Beethovenfan: It is hard to date without having kids...Some treat your profile like a resume...
I think it is quite normal to read anybodies profiles like a resume .... frankly, it is one.
The only difference is ...some people do have sense of humour some don't. So it is up to us to make it read as a favorite book or like a dry recite of what has been accomplished in our lifes.
I think daiting itself isn't a hard deed .... it is what we want and expect to find. You know, those imagies of happiness we percieve.
But what do we really know about WHAT do we want or need?
Children are a little suckers ( i have 3 of them), chatterboxes they have an ability to make anyone to go nuts or to get a headache in a matter of minutes.
So patience, patience, patience ... or wait until they will grow up.