Dear god.

[conuly]

I think this merits a poll!

[Poll #441290]

Comments

[ruthanolis.livejournal.com]

Okay, call me stupid or whatever. But I don't see this as so odd, nor as exceptionally strange. The guy was raised with high standards - would you ask him to compromise those standards for just anyone? Hell, mine personal standards are about that level.
Though I doubt I'll ever advertise on eBay for a wife — his parents really must be bugging him to get married. ;)

[conuly]

Basically, his standards are this:

Must be his religion (fair enough)
Must be a virgin (bit insulting, but whatever)
Must be slim and pretty (this is a bit bad)
Must be content to be "just a housewife" (um....)

No mention whatsoever about: intelligence, knowledge, humor, values (other than "Christian", which, contrary to popular belief, covers a huge range), politics, compassion, compatability, anything. Just the looks and the never-fucked. Oh, and the Christianity.

Those aren't "high standards", they're insulting standards.

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

"Other" being two things:

(6) High-metabolic rate (interesting way of saying "No fat chicks," hmm?)

and

A simple life filled with power you never seen. Over time, I will offer you treasures that no moth or rust can destroy! You will get to see a world you never thought existed on this earth. You will accomplish in 10 years what your peers take a lifetime to learn!

... I'm assuming this means he's a Dungeon Master, but you never know.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Except metabolic rate and weight are only correlated. Mine has done so many funky fun things because of illness, yet I've never been overweight. It's a way of saying no hypothyroidism even if you're beautiful, virteous, and in all other ways perfect.

You can have a lower metabolic rate and be the same weight if you eat less. I've usually had a high metabolic rate for most of my life, which simply meant I was perpetually hungry. So, he's mainly looking for women who need to eat constantly, whether he realizes it or not. This requirement is Just Plain Stupid.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Thing is, there is probably a woman who fits this just fine, looking for someone like him.

There's a lid to every pot, mom always said.

Better they find each other than they wind up with the wrong sort of person, making each other miserable.

There are people who would hate my life. It's a good thing they aren't living it, then.

[deceptica]

There's a lid to every pot, mom always said.

Yes! My mother told me that too when I was having my "nobody loves me" phase. And she was right. *nods* I don't know why, but it just makes me happy that other mothers say this too.

As for the original post... I can't agree with this guy's standards at all, but I do agree that he has a right to hold them. What I find bothersome is how he objectifies the woman by a) using ebay instead of a dating site or whatever, and b) addressing her parents as if she was just an inanimate thing owned by them.

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Struggling to understand this. He's asking for you to not only find him the "perfect" (by his definition) girl, but to also pay him for the privilege of telling him about it? And you may get the money back, but only if he gets married to the girl you point out? o_O

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Yes, kids, comments like this one really do happen when you don't think to refresh the page after going to get a drink. Here was me thinking I would be making a new point. u_u

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

The most disturbing part is that he advertised on Ebay. Duh!

[scarletdemon.livejournal.com]

It all screams "troll" to me. He's joking around.

[usnbfs.livejournal.com]

your icon <3

[innerbrat]

The most distrubing thin is that he's asking people to pay to do him a favour.
That's what screams 'troll' to me, really.

[leora.livejournal.com]

The most disturbing part is the complete absence of a description of the desired personality. No mention of what sort of person he is (does he play an instrument? is he physically active? what sorts of things would they do together?) There is pretty much nothing here with which to match personality types. And he seems to think that the personality is irrelevant so long as she's a virgin Christian housewife, which suggests he expects her to be meek and pretty much irrelevant except for sex and boasting his ego and doing housework and cranking out bbabies.

He'd never do for me - I prefer a man who can offer my proper grammar.

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Also being sold (http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsassZrescueme911) by this guy are a music album produced by 'mentally ill patients' (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=307&item=4700967025&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW), 'tested and proven' cosmetic packs (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67500&item=5558160999&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW), and membership on a 'magic advisory mailing list' (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5557499010&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) which only lists 'real practitioners whose works are "proven by science"'.

Hmmm, somehow I don't think I'd buy from this guy.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

While I have seen esoteric Christian occult groups, one would think the type of person likely to respond to this his marriage ad would find his magical dealings somewhat... unsettling.

[phoebonica.livejournal.com]

I think everyone's already commented on the really disturbing parts of this, so I'll just say... what's this guy got against redheads? It says "Hair colour: brunette, blonde, brown, selected red" - what kind of red does he consider acceptable? (Although speaking as a red-haired Christian virgin, I'm kind of relieved. Saves me having to get a tattoo.)

(And yes, I know my hair is brown in my icon. It's redder than that in real life.)

[phoebonica.livejournal.com]

(Ok, I meant to put "brunette, blonde, black." You knew that, right?)

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

'tis a joke, and what disturbs me most is that people are getting offended because they think he's for real. I thought it was pretty funny, myself.

[usnbfs.livejournal.com]

wow, I match 3 of the 10 criteria listed.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I match the hair-color requirement.

You know... I hope he gets rich.

[ruthanolis.livejournal.com]

Okay, call me stupid or whatever. But I don't see this as so odd, nor as exceptionally strange. The guy was raised with high standards - would you ask him to compromise those standards for just anyone? Hell, mine personal standards are about that level.
Though I doubt I'll ever advertise on eBay for a wife — his parents really must be bugging him to get married. ;)

[conuly]

Basically, his standards are this:

Must be his religion (fair enough)
Must be a virgin (bit insulting, but whatever)
Must be slim and pretty (this is a bit bad)
Must be content to be "just a housewife" (um....)

No mention whatsoever about: intelligence, knowledge, humor, values (other than "Christian", which, contrary to popular belief, covers a huge range), politics, compassion, compatability, anything. Just the looks and the never-fucked. Oh, and the Christianity.

Those aren't "high standards", they're insulting standards.

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

"Other" being two things:

(6) High-metabolic rate (interesting way of saying "No fat chicks," hmm?)

and

A simple life filled with power you never seen. Over time, I will offer you treasures that no moth or rust can destroy! You will get to see a world you never thought existed on this earth. You will accomplish in 10 years what your peers take a lifetime to learn!

... I'm assuming this means he's a Dungeon Master, but you never know.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Except metabolic rate and weight are only correlated. Mine has done so many funky fun things because of illness, yet I've never been overweight. It's a way of saying no hypothyroidism even if you're beautiful, virteous, and in all other ways perfect.

You can have a lower metabolic rate and be the same weight if you eat less. I've usually had a high metabolic rate for most of my life, which simply meant I was perpetually hungry. So, he's mainly looking for women who need to eat constantly, whether he realizes it or not. This requirement is Just Plain Stupid.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Thing is, there is probably a woman who fits this just fine, looking for someone like him.

There's a lid to every pot, mom always said.

Better they find each other than they wind up with the wrong sort of person, making each other miserable.

There are people who would hate my life. It's a good thing they aren't living it, then.

[deceptica]

There's a lid to every pot, mom always said.

Yes! My mother told me that too when I was having my "nobody loves me" phase. And she was right. *nods* I don't know why, but it just makes me happy that other mothers say this too.

As for the original post... I can't agree with this guy's standards at all, but I do agree that he has a right to hold them. What I find bothersome is how he objectifies the woman by a) using ebay instead of a dating site or whatever, and b) addressing her parents as if she was just an inanimate thing owned by them.

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Struggling to understand this. He's asking for you to not only find him the "perfect" (by his definition) girl, but to also pay him for the privilege of telling him about it? And you may get the money back, but only if he gets married to the girl you point out? o_O

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Yes, kids, comments like this one really do happen when you don't think to refresh the page after going to get a drink. Here was me thinking I would be making a new point. u_u

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

The most disturbing part is that he advertised on Ebay. Duh!

[scarletdemon.livejournal.com]

It all screams "troll" to me. He's joking around.

[usnbfs.livejournal.com]

your icon <3

[innerbrat]

The most distrubing thin is that he's asking people to pay to do him a favour.
That's what screams 'troll' to me, really.

[leora.livejournal.com]

The most disturbing part is the complete absence of a description of the desired personality. No mention of what sort of person he is (does he play an instrument? is he physically active? what sorts of things would they do together?) There is pretty much nothing here with which to match personality types. And he seems to think that the personality is irrelevant so long as she's a virgin Christian housewife, which suggests he expects her to be meek and pretty much irrelevant except for sex and boasting his ego and doing housework and cranking out bbabies.

He'd never do for me - I prefer a man who can offer my proper grammar.

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Also being sold (http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsassZrescueme911) by this guy are a music album produced by 'mentally ill patients' (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=307&item=4700967025&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW), 'tested and proven' cosmetic packs (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67500&item=5558160999&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW), and membership on a 'magic advisory mailing list' (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5557499010&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) which only lists 'real practitioners whose works are "proven by science"'.

Hmmm, somehow I don't think I'd buy from this guy.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

While I have seen esoteric Christian occult groups, one would think the type of person likely to respond to this his marriage ad would find his magical dealings somewhat... unsettling.

[phoebonica.livejournal.com]

I think everyone's already commented on the really disturbing parts of this, so I'll just say... what's this guy got against redheads? It says "Hair colour: brunette, blonde, brown, selected red" - what kind of red does he consider acceptable? (Although speaking as a red-haired Christian virgin, I'm kind of relieved. Saves me having to get a tattoo.)

(And yes, I know my hair is brown in my icon. It's redder than that in real life.)

[phoebonica.livejournal.com]

(Ok, I meant to put "brunette, blonde, black." You knew that, right?)

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

'tis a joke, and what disturbs me most is that people are getting offended because they think he's for real. I thought it was pretty funny, myself.

[usnbfs.livejournal.com]

wow, I match 3 of the 10 criteria listed.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I match the hair-color requirement.

You know... I hope he gets rich.