Dating....

Ahhh the lovely life of being single.

Lets go back a "few" years before I get into today's dating scene.

Back in the 50's they: * There were no answering machines or cell phones with text messages. * The men were always the ones to ask the lady on a date and it meant they were romantically interested in them. * The man would be the one to organise the transportation * The would come to the door to greet his date and he always brought her safely home * Men ordered the food * Men paid the bill * The men were introduced to the ladies family on the 1st date

Over the years quite a bit has changed.

Today: * We have cells phones with texting, who needs to call or leave a message * People often use this technology to ignore people (oddly enough) * Most dates each person pays for their own food/drinks * You always meet in a local place * You definitely don't introduce them to your family unless it is serious * It is acceptable for women to ask men out on a date

Now to really mix things up....we have the damn internet!!! It is not easy to meet people, no matter what you think. Sure you can meet people at bars..but most of them are drunk and looking to get laid. You can try to meet people at sporting events or concerts but again alcohol is usually involved ha-ha It just doesn't work like it used to.

We have sites like Match.com or eHarmony where you pay a crap load of money and they are supposed to match you up with people who have the same interests that you do. You can post pics of yourself and things you are into like your pets or cars or even the big ass fish you caught hahaha It gets better because there are even free "dating" applications for your phones and most of them are people looking to hook up.

Now let's say you send a message to someone on anyof these sites....good luck hearing back from 99% of people. I have been single for 4.5 years and been on maybe 5 or so dates and it is NOT for lack of trying. People say, have you used meetup.com? Yup nice people but no one near my age group or no one I am interested in. What about a dating service....yup, total waste of money. I would never in a million years recommend one to someone.

Life is busy, people work too much, are all in relationships or can't look outside their circle of friends to start a friendship with someone and at least be just friends.

People tell me, well what about friends of friends......ha-ha let's not get me started lol or you are too picky! I am NOT picky, in the past I have dated a fair bit and I know what I want, that is not being picky.

Sometimes being single and not wanting to date is the easiest thing to do. It gets lonely and you start the cycle again with all of the dating sites and trying to meet people out and about at functions. It is a vicious cycle that never ends. People who have been in relationships for a long time don't understand and the older generations really don't get it.

I can only imagine how hard it is going to be for future generations, I don't envy them in any way and can only imagine it is going to get worse lol.

Enough ranting about dating or attempting to date....hopefully when I go traveling in other countries I will meet someone....maybe it will take being half a world away to meet the right guy lol