tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post114839482124063268..comments2023-10-31T06:01:54.153-04:00Comments on Pretty Lady: The complexities of virtuePretty Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1148411833737198322006-05-23T15:17:00.000-04:002006-05-23T15:17:00.000-04:00scooterhawk says...One of the basic rules of econo...scooterhawk says...<BR/>One of the basic rules of economics is that an item is worth what the buyer is willing to pay.<BR/><BR/>A Van gogh never sold for $50-100 million for quite a number of years yet a time came when what could be had for almost nothing could only be had for a king's ransom. I think it can be a trap to assume a static and unchanging<BR/>value in anything. Who would think that after the 80's crash of gold prices, when gold fell from over $800 to about $200 an ounce, that gold would have reached over $700 again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1148404960456237322006-05-23T13:22:00.000-04:002006-05-23T13:22:00.000-04:00Absolutely, my dear Scooter. We are on complete c...Absolutely, my dear Scooter. We are on complete common ground as regards your entire last paragraph. All that Pretty Lady can say in her own defense is that she is not the sort of lady who makes the same mistake over and over (except the one of being spiritually and emotionally over-generous, which she has finally pinpointed and is actively eradicating from her behavior); she creates a DIFFERENT dramatic fiasco everytime she ventures into the psycho-sexual stratosphere, and has learned an immense amount every time. <BR/><BR/>Pretty Lady's intents and motivations have always been as pure as she could make them. Divining, and avoiding, the impure motivations of others has become her life's study.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1148401659991374382006-05-23T12:27:00.000-04:002006-05-23T12:27:00.000-04:00If you expect nothing from him, that is all you’ll...<I>If you expect nothing from him, that is all you’ll ever get.</I><BR/><BR/>This is absolutely true; as I have so patiently explained, some of us generous-hearted women have had to learn this fact through trial and error. This does not make us one whit less generous-hearted, only wiser. <BR/><BR/><I>men, intrinsically, do not seek out women for companionship</I><BR/><BR/>Why in the world, my dear Scooter, would a woman with wisdom, self-esteem, wit and intelligence waste a single second upon a man who does NOT value her companionship? There is no such thing as a 'buyer's market' when it comes to the establishment of true partnerships. Satisfaction must be thoroughly mutual for successful transactions to occur. <BR/><BR/>Pretty Lady has rejected hordes of the sorts of boors you describe, and will continue to reject them even at the risk of dying a spinster. The fact that she bothers to write elegant little essays explaining exactly <I>why</I> she rejected them is yet another manifestation of her generous-hearted nature. Hopefully, her more astute readers will learn something, and ultimately be successful with the women of their dreams, instead of having their messages on answering machines be deleted halfway through.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.com