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I talk to people in public all of the time. Of course, I’m over 40 and live in a fairly liberal and creative community where people tend to socialize a lot more than other places. Men and women my age tend to combine real life interaction combined with online dating to find partners.
That seems to be a good system.
If I were single and looking, I think I could find a new partner now, easier than I could have when I was younger. A lot of it has to do with the local dating pool and my age group. Pity the Millennials...
i recall an article somewhere where attractive women are being hassled by the local, blue collar workers after she arrived their for her new job. They actually resorted to dressing down to not attract attention to themselves. Usually they are on assignment for a year, or just regretted transferring there in the first place.
I think there was an article about some kind of coal mining district where she was a single, attractive accountant.
I talk to people in public all of the time. Of course, I’m over 40 and live in a fairly liberal and creative community where people tend to socialize a lot more than other places. Men and women my age tend to combine real life interaction combined with online dating to find partners.
That seems to be a good system.
If I were single and looking, I think I could find a new partner now, easier than I could have when I was younger. A lot of it has to do with the local dating pool and my age group. Pity the Millennials...
I just turned 40 and I live in the heart of tech land. So I am definitely an inbetweener. People are not very talkative here. I am also social and talk to people in public and plenty of people give me weird looks for sure.
People my age end up using online because they are rarely meeting people in real life, especially as we get a bit older. So many people my age are much more insular about meeting new people. They are fairly established in their circles and do not tend to adopt new people if you will.
I hear similar complaints from newcomers and singles. It is hard to break into the circle if you will. And West Coasters are kinda flaky. People use the word maybe a lot. And yes doesn't always mean yes when it comes to social activities. Especially with the advent of texting and cell phones. It is really really easy to send a last minute decline to an outing, as invites aren't very formal either. I was joking with a colleague the other day about maybe is really a soft no. And yes = maybe.
I know that people are sometimes afraid to mention this - due to the status of dogs/cats and dog/cat lovers currently in US society - but men who post their only online pic at online dating sites with a pic of them with their dog or cat can be a big turnoff to a good number of women.
I realize you are a dog lover and an animal lover - and maybe your requirement is for a woman such as yourself.
That is fine except being overly attached, overly in love, and overly obsessed with one's dog can be a turnoff to a good number of women. And posting one's one and only online dating site pic as a pic with the your dog is too much for some women. And posting more than one pic of one's dog at an online dating site (even if not the main pic) can be too much for some women - thereby eliminating even more women from your possible pool of women.
Actually, this would be a big turn-on for me. Must love dogs. An admiration for horses would help too.
More like 3 overall and those were in person approaches.
Cool. I thought all you did was online date. I must have gotten you mixed up with some other guy in here. My Bad.
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