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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Singles, Lonely Mathematicians (and CSpeople), and networks
Message-ID: <705@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 09:54:23 EST
Article-I.D.: rti-sel.705
Posted: Wed Mar  5 09:54:23 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Mar-86 07:52:52 EST
References: <951@nmtvax.UUCP> <576@hoptoad.uucp> <12149@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC
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Summary: 

In article <12149@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jablow@brahms.UUCP (Eric Jablow) writes:
 
>So, that leads to my major question; what are honorable ways for singles
>to meet each other?  Personal ads are fatally contaminated by sex-seekers,

That's not my experience. I placed a personal ad last fall and got 26
responses. I wouldn't class any of the women who responded as a 'sex
seeker.' They were all genuinely interested in friendship with the
possibility of something heavier. I responded to 7 or 8 of the ads,
and ended up going out with 6 of the women. Nothing heavy, but a few
interesting times and some very bizarre encounters. You do need a
sense of humor and a good sense of perspective to get involved in
dating through ads, though. I thought it was fun.

You can easily word an ad to get the sorts of responses you're
interested in. What you need to say in your ad if you place one is in
the following paragraph:

>I would like a little Romance.  (N.B.  Romance is not equivalent to sex,
>by my lights.  They can go together, but I feel it dishonorable to ask
>for advice on obtaining a sexual relationship; that isn't the purpose
>of net.singles anyway.)  I would like to meet new people, perhaps date
>if it works out, but I'm *not* mercenary.

That basically says what you're interested in, no? Do it. What have
you got to lose?

                          -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly