The Post has a new article about Dating in D.C., “according to recent Census Bureau data, the District has the lowest ratio of single men to single women in the nation. Kelly Ann Collins, chronicler of the D.C. singles scene … offer[s] advice to women fighting the odds.”
You would think it would be easy for a man to find his perfect match in DC, right?. More’s not better. I am so happy to have hung up my date shoes, focusing instead on business.
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That is so true, my friend! It doesn’t really matter that there are thousands of women available when the “right” women aren’t in the pool. From what I’ve witnessed as a casual observer, I’d probably hang up my dating shoes until I could click them three times and end up in Gotham.
Yeah, I have a strong feeling that SHE may well BE in Gotham CITY. Nobody is cool enough for us here, are they. They look at us, but they just don’t SEE it. N’est-ce pad?
I don’t know about that. I think that there are plenty of cool people in Washington. Why else would you have cool clubs opening up practically every week?
I’m afraid that even though there people are “available,” they’re just too busy making green Franklins. :)
Touchez. Because, generally speaking, money is a better investment than women, at least in my world, with my women, in my city. So I sound as bitter as I sound? I spend 2005 & 2006 mostly dating and it just made me sick, over time. I got me some bidness to do and ain’t got no time for da ladies.
Touches-toi encore. Women appear to be expensive, high-maintenance, and seek only one thing from men: MONEY. So perhaps by default, you are preparing for your place in heaven, I mean, um, er, Gotham City?
And I guess I have zero patience for anything that appears “to be expensive, high-maintenance, and seek only one thing from men: MONEY.” My BMW does that well enough. She is expensive, high-maintenace, and only wants one thing from me: money. She is also fast, easy, tight, gorgeous, responsive, and fits me like a glove. And always has time for me and always is ready to drive. Always time for me.
Okay, so if I feel that way about my Mini, does that make me a lesbian? ;)
No. Bi, maybe.
“Women appear to be expensive, high-maintenance, and seek only one thing from men: MONEY.”
Ugh. Please don’t speak for me, as a single woman.
There are a large group of us out there that are looking for someone smart, fun, with a wicked sense of humor, who looks nice in a suit or jeans, and that treats us with compassion and respect. I’m getting a little tired of hearing – from women no less – that those of us who are still single are a bunch of gold diggers.
I make my own money. I’d just like to find someone who doesn’t 1) automatically assume I’m looking for money and 2) is a good, charming person.
It bugs the crap out of me that we single folks continue to stereotype the other gender as a *reason* for our own singlehood.
Well, I guess that is just the baseline culture of Washington dating. I guess, ultimately, it isn’t about you women, it is about we men consider ourselved “marriage-ready,” “marriage-worthy,” “family-ready,” and “family-worth.”
Whether you think, believe, understand, or internalize your desire for a handsome, funny, charming, good man, we don’t believe you.
What about school? What about a home? What about college? What about maternity leave? What about the ring? What about the wedding? What about the expectations? I am not ready, I am not ready, let me work harder!
See, that is what’s going in in all of our heads. Seriously.
And, of course, we also have amazing affairs along the way, of course, because we can because we’re Washington men.
Hey! Thanks for this post! I just saw it!
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