"Not to be sentimental, as I sound, but why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?" - Sylvia Plath
her prose gets me every time.
This is so true, though. From the time we are little girls, we are brought up in the Disney-prince-and-princess-world. A world of Mr. Darcys {although I have a theory on him that I will bring up later}. At best, a fabricated world of idealized, perfect men that don't exist in reality. This does us no good whatsoever.
Here is an interesting article about all of this; definitely applicable to men and women.
her prose gets me every time.
This is so true, though. From the time we are little girls, we are brought up in the Disney-prince-and-princess-world. A world of Mr. Darcys {although I have a theory on him that I will bring up later}. At best, a fabricated world of idealized, perfect men that don't exist in reality. This does us no good whatsoever.
Here is an interesting article about all of this; definitely applicable to men and women.
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There's more truth in that article than I could even get to. Coming from someone who's married and has been in a three serious relationships and dated A LOT, she is right. People just don't want to believe her.
I'd like to know your unmarried woman perspective...
Kiersten and I had this very conversation! She told me that I had ruined her because she loves Mr. Darcy and Edward. I told her those are characters in works of fiction and in real life they would probably be complete buttheads. When I was thinking about whether to marry Mike, I had my list of absolutes and he met every one of those and we've worked out just dandy.
Well said scchesleys. And a list of absolutes IS a must...never settle for less!
Sylvia Plath...wasn't she a bit of a pessimist?
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