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Nathan251

almost every thread is about relationships, I thought in the modern age we would see more threads reflecting the interests of the independent woman such as threads relating to career, ladies interests in fitness/shopping/travel/politics etc but almost every thread seems to relate to men in some way

Am I wrong?

Surely the female preoccupation nowadays should be more than their relationship with men.

I remember when I was in a mixed secondary school the ladies tended to talk 90% about relationships and men whereas the guys would have a more even balance, ya they'd talk about women they fancied but also loads of other stuff like sport/film/music/news etc

maybe it's just because ladies are more able to talk about personal issues, i don't know, i find it interesting of course but there is more to life and looking at the topics on this first page concerned me, the overwhelming predominance of relationship-based discussion does you a disservice as i know there is more to you than that

and no I am not trolling\messing\whatever other accusation an overzealous mod cares to throw at me, I think my point is valid but I fully expect it to be deleted/locked and the status quo to continue unchallenged

pikachucheeks

Nathan251 wrote: »

almost every thread is about relationships, I thought in the modern age we would see more threads reflecting the interests of the independent woman such as threads relating to career, ladies interests in fitness/shopping/travel/politics etc but almost every thread seems to relate to men in some way

Am I wrong?

Surely the female preoccupation nowadays should be more than their relationship with men.

I'd offer the suggestion that a lot of topics here, in The Ladies' Lounge, might be on or related to relationships, because Boards has everything categorised.

There's a specific forum for many interests, including all the ones you mentioned ; fitness, shopping (fashion and appearance) and politics where women can discuss those aspects of their lives.

It's more to do with Boards categorising forums rather than women being only interested in their dealings with relationships.

Fago!

Don't wanna talk about girls or relationships?

Bang!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1136

Will

"I don't belieeeeve it!"

Kooli

Firstly, 7 of the 20 topics on the front page of this forum (at the moment anyway) have SOMETHING to do with relationships. That's not the majority of the topics, so it shows we do have 'more to us' than relationships.

However, I have a different issue with your point.
If let's say the majority of the topics were about shoes or handbags, I would take issue with it too and wonder 'Sheesh women isn't there more to us than that?'

But relationships?!?! Do you really not think they are important? I personally think they are HUGELY important. After all, they are the fundamental component of a family. They take a lot of work, and they cause a huge amount of happiness and distress, depending on how they are going.

I don't see why they are valued any 'less' than typically 'male' interests such as sports or film (which lots of women are interested in anyway).

I could just as easily go to the Gentlemen's Club and start asking why they are interested in films and sports when relationships are important and need to be looked after by both parties, not just the women!

jellie

I agree that there is huge amount of threads about relationships, and i will admit that sometimes i find it a bit much. BUT it is the ladies lounge and the ladies here are free to start threads on what they wish without being critisized by men for it.

if anyone wants to discuss other things they can start a thread on it.

& as pikachucheeks says, theres pretty much a forum to cover a lot of the other interests us ladies might have.

Nervous Wreck

In fairness, is there anything more interesting than one's own love life?

Silverfish

Nathan251, considering your other account is permabanned from here for trolling, and you've already had a 14 day ban on this account, I really think you're just not really the type of poster this forum needs.

Banned permanently.