[HPFGU-OTChatter] The Meat Market Index

[Michelle Apostolides]

 absolute value is much more stable.
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> I want a partner who wants me for who I am as a unique person, my
absolute value, not because I'm about the highest on the MMI he thinks
he can catch.  How insulting.  These days I have very little time for
men who run their love lives according to the MMI, and assume women do
too.  There *are* people out there who don't buy into the MMI, and
they're the people I now cultivate in my life.  And you know what?  I
feel much better for it.

Wow. I never thought about it like that. But then the MMI never applied
to me to begin with because I was born with multiple physical and
sensory disabilities - not severe but those words are the quickest way
to put it. I think I always thought in terms of absolute value. But at
fast approaching thirty, I still haven't worked out how you tell a guy
that there are problems. I had a friend who was also born with a
physical problem - she changed boyfriend from week to week. But she
always maintained that we would get the nicer boyfriends because they
would have to be more understanding in the first place. I've yet to
check out this theory since my emergence into full adult life but will
report back with any findings...

these body image and dating threads are fascinating and good food for
thought. Let's hear what you men think now !

Michelle