I am older than you. The young European man I spoke of passed away a few months ago of disease related to age -- I shudder to imagine what the grand total of his collected "experience" was by the time he shuffled off this mortal coil.

Things like that change women in unpleasant ways. I remember years of being suspicious of all men until I realized it as the European students and a few of those who would have been considered liberal back then who had to be avoided.

I changed my habits and only dated conservative American men. But even then -- everything becomes confusing when you've had a relationship with someone who placed no value on the purity you were preserving for your future husband. I wondered if love was just a lie and relationships for men were only about sex after all. It wasn't supposed to be that way -- my books had promised me my very own "prince" and happily ever after. I was depressed and disappointed for a very long time.

I never (thank God) became angry and vindictive because of the experience -- just very suspicious of men's motives in relationships. Quite truthfully, my poor husband went through far more than he should have to gain my trust. But in all our years together, I have never doubted his love and loyalty. I got my "prince" after all -- he was just in another castle.

I sometimes wonder if these rabid feminists of today are just a different version of the depressed and disappointed girl I was all those years ago. Is their haterd of and vindictive attitude toward men a result of broken dreams and promises that were the result of some man in search of "experiences"?

I don't know. I'm just glad I'm not young in these times.

I am older than you. The young European man I spoke of passed away a few months ago of disease related to age -- I shudder to imagine what the grand total of his collected "experience" was by the time he shuffled off this mortal coil.

Things like that change women in unpleasant ways. I remember years of being suspicious of all men until I realized it as the European students and a few of those who would have been considered liberal back then who had to be avoided.

I changed my habits and only dated conservative American men. But even then -- everything becomes confusing when you've had a relationship with someone who placed no value on the purity you were preserving for your future husband. I wondered if love was just a lie and relationships for men were only about sex after all. It wasn't supposed to be that way -- my books had promised me my very own "prince" and happily ever after. I was depressed and disappointed for a very long time.

I never (thank God) became angry and vindictive because of the experience -- just very suspicious of men's motives in relationships. Quite truthfully, my poor husband went through far more than he should have to gain my trust. But in all our years together, I have never doubted his love and loyalty. I got my "prince" after all -- he was just in another castle.

I sometimes wonder if these rabid feminists of today are just a different version of the depressed and disappointed girl I was all those years ago. Is their haterd of and vindictive attitude toward men a result of broken dreams and promises that were the result of some man in search of "experiences"?

I dont't know. I'm just glad I'm not young in these times.

I am older than you. The young European man I spoke of passed away a few months ago of disease related to age -- I shudder to imagine what the grand total of his collected "experience" was by the time he shuffled off this mortal coil.

Things like that change women in unpleasant ways. I remember years of being suspicious of all men until I realized it as the European students and a few of those who would have been considered liberal back then who had to be avoided.

I changed my habits and only dated conservative American men. But even then -- everything becomes confusing when you've had a relationship with someone who placed no value on the purity you were preserving for your future husband. I wondered if love was just a lie and relationships for men were only about sex after all. It wasn't supposed to be that way -- my books had promised me my very own "prince" and happily ever after. I was depressed and disappointed for a very long time.

I never (thank God) became angry and vindictive because of the experience -- just very suspicious of men's motives in relationships. Quite truthfully, my poor husband went through far more than he should have to gain my trust. But in all our years together, I have never doubted his love and loyalty. I got my "prince" after all -- hw was just in another castle.

I sometimes wonder if these rabid feminists of today are just a different version of the depressed and disappointed girl I was all those years ago. Is their haterd of and vindictive attitude toward men a result of broken dreams and promises that were the result of some man in search of "experiences"?

I dont't know. I'm just glad I'm not young in these times.