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Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Suggestions on meeting MOTAS and other ramblings
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Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 14:12:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  2 14:12:19 1983
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	This is in answer to a question someone posed a little
while back. The question was (to paraphase) "Why don't some
of the 'attached' people out there tell us 'unattached' people
how they met their mates/boyfriends/girlfriends?"
	Well, I am still single in the legal sense and have
fond and not so fond memories of the days before my present
boyfriend. I agree with Lynda Feng, in that "desperately"
or even "semi-desperately" searching for a MOTAS is not very
productive. With this in mind the story of how I met my
boyfriend may seem somewhat amusing. 
	I met my boyfriend skiing. At the time that I got to
know him(I had met him 6 months before; we went to school
together) I was, shall we say, infatuated with someone else
who did not exactly return my affection(are you reading
this Roger???). So I wasn't looking for anyone at the time.
It caught me somewhat unawares that I found this guy attractive.
It helped that I thought he liked me. Our relationship
did not run smoothly in the beginning, but I finally saw the
light and started seeing him seriously. 
	So, I wasn't actively looking and it(the relationship)
just seemed to happen.
	I think that skiing is a great way to meet people.
(Greg Woods in Boulder, CO take note!). You talk to them
on the lift lines(well maybe not as often in Colorado as in 
California), you talk to them riding the chairlifts(if you
go with friends don't ride with them), you can pick them out
of the snow(this was very instrumental in my relationship),
and you drink and talk with them apres-ski in the bars. Sure
it's expensive, but it's fun and it probably pays off pretty
well in meeting people. Another plus for you mercenary types-
RICH, and VERY RICH people ski(though it helps if you ski
at Aspen and similar places where you can run into all the 
"in" people).
	Hope all the singles out there will find what they
are looking for-whatever it is.
				Sharon Badian