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OK. by Quétinbec 07/14/2010, 8:34am PDT
Blob has said some very powerful things and MM got his shots in too. They're right about a lot of stuff. I don't want to talk about my current relationship here, though, so that nixes a lot of what I've got to say.

I will say it's very easy for you to live up to Western standards of goodness in your plush Western cities, where you can take your pet for a walk in the park with your girlfriend. None of those things exist here, so try to think through the implications. I was a decent man in NZ and Australia, too. I never whored, lied, or was overtly racist. But it's wrong to apply those Western standards of goodness and 'manliness' to someone living in this environment. This is Mars. The Middle East is a suffocating place and it will change you. It will fuck you up. And I'm here indefinitely. I don't see any alternative. Marrying someone rich was one out. That fell through. What the fuck do I have? You need a certain amount of fun to make life worth living. You're restricted in your means of doing that here. You jump through their hoops and wind up doing bad things. It's tough.

Here, I'm a good guy by Middle Eastern standards. My morality adapts to the environment. I wouldn't last 6 fucking months here if it didn't. I can't afford to be a 'man' about this stuff, and neither could you if you were in my shoes. I'm rolling with the punches.
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Maids by Quétinbec 07/13/2010, 7:26am PDT NEW
    Re: Maids by Mischief Maker 07/13/2010, 11:22am PDT NEW
        Re: Maids by Quétinbec 07/13/2010, 12:26pm PDT NEW
            Will you please cut the bullshit for two fucking seconds? by I need clarification 07/13/2010, 4:40pm PDT NEW
                Fuck you. I'll tell you why I'm comfortable. by Quétinbec 07/13/2010, 10:31pm PDT NEW
                    ITT QB inadvertently reveals he has no actual hands-on experience with morality by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 07/13/2010, 11:15pm PDT NEW
                        Psh, I ain't EVER been to jail. O_O NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/14/2010, 12:14am PDT NEW
                            What do you want, A COOKIE?!! YOU LOW-EXPECTATION-HAVING MOTHERFUCKER!!! NT by Mischief Maker 07/14/2010, 12:19am PDT NEW
                                A little bit of uh..... a little bit of dessert. NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/14/2010, 6:24am PDT NEW
                        ITT QB inadvertently reveals he has no actual hands-on experience with morality by Souffle of Pain 07/14/2010, 7:35am PDT NEW
                        I wonder why QB never got into the Speed Seduction/Pickup Artist thing by Choson 07/14/2010, 8:34am PDT NEW
                            Re: I wonder why QB never got into the Speed Seduction/Pickup Artist thing by I need clarification 07/14/2010, 2:39pm PDT NEW
                            Re: I wonder why QB never got into the Speed Seduction/Pickup Artist thing by N 07/14/2010, 9:26pm PDT NEW
                        look, qb! there are even platitudes for this occasion. by up with pod people 07/14/2010, 11:11am PDT NEW
                    Comforting Tears by Mischief Maker 07/14/2010, 12:04am PDT NEW
                    Everyone thinks Claire is ugly. Irene was passable but now she's old and crazy NT by Everyone 07/14/2010, 1:47pm PDT NEW
                    Why are you always so wrong about everything? Didn't you go to college? by I need clarification 07/14/2010, 2:51pm PDT NEW
                        "I'm INC! You're self-delusional! My wife is beautiful! BALD BALD BALD" by Tell us more about your whores. 07/14/2010, 9:33pm PDT NEW
                            That's actually a pretty good impression. :( NT by I need clarification 07/14/2010, 11:16pm PDT NEW
                Re: Will you please cut the bullshit for two fucking seconds? by Sacrebleu 07/13/2010, 11:15pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Will you please cut the bullshit for two fucking seconds? by I need clarification 07/14/2010, 1:40pm PDT NEW
        Re: Maids by Noi Dau Don 07/14/2010, 11:53pm PDT NEW
            oh hey look whos above it all NT by its zseni 07/15/2010, 12:05am PDT NEW
                Above? Non non, my beauty. Balls deep in. by Noi Dau Don 07/15/2010, 5:07pm PDT NEW
            It is like the pursuit of a lover by mysterio hivemind 07/15/2010, 12:09am PDT NEW
    OK. by Quétinbec 07/14/2010, 8:34am PDT NEW
        I'm convinced! NT by No One 07/14/2010, 8:37am PDT NEW
        Re: OK. by Bananadine 07/14/2010, 9:04am PDT NEW
        Jso sez you're dumb. NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/14/2010, 2:09pm PDT NEW
        Overheard at Nuremberg: "My morality adapts to the environment, your honour." by Fussbett 07/14/2010, 2:46pm PDT NEW
        Wherever you go, there you are. NT by mysterio hivemind 07/14/2010, 3:09pm PDT NEW
        Oh, QB... by Mischief Maker 07/15/2010, 12:27am PDT NEW
    Sexy ti me NT by hee hee 03/09/2020, 3:24pm PDT NEW
 
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