I do NOT need a stalker, thankyouverymuch!

[Eireann]

I, too, find Jester an extremely cool person...

And I am single!

Of course, I also live in Europe.

[Seshat]

Seshat, there was a girl in my bar today with a t-shirt that would probably amuse and interest you. It read: "Extremely committed to remaining single."

Now THERE is a woman who knows how to give a clear and unambiguous signal!

I wonder if there's a range of them?
Single but vaguely interested
Single and searching
Looking for a bit on the side
Partnered but checking out other options
Committed to my partner

Hrm. I think we also need some flashcards.
You're cute: available?
Sorry, not interested in you
It's a pity you're partnered - got a friend who's looking?

[Jester]

I, too, find Jester an extremely cool person...

And I am single!

Of course, I also live in Europe.

Naturally. That fits right in. I reiterate:

Yes, yes, it seems all the cool women I meet lately are either gay, taken, psychotic, or tourists. In your case, naturally, taken. And, come to think of it, a tourist, if you were here.

[Eireann]

Ah, but how does it fit in? I'm none of the abovementioned females (psychotics are cool? Imagine that!).

I would be a tourist if I were in your area... only I'm not...

[stormtreader]

I saw a tshirt a while ago:
"readvertising due to timewaster"

[ArenaBoy]

Yes, yes, it seems all the cool women I meet lately are either gay, taken, psychotic, or tourists.

I just encountered the damn taken aspect today as a matter of fact. I was at a Barnes and Noble looking for a CD when I noticed this girl and struck up a conversation with her. Things were going well until I find out she has a boyfriend. Closest to psychotic for me was a girl I met who is very open about her drug use and brags about getting wasted every weekend. This is where ihatethenba backs away slowly. As for tourists Jester, most girls I've met in that aspect live on the other side of the state.

[Becks]

I even have a sweatshirt reading "Furry manboobs - accept no substitute".

I accept no substitute to furry manboobs, Raps.

Well...sometimes... The man of the household is reasonably fur-less.

[Jester]

Ah, but how does it fit in? I'm none of the abovementioned females (psychotics are cool? Imagine that!).

I would be a tourist if I were in your area... only I'm not...

Yes, but the point is...you are in Europe. Which means that here you would be a tourist.

Now, there is nothing wrong with tourists in and of themselves. The problem with meeting girls that are tourists is that they leave. As in go somewhere other than here, usually several hundred miles or more away from here.

Now, as you are not here, you are not a tourist, but you ARE several THOUSAND miles away from here. So you fit right into the base problem that girls who are tourists represent: you ain't here. With me on this?

As for tourists Jester, most girls I've met in that aspect live on the other side of the state.

I wish my problem was merely meeting girls who were from the other side of the state. Let me explain. I live in the Florida Keys. The bottom of Florida, and then some. Girls who I have met down here over the last few years who would have been worth pursuing but who were from somewhere else hailed from places such as:

--Pennsylvania
--Montana
--Los Angeles
--New York
--Tennessee
--Uruguay
--England (though that one I DID get engaged to, but that is another tragedy...er, uh, STORY for another time)

Heck, I was thrilled recently to meet a girl that was "only" from Ft. Lauderdale. Of course, she stopped returning my calls, even though I was only calling to get copies of the pictures she had taken while down here, which she had already told me she would send me. Go figger.

Alright....time for another beer!

[Eireann]

Why, Jester! Thanks for the compliment!

(Though you didn't come out and say it, your post suggests that I am cool. If this is not what you meant, I recent my thanks as given above. )

I have a different problem. Most men who come here are looking for:

"Easy" Czech women (attitudes towards sex and fidelity being different here than in the West; plus, quite a few Czech women look like models).
Beer.
"Easy" Czech women AND beer.
Nightclubs that won't kick them out.

It's pretty sad. Prague has a huge number of British stag parties coming over here to get drunk and even more obnoxious than they are when they're sober. Earlier this year, I walked past a stag group; one of the members said gloatingly (and in a rather loud voice), "We're going to get our knobs sucked."

I was tempted to turn around and say, "Oh, WOW! First time? CONGRATULATIONS! Most guys wouldn't have the courage to admit something like that in public!"

One of these days, I may just do that.

It's come to the point where, if I see a group of men walking down the street, I avoid them. This is especially true if one of them is in drag.

Any guys wanna come here who are NOT after the aforementioned items?

[Jester]

Why, Jester! Thanks for the compliment!

(Though you didn't come out and say it, your post suggests that I am cool. If this is not what you meant, I recent my thanks as given above. )

Actually, that was not what I was saying, but from all I have seen, you are in fact cool. But I was actually responding to your earlier comments:

I, too, find Jester an extremely cool person...

And I am single!

In other words, typical of my life, as said earlier--a girl who is single and finds em to be an extremely cool person....is halfway around the globe!

I have a different problem. Most men who come here are looking for:

"Easy" Czech women (attitudes towards sex and fidelity being different here than in the West; plus, quite a few Czech women look like models).
Beer.

Any guys wanna come here who are NOT after the aforementioned items?

I'd love to go to Prague. I can't say I won't be looking for beer, mind you. I love trying new beer, though I am not a huge fan of Pilsner Urquell, to be honest.

Problem is, no fundage. My first priority is to raise the funds I need to move back to Phoenix this coming summer. After that, the next big trip is to visit my sister and her husband in England (and take a side trip over to Ireland). When that will be, I don't know. After that? Maybe the Czech Republic and others, but who knows? Unless, of course, you are offering to buy the ticket.

[Bliss]

Jester, if I weren't married....

Or if I where a northamerican woman (I'm neither)

Yes, yes, it seems all the cool women I meet lately are either gay, taken, psychotic, or tourists. In your case, naturally, taken. And, come to think of it, a tourist, if you were here.

Or are actually guys. Not that I dress as a woman or try to look like one, mind you.

Poor jester it seems much of CS.com craves for his company

[Jester]

Or are actually guys.

I live in Key West. Trust me, I am quite used to that aspect as well. And as I tell people again and again, "Right island. Wrong guy!"

Poor jester it seems much of CS.com craves for his company

Hey, I have no objection to that. The more the merrier, right? Y'all get on down here, and we'll tilt a few cold ones! I am nothing if not social.


(Or is that sociopathic...?)

[Bliss]

I wonder, can you BE social AND sociopathic at the same time? Oddly I seem to be both :/

[Jester]

I wonder, can you BE social AND sociopathic at the same time?

Without making any jokes along these lines, the simple answer is yes.

Some classic examples of sociopaths who were very social and sociable: John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson, the Menendez brothers, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi (the Hillside Stranglers), Diane Downs (the woman in Oregon who shot her three kids, killing one and paralyzing another), John Robinson (the first internet serial killer), and of course, the alltime classic example of the two mixing in one person: Ted Bundy.

Next question?

[Hempress]

By the way, fake rings don't work. As others have said, real pervs and douchebags will just use their stupid pickup lines and comebacks anyways. They don't care who is married or who isn't.

Yeah, I know from experience. I used to wear a promise ring on my left ring finger when I was dating my ex. I still had some guy kiss my hand and tell me that if I "ever wanted to cheat on [my] husband, to give [him] a call"....ugh, no thanks.