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You get to date lots of cute girls with few strings this way, and then at the end you can get the life you want.

If only it were this simple. Below the exterior, I got the 'romantic' bug, and I got it bad. I fall head over heals far too easily to casually date. I just can't do it.

I have to find ladies and be their good friend first, and if I think that they may be wife material, I'll go from there. But this casual dating thing just doesn't do it for me.

It also hurts that I'm kind of picky too, but I always thought you could be a little picky about something this important. I'll put it to you this way: I want a good, Christian woman that I can count on to be with me through thick and thin. I still live in the same town as my alma mater, and being only a year removed from college, many of my friends are still in school. I go to a campus ministry on wednesday which contains a very large pool of single Christian ladies, and for all that, I can't seem to find one that I think would be good for me. See what I mean by picky?

And how did we get on this anyway? This thread is about housing prices...

Housing prices in the suburban South are reasonable, as long as your housing expectations are reasonable. I'm rather puzzled to find newlyweds living in the same model house as my family of 10, but maybe they had lots of money saved up ...

I hope you find a suitable young woman soon. Unfortunately, my daughters are too young for you!

When the Lord is ready for you to meet her (or conversely when she is ready to meet you), then everything will fall into place according to His plan. Until then, be patient and let Him prepare you. I didn't find the love of my life until I was 33 and had basically given up. Besides, to be blessed by God, one must do all that one may to position himself/herself to receive it. That philosophy has never let me down. :o)

Postponing a lifelong commitment for a decade as you mature and develop as a person isn't a bad thing at all, and it doesn't mean you aren't romantic.

It's ok to be selective, but don't be prohibitively selective. Be realistic in your expectations. Hold attainable standards.

Dating more will help you from falling too quickly and too deeply for a woman. It' not a good place to be and messes with your clarity of thought.

I'm a romantic, sentimental guy, and that has nothing to do with marrying young.

Food for thought for you.