[QUOTE=John Ross]
Guys, don't let this happen to you. I can be their boyfriend, but I'm there just for the benefits. I don't get emotionally involved, bu I am there to listen. That is what the girls really want: a man to listen and care for them, to be there when they need emotional support. A man that will treat them with respect.
This did happen to a friend who was head over heels for a girl. I warned him many times that she was taking him for a ride. He didn't believe me and persisted. She became his gf and he got her an apartment and a car. They went traveling all over the place and it ended when she wanted to go home to Korea. He was heartbroken as he was willing to move there, but she didn't want him to follow. My guess is she was tired of him and wanted to move on. This messed him up for a good 2 years and he doesn't go to bars anymore. 6 months of bliss cost him $200k.
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J R,
Good stories by you and Member 2322. All so true. Many men have followed these paths before us, and others will after we're old and tired. Hopefully your reports will provide guidance for the next generation of barhoppers who think they have found happiness.
I, too, once had a friend who believed neither myself (one of his oldest friends) nor his Ivy League coworkers of the same warning you gave your friend. Same thing, she found a bigger gold mine and ditched him when he was between jobs.
H M