What went wrong ! ! ! !
I was browsing through the profiles today, and was totally astounded
by what i noticed. I shouldn't been surprised since the tendency was also noted in my who's viewed me box. I remember when I was 20 . .. 25yrs i was out in the clubs and the pubs
and hanging out with my friends, picnics, beach parties, camping, mountain climbing. Anything went as long as we were out there socializing and having fun.
Now I'm sitting back, watching the world pass me by
. . . now that is sad enough ....but
I must have fallen asleep 
in the last decade, because the social scene MUST have changed, because there can be no other explanation for the large numbers of young people in that age group (with all respect to our younger friends here) who hang out on these online sites, 
looking for partners or friends.What happened to the social buzz and youthful vitality (is that reserved now for the 30-40- +
? ? ? ?
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. for all u know some of this younger crowd has joined out of curiosity...
Also it also meant that if the group we were hangout with wasn't what we were looking for in our friends, we simply moved on to another group or made completely new friends
but we were out there all the time networking
maybe these people are exploring and experimenting with another way of making friends or dating ...
Now my 10year old daughter has this things already...
And you wonder what`s happening?
but if we look around and see how young people interact on a social level,
I'm starting to get the feeling that night clubs might go out of business soon
I still find it strange that they will chat to each other on a virtual chat room while sitting in each others visual space
i know what you mean . . . Same thing around here
nowaday's life is so difficult and time is also an issue...
sometimes it becomes easier to chat with a friend online ..even if u r in the same city!....
There is an old saying that you may have heard.......
It takes me all night to do once what I once did all night!!
and worth considering, but aren't they missing out on something
Yes, they are but such is life! Mybe some day it will change!!
But for now we have to adapt to survive.
Such it life!
Yeh I know that but just wanted to tell my "all night" phrase!
So I guess we created the monsters (the techno-guzzling monsters, that is).
So why are you so scared to email me If you like chatting to people??
I know that I can no longer go all night long, but heck I had fun while it lasted
but it is fun
However, irrespective of which site I tried, I always had the very young guys approaching me (I'm talking early 20's)
I initially just put it down to them trying their luck on a desperate middle aged woman
But i have gradually come to realize that not all of them are here for a bit of 'éxperience' some are genuinely here looking for a partner.
Could it be that we have failed our youth, by not effectively teaching them social skills?
it's another thing all together that in both d places i somehow end up pickin d weirdos
We are the weirdos!!!
"Where-ever I go, There I am"
and whenever people looking for greener pastures or like you say always attracting the same type of people, I remember that . .
where-ever we decide to go, nothing will change, until we decide to change
I have a neighbour who's 24. He's been doing his masters in IT. He's online all the time, everything he does or studies is connected to the internet. He also met all his friends online, as well as girlfriends. He doesn't go out to clubs and cafes, he's not at all interested in 'real people' who surround him and live in the same town he's been living. When he 'goes out' he actually opens some of those big games that are played online by people all over the world or goes to Facebook or some similar place. Recently he has gone to Germany to some 'games fair' where he hoped to meet all his virtual friends he's been playing games online with for years. He seems very happy and satisfied. Once he told me: 'If the internet disappears I wouldn't know what to do and how to live'. This is the new generation.
That sounds very sad, but very real. Our reality is surreal to them, since they have created a reality within their virtual world
But like you said, he seems happy in that world.
Wish you all a good night, since its morning here! Lol..
Just remember there are good people here, lonely but good!
Ps. I am one of them!
But at the same time I have 'met'some wonderful people here. What would be better would be if we could have a real social together