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Aqua (reif_andrea@tandem.com) wrote:
: Katharine A Harrison <kaharris@mtholyoke.edu> wrote:
:  
: > > Katharine A Harrison <kaharris@mtholyoke.edu> writes:
: > > >I am a college student ... I have found myself someone but quite by 
: > > >accident and I didn't have to try.
: > > 
: > > Gee, you met someone roughly the same age with roughly the same interests,
: > > education level, intelligence level who isn't already married or involved... 
: > > IN COLLEGE?   What *are* the odds of *that* happening?

: > no he is not my age, same interests by accident, finished high school but 
: > no college, and already has a profitable career, very intelligent, and no 
: > not involved.  There are great odds if you can wait.  If you want someone 
: > now then maybe you should follow one of those dating services.  

: Now come on, I don't see anything wrong with taking action to maximize
: the possibility of something you want to happen.  I wouldn't recommend
: dating services as they appear to be a ripoff.  But personals ads seem
: to work for a lot of people at a low cost and it seems logical and direct.
: I personally could never get over the initial discomfort of that first meeting
: that's almost like an interview.  But then I've never tried it and it
: seems most logical for those whose lifestyle doesn't make it easy to
: meet a lot of single people (And there's nothing wrong with preferring
: solitary hobbies to belonging to clubs).

[snip, snip]

: THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND GOING FOR
: WHAT YOU WANT!  (As long as you don't go overboard)

I have to agree with Aqua on this one.  Just think of finding a
relationship as a marketing problem where you are the product.
If no one ever finds out about the product, it will never sell.
Pick your target market (the general types of people you want
to meet), do the market research (find out how to meet them),
and then advertise (go out and meet people).

Hmm, maybe that's what all of us unattached guys on this newsgroup
need to do, hire a marketing consultant! :-D

Mike
I'm an engineer, not a marketing type...
maybe that explains my situation