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dell doesn't offer crap for support. if it's on the phone support, it's contracted out to another country. if it's in home, they contract out to another company. i had problems with BOTH of their support areas. it shouldn't be like that. i know computers and i need tech support sometimes. i feel sorry for those who don't know computers or the right questions to ask and feel sorry for those that listen to garbage advice from tech support that even THEY don't know what they're doing. I remember when i bought a couple of my ibm compatable computers at a local, privately owned computer sales and support store. just little stores. nothing to brag about. BUT! when there was a problem, you just had to take your computer to the store for a day and the next day it would be fixed. quick and easy. these bigger companies SUCK for support. i will only give dell and compaq credit for offering good high quality computers and nothing more. if there is any problem with the computer after you bought them though, you're screwed. i suggest people just going to their local small computer shop to have them custom make one for you, with a good gaurantee(at least a year for parts and service) these places will be glad to help you in your time of need and be efficient in doing so. why? because they are small and they want your repeat business.

nothin' against indians, but screw that being nice crap when your on the phone with someone after you paid for a service and you can't even understand the guy or girl. granted, i feel sorry for these tech support people. they have low paying jobs and have to deal with people who can't understand them but they can QUIT if they don't like it and if i feel like cursing one of them out because i expect someone who speaks fluent english on the other end because i bought my computer in AMERICA and expect the same support, then i WILL. hahaha "nice". actually, i never cursed them but got very frustrated and upset. and why shouldn't i be, mayank? people have a broken computer they want fixed and are let down and frustrated when they can't understand the person on the other end that is supposed to help them. we paid hard earned cash for a computer while some people may have paid for their 3 types of extended warranty that dell offers. i can't sit their and amuse myself with an accent i can't understand no matter how friendly the person is. i have a problem and i want it solved.

i am currently in the midst of setting up a non profit organization for crime victims specifically related for women who are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault has anyone here ever set up a non profit or a somewhat similar organization? i've already done tons of research and collected tons of resources but i wanted to know other people's experiences and efforts in this area to help me further in areas i might need help with. would be interested in grant and loan information, help with setting up a 501c3 tax execpt status, financial and legal advice. if you have experience any any of these areas and would like to offer assistance, please let me know. i would also like someone to donate their time and effort in helping build a professional looking website. if interested in doing something like this for a good cause, please post a reply and i can get back to you privately. i know how to construct a website, but my time is limited in other things right now. my next post will detail what i have written out about the organization i want to set up. Angels of Community Hope Our Angels of Community Hope are ALL volunteers and supporters that arrive in need. Our angels are also the victims, in hopes one day they return to help others in need after getting the help they themselves needed at one time, paying it forward. Angels of Community Hope is a non-profit organization providing comprehensive programs and services for individuals and families experiencing domestic and sexual abuse, crisis situations and life changes. Our mission is to minimize the incidence and the impact of crisis situations including domestic and sexual abuse by directing victims and even the abusers to appropriate, effective programs and services. Angels of Community Hope will be taking a direct approach in offering the effective programs and services for those in Life changes to insure a better living environment, stability, and responsible living within their community, bringing women out of their emotional isolation and addressing the life struggles they face. Angels of Community Hope will offer these effective programs and services through love, acceptance and confidentiality while working with those who need to develop new strategies for living, and healing from the struggles of life. We will support and encourage the mottoes, people helping people, and victims helping victims. "Angels of Community Hope is a light that never goes out, an eye that is never closed, an ear that is never shut, a heart that never grows cold." Shelter: Angels of Community Hope will provide a safe living environment for those in a crisis situation including a bed to sleep on, food to eat, clothing to wear, and personalized support and attention to the victims/residents specific needs. Case Management: Angels of Community Hope will provide an action plan and program that is developed by the client/resident with the support of an advocate. Safety and goals are assessed, and a plan is formulated to meet the specific needs of the client/resident. Formulated plans are reviewed in a regular and timely manner with changes in service as the needs of the client/resident change. Plans and updates are designed to include the unique needs of all children involved as well. Each formulated plan of action will include a follow up program for all clients/residents who feel they no longer need our assistance. Angels of community hope will take this extra measure of responsibility to ensure all those involved remain on a responsible path in life. Safety Plan: One of Angels of Community Hopes highest priority is to initiate an individualized safety plan for all clients/residents. This will include the shelter we provide, awareness of the dangers and ways to protect themselves of the dangers, and a self-defense program specifically designed for women. Our goal within this safety plan will be to offer advice and choices for women to protect themselves from the dangers that they may face in the future; choices that they may not have had in the past. This will promote self-esteem and confidence and motivation that they would not normally have. Emotional Coping Skills: Another high priority of Angels of Community Hope is to provide emotional coping skills by providing ongoing group therapy meetings ever day. This will include addressing what happened in their life and eventually acceptance of what happened in their life so they are able to live their life as it was intended. This will be accomplished by talking about their problems within a group environment and support from other crime victims in a similar situation with unconditional love, understanding and acceptance. This will also be accomplished with the other services we offer in guidance and support and living by our motto, "Angels of Community Hope is a light that never goes out, an eye that is never closed, an ear that is never shut, a heart that never grows cold. We will also incorporate therapy that includes animals. They offer calming, comfort, security and socialization in the home. The loyalty of a dog and the independence of a cat that can often give the unconditional love and support that humans cannot at times. The free swimmers of colorful tropical fish, which can add to the peace and tranquility needed. Regular visits to the park in Bolivar to visit with the ducks, geese, swans, peacocks and squirrels that have made their home there. Sponsorship Program: Angels of Community Hope will not only encourage people helping people, but victims helping victims as well. We will do this by incorporating a friendship/sponsorship program where each victim is there for another. Each sponsors responsibility will include encouragement and support on a daily basis. We will take, I get by with a little help from my friends approach. We will also oversee the sponsorship program to ensure it is being run responsibly and effectively. Meetings: Among the daily group therapy meetings to help with emotional coping skills, we will provide experts in specific fields and community speakers to volunteer their time to talk to crime victims on varying topics, issues, and special interests that relate to peoples specific needs, awareness and coping skills. These meetings will not only be available for residents, but for non-residents as well. The meetings open to non-residents will be held somewhere other than the residence of Angles of Community Hope to ensure and protect the safety and confidentiality of the current residents. Resources: All residents and non-residents will receive an information package that includes many resources that can offer more expert outside assistance that Angels of Community Hope cannot offer. These resources include but are not limited to a crime victims rights handbook, legal assistance resources, counseling, therapy and medical resources, crime victim advocate resources, and other resources that fit the specific and individual needs of crime victims. If we dont have a specific resource that fits the specific needs of a crime victim, then we will find it for them. Other Areas of Assistance: Angels of Community Hope will offer specific and individualized assistance in the areas of, but not limited to transportation assistance, job placement assistance, education and training assistance, and other miscellaneous assistance for those with specific needs and goals. If we cannot offer specific areas of assistance, we will find resources that will help them with their needs. Crisis Hotline: Angels of Community Hope will offer immediate help and crisis intervention for those who call a dedicated phone # linked to our residence and those who write to us online via a dedicated chat room for immediate help and crisis intervention. We will offer these services through the assistance of http://newhopenow.org/; America's first agency dedicated to 24-hour nationwide suicide prevention and telephone counseling sponsored by a church. This first of its kind agency was established in 1968 and has been thriving and helping thousands of people ever since. Home advocacy: Angels of Community Hope will set up a friendship/advocacy program to visit those in a crisis situation within their own homes offering support, advice, and resources dedicated to their individual needs. Community Involvement: Angels of Community Hope will set up a community involvement program. We will support the idea of people helping people. Volunteers will be sought and selected to help with ongoing operations of the home and other activities that enable Angels of Community Hope to run effectively and efficiently as it grows. Charitable Donations: The objective at first will be to obtain grant money or a low interest loan to purchase Angels of community hope. Initial funding and donations will also be needed to support the expenses that include but are not limited to food, clothing, bedding and appliances. The creation of a sign for the front of the house will also be needed. Flyers and posters, business cards, letterheads, envelopes and postage. The initial costs to run fundraisers, charity events, and paid advertising. Legal and accounting assistance to ensure everything is run properly and efficiently to the standards of the city, county, state and federal levels. Once our goals are achieved to receive the initial funding and donations needed, Angels of community hope will be able to sustain itself through local community fund raisers, charitable events and the contributions from the Angels of Community Hope.

no, you're wrong. a very interesting topic indeed. sometimes the posts disapear from site before others get a chance to read them. i believe in that silly crap. i say silly crap because most do not believe or have a concept that there is more out there. unfortunate for those who will never experience something similar because they are not open to it i've had different experiences with eyes wide open to tell me that there is more out there and to life. i'm more spiritual than religious in nature. the indians that you refer to(actually you referred to tribes) i believe are a combination of both. my main experiences i normally have is when i talk to a higher power or someone who has past on. sometimes i get chills where i get goose bumps and my arm hairs will stick up. i have a feeling of connection when this happens as if someone is there or listening to me to validate what i am speaking outloud. when i am just thinking my thoughts, i don't experience this sensation this is the first time i've talked about this type of experience. i have more less common experiences though that are VERY unexplainable that i wont go in to here. let's just say that i am a firm believer that there is more out there that we don't know or understand and that there are every day signs to let us know that we aren't alone. oh, i only thought the the owl significance of death only occured in dreams and the interpretation so this was an interesting post to read. if you have ever had other experiences, please post 'm

the original post was edited to make other people look stupid the original post did specifically say "prime #'s"

how can you possibly like dell's technical support?!? first off, you can't understand them. it seem like your call gets directly routed to india. i have NEVER talked to an english speaking human being without an accent when calling dell technical support. second, they like to charge you for things that fall under your user agreement and extended warrantee. thirdly, my personal experience with dell at one time and their advice given to me was to reinstall my operating system. BLAH! i knew there was a better way so i solved the problem without their help. their help comes from a series of questions that sound like they come from a manual. each question leads to another question that evenually is supposed to lead to an answer and resolve your problem after my personal experience with dell, i will NEVER buy from them again. haha actually, i never have, it was my parents computer that i offered to fix for them, but i recomended dell to them because i heard so many great things about their customer service and support. i thought that with all the competition, with this so-called great support, they edged out the competition along with a great name to back their product.....WRONG! my parents still have a faulty fan that makes too much noise(that way when they bought it) and the printer they bought with the computer isn't compatable with the operating system because i guess the drivers have bugs in 'm....haha what a joke! DELL SUCKS! BTW! AOL technical support sucks too while we're at it, it took me 4 hours to get an issue resolved with them but at least they offered 3 months free service for my troubles. that added up to around $65 worth of service for 4 hours of time. good for them. they suck at technical support(i actually had to get my issue resolved by someone who worked for customer service dept. that used to work for technical support dept. haha) but they know how to at least try to make their customers leave happy! dell offered NOTHING! NADA! ZILCH! except for a headache. my response to each of their statements was either a "huh?" or "can you repeat that?". at times, they couldn't even understand ME and i speak clear and fluent english. what a joke! i'm really glad someone posted about dell so that i can input my own bad experience with them. my advice to anyone considering a dell computer to look elsewhere

i am not going to take buy.com up on it's offer, but i wanted to check to see how the offer works. it seems to be an offer that is good after purchase of any item at buy.comwhat i also notice was a checkbox to recieve a free godaddy domain before you proceed to checkout. has everyone seen this and checked the box before checkout??? FREE Go Daddy Domain!Check here and click"Proceed To Checkout."Receive a free domain from GoDaddy.com worth up to $8.95 with the purchase of this item from Buy.com. Details on how to get your free domain will be emailed within 48 hours following purchase. This offer is not compatible with any Buy.com or GoDaddy.com coupons, special offers or Instant Rebates. i selected a .79 song and this was one of the messages that popped up below the shopping cart info.

still confused why people INSIST that there is no demension between the third and time.theories are just that...THEORIES. they have no factual basis for them. why this discussion is so interesting because it's open to other theories....at least for those who incorporate logic and an open mind....

I'm looking for any good grant writing and proposal software that runs on windows. if ya know of any, please let me know or post a link to the site or download area.also, if anyone is familiar in grant writing and proposals, i'd like to hear from ya.thanks!

Hahahahahahah, that is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!! hey, why did ya fall for that crap? she thought you weren't coming so it was a surprise to see ya. obviously her friends didn't think you were paying until she set you up with that comment. why fall for it, bud? shoulda just walked out. nothin' wrong with bein' overweight but she was just an evil fat slob with no pride. shouldn't have even reached in to your pocket! hope ya learned your lesson, but don't let that prohibit ya from meeting someone else. i doubt it can be any worse anyway hahahaha that story was too funny

there are grant opportunities you should look in to for people in your situation.

i don't recomend ANY free submission services on the net. they can cause more harm to your site than they do good. this includes the submission service within your cpanel here. also, it might take your site 2-3 months just to get listed this way and your scratching your head "why isn't my site listed". also, because people don't see their site listed right away, they will tend to resubmit once a week and boy can that get you in trouble if you do it too often as that would be considered spamming. my advice is to post a link to your site on Xisto or another forum that gets searched by the engines regularly. they will find your link and crawl it within a week. BAM! you're listed faster and it's a safer way. also, there are high paying programs that you can buy that can list your site. this is SAFER than any free service, but i don't recomend paying for software to do this. this same software helps you optimise your website pages for higher search engine rankings. i DO recomend the software for that and the other features, but not to submit. now just because you get your site listed in the search engines doesn't mean that will attract visitors. it wont. you need a high ranking. a ranking in the top 10-20(first two pages) for any of your keywords if you want the search engines to help attract visitors

good creative suggestion which supports the theory of a good list. myspace is a good way to create a list even if it's just a friends list and not targeted. it's easy to build up your friends list on a myspace account. people are always willing to add a friend....usually because people want others viewing their site and get known. nice suggestion

i don't think paypal is trusted. i think people just don't know any better. paypal made it easy for people to obtain merchant services online, what....10 years ago? they were never a stable company and they never had a good reputation. what they had was a service nobody else was offering. this made them popular. they are popular still today because people don't know any better. i have personally had problems with paypal when i first opened 1 account with them about 7 years ago, and another seperate problem with another account about 6 months ago. i thought i would trust paypal since times have changed and they weren't a baby company anymore that should have learned from past mistakes and experiences to keep their customers happy. in the past, they customer support was for crap. they would suspend your account and you couldn't call anyone up live to talk to about it. now they have customer support on the phone, but they are trained to be lemmings and not able to think for their own selves. recently my account got suspened because i was red flagged for some reason. probably because i moved. i was a verified member through my bank account AND credit account. i have done everything in my power to give them what they asked for security measures and now i have given up. i will NOT release any more personal information with paypal....EVER! now trust me when i say this. i talked to someone who told me specifically that paypal will red flag accounts randomly. pay pal will NOT give a warning when they suspend your account even when they don't have any good cause to do this except for security measures to ensure accounts are updated. they will FREEZE your account. you will NOT be able to withdraw ANY money from your account. this somebody was someone who worked for paypal. a customer service rep. they send me emails threatening to close my account if i don't conform to what they want. one thing i refused to do was to let them charge my credit card just to see if it was valid. they told me what they charge will be deposited in my paypal account. i told them no. if you want to charge my account, you can credit my credit card account. they refuse and i refuse to do any more business with them after they already have all my business information. so they repeadedly send me emails, SCARE tactics to close my account if i don't comply to their security measures. well, i am waiting for that day so i can take them to court for the balance of my account and for business lost for bad business practices on paypals end. now TRUST ME PEOPLE when i say that they can and WILL FREEZE ACCOUNTS randomly WITHOUT WARNING. with the measures they take, it takes about 1 week to unfreeze your account. they want to verify your phone which can be done automatically and quickly. they want to verify your address which takes time for them to mail something to you with a code you have to enter on their site. then they want you to enter your credit card info(if you haven't given it to them already) to charge it(that's when i had a problem). now i am no newbie on the net. i've known so many other people who have had problems with paypal and lost money with them which i wont get in to. i just wanted to share my experience. anyone who thinks they will never have a problem with paypal is fooling themselves. they might not have had a problem yet, but don't take on the thinking "it will never happen to me" my advice to ANYONE wanting merchant services is to pay the low fees for TRUE merchant services. even if you only make enough right now to cover the statement feeand the gateway fee, it's worth it for peace of mind. these fees vary, but on the cheaper level, i would say you can get these services(which are better than paypal) for less than $40 a month. if you're making less than that then heck, go with paypal. you wont miss the money they take from ya when they freeze your account. remember, there isn't a price tag on peace of mind. i wasted HOURS to get my problem resolved with paypal and they have let me down. i'm not the only one. i'm sure they have 1000's of disgruntled customers that will never do business with them....EVER. in fact, i know so. with these #'s, why does anyone think they are trusted? their bad rep is still floating around all over the net. WHY IS THIS??? you don't see other big companies with uch a high disatisfaction rating with their customer base. paypal isn't trusted. paypal's name is widely known as a cheap gateway for merchant services and people don't know any better and too lazy to do their research for a better alternative.

don't try to promote all those at once. that's my best advice. promote one at a time. start small and grow big, one site at a time. you're gonna overload yourself bud, and then it's not going to be fun anymore and you're gonna get burnt out. i like the idea about promoting a site through forums, but not just listing a site to go to. it should be on topic and you should add some information that is usefull for the forum and on topic. you can then tell them that if they are interested, they can find out more information by going to your site. don't ever create an automatic link exchange program. you need to create a link exchange with RELATIVE sites. if your site is about music, you don't want to exchange links with a site about pets. you're not linking to quality content related to your site and you will not do well in the search engine ranking in the long run. one way links that link to your site is good, google site maps is good as long as you did it right. the exchanges aren't going to help you much in attracting visitors unless you can catch the visitors eye really fast to stay on your site or even bookmark it. start offering something free. an ebook related to your site. write one yourself. a newsletter that nobody else offers. make them join your mailing list to obtain it. mailing lsits are gold to bring back visitors to your site if you can offer something of value to them. build a list, bud and be creative in how you go about doing it. alot of people don't want to be spammed now and are afraid if they give their name and email address it would be the worse mistake in the world. build credibility and trust with your visitors. building a successfull site takes a lot of effort and hard work and TIME. that's why i say concentrate on one site or idea at a time. once you succeed, then you duplicate your efforts in whatever else you want to create. you're going to make mistakes. don't make the same mistakes with all the sites all at once. you're wasting your time and effort. look at this as a learning experience. school is in. teach yourself on ONE site....then once you have the knowledge, it will be a lot easier to accomplish your other goals with your other sites

you answered your own question, bud....copyright means copyright and you CANNOT copy by any means....

i agree with that to a certain extent but you still have to wait til the search results update....however long it takes. i am taking the stand here in assuming that he did in fact create back links that just haven't shown up yet in google. also, just because a site has a pr 5 doesn't mean it will get searched again within 48 hours. it depends how that site got the pr5. how long it takes google to search a site again has nothing to do with the pr anyway, it has to do with how often a site is updated with new content. in fact, you don't need the metatag "revisit" anymore because the search engines have a fair idea how often you update now and they revisit when THEY feel it's necessary. although i like your effort bud, nothing you're doing is amazing to me. it's been done over and over for years. "niche list" isn't even a common key word. very few people will ever type that word in to google search. getting a top 10 or even 1 position in't that hard. isn't niche list your domain name? getting ink banks from pr5 pages isn't anything special. if people did their research, they'd know how to do it. what you're doing right now that others don't realize is good marketing strategy in preselling something and creating anticipation. people waiting for this big secret you are over emphisizing. but see, it's not a big secret, anyone can do what you just did with a little work and research and they can get all that information for free. but not dowin' ya because it does take effort in what your doing....but bragging about a #1 position with "nich list" come on....and trying to get other people amazed before you sell them something? hmmmm....

i don't think they look for server information, but rather domain and sub domains to compare content....they also compare links on different sites to see where the final destination is wthin the links. it's easy to track links now. it's easier though to track links within the same domain/sub domain and within directories

whenever you are around her or you see that she's walking towards you, start picking your nose. dig really deep. have no shame. she she will most likely not want to touch you and she will definately not want to hold your hand btw- this works good in getting out of a traffic ticket. i doubt a cop will hand over his pen after knowing where you're fingers have been

and ummmm why do you like her? hmmmm anyway, to tame her, just tell her she is a bad girl and you need to spank her now. see how that goes over and get back to me....

the fcc has already defined this....haha but i know parents, when bringing up their children have their own. i got in trouble for saying "shut up". that was BAD whenever my mother heard those two words and it wouldn't even matter if i wasn't even talkin' to 'r

true, and i thought about that when i was writing my original reply. there ARE programmers out there that program just to program. to do something just to see it be done. it's a shame they don't get paid fully for their efforts of good code, but they get paid in other ways such as donations and such or credibility to get their name known and possibly hired on with a company. this is for people who put out freeware or sometimes shareware. open source isn't included because sometimes you have to buy the open source. the software isn't 100% free. there's been a lot of good open source programs but open source only benefits programmers who can edit the source code. it doesn't benefit EVERYONE. also, when someone releases freeware or shareware that is open source, chances are it could have been done better if someone was getting paid...although sometimes not to a hacker who just does it to do it, but money will always be a motivator to put in that extra time and effort. so if everything was open source, the quality wouldn't be as good. the bigger companies who offer open source software makes their money by giving away something for free so you'll come back to buy something that isn't free or <- snipped -> it's the oldest trick in online marketing. microsoft did it, yahoo did it, Xisto is doing it now. i do like the concept of open source. something that is 100% freely given, but i don't like the cencept of people just taking and not giving their own selves. people take advantage, then when soemthing is freely given, others expect more in the future and look down on those that don't give more when they aren't giving their own selves.}}

6 days is a long time to get indexed? you're dreamin'. good site though. simple. as far as the links, intersting that you put them on the left side. i wonder if it was on purpose you put google ads on the upper right. the place people look at first when reading a site. can get you more money in the long run with adsense. curious to eventually find out your ratio of visitors to clicks is. i was gonna tell the others not to critique it since it's new am sure you will be tinkering with it here and there until you're happy with it, but i have to agree with the guy who commented about your search. it needs to be bolder or in a different color. good work. hard work paying off is exciting

now, despite what i said, i did read your post all the way through. you think i insult you? i think you insult your own self. i never called you sexist. maybe you just feel the truth is insulting. you know what the truth is? the truth is you don't have any problems with women. you have a problem in how people look at you and stereotype you as a gay man. women aren't your problem. your substituating something for another because you hate the truth and you can't deal with it. have you read brandic's post(i think that's the name)? this person hit the nail on the head. i hope you understand what it means because this person isn't as blunt as i am. you yourself is blunt. you have always been blunt in how you feel in this thread yet when i am, you have a problem with it or you feel i am insulting. as far as grabbing you purse, it was a joke. haha hell, i'vwe been told to grab my purse before when playing golf or darts or pool etc... in the same respect i have been told "that a girl!". so the other truth is, is if you were really comfortable within your own self, you would know how to have a sense of humor. 20 years ago when there wasn't the www and only bbs's, i approched someone who went by the name of "cyn" they were called handles back then. cyn was bi. i had never understood homosexuality or gay before and decided to chat her asking her all sorts of questions. she thought i was rude and ridiculing her when all i was was curious and wanted to understand better because i wasn't gay. i have gotten this attitude MANY times when all i wanted to do was understand and have an open mind, i'm blunt, yes. it's taken the wrong way sometimes but i just like getting to the point and not waste time. gays didn't like me because i asked to many questions....but that's not the truth is it. gays didn't like me because they weren't secure within their own selves to talk about who they are. i fought to udnerstand gays and homosexuality. it didn't mater what they thought of me because the understanding was more important. so was my intention. they didn't know it....but I DID. i don't understand them fully to this day just like i don't understand women to this day fully. i am not a woman nor gay to understand them fully, but i do understand alot and i fought to understand. i never had a problem with gays. like a said i hung around a certain gay group a lot when i was younger. they understood me and respected me as i did them, even when i would call 'm a bunch of fagggs. see they knew a word isn't deragatory unless it was intended to be deragatory. they knew i respected them and loved 'm for who they were. now my best friend at the time, a filipino, he was a different story. he didn't hate gays, but he hated what others may think if he was around gays. one of my gay friends had a huge crush on my friend. i thought it was funny. i would play on my friends insecurities. i laugh to this day thinking about it. it's funny because he was just plain stupid, but a best friend who i help through his own insecurities you tell me that you've heard everything i've said before? no, you haven't bud, but everything you have to say to me to explain being gay, i have probable heard before because i worked harder than most to try to understand not just gay, but people in general. you lost your way in how you percieve. why? because you got hurt. well you aren't the only one who gets hurt in life, you have to work through the hurt to get to what is RIGHT and it starts with you because you have very little influence to change others. others have to change for their own selves it's so easy to vent against women in this forum as a gay man and i'm glad you have that outlet because you and i both know if you were to talk down to women like you have in public as a gay man, you would get the living crap kicked outta ya. not by me, but by those who don't see past your b.s. and there are many. alot of people would torture you just because your gay. you already stated you came a long way in learning about yourself and your "style", open you mind up and know you have a long way to go in how you percieve women and people in general. yea, people may have something against who you are bud, but that's THEIR problem. don't make it yours in one sided thinking. you react to women as alot of society has reacted to gays when they first started coming out of the closet in the mid 80's. instead of bashing gays, you bash women in general because you fail to understand them and because you do, you give off an impression that gets them to treat you a certain way. i don't get off flaunting around how much i am proud of myself in all had to go through in understanding gays, but i did in this post to make a point. you need to go through the same things in understanding women....straight men even. or do you think you know it all...give people the benefit of the doubt, and before you critisize, why not look in the mirror. there just may be underlying issues other than the surfacy issues you bluntly state

haha i grew up with 2 sistes. one older and one younger. i was always late for school. why? because they hogged the bathroom! women aren't vain, they are just insecure. they have a lot more magizines to read than men in how to act. billboards and commercials are mainly based around women, not men. they cake theirselves with makeup and spend hours getting their hair perfect. they are always on the new and improved weightloss gimmick...wether it's a new drug or just someone telling them how to eat. the spend time painting their toe nails nobody else sees because they are wearing shoes....but THEY know it's pretty under there. that's all that matters. getting women to believe they are pretty without spending hours in the bathroom is almost a lost cause. it's sad to me how people get brainwashed in to what society dictates. just gotta live with it because they will tell you it's not what others think, THEY think they need to to look pretty, and they DO....in a fake and unnatural way. but it's not being vain, it's being insecure. not their fault. they were taught this from a young age by others and are continuously being taught this today