Huh. I always thought the face of objective beauty was something like Kate Beckinsale or Elizabeth Hurley. (But in their younger days, of course. Obviously objective beauty doesn't get older than 20-something. /sarcasm)

God. That first one is just awful and cruel.

Some dude once told me that he didn't like the "style of education" I'd had as a child. Yeah, I don't know.

I guess I'm lucky, because most of my real-life female coupled friends acknowlege that it's mostly dumb luck. Either that or they say they're "blessed" to have found a husband. So at least I don't get any "You need to do this/that/the other" from anyone.

Okay, I'm sorry that you feel that way about yourself. I'm sure it's very hard. But, as someone who is not too fat for men (and I say this only to make my point, not to make anyone feel bad about themselves), there is nothing wrong with being alone and being alone does not equal being lonely. I've chosen to remain…

You'd be surprised how many men reject women for being smart. "I don't like that I can't teach you anything". "I'm scared that you're so smart". "I just want someone stupid, okay?" These are specific ones that I've heard.

My only experience with this sort of thing was when a morbidly obese man told my size two ass that I "should really exfoliate more". But I think he was just looking for things to be mean about.

All I'm going to add to this dicussion is that in my vast dating experience, women tend to internalize any "failures" (and I put that in quotations because I really don't feel that a rejection is necessarily a failure and I certainly don't believe that a relationship that ends or doesn't get off the ground is a…

Um, okay. I'm not really sure what you're getting all excited about. Like I said, I'm not a fan of any of these people. Honestly, I'd rather hang out with Kate Winslet or Emma Thomspon or Naomi Watts or Cate Blanchett or Helen Mirren or the cab driver who drove me home last night or about a hundred million other…

I don't, but it's not for lack of trying or because I don't click with women or whatever. I also don't have many male friends. Sometimes it's just how things turn out.

Yup. I'm still trying to figure out why Lindsay Lohan's demise is any more tragic than Tara Reid's. I mean, it's sad when any young woman goes through so much trouble, but it's not like Lohan is Kate Winslet or something, or even Scarlett Johansson.

Well, in that case, she's really screwed!!

There are women who love their bodies. But they're not allowed to say so, or even think so. I'm mostly very happy with how I look and don't feel that other women have better bodies than I do (better parts, sure, but you usually have to take the bad with the good, so I'm pretty happy, all things considered), but it…

Isn't the definition of a single-person household a person who lives alone, ie. without roommates?

But that line of thinking presupposes that being with another person is somehow better than being alone. And it's not! So, maybe try to reverse it, and ask yourself why all those silly people need to be with other people. And if you actually watch and listen to them interact with each other, that question becomes even…

Sure, eating alone, going to the movies alone, going for a walk alone, etc. can be fun once in a while, but doing it constantly gets old fast.

How does one NOT work out alone?

Bwah. Or a guy who's watched too many rom-coms.

Your last point is interesting, because I actually think women are more socialized for self-sufficiency than men. It seem to me that more women than men know how to do basic things like cook for themselves, run errands and do laundry. And women are more likely to have friends and enjoy activities. Most single men…

It was seriously nothing. A photo and a professional bio. Definitely not "The One" for me!