It sounds more like Merc's problem is similar to mine-he doesn't even get to the point where he's able to talk himself down. Once I got out of high school, I pretty much stopped meeting members of the opposite sex I found even remotely interesting. College forget it. Work even more so. The subway maybe a few, but there's a certain unacceptability to trying to pick up dating partners there.
I'm throughly convinced finding a partner is sheer luck. Either you have the good fortune to randomly bump into someone suitable, or you end up like me or Merc.
P.S. I've been told I'm not that bad looking, if fact I probably look a good 15-20 years less than my chronological age, so that's not the problem. Neither is my personality. I can probably do just fine in a relationship, I just don't get the chance to enter one.
Ok, now I get it "SSD" state of the product...Sexually Starved for Dating, lol.
You can't meet people if you keep to yourself, in college, in work unless you work involves travel, networking with employee's of other companies...in the case of Merc, think he needs a consulting job for the local Hooters
(I'm against workplace relationships...bad news). But you've got to be out there for any chance at all. What do you think, women are going to come knocking down your doors? (except for the cyberspace relationships that in real life usually turn out wrong as the very high % of damaged/issues related personalities on the Net almost guarantee's a bad outcome/disappointment is my friend). Course, Merc's always negative, mopping on this form...um most women would want to stay 10ft away with a stiff pole...too much of a damaged, low-self esteem/self hating/loathing, built in anger issues with his assumed 'plot in life' to see much of the positive side stuff.
Got to learn to lighten up more often. Life is enough of a downer, can't bring that full force of reality into a budding relationship with much success. Then again, last night I was watching the local LA TV 30min show on Ch. 4 (damn, I'm going to have to get a digital capable LCD TV by Feb. 17th
) about some 30-40 somethin tall thin female, being escorted around to some 'cheap' $7-9mil 4-5sq ft luxury homes in the heart of Beverly Hills. After fawning over all the of ammenities, examining the lack of 'totality' of what she wanted for future children/size, the buyer decided she wanted more, that her original budget (missed that part, must have been $10M or more) would allow.
And the Big 3 Amer. auto companies are in trouble, the so called Southern (Republican's against Detroit bail out) States Import auto company sales are off (Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan, etc) nearly just as much as the Big 3. Only sales increases for the month of Nov. was a small percentage increase in Ferrari & Rolls Royce. According to Ken Rockwell's size, in addition to the over priced $8k, 24MP Nikon, backorders for 100+ ft motor yacths are increasing. Get yourself a
high paying job/become wealthy, almost guarantee your choices/chances of exposure to women will increase.
