ukrainska flickor sexiga<\/a> in the number of adult singles of all ages. Maybe online connections killed in-person singles groups. Beats me.<\/p>\nI’ve been on dating sites for more than two years now, looking for love or at least something better than hermit status. A lot of online profiles sound nearly the same – love long walks on the beach, love kayaking, etc. (When did kayaking become a thing? I prefer dinner and a movie to drowning upside down in the river.)<\/p>\n
I’ve been on dating sites for more than two years now, looking for love or at least something better than hermit status.<\/p>\n
Many women insist they want no drama in a relationship, which I take to mean anger issues, emotional problems, psychosis, addictions and so forth. Me neither.<\/p>\n
Some say they don’t want anyone lugging baggage from past relationships. Sorry, honey, but just about everyone has baggage at my stage of life, whether it’s loss, divorce, abuse, unfaithfulness or whatever. If you can’t deal with it, don’t date.<\/p>\n
Search criteria<\/h2>\n
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Everyone has their own search criteria, stated or unstated, as they surf profiles and make connections. The four things I look for are visual\/physical attraction (I’m still a guy), reasonable intelligence, spiritual commitment and that mysterious thing called spark.<\/p>\n
Visual attraction is the obvious first stop, because nobody, male or female, looks at dating profiles without photos. The usual questions about photos include: Are they recent? Do they honestly show how the person looks? If he or she has gained 200 pounds – or shriveled up – since the photos were taken, they shouldn’t misrepresent themselves. Sorry if that’s lookism, but there it is.<\/p>\n
Regarding intelligence, can they hold their own in a conversation involving more than one or two subjects? Do they care about what’s going on beyond their own little world? When it comes to spirituality, checking off spiritual or even Christian on a dating profile can mean anything from practicing squishy mindfulness to being a hardline fundamentalist. This area calls for sensitive, respectful conversation.<\/p>\n
A spark cannot be clearly defined. It’s that special connection that makes your eyes light up and your toes tingle. It’s either there or it isn’t. And it’s essential, even as far down the line as I am. I’m not dead yet.<\/p>\n
Long term relationship?<\/h2>\n
I’ve lost count of the number of women I’ve met for coffee, the usual choice for a first encounter. Many of these initial meetings have progressed to first, second, even third dates. If you make it past the third date, you might have something going. That rarely happens, at least for me. Usually there’s no real spark. Or the spark flies one way but not the other.<\/p>\n
If the connection goes past Date Number Three, I’m interested – and so is she if she’s still saying yes. That’s when it gets tricky. Is this potentially an LTR? If so, could it mean eventual marriage? I have yet to reach that serious a stage.<\/p>\n
I was ready to commit myself to a particular woman last year, but she decided she wasn’t ready and broke it off. That one hurt. Still does. Sometimes you pay the price for damage done by other men in past relationships.<\/p>\n
I’ve met some truly wonderful women so far, and several truly strange ones, and just about every type in between. I’ve been had and I’ve been a cad. I’ve been ghosted – that’s when someone you thought was interested suddenly cuts off all communication. I’ve ended relationships via text message and had them ended with me the same way.<\/p>\n
Dating is no joke, my friend, especially in the age of COVID, social isolation and fragmentation. But I’m still searching for the woman God has for me, if she exists.<\/p>\n
Erich Bridges, a Baptist journalist for more than 40 years, retired in 2016 as global correspondent for the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board. He lives in Richmond, Va.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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