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It's not cynical and you did not understand her. Marriage is not the best thing for everyone so each individual, male or female, should never feel pressured to do anything other than what they feel will make them happy. The result would probably be less divorces.

And actually you kind of proved her point with the name calling and looking down your nose at women who feel marriage is not for them.

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...and I would add that I don't think it's necessarily brainwashing, but often peer pressure and family pressure that instills the feeling that one needs to be married.

My girlfriend was perfectly fine with the idea of taking a honeymoon-like vacation when I first approached her with the idea. The problems came about when she requested two weeks off from her job, and her co-workers all started conjecturing about what the vacation meant in terms of our relationship. Without her making a public exclamation that her boyfriend is a mystery shopper (or spy), her peers were left to make up their own minds about it and when we returned from the trip, most asked if she had a ring to show them...and I don't even want to get into the things my mother posted on FB when we put vacation photos up!

@PasswordNotFound wrote:

Brainwashed into marriage? Wow. Cynical. Marriage is the best thing possible when it's done right. Very sad for those of you who have been brainwashed into thinking it is a burden.

Brainwashing can apply to anything at all, including wanting to do well in school or work a full time job, which can be considered burdens to some and joys to others. Being a female I do know lots of girls who want to be married so badly they get angry at their SO's when one of their friends gets engaged, etc. Marriage isn't bad per se, but it can be burdensome if you're "stuck" with someone who turns out to have not been very compatible after all.

All that said, I find it cute to accidentally be called "Mrs. [gojiberrySO]," and only with this current boyfriend of mine

Shopping Santa Barbara and Goleta, CA.

I loved almost everything about this thread except for the spoiler of the ending of the ebook I've been reading. I was only halfway done with @SteveSoCal's romance novella, guys. Now that I know there's no marriage proposal at the end of "Around the World with Mystery Shopping," the whole thing is ruined for me.

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@Alter_Ego wrote:

I loved almost everything about this thread except for the spoiler of the ending of the ebook I've been reading.

LOL...everyone wants a Hollywood ending

If it makes you feel any better, the relationship started in Hollywood, and with MSing. I think our first 'date' was a restaurant shop at a Hollywood hotel, and the conversation about the lack of a proposal definitely took place at a bar in Hollywood. How much more 'Hollywood' can you get?

@Alter_Ego wrote:

I loved almost everything about this thread except for the spoiler of the ending of the ebook I've been reading. I was only halfway done with @SteveSoCal's romance novella, guys. Now that I know there's no marriage proposal at the end of "Around the World with Mystery Shopping," the whole thing is ruined for me.

SteveSoCal's adventure's aren't over yet. There could still be a plot twist.

@PasswordNotFound wrote:

Brainwashed into marriage? Wow. Cynical. Marriage is the best thing possible when it's done right. Very sad for those of you who have been brainwashed into thinking it is a burden.

It seems you misunderstood the post I made. I was saying that women are taught in our society (by family, friends, movies, advertisements, etc) to prize marriage to excess. I think marriage can be wonderful. I think that the pressure on women to marry causes them to push for marriage too fast or with the wrong partner sometimes.

Case in point is a couple who were friends of friends. She was pushing him hard to get married, to the point where she issued an ultimatum. He literally said he just wasn't ready yet. She left him and within a year was married to someone else. Did she suddenly, magically find her soulmate or just someone to fit her agenda? IMO she was not in love with either of them. She was in love with idea of being married. What made it sadder to me, these were not "young kids." Everyone involved was in the early forties which should certainly be old enough to know better.

@SteveSoCal wrote:

LOL...everyone wants a Hollywood ending

If it makes you feel any better, the relationship started in Hollywood, and with MSing. I think our first 'date' was a restaurant shop at a Hollywood hotel, and the conversation about the lack of a proposal definitely took place at a bar in Hollywood. How much more 'Hollywood' can you get?

Sounds like there's plenty of Hollywood involved already to really keep you on your toes!

Hey everyone, I didn't want to create a whole new thread for this question, but does Coyle not always send shoppers an actual grade for their reports? I can see that my first shop, a phone enquiry, now has the status "OK to pay." I never received any mention of it being reviewed though, so I never got any of their valuable feedback.

Is there a delay with receiving feedback? Or perhaps the shop was too simple to warrant feedback?

Edit: I'm messaging support to request a score card.

Shopping Santa Barbara and Goleta, CA.

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@gojiberry wrote:

Edit: I'm messaging support to request a score card.

That's the ting to do. The editor should send out out when they finalize it, but that doesn't always happen. I'm guessing support can generate one for you.

I had gotten to place on the old system when I only received a scorecard for about 1 out of every 10 reports I submitted. In shopmetrics, I'm at about 20%.

Once you have a good relationship with the scheduler and editors and have done a significant amount of reports, they realize there's not much of a requirement to send you a scorecard.

I swore off apartment shops years ago, but am tempted by a dangling bonus. The sample narrative is huge for the price, even with the bonus. Those of you who do these, do you actually write as much as the sample?

Now scheduling travel shops for the day after Christmas through mid-January.

@SteveSoCal wrote:

@gojiberry wrote:

Edit: I'm messaging support to request a score card.

I had gotten to place on the old system when I only received a scorecard for about 1 out of every 10 reports I submitted. In shopmetrics, I'm at about 20%.

Wow! I'm guessing that means your reports are just perfect?

Coyle Support got back to me very quickly and I actually had no marks taken off

I've found their support team excellent so far.

Shopping Santa Barbara and Goleta, CA.

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