People letting themselves go once in a relationship.

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You describe how I feel in many ways, Boo. I seem to get a lot of interest online, but offline I can count on both of my hands the number of times a woman has expressed visible interest in me. Usually when I meet people from online, they'll seem really interested for like the first 2-3 dates, and then their interest just fizzles out.

I think that part of it is that, with the online thing, it's very easy to project the missing aspects of a person. So, if you see a profile that you like, you may make assumptions about their personality, humor,appearance, or general demeanor that are appealing to you, but are completely false in reality. Then when you realize that they aren't the same as that "perfect image" you imagined, you call it quits. Also with online, it is very easy to see all of the hundreds of people in an area, and say "Well, I really like this person, but there are 10 more people near me that look even more interesting, so I think I'll keep looking". I've even been guilty of this once or twice myself.

^ everyone time you see a profile like this, post a link to it so tarantella can see it. Start that from today.

meh maybe but I'm not unhiding the ones. I consider doing what you did boo, but I am to persistent . others see a never give up personality as good and noble. but it feels aweful. like a guy hitting you but you keep getting up and he hits you again and again. at some point it best to stay down, but I just can't. something in me refuses to give up and just keeps trying despite failure. in essence repeating the same thing hoping for a different result. so I guess I am insane.

I don't consider myself to be a leader or even someone who integrates well but the women I have dated have had strong personalities, either worked in management positions or ran their own businesses, women who are doing well in their career..

It's usually the women who aren't strong that want a man to have a job that provides them with everything, strong independent women won't be like that and tend to be more level headed.

Face of Boo, Didn't you mention one of the women wants to date a millionaire yet she's far from being a millionaire herself? My point exactly, most of the women who demand men to be millionaires are actually in a dire financial situation living in some fantasy where prince charming the millionaire sweeps them away,

People will date others who run in their social circles. For me, college was the great equalizer. I didn't come from a lot of money, didn't have any more to spend than many other college kids. Didn't have a job?again, lots of kids didn't have jobs. So?either I dated other college kids or upperclass high school kids that I'd already known for a long time.

That's like movie and radio stars. They have similar needs for privacy that the rest of us don't have, and they socialize. It's just impossible to do that with "regular people" without some kind of crap getting started with tabloids and other media. Everyone "down here" wants a piece of them, so it's actually dangerous for them to hang with us. Naturally they tend to pair up.

If you're a millionaire, you're working so hard that the only time you spend with other people you're with other millionaires. It makes sense.

^ She certainly has a high income but certainly not a millionaire.

Boo, all I'm ever trying to do is counter your (and others') statements along the lines of "I know a woman who does X, so that implies that all women do X."

Chances are, whatever the blanket claim is, I, or someone else on here, knows someone who doesn't fit into your preconceived notion. So, absolutely, I feel it's my duty to step up and say "uh, no, that's a generalization." If you said "all men do X" and I knew men who didn't do X, I would speak up the same way.

Basically, I'm still hoping you young'uns will someday see that there's a whole world outside of your own personal experience, and maybe give it a chance to bring some variety into your life. The one most valuable thing I ever learned was that not only do I not know everything about everything, I don't even know what I don't know. When that particular piece of life's little lessons sinks in, it's eye-opening (and liberating). I highly recommend it as a standard operating procedure.

I did some research.

You're in the Eugene area, right?

I think if you go to Eugene, or even Portland, that you'll find girls who aren't solely into material things.

Do you play guitar? You could certainly be one of those who "keeps Portland weird." Maybe go into a park and play--and watch the girls who play, too. A certain element of woman just LOVES people who play guitar.

If I were 6 foot 3, and I played guitar, and I had long hair, I would have had great success with the girls during the 70's and 80's.