I actually joined up a week or so ago but I've been a bit slow to figure out how to make the most of the experience here. I figured it's not too late to introduce myself....

I've been traveling a while (almost a year in fact), but will be back home in about 10 days. At that point, all the single ladies better look out, because a hot and available dude is coming back to town. :)

No, I'm not really that stuck up, but it was fun to type that anyway. See you around!

Spot on!

So then the question is, how does one find a state of being single and happy. Not always easy, but it definitely can be done. And no, it doesn't mean "giving up" on love or anything like that. It just means attaining a better understanding of how you yourself tick, and learning how to accept yourself for who you are. Good self-esteem, basically.

Oh I'm ready, yes....but are women ready for me? :)

For me the question has actually become irrelevant. It's taken me a long time, but once I finally came to just accept myself for who I am, faults and all, then the issue of wondering what a woman wants from a relationship really ceases to matter. If I were to come across some magical laundry list of things women generally want, what would be my reaction? Try to make myself into something I'm not, just to improve my dating chances? Seems like a recipe for failure to me.

No, I think it's better to just be who I am and let the pieces fall where they may. Sure, I can keep trying to make myself a better person - that never ends - but even then that's not just for the sake of finding romance. That's for just being a better person, period.

Sounds to me like we're talking about Dubya. Talk about a REAL affirmative action president.... :)

Seriously, there's plenty to criticize about Obama's presidency, but nothing in this smarmy screed even begins to touch on it. If anything, this posting makes me admire Obama that much more - if you are annoying people like Norman Podhoretz, you've gotta be doing something right. In fact, this whole thing reads like a fan-fiction alternate-universe sci-fi story, it has that little correspondence with reality.

Remind me again why we're together?

Thank you for saying the most sensible thing in this thread.

Single, but not for much longer. Bodies are gonna be all up on my behind....

You haven't figured that out yet? Honestly, we're not that complicated.

It only gets complicated after we already start getting what we really want. In that case, even we don't know.

Delusional. Let me guess, this guy stubs his toe on a bedpost and probably blames Obama for that too. :)