ESI-LIE Dualization Process

[HFY Enjoyer]

You guys are trying to shortcut your way to romantic harmony, so no wonder why Woodland Spirit finds it creepy. And you know why this is so? Because fishing for these shortcuts (and getting whiny when they fail to produce results) is the Cain's mark of the worst kind of man. I won't elaborate, just be aware that total creeps do use those shortcuts -- and are also known for flipping out when they get rebuffed -- so it's the price you'll be paying for efficiency.


And if you don't want to pay the price: how about you have an honest, straightforward conversation about your relationship expectations rather than relying on gimmicks? Because even if the gimmick works, people who aren't specifically looking for it don't want to be weighed like a fish and thrown back in the ocean. Me? I personally don't mind being interrogated and scrutinized and rejected by a woman who doesn't want to waste her time, even for reasons as shallow as 'you have a weird voice and a pot belly'. But I have zero sympathy for anyone, man or woman, who gets pissy when other people don't want to play along.

[Echo]

You guys are trying to shortcut your way to romantic harmony, so no wonder why Woodland Spirit finds it creepy. And you know why this is so? Because fishing for these shortcuts (and getting whiny when they fail to produce results) is the Cain's mark of the worst kind of man. I won't elaborate, just be aware that total creeps do use those shortcuts -- and are also known for flipping out when they get rebuffed -- so it's the price you'll be paying for efficiency.


And if you don't want to pay the price: how about you have an honest, straightforward conversation about your relationship expectations rather than relying on gimmicks? Because even if the gimmick works, people who aren't specifically looking for it don't want to be weighed like a fish and thrown back in the ocean. Me? I personally don't mind being interrogated and scrutinized and rejected by a woman who doesn't want to waste her time, even for reasons as shallow as 'you have a weird voice and a pot belly'. But I have zero sympathy for anyone, man or woman, who gets pissy when other people don't want to play along.

He wasn’t getting pissy. He was just explaining his reasoning. And it's not really a shortcut. We all have our deal breakers and we are upfront about them from the beginning. For some people, it’s ‘I want an open relationship.’ For some people, it’s ‘I want children one day.’ For others, it's ‘No smokers.’ Adam’s deal breaker is just a little more specific than most people's. He wants an ESI. Unfortunately, unlike smoking, relationship type, and family plans, there is no filter on Hinge to find ESIs. So he's just doing his best to find a workaround. I’m not really seeing the problem here.

[Man of Your Dreams]

You guys are trying to shortcut your way to romantic harmony

Moo, bitch. I'm gonna get me a sexy daddy to make me his breeding bull, steal my legacy, and fill all of my holes every day.

[spacious]

I'll play :3

Hmm, not wrong in my own case. While I can fall in "like and admiration" for EIIs, and I can fall in "lust" for LSIs, I definitely limit my dating now to ESIs. My ideal approach would be to give them a questionnaire to fill out and select the one who would make a good mother and is easy on the eyes.

"Is family very important to you?" YES

"Do you have three friends, and two of them are stuffed animals?" hahahahaahahahaahhahaahha.

I actually do have more friends than, though.

"Would your friends say that you would do anything for them?"
"Do you think of yourself as a morally strong person?"
"Do you like long walks in the woods, and nights under a starry sky?" hell yes to the walks. less for the nights but that's more from lack of experience

"Do you want to travel, but haven't, much?" i actually have a fair amount but i give credit there to LIEs in family for organizing trips or moving to destinations (for work) that prompt us visiting them there

"Do you stick to your beliefs, no matter what?"

"Do you have a hard time with long-term planning?" lmao, I would maybe put this question first. Haha

"Do you take care of things immediately?" preferably; of course, not eth can be taken care of immediately (which causes problems/worrying!)

"Do you divide people into two categories; the Good and the Bad, and once a person gets in one, they don't get out? And you never tell them about this?"

"Is your house spotless?" Gulenko says ESI cleans "rarely, but thoroughly". So IDK if spotless is the most accurate word, imo

"Do you wish you had someone who sees who you really are, and accepts and challenges you?" YESSSSSSS. This is a really good one; it's up there with long-term planning struggle and being discriminating in who you consider a friend

"Do you tend to stick to a job once you get it, no matter what?"

"Is your love language "Money"? OMG. haha

If you answered "Yes" to most of those questions, then I can solve most of your problems without much effort. You can stop worrying about your future finances. You can expect to travel. You can expect that I will listen every day to your tales of "people who are doing wrong", and I will sympathize. I can also be an asshole, but it's in a way that doesn't bother you. From a distance and upon first meeting, I can seem free-spirited and innocent, but I actually observe people carefully and I know how to play the game.

Yes, Duals don't seem like the kind of person you'd like to know, if you only knew them from third-party descriptions. Once, when I was trying to show a female LIE-Te what her Duals look like, an ESI-Fi walked past us and I nudged her and pointed toward the guy. She looked and said, "Oh, no. Not him. NOT HIM!" Lol.

It's not until you interact with a Dual for an hour or so, that you find that every bad thing you heard about your Duals is true, AND YOU DON'T CARE, because this person is somehow, mysteriously, just perfect.

Incidentally, one of my many useless talents is being able to tell Johnny Walker Red from Black, just by smell.

this song slaps!

[spacious]

My father, an LIE, called to tell me about a concert that is happening in the town I live in, that’s tonight, 2.5 hours from now, a 10 minute walk from my apartment. I had no idea about the show and it’s by an artist that I’m interested in. He gave me advice on how to get a ticket that someone is selling outside the show and even venmoed me money encouraging me to go. (There are still tickets for sale online through the venue, but it’ll probably be cheaper to get one from someone selling an extra.) You can’t make this stuff up. Strat writes about how an LIE will tell an ESI that they have tickets to the opera that night. Doesn’t tell the ESI sooner bc the ESI will worry about events in the future. I’m so amused and I will be going.