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To: Accygirl
Frankly, many of the thirty-something single teachers my mom knows at school have given up looking for hot doctor and lawyer and are marrying a science nerd.

Well, somebody has to.

And also, you have a propensity (it seems from these few posts) to jump to conclusions that are dubious. You don't know whether that guy at Starbucks has a plan in life. You just think you know. Bad form, and one that will lead you to many mistakes in life. The only way to know is to ask him and find out what's going on in his life. He may be a loser, he may be full of it, but you can't know until you actually talk with him and find out.

Knowing what you don't know is an important quality in navigating through life. Then you are in a better position to find out and fill in the gaps.

That handsome guy who works at Starbucks could be working his way through college and want to continue his education, for example. There is no legitimate reason to impute from his 'hotness' that he is a dead end guy, nor is there a legitimate reason to think that because he is wiping off a counter top at Starbucks at 11am, that he has no plan for life and is on a dead-end track.

Your remarks are a real turn off, but I suspect you are just not very mature in these things and genuinely don't know. Understanding this comes with maturity, which is not to be confused with age, by the way. Good luck on your voyage.

257 posted on 11/27/2006 9:41:29 AM PST by HitmanLV (Rock, Rock, Rock and Rollergames! Rockin' & Rolling, Rockin' with Rollergames!)
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To: HitmanLV
Oh, with a few good questions in a email or phone conversation or on a blind date, you can certainly figure it out. One of the first questions that I general ask is where did you go to college? It's a good, innocuous ice breaker. If a guy answers that he went to a university, but is working a Starbucks, I run far away from it. Ditto with a guy who doesn't plan to go to college. I'd probably continue talking to a student working at Starbucks, but most of those guys generally list their occupation as "Student," not "Starbucks barista."
300 posted on 11/27/2006 12:39:44 PM PST by Accygirl
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