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John Cooley wrote:
> 
> Janice Gelb <janiceg@Eng.Sun.COM> wrote:
> >I personally would tend to think that I probably don't have much
> >in common with a guy whose main transportation is an old truck.
> >But that's not a judgment based on only dating guys with money; for
> >example, I wouldn't have the same reaction to a guy driving an old
> >Volvo with 160,000 miles on it or something.
> 
> Janice, thank you for being honest enough to admit that a guy's material
> posessions have a serious impact on whether you'd date him or not.  A
> lot of women here have been trying to claim that most women only want
> sincerity, honesty, integrity, etc. and don't care about a guy's wealth
> -- yet most of us guys know this is only so much hot air from our
> personal experiences.
> 
>   - John
> 
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    John, I think that you _ARE_ missing the majority of , if not the
    whole point here.

    I think what is being said here is quite simply that our publicly 
    displayed posessions are in many ways advertisments of what we
    are and do and sometimes wish we were doing or could do.

    If our advertising says one thing and we wish to be saying something
    else, we are the only one to blame; not those who are interpreting
    what we are displaying.

    Peronsally, my clothing probably says something along the lines of "I
    don't care.." or simply "clueless", I think the later is probably 
    closest to reality. My car, on the other hand was simply a desire for
    something with a 6 cyl. engine when I went looking. It was too good
    a deal to pass up: it came to less than the vehicle I walked in for,
    after the financing, even though it had a higher sticker price.

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-terry rasmussen (email: trr@ontos.com)
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