All really good and valid points. I think that this site in particular is more of a social network than a dating site on which many of the members are no longer single but hang around for the friends that they have made. Despite the inherent annoyance of weeding out fakes and scammers it is a kind of cool way to interact with peeps from around the world.
I however did actually meet someone through online dating...not here but she is someone I otherwise would not have met since she was over two hours away but I agree with you completely that meetups are a fundamentaly better way to get aquainted.
Thank God he can't be elected to a third term...seems our forefathers were inherently wise when they came up with term limits...now if we only had them for congress as well!
Well, from the bit of this thread that I managed to read through it's rather obvious that this is a touchy subject. At the risk of offending half of CS Nation here's my two cents worth of opinion on the matter.
Sometimes.
To try and say that welfare cannot promote laziness is very naive thinking. All people on welfare can't be labeled as lazy but it is an undeniable truth that many are. The question here is does welfare promote laziness...I didn't read it to say "are there socio-economic factors that can cause an otherwise hard working productive member of society to get caught in a system that often traps individuals in a position of reliance on the system for the most basic of their needs to be met?" Yes, good people get trapped in a far from perfect system but if you spend any time at all in severely depressed neighborhoods "AKA slums" it is easier to actually see and hear complete disdain for any notion of "earning" what you have. There is unfortunately a sense of entitlement that is alive and well and I have even been told that I'm a fool for not "taking advantage of the system". Now I know there are those who will feel that I am stereotyping people who live in slums or ghettos...to those people I say you don't know me at all or what it is I'm doing in those neighborhoods in the first place and I won't waste time on further explanation.
You're so right. I was in a tornado at the age of three that hit Charles City, Iowa in May of 1968. Can't remember how many died but I wouldn't be here today if Grandma and Grandpa didn't have what was known as a root cellar in their basement...the house was gone....literally gone.
I'm glued with shock and horror to the television...feel so helpless watching these poor people...one of the schools hit had very young children (3rd graders) inside...reporters breaking down crying on air...I'm not the most religious of persons but please pray for these people!
Scary indeed...I survived a tornado as a child and have been fascinated by them ever since...I'm just worried about what they were saying about trying to keep children in school for their protection....there was a high school directly in it's path and a school building is no match for an EF4 or an EF5 tornado which this appears to be...
Glad your showers are of the garden variety single
Not sure if anyone else is seeing this but Oklahoma is getting pounded by deadly tornadoes for the second day in a row. Watching live video on The Weather Channel now.
Please if so inclined pray for the people near Oklahoma City.
Roger that! The first part of my reply had nothing to do with relationships! Thank God I listened to my own intuitions or I wouldn't be typing this now!
Agreed...I've been in situations where common sense and every available fact have told me that it's okay...go ahead, but the little voice in the back of my head said no..."Danger Danger Will Robinson!" only to later find out the voice was correct. It cut's both ways as well...I've ignored warning signs and been well rewarded.
I think however that when it comes to relationships my heart tends to overshadow that little voice at times.
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RE: Should women play "hard to get"?
Definately...that we if we get anywhere with them it gives us a sense of accomplishment