Im sure there are lots of people who just skim the long posts, I often do that myself when Im not or dont wish to get involved. But this wasnt the case. You posts are not so hard to get as such, but sometimes its not easy to see how they actually reply and relate to the previous poster. The exercise/not caring impression comes from this I guess. The trigger is always personal, but the only part where you were actually talking about yourself were the few lines explaining why you are single. This is the main source of confusion for me - when I read your posts I think "yes, all right, but why do you really care so much?" You say the exercise part is not true, then what is it? I am probably wrong, but I think what really triggered your first response was anger and frustration from the fact that, to put it bluntly, these simple-minded women get all the cool guys (who are then insecure in their marriages, meet a smart woman, but dont want to leave their simple-minded wives blah blah etc etc, Im sure youve met your share of them yourself). This isnt supposed to be about you, Im just trying to explain why I often dont get you. You immediately jump to "shared cultural elements", but I dont simply buy it, thats all.