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WCDT Strips 3206 to 3210 (25 to 29 April 2016)
sitnspin:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 27 Apr 2016, 14:51 ---Had Claire told Clinton Emily was there ahead of time, he probably would have chickened out. At least this way the whole thing is resolved, and Clinton can move on to blowing it with some other gal. Or just hanging out alone forever because he's chicken.
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So what? That would be his decision, made entirely of his own informed free will. Just because she condescendingly thinks she knows what is best for him. That doesn't give her the right to lie and manipulate him into making the choices she thinks he should make. That is totally disrespectful and dismissive of his agency.
themacnut:
--- Quote from: swapna on 27 Apr 2016, 15:34 ---
Edit: Also, he's 21. He's still figuring everything out - he might be a late bloomer, just as his sister. As far as we know, Claire only started dating when she was 24, and that is because Marten made the first move. He is clearly uncomfortable with dating, and he has a lot to learn about himself and others. It's not as if there's no time, or as if he has to date or as if he's going to be "forever alone" if he doesn't ask out a lot of girls. Which is a bad motivation to ask someone out anyway; would you go out with someone who just wants a warm body next to them and fakes interest as a means to an end, if you could actually hang with people who are interested in you as a person?
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I agreed with the rest of your post, but had to disagree somewhat with this part. Yes Clinton is young, and yes, he's quite inexperienced in the dating arena; but this is precisely why he needs to get out there and start dating soon as possible. He has many mistakes to get out of the way; choosing the wrong women, saying or doing the wrong things, not saying or doing the right things. These mistakes will likely cost him the woman he makes those mistakes with, just as his hesitancy in asking for the second date cost him Emily.
He might as well get those mistakes out of the way now while he's young, single and has relatively little to lose. Along the way, he'll also need to develop a thick skin for rejection, since that is mainly the man's burden to bear in the dating arena, and someone like Clinton is going to get rejected rather often. Sucks, but that's the way it is since the majority of men are never going to be asked out by a woman, they will always have to do the asking. If Clinton ultimately wants fenale romantic companionship (and his efforts with Emily show that he does), then he's going to have to get out there, start making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them. Romantic companionship seldom falls into a man's lap, especially a man like Clinton.
hedgie:
He certainly needs some self-confidence, at the very least. I'm pretty sure that I'm not going ever going to get another date without a strong whisky and ativan.
themacnut:
Whatever it takes hedgie. But perhaps you should start with just the Ativan?
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 26 Apr 2016, 23:14 ---
--- Quote from: QuestionableIntentions on 26 Apr 2016, 22:55 ---Clinton was always angry before when Claire has meddled. He just didn't say anything because it worked out or he was distracted by something else. This time it didn't and so he finally said what he wanted to say before.
Also, "gendered insults" seriously? As if it matters what "gender" an insult has. This is just getting ridiculous.
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Doesn't it make sense a priori that there's something insulting to women in general about, say, calling someone a "cunt"? Isn't that at least plausible? The moderators have heard from women we trust that things like that make them feel less welcome, and inclusiveness is a core value here.
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Could a misogynistic hurled at Claire be interpreted as trans accepting?
"Trans Inclusive Misogyny. From the makers of TERF!"
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