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Would you date someone who is a self-proclaimed psychic/intuitive? This is a follow-up to the very interesting horoscope question I saw today. Would you date someone who believes in tarot cards, hypnotism, mystical powers of gemstones and crystals, psychic readings, and so on ... ?

jujuofthesea 7 July 9
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My girlfriend is always claiming she knows what's going on. So far she's zip for 1000 "intuitive guesses" perfect example here.

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Love sometimes draws us to the most unsuitable people. These beliefs, though crackpot, are usually quite benign and shoudn’t rule them out for dating. Long term though, can’t see it working.

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If the person intrigued me and seemed intelligent, I'd be interested to explore their personal beliefs, see how they line up with mine. Overall, though, a long-term relationship with someone who makes life decisions based on mysticism probably wouldn't work for me.

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Might be interesting although i don't think i could live with them

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Everyone pretends that they have intellectual or moral standards but we all know damn well that if somebody is single and really hot and they ask for a date we will abandon all scruples.

Gareth Level 7 July 10, 2018

No. Not everyone would date someone under those circumstance.

@novoxguy No, no, of course not. 😉

@JustKip Your pic always reminds me of "Cody's Lab".

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No on all counts. I would be in conflict with such a person from minute one. I have low tolerance for woo of any sort, and that includes what some call 'innocent superstition'. Interestingly, I can and often do write paranormal stories, but it's different when it is known to be a story and not something someone actually believes.

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At one time I would have, but no longer. I’d rather be alone.

Same. I'm done settling and am happy enough on my own. Lol, it would take a lot for me to choose a relationship over my solitude!

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Nope!

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Well apparently I married one. I could tell tho, the more stressed out he was, over whatever (work, or we weren't getting along) he'd regularly dig out those Alister Crowley tarot cards, writing them down even.
He was searching for a means to control his feelings, and existence. He never knew that he need to just let go of trying to control everything.

Oh the question, would I date someone like this, it depends. If my atheism drives them nuts then no.

Allister Crowley was a wicked demonic type individual. Most tarot readers will not use his deck.

@BettyColeman Interesting!
I'd no idea since the extent of my dabbling in anything in this "realm" was "art magic" ala TOPY/Genesis P Orridge things.

His occasional fixation on the cards made me sad for him.

@Qualia The tarot cards a merely a focus point that some may need to keep from distraction. Actually, you have to remember, I am 70. I was 24 when I left my dogmatic path my parents rammed down my throat. It started at 18, but at 24, I had some kind of mind altering happening. I became a completely different person and all my interests. lifestyle, etc changed. So I have had the time to meet many types of people. I have met many tarot readers. I have also met many Christians , and atheists. It is their business and none of mine. The only reason I said that about Crowley is my own exposure to them was like those of others. I don't even know where my own Morgan Greer deck is now. I guess it got thrown out when I moved one of my several times!

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Maybe, but I'd probably be dumped after I laughed at their beliefs.

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Can she cook?

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Fanatics and extremists of any kind seem to NOT do if for me at all. I have always been intrigued by such things as psychics, intuitives and/or prophetic dreamers..and the more nature based beliefs. But not sure about dating. Would depend on how well we meshed together.

DeiP Level 5 July 10, 2018
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Nope. Woo doesn’t mesh with my life.

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I don't think I could date somebody that said they were psychic... I'm pretty certain I couldn't date a medium or anybody that claims to contact the dead. I have dated people that believed in crystal healing, it's a bit wacky but if you can agree to differ it's not too annoying.

Still, it's a friggin rock... Lol

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I mean the obvious question is could you date someone like that without wanting to laugh at them all the time? How hot is the chick? Outside of her complete gypsy grifting con act is she cool

It's not a con act. She really believes in herself.

@jujuofthesea Soooooo... She really believes can talk to the dead and see the future...

She thinks she has some sort of power? I'm just trying to understand this here..

Is she nice? Fun to be around outside of shop talk?

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Nope....

...as I'd be asking for proof of their powers or pointing out their their predictions are very general and vague.

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They are generally the crazy ones, if that is what you are looking for, good luck!

A comment.
i look for nothing.

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No.

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Hell no

Marine Level 8 July 10, 2018
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In short.... NO!
I had a super beautiful, and was hard in love, girlfriend in college that became obsessive literally overnight when a stoned, long hair, purple eyes, floppy-wispy mustache asshole read her palms while she was drunk at a party and told her she would be cheated on by her boyfriend with 3 different blond women. We had several arguments about that for weeks. I dumped her about 3 months later when she started threatening me she would stop using the pill so that she would get pregnant and I would never leave her. We were 16-18 yo.

Lukian Level 8 July 10, 2018
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No, not likely. My girlfriend isn't atheist, barely even agnostic; she takes it as far as thinking that organized religion is BS, but leaves it at that - she gets into the astrology thing, but that is the extent of her "woo". I don't think I could hang with a woman that takes the stuff you mentioned seriously.

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Those of you who commented about possessing strong intuitive senses, do you score extremely high in the “N” category of Myers-Briggs?

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I do not think that I would date someone who claims psychic powers etc, unless they followed that for fun. We can read these things in the morning newspaper, but when people start wearing crystals, sitting under pyramids in their living rooms, and having a seance, I have to walk away. In my view, that is crazy. Sorry but that is my opinion as someone who has known persons like that.

mdgme Level 3 July 10, 2018

You would probably not know. Some of us don't blab everything we know. But no one gets in my pants for a hook up. It is not listed on my profile.

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Question's a bit like Schrodinger's box, only the cat's either dead or it isn't alive. Either 1) this self-proclaimed whatever can see your train wreck relationship in the distance, because she is as she claims, so it doesn't happen, or 2) it does happen and everyone else around suddenly becomes clairvoyant and predicts the impending train wreck relationship on her behalf.

I seek to hear or see nothing that belongs to another. It is their personal property and therefore I do not need my nose in it. If someone ask me to help, and I think I can be positive and try, I will try. But they must need help and be serious.

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