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"A secondary result is that today's woman can't find many real men"

I was lucky enough to find a real man. And I met him on internet in a chat room. The internet is a *great* way to meet potential mates because when you are chatting online, you really get to know the other person's thoughts and aren't held back by appearances. When you get to know someone via dating in person, you get their fake date personality and it takes a long time to get past worrying about what you are going to wear and where to go to dinner to get to the really important stuff like getting to know the person and how their vlues measure up to yours. My hubby and I never even went on an actual date together until after we married. In fact, we swapped photos, chatted on the net and on the phone and 4 hours after the first time we met in person, we were married. It'll be 6 yrs on the 24th of this month and we are just as happy now as we were to begin with. And the added bonus of eloping is that our wedding cost a mere $40, yet it was/is still very special to us. Our families got a bit upset with us over it since neither family had a clue of who their child had just married, but they got over it and all is well now. Moral to the story: if you can't find a man/woman in your town, get online and meet people. Just be safe about it and meet in public places AFTER you get to know them well online first. If you don't get to know them online first, then it's no different than regular dating and you still have trouble getting past the showy stuff to see what the person is really like and if they share your values.