimate children. However, these women are in many cases, punished as a part of the process, when they throw themselves at pretty boys, rich guys, bad boys, pro athletes, rock stars etc, only to find themselves being fucked and discarded (sometimes with a 9 month present), which probably isn't especially pleasant.
The one who we are now ignoring mentioned "getting even". I don't need to get even, as life does this for me.....I just need a source of female companionship that doesn't carry a high likelyhood of throwing my life into chaos.
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Just in case anyone is confused,
CB is referring to John Hughes film "Weird Science" circa about '87 or so.
The bad aging may be an AW phenomena. This may be an isolated example, but, do you guys remember the film "Gorky Park" from the early eighties? It was on Skinemax about 15 times a week while those of us in our mid thirties were in high school. The hot Polish girl, who played the hot Russian girl, age was 23-24 when "Gorky" was filmed (really fucking good movie for those of you who haven't seen it by the way). Check her out now, circa 2000, when she was 43
[url]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001586/photogallery[/url]
...she pretty much looks the same way she did back in 83. Granted, this is also someone who, like kelly le brock, emigrated here, but something is obviously different.
Something kind of funny. Here in the US, I am very commonly mistaken for up to a decade less than my actual age, particularly by young girls...I have had several 20 year old girls think I am maybe 24, 27 at most.
I found out on my last trip to Prague that I'm not fooling anyone in Europe. a pretty 18 year old, looked at me and said...."34" right on the nose.
I'm inferring from this that I am aging phenomenally well for an American, but about average for a European, which implies that their culture is condusive to healthier ageing.
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