Not long ago a young woman started making some pretty controversial posts to these fora, and got herself beat down pretty good. In a way, you could say it was richly deserved, for she came across as willfully ignorant and impervious to logic or reason, if not downright hateful. What it was that I found so inexplicably compelling about her posts I cannot say. Perhaps something about the inherent pathos of someone defending her outdated beliefs. Or perhaps it was her childlike innocence, her wide-eyed surprise at being so forcibly called on her ignorance that made me want to rush in and protect her. “It’s okay, darling,” I’d say, “You’re safe with me.”
I was shocked at myself, needless to say. To be thus enraptured with someone so insulated, so laughably naive, with beliefs so antithetical to my own? It was very out of character for me. And yet…
I was further shocked at myself when I read her first post in cjhoworth’s thread about what homosexuals were supposed to do with themselves (that I don’t feel like linking to right now, sorry). Shocked, because I felt proud of her. Actually, paternally, warm-fuzzily proud, because even though I still think she’s totally full of it on this issue, she’s qualifying her remarks, accepting that other worldviews exist and showing at least a glimmer of this so-called light of Christian love I’m always hearing so much about. Is it wrong to be turned on by that?
His4Ever, it would probably never work out between us. But aren’t you happy that you have your own official flirt thread?
Res Ipsa Loquitor, why do you question my sincerity? I can disagree with someone and still have a crush on her, it’s allowed. And Enderw24, who is Gwar?
Oh, gee whiz…I’m not questioning your sincerity. It’s just that with all the chaos and hubub surrounding H4E, the last thing ANYBODY would expect would be for a flirt thread to develop.
There’s got to be a punchline here somewhere. I just haven’t found it yet, because my brain shorted.
This may sound rich coming from the last person to Pit His4Ever, but I’ve been in touch with her privately by e-mail (that’s right, writhe with envy cuauhtemoc:)) and I think I’m seeing some signs of her trying to change the way she comes across. Go easy on her, please, Dopers? At least until she gets a chance to read and digest my version of “How Not To Make A Good Impression on the SDMB.” There’s a chance I might get to like her, too. Besides, I don’t think she’s been in this forum, yet.
I think His4ever is on her way to figuring things out. I also have been in contact via email with her for awhile now and she seems like a cool person.
I think she’ll get a kick out of this thread cuauhtemoc but I also know she’s married so I’m pretty sure Do not commit adultery has some significant meaning
The first thing I thought of when I read your response Jester was that you must be saying having an affair with **cuauhtemoc ** would be on the dark side :eek:
Uhh…hmmmm…I just by chance came upon this thread and don’t know what to think. I feel like laughing, hee hee.
Sure is unexpected and different. Night all, gotta go.:o
To afford my first positive words on the topic of said young lady I shall add that somehow I think that the OPs ‘crush’ is based on the same phenomena that makes its subject the currently most pitted character on the SDMB… something about her makes you care - for better or worse.
