Blame Angelina Jolie
There has been actual research on so-called “mate poaching”. They found out that a lot of single women aren’t exactly hunting for other singles. Sometimes, they look for the coupled up men and “poach” them away from their current relationship. It’s like the Angelina Jolie syndrome because she supposedly began a relationship with Brad Pitt while he was married.
The results of the research: “Single women were more interested in the man when he was described as attached (90% interested) than when he was described as single (59%). Men showed no difference in interest between a single and attached woman.”
The thing about these studies is that don’t leave much room for the variables. It’s interesting nonetheless, to see the “scientific” analysis about why women are attracted to men who aren’t available. What are your thoughts?
When you meet someone you are attracted to, is it more appealing when you find out a person is involved with someone already? Have you ever pursued someone who had a significant other?
Have you ever been involved with someone and met somebody else that you felt you was the person you were meant to be with? How do you tell the person you are in a relationship that you are in love with another person?
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AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
3:51 pm
ARed – LMAO @ your 3:37!!
THE INFAMOUS DK
September 30th, 2009
3:52 pm
ARED – You couldnt shut me down if your name was Ga Power.. I knew your ignorance knew no bounds so you would bite but I have to admit you held out longer than I expected..
Good Girl.. Pats ARED on the head Now fetch..
Melodramatizulu
September 30th, 2009
3:53 pm
And now here we are…3 months later. Having lived and learned. (Or so we hope.)
SexyCool,3 mothns later??
this is about the time u blog ladies say, sexx shld proly happen.
It seems,if it did,it went down pretty quicky.
All ur ladies blog lessons have gone down the drain.
Lets jus say then thatthese 3 or 4 ladies who gave it away to the FBI recruit didnt graduate then!!
AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
3:53 pm
No problem Raqi. You can STFU too.
Lord Velonese
September 30th, 2009
3:53 pm
Angelina Jolie is not your escape goat ladies! This very common with women in general these days, I thinks it because women see another woman having something special (or the man) and just want to screw things up for both parties. It’s like they think “Well if I can’t have The Life then no one can” this is very common with the lady friends I have, because one thinks the other is out doing the other and they get salty about it.
But when it boils down to it they know I want nothing to do with them in that way anyway. As I have said before I don’t date anymore for various reasons but I have to admit it is rather entertaining watching these women fight each other about it especially when it’s a lose/lose situation. I guess they think they can change my mind or prove me wrong, well the jokes on them. It’s funny when you don’t anything they ignore you but when you become successful and are worth something, it’s like oh you remember me let’s get it on. You had your chance ishes now you can sit and drool at window at something you can’t have now, oh that gets women every time! Women = Salt Shakers
Kym--I don't care, I'm just nosy!
September 30th, 2009
3:54 pm
or one of those say what you feel days.. Wait I do that all the time.
Lawd ARed and DK when are yall gonna meet and get it over with.
Cemeeli
September 30th, 2009
3:54 pm
@ Leggs – No Flip is northwest, and Circa/Flickery’s/Libro is east and downtown.
Tazzee – Told me about Circa…looooong time ago.
Leggs
September 30th, 2009
3:54 pm
Hell, it’s like some called a “grief counselor” to the blog!
Tazzee
September 30th, 2009
3:54 pm
Cemeeli and MyTwo umm, mail call.
THE INFAMOUS DK
September 30th, 2009
3:55 pm
Kym – Honestly I wouldnt meet that chick cause I know I would prolly splash her with my drink on sight..
AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
3:55 pm
Sheesh everyone needs to heal and now rehabilitation for her will take even longer!
It was a good thing she was able to open her heart to someone. We knew she could do it.
Now she might never.
DJ Demi
September 30th, 2009
3:55 pm
Professor/DK/Sassy…this is the only dating blog I follow…those Foxnews/cnn/huffingtion/politico/rushlim/wallstreet…blog can get rough.
SexyCool - I take life as it comes.
September 30th, 2009
3:55 pm
Melo – SOME blog ladies. I’ve never particularly subscribed to that line of thought about sex. Although, for some, it seems advisable.
I do, however, admittedly keep a guard on my feelings for a while.
Professor
September 30th, 2009
3:56 pm
Kym if we have confession day on the blog I am taking bets on the number of entries, because these cowards hide.
AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
3:57 pm
I knew your ignorance knew no bounds so you would bite but I have to admit you held out longer than I expected..
DK – You should really get a life.
Cemeeli
September 30th, 2009
3:58 pm
….4 minutes til closing time for east coast accounts….I’m bout to dip…
@ Tazzee Mae – I’ll have the pie on warm for ya.
Holllaaaaa!
~ Ya’ll be easy!
AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
3:58 pm
Lawd ARed and DK when are yall gonna meet and get it over with.
Kym – Get what over with?
Raqi...I Prefer a Snuggler
September 30th, 2009
3:58 pm
Kym I’ll start the confessions right now. I’z feeling a little tingly right now. Happy Belated Birthday to my hunk of burning love. LOL
That’s mine. What’s yours. j/k
Professor
September 30th, 2009
3:58 pm
@Melo you said a lot right there.
I guess if you are slow you need three months to figure game out, as for me nahh ol’ professor got street smarts.
Tazzee
September 30th, 2009
3:58 pm
Melo – 3 months was my timeframe for starting to trust someone, you know some folks change with the seasons.
I’m in tears over here with ‘Targets’ hearing it tickles me but seeing it typed is even worse.
Thanks for the laugh Raqi and Professor.
AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
4:00 pm
Honestly I wouldnt meet that chick cause I know I would prolly splash her with my drink on sight..
Looks like someone is taking words on a blog too seriously.
Leggs
September 30th, 2009
4:00 pm
It was a good thing she was able to open her heart to someone. We knew she could do it.
Now she might never.
That’s it in a nutshell!
Dream_n
September 30th, 2009
4:02 pm
Damn…. ya’ll older individuals are messier than me… tryna call ME a young’n lmao
Angie
September 30th, 2009
4:02 pm
@lurking
lol. and i look cute today. i’on no what you talkin’ bout. *hair flip*
Professor
September 30th, 2009
4:02 pm
Tazzee with my southern drawl “Targets” is sounds really funny I think that is why I catch myself when I say it
Raqi...I Prefer a Snuggler
September 30th, 2009
4:02 pm
I hope it ain’t Staceye. Heck I hope aint’ anyone just somebody playing games for the hellofit.
SexyCool - I take life as it comes.
September 30th, 2009
4:03 pm
Kudos to you for being so quick on the uptake. However, I never outlined a particular timeframe. I said “some sort.”
I only alluded to three months as it is almost the exact amount of time from the Jock and Jills deal to the opening of Pandora’s box this past week.
Professor
September 30th, 2009
4:05 pm
Dream_n how old are you?
Angie
September 30th, 2009
4:05 pm
@Prof
^5 to cowards.
ok gotta really run now. see ya!
Dream_n
September 30th, 2009
4:07 pm
23….
Kym--I don't care, I'm just nosy!
September 30th, 2009
4:07 pm
@Raqi lets see..I have gotten taken in by a dude who said he had his own private jet yet ask me for 20.00 dollars.
I have cussed out folks and had regret later but was too prideful to say sorry.
I have one man in my past who I love with such passion that if he asked me to marry him I most likely would say yes.
I am not as big a itchy on line as I put on..but I am no ones fool so don’t try me.
I went to a Falcons Preseason game this year–hence my Fantasy Football losing streak.(I was cursed)
I didn’t learn to drive until I was 25, I cant roller skate, I have dimples in my shoulders, and one boob is bigger than the other.
Wheww!!!
SexyCool - I take life as it comes.
September 30th, 2009
4:08 pm
My apologies – I just remembered that it was during playoff time. So, it was the first few weeks of June.
Professor
September 30th, 2009
4:08 pm
Lesson 101: Don’t holla it let folks know you got hit!
Alvin
September 30th, 2009
4:08 pm
Nobody saw any of this coming.
Sad…folks are really this foolish.
Y’all be easy…This ish is old news…
Mr. Big Mouf (I got the Whole Scoop & Nothing but The Scoop...so help me Blog)
September 30th, 2009
4:08 pm
Sybil baby, if I say anymore (just to prove my credentials) it will only make you flock of pigeons look even dumber. Because you and I both know yall walked right into it with both eyes opened and all dude had to do was ask (apparently). With ya silly looking selves. And lets be clear yall knew it wasn’t no investment. True enough it was a loan. Yeah the money should have been repaid (in cash) instead of phony checks. I’m with ya to a certain extent.
But to help A GROWN MAN with his bills…yeah. Say it ain’t so. Guess what? Yall cant because there is some truth in there. I wont even name what for.
AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
4:09 pm
I am not as big a itchy on line as I put on..but I am no ones fool so don’t try me
Melodramatizulu
September 30th, 2009
4:10 pm
It was a good thing she was able to open her heart to someone
that kinda made me think of my auntie,my mom sister.
she grew up a goo kid,str8 As at school and then came to the big city and got ngaged by a good for nothing crook,just the same kinda profile painted of W8,unemployed,smooth,good dresser(nit wally mally tho) and a piner for puddsy.She gave it away hoping it was gon smewhere untill sherealized it was no goood and her sister advised her to get an abortion.It was a back door abortion coz they are illegal over there and til now,the aunt has no kids altho married.
This story kinda broght it home 4 me.
I hope nobody,if really phlucked by crook dude,got any disease for the road!
Ms. Main
September 30th, 2009
4:10 pm
Compelling IMO I can’t let anything that a stranger says to me go to my head. This blog is a tool I use to get through my day. I come here to talk, laugh, shoot the breeze, and talk about situations. I know who I am, I know who my friends are, I know where my family is. I hardly put any stock into what others think of me, I could care less. Yeah all that went down was pretty messed up, but as an adult, OWN IT and keep it movin’.
Cosign Cosign and Cosign.
I personally don’t know anyone on here, I’ll share what I think is “shareable” but I’m not divulging what I deem intimate life details. Life’s lessons? Yeah but that’ about it. I don’t want to see anyone physically harmed but stuff happens. I know for certain I’ve not lost touch with humanity but real life is real life. It just ain’t reality to come on here day after day with just alllll sweetness. Slanging bullcrap ain’t either but it’s more in touch with the way the real world evolves. I notice some days if the discussion is heated some folks get gone and on other days if we’re talking hair pressing, nails, food, weight, great entertainers, great loves….and stuff…those folks are in full attendance. Nothing wrong with that but it’s just not reality if you think you’re gonna hop on here and it’s all kumbaya…on the daily. Everyday there are battle scars, whether it’s love, money, family, etc. We’re all adults and by now have experienced or should have experienced enough to be thick skinned to hone in or endure conversations, giving real opinions without having to walk on eggshells.
kimmie-livin my life like it's golden!
September 30th, 2009
4:10 pm
Kym – I didn’t learn to drive till I was about 23. Late bloomer.
Professor
September 30th, 2009
4:11 pm
Dream_n you are young!
Wise Diva
September 30th, 2009
4:11 pm
I’m going to add this incident to the list of “let’s not talk about it again” category, right after the topic about soul mates!
mytw♥cents
September 30th, 2009
4:13 pm
COMPELLING I have invented everything from DVR when I missed my soaps during highschool cuz I didn’t have a VHS tape to mini cans of Coke (which studies have actually been conducted on the world enjoying most with pizza) since I rarely drink 12 ounces to cellpnes with text back when my Skypager went off but I didn’t have change for the pay phones. We should be rich!
RAQI Maybe I shoulda majored in Marketing cuz I think it was the name that helped the other folks eclipse him. It came from the idea of a blanket with sleeves. But Snuggie just sounds friendlier and makes ya wanna curl up in it.
CEE Ain’t nobody gonnaa let you have Green Tea Fuse with that mushroom n pepper slice. And sound like schoolgirl took some truth serum tryna tattle. On self. We gon skip past Anutha and go straight to Futha….
Flip is tasty. We had no wait. Wanna go back n try the shrimp poburger.
Sybil
September 30th, 2009
4:13 pm
Big Mouf believes that he can name that tune in five notes.
Big Mouf, Name that tune.
Melodramatizulu
September 30th, 2009
4:14 pm
Lesson 101: Don’t holla it let folks know you got hit!
there is no shame in getting ur phluck on,arent most of u single??
AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
4:15 pm
Compelling IMO I can’t let anything that a stranger says to me go to my head. This blog is a tool I use to get through my day. I come here to talk, laugh, shoot the breeze, and talk about situations. I know who I am, I know who my friends are, I know where my family is. I hardly put any stock into what others think of me, I could care less
Ms. Main – Amen. This is supposed to be fun for all of us. The moment it isn’t is the day you should find entertainment elsewhere. Seriously.
Leggs
September 30th, 2009
4:15 pm
I got tired of people telling me they teach me how to drive and at the tender age of 25, I let my fingers do the walking and paid for driving lessons. (Never needed a car in NY).
Compelling
September 30th, 2009
4:15 pm
@ Ms Main I totally agree with you.
Good nite everyone. Peace to you and yours.
Wise Diva
September 30th, 2009
4:16 pm
In other news, we are in real fall temps today! I love it. It’s boo season, time to snuggle up!
AmazonRed™ - got my human Snuggie for fall
September 30th, 2009
4:16 pm
Big Mouf believes that he can name that tune in five notes.
Big Mouf, Name that tune.
*hollers!*
Ms. Main
September 30th, 2009
4:16 pm
I am not as big a itchy on line as I put on..but I am no ones fool so don’t try me
Raising my hand too!