Which type of girlfriend would you prefer?

Dumar_sl said:

My ideal woman is mute with no gag reflex.

I'll bring it to point with a question. What is the difference in the following:

1. You pay $4k for a hot Russian bride. This transaction was as honest and conspicuous in intent as possible. That is to say, there was nothing hidden about the transactional nature of what took place: you paid money for a relationship, directly.

2. You go on okcupid, send out your messages, get some back. The ones you get back 'like your profile' enough to message, but what does that mean precisely? You met certain criteria that this woman deems attractive: maybe you have travel photos, abs, witty remarks, etc - a certain combination of features (not one thing, but likely a combination of them) that made this woman send a reply. Now, the fact is thatmost of these features can be tied back to money. If you travel often, you're certainly more interesting and cultured, but this interesting, cultured personality was paid for with capital. If you have a Phd in psychology and omg, she thinks it's so hot she wants to 'pick your brain' (how many times have I heard this?) - that degree was paid for, was also brought about by money. Almost any activity you do or perform will in fact involve money to some degree.

Both relationships were brought about the same way. The latter was masked in terms of how it came about, of how it arose. In both respects, the transactional nature of 'features that are attractive' can be seen: the former was paid out for the relationship directly (and thus more honest), while the latter, again being economically masked, generated attraction by traits that were paid for.

You view them the same way: as products. Okcupid is very similar to Amazon in a psychological sense.

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