It amazes me how many baseball fans in this country hate soccer; when soccer is far more exciting than Baseball.

Best post of the morning! :-)

I appreciate the efforts and I am not looking for an emoticon.

The only event where a broom is a key piece of equipment.

Are you looking for "somebody to love"? I thought I saw a white rabbitt earlier.

Then, there are some who may not be able to express themselves as eloquently but who you appreciate for their hearts and personalities.


I would imagine, you would have to be on this site for an extended period of time to establish relationships and know who they are, then short answers are irrelevant because you have established a friendship with such individuals.

The forum provides a different dynamic to an online dating site because it can provide room to establish friendships, where the goal on the other dating sites is meet someone and get out of there.

Everything is in the eye of the beholder.

I agree with you but in my opinion, individuals who have well thought out replies reveal those flaws faster than posters who use one sentence answers with cartoon characters dancing around them.

The short answer replies could reveal two things, lack of time available spendt on forums or that person replies to a mass number of topics. To each his own. If you are pursuing a relationship on sites like this, one must be careful of short answers being overused. If you ask "What is your favorite color" that is given by a short answer. If you start asking questions that may require effort to come with a reply, and constantly get short answers, that tells me you are chatting because you are bored and/or you are chatting with many other individuals.

It is not a perfect science, my last relationship was with a woman who was exquisite at verbal communication but had trouble expressing herself in writing. On a dating site, I may have never met her. I met her in the outside world, where I got to see body language and her intelligence first hand.

You have to use the tools available when being on-line, but is is limiting and I am not a fan of mass production. Expressing yourself is vital in my opinion. To each their own.

In closing, if a person has major character flaws, I want to find that early, so no more time is wasted. The more they respond, better chance to catch those flaws. At the same token, you can catch their strengths earlier too.

P.S. I do wish there was a spell checker available.

Didn't see that one but other threads are repeated ad nauseum and have had more responses. If that thread is far enough back, people including myself won't be aware of it. Honestly, I don't go very far back.

I wouldn't worry about going to all the trouble of scanning.

It is a shame an intelligent thread like this got one response. I am not surprised though.

You will know what attracts you, be careful of overanalyzing. Use your instincts, imagination and have fun. Sometimes we put labels on things unnecessarily.

Pay attention to how someone expresses themselves. That is a start. The bottom line, that question can only be answered by you.

I like your work.

The USA and Russia tied for the overall lead with 19 medals. Germany has the most gold medals with 8.

Very tight race in the Medals Standings.

The banana lapdancing looks creepy ;-)

You are welcome.

Crystal, the way you structure your sentences and your english grammar is impressive. I would go as far to say, your grammar is better than some people who are actually from here in the United States. What I like even more, you are not in love with the emoticons. I take things more serious when a person can express the way they feel with words not with cartoon characters. Well done. I can feel the joy you have with dancing by your words. At least in my eyes, it is more enjoyable than seeing a dancing banana.

Now, back to regular scheduled programming already in progress.

Oh believe me, I am a give and take type of person. When motivated, my hands can perform magic.

Thank you, very kind of you :-)

Tired but no bubbles for me.

Correction.. You have been drafted , Marine!

Thank you for serving our country.

Oh yeah, you know it, but if I had to make a choice I take the massage.

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