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WCDT: 2826-2830 (03 - 07 November 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Neko_Ali:
Pleeease, the Uncomfortable Revelation on Friday. On please please please. Give us a weekend of Claire in a cute Victorian dress...
Blackbird:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 05 Nov 2014, 07:56 ---You know, lot_jockey's post actually really bothers me.
I'm 26 years old, and I've never kissed anyone, and have no dating experience whatsoever, and don't really know what I'm doing in that regard. While the reasons for that are rather different from Claire's reasons (mine is caused primarily by my anxiety issues and the social structures of my upbringing, whereas hers was caused by her transition primarily and her explicitly not wanting to date while she was still figuring herself out), the end result is the same.
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lot_jockey's line about "Marten being the rare 26 year old who would date somebody with no experience" really rings untrue to me. I'm my girlfriend's first adult relationship (I'm 28, she's 30) and I was 26 when we started dating. She figured out that she liked girls pretty late, barely dated men before that, yadda yadda yadda, it is what it is. Her inexperience in relationshippy things can be irritating as hell sometimes, but most of the time, it's nice to just be with somebody who doesn't have all of that baggage from past relationships. If I'm being a bitch, I just get told I'm being a bitch rather than hearing "you're acting just like (ex's name)!" (See? That right there is something my ex used to do, and I brought that bag with me right into this relationship.)
There are plenty of people willing to put up with the pitfalls of having an inexperienced partner, because there are some real perks to it too.
That said, get on that horse, friend. Because 26 and inexperienced can be cute, but you don't want to wake up one day 40 and still inexperienced.
lot_jockey:
--- Quote from: Gareth on 05 Nov 2014, 01:30 ---
--- Quote from: lot_jockey on 04 Nov 2014, 22:39 ---I find it puzzling that Marten would want to date Claire. Today's comic reaffirmed this feeling. For one thing, Marten is 25 or 26 and Claire is 24.
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CALL THE COPS
Seriously, my parents are six years apart. And I am six years older than my girlfriend. And I'm 26.
--- Quote ---However, Marten has much more romantic experience than Claire. Marten has had four or five girlfriends. In contrast, Claire has kissed one person. I guess Marten is that uncommon 26 year-old who is willing to date someone with essentially no romantic experience.
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So he's a nice guy willing to overlook someone's lack of experience and see the person, rather than just how many people they've kissed. I again fail to see why this is that puzzling.
--- Quote ---Marten's paternalism towards Claire also baffles me. If you have to protect and advise someone in a paternal way, to me, that person would not feel like an equal partner.
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Precious few relationships are properly 100% equal, and even if they are, there is room for paternalism or maternalism, besides which dominance does not mean inequality, experience does not mean inequality, age does not mean inequality.
--- Quote ---When Marten advised Claire that she "might wanna change out of that dress... so you won't be heartbroken when someone spills a shitty beer on it", it came across like she, a 24 year old, had never been to a bar and didn't know how to dress herself.
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Why would Marten's friendly advice give any indication of whether Claire has been to a bar? I've got plenty of friends who are practically drunks but still dress pretty for dive bars. Could just be an indication that she's not been to a wedding before. And if she hasn't been to a wedding or a bar, to paraphrase the late Bill Hicks, four questions: Yeah? And? So? What?
--- Quote ---Marten also had to comfort Claire after she freaked out about harmless snuggling. Today, he told her she can wear whatever she wants on a date. Again, I don't get how one could be attracted to someone when he has to hold her hand through so many scenarios.
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Okay so given how insulting that is to anyone who's ever had anxiety issues, I just stopped caring whether I offend you with this post or not.
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Gareth, I agree with most of what you're saying. I'm not going to address your comments point by point, but yes: Marten is incredibly nice and is willing to overlook / take on Claire's issues because he likes her so much as a person (I believe I said this in my original post, but I should have lead with that statement). I was going to try to re-articulate my general point, but I (a) have offended a few people and (b) other people's life experiences are different than my experiences and my circle of friends' experiences. So, I'm going to drop it.
bhtooefr, I apologize.
Thrillho:
Damn I was all set for you to be an asshole about it and you've been really nice. Was in the mood for an argument too.
Ultimately we all only have our own life experience to go from!
(And I was in a bad mood.)
osaka:
--- Quote from: Somnus Eternus on 05 Nov 2014, 06:04 ---
--- Quote from: osaka on 05 Nov 2014, 05:52 ---It makes sense that it's a dense bit of story telling, there are at the very least 3 storylines going at the same time right now (QCSS Clarten setting sail to the horizon, Steam Paddler FAngus crashing down Niagara falls, Angus moving to NY and having Marigold looking for roomie). Granted that Marigold's "struggles" are more of a background thing that has just been noted, but this is still a webcomic loosely based on strips and that limits the possible Progress per Unit of Comic (tm)
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You're forgetting the most important one - Pintsize and Winslow: Entrepreneurs.
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DAMMIT I KNEW I FORGOT SOMETHING. Now I won't get my pledged singing dildo :(
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