Dating game becoming more like a chore

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

[buwaya]

What you need to do is lead them on slowly, until they are so far gone all your "negatives" can't push them out.

Worked for me.

[honeygrl]

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

But when you date a girl, and you decide to not call her back like you promised, are you really going to want to see her around the forum later? :)

[Marie]

(touch)

(die)

*snicker*

[SCalGal]

Of course, negotiations are up to the participants. I'd merely preside benevolently.

After reading some of the thread, I think you'd need to be asking about accents, too.

[buwaya]

Ah, here is part of the problem.

Be a gentleman at all times. The bystanders will note the fact.

[Marie]

Sounds like my sex life.

You are toooooo funny. See my above post: Looks aren't everything.

[honeygrl]

"But I'm for real."

Don't buy it Lisa! Laz is a figment of your imagination!

[_Jim]

Has it occured to you that you are insulting half the people on this forum, who are, by and large, quality women?

I thought I was taking aim at those women in our society who are not, by and large, quality women!

[honeygrl]

"Back me up ovah heah, hah? I got a Tony Soprano build dese days, right?"

I'll back you up when I get a recent photo. :) Deal? I showed you mine, now you show me yours... oh wait, wrong forum...

[IndependentSouthernDemocrat]

Amen, I have always said that the best women get snatched up in their high school and college years.

[honeygrl]

I met my hubby in a chatroom. The net is a great place to meet people!

[honeygrl]

"But I gotta fight chicks off with a stick."

You meant to say.. "But I have to fight off chicks who have sticks." :-p


(i'm having fun with this topic tonight)

[SCalGal]

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.

What is it with women who want a man to change? Honestly, I don't get it.

[SCalGal]

In fact, sweats instead of a housedress and a house full of sick kids's isn't exactly my dream,...

It's building memories, and it's very important. Treasure every moment, even these - life is short.

[SCalGal]

I'm still short, but it hasn't been too much of a problem.

I've found that if you talk to the grocery store manager, they'll re-arrainge the shelves.

[Mr. Jeeves]

What is it with women who want a man to change? Honestly, I don't get it.

I guess they've been cultivating a male archetype since they got their first Ken doll, and if they can't make a man match the model their lives will be simply ruined.

[sweetliberty]

Okay....it just seemed like there have been some pretty sweeping general statements made. Most decent women have been screwed over by not so decent men too. Men don't have the edge on it. The problem is that our entire society has been steeped in liberal muck for so long that it's pretty tough for anybody to be unaffected, but it is unfair and self-defeating to judge every woman (or every man, as the case may be), by the ones who hurt us.

[LisaMalia]

I just want a man who will protect me...

[SCalGal]

I guess they've been cultivating a male archetype since they got their first Ken doll, and if they can't make a man match the model their lives will be simply ruined.

Maybe that's what's different. I never had barbie and ken. I had barbie and guns.

[Maigrey]

Well, I found mine was a true diamond in the rough. He needed quite a bit of love, support, and a strong dose of good cooking.

He doesn't want to change me, but I want to change for the better for him, and he supports me growing into a better wife.

7 years later, married life is still good.