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Roadsterrider · 56-60, M
Humans are social creatures and love and acceptance if a need for us. If I do not receive love and acceptance from those around me, my first inclination is to figure out if it is my problem or theirs. Is my behavior unacceptable for the group I am trying to fit into or are their expectations to much?
I am conservative, it is reasonable that the local progressives around me aren't going to be too happy with me. I can't or don't want to change my core beliefs, I need to find those who share my core values. If I am looking for love at the local dance club, a gaggle of 20 something women with energy to burn, a 60 year old pudgy bald guy isn't going to have much luck. I take a realistic look at myself and what I offer and what the other parties require, and if it doesn't match, I look somewhere else, or, I fix myself.
I am conservative, it is reasonable that the local progressives around me aren't going to be too happy with me. I can't or don't want to change my core beliefs, I need to find those who share my core values. If I am looking for love at the local dance club, a gaggle of 20 something women with energy to burn, a 60 year old pudgy bald guy isn't going to have much luck. I take a realistic look at myself and what I offer and what the other parties require, and if it doesn't match, I look somewhere else, or, I fix myself.