Relationships

[bldavis]

if we do have any where that the music isnt just karaoke...i have yet to hear about them

and being shy and introverted, i tend to only dance either with someone i know or someone who asks me...yes i know i am pathetic to those of you who are more extroverted and outgoing
lowish self esteem and confidence dont help

[Amirya]

Don't worry, someone will beat you upside the head.

OOOOOHHHH...evil idea......brb

[Fivelives]

So karaoke. People are generally too drunk to really notice how bad your singing is, or they've grown somewhat immune to frog croaking noises, but getting up on stage to perform on karaoke night serves the same purpose as getting out on the dance floor at a dance club.

[bldavis]

so..iow something i wouldnt be caught dead doing unless i was way beyond legal to drive...

[Amirya]

so..iow something i wouldnt be caught dead doing unless i was way beyond legal to drive...

Well, that's up to you, but I believe the saying is something like, "Pride makes a cold bedfellow."

Me, I'm happy to terrorize my guild officers, so I'll keep my dignity.

[Barathorn]

Sab/BLD,

Most of my friends met people online or at places like the Supermarket, about 2 out of 20 of us met our other halves at bars.

My advice, join a dating site, it worked for a lot of my friends and its way easier to chat to people online before you meet them as you can establish if your interests are the same, if there is comfortable common ground and if they are local to you.

Other than that just,

a/ be truthful
b/ be yourself
c/ be considerate of what you want and what your date wants
d/ don't be a cock

I was in exactly the same boat as you Sab/BLD and it all worked out funky badger. There is no reason it cannot for you.

Ami, you still rock.

[Amirya]

You also forgot to tell them the Secret of Fire (or was it the Secret of Caveman?).

[Fivelives]

In order for me to karaoke, one of the following statements has to be true:

Either I am too hammered to give a shit that I'm singing poorly,

-or-

Everyone else in the room is too hammered to give a shit that I'm singing poorly.

[Barathorn]

:)

You also forgot to tell them the Secret of Fire (or was it the Secret of Caveman?).

Well the secret of fire does have a 100% success rate I guess.

I feel that the world has changed though and that technique might not be as successful thesedays as when I employed it to good effect.

Thesedays I would probably go with 'For most things in life there is Mastercard, for everything else there is rohypnol'.

Snake is better at current day things than me, dating used to be easy, as you get older it gets harder as everyone has more baggage to deal with I guess.

Sab/BLD get yourself on dating sites, at least you are putting yourselves out there then?

I forgot another golden rule, never ever ever ever be needy. That shit is the door to rejection and heartbreak.

[bldavis]

im on a few...but lack the funding to pay for the contacting of matches...

[Barathorn]

im on a few...but lack the funding to pay for the contacting of matches...

Do something about it then.

Last summer at the Paralympics I saw a guy with 1 leg jump over a 2m high jump from a standing start. That tells me there is no such thing as can't.

Where there is a will there is a way.

[Snake-Aes]

Snake is better at current day things than me, dating used to be easy, as you get older it gets harder as everyone has more baggage to deal with I guess.

Better? I'm just lucky, and happen to find someone that understands my nerdier jokes and makes even worse ones.

Do something about it then.[...]Where there is a will there is a way.

As far as accomplishments go, this is the grand truth.

[bldavis]

im working on it, but jobs are few and far between here...hence my move in the next few months

[Sabindeus]

im on a few...but lack the funding to pay for the contacting of matches...

I don't have this problem, but I also have yet to venture outside the realm of OkCupid... Match.com is something people recommend to me but their profile creation is scary... they want me to write about myself in a non-directed manner. :|

[Flex]

OK Cupid is a bad name for a dating site. Not exactly setting your users up with great expectations with just being OK. I'm going to start up 35andtimetosettle.com.