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What are "The Panic Years?"

Obsessing over your single status? Learn how to cope with this video.

 

Sick of taffeta bridesmaids gowns? In her new book, author Doree Lewak explains why women obsess over why we're not married yet - and how to stop fretting.

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Alex Complicated No nonsense about love!
Posted September 25, 2008

Is this panic about a wedding or a marriage? I can't tell.

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Posted September 13, 2008

Women get SOOOO much attention in their early 20's. Get married before you turn 30 ladies!

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Posted September 26, 2008

Yeah we get attention... we're in our prime! That's why we freak out when we fly through our 20's and still haven't found the right guy. It's all down hill from 30...!

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Posted August 17, 2008

I've seen your point long ago. To "take control of [our] lives through responsibility" is a good thing. I'm not against that. However, there is no reason why they have to be responsible when they are not supposed to be. (Blaming external factors is not wrong when it is really caused by those)

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Posted August 17, 2008

To sum up, you are blaming the wrong person. You cannot blame the victims, because (1) it was inevitable and (2) they were not immoral. You are only focusing on the victims with your narrow view of the situations, not looking at the whole circumstances.
Keeping away from danger with one's best is a smart thing, but failing to do so is not a blameworthy thing for him/her.

This is my very last comment, since you are not answering validly, just making me to repeat.

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Posted August 17, 2008

For your 2), I've been answering so far. First, I don't think anybody would 'KNOWINGLY procreate' with a evil person when they get married. Second, EVEN IF one does so, just think--who has made the situation dangerous in the first place, thus who's to be blamed and responsible for the danger? Remember: BAD IS BAD! The blameworthy person who does, causes, and reproduces evil is the bad person, not anybody else who is innocent.

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Posted August 17, 2008

For your 1), you are just insisting, WITHOUT ANY REASON stated.
Again, no one chooses to be ignorant. Ignorance is INEVITABLY made by the circumstances, one's ability at hand, and one's characteristics (In here, 'ignorance' includes 'literally anything one does not know about'). Hence results caused by ignorance are also inevitable. It's the FACT.

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Posted August 15, 2008

I've tried to make the comments show, but it's still not showing up. 3 out of 6.

So I've got a new way to show my comments. Good thing I've saved the text. It'll look awkward, but if you want to see my answer, you can see my whole reply in the follwing image link--I've captured my words.

Exclude the blanks from the follwing.
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Posted August 15, 2008

Some of the comments I've posted are not showing up immediately. This bug really sucks.

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Posted August 12, 2008

(cont.) Well, you've said "I don't concern myself with what I cannot control," but you are blaming other people for their inevitable mistakes. Congrats, you've contradicted yourself.

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Posted August 12, 2008

(cont.)
P.S. If you have no interest in convincing me, simply do not leave comments anymore. Trying to convince me is waste of your time, since I won't be convinced by a mere arrogant sophist anyways. I have no interest in convincing you either, but I've replied so far to prevent others from being convinced by your so-called opinion, even though it seems like no one is giving a damn about our discussion.

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Posted August 12, 2008

(cont.)
P.P.S. So, if you cannot refute my logic VALIDLY, I won't answer you back again. Because that'll waste not only your time, but also my time.

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Posted August 14, 2008

Best of luck, dear, because it sounds as if you're going to need it. You're arguing that "life isn't easy and choosable" and I couldn't disagree with you more.

Should my car get stolen? No. Will it get stolen? Undoubtedly. And this is the difference between you and I: You make decisions based on the way the world "should be" whereas I make decisions based on reality.

I make life happen. You let life happen and therefore are subject to "bad things" penetrating your life. Become accountable!

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Posted August 13, 2008

I love you for writing all of that.

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Posted August 12, 2008

(cont.) Lastly, let's get this straight and simple. If the wife had known the husband was a bad guy or what would happen later, would she have married him? No. But she COULD NOT know any of those. Inevitability. Nothing wrong has she done. Nothing is there to blame her. Period.

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Posted August 12, 2008

(cont.) No. Because it was INEVITABLE. And it was inevitable because we did not choose to be ignorant thus we COULD NOT know that there was a flaw at that point. In other words, inevitably no one can know further than his present knowledge. It is a mistake to make wrong decisions by ignorance, but it's not a fault, as long as it was not immoral. Because, again, it is inevitable.

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Posted August 12, 2008

(cont.) Also there's another point. When people make decisions, they try their best with their knowledge at hand. But since they are not 'omniscient', they may make wrong decisions. (And of course, you are not omniscient either, because you have no idea who I am. Do you think I read crap like US Weekly? lol) So if we made a wrong decision due to the 'ignorance' at the point, is it our fault?

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Posted August 12, 2008

(cont.) And yes, I am the victim of theft, and this is the reason why theft is a crime. But from your perspective, it is not a crime. Thus, unless you are a criminal, your opinion does not seem normal at all. (Additionally, 'Being a victim' itself is not a shameful thing. Only thing that matters with being a victim is if he/she accepts the fact and let it go or not.)

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Posted August 12, 2008

(cont.) Being that said, for your example, if I intentionally leave my car open, it IS stupid. It would have been better not to leave the car open. But I don't 'deserve' my car stolen; because the car belongs to me, I still did not do anything bad, and the only immoral person is who stole my car. Yes, it is very stupid mistake, yet it is not my 'fault'.

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