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FruitaBu is offline FruitaBu Post #51  January 25,2009, 5:27am
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I have often thought this same thing, Scorpio. Many people have themselves on dating sites before their divorces are even final. That is something I guess I just really can't understand. All the recent discussion around here about personality types has made me wonder if this has anything to do with the personality type of the person?


I think that may be part of it for some people. I think it's harder for extreme extraverts to be alone than it is for introverts or more moderate extraverts. However, that's only part of the equation, because an extravert can fulfill the need to be around people with friendships.
Good point, peg. There must be more to it. Human nature is such a mystery. Why people do the things they do is a topic which endlessly intrigues me.
 
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Scorpio,


As usual, you're right. =) When a relationship ends, it takes time to first, accept that it is over, understand why it is over, and then heal from the break up and work on things you should have learned from the previous relationship and break up. These things take longer than 2 weeks for most people


And Sizzle, just because you can hop from guy to guy or girl to girl or relationship to relationship; does not mean that you should or that it is healthy. Lots of people are single because they choose to make sure they are ready for a new relationship, that they have the time, emotional, and mental availability to begina relationship, esepecially if they want to jump right into serious relationships.


I know several people, men and women, who seem to fall in love with every person they date; and then when its over, two weeks later they are well on their way to being in love with someone else. Makes me wonder how deeply and how truly that person is capable of loving someone. When you love someone, and the relationship ends, it hurts.


Isn't it funny how some of the most negative people don't have pictures posted? Am I the only one who notices that? Are you so desirable that you are afraidI'll fall in love with your avatar?

Great post, curious_girl. I think these people confuse love with lust, actually. I know from personal experience that the break ups I have had when I was truly in love have been unbearably painful and have taken a long time to recover from.
 
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I think once you have been in love you never stop searching. It is a natural God given desire that God has instilled in us all. I think clearing the lines will help--dating is what you do to meet the match for you. Commitment is the relationship developed out of finding that match.


There is nothing wrong with dating, ie; everyone is not a boyfriend/girlfriend because they dated for a few months.


Anyhow if we weren't all looking for that perfect match we would not be registered at this site...sooo havea great 2009 everyone!!! I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO LOVE!!!Just call me a SERIAL DATER!!!
 
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I agree with LBMM's summation and solution.


Scorpio, like you I have often wondered about this conundrum.


My sisters were ALWAYS in a relationship. They had major boyfriends bridged by minor/ in-between boyfriends. I don't remember (except when one married) them ever NOT having a boyfriend. Not for even 10 minutes. I kid you not.


It is true there are many men who do the same thing. I've always been concerned that I might be a gap filler for one of those kind of guys.


It's got to be more than just a fear of being alone.


It's a fear of being alone romantically.
Yep. I know both men and women who do this - can't go 10 minutes without a romantic relationship.


It seems to methat they determine their self-worth that way. They just don't seem to think that they or their livesare worthwhile unless they have a romantic partner. Not having one means they are not desirable, they are less than whole, they are . . . unacceptable to themselves, somehow.


It always makes me wonder how they judge me during my typically long "hiatus" periods. Do they think I"m pathetic?A sad example of an undesirable misfit? That I'm hiding what must surely be my intense unhappiness?


I dunno.


On the other end of the spectrum, people can go AGES without a romantic relationship, past the point of what might be needed to heal from a former relationship, and to define oneself independently. That can be about fear also.


I've definitely known people like that. In fact, I believe I've been one.


 
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As morbid as it sounds, it has increasingly begun to feel like they have "died," very much like a person who is on drugs and "out there."


This topic is exactly what I'm experiencing with a friend of mine. I'm shocked at the truthful statement above. I can't explain my friends issues. We dated in March 08 and after our breakup, she was sleeping with someone else just 2 days later. Since then, she's had nearly a dozen other partners. I say this because we get along as friends, and she shared a disturbing dream with me late last year.


She dreamt she was in a room filled with good looking men and women, but the men were only paying attention to her and ignoring the gorgeous women in the room.


Now she's 4 foot 11, black hair and weighs only 95 pounds, so I had to ask what the women looked like and they were all taller and mostly blondes. My friend isattractive, intelligent and witty, but she always had to be the center of attention to all men in the room.


Her habits are much the same as you describe, but I can't understand what she sees in all the new relationships. She really has nothing to prove. It's as if she's addicted to her insecurity. We are currently fighting over a comment I made about someone I was dating (it's a sin to mention other women in her presence) but I know she'll come around soon.


My questions are: What are your friends physical features (height, weight, hair color)? Do they have a good or bad relationship with their parents?
 
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As morbid as it sounds, it has increasingly begun to feel like they have "died," very much like a person who is on drugs and "out there."


This topic is exactly what I'm experiencing with a friend of mine. I'm shocked at the truthful statement above. I can't explain my friends issues. We dated in March 08 and after our breakup, she was sleeping with someone else just 2 days later. Since then, she's had nearly a dozen other partners. I say this because we get along as friends, and she shared a disturbing dream with me late last year.


She dreamt she was in a room filled with good looking men and women, but the men were only paying attention to her and ignoring the gorgeous women in the room.


Now she's 4 foot 11, black hair and weighs only 95 pounds, so I had to ask what the women looked like and they were all taller and mostly blondes. My friend isattractive, intelligent and witty, but she always had to be the center of attention to all men in the room.


Her habits are much the same as you describe, but I can't understand what she sees in all the new relationships. She really has nothing to prove. It's as if she's addicted to her insecurity. We are currently fighting over a comment I made about someone I was dating (it's a sin to mention other women in her presence) but I know she'll come around soon.


My questions are: What are your friends physical features (height, weight, hair color)? Do they have a good or bad relationship with their parents?


I'll fill you in on my answers when I get some results.
Hmm, as I stated, both women areattractive.Both are African-American. One is dark and one is fair. Both are about 5' 4" with weight proportional to height.


Since your standards of beauty seem to be restricted to a certain "type", I don't think your theory will work in this case. Personally, I don't see blondes as being any more attractive than womenhaving other hair colors. No offense, but really? Just keeping it real.


That said, your post is interesting, and I thank you for your comments.


Regarding whether they have a good relationship with their parents, I too have thought about that. I'm sure there's some angst, somechildhood issues regarding the opposite sex. I just don't know what they are. Hope thishelps.
 
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It's as much a mystery to me as it is to you (scorpio). One of the most prominent character traits she exhibits is infallibility. No matter the topic, she's always right. My friend does smokesome weed and certainly enjoys drinking.


Do your friends get along with others? That's to say, do they find fault in everyone else, but not themselves?
 
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It's as much a mystery to me as it is to you (scorpio). One of the most prominent character traits she exhibits is infallibility. No matter the topic, she's always right. My friend does smokesome weed and certainly enjoys drinking.


Do your friends get along with others? That's to say, do they find fault in everyone else, but not themselves?
Yep, my friends seem to get along with others........when they are around them. Theyspend most of their time with their boyfriends.


I don't know if they find fault with everyone else,because they don't seem to be paying too much attention to anyone else.
 
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