Fnord wrote:
Dating is a crapshoot (e.g., a gamble; something that involves the rolling of dice). Everybody lies. Everybody is out to get something, whether it is money, sex, a green card, transitional surgery, an alibi to a crime, et cetera. "Putting yourself out there" without expressing your standards, and then having high expectations about the people you attract will only lead to heartbreak. Better to have high standards, express them up front, and be called "Stuck Up" than to express no standards at all and put up with every creep and loser looking for a victim.
"Straight SF seeks straight SM, 30-40 YOA. No smokers, drunks, junkies, convicts, ex-convicts, marrieds, unemployed, or LGBTQs. Must have graduate STEM degree, legal income, own home, and own transportation. Must provide valid resume, references, and identification. Candidates may be asked to submit to background/credit checks, and blood/DNA testing."
I mean ... why do some people place less importance on the character of someone they are dating (and may eventually marry) than they would place on the character of someone they would hire?
I think part of the problem is people don't seem to know what they want. And the things they do want are vague, or based on inexperience.
Some people actually know exactly who they are and what they need from a partner but at the end of the day it's chaos and nobody seems to have the self-reflection skills to know anything about themselves.
Also relationships are usually pretty trial-and-error for most of us. We don't tend to figure things out without experience.
If only dating was that cut and dried, it would be easier.
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