Sorry for my last post (especially all the grammar issues). I was half asleep after a long night of drinking, lol.
Fine dining is judged on four components. Yes service is one, but it must meet all four of the basic criteria to be considered a fine dining establishment. That being, first and foremost, quality of food. Fallowing with cleanliness, ambiance and of course service.
Originally Posted by JayceeRivers
This illustrates my key point perfectly. This entire discussion is completely based on nomenclature. I was using the term "service" broadly to include ambiance, cleanliness, and quality. I value your opinion highly Jaycee, but I feel like this is the same discussion people are having on the SB/SD issue.
At the end of the day, there is not yet a governing body that dictates what constitutes a SB/SD relationship. Until we have a US Department of "Sugar" that proposes a rule to precisely define sugar arrangements, we're going to keep having these discussions, much like you and I are now apparently disagreeing over the breadth of the term "service". But for convenience sake, why is it wrong to use the terms that the SDs have been using for years (which I add is far more precise then lumping any long-term arrangement into the SB category)?
My issue is that he is very close minded to any perspectives of others. If an arrangement does not fit his extremely narrow definition, it can't possibly be a true sd/sb arrangement, I beg to differ.
Originally Posted by stimulatethemind
Again, we are arguing semantics. But as a thought are you not just as guilty of being narrow-minded for insisting on a semantics issue just as forcefully? In that sense, you're being just as intolerant (i.e., narrow-minded) of GY6's view as he is of yours.
It seems to me that he primarily preys upon very young, unsophisticated and somewhat naïve girls, who think that dinner at Applebee's is special. I wonder if, perhaps, a mature, strong, intelligent and independent woman intimidates him. Hmmmnm, food for thought???
Originally Posted by stimulatethemind
Hmm. This seems to be quite unsound and am improper characterization. Note in the following thread that his GF is his SB of three years.
http://eccie.net/showthread.php?t=1232167
I'm not trying to become GY6's errand boy. To be honest, I've talked with him like twice since I've been on these boards.
Nevertheless, I'm not sure what your basis for assuming that his SB is not mature, strong, intelligent, and independent is. You characterize him as "preying" on young girls by taking his SB on lavish vacations, paying their rent and utilities, buying her gifts, and generally just being there for her? I don't think your comment stands up at all under scrutiny.
Again, he may be blunt and that may offend you, but that doesn't mean he's taking advantage of his SBs, and
ad hominem attacks are poor form indeed. He certainly has the
ethos to survive such attacks in my eyes.
Honestly however, it feels like several are arguing so diligently because they want to be a member of the SB/SD club. GY6 may call your arrangement a hooker on retainer. You may call his an exclusive version of a SB/SD arrangement. Who really gives a shit? The problem is that by changing the terms and using them differently on the same board, all we're doing is devaluing those terms and making them very imprecise, creating a muck of confusion to where no one understands and now instead of just saying "hooker-on-retainer" or "SB" we have to explain what the fuck that means. Every. Time.
My point is...
Why is it so hard to just go with how a huge portion of people already use the terms on these forums? If you want to think of yourself as a SD or SB, do it. I mean, if the root problem is you're offended that someone is telling you that you were a mere hooker-on-retainer when you thought of yourself as a SB, then by all means think of yourself as a SB. But when you discuss, call it what it is. We have several guys that have hooker-on-retainer active in the SD forums. They're part of the crew, but they don't try to paint themselves as something they're not. They freely discuss the UTR hooker they found on SA, or the hooker-on-retainer relationship they just started with an ECCIE provider. If you want a SB, get a SB. If you want a hooker-on-retainer, then get one. But when you're discussing, for everyone's sanity, call it what it is.
Lastly, I can totally foresee people arguing back at me based upon definitions in this thread. I think that is very dangerous. This thread is full of comments by people that have never thought of themselves as SD/SBs, others that started reading it and just decided to jump on the bandwagon and have no clue what a SB/SD relationship is yet still give their opinion about what it means, and trolls. There is no credibility to 99% of what this thread discloses, lol. As a parallel, it would be like laymen arguing the definition of a scientific or medical word. Leave that to the scientists and physicians and everyone else just go along. Please.
If you're going to argue with me, honestly ask yourself if you've every talked with a group of people outside of this thread about what a SB/SD relationship is. I have. GY6 has. We've spent literally years discussing and encouraging would be daddies there, trying to help them out. If you have a credible reason for why the definitions that all the SDs on these boards use are wrong, then by all means call us on it. But if you're arguing semantics with us because you would rather be (or in the case of gentlemen think of your girl as) a SB than a hooker-on-retainer, please spare us. This is a hooker board. We gave up all of our modesty when we created our accounts.