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[triggerfish]

and, i might add......

an awful lot of my friends think i'm wacko (yeah, yeah, i know. i can hear you people from here.....)

for talking to the people i've met HERE.

the bottom line is you gotta go with what you're comfortable with. my good buddy michael goes for broke. jamie like the power date thing (i agree jamie..why waste time if there's no common ground?). Kamala is cautious. i opt for the use 'em 'n lose 'em technique ***.

there's no right or wrong.

as long as you don't leave your seed.



****( i'm kidding)

[Walter]

Let's meet, TF!

[Marvel]

Let's meet, TF!

In July, Walter, in July....

[mvillanueva]

the bottom line is you gotta go with what you're comfortable with. my good buddy michael goes for broke.

Now just a minute here!! I spend 17+ years paying attention and doing whatever it is I did to make things work..... we split.... I hang for a year and three quarters.... And then start testing the waters in what???? November? December? And now in February you say I "goes for broke"?

Have you ever considered the continually practiced group and solo social skills along with the highly honed "availability" instincts of my youth sorta atrophied, dulled, and outright died??? The behaviors you interpret as going for broke, I see more like a fish flopping out of water, or a deer trotting wrong way down a screaming interstate looking for honeysuckle.

Kiddo.... I don't know what I used to know and and worse I cannot see what I used to purposefully avoid.

But, I am learning.

Goes for broke......


Indeed!!!

[CaptSaaz]

Ya know, I really haven't has any "dates from hell" thankfully. Most of them have been boring or just a little bit odd. I have enjoyed reading alot of the horror stories though and it at least lets me now how lucky I have been not to be caught in one of those situations. Why can't the normal people find each other? We're obviously out there trying these things? Do we, as what we define normal, come across as dull and boring on these dating sites? Are people looking for something that doesn't exist?
Just some random thoughts.

[Walter]

an awful lot of my friends think i'm wacko (yeah, yeah, i know. i can hear you people from here.....)

for talking to the people i've met HERE.

That reminds me of the 1st group dive trip organized through a web site back in 99. Everyone thought we were crazy. About 65 of us spent a week in Key Largo and had a blast. This past Sunday I was diving in Key Largo. A guy turns to me and asks, "Aren't you Walter?" He & his brother were on that trip 5½ years ago. Jay & his brother Don still live in Michigan and obviously still dive in Florida. It was good to see them again.

[Sophia]

I think James' story takes the cake. James, you have to tell yourself that the female parts were more evident than the male parts.

Any awards for starting the longest thread?

[Walter]

Any awards for starting the longest thread?

Even if there is, you're 1771 posts short.

[WreckWench]

Most of them have been boring or just a little bit odd. I have enjoyed reading alot of the horror stories though and it at least lets me now how lucky I have been not to be caught in one of those situations. Why can't the normal people find each other?

Dan I love ya man...but I think you just 'whacked' a bunch of us on the site!!!

Not me of course...

[jamesser]

Ya'all enjoying it, that's good because I would not put it out there if I was worried about taking heat for it.

Hey NOW, with 40 DD impalants the "female parts were more evident than the "male" parts which were not evident at all.

Ya'll know I'm wrapped and that's not the only reason ...

I'm not even gonna touch on the subject of "If I were tempted or not" because that's for anouther thread!!!!!

Now on to the subject internet dating! I once met this fantastic lady, but not over the internet, in person. When I first met her I was involved with someone (physco, but arn't they all with me), latter I came across her profile on an internet dating site and expressed an interest. She had all the quanities one could ask for, great beauty, sharp mind, a very experianced diver etc.

Although we never went on a date, I can't talk too bad about that venue, although I do tease her a lot when I get the chance .....

[TheSassyRabbit]

an awful lot of my friends think i'm wacko
for talking to the people i've met HERE.

the bottom line is you gotta go with what you're comfortable with.

So true TF! Some of my friends think I'm really strange to have an extended internet family. In the end, it's whatever you're comfortable with, and if you don't put yourself out there... you just never know what you might be missing. And, who's to say that my perfect match is lurking at my local hangouts.... and the only men beating my door down are the pizza guys, and most of them aren't even out of high school!

[jextract]

...and the only men beating my door down are the pizza guys, and most of them aren't even out of high school!

Don't judge too hastily, Katie....

[Cold_H2O]

Why can't the normal people find each other? We're obviously out there trying these things? Do we, as what we define normal, come across as dull and boring on these dating sites? Are people looking for something that doesn't exist?
Just some random thoughts.

It looks like us "normal people" are meeting and interacting here.
I mostly work with men so you would think I would have it easy, but I have no desire to mix work and social life... So between work, and work... did I mention work, I find it really hard to meet people I want to spend time with.
And yes, I am either told that I am dull and boring or too much of a challange..
Excuse me for not being a helpless, brainless twit

Edited by gis_gal, 17 February 2005 - 01:37 PM.

[CaptSaaz]

Why can't the normal people find each other? We're obviously out there trying these things? Do we, as what we define normal, come across as dull and boring on these dating sites? Are people looking for something that doesn't exist?
Just some random thoughts.

It looks like us "normal people" are meeting and interacting here.

Absolutely the best way to go. When I started to dive, I looked at it also as another way to get out and meet people. (I'm 3 years divorced btw) Thanks Kamala for starting this up! Whether you hook up or not, this is a much more fun and intersting way to meet people. I met more "normal" people in three days than I have in three years. And the major, similar interest is all ready in place. The SO must be a diver.

[Cold_H2O]

Absolutely the best way to go. When I started to dive, I looked at it also as another way to get out and meet people. (I'm 3 years divorced btw) Thanks Kamala for starting this up! Whether you hook up or not, this is a much more fun and intersting way to meet people. I met more "normal" people in three days than I have in three years. And the major, similar interest is all ready in place. The SO must be a diver.

The ex was a OW certified diver but only wanted to dive on vacations.. Once I did the AOW cert.. He lost it... So I lost him
Well there is more to the story but don't have that much time.....
Been single going on 7 years now. Last bf was a non diver :dltears: .. So YES next bf had got to have at least an OW Cert. or he won't get date 1 out of me. I have got to Master diver level and look to DM ASAP so it would be nice to find someone with similar dive experience or at least dive desire..
A girls got to have standards