Which way do you REALLY like it??

As you know, I don't need 99% - just 20% will do me!


I haven't met anyone yet to even try and impress, so I'd post as you are asking if I could, but I can't!


If it makes you feel any better, I met a lovely guy, he is handsome, intelligent, tall, dark, handsome - the consumate package. ONE SMALL PROBLEM - he is only 29. I am 53. Somehow, I just don't think that is really a prospect, do you?


I did get two new matches on eH this week though - I sent first questions and so far niether have responded. So it isn't looking like I will will be posting any "how can I impress this great guy" threads any time soon. *sad little face*

I just finished cruising the board, searching for somewhere to comment and noticed a common thread.. Every possible negative attribute of a mate is examined, dissected, put back together and examined again.. I believe that if I made a collection of all of the bad attributes listed in the threads and, heeding the advice to stay away from each, used it as a shopping list, the cupboard would be bare..





I understand that the human condition loves bad news and disasters.. It loves gossip and scandal.. The media is filled with it, but, they are only presenting to the people what they want..





I have yet to see a thread which starts with,"I went out with this person, and they were INCREDIBLE!! I need some advice here.. I need some ideas on some fresh ways to show them the extent of how I feel about them??"





Am I trying to change the boards?? No.. If the "bad" all went away, then everybody would get bored and find something else to do with their spare time.. Like going on dates with people of the opposite sex.. or sailing..





Here is my point.. (and every good post should have one) Sometimes?? Leave the rational, analytical shopping list in the drawer at home.. You may be using it in a venue that is totally irrational.. We are all people.. Not one of us is perfect.. But, by nature, every one of us has the capacity for love.. And if nurtured that capacity will flourish.. Perhaps we would be better off indexing other peoples qualities, rather than their weaknesses.. Fifty one percent will get someone elected, but we need 99 percent to go on a second date??





Just a thought.. And I have been wrong before..

"Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway."


— The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

You know, I hated the book, didn't like the movie, can't read anything by JRR. We had to do The Hobbit in English Lit when I was in primary school. To me it just went on and on ............ and on.


I prefer Camus, even though he always writes about death!

Hmm, 29 to 53? Well he is over half your age, but according to the formula you should have your lower limit set at 34.