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Old 03-30-2011, 05:31 AM
 
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...but if you're not looking, how will you know it's there?

I have a problem with that saying because, well, it doesn't apply to anything else. I don't get an "A" on an exam when I'm not trying for it, I don't get a promotion when I'm not trying for it. So why don't you get love when you try for it?
Well, keep studying up for 'love', looking around for it, and all you'll do is scare away any prospective lovers. Relax, be yourself, and let someone find you attractive in normal, everyday circumstances.
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Old 03-30-2011, 05:37 AM
 
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That's how I interpret it for the most part. But then it poses the question - what if you get so busy you don't have time for anything else, yknow? Like that's kind of how I'm feeling right now. I've got so much stuff to do for college that even if I did have the nuts to ask a girl out on a date, I wouldn't have the time (or much money honestly) to do it.
You don't need money. I met my husband in the early 1970s when he was in the military. All we could afford to do was to go parking and occasionally see a movie. When he got out of the service he got his BSBA then his MBA. We've been married for 30 something years and if I was looking for $$$ I'd have missed out on a good life with a great man!
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Old 03-30-2011, 05:49 AM
 
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You don't need money. I met my husband in the early 1970s when he was in the military. All we could afford to do was to go parking and occasionally see a movie. When he got out of the service he got his BSBA then his MBA. We've been married for 30 something years and if I was looking for $$$ I'd have missed out on a good life with a great man!
you cannot deny that money helps when you are part of the dating scene. you can't. anything is possible but money darn sure helps.
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Old 03-30-2011, 05:54 AM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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I think it means that if you act out of desperation that you will settle for the first person that comes along and whispers sweet nothings to you...that person may not be the best for you...

I wasn't looking, and it has found me.
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Old 03-30-2011, 05:58 AM
 
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I think it means that if you act out of desperation that you will settle for the first person that comes along and whispers sweet nothings to you...that person may not be the best for you...

I wasn't looking, and it has found me.
it's a great feeling isn't it? i actually was looking at it turns out she works where i work. 8 years later i'm happier now that i was in the beginning. so there is no set, fast rule. you have to use common sense and not obsess though that's for sure.
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Old 03-30-2011, 06:02 AM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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it's a great feeling isn't it? i actually was looking at it turns out she works where i work. 8 years later i'm happier now that i was in the beginning. so there is no set, fast rule. you have to use common sense and not obsess though that's for sure.
It is a great feeling. me and mine hooked up after our 25th High School reunion..
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Old 03-30-2011, 06:09 AM
 
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It is a great feeling. me and mine hooked up after our 25th High School reunion..
that's way cool. you both showed up alone?
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Old 03-30-2011, 06:13 AM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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Yes, we did. I was part of the team that organized the event.

Then two days before the reunion I had to have back surgery. I was released fromt he hospital with strict orders to go home go to bed, but, no way was I missing this, I took some pain killers and off I went...My son drove me and picked me up...I didn't get to stay the whole time, but, it didn't take the whole time. He called the next day to check on me and it went from there.
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Old 03-30-2011, 06:32 AM
 
Location: Bradenton, Florida
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...but if you're not looking, how will you know it's there?

I have a problem with that saying because, well, it doesn't apply to anything else. I don't get an "A" on an exam when I'm not trying for it, I don't get a promotion when I'm not trying for it. So why don't you get love when you try for it?
I don't know, I've found a lot of things when I stopped "trying" and just let it happen. My pool game is better when I don't "try" and stress over it, and just let it flow.
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Old 03-30-2011, 06:37 AM
 
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Yes, we did. I was part of the team that organized the event.

Then two days before the reunion I had to have back surgery. I was released fromt he hospital with strict orders to go home go to bed, but, no way was I missing this, I took some pain killers and off I went...My son drove me and picked me up...I didn't get to stay the whole time, but, it didn't take the whole time. He called the next day to check on me and it went from there.
congratulations, very happy for you!! i love love
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