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I always like to listen to uncle Stovies life wisdom.
:-)
Euro hike
6:50:21 AM
11/19/09

why is it that those that haven't found the answer are the ones criticizing those with the solutions?
HighPlainsDrifter
6:53:59 AM
11/19/09

ten, I have been through some real "wierd" set ups, dating etc over the past year. A short time ago my Boss more of less told me to get my "ass out of the office" and go somewhere and get my mind right.

I finally decided I am going to get me a bit more clear and then I can get a better understanding of WHAT I want.
theXL400
6:57:33 AM
11/19/09

HPD, what was your solution? Didnt you suggest not to look for them? Please clarify.
Euro hike
7:04:39 AM
11/19/09

I still think of her whenever I smell old books or hear babies crying or get kicked in the nuts or see her on Girls Gone Wild.
kleetn
7:07:08 AM
11/19/09

I thought the advantage of internet dating was that you had a larger pick of the lot, could better weed out the tools, pick people that match your interests and see what they look like before you meet up with them.
roseymonster
7:13:02 AM
11/19/09

MOST Important
More Life Tips from a Wise Man for Men:

Always wear a condon.
Get a DNA test if you do not.
Stovie
7:17:13 AM
11/19/09

Euro, "Yes".

By actively seeking a partner, you are distracted from doing exactly what a partner would look for, which is somebody taking care of themselves, that is, getting or keeping their life in order. If you let yourself go, you'll attract similar partners. Also, the desperation is a sexual turn-off. Confidence is what attracts a mate. Watch any wildlife show, the ones who score are the ones who are already dancing by themselves, not the ones sitting on a log watching.
HighPlainsDrifter
7:18:00 AM
11/19/09

“More Life Tips from a Wise Man for Men:

Always wear a condon.
Get a DNA test if you do not.

MarkO
7:22:13 AM
11/19/09

Rosey, I have met some nice guys via internet dating. Thats all there was to it - nice guys. End of story. I might have considered them as friends, but of course they and I were looking for something different than friendship.
On the really positive side, so far I have not run into Mr. Psycho.
Euro hike
7:22:34 AM
11/19/09

Sounds like you need a little more Mr. Psycho to spice it up a bit. You could always fiddle around with the "hobbies" section of the querry tool and see what pops up that looks interesting...
roseymonster
7:24:19 AM
11/19/09

On the really positive side, so far I have not run into Mr. Psycho

I`ll bet you can`t wait to meet the FYAO Gang!
MarkO
7:26:52 AM
11/19/09

I wanna meet the FYAO gang. Maybe next year...
roseymonster
7:28:27 AM
11/19/09

Thanks HPD. I have already been following your advise. I have been dancing all by myself. I would like to meet the guy who dances with me.

I also love wildlife shows, but I dont watch them for their dating tips :-)
Euro hike
7:30:32 AM
11/19/09

Tenjen and Euro
If this woman can find boyfriends....you all are doing something wrong.... ;-)

The picture of her is scary.

http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190336/1002/rss

After losing a game of "Strip Yatzee", a woman heads to the bedroom with her exboyfriend. Her current boyfriend finds out, and she claims it was rape. But you just want to know the rules to Strip Yatzee
Stovie
7:30:56 AM
11/19/09

I`ll bet you can`t wait to meet the FYAO Gang!”
MarkO




...ooooouuh, dear me!
Euro hike
7:33:59 AM
11/19/09

There will be no strip games of any kind at FYAO...........too cold.

There is sometimes mad laughter, but that`s as crazy as it gets.
MarkO
7:37:06 AM
11/19/09

Dating someone with tourettes would be funny for about a day. Dating someone who is crazy or some form of crazy is exhausting. (I know). I think when you get this age if someone is single that might be a sign.

There are a lot more on dating sites......but the number of bad ones are so large. And you have the "bait and switch" pics......classic.
nemster
7:38:29 AM
11/19/09

Guy walks up to girl at bar and asks to buy her a drink. She tells him she has a boyfriend.
He tells her he has a goldfish. When she asks what that has to do with anything at all, he apologizes and says, I thought the subject was stuff that doesnt matter.
theXL400
7:49:59 AM
11/19/09

I`ve been pretty lucky with the "bait and switch" picture. 2 of the women I met online were better looking in person. Too bad the personality of the one did not match the profile. The other one, I still talk to from time to time.
lumberzac
7:51:42 AM
11/19/09

"talk" to?

Yeah, I would think multiple photos would be the only assurance.
roseymonster
7:55:11 AM
11/19/09

Anyone shoot a buck yet?
Gremlin
7:56:51 AM
11/19/09

Oops. I still talk to the other one from time to time.
lumberzac
7:57:56 AM
11/19/09

And Gremlin wins for misplaced post of the day...
roseymonster
8:00:21 AM
11/19/09

I meant, was "talking" a euphemism...

Sometimes the net sucks for inflection...
roseymonster
8:01:59 AM
11/19/09

No euphemism. Talk means talk.
lumberzac
8:05:51 AM
11/19/09

“Anyone shoot a buck yet?”
That there belongs in the "Git R Done" thread.
troutbum
8:14:19 AM
11/19/09

Let me tell you a little story…..

Chicks dig me. They always have. I can`t fight it---it is what it is. Is it my animal magnetism, rugged good looks, and genius intellect? Probably. But that`s not what I`m here to talk about. I, too, was at a crossroads like this. I was at a single dad looking for a mate because I thought I needed one. I eventually reached a point where I stopped looking and just started doing whatever I wanted to, whenever I wanted to. If somebody asked me out, I went out. If I felt like going out, I went out by myself. I was finally having a great time being little old selfish me. One day the selfish me was looking for some information about backpacking because, after years of thinking about it, I finally decided to start. I found this site, signed up for a trip, met a hot babe on that trip (who, coincidentally, had ALSO sworn off looking for a mate) who wouldn`t leave me alone because of the aforementioned animal magnetism/good looks/genius thing, and we`ve been together ever since. We are getting married next year.

Anyway, my point is this: I can buy a bigger house if Euro and tenjen want to come and live with us. I`m sure we can make things work.
Nonconformist
8:17:56 AM
11/19/09

LOL!
roseymonster
8:20:14 AM
11/19/09

A true philanthropist has spoken.
hyway
8:27:00 AM
11/19/09

You"re so funny, Noncon =)
tenjen
8:29:47 AM
11/19/09

Tenjen what would be an ideal date to you.what is it you expect from a man.if its men
moonshine
8:33:15 AM
11/19/09

I don`t think she would expect men to ask that.

Maybe its that solar sex panel, Nonc.
http://www.answers.com/topic/solar-sex-panel
MarkO
8:36:45 AM
11/19/09

Women are all looking for the same thing: someone to take care of them.

All men are looking for the same thing: a deaf-mute millionaire nymphomaniac who owns a liquor store.
Nonconformist
8:39:31 AM
11/19/09

My favorite line: Im an ultra-violet penetrator.

Non, that reminds me of this joke I got yesterday in an email:

A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a
woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the
entrance is a description of how the store operates:

- You may visit this store ONLY ONCE!
- There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights.
- The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs.

She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids

That is nice, she thinks, but I want more.

So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are extremely Good Looking.

Wow, she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking
and Help With Housework.

Oh, mercy me! she exclaims, I can hardly stand it!

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Dropdead Gorgeous, Help
with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on
this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible
to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

PLEASE NOTE:
To avoid gender bias charges, the stores owner opened a New Wives
store just across the street.

The first floor has wives that love sex.

The second floor has wives that love sex and like beer.

The third floor has wives that love sex, like beer, and have money.

The fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.
last edited: 11/19/09 8:43:17 AM
roseymonster
8:39:35 AM
11/19/09

Noncon just keeps getting smarter. Now, Back to deer hunt8ing.
Gremlin
8:41:58 AM
11/19/09

Moonshine, I want someone whose other girlfriend does not send me emails. I don"t think that"s too much to ask...or maybe it is

Well, I would preferably want someone who does not have another girlfriend.
last edited: 11/19/09 8:47:40 AM
tenjen
8:46:23 AM
11/19/09

One girlfriend at a time should be enough for any sane man.
Stovie
8:49:38 AM
11/19/09

Could be worse tenjen. It could have been his boyfriend sending you emails.
lumberzac
8:50:11 AM
11/19/09

Sometimes one is too many, eh?

But then I am just bitter and twisted.
Gremlin
8:51:09 AM
11/19/09

Tenjen yes his other girlfriend should not bother you unless you invite her.maybe a man with only you as his girfriend would be better.please understand it is hard for most men to have ony 1 girlfriend.and seems even harder for the girls
moonshine
8:54:59 AM
11/19/09

Ha! That is a way of looking at the bright side of things, Lumber =)
tenjen
8:55:29 AM
11/19/09

I think when you get this age if someone is single that might be a sign.
nemster

just curious...what age? and errr...a sign of what?
GatherNoMoss
3:05:36 PM
11/19/09

I think when you get this age if someone is single that might be a sign.
nemster


yeah, what age?

i`ll say thought, that by a certain age, meeting a person that hasn`t ever been married, or at least in a very significant long term relationship could be a sign.

It might also be a bad sign to find someone above the age of 30 or there`bouts thats got a whole collection of ex spouses.
RoamAround
3:13:05 PM
11/19/09

Maybe this is the sign:
Nonconformist
3:32:24 PM
11/19/09

My age.......39. A sign they might be the problem and it isnt that they just havent found "the one".

Calm down though, I wasnt excluding myself from the criteria.

I agree......a collection of ex-spouses might be a sign.
nemster
3:33:30 PM
11/19/09

So, are the feathers ruffling on the single ones? :))
nemster
3:36:49 PM
11/19/09

lol..in some cases its likely to be a sign of really crappy luck.
last edited: 11/19/09 3:45:09 PM
GatherNoMoss
3:40:45 PM
11/19/09

Nonsense folks! Nemster, please do NOT buy into that sort of cr@p. Who ever told you that shyt is an evil SOB, that wants to make you feel bad and low about yourself. Trust me, out there is enough evidence that some of the sickest, most twisted people are married or in long term relationships! I have been confronted with all sorts of sick, abusive marriages and it makes me wonder why on earth would somebody stay in such a horrible, abusive relationships like that? Violence, rape, neglect, addiction, emotional abuse, liars, infidelity, deceit, fraud, murder… all that happens in marriages/relationships around us and it is going on for year and years. I got my share of that and I have no doubt that everybody here has their story to tell. Those who have never been in a dysfunctional relationship just dont know how good they have it.
On the other hand, I know enough friends, men and women, who really ache to be in a relationship, but just can’t find the one person that’s good for them. They are not child abuser, wife beater, cheaters, liars, b!tches or are just too dumb or too ugly. Some of them are in well paid jobs, have good careers, are smart, caring, attractive and yet…

Despite the many dysfunctional relationships, I know a few marriages, relationships where I see that these two are good for each other. They care for each other, share, keep dating each other. Some of them have made rotten relationship experiences before that. I have seen how friends got transformed when they finally got into a good relationship. They are basically still the same person, just minus the psychoticnes 
With a pang of sorrow, maybe even envy, I wonder why cant I find something just like that too?
But hey, maybe I am just sick and twisted.


Alright, everybody who has read the full text, pay me now 49.50 US$ to my swiss bank account. That’s the regular fee for my internet counseling. Clinic open 24/7.
Euro hike
2:35:25 AM
11/20/09

:-)
last edited: 11/20/09 2:36:27 AM
Euro hike
2:35:32 AM
11/20/09

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