A buddy of mine wrote this, and this makes one think. And if one is living on a small base with only a small town nearby, well then, life becomes and remains a day-to day grind of only looking as far ahead as the next day's work.
Being financially well-off isn't enough. Being honest, honourable, and hard-working isn't enough. Being both smart AND intelligent isn't enough. Being into the outdoors big-time isn't enough.
I can think of people that are one or more of the above, and can't find a woman that'll look past the superficiallity at the whole package.
As hard as it is to believe, ladies, guys don't just want to (or specifically) boink. Some want nothing more than to hold your hand, to spend time with you, to watch TV with you, to keep a house for you, to do any number or type of outdoor activities with.
But that's not enough. Or too much to ask for.
I'm on the... umpteenth singles site (at least fifteen). So far, eharmony seems to be the best, not as popular as Lavalife but more honest and detailed. And batting zero for twenty-two. Communication goes for a long time, but when it gets to career, or location, the anchor drops.
Screw it.
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Why am I single? With about 1,000,000 people in Edmonton and basically a 50/50 male/female ratio, that leaves about 500,000 women. Now you take away all the ones that are much too old & much too young leaving the ones aged about 20-35... that gives us about a 5th of the female population available.
Now we're at 100,000. With obesity on the rise, you can easily take away half that are simply too gross. At 50,000 women, let's remove all the ones carrying baggage: mental problems, ******* children, divorce, separation, and on and on and on. Let's even try to be generous and say that only a quarter aren't screwed. Now we're down to 12,500. Now we remove all the ones that are simply unappealing to us. They're just not the personality or looks or intelligence or habits or any of that stuff. So we'll remove another 2/3 which assumes that of 1/3 of all these women, a guy will find to be good for him. That's a big over-estimate.
So now we're at about 4,200. Remove all the ones that don't find me attractive or "right for them". Down to 1,050. Now out of 1,050, we can easily assume that at least 90% of these attractive, appealing, smart, un-brainfu--ed women have already been taken by someone cuz they won't stay single long.
100 women now and we take away all the sluts, the lazy-*** couch potatoes, the spoiled brats, the lesbians, the ones with weirdo proclivities and ones that fit categories I can't think of right now. Let's be generous and only chop that in half. Now that leaves just under 50 women out there that are more or less fitting my criteria.
I don't work in an environment where I'll meet a bunch of women, I don't go out drinking or bar hopping & I'm not a student. I also don't travel to all parts of the city or all places in those parts so even at 10% the odds are against me. That means that 10% of remaining women that would work more or less perfect with me, that I will see, meet, be seen by in Edmonton are just waiting for me. But that leaves 5 women & I'm not the only guy looking either. So out of 5 women which really is a big over-estimate, there is one for me if I can be in the perfect place at the perfect time, when I'm looking for a girl & she's looking for a guy & we both have time and on and on and on.
And people wonder why I've given up on the whole concept. At 1/100,000, I'd say it's a losing bet that I'll find "the right one". These numbers could be moved all over the place but it gives you a pretty good idea.
MCpl A.G.
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