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04 Apr 2008, 12:52 am

I'm 21. A month ago, the girl I've been liking on and off for the past 2 years got engaged to her boyfriend...(they're both 20)...so that makes me feel a little old to be perpetually single...

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04 Apr 2008, 9:15 am

roguetech wrote:

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You have to apply the Drake Equation for Women to it

Your "Drake Equation" is not only crap (for example, developing interests can be part of a relationship, not a prior requirement), but it also does not apply, since the number is a rough estimation across a period of time, not a specific point in time. For example, at any given time, (using fictitious numbers) 50% of women are in a current relationship (and 50% of those aren't willing to cheat), so only 25% of women are "unavailable" at any given time. However, 75% of those may be available at sometime in the next five years. OP mentions removing all non-females and everyone outside a given age range.... Both are arguable (especially the second), but obviously there are populations that could be removed for any given individual. Some people will have a lot of fish in the sea (though one billion is a tad high no matter how in discriminatory you may be), some not as many (for instance if you require someone within a xxx miles, has AS, and likes Sponge Bob...sol), but for most people it would a relatively decent proportion.

*sigh*

Do you not know humor when you see it?
I don't even believe in the real drake equation... Allow xkcd to demonstrate:

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04 Apr 2008, 11:18 am

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Do you not know humor when you see it?
I don't even believe in the real drake equation... Allow xkcd to demonstrate:

Sorry

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04 Apr 2008, 12:54 pm

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99% of the young people I know or I've met are single.

99% of the young people I know or I've met are not single.

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04 Apr 2008, 1:12 pm

LePetitPrince wrote:

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99% of the young people I know or I've met are single.

99% of the young people I know or I've met are not single.

Maybe things work a little differently in the Middle East than they do here. I know for a fact that Lebanese people are very family oriented, and people over there are more interested in finding a partner to start a family with. There is a lot more pressure from parents, grandparents, and clergy for young people to get married and have children. A good friend of our family is a Christian from Lebanon, and he tells us quite a bit about the culture.

Italians, Greeks, and to orthodox Jews are the same way.

Religion's importance in society plays a big role in the dating game. Believe it or not. In North America, and the UK, we live in a very non-religious, heterogeneous society. Therefore, more emphasis is placed on individual freedoms, accumulating wealth, and career goals and whatnot. That's why so many people are single, and the divorce rates are so high.

I guarantee you, if you go to a place where religion, tradition, and ethnic culture plays a large role in the everyday lives of it's inhabitants, you will have very little problems finding a date. Cultural and religious belief already give you and your potential partner a common ground to start on.

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04 Apr 2008, 1:21 pm

jkrane, it's a very well contructed and hopeful post!

But what's up with your very scary avatar? The message and the avatar don't match at all, in my mind.

As a girl, I too have realized it's not one person's fault if the conversation doesn't go anywhere. I think sometimes it's an unconscious sign that the two people aren't actually interested in each other, physically...OR that they are SO interested they can't even speak :lol:

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04 Apr 2008, 8:22 pm

northern_light_girl wrote:

jkrane, it's a very well contructed and hopeful post!

But what's up with your very scary avatar? The message and the avatar don't match at all, in my mind.

Shock value!

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