Sorry, Dogmaphobe, Girls like me did not get asked out for many dates because my military family was constantly on the move, and we moved so many times, I can't remember names of most of the people I knew back then. In military base schools, a lot of the boys are bullies, and I was very short for my age. I was afraid of men by the time I was 10 years old, and that fear did not go away overnight. I was hardly the manipulative type, but I knew some who were because it worked for them. I became a scholar in school, and I was used to studying at night on weekends instead of going out with anyone. I worked hard to show my parents a good report card, and my lieutenant/turned/coach dad made sure my goals were high. That doesn't attract too many guys even in intellectual circles. My mother did see to it I was in church school every Sunday morning, and I grew up loving people who represented Godly Christian precepts and civil order as well.
Are you sure your slapdown of me as "manipulative" isn't about my political nature but is about your hatred for a person who is dedicated to actual truth, loves God's amazing Word, and also, to eventually being a conservative?