Post by Yona Maro on Sept 4, 2005 5:26:58 GMT -5
The excuses we give ourselves that block us from finding love.
I want to find somebody, of course, but I'm not sure about joining a matchmaking service because... It's like a admitting you can't make it on your own.
If you lived in a medium-sized town, you might have a point. However, you live in a huge metropolis of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The larger the city, the more people keep to themselves. They are safer that way. This leaves you out in the cold, though, if you are trying to connect with someone special.
I used to meet lots of people. Maybe that will start again.
Once you pass the age of being able to meet nice people in a bar (about age 24), you have a steadily shrinking supply of new people to meet. Remember, when you first left school, you had lots of single friends. You went out together and scoped out the opposite sex. One by one those friends moved away or got married, leaving you with fewer and fewer options to meet people. Again, this leaves you out in the cold......
I am new to this area. Once I get my bearings, I can meet people on my own.
Maybe you have never lived in a town this size. But people don't "mix and match" in the big cities. It's too dangerous to hook up with people you don't know or you have not been introduced to by someone you do know.
I read that almost 45% of the people in DFW are single. I should have no trouble connecting with that many single people.
I have read that, too. But that is government census talk. It includes any single male or female age 15 or over and does not stop at any age. After you weed out the Pampers crowd and the Depends crowd, you have another problem. Only about 15% of the people left are "looking" to meet someone. The rest are either "attached" or out of the meeting game for some reason. That's one more reason singles have so much trouble connecting without help!
I'm attractive, stay fit, and have a nice personality. I know someone will be along for me sooner or later.
That could be true. And later could also be a long time from now. A good matchmaker can introduce you to other attractive, fit singles with good personalities of their own. Someone who shares your interests and life now, not by chance at some later date.
I've been taking a sabbatical from the dating scene.
And that's OK as long as you don't stay out long enough to let being single become your way of life. Let Connections make it easy to start meeting the right people again.
I want to find somebody, of course, but I'm not sure about joining a matchmaking service because... It's like a admitting you can't make it on your own.
If you lived in a medium-sized town, you might have a point. However, you live in a huge metropolis of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The larger the city, the more people keep to themselves. They are safer that way. This leaves you out in the cold, though, if you are trying to connect with someone special.
I used to meet lots of people. Maybe that will start again.
Once you pass the age of being able to meet nice people in a bar (about age 24), you have a steadily shrinking supply of new people to meet. Remember, when you first left school, you had lots of single friends. You went out together and scoped out the opposite sex. One by one those friends moved away or got married, leaving you with fewer and fewer options to meet people. Again, this leaves you out in the cold......
I am new to this area. Once I get my bearings, I can meet people on my own.
Maybe you have never lived in a town this size. But people don't "mix and match" in the big cities. It's too dangerous to hook up with people you don't know or you have not been introduced to by someone you do know.
I read that almost 45% of the people in DFW are single. I should have no trouble connecting with that many single people.
I have read that, too. But that is government census talk. It includes any single male or female age 15 or over and does not stop at any age. After you weed out the Pampers crowd and the Depends crowd, you have another problem. Only about 15% of the people left are "looking" to meet someone. The rest are either "attached" or out of the meeting game for some reason. That's one more reason singles have so much trouble connecting without help!
I'm attractive, stay fit, and have a nice personality. I know someone will be along for me sooner or later.
That could be true. And later could also be a long time from now. A good matchmaker can introduce you to other attractive, fit singles with good personalities of their own. Someone who shares your interests and life now, not by chance at some later date.
I've been taking a sabbatical from the dating scene.
And that's OK as long as you don't stay out long enough to let being single become your way of life. Let Connections make it easy to start meeting the right people again.