Dating sucks

“You two lugs are just trying to ruin things for the rest of us.”

“Finally, I found a chink in Bacpac's armor!”

“Man, this thread has exploded. Got back from work and can't believe the amount of posts!

Read SuperTroll's post which was way back there somewhere. I don't think homeslice could have put it better, so I'm going to repost his (her?) words. This will be my mantra from here on out!

Quotith the Supertroll"

"As a male, I must disagree...Dating does NOT suck, provided you quit looking for a date!...

Follow me here; quit looking, get back to your life and make it YOUR life, establish a routine, get happy with yourself and the life you have created...THEN AND ONLY THEN you will have something to offer a date besides dinner and a movie....

When you have reached this plateau...love will walk up and tap you on the shoulder when you least expect it."”

“Whoa... I think I will go backpacking......”

“Now that sounds like a good idea!

Backpacking rocks!!!!!!!

8)”

“I think you're very handsome! I'm sorry to hear about your Greek Godess. If I lived in Florida, I'd ask you to teach me the tango. :o)”

“Remember though Mike, I'm 23, I might not be interesting. Young women are never interesting.

Caterpillar, I wasn't trying to sound snobby. I really do like stuff like art, plays, etc. When I lived in Amsterdam I partied and saw the Van Gogh Museum, partied and saw the Franz Hals Museum, partied and saw the Sex Museum (okay, okay, that one wasn't sooo cultural). It is possible that a person can enjoy such things, w/out being pretentious (did I sp. that right?).”

“You sound very interesting.

You like lots of cool things and in my book you rock!

8)”

“Thanks Mike. It's been awhile since someone said I rock. The other day one of my friends said I was cool, too. Somehow my awesomeness meter must be going up! Woo-Hoo for me.”

“hey Noogie, easy on yourself. Yes, it is possible that all those around you ARE jerks. Keep your chin up and your ideals high.”

“Dating! just wait a few years, at my age there are a lot of unattached females out there, the problem is by the time they get my my age they think roughing it is a black and white TV at the Holiday Inn. I have been dating one lady that said she loves the outdoors, so I take her on a short hike, she was terrified of the possibility of a snake being in the woods, tried canoeing next, white knuckel grip on the paddle afraid she would see an aligator or a snake, she even when as far as calling her kids and telling them where the burial policy was. LOL I suggested that we do an overnight backpacking trip and she said she could'nt sleep on the ground. Just the kind of woman I need "NOT"
I don't think I will find that special lady until I retire and start working for the NP as a volunteer.”

“Good one, Steve. Someone had to bring up the lumberyard cowboy! TT Minds don't forget!!! LMAO!! hehehe”

“Ahhhhhh the nosalgia....that was the first thread I ever read when I was lurking TT. I may go read it for a bedtime story. Heeheehee.”

“Crazy Mike, get yourself a pair of boots and strap a 2x4 to yer @ss.

Yeeeeeee Haawwwwwwwww”

“That was a classic. Newgirl got the SPUNK!”

“I'm married. *NEENER* *NEENER*

:)

It only took about 2 dates to realize she was the woman for me. Married at 20, now we're 25 (so don't give me none of that 'It isn't going to last crap').”

“LMFAO!!!!!!

I am a very fun guy!

8)”

“Hey blachool, it can last, if you want it to. 25 years in May. Dating is very impt to make it so.”

“The best dates are the cheap ones.

A former boyfriend and I had a fantastic date at a cheese factory. Free tour complete with mooing, milk squirting, gigantic plexiglass cow. Afterwards there were free cheese samples. Needless to say we went through that line more than once! It's all in the company.”

“Some of my best dates were free outdoor concerts, a little wine, cheese, warm summer evening....”

“It's all in the company, not the event. That's just window dressing.”

“Good point Skully!

8)”

“Please allow me to suggest a trip out west for you, Crazy Mike.”

“It looks like some of you ought to get acquainted!!!

Anyway, lot's of nastalgia (and empathy) here for me (married for 28 years, so I haven't been on the dating scene).

In college I went through a period where most of my dating lasted only one date and they were all expensive. One of my friends told me to stop taking girls on expensive dates and do cheaper fun things instead: bike rides, picnics, drive in the mountains, pizza, arcades, etc. My dating life improved because we weren't trying to impress each other and actually had fun.

My wife and I have been taking West Coast Swing dance lessons for 3 years and plan to a lot of dancing after the kids start leaving home. I notice a lot of quality singles pairing up at our dance club (it is not a bar or night club, just dancing).”

“I KNOW I STILL AM GOING TO MONTANA!!!!!!!

8O”

“That's a fact, Phil!

Thanks, sunshine. Coming from you, that's a very nice complement. If we ever meet, I promise to teach you to Mambo, Meringue, Rumba, and Samba, as well as Tango, if you like. Don’t forget the Waltz, lovely dance.

Biz, what Tom T. said. Michael Gross and Reba MacIntire are perfect in Tremors. “That’ll teach you to break into somebody’s rec. room.” The two of them had me in tears, I was laughing so hard.

Crazy Mike, I knew you was cool! Jazz! I’ve got about 350 jazz albums in my collection.

Chili, I never was much for giggly girls. I started dating older women in college. But I’ve found as I get older, that some younger women can be interesting as well.

Aero, I almost got married to a woman who was 35 when I was 23. When I was 35, I dated my dance instructor who was 25. She was a black belt karate instructor who had previously run her own dojo. She had a face like an angel (she was Greek as well) and yet she had some huge trophies from when she won tournaments doing competition kickboxing. She had injured her knee doing the kickboxing so she became a dance instructor to earn money while she went through college. It was spending money because she had a full academic scholarship. Needless to say, this girl was EXTREMELY interesting.”

“Yeah, watch out for the "Graboids"(Tremors), girls!

arclite-
I believe it was, "....broke into the wrong G__ D___ rec room, didn't ya?..."

newgirl-
Let's see, I'm at a university(women here, women there, women, women, everywhere) and if I tell a 23-year-old that she "rocks", its a good thing, huh?”

“Hmmmm I like expensive dates. I get to wear a pretty dress and my boyfriend is really handsome. I like flowers too. They make me happy. The only problem is that I have to pay the credit card bill when it comes!”

“I musta done something right. I married the only girl I was ever interested in enough to date. Don't think I missed a thing by not dating more. Been together 12 years, five of them married.”

“Just read the last days postings on this string. I've been avoiding the string because of the title.

Yesterday is gone. I keep looking forward to tomorrow. But, today (my weekend from work) I'm going out and buy myself some flowers, a celebration maybe. I have myself, I like myself, and, most important, I have my freedom. I may even go buy myself a gift. I saw some nice hiking pants at a store. It might be nice to finally switch from blue jeans this year.

Sure, I miss companionship. But, at the same time, I'm missing the price that companionship involves.

involve:- to make intricate : complicate.”

“Tom T., yes, most of the time I would take that as a compliment. Sometimes being told I'm cool or that I rock is just the boost I need. I think all people are like that.

Also, I'm not always one for the "expensive" dates, but MaryPhyl has a good point. If you go on one of those, at least you get to wear a fancy dress.”

“Expensive date in Montana:
Leaving the engine running in the pickup so you can have the heater on while you drink the six-pack.”

“heh

newgirl, you should really consider moving to another town. Sounds like slim pickings in MT”

“I thought Slim was dead?”

“Hey, I'd better leave the "rockin'" to the young guys.

It was 92 here(Baltimore) yesterday and I'm seeing some "fancy" dresses.

The scant clothing is showin' some pretty wicked tatoos!

That $hit just cracks me up!
Years in the future-
"Grandma, why do you have that kuh-razy tatoo on your butt?"

aero-
I'll just bet you've got tatoos all over!

That expensive date sounds like Vermont!
And it would be Budweiser instead of Gennesee to make it real special.”

“Wow Phaedrus! I gotta try a "ped" costume some day.

BTW: Mary and Newgirl: I enjoy expensive dates too, but my girl friend wouldn't approve of me wearing a nice dress (in fact, she got divorced over something fairly similar).”

“Why Tom! Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm "unadorned". I'm thinking that pretty soon everyone will have tatoos so it'll be cool NOT to have one.”

“she realized she was married to a cross dresser?!

Woah, way to make all us single people nervous once more”

“Tom, I'm getting a Really Bad Visual of the sponge-baths at the retirement homes in about 2060...”

“LMAO!!!! Us married folks are posting to this thread more than the single boys and girls!”

“warm weather, short skirts.......hmmm I think I need to take the afternoon off and migrate toward the Patio at the Flying Saucer downtown, that is always a good vantage point for observation on a day like this.”

“Actually Biz: she todl me that she was willing to deal with the cross-dressing. It was when he decided to take things several steps further, including taking hormones that she drew the line. He developed seizures while they were married and the disorder seemed to create major personality changes. She can joke about it now”

“Yes, you all want to live vicariously through us.”

“aero-
I didn't really have you pegged as a marked man.

I too am un-inked and un-pierced.



Man, I have trouble finding dresses that fit.
Maybe I should contact Janet Reno to see where she shops.”

“Living vicariously through me might be pretty boring. Biz, the pickings are slim, but every once in awhile a real nice one comes along up here . . . and then you find out he's married or has a girlfriend or has a drug problem or is batting for the other team or doesn't "believe" in working for living or has a felony record or etc. . . . You get the picture.”

“Just a bit of advice.

Small town life is nice in some ways.

However, many of the best and brightest leave, no, RUN, from rural places.

They join the military, go away to college, hop a freight, etc.

We left the D.C. area for Vermont and stayed five years.
Its a great place to retire or visit but our kids are better off living in a far more cosmopolitan place like the Baltimore/D.C. area.

What's your career plan?
Washington is a great town.
When I was running loose I met tons of nice young women in D.C. from everywhere but D.C.

Every state, country, company, etc has some kind of connection there.
It, like many other cities, is a happenin' place.

Hey, Chandra Levy found romance there!”

“Being in college should give you better pickins, Newgirl. But it's no guarantee; you find plenty of losers and rogues there too.”

“newgirl, I can't believe you got all my attributes right!”

“Aero, you are too funny. Actually, I haven't seen any guys that look worth it at school either, Steve. I take night classes though, so I'm sure that has alot to do w/ it. They are either way, way old (like 40 . . . I'm just kidding) or they are way too immature. I have a kid in my Business Writing class that is soooo retarded. Every time he opens his mouth I just want to say, "Why are you here? Why did they let you in?" I'm just venting anyway, I'm not really looking very seriously. I need some time, I mean come on, I just ended (for the 2nd time) a 4 yr. relationship that produced a child. It would be ridiculous to date right now.”

“My mom gave me a really funny dating tip. She told me that if a guy approaches and introduces himself that I should take a straight forward approach w/ him. I should scream, "I have an 18 month old daughter!" If they survive that and stick around I should give them my name. If next they ask questions about her, before they ask questions about me, I should consider giving them my number. I guess my mom doesn't like to beat around the bush!”