Dating game becoming more like a chore

Winston-Salem Journal ^ | Thursday, January 8, 2004 | Kate Zernike

[Lazamataz]

I've "met" some very nice men, and also the usual assortment of perverts.

HEY! I thought the arrangement was, I don't come within 1000 yards of you and your residence, and you don't mention me!

I'm tellin' the judge!

[Lazamataz]

(Laz, you touch my tag and die.)

(touch)

[Lazamataz]

If they're over 30 and never married, there's probably a reason.

And if they're BOTH over 30 and BOTH never married, fuggeddabouddit. :o)

[Lazamataz]

I know this question wasn't dirrected to me, but I have to say it anyway... humor, patience and a paddle.

Sounds like my sex life.

[Lazamataz]

No man in his right mind goes for chubby chicks

I like 'em a little meatier than most. I used to be an anti-fatter all the way. But if she doesn't have a 'fat face' then a meaty body (read: chubby) ain't a problem for me.

[sweetliberty]

I'm so glad that you men are having a good time bantering over the complete unworthiness of American women. Has it occured to you that you are insulting half the people on this forum, who are, by and large, quality women?

[Lazamataz]

"Sex and the City" is the biggest offender - it presents an appallingly warped view of relationships

Or what I call "Four Ho's And A Nympho"

[sweetliberty]

"Course it'd probably be 10/1 male/female ratio"

Not bad odds.

[Lazamataz]

I'm so glad that you men are having a good time bantering over the complete unworthiness of American women. Has it occured to you that you are insulting half the people on this forum, who are, by and large, quality women?

American women rock. Freeper women more so.

Marry me right this very second.

[Lazamataz]

Too late.

You had yer chance.

[LisaMalia]

Sorry honey, that expired LAST week!

[LisaMalia]

Marry me right this very second.

Women, DO NOT buy into this. Laz is the "Brittney Spears" of Free Republic. Our marriage lasted 2 minutes!!!!..;)

[sweetliberty]

And a southerner too! What more could a woman want?

[half_nelson]

Free Republic should have a dating service... ;-)

[Rytwyng]

If they're over 30 and never married, there's probably a reason.

Hey... my wife and I were 34 and 38, never married, when we tied the knot. We're both good folks that just got passed over in a society -- and a church culture -- where (despite official denials), sluts and jerks are preferred over the nice girls/guys. And no, the problem isn't looks, height or income either. Both of us are the sort of whom it was often said, "I just can't understand why he/she didn't get married a long time ago!"

It's the evil world we live in, that's all.

[Lazamataz]

I like Tony Soprano even though he is a fat boy

Oh, you would friggin' LOVE me then. I presently pack 190 lbs of muscle tissue, according to my trainer's little electronic gizmo.

That's more muscle than a lot of men weigh outright.

And with my slight Noo Yawk accent, I'm Tony friggin Soprano all da way. Badda Bing, Badda Boom.

Fuggeddabouddit.

[Lazamataz]

Women, DO NOT buy into this. Laz is the "Brittney Spears" of Free Republic. Our marriage lasted 2 minutes!!!!..;)

No, seriously, I'm for real about this topic. I'm not ready for marriage for about a year, maybe two, but I am for real.

I mean, don't get me wrong -- I'll play up a good joke. I love a good joke. But I'm for real.

[Lazamataz]

I was widowed a couple of years ago. Finding a conservative woman with all of the democrats around here is like looking for the Holy Grail. Liberal women run when they see that I am an honorably discharged veteran, collect weapons, don't smoke dope or worship lesbos and rear admirals, and go to church.

Well, I used to do dope, so I still got a chance wit' em. :o)

[spodefly]

"He's Catholic and Republican, but it's nothing you can't change".

Ouch. That is one chick that I wouldn't spend 5 minutes with. She is a "changer" ... one of the types that lures you in initially by pretending to be something you would like, then once you are hooked, slowly manipulates you into becoming more what she had in mind originally. Those relationships have a 5 or 6 month shelf-life, max. Much less, if you are lucky.

Beyond that, the whole online dating thing has seemed to me, from day one, to be a refuge for desperate losers with unrealistic expectations.

Maybe its just where I live, but finding women to date in Atlanta is pretty easy to do. And if your expectations are realistic, meaning that you're not constantly on the prowl for a life commitment, expecting everyone you date to potentially be marriage material, then it can be enjoyable almost all the time. Have drinks, go to a play, or a movie, have fun, but don't make every date like a damn job interview.

[HitmanLV]

I am a giving and understanding man! Thanks for the advice!