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Katy says that she is impressed when a man has a nice car or owns his own
house.
She seems less interested in men who make other life choices.


So, what's wrong with living with roommates?  I live with roommates 
because I moved here 3 months ago for a job and I thought that it would
be easier to make friends if I had roommates and could meet _their_
friends.  
I don't regret the decision in the least.  You make it sound like people
who 
live with roommates are just avoiding growing up -- but there is nothing
inherently immature with wanting to do something when you get home besides
watching television.

As for the nice car:  Well, until recently, I was a contract programmer. 
This
meant that I made a good deal of money but had _no_ job security.  As a
result,
I was very reluctant to borrow money, and have bought every car I have
owned 
with cash.  Now, I hope that a guy doesn't need to have 15-20 thousand
dollars
in disposable cash lying around to be rich enough to get your "approval".
 

Now, I have a good, permanent job as a software engineer at 3DO, and I
could 
afford to go out and get a loan and buy a "nice car"  if I wanted one. 
However,
think of what else I could do with that money.  I could invest it in the
stock market, or
I could save it for an extended round-the-world trip (which I am actually
doing), just to name a couple of things.  Actually, if I did either of
these things I wouldn't be
"borrowing money" , something that Katy derides in her previous post.  If
I bought the
nice car, I would be.  Besides, I take cabs everywhere in the city,
because of the parking problem.  I would only use the car for weekend
trips and commuting to/from work.

In short, I think it's counterproductive to take one's living and driving
choices and try to relate them to issues of character.
 
Ken