I hit my first match.com event tonight. The women in their 20s had little interest in talking to me. Others were put off by my talking right off about my emotional addictions. At the end of the night, I met two women with MFAs in Writing and I hope they’ll be friends for life.
I figured out tonight with a beautiful blonde Russian accountant why Russian women have such a terrible reputation as gold diggers. When you come from places like Russia or Iran where there are few consumer goods available, you go crazy for luxuries when you get to America. In Russia, there’s little middle class, so Russian women from poor backgrounds naturally obsess about getting the goods.
I love stereotypes and figuring out what lies underneath them.
Josh asks: “Luke I watched your YouTube video on Finding Your Place in Orthodox Judaism. Has anything changed since you did that video? You said that someone who was your friend told you that you would never be accepted.”
Luke: It remains a work in progress for me.
* “Are you working or just staring at the screen and charging me $18 an hour? You’re not an Orthodox Jew unless you’re screwing some other Jew.” Orthodox Jews are not popular among my peers.
Why are Orthodox Jews unpopular with many of my peers? Whenever you stand up for something difficult and unpopular, the people around you try to tear you down to their level. Religious people encounter this all the time. Orthodox Judaism has so many things it stands for, secular Jews in particular want to tear down Orthodox Jews.
They don’t want the challenge of people who live their lives according to God’s law. It irritates them. Gets under their skin. Infuriates them. And so they look for flaws and inconsistencies so they can dismiss what is bothering them. The 10 Commandments bother the world and the world looks to tear down those who hold to God’s law.
