All I can say is I'm thankful my real-world relations with the opposite sex are nothing like DU

[whatchamacallit]

Peace y'all

[Iggo]

1. Mine are the same.

[DURHAM D]

2. Same here.

[hlthe2b]

3. Nor mine... I can only conclude anonymity brings out the worst in some--

or sadly, their true nature.

[Hekate]

4. Peace back at ya. Trash Thread is now my best friend

[shenmue]

6. Me too

I've been hitting that like it's a tennis ball, the past few days.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

5. Lol.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. Truth.

Buckets of truth.

[In_The_Wind]

8. Me too!

[zappaman]

9. We agree on something?

Wonders never cease!

+100!

Kick and Rec.

[Blue_Adept]

10. That's because you're continually oppressing them without realizing it.

Or maybe you do?

[Schema Thing]

11. amen

[NCTraveler]

12. I am very glad...

I am very glad that your relationships in the real world are more complex than those on a discussion board.

Isn't your relationship with men in the real world different than your relationship here with men? I would hope so. Why no emphasis on that?

[whatchamacallit]

13. I suppose my relationships with everyone are different

[NCTraveler]

16. Different, yet your concered about one particular area of those differences.

I am not trying to call you out on some great offense. Please don't take it that way. Its just that your op pulls out a specific group when all of your relationships from online into the real world are much different.

[whatchamacallit]

18. I'm just commenting on the unfortunate gender animus pervading DU currently

I'm lucky, blessed even, and I'm thankful for the love and goodwill in my life.

[NCTraveler]

21. That is why I tried to give a thoughtful response to your op.

Many ops about this topic are simply callouts, one way or another, or just flame bait. Without knowing if there are any other intentions behind your op, I find the manner in which people interact in their real lives with people compared to an online discussion board to be very interesting. Only mentioning it with respect to women might get you a couple more views or comments, but I know your interactions are different with both sexes. We would all be better to evaluate how we change with respect to our online persona.

[whatchamacallit]

23. Word.

[snooper2]

14. you mean men and women don't interact like this all the time?

[Harmony Blue]

17. Maybe we should put all of them on an island so they can learn

to cooperate and love each other?

[Bobbie Jo]

24. Good post.

[Harmony Blue]

30. Thank you

[Bobbie Jo]

32. Right.

[Prophet 451]

15. Satan's Name, so am I

Thanks for the hug, I needed it.

[PeteSelman]

19. Agreed. If the real world was as uptight and humorless I'd never leave my house.

Hell, even that might be a chore. Every show would be criticized, every song grittier than B-I-N-G-O was his name-o would be trashed. And so on.

[BainsBane]

20. I'm thankful that the men I know in the real world

are like the best of men on DU and actually like and respect women.

[whatchamacallit]

22. That's worthy of thanks n/t

[Skittles]

25. I'VE HAD IT WITH MEN!

*liked it too*

[arcane1]

36. LMAO

[gollygee]

26. So am I

Very thankful for my husband after reading some posts

[pipi_k]

27. I often wonder

if the most vocal individuals are also similarly tortured in RL by all of the "isms" they rail against here at DU.

Seriously, are they running around in the real world dissecting every single conversation and interaction, looking for reasons to be offended?


In any case, I'm also thankful that my real world relations with the opposite sex are not boiling over (or even simmering) with drama.

[MO_Moderate]

28. VERY thankful

I wouldn't know what to do if my wife and daughter thought there was some grand conspiracy behind every single thing.

[sendero]

29. Me too..

.... what a pointless argument the whole thing is.

[Puzzledtraveller]

31. Me too whatchamacallit

[AgingAmerican]

33. Here, here

nt

[eShirl]

34. dear god, that would be incredibly depressing

[bvar22]

35. Here too,

of course, my wife hasn't yet realized that I'm trying to oppress her when I open the door for her
or carry the heavier packages.

[whatchamacallit]

38. Hopefully she'll never figure it out

[CFLDem]

37. Yep

[lumberjack_jeff]

39. No kidding. n/t