“Why is it that when men get older and buy a Jeep or a sportscar or something of this nature, it’s called a mid-life crisis and when women of the same age spend the same amount on hair extensions, implants, facelifts, etc., they are considered just trying to look young. “
In all honesty, I wouldn’t say that high ticket item purchases are enough to declare a mid-life crisis. You have to consider the behavior that surrounds the purchase. If a man purchases a sports car, he may just have the money to blow on luxury or he’s trying to recapture the feeling he had when he was younger. That, to me, is no big deal. It’s understandable. But when he goes and buys a flashy car, dumps his wife and starts dating 20 something, bubble-headed arm candy…that’s a mid-life crisis. The possibility that a 40 year old man and a 22 year old girl having anything real in common is utterly ridiculous. It just doesn’t work for anything but sex and sooner or later the sex will fall flat because there’s no way that a 40 year old can keep up with a 22 year old. And don’t go spouting about Viagra to me because that’s just bullshit. If it’s bullshit for a woman to fake an orgasm, then it’s bullshit for a guy to take Viagra. Besides, a 22 year old woman can’t appreciate a Viagra hard-on the way a 40 year old woman can. 40 is our prime! If you’re gonna pop the little blue pill, give it to someone who can appreciate the hell out of it!
The reason that a new set of boobs or a face lift isn’t the same? Think of a woman as you would your house. There’s routine maintenance that has to be done on the house for it to remain livable. Those, with a woman, are manicures, pedicures, Brazilian wax, makeup, etc. And then sometimes, there needs to be major maintenance, like foundation repair, or you have to remodel. Those are the face lifts and boob jobs. Yes, we’re trying to look young. We don’t want to look as experienced as we are. And graceful aging? That’s men, not women. Get it right.
Minute to Win It has convinced me that people will do the silliest stuff to win money. What would you be willing to do in front of a live, studio audience for $1000, $2500, $5000, and $1,000,000?
I have to say that I’ve never taken the time to watch Minute to Win It, but it looks funny. And for me, it’s kind of hard to think of silly stuff that someone would have to pay me for. It never occurred to me to charge for my silliness. So basically, I’m being screwed because I can’t get on this show to be a total ass, which I’ve pretty much been all my life. It’s making me think that I’m an idiot. Gee. Thanks, Karen. My life is totally fucked now because I can’t be a dumb ass on a TV show.
I’m morally flexible when cash comes into play, but it’d have to be a hefty amount of cash. Now, for a million dollars, I’d take it in the mouth from a *gulp* politician. Did I just type that?
And now, you’ve shared it with the world. You’ve lost all sense of plausible deniablity. Know this! Moral flexibility inevitably leads to political gulpability.
I’m just amazed that I’m still flexible enough to get my foot in my mouth.