Reasons pianos are better than men...

[elspeth]

I've just been let down by a man who said he had feelings for me which I reciprocated, and he has suddenly changed his mind and vanished with another woman... by text message, if you please. Bloody men, am I just demanding or would it have been polite for him to tell me in person?

So, I'm feeling lonely and anappreciated... it's amazing how good pianos are for the soul when you need them! Always there, do as they're told, don't write nasty messages, don't answer back, handsome and emotionally responsive... Just a pity they're not very good at hugs!

Oh well. Such is life, I suppose. I'll go back to my piano and just hope it doesn't get jealous if I ever find a man worth keeping... There has to be one out there for me somewhere. Surely. Just wish he'd turn up.

[zheer]

This is funny i just got a e mail from my piano teacher saying she does not want to teach me piano. So i know haw you feel, anyway i think its because am muslim and the french really hate the muslims. O and by the way am a guy.

[berrt]

Always there, do as they're told, don't write nasty messages, don't answer back, handsome and emotionally responsive... Just a pity they're not very good at hugs!

If ever my piano starts writing messages to me id consider to see a psychatrist!
B.

[Kassaa]

This is funny i just got a e mail from my piano teacher saying she does not want to teach me piano. So i know haw you feel, anyway i think its because am muslim and the french really hate the muslims. O and by the way am a guy.

French don't hate muslims...

[stevie]

ive been through a similar situation except it was a female who f**ked me around, pianos are better than women...mildly

but my piano doesnt have a vagina or boobies

[zheer]

French don't hate muslims...

 

   Trust me they do, i know many muslims in france that get racial abuse from the french. I once heard someone say we do not tolarate muslims in Europe. Not too long ago 2 muslims were killed when they were runing away from the police. Haw about the law in france that bans all muslims to follow their religious beliefs, ( the heejab for example). I knew a doctor in france that would get stoped and searched by the police for just walking down the high street. I have gon through a similar thing in london.

[6ft 4]

I have gon through a similar thing in london.

yeh was gonna say its not just france

[Kassaa]

 

   Trust me they do, i know many muslims in france that get racial abuse from the french. I once heard someone say we do not tolarate muslims in Europe. Not too long ago 2 muslims were killed when they were runing away from the police. Haw about the law in france that bans all muslims to follow their religious beliefs, ( the heejab for example). I knew a doctor in france that would get stoped and searched by the police for just walking down the high street. I have gon through a similar thing in london.

They have obviously done something which caused the police to run after them, and they ran in an electricity supply house, that's their own fault.

Maybe some French people hate muslims, but not all.

[elspeth]

oy! The thread is called 'Reasons pianos are better than men', not 'do the French hate Muslims'. Feel free to start your own thread to talk about that...

[pianistimo]

i'd take this time to do something else for yourself beyond piano.  piano is sort of exclusionary - whereas taking a dancing class or art class or career improvement class-gets you out and with people.  you're less likely to get depressed long term and will soon find out that there are many ways of looking at things.  the first way is 'oh, terrible terrible'  - the second 'i'll get through this' - the third 'i'm going to turn this into a good experience.' 

you could also surprise yourself by learning something sneakily erotic like bellydancing, pole dancing, or gymnastics.  then - the next time the guy sees you - he'll think - hmmm i really missed out.  she's getting better and this girl is just well, not up to her standards.  sometimes little things like this might give a girl more confidence.  not to show off - but just kind of a private thing.  don't know why i said this other than sounding crazy.

better to find out - too - if someone really is hot for you or not before getting hooked.  then you have less far to fall - and more time to look for someone who is right for you.  maybe you just have to be patient and enjoy your time with girlfriends.  girlfriends are GREAT picker uppers. 

community service is a good thing to keep one's mind off of problems, too.  and, it's just plain helpful and makes you feel good.  self appreciation comes from doing things that YOU enjoy and find relaxing and rewarding.  if you find someone who enjoys many of the things as you do - you'll likely stay together.

[zheer]

oy! The thread is called 'Reasons pianos are better than men', not 'do the French hate Muslims'. Feel free to start your own thread to talk about that...

   Sorry elspeth, it was not intentional.

[maxy]

I agree with initial poster: pianos are better than men, they have much nicer curves. 
But still, a nice pretty girls own all! 

[thalbergmad]

Sorry to hear you news elspeth. Most Women do not know how to hang onto a man and keep him happy.

As well as the piano, try to concentrate on things that women are good at such as ironing and washing. This could serve you well in the future.

Hope this helps.

Thalxx

[pianistimo]

thalbergmad probably still looks at his iron shaped tattoo from the last girlfriend with awe.  and, the laundry list she made for him.  do you ever wonder about where he gets this advice.  do you see a woman clearing off his couch in the background?  no.  where have they gone.  (he won't tell).  all i can say, is that with the various references to death, women, and jack the ripper - thalbergmad thinks he has 'down pat' how to treat a woman.

true that pianos have curves and could be considered voluptuous by men - i think they are also the 'strong and silent' type of partner that only responds in melodious ways (and not the farting kind).  also, you can choose the level of depth of relationship you want to get into at any point in time - and not have to back pedal or forward pedal.  it likes to share your space - but gives you plenty of it.

ps  bicycling and playing the piano *and, well, those cute pics of yourself - is the only reason thalbergmad continues to stay on my hot list.  of course, after watching some kind of psycho movie yesterday - i'm thinking if he ever visited - i would dull the knives before he came.

[thalbergmad]

 

[gruffalo]

well at least my piano doesnt demand money from me. and when i do invest in my piano, its money well spent.

[thalbergmad]

well at least my piano doesnt demand money from me. and when i do invest in my piano, its money well spent.

Well said that man.

In addition

1 A piano does what you tell it to.
2 You don't have to tell it you love it after playing with it.
3 A good one does not need constant maintenance.
4 You can always trade it in for a new one.

Pianos is better than women.

[berrt]

true that pianos have curves and could be considered voluptuous by men

Voluptuous curves are wonderful - but pianos are so hard
B.

[elspeth]

i'm thinking if he ever visited - i would dull the knives before he came.

Funny, knives came to my mind too after reading his comments... although for the record I can and do cook, clean, wash, iron, sew, decorate, do decent basic plumbing and electrics... if that's what it takes to keep a bloke happy then I think I'm all the more justified in being annoyed with this one!

Continuing the line of thought of pianos having personalities though... grands (not that I have one, more's the pity!) have always reminded me of Sherlock Holmes, something in the line of the curve reminds me of the famous pipe... my current piano is probably more on the the lines of Alan Rickman - a bit skinny but dark, handsome, and with something of that lovely rich accent.

Hmmm. Possibly that psychiatrist mentioned earlier wouldn't be such a bad idea!

[pianistimo]

hmm. never thought of the sherlock holmes idea (pipe and all).  we have some very imaginative people on this forum.  wouldn't it be funny if you had to bring your piano with you to the psychiatrist so that you could feel 'whole.'  i feel like my piano is my other half.

it's fully paid for, so i don't go asking it for money - but after watching the repo show tonight - i would fight the repo man if it wasn't.  do you know, they usually never have to fight.  wouldn't that be a shock!  "woman fights repo man after asking piano for money."  this might happen with a bosendorfer or steinway, i suppose.  i mean, they'd have to be there quite a while to disassemble and get it out the door.  on the minus side, there's no lock to pick - unless of course, you lock your piano constantly.

modifier:  i would try to work out a deal for more time to pay for the piano.  not to keep it for free.

[rimv2]

You are all talking about how an inanimate object is better than the member of an opposite sex. You are all nutz.

Elspeth:

The guy who did this was an ashole (spelled wrong intentionally). He told you this crap so you'd go to bed with him, but things didnt happen fast enought so he went with some other ***. If you have had similar recurrences or have had trouble with such men in the past, its because you are attracted to asholes. You are doing yourself a disservice as there is surely some lonely butt ugly fat guy where you work or attend school (if you do) dying on the inside for you to at least look at him. This man, ugly as he may be, will love you more than any piano ever will - unless hes an ass. So stop pining, suck up your ego, forget what your friends will think and go find that fatty. You're never really gonna meet a guy who's drop dead gorgeous, charming and "nice." The fields of whores who throw themselves at these guys inevitably turn them into asholes. Your only hope is you find this fatty, you whip him into shape and he turns out to be a pretty damn handsome guy under all those roles of excess skin.

Thalbergmad:

If you're being sacastic, that's just cruel, but if you are expressing your true feelings...

RIGHT ON


Pianistimo:

I love you. I love almost as much as I love m1469. But that is just enough for me to say again...

MARRY ME

The way you talk about that piano being your other half makes me extremely jealous. It cant support you like I can. It cant hold your hand when you cross the street. It cant nibble at you toes and scratch on your closet door as you sleep. If you cut it, it will not bleed. In fact it'll just be worth less than it was before you cut it.

PS your name is weird. Shouldnt it be pianissmo. That's what ahll call you. PIANISSIMO

[rimv2]

1 A piano does what you tell it to.
2 You don't have to tell it you love it after playing with it.
3 A good one does not need constant maintenance.
4 You can always trade it in for a new one.

Pianos is better than women.

Okay maybe youz not crazy afterall

[prometheus]

I would recommend an average piano over the average male.

[gruffalo]

Well said that man.

In addition

1 A piano does what you tell it to.
2 You don't have to tell it you love it after playing with it.
3 A good one does not need constant maintenance.
4 You can always trade it in for a new one.

Pianos is better than women.

you can play your piano anytime you want.

your piano lets you read piano magazines.

your piano lets you play with other pianos.

[thalbergmad]

your piano lets you play with other pianos.

Yeh, pianos don't get jealous.

Women are more highly strung.

[pianistimo]

rimv2, you surprise me!  i never knew you would succumb to my 'powers.'  of course, at home, my powers are limited.  my hubby has figured me out (actually he did when we were first married) and has never done anything he did or didn't want to if i told him he should. but, one good thing - he always tells me i'm right.  so, in effect - it all balances out. he does what he wants, i feel like i have some say in matters.  although, lately since my leg has been broken, he wants to do all the grocery shopping and comes back with a lot of strange stuff.

nice to know that i have some kind of attraction at 40+.  if it would be more attractive - i'll just get really fat myself.  (you never know when guys are serious). 

what if there was an online matchmaker for people and pianos?  you tell them all the things you like or dream of - and they make a 'dream piano' for you. 
 

[pianistimo]

what was that about scratching on closet doors?  cutting the piano?

i liked everything else, the toe picking, the hand holding across the street, and allowing me to TO CUT YOU up?  to cut you up.  you mean laugh, right.  i've never cut up a man, yet.  hmm.  *wonders?  must talk tom1469about this.

[rimv2]

what was that about scratching on closet doors?  cutting the piano?

i liked everything else, the toe picking, the hand holding across the street, and allowing me to TO CUT YOU up?  to cut you up.  you mean laugh, right.  i've never cut up a man, yet.  hmm.  *wonders?  must talk tom1469about this.

[elspeth]

what if there was an online matchmaker for people and pianos?  you tell them all the things you like or dream of - and they make a 'dream piano' for you. 
 

Not such a far-fetched idea - I'm a flute player by training and you can actually do that with flutes. I bought my flute from a wonderful specialist music shop in London. You book a practice room at the shop and go with a list of requirements - this amount of money, this fingering system, keys offset at a certain angle, this set of modified keys, made of this material - and they let you play though every combination of every instrument they have that meets your specification. You can even mix and match the joints from different instruments - headjoint from this maker, body from that model, footjoint from yet another. They even supply free tea, coffee and biscuits while you spend as long as you need choosing your perfect flute from everything they have in stock! Consequently I'm lucky enough to own a flute tailored just to me, that has all the quirks I like and suits and enhances my playing.

Not sure a tailor made piano would have quite the flexibility of combinations that flutes do, I don't know as much about the mechanics yet... but it'd certainly be interesting to design!

[pianistimo]

that is extremely cool.  sounds like a steinway factory for flutes. 

most of my furniture is teak.  but, teak is sort of a weak wood for pianos, isn't it?  i don't think they make teak pianos, do they?  anyway, i suppose satin black would be ok too.  and really cushy bench.  the days of hard benches are over for me.  my back hurts too much with a hard bench.  i did find a really nice moderately priced bench at cunningham pianos that had some cushion.  RREALLY like it.  but, if i could have any bench - it would be a wide and cushier one even than that.  i would like a music stand that lights up (and is large enough that the music doesn't fall over) 

i would like an overnight automatic tuner - made like a thermostat on the far side of the piano (inside) you just give it a couple of hours and it is tuned to perfection again.  a pencil grabber would be nice.  something to dust under the strings - sort of like a swiffer - but thinner and easier to get under the strings (attachment to dream piano).  a lid that won't automatically come crashing down if you let go.  (hydrolic?)  perhaps it will even reverse direction if it feels children's heads or fingers in the way.

i want it to come with a cover that is really protective.  the kind that movers use and that really keeps damage from occurring.  also, i'd like a built in fire alarm in case someone smokes near my piano.  hmm.  maybe a jelly bean dispenser under the keyboard.  have to think more about this.

[I Love Xenakis]

but how can a piano sexually satisfy you?  I mean maybe you could saw off one of the legs but that would suck for the piano.

[pianistimo]

how bizarre.

that's what my husband is for.  when i really want to get on his nerves, i put the guilt thing on him and tell him all he married me for, too.  like today.  i turn on the heat and he has a frazzle fit.  so i say 'all i get is * and food.  but, when it comes to heat ... i must suffer.'  it worked.  he turned the heat back on.  seriously,  he's never let me down.  ahahhh.  and, he doesn't use viagra.  (unless he's sneaking it - he does work at a drug co)  anyway - i prefer to think it's all him.

actually, i was entranced by his singing before i got to know his bod.  he is a very thoughtful and kind person.  and, i like his character.

[rc]

The talk comparing pianos to women has me wondering... Square, so heavy as to need wheels, almost every other tooth is black. I just don't find pianos very sexy.

But hey, people are allowed to like different things.

 

[pianistimo]

about the only satisfying thing a piano could do compared to a man is to mirror your feelings.  i agree.  there is nothing innately as rewarding as a relationship to someone that you love unconditionally and loves you back unconditionally.  (hmm. maybe a piano does do that).  anyway.  my piano does not exhude heat.  (ok. add that to the list above).

 

[rimv2]

when i really want to get on his nerves, i put the guilt thing on him and tell him all he married me for, too.

Unless he's really got your number, that's a bad thing to do to someone in a relationship.

about the only satisfying thing a piano could do compared to a man is to mirror your feelings.  i agree.  there is nothing innately as rewarding as a relationship to someone that you love unconditionally and loves you back unconditionally.  (hmm. maybe a piano does do that).  anyway.  my piano does not exhude heat.  (ok. add that to the list above).

Is it normal to be jealous of someones piano

[pianistimo]

he's survived this long.  he's no longer scared or threatened by anthing i say - unless i'm particularly brooding.

only several pianos have made me want them immediately.  one was a steinway and the other a bosendorfer (well, and a petrov, too).

[rimv2]

he's survived this long.  he's no longer scared or threatened by anthing i say - unless i'm particularly brooding.

only several pianos have made me want them immediately.  one was a steinway and the other a bosendorfer (well, and a petrov, too).

Hmmm....tell meh more about this steinway 

[pianistimo]

ok.  tall, dark, handsome = enough key depth (i don't like shallow keys), they are not too stiff - but not too easy, good quality of sound in keys from bass to treble (no distinctive shift in quality of sound), hammers don't sound klunky, action regulated to a watchmakers timepiece, beckons you to touch it - but justt little bit of 'don't touch me - i'm too good for you' - so you feel kinda guilty when you touch it - an aura of 'chopin was here.'  stays in tune - or goes out pretty evenly.  smells good?

[thalbergmad]

ok.  in comparison to a man - would be tall, dark, handsome = enough key depth (i don't like shallow keys), they are not too stiff - but not too easy, good quality of sound in keys from bass to treble (no distinctive shift in quality of sound), hammers don't sound klunky, action regulated to a watchmakers timepiece, beckons you to touch it - but justt little bit of 'don't touch me - i'm too good for you' - so you feel kinda guilty when you touch it - an aura of 'chopin was here.'  stays in tune - or goes out pretty evenly.  smells good?

Sexist remarks like this has no place on this forum.