Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:39 pm
amandalee wrote:Oh my... is it wrong that this is actually what briefly passed through my mind when I first saw that "Resmed gone wild" thread?I do believe its the next big thing in the porn industry as it hasnt been "done " before. Could you picture it mass orgy?
SceneStealer, I totally know what you mean about this:as well as that whole "finding a healthy mate" thing (I'm a biology geek).I don't spend nearly as much time around friends and at public functions as I did when I had more energy
The optimist in me would like to beleive that since we humans think we are so far "superior" ( ) to the other creatures on this planet, we should be able to use our higher brain functions to look past things (such as having to sleep with a CPAP machine) which might have been "undesireable" in our evolutionary past. My daytime sleepiness probably would've made me a crappy hunter/gatherer... but OSA is treatable now, so no problem, right?
As various posts in this thread have shown, that's not really the case, at least for many of us who are still single. (F- off machine man? Yikes....)
I'm glad that most of the people on this board who are married/committed seem to have supportive spouses/partners. My best friend's husband actually has OSA, and she's not bothered by the machine at all. She's just glad that he's not so tired all the time and seems healthier, because she wants to keep him around for as long as possible. That's the right kind of attitude, IMO.
But for me, the whole OSA thing is yet another reason why I'll probably stay single. It just seems like another thing for me to feel insecure about, or something someone could use to be rude (F- off machine girl, maybe?).
It's already hard enough to meet people when you're tired all the time and feel like crap. The last thing I want to do after dragging myself through a work day/week is go out and try to socialize. It all seems pretty pointless anyway, because I never really meet anyone that interesting
*And let me just clarify that I'm only talking about my experiences with the guys who live in my little corner of the world, this is NOT a generalization of all men...
The guys I meet (when I actually meet anyone, that is) all seem pretty nice, but they basically act like a bunch of overgrown teenagers. For the most part, these are people who are in their 20's & 30's, who've had some kind of education, and have a career, but still live like they're 18 and in the college dorm/frathouse.
I've met lawyers, accountants, teachers, etc, who probably earn decent salaries, but still live with 7 roommates packed into some tiny house, and spend all their free time playing Xbox. Despite being educated, they don't seem to have any real interests/hobbies, or their own opinions about anything. One guy I went out with actually considered it a "date" when I came over and we ate fast food while he played Xbox...
But other women in my age group around here don't seem to be bothered by this fact, because all that seems to matter to them is whether or not they have a boyfriend/husband. So they'll put up with all kinds of BS just so they don't have to be single (heaven forbid).
So basically, I'm surrounded by boring, immature guys; and women who will settle for whatever they can get, just so they don't have to be alone. And since I have a low tolerance for being treated like crap, I'm probably out of luck. I'm also really independent and opinionated, which usually doesn't seem to go over well. Also, no matter what age the guys I meet are, they all seem to prefer the 21-year old Barbie doll types, which I am not. The fact that I'll be 27 on Friday probably puts me past my expiration date, at least around here.
Finally, on top of these (and many other) issues, there's the CPAP machine. At this point, I'm thinking, why even bother with the dating scene? It's not worth my time and energy anyway.
Yuck. Sorry for the long rant.