Was Supposed To Be So Easy.... (11)

Nov 28, 2006 11:31 AM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
When i decided to start "dating"...even made the decision to do it the "modern" way...join an internet dating site...I thought it would be sooooo easy...

I mean i would list all the qualities i consider "attributes"...I mean I don't think i'm all that, but i do think i'm passable to say the least...I'm intelligent and have fine qualities...as do alot of people...

So a year later...heartbreak after disappointment...I have to ask myself how did this become so difficult??

Anyone else out there who thought this would be easy...find someone looking for the same things as you..be compatible...etc etc...just to find that its so much easier said (thought?) than done...
blues dunno moping
Nov 28, 2006 11:35 AM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
EnigmaticExistnc
EnigmaticExistncEnigmaticExistncSouthCoast, British Columbia Canada8 Threads 802 Posts
Easy? NO

A fun distraction? Yes!

grin
Nov 28, 2006 12:16 PM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
Katine76
Katine76Katine76Moncton, Canada145 Threads 4,516 Posts
Nothing in life is guarenteed. Its all about taking risks and unfortunatly with those risks come consequences.

As for myself no it has not been easy. I have come to the conclusion that those I find myself having a connecting with and or are compatible with are in a long distance which is frustrating, disappointing and depressing sigh
Nov 28, 2006 7:28 PM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
tafini20
tafini20tafini20Toronto, Ontario Canada8 Threads 286 Posts
It can be disappointing, but I think it's kind of fun. :) What do you have to lose?
Nov 28, 2006 7:32 PM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
superdougie11
superdougie11superdougie11Edmonton, Canada40 Threads 533 Posts
Nothing's easy when it come's to dating. "Life suck's, buy a fawkin helmet" in the word's of Dennis Leary!
Nov 28, 2006 7:40 PM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
twingles
twinglestwinglesEdmonton, Alberta Canada46 Threads 703 Posts
Do we set our expectations to high?

By this I mean: Remember the feeling of loving someone so much that you would do anything for that person? Remembering how it felt when you looked into each others eyes and knew what they were thinking without even saying a word? How your heart skipped a beat when you saw that smile that seemed to brighten a bad day.

What if we are looking for those feelings again in someone else to soon. One generally or ever finds that again upon just meeting someone. We have to spend time and get to know that person and learn different things that make your heart skip a beat.

Maybe the attributes are there.. they just take more time to see them.
Nov 28, 2006 7:45 PM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
tafini20
tafini20tafini20Toronto, Ontario Canada8 Threads 286 Posts
Girl! Dating is difficult. It's all about who you can trust...maybe we're too focus on falling inlove? Maybe we should stop looking all together; isn't that when we find love.
Nov 28, 2006 7:46 PM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
Re:Wanting to get back what we may have once had without the journey that led us there the first time ...

DING DING DING ... we have a winner ladies and gents. thumbs up
Nov 29, 2006 4:09 AM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
I don't think i set my "expectations" too high...at my age i think that i have set my expectations on what i feel i am of deserving of because i know what i have to offer in return...

..."What if we are looking for those feelings again in someone else to soon"...

This i am tempted to agree with...unfortunately...sigh

My experience has been that for as much as men think women don't know what they want...i have found the opposite!!frustrated
Their profiles and discussions with you say one thing...then as soon as you're "involved" with them...you find a completely different person...and generally it's THEM that don't know what they want out of a relationship...or are not ready to "committ"...or whatever the flavor of the month is....mumbling

I'm not here to waste anyone's time...and i don't want anyone to waste mine...at the same time I will not "settle" for anyone, and i certainly don't want to be with anyone who feels they had to "settle" for me...

I CHOSE to be on a dating site...I wasn't FORCED to be on one...
Nov 29, 2006 10:17 AM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
twingles
twinglestwinglesEdmonton, Alberta Canada46 Threads 703 Posts
Hi Wikked,

I didn't mean that in the way that you took it. Sorry. How I meant it was this... Do we look for our expectations to soon. We all have expectations and from past experiences we know what we want and don't want to settle.

Well of course we don't want to settle.... why should anyone. But we don't always see or expectations in someone right away.
Nov 29, 2006 11:00 AM CST Was Supposed To Be So Easy....
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
Hi Twingles...thanks...i didn't take offence to what you were saying...hug

I know there are some that would have women on the whole think that we set our standards too high...i just don't believe that's true..like I said at my (our) age we have had enough experience with life to know what is realistic and what is fairy tale...at the same time we also are quite aware of what our needs are that need to be met in a relationship for it to be healthy and successful...

But i do agree that sometimes we tend to "rush" it along because we are so anxious for that "happily ever after"....wine
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