What do you think of women?

[TheoMike]

Do men really compare a woman of romantic interest to their mother? Is this true?

Again, I do not wish to hi-jack this thread.

What I heard is that men tend to treat their wife as they do their mother. Men. . . do you treat your wife the same way you treated your mother?

Mom - Yes Ma'am

Wife - Wahooooooooooooo!

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." Genesis 2:24)

Wahhhhhhh.....

"Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth." (Proverbs 5:18)

Hoooooooooo!

"Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love." (Proverbs 5:19)

Silly sister!

Love, Joe

PS: Psychology ain't got a clue..... want the straight scoop, read The Bible!

And listen to your wife!!

[Fiosh]

Do men really compare a woman of romantic interest to their mother? Is this true?

Again, I do not wish to hi-jack this thread.

What I heard is that men tend to treat their wife as they do their mother. Men. . . do you treat your wife the same way you treated your mother?

Mom - Yes Ma'am

Wife - Wahooooooooooooo!

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." Genesis 2:24)

Wahhhhhhh.....

"Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth." (Proverbs 5:18)

Hoooooooooo!

"Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love." (Proverbs 5:19)

Silly sister!

Love, Joe

PS: Psychology ain't got a clue..... want the straight scoop, read The Bible!

And listen to your wife!!

[Searching soul23]

I agree that women are important in God's plan for the world, and for the lives of individual men. I no longer believe that there is always a right woman for each man. Before you pass judgment, listen to my story.

Most of my young life, I have been obsessed with the thought that if I could find the right woman to spend time with, I would be happy. My youngest, most naive prayers were for relationships with girls when I was in elementary school. Those prayers continued through high-school, and into my twenty-first year of life. Finally, fed up with what seemed to be God's lame voicemail saying, "leave a message. I might return your call, or might not." I stopped praying, stopped going to church, and practically stopped listening to Christian music. At this point, was God aloof from me, or had I turned away from Him because I didn't like his methods? Recently, I started going back to church because I craved the social life I thought it would instantly provide. Although I wasn't really disappointed with the church itself, God still seemed to be holding my expectations just out of reach.

In the meantime, ever since graduating from highschool, and vowing to end my string of pointless crushes, I have been having a series of wonderfully enriching relationships with various women, though none were ever even slightly romantic. There was Michelle, an angel in my estimation. And the full measure, I thought, of God's blessings toward me through women. I was devastated when she left this college town to pursue her calling. A year later, I came to realize I had been having another blessed relationship with the administrative assistant who had invited me to her wedding, just as I was going through the hardest time of my life. She always encourages me, filling me with a sense that maybe that one woman I've always longed for is not missing from my life and I just never realized it. But now she is getting ready to leave to pursue her calling to motherhood. I have not been sure how I would handle the disappointment of her departure. I hope she invites me to visit her sometimes, when I pass her house on my way to the state park.

There are also several women and men I work with in the patient escort department. Among them is another secretary who is preparing to depart from us and pursue her husband's dreams. I have spent the past month worrying how I will cope with these losses. But aren't all of these relationships blessings, and isn't God faithful to provide more and more as our need grows? This seems like the story in the Bible of the woman who never ran out of oil and flour while she was ministering to the prophet. Maybe as long as I continue to have a reasonable need for these kinds of relationships, God will keep providing. what looks like the bottom of the jar to me is really just the beginnings of his vast richness.

In conclusion, I have found that maybe there is not one woman who can fulfill my need for encouragement and companionship, and who can serve as a reminder of God's generosity in my life. Maybe there's not one, but dozens, hundreds,, or how ever many I need in my lifetime. Maybe I don't need to marry, or even date a woman to be happy I had a relationship with her. But I suppose if I ever got an unmistakable calling from God to marry a particular woman, I would have to make sure it was God. But so far, God has not called me into either dating or marriage; but I think I have finally found my calling, and I am happy with it.

So, what do I think of women? I think there great. I think God sends certain ones to us dumb guys to help us along. I think a woman could condense my whole post into about two sentences. And I think dating and marriage might be just a bit over-rated. But not because they're detrimental in most cases; just because as a man, I have spent more time than what is necessary, reasonable, or prudent worrying about them.

[buckthesystem]

You could say something nice.

I wasn't trying to be rude or demeaning. I was heeding the words of the Proverbs and wearing Wisdom like a Garland on my head and a Chain of Gold about my neck.

Sorry I offended you sister.

P.S. I Love my wife. The Word tells me that;

Pr

[Guest Biblicist]

I know this is men's only, please forgive me in advance. But I would like to know. . .

Do men think of women at all?

I think the easier question to ask is, when do they not?

Maybe it's just me then. . . *sigh*

[Iryssa]

I agree that women are important in God's plan for the world, and for the lives of individual men. I no longer believe that there is always a right woman for each man. Before you pass judgment, listen to my story.

Most of my young life, I have been obsessed with the thought that if I could find the right woman to spend time with, I would be happy. My youngest, most naive prayers were for relationships with girls when I was in elementary school. Those prayers continued through high-school, and into my twenty-first year of life. Finally, fed up with what seemed to be God's lame voicemail saying, "leave a message. I might return your call, or might not." I stopped praying, stopped going to church, and practically stopped listening to Christian music. At this point, was God aloof from me, or had I turned away from Him because I didn't like his methods? Recently, I started going back to church because I craved the social life I thought it would instantly provide. Although I wasn't really disappointed with the church itself, God still seemed to be holding my expectations just out of reach.

In the meantime, ever since graduating from highschool, and vowing to end my string of pointless crushes, I have been having a series of wonderfully enriching relationships with various women, though none were ever even slightly romantic. There was Michelle, an angel in my estimation. And the full measure, I thought, of God's blessings toward me through women. I was devastated when she left this college town to pursue her calling. A year later, I came to realize I had been having another blessed relationship with the administrative assistant who had invited me to her wedding, just as I was going through the hardest time of my life. She always encourages me, filling me with a sense that maybe that one woman I've always longed for is not missing from my life and I just never realized it. But now she is getting ready to leave to pursue her calling to motherhood. I have not been sure how I would handle the disappointment of her departure. I hope she invites me to visit her sometimes, when I pass her house on my way to the state park.

There are also several women and men I work with in the patient escort department. Among them is another secretary who is preparing to depart from us and pursue her husband's dreams. I have spent the past month worrying how I will cope with these losses. But aren't all of these relationships blessings, and isn't God faithful to provide more and more as our need grows? This seems like the story in the Bible of the woman who never ran out of oil and flour while she was ministering to the prophet. Maybe as long as I continue to have a reasonable need for these kinds of relationships, God will keep providing. what looks like the bottom of the jar to me is really just the beginnings of his vast richness.

In conclusion, I have found that maybe there is not one woman who can fulfill my need for encouragement and companionship, and who can serve as a reminder of God's generosity in my life. Maybe there's not one, but dozens, hundreds,, or how ever many I need in my lifetime. Maybe I don't need to marry, or even date a woman to be happy I had a relationship with her. But I suppose if I ever got an unmistakable calling from God to marry a particular woman, I would have to make sure it was God. But so far, God has not called me into either dating or marriage; but I think I have finally found my calling, and I am happy with it.

So, what do I think of women? I think there great. I think God sends certain ones to us dumb guys to help us along. I think a woman could condense my whole post into about two sentences. And I think dating and marriage might be just a bit over-rated. But not because they're detrimental in most cases; just because as a man, I have spent more time than what is necessary, reasonable, or prudent worrying about them.

I think you ("you" as in everyone, not just you specifically) need to be happy with yourself as a single before you can really be happy in a relationship. I've done this too, in my life, thinking that if I could just find that person, they would make me happy. When I entered a relationship expecting that I'd found "the one" and expecting them to make me happy, I just ended up more miserable than I was before.

[Matthitjah]

Grace to you,

I think that women are one of the specials wonders of Gods Creation. After all my Mom's a women and so is my Wife. Not to mention my Daughter too.

All of us entered the world through Gods chosen vessel, a women.

Be blessed dear Saint's of God be determined to be blessed.

Peace,

Dave

[Fiosh]

I agree that women are important in God's plan for the world, and for the lives of individual men. I no longer believe that there is always a right woman for each man. Before you pass judgment, listen to my story.

Most of my young life, I have been obsessed with the thought that if I could find the right woman to spend time with, I would be happy. My youngest, most naive prayers were for relationships with girls when I was in elementary school. Those prayers continued through high-school, and into my twenty-first year of life. Finally, fed up with what seemed to be God's lame voicemail saying, "leave a message. I might return your call, or might not." I stopped praying, stopped going to church, and practically stopped listening to Christian music. At this point, was God aloof from me, or had I turned away from Him because I didn't like his methods? Recently, I started going back to church because I craved the social life I thought it would instantly provide. Although I wasn't really disappointed with the church itself, God still seemed to be holding my expectations just out of reach.

In the meantime, ever since graduating from highschool, and vowing to end my string of pointless crushes, I have been having a series of wonderfully enriching relationships with various women, though none were ever even slightly romantic. There was Michelle, an angel in my estimation. And the full measure, I thought, of God's blessings toward me through women. I was devastated when she left this college town to pursue her calling. A year later, I came to realize I had been having another blessed relationship with the administrative assistant who had invited me to her wedding, just as I was going through the hardest time of my life. She always encourages me, filling me with a sense that maybe that one woman I've always longed for is not missing from my life and I just never realized it. But now she is getting ready to leave to pursue her calling to motherhood. I have not been sure how I would handle the disappointment of her departure. I hope she invites me to visit her sometimes, when I pass her house on my way to the state park.

There are also several women and men I work with in the patient escort department. Among them is another secretary who is preparing to depart from us and pursue her husband's dreams. I have spent the past month worrying how I will cope with these losses. But aren't all of these relationships blessings, and isn't God faithful to provide more and more as our need grows? This seems like the story in the Bible of the woman who never ran out of oil and flour while she was ministering to the prophet. Maybe as long as I continue to have a reasonable need for these kinds of relationships, God will keep providing. what looks like the bottom of the jar to me is really just the beginnings of his vast richness.

In conclusion, I have found that maybe there is not one woman who can fulfill my need for encouragement and companionship, and who can serve as a reminder of God's generosity in my life. Maybe there's not one, but dozens, hundreds,, or how ever many I need in my lifetime. Maybe I don't need to marry, or even date a woman to be happy I had a relationship with her. But I suppose if I ever got an unmistakable calling from God to marry a particular woman, I would have to make sure it was God. But so far, God has not called me into either dating or marriage; but I think I have finally found my calling, and I am happy with it.

So, what do I think of women? I think there great. I think God sends certain ones to us dumb guys to help us along. I think a woman could condense my whole post into about two sentences. And I think dating and marriage might be just a bit over-rated. But not because they're detrimental in most cases; just because as a man, I have spent more time than what is necessary, reasonable, or prudent worrying about them.

You've made some very insightful comments, Searching. It's refreshing to meet a man that can engage in a friendship with a woman without it becoming "complicated". Many Christians will say it is not possible for it to remain pure; or will even call it dangerous. But I think man/woman friendships can be a great blessing.

Peace,

Fiosh

[Guest yod]

Forgive me if I already said this earlier in the thread:

Women???

I am "for" them!

[Fiosh]

Forgive me if I already said this earlier in the thread:

Women???

I am "for" them!

In this case, yod, feel free to repeat yourself as many times as you'd like!