Does anyone at all know the rules? I sure as hell don't - maybe that's why I get fouled out each time I try... Maybe I'm just a goose... *ducks and hides*I'm giving up on dating. I was out of the dating scene for almost 9 years and now that I'm back in it, I've found it to be too complicated. Too many rules and too many games.
How often do you date?
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 08:14 AM
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 08:27 AM
I read somewhere that the avarage date or dive cost $100! Let's see, this year I've dove Cozumel, Fiji, Florida and local, later this year it's another trip to Florida, the Galapagos and maybe NC. I think that's says a lot about my social life!
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 08:36 AM
Don't ever give up hope (can you tell I'm a hopeless romantic)...there are lots of good guys & gals out there looking for their significant other...you just have to be willing to seek them out. And one of the best things to keep in mind when you are looking for the "right one" is that it is a lot easier to find the "right one" when you take the time to become the "right one" as well...
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 08:37 AM
Sharon,Are there any good guys out there?
I can't seem to find them. Where do I look?
I can say with absolute certainty that YES, there definitely ARE "good guys" out there...just take a look at some of the fine specimen at SD!
I have always had much better luck NOT looking. The right one is more likely to find you when you're too busy doing the things you love and just being happy with your life and yourself! And it always seems to happen at the most "inconvenient" time...life happens! LOL! Hang in there, the right one will come along when you least expect him!
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 08:39 AM
The rules are that there are no rules! You make it up as you go along!Does anyone at all know the rules? I sure as hell don't - maybe that's why I get fouled out each time I try... Maybe I'm just a goose... *ducks and hides*I'm giving up on dating. I was out of the dating scene for almost 9 years and now that I'm back in it, I've found it to be too complicated. Too many rules and too many games.
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 08:48 AM
Nah... I reckon I'm just chicken - afraid to break HER rules! You can call me a turkey if you like.The rules are that there are no rules! You make it up as you go along!
Does anyone at all know the rules? I sure as hell don't - maybe that's why I get fouled out each time I try... Maybe I'm just a goose... *ducks and hides*I'm giving up on dating. I was out of the dating scene for almost 9 years and now that I'm back in it, I've found it to be too complicated. Too many rules and too many games.
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 08:59 AM
I guess I've just bumped into the wrong guys. They all seem to have way too many rules.The rules are that there are no rules! You make it up as you go along!
Does anyone at all know the rules? I sure as hell don't - maybe that's why I get fouled out each time I try... Maybe I'm just a goose... *ducks and hides*I'm giving up on dating. I was out of the dating scene for almost 9 years and now that I'm back in it, I've found it to be too complicated. Too many rules and too many games.
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"You must have dreams of love, you must have desires. Perhaps you are made in such a way that you are afraid of them. Don't be. They are the best things you have."
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"You must have dreams of love, you must have desires. Perhaps you are made in such a way that you are afraid of them. Don't be. They are the best things you have."
Hermann Hesse
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 09:07 AM
*Wrong* guys indeed! The *right* ones either have no *rules*, or will adjust accordingly.I guess I've just bumped into the wrong guys. They all seem to have way too many rules.
Either way, it's the *wrong* guy's loss!
Who wants a guy who is so inflexible anyway? Or only wants what he thinks he wants?
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 09:09 AM
You are absolutely right.*Wrong* guys indeed! The *right* ones either have no *rules*, or will adjust accordingly.I guess I've just bumped into the wrong guys. They all seem to have way too many rules.
Either way, it's the *wrong* guy's loss!
Formerly known as Mahoneme
"You must have dreams of love, you must have desires. Perhaps you are made in such a way that you are afraid of them. Don't be. They are the best things you have."
Hermann Hesse
"You must have dreams of love, you must have desires. Perhaps you are made in such a way that you are afraid of them. Don't be. They are the best things you have."
Hermann Hesse
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 09:18 AM
Maria,You are absolutely right.
*Wrong* guys indeed! The *right* ones either have no *rules*, or will adjust accordingly.I guess I've just bumped into the wrong guys. They all seem to have way too many rules.
Either way, it's the *wrong* guy's loss!
Sadly but wisely learned from experience!
So many men (and women) claim to be open-minded and accepting, yet if one small 'mistake' is made on the other person's part, s/he is tossed aside like a red-headed stepchild!
Nobody needs anybody with this sort of attitude.
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 09:18 AM
You two think alike - a pigeon pair perchance?You are absolutely right.
*Wrong* guys indeed! The *right* ones either have no *rules*, or will adjust accordingly.I guess I've just bumped into the wrong guys. They all seem to have way too many rules.
Either way, it's the *wrong* guy's loss!
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." Albert Einstein
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 09:25 AM
Have any of you ladies ever tried dating a Christian man? And by Christian...I mean a practicing Christian (i.e., praying, reading & following his Bible, serving in his church, etc.) & not just someone who claims to be a Christian?
Kawika Iida
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United States Military Academy Class of 1995 "With Honor We Strive..." F1/F4
"Do not go where the path may lead...go instead where there is no path and leave a trail..."
Anyone looking to rent a room in Sugar Land, TX?
Sugar Land, TX
Christian
United States Military Academy Class of 1995 "With Honor We Strive..." F1/F4
"Do not go where the path may lead...go instead where there is no path and leave a trail..."
Anyone looking to rent a room in Sugar Land, TX?
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 09:27 AM
I'm learning. When things start to get too complicated and I have to start walking on egg shells, I decide it's not worth the hassle and just walk away. Some times it takes me too long to realize someone is not worth my time though...Maria,You are absolutely right.
*Wrong* guys indeed! The *right* ones either have no *rules*, or will adjust accordingly.I guess I've just bumped into the wrong guys. They all seem to have way too many rules.
Either way, it's the *wrong* guy's loss!
Sadly but wisely learned from experience!
So many men (and women) claim to be open-minded and accepting, yet if one small 'mistake' is made on the other person's part, s/he is tossed aside like a red-headed stepchild!
Nobody needs anybody with this sort of attitude.
Formerly known as Mahoneme
"You must have dreams of love, you must have desires. Perhaps you are made in such a way that you are afraid of them. Don't be. They are the best things you have."
Hermann Hesse
"You must have dreams of love, you must have desires. Perhaps you are made in such a way that you are afraid of them. Don't be. They are the best things you have."
Hermann Hesse
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 09:33 AM
The only rule I have is that "Old Guys Rule!" I wonder if all of you have that fine line of clothing in your neck of the woods... it is popular here, at least among us "Old Guys" (who are still young at heart, in body and in mind!).
Oh, I do have another rule... let's both enjoy ourselves (and not necessarily that way, at least on the first few dates). Good talk, fun activities (diving, diving, diving).
Oops, I just remember my one hard and fast rule... no smoking (although my housemate Iris smokes, outside only and I don't kiss her).
Oh ya, and then there's my rule about blondes... but I'm loosening up on that one.
Wow, I guess we guys DO have some rules!
Oh, I do have another rule... let's both enjoy ourselves (and not necessarily that way, at least on the first few dates). Good talk, fun activities (diving, diving, diving).
Oops, I just remember my one hard and fast rule... no smoking (although my housemate Iris smokes, outside only and I don't kiss her).
Oh ya, and then there's my rule about blondes... but I'm loosening up on that one.
Wow, I guess we guys DO have some rules!
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Posted 29 June 2005 - 09:35 AM
Maria, join the club!I'm learning. When things start to get too complicated and I have to start walking on egg shells, I decide it's not worth the hassle and just walk away. Some times it takes me too long to realize someone is not worth my time though...Sadly but wisely learned from experience!
So many men (and women) claim to be open-minded and accepting, yet if one small 'mistake' is made on the other person's part, s/he is tossed aside like a red-headed stepchild!
Nobody needs anybody with this sort of attitude.
Just because "eggshell guy" didn't work for you, doesn't mean he won't work for someone else, of course. But for how long???
It seems to me that such guys (or gals) are the ones with issues -- not the other person! I find those issues are slow to go away -- even with the *right* person.
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