Far Out Son of Lung...

I find this annoying

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Ok, I can admit it, I read a dating blog. Generally it is rather amusing and leaves little things in the back of my mind to consider and ponder over. However, I am finding that if a persons wants to dole out dating advice, hey or she does not necessarily need to go to Dating Blog School for a degree in such activities. The blog in question is from a chic calling herself Moxie and she dispenses dating advice through her blog by talking about her own "relationship" as well as answering questions from readers.

Over the last few months I have found that Moxie is full of resentment and contempt. She seems to think that every person who writes her a question, especially guys, needs to lower their standards or resolves some latent childhood issue that is giving them a false sense of reality...

A day or two ago she ranted about how her current boyfriend, Patrick, had become jealous because she was talking to her friend Charlie on the telephone too much. Being an old friend she couldn't see why Charlie, a married man, would pose any threat. My first thought was that Patrick was being a little snot. There's nothing wrong with having friends of the opposite sex and just because you do doesn't mean you'll be jumping in bed with them. But...

Someone commented and pointed out that this was the same Charlie that Moxie had previously been having lost of phone sex with, while he was married. That changes things in my mind and certainly opens up an element of distrust. The poster proved his point with excerpts from past blog entries detailing the situation and it was more than obvious that had she been given the opportunity to jump in bed with the guy, she would have done so without question. But, the fact that he now calls her at 7AM, and no less than 10 times a week "just to chat" does not occur to her as being unusual. Why are people so daft? And which Sally Struthers degree do I need to posses enable to become qualified to dole out dating advice on the Internet?

*sigh*

Today she decided to complain about other dating blogs on which the blogger cannot seem to identify their own issues, how other dating blogs are about nothing but sex and how these get so old and boring... Of course, people comment and immediately offer emotional support, for which she was obviously begging, but all the while I'm left thinking, "Wait... all Moxie talks about is sex and she can't seem to identify her own issues, either..." so it is nothing more than a case of not being able to take a step back and see yourself for what you are, and despising others for something you yourself are guilty of doing.

Hopefully, I'll never stoop that low, but I'm sure I have already.
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posted by GreSam @ 08:57