Can we have traditional dating values?
A fabulous friend of mine declared “It is possible to be a modern woman with traditional dating values!” I happen to agree with that sentiment but I thought about how tough it was to actually apply this theory to our dating experiences.
When we have all of the perks and trappings of a modern world, traditional dating values get a bit turned on its head. Is it becoming a problem trying to hold on to tradition in the dating scene today? I suppose you could become creative and find new ways to hold on to tradition, but how does it play out?
Guys do you find it endearing or annoying when a modern woman has traditional dating values? What would you do if a woman wanted you to court her in a traditional sense? What do you consider too traditional? What would you consider too modern?
Ladies! Do you ever feel like Erkyah Badu: A analog girl in a digital world? How do you manage to maintain your traditional values about relationships and dating? What has worked for you and what hasn’t?
Are we too modern for our own good?
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LURKER (I want some of dat)
August 11th, 2010
2:26 pm
The Revised version!!!!! OF I BET WHENNNN!!! YEAAAHHHHHH
I bet when Kym (and Mdot were about to make luv the following conversation took place…
Mdot….Yea, Kym I am about to lay some serious luving on you tonight!
Kym…. o.k. you chocolatay mandingo warrior you better bring it and bring it good, because Kym does not take to kindly to know weak luv making….IT BETTER BE GOOD AND VERY PHYSICAL…I want you to toss me around like Ben Rothlesburger tosses a football and loose College girls around…. C’mon Mdot….z14,e48 hut,hut,hut
Mdot….Um Kym am not a big football fan, but I will put it on ya…But I need to know are you going to call me afterwards? Also will you pay for dinner next time we go out? Or will you answer the phone when I call when the Steelers are playing? Plus, I will not get you a towel when we are done…Nor walk you to the door or open the car door…I am not going to give you too much POWER…
Kym……..”steam is starting to come out of Kym’s head…. This is only a booty call and this dude thinks I Want to marry himmm WTF…. Wait let me call Poppa G and see if he would advise me to sue him if he does not perform…
YEAHHHHHHH
People laughter is a very good thing!!!!!! YES IT IS!!!! Patra BRAIDS…..
Courtesy of Lurker Entertainment…
Lady-being kind ROCKS!!!!
August 11th, 2010
2:28 pm
LMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dirty Diana
August 11th, 2010
2:30 pm
LURKER (I want some of dat)
August 11th, 2010
2:26 pm
The Revised version!!!!! OF I BET WHENNNN!!! YEAAAHHHHHH
I bet when Kym (and Mdot were about to make luv the following conversation took place…
Mdot….Yea, Kym I am about to lay some serious luving on you tonight!
Kym…. o.k. you chocolatay mandingo warrior you better bring it and bring it good, because Kym does not take to kindly to know weak luv making….IT BETTER BE GOOD AND VERY PHYSICAL…I want you to toss me around like Ben Rothlesburger tosses a football and loose College girls around…. C’mon Mdot….z14,e48 hut,hut,hut
Mdot….Um Kym am not a big football fan, but I will put it on ya…But I need to know are you going to call me afterwards? Also will you pay for dinner next time we go out? Or will you answer the phone when I call when the Steelers are playing? Plus, I will not get you a towel when we are done…Nor walk you to the door or open the car door…I am not going to give you too much POWER…
Kym……..”steam is starting to come out of Kym’s head…. This is only a booty call and this dude thinks I Want to marry himmm WTF…. Wait let me call Poppa G and see if he would advise me to sue him if he does not perform… YEAHHHHHHH
People laughter is a very good thing!!!!!! YES IT IS!!!! Patra BRAIDS…..
Courtesy of Lurker Entertainment…
Hot damn! Not lurker entertainment….too funny
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Dirty Diana
August 11th, 2010
2:34 pm
Hot damn! Not lurker entertainment….too funny
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Kym-So you can Run and Tell That!..Homeboy!
August 11th, 2010
2:35 pm
Lurker is this not a repeat of something you posted on another blog topic using yet another male blogger’s name..try to keep it fresh or else keep it moving.
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
2:36 pm
Lady!
Now my headache has returned dang-it.
blue
August 11th, 2010
2:36 pm
another day another ranter i see. jail sex statistics and butt to butt, nice highlights for the day. i miss anything else?
Lady-being kind ROCKS!!!!
August 11th, 2010
2:37 pm
see pk!
Kym-So you can Run and Tell That!..Homeboy!
August 11th, 2010
2:38 pm
@kimmie I thought his name looked familiar..I visit Tucker’s opinion page from time to time.
M. (pronouced M dot)
August 11th, 2010
2:39 pm
@LURKER (I want some of dat)
Youre lame and you used that joke last week. Try again #fail
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
2:39 pm
Lady, this is my first year on the Maintenance & Facilities side of kicking off the school year has me all
, up until last year I had always been on the instructional side……….It’s a different world
...
August 11th, 2010
2:40 pm
LOL – M. is just a jerk.
Timeless
August 11th, 2010
2:41 pm
I meet many women who say modern women can do whatever men can (I have no problem with this – I was brought up by a single mother who played the role of both mother and father to me), etc. but on a date, they say they are old-fashioned and that the man should pick up the tab for everything.
Well, if women can do whatever men can do, why should men pick up the tab for dates? Isen’t that trying to get the best of both worlds?
blue
August 11th, 2010
2:42 pm
so please tell me someone heard Fishburnes daugther on the radio this morning? i had tiny blue in the car and figured id better change the station, missed the whole d@mn thing…..
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
2:42 pm
Blue, I heard it
Lady-being kind ROCKS!!!!
August 11th, 2010
2:43 pm
PK I can’t even explain my situation but bless you in your new role! LOL we will make it some how…you see I founded an outlit today to stay sane! smh! lol
blue
August 11th, 2010
2:44 pm
@Princess – alright, fill me in….what in the world did she have to say?
M. (pronouced M dot)
August 11th, 2010
2:44 pm
@…
Thats fine. If you feel that way plus its the internet fool.
I like how we have all of these cyber bullies now. They talk greasy online and wouldnt hurt a fly.
Lady-being kind ROCKS!!!!
August 11th, 2010
2:44 pm
daggit really the women I roll with including me don’t mind picking up the bill here and there hell we all work and if dating should be able to afford it….geesh…..lol
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
2:46 pm
Timeless,
Isn’t that trying to get the best of both worlds?
Here is my take and i can only speak for PK, I am a single mother and I’m not going to say i can do WHATEVER men can, but I do a lot, I play the role of mother and father HOWEVER, I do those things because I have to otherwise they won’t get done.
Lady-being kind ROCKS!!!!
August 11th, 2010
2:48 pm
i feel ya pk……and we aren’t men and can’t do what they do we do what we have to do to take care of home and sustain…….
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
2:48 pm
Blue she basically was saying it had been her dream since she was 16 (3 whole years ago) to become a X X X star. And that what she was doing shouldn’t have a reflection on her father because he had been doing what he does a long time and had earned his respect and accolades. She was surprisingly articulate.
kimmie
August 11th, 2010
2:51 pm
Timeless
Life just isn’t always fair, is it?
Lady-being kind ROCKS!!!!
August 11th, 2010
2:52 pm
alrighty gang 75 south is my destination!
peace!
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
2:53 pm
Lady your 2:44 yep, I agree.
Leggs
August 11th, 2010
2:53 pm
WTH, her dream since the age of 16. She might be articulate, but she’s still a nut.
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
2:54 pm
She said she aspires to be like Sasha Gray (i believe) Swiss, Carlito, is that a good look?
Leggs
August 11th, 2010
2:55 pm
Hgwy 78 by Brocket Road is shut down….think there’s 3 brush fires in the area.
Sassy Me...Chocolate Cutey :-)
August 11th, 2010
2:56 pm
basically was saying it had been her dream since she was 16 (3 whole years ago) to become a X X X star.
Sassy Me...Chocolate Cutey :-)
August 11th, 2010
2:56 pm
meant *buy up*
blue
August 11th, 2010
2:56 pm
wtf? how does that become your dream? and why do you know enuff about it at 16 to make that your lifes ambition? he!! at 16 i wanted to be a vet, still do
It's me....lurker
August 11th, 2010
2:57 pm
WHERE’S MY RANT?! Since it’s being held up, TimelessL stop being a wuss and whining about paying for a woman. This has been going on since man was created. If you plan on being and staying hetero, paying for a woman is part of the game. Gheesh. If you gotta whine about paying for a meal why are you even trying to be a contender?!!!
Leggs
August 11th, 2010
2:57 pm
“And that what she was doing shouldn’t have a reflection on her father because he had been doing what he does a long time and had earned his respect and accolades” Respect and accolades in Hollywood due to his acting talent or that as a father??? Not the same thing in my book. At 16, it should be a reflection of parenting and what lifestyle the parents showed their children.
kimmie
August 11th, 2010
2:59 pm
Princess – But that basically proves what an immature child she really still is. Because she knows good and well, especially in tabliod-crazy, image-conscious America, anything the offspring of a celebrity does is going to reflect back on that celebrity. Especially if it’s something bad! Now if she had graduated from Harvard Medical school and opened up a clinic over in Haiti, it would have barely got mentioned in the news.
Kym-So you can Run and Tell That!..Homeboy!
August 11th, 2010
2:59 pm
Wait Larry Fishburne’s daughter is a porn star? Like famous Jenna Jamison..porn..or back alley..basement porn?
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
2:59 pm
@ Leggs
Respect and accolades in Hollywood due to his acting talent
Simple Man!!!!
August 11th, 2010
3:00 pm
PrincessNik @ 2:54… Are you a fan of Entourage on HBO??? Sasha Gray is Vince’s new girlfriend..
Kym-So you can Run and Tell That!..Homeboy!
August 11th, 2010
3:00 pm
@kimmie is she on the outs with her daddy? Maybe she is doing it for his attention. You know he got kind of uppity after Othello.
It's me....lurker
August 11th, 2010
3:00 pm
I ain’t quit to use the word “moist” but what is up with these men whining about paying for dinner?! Heck if she said go dutch then her balls are too big. SHUT UP you whining Timeless
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
3:01 pm
Kimmie/Blue
I don’t know, just repeating what i heard this a.m.
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
3:03 pm
Simple Man!!! HBO hmmmmm not in the budget, but I will google her when i get home.
SlimOne - Just 2 beers & jump
August 11th, 2010
3:05 pm
I checked out that site a clip of Montana in action….booty looks like she is part leopard
kimmie
August 11th, 2010
3:05 pm
Kym – I know about as much as you do at this point about Fish’s daughter. But from what I hear, she’s not even good in the movie. Like I said the other day, just cause your daddy can act don’t mean you can! She knows good and well that if her daddy was not Fish, this “movie” would just be passed around the internet or in the bargain bin at Starship!LOL!!!
Leggs
August 11th, 2010
3:08 pm
@PrincessNik ~ got it. His career won’t be affected as a result of this scandal because he has already made a name for himself. Didn’t read it like that first go around.
She didn’t get enough love and attention as a child. Who aspires to be a porn star at 16, and who really wants to walk in Kim Kardasian’s shoes. Well, I do like most of her shoes….
blue
August 11th, 2010
3:09 pm
@kimmie – agreed, either its pure immaturity to think it wouldnt come out in the public eye, or that was her intention all along to get at her parents. scary all the way around…
@Princess – wow, just cant beleive the things coming out of her mouth, wow
@Slim – part leopard, d@mn Lmao
kimmie
August 11th, 2010
3:09 pm
You know he got kind of uppity after Othello.
Kym –
Deep Throat!
August 11th, 2010
3:10 pm
@Slim>…booty looks like she is part leopard
Kimmie/Kym??
may be she will be a better actor in porn,leopard behind, notwithstanding!
heck it dont require that much feigning to throb in and out.
Sassy Me...Chocolate Cutey :-)
August 11th, 2010
3:10 pm
<embooty looks like she is part leopard
PrincessNik..still recovering
August 11th, 2010
3:10 pm
Leggs
you are a mess, anyone who has watched Keeping up with the Kardashians and/or Kourtney and Khloe take Miami know that is a dysfunctional family. Close, tight-knit but dysfunctional none the less.
Kym-So you can Run and Tell That!..Homeboy!
August 11th, 2010
3:11 pm
@kimmie and SlimOne..I know I am going to regret making this statement..but err.. how.. sigh..How can one be bad in a porn movie?
I mean I know they give out some kind of “award” The Humpy or something..but seriously do ya really watch for the acting? I mean in all the stuff I have seen..I found all the acting to be bad..but it is a billion-plus industry so people(tripods mostly) are buying it bad or not.