Dating. Texas.

[superhappytime]

I moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in the fall of 2004. Before that time, I don't think I'd ever heard the word "metroplex." Nor have I heard it anywhere else. Though it does have its own entry on Wikipedia.

When I moved here I was single. I moved for a job, where almost all of my co-workers were older and married and boring. The only

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[selucius]

I saw a quote recently that stuck with me... "If you're looking for the love of your life, then stop. Start doing what you love and you'll find it." Moderately cheesy, but still true.

What I will do differently this time is to not let women I do not know allow me to determine my self-worth. Seems elementary, but since you live in DFW, I'm sure you understand the status-hungry women of our dating pool.

[superhappytime]

I've heard that line a lot. I'm not sure if I put any faith in it, only based on how I met women in the past with whom I had good relationships...and also looking at the majority of my friends and their relationships. Personally, I just don't come into contact with that many single women...certainly not at work, but not really out, either. And I doubt I will when I quit my job and move to fucking Nepal in search of piece like George Harrison or Donovan--both of whom had the advantage of being rich musicians who never had to look for love

[selucius]

Most women in Dallas turn up their nose at dating someone who lives all the way out in Euless. They equate that with some low-rent, foreign country.

[superhappytime]

You really think it's most? There's definitely a percentage like that...it's that way in every big city. The anti-suburb thing. Like Queens is another country from Manhattan.

You could be correct. Maybe it is "most" and I've just been fortunate to meet a few people not like that in Dallas. But all my long relationships here have been in Tarrant or Denton counties. Always with non-DFW natives.