What ever happened to honesty and communication? I know it's been a while, but jeez.

One of the downsides to internet dating....it is much easier to be deceptive. There are many good people out there, however. Some of us are genuine and caring. Don't give up..

Thank you, I won't.

If I meet one more person who can't communicate, I'll scream.
I know how you feel, this person was a real persaon, not from a computer. Worse, we decided to go see a movie and when he gets here, it's a totally different movie. It's way too late to go then. I say am gonna stay home tomarrow , clean, pay bills etc. He says I'll come over. Gets here @ 3 and brings up going to the movie. Do people just not listen to themselves or another when there is a conversation going on? After he left, (kinda pushed him out the door because wasn't getting much done) realized am not going to do that again, wenth through years with my ex of trying to play 'read my mind' and 'we're gonna do what i want stuff'. Feel bad but good thing it was just in the start up and had said wanted to try friends first.
So am going to stay with that and tell him next time that don't think a relationship is on the horizon. Sorry to go on so long about YOUR topic but it is somewhat similar...

Dating has changed tremendously since I was a teen. Fewer rules. Some of the kids in 20s and 30s have no boundaries.

I hear ya! My thing is getting someone to go somewhere! Been married twice and neither one wanted to put down the remote and go out amonst 'em. Now, here I am in the winter of my seasons and still no one will go out.

Come on down to Texas Katz, we'll go out on the town and see what we can scare up!

By golly Viv, You aren't that far away from me. I'd love to meet some of your good ol' boys!

I think dating has changed from our "younger years". It's because most of us don't fall for the boy with the long hair or nicest looking car lol. We look for traits or qualities now in a person and sadly to say for most of us we might as well settle for the guy with the beamer (because we won't find many with "long hair" anymore)

Your right where are they???
Seems most have been burnt and feel it will happen again, some like being a player,some like the idea more or better,some just want better then what they got rid of. Sort of sad that people have agendas with what they look for.Just be yourself!!

While adding honesty and communication...what about common sence, responsibility,ethics, values....are they so lost??? Usually if you fined a person with common sence, most likly you'll have all the other needs fulfilled as well.

Please, don't bring up the "let's be friends 1st", silliness. Puhlease!!! You discover things about another person in a dating scenario. Dating doesn't mean "commitment", sheesh.

I had to deal with that non-sense once before & it doesn't work for me. Why is it that the woman gets to set all of the ground rules?

Come on down...I bet we can scare someone up, after all it's RODEO TIME in Texas!!

Well if ya'all rope a couple of good ones down there don't forget to invite me to the BBQ.

Bill ....YOU"RE always invited...but you have to do the cooking...we'll have our hands full with other things!

Actually I say it when am not really all that interested in the first place. If things change- like discovering you do have more in common than at first suspected then you can have a change of mind. I go on my gut on how I feel about someone, and rarely wrong when it comes to my feelings. It's alot easier to be and stay friends then go into something and it not working. I've found it's harder that way (from the man's perspective) to be friends afterwards if it's a no go. Just my experience.