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In this modern world, technology plays a big part in our lives. Don't do youself in by misusing it in your love life.
- August 9th, 2008, 11:36 am
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Well, another eH Advice 'gem' ...


I went out with a guy once who thought he was like 'Data' from Star Trek ... He thought he was the cumulative emodiment of all things techy. He had ALL the extenuating gadgetry to amplify that. He was perpetually 'plugged in' to some kind of device, always 'interacting' - cellphone, blackberry, GPS, laptop, video games etc. etc.


One day I woke up and thought, I REALLY don't want to be 'competing' with all these ego-feeding technologies to 'win' "Data".


My life is just too short to be yet another 'auxiliary support system'...


Give me a REAL MAN who knows how to chop wood, build a fire, make stew and knows WHEN to TURN OFF the mostly fabricated 'outside world' so that 'we' can just 'be' in REAL TIME.


- August 9th, 2008, 12:04 pm
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Well, another eH Advice 'gem' ...


I went out with a guy once who thought he was like 'Data' from Star Trek ... He thought he was the cumulative emodiment of all things techy. He had ALL the extenuating gadgetry to amplify that. He was perpetually 'plugged in' to some kind of device, always 'interacting' - cellphone, blackberry, GPS, laptop, video games etc. etc.


One day I woke up and thought, I REALLY don't want to be 'competing' with all these ego-feeding technologies to 'win' "Data".


My life is just too short to be yet another 'auxiliary support system'...


Give me a REAL MAN who knows how to chop wood, build a fire, make stew and knows WHEN to TURN OFF the mostly fabricated 'outside world' so that 'we' can just 'be' in REAL TIME.

Uh, I don't have a cell phone, Blackberry, GPS, video games or (you missed one) iPod, I do have a laptop but I don't take it with me on dates. I have an ax and can chop wood and build a fire, and can make stew and I turn off the toys when I am with real people.


- August 9th, 2008, 12:28 pm
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Uh, I don't have a cell phone, Blackberry, GPS, video games or (you missed one) iPod, I do have a laptop but I don't take it with me on dates. I have an ax and can chop wood and build a fire, and can make stew and I turn off the toys when I am with real people.


Yup, forgot the ipod, he had that too, plus a 'FLIP'...


As for you, my friend, +10 !
- August 9th, 2008, 12:35 pm
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pinz wrote :

He thought he was the cumulative emodiment of all things techy. He had ALL the extenuating gadgetry to amplify that. He was perpetually 'plugged in' to some kind of device, always 'interacting' - cellphone, blackberry, GPS, laptop, video games etc. etc.


One day I woke up and thought, I REALLY don't want to be 'competing' with all these ego-feeding technologies to 'win' "Data".

If it weren't for technology, I would still be single. So it does have its benefits.


There is nothing wrong with gadgets. They are tools to make life simpler and to leave more time for the things that are important (like relationships). As long as everything in life is in proper balance, all is right in the world. Besides, half my communication in a relationship is via some form of gadgetry. Sure it keeps me "plugged in".. to HIM.
- August 9th, 2008, 12:54 pm
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Purpose of this thread is?
- August 9th, 2008, 01:02 pm
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I think eHA is just trying to take up the slack left behing when we all left, Kate. Good for them. They should keep busy.
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Purpose of this thread is?
I think it is to discuss the appropriateness/importance of technology in dating/relationships today. Just a guess.
- August 9th, 2008, 01:13 pm
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I think that phones should be on vibrate or silent while a date is in progress. Maybe if you are the President, a doctor or someone on call it would be okay to take that call. GPS is good because it helps clueless ones find our way (for the most part).


I remember this one time my best friend has a GPS box for her car and she brought it with her when I was driving. I knew how to get there, but not how to get back. We got into a shouting match because the boz wanted us to turn let, but there was no way that we could get through three lanes of busy traffic in the city at that time. We drove aimlessly (with the GPS box screaming out directions) for a while,until I was able to figure out where we where at and how to get back. Such a long day that was.
- August 9th, 2008, 01:20 pm
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I also forgot to mention that a police officer was at the corner that I was in the shouting match over the box and he had enough sense not to tell me to get out of my vehicle. I was just a little frustrated. My friend said that he looked concerned and that she was afraid I might get arrested.
- August 9th, 2008, 01:21 pm
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