Invictus

I think a more important questions is why should you give a shit what other people think about who are going out with?

If you love him/her then be together? I fail to see why people care what other people think about them.

Gigglypuff

I didnt give a shit, and never have.

My only question is why do others give a shit?

Tyler Durden

WC Hall Of Famer

Rightly or wrongly, though it's nice to say "why give a shit what people think?" people do.

If that wasn't the case I would still be with my one legged Nicaraguan donkey walker called "Raul" and not living a suburban 2.5 children family hell.

The Half Boy

Before I was with Emma, I was thinking about asking out a girl who was 16, when I was 21. She was mature, so that wasn't an issue, and everything was above board and legal and everything, but the thought that stopped me was that we'd have to be careful not to get I.D'd if we went to see an 18 movie. Now that's just weird!
When I'm having my mid-life crisis, and probably having an affair on Emma, I'll try to choose myself an 18 year old nympho with a fetish for men wearing Depends. That's just the way it goes.

Tomorrow's Just An Excuse Away,
So I Pull My Collar Up And Face The Cold, On My Own.
The Earth Laughs Beneath My Heavy Feet,
At The Blasphemy In My Old Jangly Walk.

Tyler Durden

WC Hall Of Famer

^^^ Sweet.

I'm expecting my 4th wife to be born in around three or four years time.

In Sweden I believe.

Invictus

As long as you have the nounce to ignore people who do and leave them to their shallow lifestyle it shouldn't be a problem for people with at least half a brain.

I seriously hate self concsious people.

Tyler Durden

WC Hall Of Famer

This is not aimed personally at you, or anyone else here, but nearly 100% of the population will claim that they don't care what other people think of them, their lifestyle, their choice of partner or whatever.

The fact of the matter is that nearly 100% of people do, in some form of their life, care what others think

emmathe37th

Hang on, I was 16 when you were 21 and you didn't ask me out :p

Well, I'll just find myself a 18 year old toyboy with a fetish for hot older women. Should be a little less difficult than your search.

Invictus

I think my point may be blurry.

Maybe some clarification is needed, I care about 6 peoples opinion of myself (my 2 best friends who I have known for many, many years, my mum, my dad, my sister and my grandma) I can honestly say that should someone I work with, know socially, meet on the street think I'm an absolute arse then I really don't care, I have a lot of other things I can concentrate on and I think a lot of people are like this, and it should be actively encouraged.

What really, really, really pisses me off to the highest degree is when people get really wound up because some guy/girl they meet three weeks ago at a party they went to thought they were an idiot or who get really self concious because other people don't like their partner and people who make decisions and choices in life based upon what other people think of them. These people waste valuable oxygen which could be used more productivley.

I would estimate a good 50% of the people I know do things because THEY want to and they make decisions based on what THEY think is the right think to do. These people I like.

Dr. Giganto

Sorry if I'm getting caught up in semantics here, but there are certain things and certain instances where you have to care what people think about you, just to get through your everyday life.

Nobody can go through life entirely self-sufficient, and if you go around being an asshole to people, nobody will be there for you in those instances where you do need help.

There are certain things that you shouldn't care about, such as what people think of your girlfriend and stuff like that. But in general, people would be best served by treating other people with respect, and staying on people's good side, because you never know when you might need that person or when you can benefit from having a good relationship with that person somewhere down the road.