Comments for Rules Optional http://rulesoptional.com Lifestyle design and critical analysis of cultural assumptions for smart people. Pick and choose the rules you want to play by. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:52:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on How Using an Industry Standard Fee Structure Is Stealing Your Cash and Your Time by Andrew http://rulesoptional.com/how-industry-standard-fees-are-stealing-your-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Andrew Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:52:32 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/?p=829#comment-441 Awesome! It's a scary transition for some people so I love it when people just pull the trigger. This shift in thinking has the potential to change everything. ...it can become a philosophy that finds its way into the strangest applications. Awesome! It’s a scary transition for some people so I love it when people just pull the trigger. This shift in thinking has the potential to change everything. …it can become a philosophy that finds its way into the strangest applications.

]]> Comment on How Using an Industry Standard Fee Structure Is Stealing Your Cash and Your Time by Liz http://rulesoptional.com/how-industry-standard-fees-are-stealing-your-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Liz Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:26:23 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/?p=829#comment-440 This is SO timely for me. I just ran into a situation where I was "trying" to give a client an hourly rate, one that would have been very high and the whole thing just looked so damn ridiculous, I tossed it. I no longer invoice by the hour. I'm glad the Universe brought me over here-just what I needed today. This is SO timely for me. I just ran into a situation where I was “trying” to give a client an hourly rate, one that would have been very high and the whole thing just looked so damn ridiculous, I tossed it. I no longer invoice by the hour. I’m glad the Universe brought me over here-just what I needed today.

]]> Comment on Why Your Girlfriend Wants to Cheat On You With an Athlete, Rockstar, Artist, AND Me by Brandy Philip http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Brandy Philip Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:11:25 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you-with-an-athlete-a-musi/#comment-438 Actually, add me to the "sexy librarian" category not the "girl" category... although I am wearing black nail polish with holographic sparkles at the college reference desk today. Actually, add me to the “sexy librarian” category not the “girl” category… although I am wearing black nail polish with holographic sparkles at the college reference desk today.

]]> Comment on Why Your Girlfriend Wants to Cheat On You With an Athlete, Rockstar, Artist, AND Me by Dave Doolin http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Dave Doolin Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:14:31 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you-with-an-athlete-a-musi/#comment-437 Ok. Ok.

]]> Comment on Why Your Girlfriend Wants to Cheat On You With an Athlete, Rockstar, Artist, AND Me by Mneiae http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Mneiae Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:34:45 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you-with-an-athlete-a-musi/#comment-425 Interesting take on all of this. Honestly, I may want to cheat, but I never would. A good Catholic girl in a monogamous relationship. Yeah, I'm fornicating by having premarital sex, but I would never compound this issue by cheating on my boyfriend. If you're my boyfriend, you have 100% fidelity. And this decision is derived from experience. Interesting take on all of this. Honestly, I may want to cheat, but I never would. A good Catholic girl in a monogamous relationship. Yeah, I’m fornicating by having premarital sex, but I would never compound this issue by cheating on my boyfriend. If you’re my boyfriend, you have 100% fidelity. And this decision is derived from experience.

]]> Comment on Why Your Girlfriend Wants to Cheat On You With an Athlete, Rockstar, Artist, AND Me by Andrew http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Andrew Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:50:16 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you-with-an-athlete-a-musi/#comment-403 Rationalization is definitely an important strategy. Plausible deniability comes into play at some point as well. But um... It might be in your best interest to not exclude Ara, Sarah, and Brandy from the girl category. Now that you mention it... I am kinda thirsty... Rationalization is definitely an important strategy. Plausible deniability comes into play at some point as well.

But um… It might be in your best interest to not exclude Ara, Sarah, and Brandy from the girl category.

Now that you mention it… I am kinda thirsty…

]]> Comment on Why Your Girlfriend Wants to Cheat On You With an Athlete, Rockstar, Artist, AND Me by Ash http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Ash Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:43:12 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you-with-an-athlete-a-musi/#comment-402 Oops, it didn’t thread my comment. I was referring to where you discuss the implications of tan versus non skin and how by the end of the thread we’re going to have eradicated racism. HA. Oops, it didn’t thread my comment. I was referring to where you discuss the implications of tan versus non skin and how by the end of the thread we’re going to have eradicated racism. HA.

]]> Comment on Why Your Girlfriend Wants to Cheat On You With an Athlete, Rockstar, Artist, AND Me by Ash http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Ash Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:42:02 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you-with-an-athlete-a-musi/#comment-401 This reply is $#&@*! hilarious. This reply is $#&@*! hilarious.

]]> Comment on Why Your Girlfriend Wants to Cheat On You With an Athlete, Rockstar, Artist, AND Me by Carlos Miceli http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Carlos Miceli Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:09:20 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you-with-an-athlete-a-musi/#comment-397 Funny how only one girl (one of the most realistic girls I've met) replied here. You left no room for rationalizations. This is fucking brilliant. If you ever stop by Buenos Aires, let me know. First beer is on me. Funny how only one girl (one of the most realistic girls I’ve met) replied here.

You left no room for rationalizations.

This is fucking brilliant.

If you ever stop by Buenos Aires, let me know. First beer is on me.

]]> Comment on Why Your Girlfriend Wants to Cheat On You With an Athlete, Rockstar, Artist, AND Me by Carlos Miceli http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Carlos Miceli Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:07:40 +0000 http://rulesoptional.com/why-your-girlfriend-wants-to-cheat-on-you-with-an-athlete-a-musi/#comment-396 Wrong. You are underestimating the power of a woman's rationalizations. Wrong.

You are underestimating the power of a woman’s rationalizations.

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