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I've read employers favor married breadwinners when it comes to hiring because they have less leeway to just quit on a whim. No idea how factual that is, but being held by the balls by an employer...

Someone say it ain't true! I find the thought unsettling because, apart from being against my personality, it also taints how I'd imagine a relationship. Being expected to make the first move is bad...

Well I dunno about nothing to lose. I'd be devoting a lot of time and effort into this, and failure would not be good on any self-esteem I'd have garnered by then, I'd imagine. But I'm thinking I'll...

I would imagine. They're drawn to emotionally-charged environments like flies to rotten meat.

I'm a total stranger to romance of any kind, younger than you but worse prospects of 'success' to begin with (refer to my thread on the same page), however there's something that occurs to me. You...

How can you possibly know that for sure?

Thanks, that's reassuring. I'd be willing to compromise to get along better with someone dear to me, but change my personality just to be more appealing to potential partners? Aw hell no.

I'm 28. Up until now, I've happily kept out of romance altogether and never felt like I was missing something. But I suppose now is a good time to look into this particular facet of life that I've...