I feel sorry for you, as you say: not so much for the ticket (you could still go and have some fun in London) but for the disappointment...
Anyway, think you did the right thing. Soooo many people mail and mail, wait and wait, until forever. If you think you like someone in my opinion the best thing to do is meet them. And you tried... good for you!
If I would be denied the same wages as a woman for the same job -just to give an example- I would be a radical 'man-ilist'! (for lack of a better word)
Still... let's celebrate all differences between men and women, and the chivalry involved
It's just a matter of chance... The more people you meet, the better the chance. 'Meeting' men on CS (and date them!) is one way, in real life even better...
Still no garantee, but you'll have to meet, any given way. Then hopefully one day you will just know....
"I want to get married in the near future...." Hurry could blur your judgement
This is what I got, from a 'lady' from Cyprus (and no, I won't reveal her name)
HER Profile? fell asleep half way thru!
ME Profile That's ok I saw you visited my profile 7 minutes ago, half way through you fell asleep, and somehow you woke up three and a half minutes later to tell me this. That's what I call 'a short nap'
HER ? I stopped to have a snack as I was hungry!
ME ! Any other profound thought you want to share with me?
HER ? Well maybe if I could not get to sleep, I could read your profile again
ME . Is your live so boring that you want to spend your saturday afternoon sending some stranger messeges like this?
HER Boring? Yes my life is boring, but it is night here, and you must be the same because you are on here too!
ME look lady..... Yes, I'm here too. That is probably the only thing we have in common. But.... I do not waste my time with stupidity, not even here. take care
HER Look here Prat! Yes probably we have nothing in common! Because I look for a gentleman......which you are not!
Probably most of us at one point in our lives thought we found "the one of whom we thought would fit our hearts, minds and souls". I did, but... here I am... on a datingsite.
One learns from mistakes and misfortune. Things we never thought of while enumerating our 'list' of character, traits and or the sum of the personality. For example, I now know that cultural differences count as well. It tought me not to create this image of 'the one'. I feel this lesson broadens my horizon, not only in love but in friendship as well. One could be pleasantly surpriced who one finds when not looking!
How long does it take to feel and know that she/he is the one? I would say, to KNOW could take a long, long time. Actualy I'm not even sure anayone could be sure about anything at all, but that would be a whole different subject. To FEEL she's the one on the other hand could happen in a blink of an eye, it happened to me, literally in 2 seconds, and it lasted 2 years.
Is this a bad thing? I would argue not. The things we know or think we know are outnumbered by the things we don't. In that light, live is an illusion anyway.
So, as long as the illusion of happiness is there, I'm alive and kicking.
'Knowing'or being sure doesn't make the feeling better, nor would it be a guarantee. I choose not to.
RE: how many woman.....????
Actualy, it's "Women"