|
Monday, April 12, 2004
Dating antics of some women leave much to be desired
Reader Mark Holt of Fullerton pointed out several
letters to the Wall Street Journal in response to an
article written by Gwendolyn Bounds titled, "In
Search of Single Men. Must Have Pulse." Mark's e-mail
included this letter from Jacksonville, Fla.: "I'm 35
years old, make about $52,000 a year and am good
looking. But I haven't had a date in a year. It's not
that easy for guys to meet girls either."
Which brings me to the experience of former Huntington
Beach resident Joe Follick, who shared his recent
dating experiences in Los Angeles.
"LA has a reputation as a very difficult place to find
women, and based on my experience, that seems
well founded," said Joe. He shared information on
some of his recent dates. All turned out poorly. Joe
spent nearly an entire day with a woman visiting art
galleries, walking the beach in Santa Monica and
taking her to dinner. "We held hands like
teenagers," Joe said.
They finished dinner at 8:30 p.m. "I suggest she come
back to my place. She looks at me like I am crazy, and
declines," Joe writes. "I say 'OK, too soon ... so
let's get together next weekend.' She gives me that
'call me,' which every guy knows means no. Totally
confused at the day's events, I go home.
"I call her the next Monday. She tells me she just
heard that some guy she is interested in broke up with
a girlfriend and she wants to be available for his
call to go out."
In another situation, Joe met a woman on a Thursday
for coffee. They made a date for Sunday. She called
and told him she forgot that she was meeting
girlfriends that day.
"I don't plan to call her again," he said. When women
wonder why it's hard to find good men to date, they
need to look at how they treat men. There are a lot of
nice guys like Joe out there who would love to be in a
relationship, but they get tired of putting up with
the dating antics of some, of course not all, women.
Any women care to respond?
Reader Comments
Lisa Kowalczyk, Laguna Hills:
"My family has a trip planned to Spain and we would
have been traveling through Atocha train station also.
We wondered should we change our route? Should we not
go? We thought about it and are making no changes and
going on the trip as planned." Response: We
returned from Spain last night and will give you an
update in the next column.
Gwen Morgan, Laguna Niguel:
"Security will be tight in Spain, so I think you
should go. I'm leaving for Paris April 22."
Response: Good decision, Gwen.
|
