jdate.com , cougarlife.com, farmers.com etc?

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No.

Dude, I'm there! I'm only a few hours away! ;)

This looks like you're at the iHop in Frisco. If so you're minutes from my house and 2 very cute girls my wife has been looking to set up. Next time you're in town let me know. We don't get out much now that we have a baby, but with enough notice we could set something up, or have a dinner party type thing.

Half of her friends are old school Vietnamese - been here a few years and speak kind of broken English (like my wife when I met her). The other half are American who speaks some Vietnamese. Most are out of their first marriages, some with kids. They're all cute in their own ways but all good options for wife material.

I feel it's also going to be 10x more difficult to find a single girl that hasn't popped a child out.

See your fellow Zbros (or Zbraz? Haha) are coming to the recuse! Tell me other car forum members will do that! What will you do with you are Zless? It is a sign my friend. It is the Zlife for you. That was Zdicoulous and I don't care. I think I'm still drunk... Maybe a little.:happydance:

There's a difference between being a nice guy and being a pushover. I think we'd be on the same page if our definitions matched. :) I know many women who want a nice guy, though some of them want a nice guy because they've been hurt (sometimes literally) by a not-nice guy.

And I was talking life situations as well. It's pretty relative what "nice" and "pushover" and "a$$hole" and "healthily assertive" means. I know people whom I consider a$$holes who think they're just being healthily assertive.

Read what I wrote again. :)

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. Some of my friends and I were talking about Dallas trip this weekend, but it's a bit short notice.

Bingo, that's it. It's like I tell my kempo students before a belt test, "Relax and have fun". I'm finishing up a messy divorce (2 years and counting), so I'm in no hurry to get 'stuck' with anyone. Dating sites are okay, you still have to filter out the BS ('athletic = almost fat, 'in shape' = no, round is not a shape), the ones that are doped to the gills (either self-medicated or Big Pharma fans) and the ones that are looking for someone to mooch off of.

It was just a suggestion to try something new and change up his routine. And I don't hit on the girls at the gym lol, I'm happily married.

Besides, the gym is a questionable place to hit on girls. You're sweaty and gross and amped up on testosterone, and likely the girls are being rather self-conscious in their routines and get-up. Often they would like nothing better than to be left alone from the creeps at the gym. I tend to enjoy the view, but never do anything to make them creeped out or discouraged from being there.

Bets are off if they come up to you, though. :)

Follow your nature instinct. When it feels right, go for it. If not, just wait. Everything happens for a reason. For me, not following my gut only causes problems.

I'm playing the numbers game right now, which is nice since I'm able to interact with random girls and get their numbers. They're a bit on the young side of the spectrum, but it's enough to keep me moving forward so I definitely have no interest or urge to contact my ex.

Somehow it feels like there's a stigma with my occupation as an engineer. About 5-7 years ago (well before the burst of the economic bubble), things were great. When I tell people I'm an engineer, they're in awe as if I'm high up there in the ranks. I find myself questioning why people think engineers are wealthy or something along the lines of that. Now it's like a mood killer in the conversation. Where I'm at most engineers (including myself) are working in aviation, and it has been a rocky one since 2009. There are some companies in the technology sector, but it pays nowhere near as much as aviation companies. I talked to this random girl on Friday, and the fact that I'm an engineer seem to be a mood killer for her. When I got her number, she gave me her Google Voice number. I didn't really hear much from her the next day.

Then there's the stigma about engineers overall. Back in March, a random girl I met at the bar was cool until she asked about my occupation. When I said "engineer," the ship started sinking and I was drowning. She said "engineers are socially awkward," so she put me in that category all night long. I did get her number, though. But that was it.

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Yeah, I don't enjoy telling people I do IT work, because I get that "Oh...." reaction.

I'm not the stereotypical IT person though, so I have to kind of let them know that. :ugh2:

I'm a network engineer.. :ugh: and I fall in this category.