[rintense]

Thanks for your post. The problem is, are there single guys who are willing to watch a flame turn into a fire?

[Spiritus Gladius]

The problem is, are there single guys who are willing to watch a flame turn into a fire?

There used to be. Being many years removed from the dating scene myself, I can't speak with certainty about the current crop. I get the impression the brats have been spoiled by overindulgent '60's parents and a lifetime of instant gratification, but I think you can slap that out of them if you work at it.

Nice dog. Do you also have a boat?

[MHGinTN]

Tending the little flame until it grows to warming one is the key to relationships. We fast-tracked Americans seem to have trouble being patient and attentive to others, and what else could we become given the assault of popular culture fed through the media which tended us as children? Look at the homelife of the individual under consideration as a mate and you will find 'the stones later assembled to form the house of the soul.' There is deep wisdom in the admonition to 'bring up a child in the way that he/she should go, and when they are old they will not depart from it.' Improve the odds of a compatible mate by looking at their young homelife.

[Mr_Magoo]

The problem is, are there single guys who are willing to watch a flame turn into a fire?

Yup. Some even understand that tender = tinder.