new OKC thread (yet another Savalog)

[Lorizael]

How about asking her for a coffee.

You're missing my point. Do you literally ask every woman you see if they'd like to get coffee? If not, why not?

[rah]

I meant lower your standards, not eliminate all of them.

[Lorizael]

I meant lower your standards, not eliminate all of them.

Well, to what? (See below.)

What sort of qualities, besides appearance, do you look for?

The women I've dated have all been very intelligent, curious, level-headed, passionate about their art (writing and music in these instances), patient, and driven. Is that what I look for in a partner?

[Al B. Sure!]

[Lorizael]

Oo, I'm excited. Guys, we have here a special guest, Albert Speer--a man who has made it with a woman! That's right! I know; it's unbelievable. Let's all hear what he has to say.

[rah]

The women I've dated have all been very intelligent, curious, level-headed, passionate about their art (writing and music in these instances), patient, and driven. Is that what I look for in a partner?

I want to know how if you're looking at a group of women how to sort these out.
I figure you have to go through a few dozen to find one that will fill these qualifications.
I have no problem with these traits being your goal. My point is that you're going to have to go out with many others at least once to eliminate them from the pool.
If you walk up to 10 random women and ask them out, you may get one.

Heck, I never asked my wife out. She asked me out. I think of what I would have missed if she hadn't. Thank god she had low standards.

[Sava]

The women I've dated have all been very intelligent, curious, level-headed, passionate about their art (writing and music in these instances), patient, and driven. Is that what I look for in a partner?

Sounds good to me.

Though, I'd recommend allowing for some incompatibility. It may be rare to find someone who checks all those boxes.

[Sava]

Heck, I never asked my wife out. She asked me out.

I wish a woman would ask me out.

[FlameFlash]

Heck, I never asked my wife out. She asked me out. I think of what I would have missed if she hadn't. Thank god she had low standards.

My wife did the same. It's why all I've had for this thread are snide off topic remarks

My wife's exact words were "what's wrong with you" I believe. Nicely snapped me out of my being oblivious.

[Sava]

I kinda hate you guys now.

[rah]

It was funny. She inviting me to her catholic grade school reunion. I felt kind of honored that she thought I would be someone that she could SHOW OFF. Imagine that.
Since I had gone to a catholic school myself all it took was memorizing a few of the priests and nuns names and within an hour or so I had them all convinced that I had gone to school with them.
My wife was so amused I think that's what won her over. How many people would ask someone out on a first date to a reunion. I was a good sport about it.

[FlameFlash]

I see a modifier in there of "kinda" so I think I'll be all right.

[Sava]

Since I had gone to a catholic school myself all it took was memorizing a few of the priests and nuns names and within an hour or so I had them all convinced that I had gone to school with them.

[Sava]

I see a modifier in there of "kinda" so I think I'll be all right.

probably

[Lorizael]

I want to know how if you're looking at a group of women how to sort these out.

My answer thus far has been to befriend women first, which does allow me to figure out whether or not they possess those qualities. I don't have to be convinced that that's not the right approach, but it does leave me at a loss as to what to do instead.

Let's see. I'm done with class by 3 pm each day. That leaves approximately 9 hours a day in which I could be going on dates. I figure that's probably 3 dates a day. I have ~300 total classmates amongst my 5 classes, which works out to about 150 women. So 15 dates during the week, plus maybe 10 on the weekend is 25 dates per week in total, which means it will take me 6 weeks to go through the entirety of the readily available females at school. There are 12 remaining weeks of school, however, which means I'm either going to have to find another source of females after spring break or I'll need to pace myself and do a week on, week off.