The 30's and 40s Single Scene
Just returned from (yet another) date. Okay, she's single in her 30's. She wouldn't be going out on date if she weren't interested in establishing some connection with a guy, right?
So, she shows up 25 minutes late. She's come directly from a girlfriend's baby shower, so she's not made any effort to look pretty. She out of shape, overweight. Overweight and not naturally pretty, wouldn't a woman like that want to make a special effort to show some class and actually try to look nice and show some consideration by showing up on time???
Me? I'm dressed in a summer suit. I'm on time. I groomed myself and everything.
Okay, so now she's late, not done up in any way...at that point, wouldn't you want to be pleasant in conversation? Apparently not. She TALKED for the first 90 minutes or so--never once actually asked me a question about anything.
I figured out why she was overweight--the most obvious being that she had no self-respect. Every problem or disappointing event in her life was still on her mind and all of them were driving her to distraction 24 hours a day. Every depressing event was still depressing her. Every competition she didn't win was still pissing her off.
So, you say: okay a bad date, what's the problem? I would agree BUT I have had NOTHING BUT dates like that in this town for 11 years. I wonder--is the 30 something US woman of today? A universal problem in which case I just get back to work and not look anymore (at least in this country). Or, is this endemic to certain regions? In which case, I high-tail it to another town ASAP.
What's the South like in terms of percentage of women with class? I'm considering a region in which I have never lived.