I read that article. While it had some merits, it was basic bullshit. Women are so dumb as to be “e-maintained” or otherwise. In today’s times women who are worth the effort a relationship requires will make the contact on their on. They will only wait so long on a male that attempts to pull that bullshit.

It is one of the reaches of male ego to think he can “maintain” a woman by calling, texting or emailing a woman from time to time. I have several relationships with men and women that I have exhibited that same behavior. But it never occurred to me that i was attempting to “maintain” anyone.

I was just expressing my feelings and reacting according to the dictates of my surroundings. Any of those acquaintances could reach out to me whenever they felt like it. If a woman or man expected more from the person on the other end of that communication life line is free to initiate the contact and lead the conversation in the direction that would tell him or her what their chances were for the type of relationship they were interested in.

How presumptuous for this asshole to believe that men are so much more evolved than women that they can “calm” them down. If anything, it is the woman that does the calming.

“We’ve always conditioned men to maintain women,” gag me with the proverbial spoon. Who’s that “we?” And will someone tell me who it is that is doing this conditioning. If its another male that is an oxymoron if I have ever heard one. And if someone is assuming that it is a woman, then why would she tell a man to do that to her?

OH please, “you are literally ruining the greatest scam of the century,” first this guy gives men the brilliance of being able to “maintain” a woman, then he gives himself the accolade of being the one male who informs women of they’re being “maintained.”

Notice how this nice man has no problem comparing women to dogs. “It’s like walking a dog, as soon as you do it, they just calm down,”

Many women and men would love to have a connection that bears no more responsibility than responding to an email, phone call or text. And if it turns into something both parties want, then something will happen. If if is merely the wish of only one of the parties, then it won’t.

Robert, RT

I want to see your face, feel your hands in mine. I want to feel your beautiful body, feel you against me. Long periods of separation like this makes me feel that I will never be with you again. it’s as if you have left me and I can’t get you back.

It makes me feel like one of the damned, cursed. I don’t know why I am writing this. I don’t know if I will actually post it. I write it and then delete it. Right now it feels so real. I feel I’ve lost you and I can’t get you back.

I don’t know why this is coming over me. Maybe it just bad luck. Maybe it just too long without you.

if you’re being ‘eMaintained’ =after= a hook up, you technically signed up for side salad duty, don’t be confused by this behavior, it’s clear. If you like this kind of thing, I’m not judging, just pointing out things I always think are obvious…

- ZL