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Old 11-07-2006, 03:51 PM   #1
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Daddy's

There is a reason that I find professors attractive--it's their Daddy potential. Professors, in my mind, would make great Daddy's. To wit: They are almost always hugely kind. You can make a mistake, but they will apologize for the misunderstanding. They do NOT fly off the handle. You may very well write a horrid, hateful, provocative email and they will respond with, "I am sure I misunderstood you," OR, "I so apologize for my mistake in saying...", and you know it's your own damn fault and know that they are apologizing for your stupidity but in an oblique, polite way. Which makes you love and respect and admire them. And want to procreate with them. Stuff this good should not be wasted!

I've been involved with profs who hate women and profs who love them and I have come to this conclusion: Find love where you can. Even if it's unrequited. Even if it's Academic.
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Old 11-07-2006, 03:53 PM   #2
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I'm both.

lol!

That is when my wife fell for me... she was my student. I am a baaaad man.
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Old 11-07-2006, 03:58 PM   #3
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Does this also apply to Neil "The Professor" Peart?
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Old 11-07-2006, 04:08 PM   #4
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I was not her Prof for long though.
What about old, grey-haired, absent minded professors?
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Old 11-07-2006, 04:08 PM   #5
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Even old, grey-haired, absent minded people deserve love!
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Old 11-07-2006, 04:10 PM   #6
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Yes, they do!
BTW... I am not coming-on to Bri... I am joking with her. Get that outta' tha' way...
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Old 11-07-2006, 05:59 PM   #7
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My hubby is the equivalent of a professor over there. He's very patient with his students and I can understand why some of them have crushes on him. It's those attributes which attracted me to him
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Old 11-07-2006, 06:02 PM   #8
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Aren't Profs notorious for caring more about their students than their families?

edit - not Aliantha's!
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Old 11-07-2006, 06:05 PM   #9
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Trust me Griff, there are times when I do think his students are more important to him than us. Then again, sometimes I think he thinks going fishing is more important, or maybe going to the races (a hobby of his). It's all relative I think.
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Old 11-07-2006, 07:35 PM   #10
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Would a professor fulfill my need for a bit of bad boy?
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Old 11-07-2006, 07:40 PM   #11
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I doubt it Ducks. lol I know mine is a very good, left wing geeky type who is about as far from bad boy as you can get. So are most of his friends. lol
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Old 11-07-2006, 07:46 PM   #12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianna
To wit: They are almost always hugely kind.
Damn, Bri, where did you go to school?? I've certainly known the type you describe, but I've also known ones that I'm convinced carved notches on their office desks to commemorate how many students they reduced to tears. They're not universally benevolent and kind any more than accountants or plumbers are.

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Originally Posted by Brianna
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Doesn't this mean they will also tell you when you've been a bad girl?

Anyway.

I have it on great authority that the greatest men are those who fail to actually finish their PhD, but end up remaining in academia in an adminsitrative capacity. Like IT. Especially IT.
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Old 11-07-2006, 07:59 PM   #13
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SD, you never took sweater monkeys to school though, did you?
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Old 11-07-2006, 09:17 PM   #14
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I had one Daddy - Sgt Major Sam Wilson who proudly served in the US military for 30 years. I had a brief affair with one of my TA's - he was 27 at the time, I was 18. I've had prof's who were complete assholes, although none of them ever reduced me to tears. I've also had great prof's who loved their subject and cared about passing their knowledge on to their students. Then I've had prof's who were on the make and screwed more of their female students then some Hollywood celebs have screwed their groupies.

Give me a true companion and an equal - not a "Daddy." If he happens to be a prof - fine. The man I loved most in my life was a writer/poet/forest service tech/fly fisherman. I miss him to this very day.
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Old 11-07-2006, 09:33 PM   #15
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Sweater monkeys? I don't know what you're talking about.
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