All these generalizations about human....

beings are truely nauseating. All of us (including myself) make (or at least think about) generalizations and asumptions about other people, especially those who view life differently. I believe this is human nature but I truely must say I believe that most people (including mysef) have our limits and know the differnce to distinquish constructive questioning, comments, replies etc...and just plain ol' backlashing. I believe I have been given a blessing (although many times it CAN become a curse and gets me into trouble) of having a "thirst" for different cultures and customs-it started when I was very young---most kids did not care about why these people "do that" or "do this" differently but I always "had" to know ( for a example; instead of making fun of the Hindi girl's aunt whom had a "red dot" on her forhead like the rest of the bullies, I asked her to tell me about that-sure enough as she was explaining it was a sign of beauty- I was mesmerize by her enthusiastic explication and my undivided attention we were somehow transported into some world of cultural enlightenment--lol--I may be exaggerating a bit--but anyway the point is--being 28 has taught me that "the world is evil, and I MUST do something about it" phase of my life has gone out and now I usually approach life with a cynical demeanor stamped in my conscious--it has been pragmatic for the most part-if one is cynical and questions most everything and is serious about major decisions (finance, relationships, career paths) one usually has a pretty stable wall of defense against people's unscrupolous and exploitive plans. ANYWAY---------having said this I guess my point is I have learned that many people who feel empty inside or feel very bad or is very "angry" usually try to put people down so they could feel better about themselves (maybe its not really their fault and in some twisted way this is nature's way of sustaining survival of the fittest)--The point is I believe I going back to my naiive, inquisitive approach--slowly but surely--but still have your guard up---Being raised to seek and emerged myself with different people was a gift like no other---Yes--one of best dates a few yrs. ago was how I took out a nice girl out on our first date (instead of the boring.......movie and pizza) I took out this young girl to "little India" in Chicago--we had Indian food (lol--all those Hindi restaurants are buffets--and so delicious)--I suggested that she get "henna" on her back--and she loved it!--we also went to some Indian antique shop and I bought her a couple of trinkets--(some of those articrafts of thier Gods were very cool--hand made in all different metals)--she even tried on a Sari (the standard ones) some of them were about 200 bucks each--we had a great time--and obviously I knew she was kinda like me (duh) the point is--these little details is what Latinas (from Latin America want) and I am glad I can provide this--the status quo in the dating world is sooooooooooooooooooooo boring and mundane--if it seems I was just babbling on and on--blame that on my overanalytical (but rewarding) mind--anyway I hope this was a sort of "spark" for anyone--colman--god bless all----