What is it with blokes today?

tbz_ck

tbz_ck

tbz_ck

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RANT:

Following on from the recent relationship threads and the frankly "ludicrous" advice being given I'm completely amazed at how young people today have little concept of responsibility, true love and commitment.

Stupid excuses like "the sparks gone out of the relationship" are greeted with pathetic 15 year old responses like "dump her and bone a fresh one" or "it wasn't meant to be" which openly reveal a degree of selfishness and immaturity that makes me want to vomit. :mad:

If the "spark" has gone, why don't you explore new ways to light your woman's fire? (I'm not just talking sexually here). Are today's young people so utterly devoid of conversational skills and so totally shallow that relationships are all about sex and nothing else?

I'm 35, and have been happily married for nearly 13 years. I find with every passing week that I am more and more besotted with my wife. We click on every level and have had both ups and downs but you know what, we BOTH work hard at our marriage and thats why it works.

Where is the dedication to make things work in this generation?

Where is the sense of satisfaction received from putting aside selfishness and focussing on your partner for a change?

To the shallow: I wave my fat hairy bottom in disdain in your general direction.

To the real men: I salute you good sirs.

I'm hoping not every bloke is as one dimensional as what has been evidenced in this forum!

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I think you kind of answered your own question.

It's precisely because so many replies are from young people that its mostly about sex.
 
Something else to bear in mind, some people don't take these forums 100% seriously, especially GD and post slightly tongue in cheek replies.
 
tbz_ck said:
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I wholeheartedly agree. Yeah, i'm only 22 (same age as you were when you got married) but I find that most people the same age as me don't want a relationship, they just want to mess about and then 'maybe' meet someone special if they can be bothered.

Whats the fun in that? I'd prefer to share all the fun with someone else.

Different strokes for different folks though, depends what makes you tick.
 
tbz_ck said:
concept of responsibility, true love and commitment.QUOTE]

Personally I don't think there i such a thing as true love, it's a concept established by Hollywood imo, you said yourself both you and your partner work hard at your relationship, suggests to me that you both are very committed are responsible people surely? I agree with all the other points you said. Also I think some of the comments there were said in jest and they weren't seriously suggesting that he should dump his partner for a quick fling. I'm 20 for what it's worth.
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The issue is not one of "what is it with blokes these days", it's one of "what is it with people giving different responses on an internet forum to those which they'd give in real life."

It's been like that since Al Gore invented the web ;)
 
I agree that there are a few childish people on here, but to be fair it is GD so I'm sure a lot of them are indeed tongue in cheek comments.

Fair play for making this thread though :)
 
tbz_ck said:
Stupid excuses like "the sparks gone out of the relationship" are greeted with pathetic 15 year old responses like "dump her and bone a fresh one" or "it wasn't meant to be" which openly reveal a degree of selfishness and immaturity that makes me want to vomit. :mad:
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It's an internet computer hardware forum. What do you expect?
 
I was under the impression that the standard of posts in GD were improving ;)

Maybe I should have posted in SC where a real rant is taken seriously :D
 
Asking what is it with blokes today is a bit of a sweeping generalisation that I've seen other people get absolutely mutilated for on this forum.

People post replies on a forum in the phrasing that reflects what they'd like to see in their own lives, but may not have the self belief to actually go through with. A few people in one of those relationship threads told the bloke to absolutely humiliate the girl who was cheating on him in some pretty horrendous ways. I doubt they'd do it themselves, it's more of a fantasy thing.

You're on an internet forum which is unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your viewpoint) the homeland of the keyboard warrior.
 
[TW]Fox;11977567 said:
It's an internet computer hardware forum. What do you expect?
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Its more than that Fox m8. It is "computer interest" based but its one of the most popular and widely diverse of forums I've ever seen. Thats why the comments seen about relationships really did shock and surprise me although I note Karl's points

Where else bar facebook would you get a cross section of society that we see within OCUK??

Ok, so perhaps there aren't many grans and grandpa's in here.....or are there?
 
A once famous sports personality was once asked about how 'lucky' he had been throughout his career...His response was, 'Yes...I find the harder I work the luckier I get'.

Same in relationships...you simply have to make a conscious effort to work at it...:D
 
Yes I'm quite the same I've been married for 26 years now, and still feel the same way about my wife as I did 26 years ago.


Mind you I'm old and senile now so what worked for me back then mightn't work for young 'uns these days.
 
I agree with what the OP says but this is a computer hardware forum and therefore is not to be represented as a broad spectrum of the general populous.

You can still have the thrill of the chase in a long term relationship. Use your imagination, I have loads of fun "chasing" the wife!
 
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