The Sunk Cost fallacy
Welcome back, to, ask that hyena about kissing.
Today, we are gonig to talk about the sunk cost fallacy. In the financial sence it is described as such:
“When one makes a hopeless investment, one sometimes reasons: I can’t stop now, otherwise what I’ve invested so far will be lost. This is true, of course, but irrelevant to whether one should continue to invest in the project. Everything one has invested is lost regardless. If there is no hope for success in the future from the investment, then the fact that one has already lost a bundle should lead one to the conclusion that the rational thing to do is to withdraw from the project.”
In the relationship sense it is a bit more complicated, but the basics are the same.
For many of the posters here it seems to me, that they could have avoided being burned, if they had cut their losses in time.
A sign of a good financial investment are how big the return is, and how little investment is needed. While in a relationship, investing little is allways bad, the experiences of many of the women here seem to show that their boyfriends/husbands/whatever rather treated it like a financial one. Especially on the investment part.
However, this is what should have given the other party a clue that it is not wort to put any more effort into that relationship. Just cut him loose, and accept your losses as such. A relationship is not like a financial investment. Both giving and recieving can be fun, and if your partner doesnt feels that way, don’t bother with him/her.
I know it is hard to just throw away something you are emotionally invested in, this isnt just money you have thrown out the window, but a part of yourself. However, too many people get confused, and think the world is over because their two weeks crush turned out to be a Major Asshole, General Faliure or Private Looser.
Especially for those in their early twenties i would like to point out that it is not the end of your life, probably not the last jerk that came your way either. Most importantly, try to seperate a fear of lonlieness from real loss, a crush from really liking someone.
I cannot put enough emphasis on this. Butterflies in your stomach is not love! Learn the difference, and try to question your feelings sometimes. Least your great love turns out to be nothing more then the despereation of the needy. ( I know i went down that road one too many times allready. )
This post was submitted by Muzolf.
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Yes, as long as you’re sincere about it. Then we can draw a line in the sand and move on. There is no argument anymore. It’s dead. Now it’s just random shit flinging at each other.So lets just agree to stop throwing sour grapes at one another and be nice in other peoples threads. That’s fair.
Fair enough
I apologize to you and honeyBunch for my disrespectful behavior. I promise not to be disrespectful towards you and honeybunch as long as you are respectful toward me.
No more name calling and bad behavior will be used by me towards you as long as you treat me in the same manner.
I will suspend all hostel action towards you and honeybunch. If anyone of us violates this peace agreement between us that person is a large steaming turd and can never be trusted again.
I’m sincerely sorry.
I didn’t include you in this treaty because I hate you.
I think you really are a mean person. I’m messed up, but you are the real deal when it comes to being mean.
You are just a bitter old fart.
>> I didn’t include you in this treaty because I hate you.
ROTFL.
Im Admin.. being hated goes with the territory.
Being hated by a Troll.. well thats priceless.
Could it be that Kelly Strom is actually HazzBeen/HazzMatty?
Thank you. I apologise for any rude comments that I made too. And yes, I agree we should treat each other in the same respectful manner.
Nah, no point in moving the whole thing to get a 2 response thread. As far as i can see there were two people who responded to the actual content, i thank you and apples recruiter. I am guessing other people have read it too, and maybe it was at least a little bit helpful, or at least a few minutes timekiller for someone bored.
Aand i think im out of ideas and insights to share for now. Since my lovelife is kinda static, ( Nonexistent ) so i have no stories to share. ( Except maybe that old one, but im not interested in giving Honeybounch more ammunion so she can call supposed sex entitlement because i dared to be bummed out about something. )
No more insight either, except unproven and probably dangerous ideas about dating, somewhat akin to the “Lets put nitroglycerin into the tank, maybe the motor runs better with it.” kind.
We have a peace agreement.
I will honer my side of this peace agreement and comport myself in civilized manner from now on. I will add my opinions to this forum with the absence of personal derogative statements.
However, I would like to continue to flirt with honeybunch if she wishes.
I will keep the flirtation inside this blog and not ask any outside personal information from honeybunch.
No–FaceBook, pictures, and/or email
If honeybunch says anything that offends me I will say the word narf and leave. I will return later with a calm mind.
This word narf has no meaning of any kind. I just borrowed it from the Thunder Cat cartoon of the 80s.
And once again my apologies to Muzolf for ruining his thread.
>>Could it be that Kelly Strom is actually HazzBeen/HazzMatty?
Not unless he has moved clear to the other side of the country. (No.. Hazz we would recognize instantly, he cant change his method of expression.. its who he is.)