Pugly wrote:
gwenevyn wrote:
I don't want a fighter. I already had one of those. I theorize that guys who turn their aggression on when faced with a sports game or battlefield are an unfortunate myth of fiction. Fighters are fighters 24/7.
Are you just referring to guys that want to fight all the time, who turns everything into competition?
Or just fighting in general... in a generic sense.
Both. Either/or, I think. I said it on a bit of a whim, so I won't be upset if the idea doesn't stand under scrutiny.
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I'm a pretty passive guy, but even I'll stand up to defend something if need be. Very few things are worth out and out fighting for, but some are...
Specifically, to want to defend the love of your life... I can't imagine this ever not being a desirable quality in a man. Well it sounds like a good quality to have in people in general...
Yeah, but that situation just isn't going to come up very often. I'd rather be with someone I can trust to be gentle to me on a regular basis, but who might get pulverized in a real fight for lack of skill or strength, than be with someone who could definitely defend me on the off-chance that we're attacked by aliens but in the meanwhile could just as easily turn on
me. I guess I just associate fighting prowess with a short temper and selfishness. I know logically that this isn't necessarily the case, but regardless, I would discriminate against battlehardened sword guy if this were a reality TV dating show.
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